Welcome back to our โMeet the Candidatesโ series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100 words or less.
To see what candidates said previously on topics like foreign policy and housing, read their answers here.
CA-11, the congressional district that Connie Chan and Scott Wiener are running to represent, includes most of San Francisco. Some southern neighborhoods (the Excelsior, Portola, Visitacion Valley and Ingleside) are a part of a neighboring district.
Record rainfalls and floods. Suffocating heatwaves. Severe droughts.
People around the world are already feeling the impacts of climate change, and climate scientists only predict it will get worse. Global temperatures are set to increase by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial numbers, and under current policies, projections have the climate warming by 2.8 degrees by the end of the century.
But under the Trump administration, the United States is doubling down on fossil fuels, building huge new export terminals to ship natural gas overseas.
Federal agencies have oversight of these projects, and Congress could pass laws to stop them.
This week we asked: Would you vote to stop the federal government from approving any new fossil fuel infrastructure projects, such as natural gas pipelines and export terminals?
Mission Local color codes the answers to yes/no questions. A green background means the candidate answered yes, a red background means no, and a yellow background means that the candidate dodged the question.
Connie Chan
- Job: San Francisco District 1 Supervisor
- Age: 47
- Residency: Homeowner, has lived in San Francisco since she was 13
- Transportation: Driving, public transit, and walking
- Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis
- Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Yes. As a Supervisor, I authored and passed legislation banning oil extraction on land owned by San Francisco. In Congress, Iโll fight for a Green New Deal, federal investments in publicly owned clean power to lower utility costs, and a just transition with good union jobs and protection for workers.
Fighting the climate crisis also means confronting the energy demands of Big AI. Iโm the only candidate supporting a national data center moratorium until we have strong protections for our environment and ratepayers. Working families should not pay higher electricity bills to subsidize corporate profits.
Endorsed by: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Congressman Ro Khanna, California Federation of Labor Unions, SEIU California, San Francisco Labor Council, Working Families Party, San Francisco Tenant’s Union … read more here.
Scott Wiener
- Job: San Francisco’s State Senator
- Age: 56
- Residency: Homeowner, moved to San Francisco in 1997
- Transportation: Public transit and walking
- Education: Bachelorโs degree from Duke, law degree from Harvard
- Languages: English, Spanish
I would presumptively oppose any proposals.
Iโm the only candidate in this race endorsed by the Sierra Club and California Environmental Voters due to my years of work fighting to ban fracking in California, holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their destruction of communities, forcing the large corporations to disclose their carbon emissions, and massively expanding our clean energy generation and storage.
Instead of doubling down on our addiction to fossil fuels โ which traps Americans with rising costs from conflicts like Trumpโs illegal war in Iran โ we need to invest in building massive amounts of new clean energy infrastructure.
See Wienerโs full answer here.
Endorsed by: The California Democratic Party, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sierra Club, San Francisco YIMBY, Grow SF, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, North Coast States Carpenters Union, Dolores Huerta … read more here.
Candidates are ordered alphabetically and rotated each week. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at io@missionlocal.com or yujie@missionlocal.com.
Election Day is on Nov. 3, 2026. You can register to vote via the sf.gov website.
