Dark Money is Flooding SF Politics. These People are Exposing It.
Bunny McFadden @ Broke-Ass Stuart
Bunny McFadden @ Broke-Ass Stuart
Merijn Rengers @ NRC
Margaret Kadifa @ Mission Local
J.D. Morris @ The San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Astroturf Network Map lays bare how an interconnected group of mostly tech venture capital and real estate billionaires spent $6.1M on a small collection of political pressure groups and conservative democratic candidates in the Oakland and Alameda County November 2024 election.
Dustin Gardiner @ Politico
Dustin Gardiner and Blake Jones @ Politico
Laure Jedeed @ The New Republic
Sydney Johnson @ KQED
Laura Jedeed @ The New Republic
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
Toshio Meronek @ SadFrancisco Podcast