"Engardio's pro-business, pro-law enforcement, pro-building agenda has a constituency here in San Francisco. It certainly includes the billionaire tech and landlord donors who underwrote the ascendant leadership of the Democratic Party, and are underwriting Engardio's anti-recall campaign. But Engardio's championing of Prop. K, the measure to transform The Great Highway into a park, enraged a broad swath of the Westside - including thousands of Chinese San Franciscans."
"In June, Democratic Party members were informed they'd be voting to endorse or spurn the recall at the July 25 regular meeting. If they rejected it, that would give Engardio all of August and half of September to inundate Sunset District voters with flyers and ads blasting an "Endorsed by the Democratic Party" message. But Tung yanked the item from the July 25 meeting agenda."
Nancy Tung urged party members to vote "no endorsement" in the recall of District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio. Engardio's pro-business, pro-law enforcement, pro-building stance draws support from billionaire tech and landlord donors and a constituency within the city. Engardio's backing of Prop. K to convert The Great Highway into a park provoked strong Westside opposition, including thousands of Chinese San Franciscans. Tung removed the endorsement item from the July 25 agenda, moved it to a special July 30 meeting, then canceled that meeting. The endorsement vote was delayed until after mail voting began, and the party deadlocked, producing no official position.
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