An Astroturf Network channeled anxiety created by the COVID-19 pandemic to ratchet up fears surrounding crime. The narrative was a ruse: San Francisco crime had been on a downward trajectory for decades. What the Astroturf Network wanted were candidates sympathetic to their narrow and selfish interests. They spent vast
A web of real estate, tech and right-wing billionaires behind the political pressure groups profiting from gentrification, and privatization and deregulation.
Bunny McFadden @ Broke-Ass Stuart
Merijn Rengers @ NRC
Margaret Kadifa @ Mission Local
J.D. Morris @ The San Francisco Chronicle
A web of real estate, tech and right-wing billionaires behind the political pressure groups profiting from gentrification, and privatization and deregulation.
Dustin Gardiner @ Politico
Dustin Gardiner and Blake Jones @ Politico
Laure Jedeed @ The New Republic
Sydney Johnson @ KQED
Laura Jedeed @ The New Republic