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Uncover San Francisco's astroturf network and dark money trail.
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Why It Matters
Trump-linked billionaires are heavily influencing San Francisco politics—supporting mayoral candidates, police measures, and anti-accountability initiatives.
Follow the money. Know who’s shaping our city.
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Oberndorf in SF
- $1.8M on SF elections in 2024
- $1.75M to support Mark Farrell for mayor
- Neighbors PAC:
- $2.2M spent
- $950K behind Farrell’s Prop D
- $89K to oppose Prop K (Great Highway closure)
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William Oberndorf – GOP Mega Donor
Co-founder of Neighbors for a Better SF
- $462K to national GOP efforts
- $90K to Mitch McConnell’s PAC
- $86.6K to House GOP committee
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John Kilroy Jr. — $56K to National GOP
CEO of Kilroy Realty donated $16K to Trump’s Super PAC.
Locally: $85K to SF elections, including:
- $25K for Prop D (expanding mayoral powers)
- $10K for DA Brooke Jenkins PAC
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Christian Larsen — $5M to Trump Inauguration
Ripple co-founder also funneled $48M to pro-crypto PACs backing GOP candidates.
Locally:
- $1.85M to SF races
- $1.2M backing London Breed
- $200k for Prop F (police pensions)
- $200k to DCCC
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Uber — $2M to Trump Inauguration
Uber + CEO Dara Khosrowshahi gave $1M each.
Locally in 2024:
- $1M to oppose Prop L
- $15K for Prop E (reducing police accountability)
- $10K to GrowSF’s PAC
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Jan Koum — $5.1M to Trump
WhatsApp co-founder donated big to Trump’s 2016 win.
Locally: Gave $500k to Daniel Lurie’s PAC — Lurie’s 3rd largest donor.
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Sam Altman — $1M to Trump
OpenAI CEO gave $1M to Trump’s Inauguration.
Locally: Now a top aide to SF mayoral hopeful Daniel Lurie, having served on his transition team.
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Real progress requires moving past campaign slogans and toward proven solutions on homelessness, addiction, and inequality.
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Backed by powerful conservative donors, Lurie has leaned into tough-on-crime rhetoric and increased police funding, even as violent crime was already declining.
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Don’t be fooled: the deregulation they champion enriches developers while leaving working people behind.
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In San Francisco and now Oakland, the Abundance Network and its allies – backed by crypto billionaires and YIMBY orgs – are pouring millions into local politics to shift cities rightward under the guise of “vibrancy.”
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San Francisco’s response to the overdose crisis must be led by science, not political theater.
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This shift isn’t about public health — it’s the result of coordinated pressure from conservative groups like the Manhattan Institute and Shellenberger’s network, who sell propaganda as “common sense.”
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The final results mark a decisive win for grassroots politics over big-money influence. Read the Phoenix Review to learn more: www.phoenixprojectnow.com/phoenix-revi...
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Lee carried the flatlands and West Oakland, while Taylor drew support from the wealthier hills and was backed by millions from crypto donors and right-wing funders.
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it's good, buy it
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www.phoenixprojectnow.com
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Also, if you want to learn more about Tan and his billionaire buddies trying to buy our politics, our reports and Astroturf Maps are available for free download on our website. Appreciate all those that support us and hoping for a future when we won’t have to deal with this.
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If you care about the work that we do, and think shining a light on this Astorturf BS is important, please consider contributing to our grassroots effort by supporting our Spring fundraising campaign. We’re up against big money and it’ll take collective power to push back.
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We cannot allow ourselves to be bullied by power-hungry wannabe billionaires who want to transform our communities into their vision all while making themselves and their VC/developer friends richer.
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This is a dangerous equivocation, as Trump’s White House is actively trying to dismantle nonprofit status for organizations he ideologically opposes, while the Right and Abundance Movement is going toe-to-toe with labor to dismantle working-class power.
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First of all if we were billionaire-backed we’d probably have more staff.
But secondly, Garry Tan seems to think foundations & labor unions are somehow equivalent to pay-to-play developers & VC investors.
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For more context: thebaffler.com/latest/abund...
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Senator, we would encourage your followers to understand the insincere roots and backers behind this Abundance Movement before signing onto it -
newintermag.com/abundance-bi...
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We need a coalition to defend democracy and uplift working people -- not just new language for old conservative ideas.
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At a moment when U.S. democracy is threatened by MAGA authoritarianism and deep inequality, doubling down on private-sector solutions while ignoring redistributive policy is a dangerous distraction.