{"id":32088,"date":"2024-03-02T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32088"},"modified":"2024-03-02T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T19:36:22","slug":"yes-indeed-aaron-peskin-is-running-for-mayor-according-to-multiple-media-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/yes-indeed-aaron-peskin-is-running-for-mayor-according-to-multiple-media-outlets\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes Indeed, Aaron Peskin Is Running for Mayor, According to Multiple Media Outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-150x110.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-205x150.png 205w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 MARCH 2024\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/politics\/\">SF POLITICS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervisor Aaron Peskin has repeatedly said he\u2019s not running to be mayor of San Francisco in November 2024, but it was easy to dismiss those claims as chess-match ploys. And now, multiple local media outlets say that yes, Peskin will run for mayor this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District 3 San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin has maintained for months that he is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2024\/01\/26\/san-francisco-progressive-supervisor-aaron-peskin-not-running-mayor\/\">absolutely, positively not running for mayor<\/a>&nbsp;in &nbsp;2024, but there have been rumors that Peskin would run for mayor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2015\/11\/04\/mayor_peskin_ed_lee_2016\/\">for the better part of the last ten years<\/a>. And it&#8217;s been hard to take his denials seriously, considering that Peskin walked into a January 2023 Board of Supervisors meeting saying he had no interest in being the board\u2019s president, yet somehow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/01\/09\/board-of-supervisors-palace-intrigue-peskin-takes-presidency-as-board-ousts-walton-from-top-spot\/\">machinated his way into that coveted position<\/a>&nbsp;by gaming a process that lasted 17 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has privately informed associates that he intends to run for mayor in November in a bid to unseat London Breed, according to two people who said he informed them directly of his plans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0okE58FQRD\">https:\/\/t.co\/0okE58FQRD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfchronicle\/status\/1763381632856113315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Sure enough, just before 6 pm Thursday night, the Chronicle broke the news that they had sources saying&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/breed-2024-election-mayor-peskin-progressive-18696873.php\">Peskin is running for mayor<\/a>. Roughly a half hour later, KRON4 had their own report saying&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/aaron-peskin-to-run-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-source\/\">Peskin is definitely running for the job<\/a>. The Chronicle bases their report on \u201cThe two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity\u201d that said Peskin would run, as well as \u201cFour other sources said they learned of Peskin\u2019s plan either from someone close to him or from other people with whom he had discussed his planned candidacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KRON4\u2019s reports says Peskin \u201cwill officially enter the race next week.\u201d Candidates have until June 11 to formally file campaign paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, will run for SF mayor, source says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BzhtxV1f2u\">https:\/\/t.co\/BzhtxV1f2u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KRON4 News (@kron4news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kron4news\/status\/1763392597244973358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Peskin himself commented to the Chronicle that \u201cI have not declared that I am running for mayor and I don&#8217;t have any immediate plans to do so.\u201d (People, that is not a denial.) He also added that he\u2019s \u201ccertainly warmed up to the idea,\u201d so you see where this is going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes it is already a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/01\/31\/poll-shows-daniel-lurie-beating-london-breed-by-18-points-head-to-head-but-breed-still-leads-if-you-count-all-candidates\/\">crowded race for mayor<\/a>, with London Breed running for reelection (but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/05\/22\/london-breeds-poll-numbers-are-in-the-dumps-60-disapprove-of-job-shes-doing\/\">polling poorly<\/a>), plus blue-chip candidates like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/02\/13\/mark-farrell-formally-announces-hes-running-for-mayor-giving-breed-three-moderate-challengers\/\">former supervisor Mark Farrell<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/sf-supervisor-ahsha-safai-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-mayor\/\">current District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safai<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/09\/26\/daniel-lurie-makes-candidacy-official-for-sf-mayor-says-theres-hunger-for-change\/\">Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie<\/a>&nbsp;in the race too. But all four of those candidates are moderates, and with no other hard-left progressive in the race, Peskin could easily dominate the progressive vote while the others splinter the moderate vote. Peskin, of course, is termed out as District 3 supervisor after November\u2019s election \u2014 for the second time, we should add. (Peskin has served as the district&#8217;s supervisor for a total of 16 years at this point, with a break in between \u2014 he was first elected in December 2000 and was termed out in 2009.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Peskin is the leading anti-housing voice at City Hall, pushing a conservative housing status quo that pushes people out.<br><br>Peskin\u2019s latest: Down-zoning his district \u2014 making it harder for SF to meet its housing goals.<br><br>Stopping new homes isn\u2019t progressive. Quite the opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l7kBQj8hhT\">pic.twitter.com\/l7kBQj8hhT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1763257790133670126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Peskin is likely happy to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/01\/31\/three-sf-supervisors-say-theyve-received-death-threat-mailers-after-garry-tans-die-slow-tweet\/\">play the foil against the wealthy tech donor class<\/a>. But the pro-development YIMBY movement absolutely hates him, and there\u2019s plenty of fodder to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/01\/02\/peskin-chan-making-noise-about-suing-the-state-over-mandatory-housing-goals\/\">paint Peskin as anti-housing<\/a>. We can anticipate there may be some personal attacks over his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2021\/06\/10\/supervisor-aaron-peskin-says-hes-entering-rehab-for-alcohol-apologizes-for\/\">bout with alcoholism<\/a>, though that could backfire, as Peskin has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2021\/10\/18\/sup-peskin-opens-up-about-sobriety-colleagues-say-hes-behaving-more-diplomatically\/\">rebuilt all the bridges he burned<\/a>&nbsp;quite effectively, and his recovery story has been compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, Peskin has retail political skills and a tactical understanding of SF politics that are lightyears beyond several of his less experienced mayoral opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a pretty strong chance that a person who can combine the working labor vote with a take-care-of-our-neighborhood-character vote with a progressive vote could be in the lead,\u201d political consultant Jim Stearns told the Chronicle (Stearns has previously worked on Peskin\u2019s supervisor campaigns). &#8220;I\u2019m not saying he\u2019s running. I\u2019m just saying I would love to have a progressive in the race, so if he is running, I\u2019m on board.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That sounds like a man telegraphing that he would accept a campaign job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peskin is 59, and has been on and off the Board of Supervisors since the early George W. Bush Administration. While recent polling has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/02\/22\/new-poll-shows-mark-farrell-beating-london-breed-in-first-choice-vote-and-breed-trailing-in-ranked-choice\/\">given Mark Farrell the advantage<\/a>&nbsp;in the race, Peskin\u2019s name was not included in that poll, and it\u2019s hard to predict how ranked-choice will shake out. That Chronicle poll also showed \u201cUndecided\u201d had the largest share of the votes, and as the Chronicle themselves note, that poll also said that \u201caround 44% of likely voters who identify as progressive do not have a first choice for mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/01\/09\/board-of-supervisors-palace-intrigue-peskin-takes-presidency-as-board-ousts-walton-from-top-spot\/\">Board of Supervisors Palace Intrigue: Peskin Takes Presidency as Board Ousts Walton From Top Spot [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: @AaronPeskin&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronPeskin\/status\/1722656512529854924\/photo\/1\"><em>via Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 MARCH 2024\/SF POLITICS\/JOE KUKURA Supervisor Aaron Peskin has repeatedly said he\u2019s not running to be mayor of San Francisco in November 2024, but it was easy to dismiss those claims as chess-match ploys. And now, multiple local media outlets say that yes, Peskin will run for mayor this year&#8230;. <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/yes-indeed-aaron-peskin-is-running-for-mayor-according-to-multiple-media-outlets\/\"> 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":[1853],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32088"}],"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=32088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32090,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32088\/revisions\/32090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}