Overview
- The mayor’s office confirmed Franklin-Hodge resigned and will leave at the end of the year, with no replacement announced.
- He led a rapid expansion of protected bike and bus lanes that drew resident and business pushback and prompted a 30-day review criticizing outreach as heavy-handed.
- Wu praised his tenure, citing more miles of protected cycling infrastructure, 102 miles of roadway repaved, faster sidewalk work, improved trash and snow operations, and modernized parking meters and streets management.
- Chief of staff Tiffany Chu is also departing before the second term, and intergovernmental relations director Clare Kelly is set to take that role on Nov. 17.
- Franklin-Hodge called the timing a natural transition and said he looks forward to more time with his children and planning his next steps.