Phoenix Project

Volume I of the Phoenix Papers delivered background on the billionaire-funded network seeking to move San Francisco rightward. Volume II exposed the biggest donors behind this conservative movement as well as their pet interests. Volume III will explore the impact the “Astroturf Network” — a group that includes GrowSF, TogetherSF and

Volume 1 of the Phoenix Papers tracked the dark money making its way into the campaign coffers of San Francisco electoral candidates and ballot measures. Volume 2 examines their motives for pouring millions into local elections, most of it in the form of dark money. The rightward trend in politics,

Right-wing billionaires are trying to buy San Francisco and the Phoenix Project’s got the receipts. Read Volume 1 of The Phoenix Papers and find out how the city’s wealthiest are using loopholes in tax and campaign finance law to hide millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Volume 1