Good afternoon!
With just 12 days left to go until the election, you’ll want to follow Mission Local‘s pre-election blog for breaking stories. Today’s news, from Kelly Waldron: Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, dropped half a million dollars to fight Prop D, the Overpaid CEO Tax. See which other companies and (possibly overpaid) CEOs have put in big money to stop it.
In other election news, Junyao Yang reports that Supervisors Allan Wong (D4) and Stephen Sherrill (D2) are getting campaign contributions from a PAC opposed to the minimum wage and worker protections.
And find out what the candidates for D4 supervisor have to say about those perennially inflammatory questions of Lowell admissions and the 2022 school board recall.
Eleni Balakrishnan looks closely at Mayor Daniel Lurie‘s shifting approach to sheltering homeless people. See why his focus on short-term beds for drug users has meant closing many long-term shelter and housing options that serve a broader range of people.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Mayor Lurie has added hundreds of new S.F. shelter beds, but also closed hundreds
“What were the promises, what was all the money he spent? Itโs exactly the same as before Lurie came.”
S.F. supervisors Alan Wong, Stephen Sherrill backed by anti-worker PAC
“I think itโs fair to say that Alan has broken away from seeking union support.”
District 4 candidates on school board recall, Lowell admissions
“It’s important to remember that supervisors have no jurisdiction over school admissions policy.”
Election Extra
Election extra! Google co-founder gives $500K to fight โOverpaid CEO taxโย
Over $6 million has been raised so far to defeat the proposition.
SNAP
Suitcase bargains for sale
By Adam Teitelbaum
Events
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