District Six is the crazy stew of San Francisco politics. Voters range from the formerly homeless in single-room-occupancy Tenderloin hotels to empty-nesters in million-dollar condos south of Market with panoramic views of the bay. Candidates include far left ideologues, downtown development interests, and the deeply offbeat – political hopeful Glendon Hyde, who preforms as drag queen “Anna Conda.”
For 10 tempestuous years – Daly got two extra years because of the changeover from citywide to district elections – Chris Daly has been the District Six supervisor, giving the city a lesson in how district elections can turn relatively few votes – Daly got just 8,654 in 2006 and 6,645 in 2002 – into an impressive position of power.
He’s stymied the mayor’s projects, pushed his own agenda, and thwarted the efforts of developers. With five supervisors’ seats up for election, and Mayor Gavin Newsom running for lieutenant governor, this will be a critical moment for the Board of Supervisors.
Now a lame duck who has moved his family to Fairfield, Daly isn’t about to give up District Six without a final power play. He’s proposed a “progressive primary” for the district for this summer. The winner, as he wrote in an editorial in the Bay Guardian, would, “become the beneficiary of my endorsement and campaign support.”
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Filed under: District Six, What's Going On? | Tagged: Daly Embarrassment, District 6 race
