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Evidence-first analysis on the issues that shape District 8.
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Commentary · November 6, 2026
Look What We Started
This isn’t the outcome we wanted. Getting this far, despite the odds, has given me more faith in what we can do together.
Read the post → Commentary · October 29, 2026The Valkyries Were Picked to Finish Last. So Was I.
Institutions decide who gets the chance to show up, then read their own decision back as a forecast. I learned that from this basketball team before I learned it from my own campaign.
Read the post → Statement · October 12, 2026My statement on the GrowSF endorsement
Grow endorsed me today. I did not seek it, I never submitted their questionnaire, and I have not made any commitments or changed any positions to earn it. I can't control who another organization chooses to endorse, but I can control what I stand for, and that has not changed.
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