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Guide to S.F. Mayoral Candidates: Lee vs. People-Powered Challengers
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/12/guide-to-s-f-mayoral-candidates-lee-vs-people-powered-challengersNone of Lee’s challengers have a track record in politics, nor do they have strong name recognition. The mayor has received nearly $1.5 million in campaign contributions, compared with about $42,000 raised by all five of his opponents combined. Some news outlets have gone so far as to state that Lee is running unopposed....
Candidate: Amy Farah Weiss...
In her words: “The only tool that’s available to us to be able to acquire power is grass-roots democracy. When our leaders are not accountable to us, when they’re not using that power in a way that gives us an exciting vision for the future that’s truly inclusive and equitable, then we need to become those leaders.”...
Candidate: Stuart Schuffman, aka “Broke-Ass Stuart”...
In his words: “People say they leave their heart in San Francisco — I found my heart in San Francisco. I found a community, I found a place where everybody was welcome, no matter where they were from, or what they did, or what they were like. And that’s what we’re losing. Part of it has to do with housing, a lot of that has to do with corruption. We need to take our city back.”...
Candidate: Francisco Herrera....
In his words: “Forty thousand jobs — but for people who don’t live here. Ten thousand people have been kicked out of the Mission. The Bayview-Hunters Point has been completely devastated. People are feeling the angst, a general angst, at what this has created. So, this planning is not for us. We have to come back to plan and develop for our communities.”
Candidate: Amy Farah Weiss...
In her words: “The only tool that’s available to us to be able to acquire power is grass-roots democracy. When our leaders are not accountable to us, when they’re not using that power in a way that gives us an exciting vision for the future that’s truly inclusive and equitable, then we need to become those leaders.”...
Candidate: Stuart Schuffman, aka “Broke-Ass Stuart”...
In his words: “People say they leave their heart in San Francisco — I found my heart in San Francisco. I found a community, I found a place where everybody was welcome, no matter where they were from, or what they did, or what they were like. And that’s what we’re losing. Part of it has to do with housing, a lot of that has to do with corruption. We need to take our city back.”...
Candidate: Francisco Herrera....
In his words: “Forty thousand jobs — but for people who don’t live here. Ten thousand people have been kicked out of the Mission. The Bayview-Hunters Point has been completely devastated. People are feeling the angst, a general angst, at what this has created. So, this planning is not for us. We have to come back to plan and develop for our communities.”
Remember, San Franciscans, you have ranked-choice voting. Over in Oakland, Jean Quan and Rebecca Kaplan got together and hatched a plan to use it to topple establishment candidate Don Perata. Of course, Quan's subsequent term was... well, let's just say we're probably not going to see a Jean Quan Elementary or anything any time soon.
edit: arcane1 informs me that the first three non-Lee candidates listed are doing something similar: "Vote 1-2-3 to replace Ed Lee".
