“Marie Hurabiell is a multi-generation San Franciscan whose deep roots in the city have shaped her activism and civic leadership. Born and raised in San Francisco, Marie has spent decades engaging with local politics, law and community affairs, first as a practicing attorney and later as a community organizer and civic advocate. Throughout her career, Marie has emphasized government accountability, neighborhood empowerment and citizen-led solutions to longstanding challenges facing the city. Marie is a doer. Marie is best known as the founder and Executive Director of ConnectedSF, a civic engagement organization. ConnectedSF grew out of her observation that there was a growing disconnect between the decisions being made at City Hall and the priorities of everyday San Franciscans, especially around issues like public safety, housing policy, government spending and other quality-of-life issues. By creating a centralized hub for civic participation and neighborhood coordination, she has worked to make engagement in local politics accessible, actionable and responsive to the real concerns of families and businesses. Marie is a visionary. A key focus of Marie’s work has been articulating the concept of what some describe as city-caused problems: conditions that stem directly from policy choices, budget decisions or administrative actions by the city government that residents see as contributing to their deteriorating quality of life. This includes rising crime and public safety concerns, the city’s sprawling budget that appears misaligned with current demographic and economic realities and burdensome regulations that impact housing, transportation and neighborhood vibrancy. In her writing and public commentary, Marie has argued that many of these challenges are not inevitable but are instead the result of governance decisions that have not sufficiently centered the needs and voices of residents. She’s called for a recalibration of priorities, so that public servants work for the people rather than being isolated in bureaucratic silos. Marie is a community leader. Under her leadership, ConnectedSF has built a coalition of more than 13,000 neighbors across all 11 supervisorial districts, empowering hyper-local neighborhood groups to tackle issues directly and collectively. These groups operate as grassroots forums where residents identify problems, mobilize around common goals and communicate directly with city officials. The result has been a more distributed model of civic activism, one that harnesses everyday experience rather than relying solely on top-down policymaking. ConnectedSF has supported community efforts on public safety initiatives, educational accountability and economic revitalization through events, campaigns, surveys and coordinated communications with local leaders. Marie is a collaborator. In total, Marie Hurabiell’s contributions reflect a vision of San Francisco, where informed residents, empowered neighborhoods and accountable institutions work together to build a more functional and equitable city. Through ConnectedSF, she championed civic engagement as the cornerstone of effective urban governance. Marie is a MODERATE. Let’s send this homegrown, pragmatic, problem-solving fighter for San Francisco to Washington! Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/ca-11-house-of-representatives-2026-june-endorsement)”

“It is not an exaggeration to say that Lori Brooke has been working tirelessly on behalf of District 2 residents for 20-plus years. Her passion for helping San Franciscans is strong, and her connections with the community are deep. She is running as the neighborhood grassroots challenger, and her pitch is that District 2 needs an independent representative rooted in the district rather than another City Hall insider. Her north star is neighborhood quality of life, and she has consistently framed safe and clean streets as the foundation for everything else. Lori strongly opposed Mayor Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, which was approved by the Board of Supervisors (https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-development/sf-family-zoning-plan-passes-upzoning-approved/article_3938b98d-df49-401f-b857-18e03c72c848.html) last December, though she doesn’t oppose building housing overall. Instead, she prioritizes neighborhood character and local control, favors building approved projects already in the pipeline and focuses on affordable housing. Lori strongly opposes the new Marina Safeway highrise project and broader upzoning tied to state mandates. She is endorsed by respected moderates, like Michaela Alioto-Pier, as well as by the League of Pissed-Off Voters and the Working Families Party, universally known as a progressive, union-backed political party. Because Lori hasn’t held elected office, it’s an open question on how her progressive leanings on certain issues, not to mention her relationships with progressive leaders and groups, will factor into her decision-making if she is elected supervisor. Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d2-board-of-supervisors)”

