A new poll of 1,077 registered voters confirms what the vibes already suggested — San Franciscans are, at minimum, cautiously optimistic about the guy they elected to clean things up.

So what's driving it? Part of it is simply not being the last administration. Breed's final years were defined by a homelessness crisis that felt permanent, open-air drug markets, and a general sense that nobody at City Hall had a plan beyond press conferences. Lurie, to his credit, has projected a sense of urgency and competence that — even if you quibble with the details — feels like a gear shift.

But let's pump the brakes slightly. Approval ratings this early in a tenure are often a reflection of hope more than results. The hard stuff — balancing a budget without raiding reserves, actually reducing street homelessness in a measurable way, keeping businesses from fleeing — is where mayors earn or lose their legacies. As one SF resident put it bluntly: "This is wild. I suppose the surge of homelessness is unique for my neighborhood." Translation: not everyone is feeling the improvement yet.

The real test for Lurie will be whether he can resist the gravitational pull of San Francisco's bureaucratic blob — the endless commissions, the regulatory thicket, the instinct to spend first and ask questions never. A 74% approval rating gives him political capital. The question is whether he spends it on things that actually move the needle or burns it on symbolic gestures that make progressive Twitter happy.

We'll check back in a year. For now, the honeymoon continues — and honestly, after the last administration, the city probably needed one.