Democrats’ New Abundance Platform Isn’t Playing Out Well in San Francisco

Billionaire-backed “moderates” have recently gained control of all arms of government in San Francisco and, just like that, a yearslong, concerted campaign to brand the city as failing and to pin blame on progressives has vanished. Our newest paper—which, incidentally, is also billionaire-backed—recently confirmed it: The Doom Loop is “Out”. 

Those living outside the Bay Area may not have heard of the “Doom Loop.” But progressives everywhere ought to familiarize themselves with this recent history before it shows up at their door. Over several years, a network of wealthy tech industry leaders pummeled every airwave available with a narrative that San Francisco was a failed city awash in dangerous criminals and unchecked violence (in direct contradiction of actual data), and this was all somehow the result of progressive policies enacted by people like me. Elon Musk took to X to call for my imprisonment and pledged $100,000 to unseat me from office. Venture capitalist and tech CEO Garry Tan, who called for me and several of my colleagues to “die slow motherfuckers” and donated $50,000 to the “Dump Dean” PAC, was one of the architects of this campaign. Tan told his listeners at an event that "if we can do this in San Francisco, we can do it anywhere." It worked.