"Actually it was about, I think in San Francisco, individuals and relationships and people who were very frustrated about the direction the city was going in, and decided and some folks got so frustrated that they left and they beat in the door, clanged loudly on their way out as they headed for Texas, to Florida or wherever else they thought they wanted to be. Other people decided that they were going to commit to San Francisco and spend significantly on our politics ..."
"The relationship between the mayor and the Board of Supervisors for the first six years that I was there was toxic and bad for the functioning of the city and our ability to do anything. But during the pandemic, various folks, many of them with resources got together. They started a lot of different organizations.They started organizing regular San Franciscans who were not attached to labor or nonprofits, but just cared about their city."
"And they started expressing themselves in our politics and showing up to our meetings and their money started expressing itself in our elections. And San Francisco, and I am a very progressive Democrat. I am probably on the right rightward edge of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. That is, after they have spent"
The forum audience praised Mayor Daniel Lurie and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins for supporting tough-on-crime approaches to social problems such as substance use. Rafael Mandelman described changes in city politics as driven by people leaving the city and others committing to San Francisco by spending significantly on politics. He said the mayor–Board of Supervisors relationship during his first six years was toxic and harmed the city’s ability to act. During the pandemic, he said resource-backed groups formed organizations that engaged regular residents not tied to labor or nonprofits. He said these groups organized, showed up at meetings, and their money influenced elections.
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