{"id":37751,"date":"2024-11-21T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=37751"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:27:43","slug":"luries-transition-team-the-togethersf-big-tech-crowd-is-not-on-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/luries-transition-team-the-togethersf-big-tech-crowd-is-not-on-the-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Lurie\u2019s transition team: The TogetherSF Big Tech crowd is not on the list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Garry Tan, Michael Moritz, Ron Conway, Chris Larson … so far, they aren’t on the inside in this administration. Which can only be a good thing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By TIM REDMOND<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOVEMBER 19, 2024 (48hills.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has announced his transition team and advisors, and it offers some interesting insight into who will be major players in Room 200 for the next four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters: Yes, tech will play a big role, with Sam Altman, of OpenAI, as one of the team members, along with Ned Segal, who is a former Twitter CFO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Big Tech players who supported Breed and Farrell are, so far, iced out. Photo by Eddy Hernandez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But none of the big players who have tried to dominate local politics in the past decade are on the list. No Garry Tan. No Ron Conway. No Michael Moritz. No Chris Larson. In fact, the whole TogetherSF and GrowSF establishment<\/a>, not long ago seen as a dominant force in local politics, seems to be iced out of this new administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nobody from Big Real Estate in the mix, either: No William Oberndorf, no Thomas Coates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lurie was, of course, supported by a billionaire\u2014his mother. And he put a ton of his own money into the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the big tech and real estate money supported London Breed and Mark Farrell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure some of these folks will eventually find a way into the administration, but for now they are on the outside. That can only be a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the names are familiar, and entirely predictable: Joanne Hayes-White, the former fire chief who supported Lurie, is on the list, along with retired SFPD Commander Paul Yep, who also backed Lurie. He\u2019s also tapped Jos\u00e9 A. Qui\u00f1onez,<\/strong> Mission Asset Fund\u2019s founding CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s a wildcard: He has reached out to Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, who among other things created a pilot project for a guaranteed income,<\/a> which by all accounts was a great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s an idea former Supervisor and state Assemblymember Tom Ammiano has been pushing for years\u2014and mayors Gavin Newsom, Ed Lee, and London Breed showed no interest. How ironic if Lurie is the one who finally picks it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of this is just honorary, and we won\u2019t know the real direction of the administration until Lurie hires a chief of staff and starts filling key senior positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But so far, what\u2019s important is what\u2019s missing\u2014and that\u2019s the TogetherSF Big Tech power structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit\u00a0here<\/a>. We also invite you to join the conversation on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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