Exec. editor @mlnow in San Francisco // Signal = jrivanob.99 // he/him
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Saikat Chakrabarti is directing his campaign staff to canvass for Connie Chan, according to an email obtained by Mission Local.
via @io_y_g
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Saikat Chakrabarti has directed his campaign staff to canvass on behalf of erstwhile rival Connie Chan
They will continue to be paid until July 10 if they do so, per an email sent to staff
Chakrabarti had a very well-staffed field team
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 13
Saikat Chakrabarti just converted his campaign into the "SF Solidarity" PAC, which can spend on behalf of other candidates.
He may back Connie Chan, who is facing Scott Wiener in the runoff for S.F.'s congressional seat.
via @io_y_g
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Jun 13
Saikat Chakrabarti isn’t done with San Francisco
after his loss to Connie Chan & Scott Wiener to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress, Chakrabarti has spun up an “SF Solidarity PAC”
it could spend to back erstwhile rival Chan in the general against Wiener
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 11
Lori Brooke has decided not to run for District 2 supervisor again in November.
Stephen Sherrill's path is cleared to retain his seat on the Board of Supervisors.
via @io_y_g
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
New: Remember that SF hype video with Steph Curry and the coyote from yesterday? A newly unearthed document shows the nonprofit behind it — Believe in SF — plans to spend ~$30M on Lurie’s agenda through 2027. Its donors are secret.
sfstandard.com/2026/06/11/ma…
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 10
One main issue distinguished D2 candidates Stephen Sherrill and Lori Brooke’s platforms: housing.
Despite D2 being one of SF's most housing-averse areas, Brooke’s anti-YIMBY messaging held little sway on election day.
via @io_y_g & @kellywaldro
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Jun 10
one hell of a story from our immigration reporter @clarasophiadaly today
Alberto was an informant for INS in the ‘90s, pretending to be a ranch hand in promise of a green card
today, he’s being pursued by ICE, & has been arrested twice
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new video touting San Francisco's comeback financed by pro-Lurie nonprofit "Believe in SF"
its political arm, SF Believes, spent ~$1 million this election, namely to boost Sherrill & Wong, & to defeat the Overpaid CEO tax
PAC's biggest donor is Jan Koum, big MAGA donor
Jun 10
Introducing “Comeback City: A Love Letter to San Francisco.” Proud to call this place home.
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the c3 site: believeinsf.com/comebackcity…
the PAC disclosures: campaign.sfethics.org/electi…
more on Koum: missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-…
more on PAC spending in this cycle: missionlocal.org/2026/05/sf-…
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 9
New California law could let immigrants sue ICE agents for violating constitution
By immigration reporter @clarasophiadaly
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 9
San Francisco's "Overpaid CEO" tax has failed.
It was backed by unions and would have raised taxes on businesses to fill the city deficit. But Mayor Daniel Lurie and business leaders opposed it.
via @io_y_g
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 9
Okay! Basketball game is over.
Tomorrow, if you want to hear a San Francisco election wrap, you could do worse than hearing me (Joe) and @FitzTheReporter (Joe) sift through the wreckage and locate the black box.
Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Information: eventbrite.com/e/joe-mission…
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
why does mission local kind of mog other local news sources in terms of actual reporting
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 5
NEW: The executive director of a 45-year-old Tenderloin nonprofit is seeking to transfer some $2.3 million in leftover funds to her own nonprofit, according to state filings.
via @miss_elenius
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Joe Rivano Barros retweeted
Jun 5
Michael Durand was studying English at Stony Brook in New York when he decided to graduate himself.
“I stood up in the middle of a class & I go, ‘You’re done. You’re good.’ I never went back.”
The San Francisco newspaperman died last week.
missionlocal.org/2026/06/rem…
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This isn't accurate. The city specifically amended the plan to exempt almost all rent-controlled units.
It was one of several changes the supes made—they also exempted historic landmarks. And the upzoning applied to the western/northern parts of the city, not everywhere.
for those who don't know, the Mayor's "Family Zoning Plan" re-zones almost every neighborhood in San Francisco to allow for the potential demolition of thousands of rent controlled apartments and small businesses for market rate housing. 🧐
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You can read about that here including our map of the original vs. amended upzoning: missionlocal.org/2025/10/ren…
missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-…
The supes also passed a bill requiring 3.5 years of rental aid for anyone displaced by new housing construction: missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-…
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