Dean Preston’s PUML is punching up
Dean Preston was frustrated.
In the year and a half since he’d narrowly lost his seat as District 5 supervisor to moderate Bilal Mahmood, the democratic socialist politician had watched an ultra-rich nonprofit founder become mayor, corporate interests thrive in San Francisco, and rents surge seemingly unabated. Progressive voices, he felt, were being silenced.
“Especially in progressive political circles, there’s a feeling that the billionaires and corporate interests have so completely just bought the media through PACs,” Preston told Gazetteer SF. “It’s like, how can people fight back?”