“Albert Chow is a long-time Sunset District resident and small business owner in San Francisco. He owns Great Wall Hardware on Taraval Street, a family-run store established in 1978 and has been active in the community for decades. Chow serves as president of People of Parkside Sunset (POPS), a neighborhood organization that hosts local events, such as movie nights and markets, and partners with residents and police on quality-of-life issues. Through POPS, he has emphasized community engagement and safety. His campaign highlights include a focus on safe streets, housing affordability and support for small businesses. If there is a candidate whose heart is in the right place, whose motives are pure and genuine, and who truly cares and understands his community, it’s Albert. Juggling the demands of City Hall as a small business owner, along with his strong commitment to family, makes us a little worried that he has bitten off more than he can chew. But Albert is a homegrown candidate who our members overwhelmingly selected as their number one pick for D4 Supervisor. We would love to see him representing his District at City Hall. Rank #1. Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement) Alan Wong was appointed by Mayor Lurie last fall as the supervisor for District 4, following the recall of former supervisor Joel Engardio and the brief tenure of Beya Alcaraz. Wong is a lifelong resident of the Sunset District and a graduate of San Francisco public schools. Before his appointment, Wong served on the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) Board of Trustees, including two terms as board president, and worked as a legislative aide from 2019 to 2023 to longtime D4 supervisor Gordon Mar. While serving as CCSF Board President, the board resisted cost-cutting measures, favored union-aligned leadership choices and delayed and undermined financial reforms that could have helped stabilize the college’s finances. Alan is heavily backed and supported by a large number of unions, which means he will be beholden to a significant number of unions.  While it doesn’t really make sense to us to vote for a guy who worked for the supervisor who D4 did not re-elect, he might be a marginally less progressive option than Natalie Gee. RANK #2 Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement) Natalie Gee is a progressive community organizer and was chief of staff to Supervisor Shaman Walton. That should tell you all you need to know about why we cannot support her for D4 supervisor. Her extremely progressive platform includes supporting unions, opposing recalls and establishing a public bank, just to name a few of her ideological priorities. If you thought those were ideal, how about these: other more pie-in-the-sky priorities are progressive tax measures targeting high earners. Her claim to fame is her community “activism,” which in politics usually translates into an inability to govern due to adherence to ideology over pragmatism. The Board of Supervisors does not need more activists. It needs stalwart soles who can do the boring work of legislating on behalf of all of us. Gee can continue her brand of progressive activism as Shaman Walton’s Chief of Staff. DO NOT RANK Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/d4-board-of-supervisors-2026-endorsement)”

“Phoebe Maffei — A former prosecutor, who has experience as an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) in the San Francisco DA’s office, Phoebe Maffei has a deep knowledge of the law and a thorough understanding of San Francisco statutes, and she boasts a history of prosecuting crime on our streets. ADA Maffei demonstrates a well-rounded working expertise and an ability to balance all available legal pathways for those she prosecutes, including the appropriateness of diversion programs and incarceration. If we are going to be serious about public safety, then Phoebe is exactly the kind of commonsense, knowledgeable, practical judge we need to elect. Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/superior-court-judge-2026-june-endorsement)”

“Phil Kim is a unicorn in the often-ignored, routinely-used-as-a-political-launching-pad world of SF Education Board politics. He actually knows what he's doing! During his 12 years as an educator, with a Master's in Education Policy and currently pursuing a doctorate, he had hands-on experience running programs inside SFUSD itself before ever sitting on the Ed Board. He was appointed by former mayor London Breed, was unanimously elected board president by his colleagues and immediately got to work on the unglamorous but essential stuff, like dragging SFUSD's fiscal certification up from "negative" to "qualified." (Do we dare dream we might see “positive” one day?) Under his watch, the board set operational standards for itself, adopted a new K-8 math curriculum, set measurable goals for 3rd grade literacy and 8th grade math proficiency and established real accountability metrics for the Superintendent for the first time in years. This is not a guy simply treating the School Board as a résumé line item on his way to something else. What a relief! Source (https://www.connectedsf.com/board-of-education-seat)”