"We as a business community, we as a pragmatic community - we screwed up," said Chris Larsen late last year. The crypto billionaire and backer of London Breed believed the focus on unseating Breed by groups like Neighbors and TogetherSF harmed the efforts to elect new supervisors and reform the city's charter. "We focused on the wrong thing."
Both groups are also alienated from newly inaugurated Mayor Daniel Lurie, whom neither supported in November. Sources within the Lurie administration have said the new mayor will not work with Cheng, pointing to alleged ethical transgressions under his helm, including a $54,000 ethics fine paid by the group last year.
The new group would focus on "improving public safety, supporting quality public schools, strengthening civic engagement, and advancing common sense policies and solutions in San Francisco," according to a release that named Jay Cheng, the executive director of Neighbors, as the head of the new group.
Kanishka Cheng, Jay Cheng's wife and the CEO of TogetherSF, will play a role in the transition before stepping back and "moving to the next chapter of her career." It is unclear if any staff from TogetherSF will remain onboard.
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