Ethics complaint filed against bundler of campaign donations

Good afternoon!

A complaint was filed with the SF Ethics Commission against Govern California for violating campaign contribution limits. The group, which bundles contributions from chapters around the state, donated to six moderate SF candidates for supervisor, mayoral candidate Mark Farrell, and DA Brooke Jenkins.

We asked the supervisorial candidates in D9 who they support for City College Board. Only one of them said, “Election on this board has always been a political stepping stone, and not much else.”

And yes, there’s always been a lot of political wrangling around City College. For the back story, see our CCSF news archives—but also check out this lovely 2018 piece from Joe Eskenazi on the City College printshop, “an anachronism in perpetual motion,” where students still learn to use letterpress devices dating back to the 1930s.

Ready to dance? Beauty Bar is coming back. We talk with the new owner of the popular Mission Street club to find out what he’s got in mind for the re-opening.

More soon,

Sara

Correction: The headline of a previous newsletter referred to “D11 candidate Michael Lai’s daycare startup.” It should have referred to his “former start up,” since Lai sold the business in February 2023. The story has been updated with new information supplied by Lai.