{"id":32040,"date":"2024-02-29T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32040"},"modified":"2024-02-29T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:47:44","slug":"as-biggest-roadblock-to-las-vegas-could-be-set-by-former-sf-supervisor-chris-daly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/as-biggest-roadblock-to-las-vegas-could-be-set-by-former-sf-supervisor-chris-daly\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019s Biggest Roadblock to Las Vegas Could Be Set By\u2026 Former SF Supervisor Chris Daly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-43.png 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>27 FEBRUARY 2024\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/politics\/\">SF POLITICS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A blast from San Francisco\u2019s political past could help shoot down the Oakland A\u2019s proposed move to Las Vegas, as former SF supervisor Chris Daly is now the political director for a Nevada ballot measure and lawsuit that could be Oakland fans\u2019 ace in the hole to keep the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re aware that the Oakland A\u2019s ownership is desperately trying to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/04\/20\/oakland-as-to-las-vegas-looks-like-a-done-deal-team-just-bought-stadium-site\/\">move the team to Las Vegas<\/a>, despite the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/07\/24\/as-fans-ask-giants-fans-to-join-in-their-sell-the-team-protests-at-this-weeks-bay-bridge-series-games\/\">objections of A\u2019s fans<\/a>. But there\u2019s still&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/mlb-oakland-athletics-las-vegas-nevada-john-fisher-1851289732\">plenty that can go wrong<\/a>&nbsp;that could blow up the A\u2019s proposed relocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest of these these things that could go wrong was reported on Monday by the sports and business site Front Office Sports \u2014 the same site that broke the bombshell news of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman saying the A\u2019s have \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/las-vegas-mayor-comes-out-swinging-against-the-idea-of-the-as-moving-to-vegas\/\">got to figure out a way to stay in Oakland<\/a>\u201d &nbsp;\u2014 which noted that the Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/nevada-group-prepares-injunction-to-block-as-stadium-from-moving-forward\/\">preparing a legal injunction<\/a>&nbsp;to halt the $380 million in Nevada state taxpayer money going to the A\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/05\/15\/as-announce-agreement-for-new-vegas-ballpark-one-week-after-bailing-on-their-last-vegas-ballpark\/\">proposed stadium at the Tropicana Casino site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When we finally kill the Tropicana stadium deal, it will be a combination of these Oakland A\u2019s fans, our efforts at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SchoolsOverStadiums?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SchoolsOverStadiums<\/a> and Strong Public Schools, and John Fisher\u2019s ineptitude. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SellTheTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SellTheTeam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bz82KDDfez\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bz82KDDfez<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Daly \u2614\ufe0f (@superdaly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/superdaly\/status\/1762201749396529433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cThe injunction would be us asking the court to physically stop the [stadium] project from moving forward,\u201d NSEA deputy executive director of government relations Chris Daly told Front Office Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wait a minute\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;Chris Daly?&nbsp;<strong>That<\/strong>&nbsp;Chris Daly? Former lightning-rod, profanity-spewing District 6 San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2011\/01\/05\/heres_chris_daly_looking_super_piss\/\">combatively declared \u201cIt\u2019s on like Donkey Kong\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;when Ed Lee was appointed mayor in 2011? The Chris Daly who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfweekly.com\/archives\/chris-daly-vows-to-say-fuck-at-every-2010-board-meeting-for-the-greater-fucking\/article_1da413fc-f130-53e4-9eff-4d4d6aaf5a54.html\">vowed to use the word \u201cfuck\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;at every Board of Supervisors meeting? The Chris Daly who insinuated in 2007 that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/newsom-to-daly-cheapest-of-cheap-shots\/article_01db6820-47b1-59d9-96ea-3cdb8822548e.html\">Gavin Newsom was doing cocaine<\/a>? (<em>Note<\/em>: Back in 2007, lots of people assumed Gavin was doing a little blow here and there.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Daly - It&#039;s on like Donkey Kong\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_Z1i8dbZcI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, this is the same Chris Daly, who at 28 was the youngest person ever elected to the SF Board of Supervisors. He represented District 6 from 2001-2011. And SFist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2016\/02\/24\/what_donkey_kong\/\">mentioned in 2016 after<\/a>&nbsp;Daly left town that he\u2019d taken a position as the political director of the Nevada State Education Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can find me at the tailgate in Lot B. