Executive editor @mlnow in San Francisco // Signal = jrivanob.99 // he/him
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Tom Steyer endorsed Scott Wiener for Pelosi’s House seat, while former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich endorsed Connie Chan.
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Governor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco's former mayor, has endorsed Mayor Daniel Lurie's charter measures.
Those measures would make it harder to put measures on the ballot and increase the mayor's power, among other changes.
via @io_y_g
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
NEW —
Democrats in competitive races are destroying Republicans in fundraising.
But the Republican party committees and super PACs are destroying Democrats right back.
Chart with @matt_zdun.
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Can’t get over the congressional-race optics at this big Dem presser in SF right now. On one side of the podium… Connie Chan is standing next to Pelosi and Lofgren. On the other side… Scott Wiener is standing next to Newsom, McGuire and Nancy Tung – at San Francisco, CA
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I have a SCOOP and it is GOOD NEWS: coyotemedia.org/bottom-of-th…
It's sad what's become of media literacy. Our piece simply stated that state law lets this halfway house operate, & that Supervisor Mahmood said "there’s not much at this time that we can do."
But reporting that is helping "convicted child rapists." Everything is Manichean now.
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USC poll | 10/16-10/19 LV
US House 2026 | California’s 11th congressional district
🟦Scott Wiener 47%
🟦Connie Chan 41%
Link to poll: sfstandard.com/2026/10/22/po…
Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Christopher Rufo targeted a Tenderloin halfway house over its sex offender residents. California law allows all 32 to live there. Community leaders dislike the building for a different reason: its operators.
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A new name has been picked for Cesar Chavez Street...
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NEW: Mayor Lurie blasted out a message to SF voters about police oversight. It was wrong sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p…
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At a candlelight vigil outside the Warfield, friends and family remembered Ulysses “Bear” Davis, a father of six killed while working security — and a life he had worked hard to build.
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The Chronicle identified five occasions when Mayor Daniel Lurie or his campaign incorrectly suggested that San Francisco’s Prop F would not lessen the Police Commission’s independence. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p…
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We spent weeks combing through campaign finance filings to understand who the major players are in the San Francisco election.
w/ @brandonphooo and Christina Baris
Check out our graphic to see how they are all connected:
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🚨 TONIGHT 🚨
Bay Area journalists break down the decisions on your ballot, with a little humor along the way.
Join Mission Local’s Io Yeh Gilman and Andres Jimenez Larios at Mad Props as they explain Props. I and J, presented by KALW. eventbrite.com/e/mad-props-a…
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In the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi in congress, Scott Wiener has poured resources into campaigning in Connie Chan's backyard.
Chan appears unfazed.
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Mayor @DanielLurie 's campaign to amend the city charter -- and expand his own power -- has been about taking on a status quo of corruption and government waste at City Hall.
And yet -- He IS City Hall.
New for @MLNow :
missionlocal.org/2026/10/big…
I think our data & politics team is among the best in the biz, & today's piece is an example why: a network map of San Francisco's interconnected, billionaire-backed groups, politicos & more.
Gobs of money & a new class of donors that Lurie has brought in—explore it all below.
And he's tapping a new crop of wealthy individuals who are pouring in six-figure sums, many of whom have never given to San Francisco politics at this scale.
They do share one thing though: Many are connected to Lurie's previous nonprofit, Tipping Point.
Read the full story, & interact with our graph, here: missionlocal.org/2026/10/big…