Mission Local will co-host a forum on Oct. 13 between state Sen. Scott Wiener and District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, the two candidates vying to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi in the city’s first competitive congressional race in four decades.
The forum, in partnership with City Arts & Lectures and the New York Times, will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the 1,600-seat Sydney Goldstein Theater, a 100-year-old venue a few blocks from City Hall.
Mission Local’s columnist and managing editor, Joe Eskenazi, will co-moderate the event with Heather Knight, the San Francisco bureau chief for the New York Times.
“You could do worse than joining us on Oct. 13,” said Eskenazi. “We’re going to put our next congressional representative to the test.”
Tickets are available here starting at $36, but if costs are prohibitive, interested parties can email info@cityarts.net. Readers can also buy virtual tickets for $5.75, and a recording of the forum will be available for free afterward.
Mission Local is providing the most in-depth election coverage in San Francisco. You can read a collection of that reporting here. Reporters are covering every competitive race in the city: Three supervisor districts, the school board, 10 local ballot measures, and the congressional race.
Each week, the candidates are given policy questions to help residents pick their next representatives.
About the moderators:
- Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local’s managing editor and columnist, was a writer and columnist for SF Weekly and a senior editor at San Francisco Magazine before joining Mission Local in 2017. His work has also appeared in Esquire and the Guardian.
- Heather Knight is the San Francisco bureau chief of the New York Times. She worked for more than two decades at the San Francisco Chronicle as a City Hall reporter, and later as a columnist.
h. brown, No-Show,
I paid to watch a political forum for the first and last time when Manny put a paywall up in front of the Nourse theatre show for 2024 mayoral candidates.
I really can’t afford to pay to watch these things and I’d feel like a hypocrite accepting free admission just for groveling.
Manny even charges you to watch Department heads.
And, to watch election returns !
For this Congressional race ?
If the candidates just set up some sound equipment atop Hippie Hill they’d get ten times as many people watching for free.
They can rent Jerry Garcia Amphitheater for under a grand
Hell, man, even Donald Trump doesn’t charge people to come to his shows.
go Niners !!
h.
The city is One Big Racket.
Did you say Hell, man Hollow free event this weekend without Trump h.
Starting at $36 for a civic debate? Such a racket!
Thamk you for keeping us informed about the coming election. So many heavy duty issues!
At the same time we are seeing many who may be losing their access to healthcare.
Have you done any articles about this?
“So many heavy duty issues”, so many featherweight candidates.