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51QQITQywS\">pic.twitter.com\/51QQITQywS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Daly \u2614\ufe0f (@superdaly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/superdaly\/status\/1687933482256011264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Above we see Daly this past August, acting in that capacity. And these days, that capacity has him as an officer with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolsoverstadiums.com\/\">Schools Over Stadiums<\/a>&nbsp;(who are organizing a voter referendum against the Las Vegas stadium) and also with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strongpublicschoolsnv.org\/\">Strong Public Schools Nevada<\/a>&nbsp;(who\u2019ve filed legal claims against the stadium\u2019s taxpayer funding). Both hope to cancel that $380 million in public funding at a time when Nevada schools are suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNevada schools have been chronically underfunded,\u201d Daly tells SFist. \u201cWe rank 48th in the nation in per-pupil school funding. Nevada has the largest class sizes in the country, and also currently is experiencing the highest vacancy rate in terms of teacher vacancies. That means tens of thousands of kids in Nevada are without a licensed teacher in front of them. Many with long-term [substitutes], many with classes doubled up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why Daly is fighting for better school funding instead of big-money stadium funding. \u201cNevada doesn\u2019t have an income tax,\u201d Daly explains. \u201cThat\u2019s oftentimes sold as something positive about Nevada, but that\u2019s directly related to school funding issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And his endgame? \u201cWe think this deal is a house of cards,\u201d he tells us. \u201cAnd if you pull out the $380 million in public dollars, we think the whole house of cards will crumble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$380M in public funding to a billionaire is a swing and a miss for our kids. Nevada politicians have spent more time planning a world class stadium than they have ensuring a world class education for our kids. Let&#39;s change that! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SchoolsOverStadiums?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SchoolsOverStadiums<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/12uSWPMTIr\">https:\/\/t.co\/12uSWPMTIr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDAQE0wpdz\">pic.twitter.com\/FDAQE0wpdz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Schools Over Stadiums (@EduOverStadiums) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EduOverStadiums\/status\/1678480457049030657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>One thing Daly did not anticipate was Oakland baseball fans\u2019 generosity toward Nevada school teachers. There\u2019s a GoFundMe-for-teachers style site called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/\">DonorsChoose<\/a>&nbsp;where teachers effectively beg for money for classroom supplies. And some teachers who testified against the $380 million for the A\u2019s found that Oakland fans had cleared out all of their requested items, and bought them everything they\u2019d asked for. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA teacher told me \u2018My DonorsChoose list was cleared. It was someone from Oakland. I have no idea who they are,\u2019&#8221; Daly says. &#8220;And that kept happening. I\u2019ve never seen anything quite like what Oakland fans are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMarksNV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexMarksNV<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/superdaly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@superdaly<\/a>. Make sure to stop by their booth to learn about what we can do to help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EduOverStadiums?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EduOverStadiums<\/a>! Donate today! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H8ctC2K0HL\">https:\/\/t.co\/H8ctC2K0HL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FansFest2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FansFest2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9ngLRUxm8\">pic.twitter.com\/q9ngLRUxm8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sell The Team (@jvb43) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvb43\/status\/1761475754679050467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Daly was also running a table, as seen above, at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/athletics\/article\/fans-fest-oakland-as-fans-getting-stronger-fight-18687186.php\">this past weekend\u2019s Fans Fest<\/a>, a rogue event organized by fans. \u201cWe were slammed,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI\u2019ve tabled many events, never before have I had a line of people just waiting to talk to me. For three hours, were were just slammed at our table. We got a lot of donations, average donation $60. Fans were saying \u2018This is what I would have spent on my Opening Day ticket.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You too can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/schoolsoverstadiums\/\">contribute to School Over Stadiums<\/a>&nbsp;online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When we finally kill the Tropicana stadium deal, it will be a combination of these Oakland A\u2019s fans, our efforts at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SchoolsOverStadiums?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SchoolsOverStadiums<\/a> and Strong Public Schools, and John Fisher\u2019s ineptitude. