Joe Eskenazi

Editor + columnist @MLNow

AT MissionLocal DOT com

2019 @SPJ_NorCal journalist of the year

"Made it Ma! Top of the world!"

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Headlines recently blared about the limits of money in California's recent election, & how billionaires did not get all they wanted.

But that's news to San Francisco: Here, the big money did very, very well.

https://t.co/fyDYuPSVQv

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Saikat Chakrabarti is directing his campaign staff to canvass for Connie Chan, according to an email obtained by Mission Local.

via @io_y_g

https://t.co/pU6jsz2iuY

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

When I grow up, I’d like to be Carl Nolte

[Demian Bulwa @demianbulwa]

After 65 years covering the world, from the San Francisco Bay to Iraq, the Chronicle's legendary "Native Son" Carl Nolte bids farewell in his final column

"I looked around and saw a battered and messy newsroom full of life. I thought it was magic." https://t.co/aGCvMAZXWc

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

It's great to be positive. It's great to be popular.

It's really great to have scores of millions of dollars to run a 24/7/365 PR/political campaign.

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

New: Remember that SF hype video with Steph Curry and the coyote from yesterday? A newly unearthed document shows the nonprofit behind it — Believe in SF — plans to spend ~$30M on Lurie’s agenda through 2027. Its donors are secret.

https://t.co/qjorLBRaVP

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

In real life, people would react poorly if they were being buzzed by even an adorable coyote.

Mayor Lurie being surprised and cursing is, for what it's worth, the only moment approaching cinéma vérité here.

[Joe Rivano Barros @jrivanob]

new video touting San Francisco's comeback financed by pro-Lurie nonprofit "Believe in SF"

its political arm, SF Believes, spent ~$1 million this election, namely to boost Sherrill & Wong, & to defeat the Overpaid CEO tax

PAC's biggest donor is Jan Koum, big MAGA donor

[Mission Local @MLNow]

New California law could let immigrants sue ICE agents for violating constitution

By immigration reporter @clarasophiadaly

https://t.co/woWUKWupka

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

Tonight! Join @FitzTheReporter of @sfstandard and @EskSF of @MLNow, as the two long-time political journo-Joes break down the June primary election results live at Manny's.

Grab your ticket and come ready with questions: https://t.co/d76k5WN5EK

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

At last.

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

Okay! Basketball game is over.

Tomorrow, if you want to hear a San Francisco election wrap, you could do worse than hearing me (Joe) and @FitzTheReporter (Joe) sift through the wreckage and locate the black box.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Information: https://t.co/BLcz3Y0qf2

[Mission Local @MLNow]

NEW: The executive director of a 45-year-old Tenderloin nonprofit is seeking to transfer some $2.3 million in leftover funds to her own nonprofit, according to state filings.

via @miss_elenius
https://t.co/99cAfLBVLC

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Questions about the Bay Area Women’s and Children’s Center have been swirling for months — now, it's suddenly closing.

Longtime board members say they were pushed out of their positions, and the org's millions in assets are shrinking.

via @miss_elenius
https://t.co/23OOlmRi1H

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Tuesday's election results may or may not reflect Mayor Daniel Lurie's popularity. But they definitely reflect *why* he is popular.

Or, as one bested strategist put it: "We are living in Daniel Lurie's America."

Column from @esksf

https://t.co/BaekCTeGS7

[Mission Local @MLNow]

'We are living in Daniel Lurie's America.'

And San Francisco is fine with that.

An analysis of a landslide election and a changed city by @esksf

https://t.co/BaekCTeGS7

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Polls are CLOSED in San Francisco, & the first election results drop at 8:45PM, then every hour till midnight.

Bookmark this page: We'll have live results all night & for the coming days, tracking city & state races, plus the heated congressional contest.
https://t.co/rhahdULq2J

[Mission Local @MLNow]

PENCILS DOWN

Polls close. Here's what we think, what we know and what we think we know on the runup to the 8:45 p.m. ballot drop.

From @esksf

https://t.co/fCPeYKJYIH

[Mark Hogan @markasaurus]

I love election day. I walked past two candidates' offices this morning and my neighbors have a polling place in their garage. Here's what to look out for in San Francisco: https://t.co/NcbzteRhnA via @MLNow @EskSF

[Mission Local @MLNow]

CHECK BACK ALL DAY FOR ONGOING ELECTION COVERAGE

Up first — here's what to look out for, and here's what happens if almost nobody votes. From @EskSF

https://t.co/5lm4nEGotU

[theghostoflittleedie @GhostofEdie]

“There is, in fact, a history of pro-business, pro-downtown San Francisco mayors opposing taxes on business and downtown, losing, and then using the resultant hundreds of millions of dollars to balance the budget. That could happen here, too.” @EskSF @MLNow

[Mark Hogan @markasaurus]

Lurie and labor are on a collision course. Tuesday’s election may determine when it comes. https://t.co/iZi7ZpIEXz via @MLNow @EskSF

[Mission Local @MLNow]

Mayor Daniel Lurie and much of San Francisco's labor movement are on a collision course.

Tuesday's election could determine when that collision comes — and how bad it'll be.

From @esksf

https://t.co/RABOBOP3nY