While
@Nextdoor suspended neighbors for commenting "YES on G," it allowed "No" posts like these to stay up. 👇
Neighbors deserve the full picture, not a selective endorsement list that makes working families disappear.
This post names only three groups supporting YES on G. It leaves out UNITE HERE Local 2, the hotel and restaurant workers' union, which explicitly endorsed the Great Highway compromise.
It also leaves out moderate group like ConnectedSF and the SF Taxpayers Association's published support. That is a significant omission when asking voters to judge who stands behind each side.
The Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC)
@sf_cadc is the engine supporting YES on G.
So do people whose names appear in the official ballot booklet: Supervisor Alan Wong
@alankennywong, former Supervisor Sandra Fewer, retired Judge Quentin Kopp, retired SFPD Commander Richard Corriea, and Brian Kragh of the Richmond District Democratic Club.
Read printed pages 110 and 112-118. You will find working parents, small business owners, retirees, disability advocates and longtime residents speaking for themselves, including Patricia Arack, Shawna McGrew and myself, Selena Chu, a Sunset resident and working mom. Our voices count even when someone's endorsement summary leaves us out.
And if we are comparing political influence, let's compare the money.
The SF Ethics Commission's figures, updated October 5, show:
👉 NO on G: approximately $1.59 million.
👉 YES on G: approximately $101,158.
That is almost 16 times as much funding for No!!!
Its disclosed contributions include $750,000 from Jeremy Stoppelman, $250,000 from Laura Yakovenko and $75,000 from Emmett Shear.
Those 3 contributions alone total $1.075 million, more than 10 times the entire YES campaign's reported funding.
Meanwhile, approximately 88% of YES on G's reported funding comes from San Francisco addresses.
Its largest disclosed contribution is $9,900, and it has received $8,492 in contributions under $100.
That is a very different funding picture from the enormous checks backing No. 🤔
Then there is
@Nextdoor. More than ten neighbors have told me, which I shared on X, that their accounts were suspended after leaving "YES on G" comments, with "spam" given as the explanation. Meanwhile, I continue seeing posts promoting No on G on Nextdoor...
What specific conduct violated the rules? Are the same standards being applied to both sides?
A political viewpoint should never be treated as spam simply because neighbors spoke up in support of it.
This Nextdoor post calls one side "broad" while leaving out YES on G's union support, community advocates, and working families, giving neighbors a biased, one-sided picture.
And telling neighbors their vote "says a lot" about them is a strategic attempt to label voters and frame a YES on G vote as proof of a particular party affiliation. This strategy for attacking the opposition just never gets old in San Francisco.
You know what? YES on G is a compromise that promotes inclusion and fair sharing. It's common sense for all people to support sharing instead of refusing to share and keep everyone denied from public roadway access in San Francisco.
People deserve to discuss commuting, school, medical appointments and access without having their character judged or their voices removed. Nextdoor, do better!
I am voting YES on G for the compromise: weekday access for everyone, including commuters and working-class families, while prioritizing recreation on weekends and holidays.
Share the facts. Share the space. Let neighbors speak.
Funding records:
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