SF election money is growing. City ethics watchdogs are waning. ^12.1%

Mission Local - By Brandon Pho, https:, missionlocal.org, #, schema, person, 409d5ad06a52c3b40ec88a23bc83baa9 - 7/10/2026, 12:00 PM

Framing Effect 15% - Availability Heuristic 6.8% - Fundamental Attribution Error 6.1%

Spending on San Francisco elections, much of it by billionaires, has reached its apex in recent years. But the city’s ethics watchdogs, meant to regulate that money, are thinning out. The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff, which receives corruption complaints and keeps officials and... more