Thursday, February 26, 2026

379 - Emergency Meetings

 This week we are in EMERGENCY MODE! SAVE THE ART SCENE!!! Plus Kate is mad about the giant naked woman sculpture.

the music in this episode is by spacemoth

Head over! I'll make you a drawing!


SF Arts Ed

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

CCA and the SEIU1021

Artist Space Trust

SOMARTS

Nobody's coming to save SF arts — the scene must save itself by Max Blue

SFAC meeting from HELL



Postcard writing info:

Letter Template

Dear [Name],

As a member of SF's arts community, I'm asking for your support in ensuring artists have a voice in charter reform. The 1932 charter included arts representation through the War Memorial Board. Today, artists have no seat at your working group table, even as the infrastructure that sustains creative life is eroding faster than policy and philanthropy can respond.

Arts and culture generate billions in economic activity and defines what makes SF livable. Could you bring our voices into your deliberations?

We need a charter that serves all San Franciscans, including the artists who make this city worth living in.

In solidarity,

[Your Name]


City Hall Officials

Daniel Lurie

Mayor of San Francisco

mayorspressoffice@sfgov.org

Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 200, San Francisco, CA 94102

Ultimate decision maker on charter reform and city governance. He restructured city government and is driving the charter reform process. Artists need direct representation in these discussions.

Staci Slaughter

Chief of Staff to Mayor Lurie

mayorspressoffice@sfgov.org

Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 200, San Francisco, CA 94102

Chief of Staff — the gatekeeper to the Mayor. Former SF Giants executive, advisor to Sixth Street Partners. She coordinates all policy chiefs and manages access to Lurie.

Anne Taupier

Executive Director, Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)

oewd.info@sfgov.org

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 448, San Francisco, CA 94102

OEWD directly oversees arts/culture economic development. Her stated mission includes "repopulate our streets with arts and affordability." Came from Tishman Speyer in 2023, has urban planning background.

SF Charter Committee

Michael Pappas

San Francisco Interfaith Council (Executive Director)

PO Box 29055, SF 94129 or 130 Fisher Loop (Presidio Interfaith Chapel)

 

Natalie Sandoval

Urban Land Institute San Francisco (Executive Director)

2 Bryant St STE 300, San Francisco, CA 94105

 

Ben Rosenfield

SPUR / former SF Controller

info@spur.org

654 Mission St, SF 94105

 

Shakirah Simley

Booker T. Washington Community Service Center (Executive Director)

800 Presidio Ave, SF 94115

 

Kim Tavaglione

SF Labor Council (Executive Director)

1188 Franklin St Suite 203, SF 94109

 

Laurie Thomas

WISF Board Member

laurie@ggra.org

1 South Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor, SF CA 94103

 

Lynn Mahoney

San Francisco State University (President)

president@sfsu.edu

1600 Holloway Avenue, SF 94132


Andres Power

Abundant SF (Board Member, former policy director to Mayor Breed)

533b Simonds Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129

Note: Abundant SF mentioned as aligned with YIMBY/Astroturf groups but not prominently featured.


Tim Omi

Council of District Merchants / Fillmore Merchants Association (President)

8 West Portal Avenue, #389, San Francisco, CA 94127

 

Zach Goldman

SEIU 1021 (Staff Director)

info@seiu1021.org

350 Rhode Island, Suite 100, SF 94103

 

Susan Hirsch

Third Plateau / Hirsch Philanthropy Partners (Co-Founder & Principal)

127 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710 or 209 Kearny St, SF 94108

 

Marie Hurabiell

Connected SF (Executive Director & Founder)

393 7th Ave Ste 301, SF 94118

RED FLAG: Phoenix Project dedicated entire article to her. Registered Republican until 2022, Trump appointee to Presidio Trust. Connected SF fully funded by Neighbors for a Better SF (Oberndorf). Described as promoting "extreme right wing ideologies."


Missy Narula

Crankstart Foundation (CEO)

1660 Bush St Ste 300, SF 94109

Progressive giving focus.


Rafael Mandelman

SF Board of Supervisors President (District 8)

rafael.mandelman@sfgov.org

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244, SF 94102

 

Bilal Mahmood

SF Board of Supervisors (District 5)

Bilal.Mahmood@sfgov.org

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244, SF 94102

Note: GrowSF spent $300K to elect him, replacing Dean Preston.


Chyanne Chen

SF Board of Supervisors (District 11)

Chyanne.Chen@sfgov.org

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 244, SF 94102

 

Carmen Chu

Office of the City Administrator

carmen.chu@sfgov.org

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, SF 94102

 

Greg Wagner

Office of the Controller

controller@sfgov.org

City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 316, SF 94102

 

Alicia John-Baptiste

Mayor's Office (Chief of Infrastructure, Climate & Mobility)

mayorspressoffice@sfgov.org

Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 200, SF 94102

 

Fred Blackwell

San Francisco Foundation (CEO)

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, SF 94111

 

Sherilyn Adams

Larkin Street Youth Services

info@larkinstreetyouth.org

134 Golden Gate Avenue, SF 94102

 

Sachin Agarwal

GrowSF

contact@growsf.org

393 7th Ave Ste 301, SF 94118

RED FLAG: GrowSF director, key Astroturf Network member. Quoted criticizing "outside money" after losing D11 race.

Josh Arce

Northern California District Council of Laborers / California Alliance for Jobs

info@ncdcl.org

5672 Stoneridge Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588

 

Katherine August-deWilde

Partnership for San Francisco

info@partnershipsf.org

600 California St Suite 12-001, San Francisco, CA 94108

 

Larry Baer

SF Giants / Advance SF

Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, SF 94107

 

Dan Bernal

UCSF Community Relations

3333 California St, SF 94143

 

Anni Chung

Self-Help for the Elderly (CEO)

407 Sansome St, SF 94111

 

Meredith Dodson

SF Parent Coalition (ED) / SF Parent Action

meredith@sfparents.org

312 Clay St Ste 300, Oakland CA 94607

Led school board recall campaigns. SF Parent Coalition received $100K from Neighbors for a Better SF — part of Astroturf network's school privatization push.


John Doherty

SF Building Trades Council (VP Subcrafts) / IBEW Local 6

info@sfbuildingtrades council.org

825 Van Ness Ave Suite 301, SF 94109

 

Bob Fisher

Pisces Foundation (Co-founder & Trustee)

admin@piscesfoundation.org

268 Bush St Ste 3433, SF

 

Rodney Fong

SF Chamber of Commerce (CEO)

rfong@sfchamber.com

235 Montgomery St Ste 760, SF 94104

 

Norma Garcia

UC Berkeley (note: unclear which Norma Garcia)

normagarcia@berkeley.edu

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Law Building #7200, Berkeley, CA 94720

 

Shola Olatoye

SF Downtown Development Corporation (CEO)

5 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94124

 

Anna Marie Presutti

SF Travel (CEO)

One Post St Suite 2700, SF 94104

 


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