missionlocal.org/2026/10/big-money-san-francisco-lurie-charter-reform-labor-moderates-billionaires-democrats-election BigMoneySF: How Mayor Lurie’s efforts to reshape City Hall brought in a new donor class
Mayor Daniel Lurie has raised roughly $13 million to push three ballot measures that would let a mayor fold and merge city departments and make it four times harder for residents to qualify initiatives. Many of the donors are new to San Francisco politics, and most trace back to the anti-poverty nonprofit Lurie founded.
— via Mission Local, Kelly Waldron, Brandon Pho, and Christina Baris