2026-02-12
Garry Tan is launching a new dark-money group to influence California politics he wants to replicate the success of the Chesa Boudin & school board recalls of 2022 & bring that “energy” statewide the effort is also part of his aim to create “parallel media” & institutions [image]
Mission Local
YC's Garry Tan launches “Garry's List”, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting “moderate/pragmatic” political candidates and pro-growth policies in California
New operation is part-PAC, part-blog, part incubator for Silicon Valley politics — and latest entry in big-money network
2024-11-10
in the mayor's race, Lurie lost only 0.14% in final round to Breed—votes were simply not trending in the right direction enough for her [image]
Newcomer
San Francisco's next mayor, Dan Lurie, a Levi's heir with no political experience, wasn't tech leaders' top choice but is a moderate who aims to work with them
votes were simply not trending in the right direction enough for her [image] Joe Rivano Barros / @jrivanob : Daniel Lurie just gave his acceptance speech at St. Mary's square in Ch...
Daniel Lurie just gave his acceptance speech at St. Mary's square in Chinatown: —on Trump, says he won't let disagreements w/admin stop his work in San Francisco —he doesn't anticipate taking $400K salary, says he'll put holdings in blind trust —"get tough" on drug dealers [image]
Newcomer
San Francisco's next mayor, Dan Lurie, a Levi's heir with no political experience, wasn't tech leaders' top choice but is a moderate who aims to work with them
votes were simply not trending in the right direction enough for her [image] Joe Rivano Barros / @jrivanob : Daniel Lurie just gave his acceptance speech at St. Mary's square in Ch...
2021-02-18
ecstatic to learn that, immediately after AB5 passed & made Uber/Lyft/etc. drivers employees in California, Gavin Newsom's staff assured executives in private that he would “ultimately shield them from it” he then stayed neutral on Prop. 22, which we lost https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
How the success of California's Prop 22, driven by gig economy companies, is affecting negotiations between unions and businesses across the US
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg :