Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s surprising choice for supervisor, resigned as District 4’s representative on the powerful board after just a week of representing the Sunset District and following a rapid flurry of media reports citing mice infestations and dubious financial moves at her former business.

The resignation marks a major blow for Lurie, a political novice who has been mayor less than a year but who has earned praise for his leadership of the city and ability to avert a federal immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.

Alcaraz’s selection came as a surprise to many, and arrived after Sunset voters recalled their former supervisor Joel Engardio. The 29-year-old was not known to be active in community organizing circles and had never had a

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