As things ramp up towards November's election in San Francisco, big money has been flooding in and out of the offices of some hotly-contested (in most cases) local campaigns. Want to take a look at the numbers? I knew you did!
- $8 million: The amount of money raised thus far by SF for Everyone, which opposes Proposition F, a ballot initiative that seeks to impose restrictions on private, short-term housing rentals.
- "Almost entirely": The amount of SF for Everyone's campaign that is funded by Airbnb
- $3.6 million: The amount of money SF for Everyone has spent to fight Prop F as of September 24
- $200,117.04: The amount of money raised by Share Better SF, which backs Prop F
- $20,000: The amount the San Francisco Apartment Association has donated to support Prop F
- $200,000: The amount of money hotel workers' union Unite Here has donated to support Prop F as of September 24
- $79,222.06: The amount of money raised by the Committee to Save the Mission in support of Proposition I, which seeks to establish an 18-month moratorium on new market-rate housing in the Mission
- $500,000: The amount of money raised by San Franciscans for Real Housing Solutions, which opposes Prop I
- $237,000: The amount of money the Sacramento-based California Association of Realtors has donated to fight Prop I
- $1.18 million: The amount of money Ed Lee has raised in his re-election campaign
- $1.22 million: The amount of money (improbably) Lee has spent on his essentially-unopposed campaign
- $90,217: The amount of money Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has raised in his re-election campaign
- $22,702.33: The amount the Sheriff's spent on his campaign as of September 24
- $244,639: The amount of money challenger to the Sheriff's seat Vicki Hennessy has raised
- $175,329.99: The amount of money the Hennessy campaign has spent as of September 24
- $234,190.45: The amount of money incumbent District 3 Supervisor Julie Christensen has raised to keep her seat
- $71,247: The amount of money The San Francisco Alliance for Jobs and Sustainable Growth has put toward Christensen
- $43,000: The amount of money the San Francisco Police Officers Association has donated outright to Christensen
- $75,000: the amount of money raised by the Friends of Julie Christensen, almost all of which "came from a $75,000 contribution from the city’s Police Officers Association on Sept. 16"
- $10,000: The amount of money SF's Chamber of Commerce has put into the Christensen campaign
- $50,000: The amount of money Christensen has gotten from SF's Committee on Jobs, "which represents many of the city’s largest businesses."
- $293,690.96: The amount of money D3 challenger Aaron Peskin has raised
- $164,551: The amount of money raised by San Francisco Tenants and Families for Peskin
- $50,000: The amount Service Employees International Union Local 1021 has donated to Peskin
- $50,000: The amount Unite Here has sent Peskin's way
- $24,000: The amount donated to Peskin by the United Educators of San Francisco
All facts and figures: Airbnb spending more than $8 million to fight new rental rules, SF Chronicle, 9/26/15; Outside groups pouring money into District 3 supervisors race, SF Chronicle, 9/26/15; The Mayor's Money Machine Runs Unopposed, SF Weekly, 9/23/15