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We spent weeks combing through campaign finance filings to understand who the major players are in the San Francisco election.
w/ @brandonphooo and Christina Baris
Check out our graphic to see how they are all connected:
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Really great and comprehensive reporting by my colleagues at Mission Local. Check this article out if you haven't already
BigMoneySF: How Mayor Lurie's attempts to remake City Hall remade San Francisco's donor class.
Be sure to click on the interactive graphic that connects everything and everyone.
missionlocal.org/2026/10/big…
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I think our data & politics team is among the best in the biz, & today's piece is an example why: a network map of San Francisco's interconnected, billionaire-backed groups, politicos & more.
Gobs of money & a new class of donors that Lurie has brought in—explore it all below.
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Big props to @kellywaldro for programming the dollars in this November election into an interactive web (link in quoted tweet) that you can play with to draw your own threads of power and influence this cycle.
Mayor @DanielLurie 's campaign to amend the city charter -- and expand his own power -- has been about taking on a status quo of corruption and government waste at City Hall.
And yet -- He IS City Hall.
New for @MLNow :
missionlocal.org/2026/10/big…
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The SFPD is promising to improve its process for investigating sex crimes.
The department's clearance rate for rape cases is 14 percent, half the national average.
See what changes they're pledging here:
via @io_y_g
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S.F. supes just passed a 45-day city-wide pause on new data centers.
The move could be extended up to 22 months — or end in permanent restrictions.
via @marina_e_newman
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Mike Ege, editor of the Voice of San Francisco, wrote an idiotic piece this morning without bothering to pick up the phone and call us for comment.
We were instead subject to a lecture on reporting from someone who didn't do any. Telling for him and that outlet, but sad!
Eskenazi’s questionnaire is, technically, a survey.
But the timing makes it something more interesting.
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Manny Yekutiel withdrew from his race.
But his name is still on the ballot.
His opponents say they're not worried that he'll still, somehow, win.
But his campaign won't say what he'd do if, somehow, he did.
From @Yujie_ZZ
missionlocal.org/2026/10/man…
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BREAKING: Manny Yekutiel drops out of the District 8 race after today's sexual assault claims.
He said he is "not admitting to having assaulted anyone and some of the things that are being said about me are fundamentally untrue," but he will withdraw.
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Manny Yekutiel faces his 2nd accusation of sexual assault after a bombshell report this morning from @sfstandard
We have a table showing who has dropped their endorsement so far, updated live
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Mission Local is tracking endorsements in real-time.
So far, the mayor, several supervisors and other officials have withdrawn their endorsements.
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JUST IN: Mayor Lurie has rescinded his endorsement of District 8 supervisor candidate Manny Yekutiel, in light of new sexual assault allegations published by the San Francisco Standard Thursday morning.
See our live chart to see who else follows.
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San Francisco is on par to have another very expensive election cycle, new filings show.
Mayor Lurie's charter reform measures have raised over $11 million, more than all other measures combined.
via @kellywaldro
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Happening tonight!
Come to KALW's studio to listen to @EskSF and @kellywaldro talk about the interests and dollars influencing San Francisco politics.
7 p.m. at 220 Montgomery St.
More details:
kalw.org/events?gad_source=1…
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NEW: Vanquished congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti has just spent $400K to support affordable housing, public bank and transit measures on the San Francisco ballot.
via @kellywaldro
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Mayor Lurie got six picks for SF’s Youth Commission. All six attend private schools.
About 70% of SF youth attend public schools.
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There's a lot to vote on this November: 30+ candidates, 10 local ballot measures, & plenty more.
But we're covering it all, & we've got you covered: All our election reporting is on one dashboard, with key dates, candidate info, & much more.
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S.F. Supervisor Myrna Melgar wants to pull the housing department out of the mayor’s office — as well as kick-start a co-op program and a bike lane rollout.
via @kellywaldro
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Mission Local, City Arts & Lectures, and the New York Times are teaming up to host the largest San Francisco congressional debate of the season.
Come to the Sydney Goldstein Theater on Oct. 13 at 7:30PM to from Connie Chan & Scott Wiener.
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