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SellTheTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SellTheTeam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bz82KDDfez\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bz82KDDfez<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Daly \u2614\ufe0f (@superdaly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/superdaly\/status\/1762201749396529433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Daly says his groups have a three-pronged approach to defeating the Las Vegas stadium. One of them is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nevadacurrent.com\/2023\/09\/07\/schools-over-stadiums-files-referendum-challenging-public-funding-for-as\/\">ballot referendum challenging the $380 million handout<\/a>, though attorneys for A\u2019s owner John Fisher&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/athletics-las-vegas-move-nevada-judge-tosses-teachers-union-backed-referendum-petition\/\">sued on technical grounds<\/a>, and won in a lower court. The fate of that ballot measure is now in the hands of the Nevada state Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Daly projects they may be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/athletics\/relocation\/latest-on-as-impending-las-vegas-referendum\">collecting signatures again<\/a>&nbsp;by \u201cMarch, April at the latest.\u201d If so, yes, you can volunteer to collect petition signatures, which many A\u2019s fans have already done in Reno. Out-of-state residents can collect signatures (though you have to be a US citizen, and 18 or older), you just can\u2019t sign the petition unless you\u2019re a Nevada resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong Public Schools Nevada is also suing over the constitutionality of the $380 in taxpayer funding, approved in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gov.nv.gov\/Newsroom\/PRs\/2023\/2023-06-15_Senate_Bill_1\/\">bill called SB-1<\/a>. \u201cWe feel that each of our challenges is relatively strong,\u201d Daly says. \u201cAnd we really only need one, or two [objections] to pass to basically wipe out SB-1.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there is the injunction mentioned at the introduction of this post, which could stop the stadium project from moving forward. \u201cOur lawyers are currently preparing this injunction,\u201d according to Daly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being former SF supervisor Chris Daly, we of course tried to goad him into some inflammatory remarks about current San Francisco politics. He did not take the bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the case that the Chris Daly running Schools Over Stadiums is the same Chris Daly who served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,\u201d he diplomatically told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there still seem to be old scores to settle, namely with A\u2019s owner John Fisher, whose father was The Gap co-founder Don Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon Fisher likely was the largest donor against me politically, during my political career in San Francisco,\u201d Daly points out. \u201cHe probably spent seven figures against me. So that actually does seem relevant.\u201d Daly also notes that the Fishers are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2019\/10\/donors-to-anti-obama-dark-money-grp\/\">big charter school donors<\/a>, &nbsp;which of course puts them at odds with a teachers\u2019 union official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So because of this odd coincidence over the A\u2019s attempt to move to Las Vegas, and Chris Daly being the political director for a teacher\u2019s union that opposes the stadium deal they want, Chris Daly is back in Bay Area news whether you like it or not. And he had some words for SFist about how he\u2019d like to be covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre you going to bring back the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2007\/07\/17\/everybody_hates_1\/\">Everybody Hates Chris<\/a>\u2019 thing?,\u201d he asked, citing SFist\u2019s old trope where our articles about Daly often started with the phrase&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2006\/05\/22\/everybody_hates_chris_the_district_6_interview\/\">Everybody Hates Chris<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think you can have something with me in SFist without \u2018Everybody Hates Chris\u2019 as the headline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/09\/24\/oakland-as-fans-teaming-up-with-nevada-school-teachers-to-block-team-move-in-schools-over-stadiums-campaign\/\">Oakland A\u2019s Fans Teaming Up With Nevada Schoolteachers to Block Team&#8217;s Move in \u2018Schools Over Stadiums\u2019 Campaign [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: (Left)&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoaklandarena.com\/oakland-alameda-county-coliseum\"><em>Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum<\/em><\/a><em>, (Right),&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sfbos.org\/former-supervisor-chris-daly-district-6\"><em>SF Board of Supervisors<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 FEBRUARY 2024\/SF POLITICS\/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) A blast from San Francisco\u2019s political past could help shoot down the Oakland A\u2019s proposed move to Las Vegas, as former SF supervisor Chris Daly is now the political director for a Nevada ballot measure and lawsuit that could be Oakland fans\u2019 ace in&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/as-biggest-roadblock-to-las-vegas-could-be-set-by-former-sf-supervisor-chris-daly\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1848],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32043,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions\/32043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}