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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000935836-23-000392
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230510

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Haas Margaret E.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001771089

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06631
		FILM NUMBER:		23904892

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
		STREET 2:		1155 BATTERY STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEVI STRAUSS & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000094845
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300]
		IRS NUMBER:				940905160
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1127

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1155 BATTERY ST
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4155016000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1155 BATTERY STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
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        <issuerName>LEVI STRAUSS &amp; CO</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Haas Margaret E.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder and has no expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This transfer is from a trust of which Ms. Haas is trustee and beneficiary to a trust of which she is trustee for the benefit of others. The transfer was effected at the value of the Class B Common Stock as of the date of the transfer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The number of shares beneficially owned following the reported transaction includes those held by the transferee and those held by other trusts and a limited liability company of which Ms. Haas is trustee and manager, respectively, for the benefit of others. Ms. Haas disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Joan L. Grant as Attorney-in-fact for Margaret E. Haas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-05-10</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Parker B. Phillips, Minna B. Baughman, Patrick R. McCabe, Joan L. Grant and Shartsis Friese LLP, each
acting individually, as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described
on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A.&#9;prepare, execute, acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms ID, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related documents) with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges relating to securities of Levi Strauss &amp;
Co. (&ldquo;LS&amp;Co.&rdquo;), as considered necessary or advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;); and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">B.&#9;&#9;seek or obtain,
as the undersigned&rsquo;s representative and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, information on transactions in the securities of LS&amp;Co.
from any person, including brokers and transfer agents, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information
to any such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">C.&#9;&#9;perform any and
all other acts that in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection
with the foregoing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned acknowledges
that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">1.&#9;&#9;this Limited Power
of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to him
or her without independent verification of such information;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.&#9;&#9;any documents prepared
and/or executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">3.&#9;&#9;none of such attorneys-in-fact
assumes (a) any liability for the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibility to comply with Exchange Act requirements or the requirements of any
other laws, (b) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (c) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">4.&#9;&#9;this Limited Power
of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned&rsquo;s obligations under the Exchange
Act or any other laws, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby gives
and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done under this Limited Power of Attorney.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Limited Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned has executed
this Limited Power of Attorney as of February 11, 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>/s/ Margaret E. Haas </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Signature</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Print Name: Margaret E. Haas</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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