1/Hey, I wrote about the San Francisco school board recall. tl;dr it's a lot more complicated, and more local, than a lot of the takes floating around would imply: motherjones.com/politics/2022/…
2/ Whether you're seeped in the SF school board controversies or new to them, I hope this will add some context motherjones.com/politics/2022/… 
3/ Is this one of those things you have to say (probably) or an actual fact. 🤔
4/ So people keep DMing me, what does this mean for Chesa? I can't predict the future. Every politician left/right/center is going to face anti-incumbent anger. People are scared, exhausted, pissed and fair or not, that attaches to people in power. BUT
5/ A very unique constituency came together to oust BoE members. One that doesn't graft on to the effort to recall him.
More broadly, it sucks that newly elected progressive DAs are having their approach tested against the pandemic. Just on a data comparison front.
More broadly, it sucks that newly elected progressive DAs are having their approach tested against the pandemic. Just on a data comparison front.
6/ But you know who else is up for election in the fall? Half of the @sfbos. The city is livid about housing and homelessness. People who didn't pay much attention to such issues before are *in it* now. motherjones.com/politics/2022/…
7/ ...And the @sfbos habit of letting perfect be the enemy of the good—like vote to require developments be 100% affordable, when they know damn well this means it won't get built—is pretending to be progressive, but really doing favors for rich NIMBYites.
8/ They've gotten away with this two-step for decades. But people are catching on to it. Will any of them be ousted? (Alas, some of the worst offenders not up for reelection this year.) Dunno, largely depends on who steps up to challenge.
https://twitter.com/ConorDougherty/status/1494146249192181764
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