San Francisco's Poop-Patrol Boss Made $380K and Has Been Charged with Corruption

Marina Times has done the best investigative reporting on this, including forensic accounting, all while the brown-supporting SF Chronicle stood silent.

https://www.marinatimes.com/2020/07/friends-with-community-b...

Red team/blue team stuff I'd wager. Not enough nuance, gotta take the whole package.

> Prop. A lost in a landslide; some 77 percent of San Francisans voted to preserve a monopoly and stave off competitive bidding. Oh well. In voting down Prop. A, San Franciscans also spurned the idea of putting garbage rates in the hands of the Board of Supervisors — instead of the body dominated by Nuru which recently upped our rates by more than 20 percent.

Apparently the rich techies couldn't be bothered to actually do something not in front of a computer and actually support the proposition.

By population they are a small part of the city. Their voting power is quite low.

People like to defend their political tribes.

Good weather, hills, money