When supe candidates are new to the neighborhood

Good afternoon!

Some candidates for supervisor this year are brand-new to their districts: Will it matter to voters? Junyao Yang looks at how much residency might be an issue in the upcoming elections.

Neighbors rallied this weekend to support Terry Williams, a Black Alamo Square resident and dog walker who received two racist, threatening packages, each including a doll with a noose around its neck.

For some old news that remains remarkably relevant, here’s a peek at billionaires’ funding of a 2016 measure, sponsored by then-Supervisor Mark Farrell, to ban tent encampments, The measure passed, many tents were cleared in the Mission, and then? Here’s what happened next.

More soon,

Sara

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