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The Phoenix Review provides weekly analysis on the presence of right-wing forces shaping Bay Area politics. Learn more about the billionaire agenda in short takes from the Bay Area’s most insightful political observers. RSS.

“Moderate” Politics And Its Authoritarian Foundation

Exavier Morrison Wells

December 11, 2025

Everyday People Are Saving San Francisco

Dean Preston

December 4, 2025

What the Beya Alcaraz Saga Tells Us About Daniel Lurie

Lincoln Mitchell

November 28, 2025

The Mystery of Saikat Chakrabarti

Otto Pippenger

November 20, 2025

School Closures and a Real Estate Grab

Noah Sloss

November 13, 2025

The Ideology Behind the Lurie Administration

Exavier Morrison Wells

November 7, 2025

Crypto Chiefs and Authoritarianism

Phoenix Project

October 31, 2025

Another Tech Billionaire Goes MAGA

Phoenix Project

October 24, 2025

Intergenerational Progressive Politics in San Francisco

Lincoln Mitchell

October 21, 2025

The Parks Alliance Scandal

Phoenix Project

October 14, 2025

When Moderation is Not Moderate

Exavier Morrison Wells

October 8, 2025

Engardio’s Loss is a Blow to Conservative San Francisco

Dean Preston

September 27, 2025

Privatizing Public Spaces

Phoenix Project

September 21, 2025

ConnectedSF’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Political Education is a Right-Wing Tool

Exavier Morrison Wells

September 14, 2025

San Francisco Parents Coalition and the Astroturf Network

Noah Sloss

September 6, 2025

The Force Behind Oakland’s Astroturf Network

Phoenix Project

September 3, 2025

Chris Larsen: The Art of the Deal

Phoenix Project

August 24, 2025

Joel Engardio and the Astroturf Network

Phoenix Project

August 17, 2025

The Mayor As CEO

Lea McGeever

August 10, 2025

Mayor Lurie’s Deafening Silence on Trump

Lincoln Mitchell

August 2, 2025

The PayPal Mafioso You’ve Never Heard of Influencing San Francisco Politics

Phoenix Project

July 27, 2025

Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Trades Visibility for Influence to Remake San Francisco Politics

Exavier Morrison Wells

July 18, 2025

Philanthropy, Billionaire-Style

Phoenix Project

July 13, 2025

Gutting MUNI for Billionaires

Dean Preston

July 6, 2025

The Billionaire’s Budget: Part II

Anya Worley-Ziegmann

June 27, 2025

Billionaire’s Budget: Part I

Lea McGeever

June 22, 2025

San Francisco Oligarchs Are Making Gains in Local Politics

Lincoln Mitchell

June 13, 2025

Mass Arrest Strategy is Predictably Failing as Overdose Deaths Rise 50% Under Mayor Daniel Lurie

Dean Preston

June 5, 2025

The Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Started in San Francisco

Brandee Marckmann

May 25, 2025

Daniel Lurie's First One Hundred (or so) Days

Lincoln Mitchell

May 16, 2025

Big Real Estate and the Abundance Network

Liam McCarthy

May 9, 2025

The Fentanyl Crisis, Bad Science and the Astroturf Network

Lea McGeever

May 3, 2025

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Beats Astroturf Candidate Loren Taylor in Oakland’s Mayor Race

Jaime Omar Yassin

April 24, 2025

Abundance Is Not Going to Beat MAGA

Lincoln Mitchell

April 18, 2025

Recall Groups Spend Big to Elect Oakland Mayoral Candidate Loren Taylor

Jaime Omar Yassin

April 13, 2025

Lurie’s Bet on Big Business

Liam McCarthy

April 4, 2025

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Astroturf Network

Julie Pitta

March 27, 2025

The Presidio and the Right-Wing Tech Ascendancy

Lincoln Mitchell

March 20, 2025

JJ Smith and the Astroturf Network

Phoenix Project

March 15, 2025

Garry Tan 2.0

Phoenix Project

March 6, 2025

San Francisco’s Right-Wing Tech Bros Go National

Lincoln Mitchell

February 27, 2025

Gil Duran Talks Techno-Fascism

Phoenix Project

February 20, 2025

Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Astroturf Network

Phoenix Project

February 13, 2025

Moving Beyond the Doom Loop

Lincoln Mitchell

February 6, 2025

All the President’s Men

Anya Worley-Ziegmann

January 30, 2025

San Francisco’s Right-Wing and Trump

Phoenix Project

January 24, 2025

The TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Merger

Olivia Peluso

January 16, 2025

Mr. Tan Goes to Washington

Phoenix Project

January 10, 2025

Union Strong

Phoenix Project

December 19, 2024

Joel Engardio’s Prop K Fiasco

Liam McCarthy

December 12, 2024

How Dean Preston Lost

Phoenix Project

December 5, 2024

The Spin Cycle

Phoenix Project

November 21, 2024

The Election that Outed the Astroturf Network

Lincoln Mitchell

November 14, 2024

The Rout that Wasn’t

Phoenix Project

November 7, 2024

The Astroturf Network’s Choice: Up and Down the Ballot

Phoenix Project

October 31, 2024

The Astroturf Network’s Choice: District 5's Bilal Mahmood

Tiffani Carroll

October 24, 2024

The Astroturf Network’s Choice: District 1’s Marjan Philhour

Phoenix Project

October 17, 2024

The Astroturf Network’s Choice: District 11 Candidate Michael Lai

Olivia Peluso

October 10, 2024

The Political Card Game

Phoenix Project

October 3, 2024

The Libertarian Populist Right in San Francisco

Lincoln Mitchell

September 26, 2024

The So-Called Death of a Great American City

Liam McCarthy

September 19, 2024

Eddie Kim discusses the Reboot 2024 Conference

Phoenix Project

September 12, 2024

A Billionaire Buying a Neighborhood

Phoenix Project

September 5, 2024

San Francisco and Project 2025

Phoenix Project

August 29, 2024

Right-Wing DINOs Parading as Moderates

Liam McCarthy

August 22, 2024

The Most Expensive Election in San Francisco History

Phoenix Project

August 15, 2024

With J.D. Vance on Trump ticket, the Nerd Reich goes national

Gil Duran

August 9, 2024

Buying Election Endorsements

Phoenix Project

August 1, 2024

Techies and Trump

Phoenix Project

July 25, 2024

The Trump Appointee Influencing Neighborhood Politics

Liam McCarthy

July 18, 2024

A Brief History of Money & Politics in San Francisco

Tom Ammiano

July 11, 2024

The War on the Poor

Phoenix Project

July 4, 2024

Mark Farrell's Creative Campaign Financing

Lincoln Mitchell

June 27, 2024

Muting Quiet Voices

Phoenix Project

June 20, 2024

Forget NIMBY vs. YIMBY. It’s Speculators vs. Affordability

Phoenix Project

June 13, 2024

San Francisco and The Network State

Phoenix Project

June 6, 2024

New Kids on the Block

Phoenix Project

May 30, 2024
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San Francisco Mayoral Candidates Make Their Case

Phoenix Project

May 23, 2024
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