This new political arm of Together SF will wade into local politics more directly, with $3 million to spend over the next two election cycles thanks primarily to financial backing from billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz.
An organization financed by well-heeled donors is wading into San Francisco politics and encouraging its residents to take on the entrenched powers in City Hall.
It pledges to be above the moderate and progressive divide that persists in San Francisco and to advocate for systemic, meaningful change in a city desperate for a new future.Yet a quick perusal of its voter guide published ahead of the November election shows a predictably moderate position on most candidates and ballot measures.
Voters are really frustrated and tired of being blitzed with digital advertisements, text messages and emails from politician campaigns, Together SF co-founder and executive director Kanishka Cheng told The Examiner.Think house party instead of political party. Networking more than door knocking, informational rather than confrontational.
Cheng, herself, is deeply familiar with the inner workings of San Francisco city government, having held jobs in the City’s planning department, as a legislative aide on the Board of Supervisors and for Mayor London Breed. “You just never see numbers like this in terms of how frustrated people are…it’s just wild,” said David Broockman, a political scientist who has joined Together SF Action’s Board. .
It’s also come out against Proposition G, which would create a Student Success Fund. The organization supports the funding, but not the “bureaucratic barriers, including more reliance on external nonprofits, that this proposition will require in order for certain schools to get money they deserve.”Together SF Action is reflective of the broader trend that has seen wealthy Bay Area business leaders invest in local politics.
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