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Audit Says 2024 Mark Farrell Campaign Complied With Law Despite Violations, Probe Ongoing

The SF Ethics Commission found that Mark Farrell’s 2024 mayoral campaign failed to report certain payments, misreported spending, and improperly documented some donations — but still “substantially complied” with the law, and the case has been referred to the commission's enforcement division.

Mark Farrell’s ‘Most Successful’ VC Investment at Risk of Being Delisted From NASDAQ

SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell touted his business success during his failed run for mayor, but the company he described as his “most successful” venture capital triumph is now facing tough times and a potential delisting from the NASDAQ exchange.

Mark Farrell Hit With Largest Ethics Fine In City History Over Commingling of Campaign Funds With Prop D

A settlement that was struck two weeks ago between mayoral candidate Mark Farrell and the San Francisco Ethics Commission was made public this morning, in something of an Election Eve surprise.

SF’s Prop D Hopes to Eliminate Most City Hall Commissions, Critics Say It’s Just a Mark Farrell Slush Fund

SF’s November 5 measure Prop D has raised more than $9 million in hopes of passing a law to slash the number of City Hall commissions in half, though some allege the money is largely just going to help pay the Mark Farrell for Mayor campaign’s bills.

New Chronicle Poll Has Daniel Lurie Edging Ahead of London Breed, Thanks to Second-Choice Votes

While Mayor London Breed has a tiny lead in first-choice votes in the latest Chronicle poll, Daniel Lurie pulls ahead in second-choice votes, and Aaron Peskin has surprisingly leapfrogged Mark Farrell for third place.

Mayor’s Race Ads From Seemingly Made-Up Commission Paid For by Pro-Mark Farrell PAC

Here’s one way around campaign finance laws: Make up a false, non-existent agency so the laws just don’t apply to your ads, mailers, and billboards. But these ads from the apparently made-up “Citizens for Campaign Finance Transparency” are paid for by a pro-Mark Farrell PAC.

Former Mayors Willie Brown, Art Agnos, and Frank Jordan Call For Criminal Investigation of Mark Farrell Campaign

It's not exactly an October surprise, but it is an escalation of the ongoing parade of negative attention on Mark Farrell, who by some polls has been the frontrunner in the San Francisco mayoral race.

Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safai Come Together for Improbable ‘1-2’ Ranked-Choice Alliance In Mayoral Race

Some strange bedfellows at opposite ends of the political spectrum have come together in the SF mayor’s race, as moderate Mark Farrell has made a puzzling partnership with Ahsha Safai in hopes of gaming the ranked-choice votes.

Day Around the Bay: Mark Farrell Failed to Disclose $675K Loan In Election Filing

SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell failed to disclose a large loan for the purchase of his home four years ago; the eventual developer of the Coliseum site says it is not behind on any payments to Oakland; and a Bank of America outage that freaked out customers is being resolved.

Megabucks Conservative Donor Not Happy With Daniel Lurie’s Attacks on Mark Farrell In Mayoral Ads

The rich kids are fighting in the SF mayoral race, as the Republican-leaning money man behind the political group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco is not pleased with Daniel Lurie’s mailer attacks on Mark Farrell’s dubious campaign finances.

In Fifth (and Probably Final) Mayoral Debate, Sharp Barbs on Homelessness and Corruption

The Coalition On Homelessness was the unexpected boogeyman at Thursday night’s SF mayoral debate, but London Breed and Mark Farrell took plenty of heat for their own alleged corruption issues.

With Another Mayoral Debate Tonight, Breed Tries to Tag Farrell With Permit Scandal on Home Renovations

With a 7 pm Thursday night mayoral debate looming, Mayor Breed, who’s had something of a scandal-ridden week, is suddenly alleging that opponent Mark Farrell illegally pulled strings to expedite permits on a half-million-dollar renovation of his new house.

Mark Farrell Faces Questions After Companies With Business Before City Gave $1.2 Million to Nonprofit Where His Wife Is on the Board

It’s beginning to look a lot like Nuru with a pattern uncovered during mayoral candidate Mark Farrell’s time on the Board of Supervisors, as a report details how he got $1.2 million in donations directed to a nonprofit where his wife serves on the board.

Over a Quarter of SF Voters Still Undecided, But Breed and Farrell Still Lead Mayor's Race In New Poll

Former Supervisor and (briefly) Mayor Mark Farrell leads incumbent Mayor London Breed by the slimmest of margins in a new poll, with Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Asha Safai trailing. But over a quarter of voters polled said they were still undecided about the race.

More Fake SF Mayoral Candidate Websites Flooding the Zone Before Election Day

The political dirty tricks are ramping up as we head to November’s SF elections, as fake campaign websites are popping up in hopes of dragging down some of the leading candidates for mayor.

Mayor Breed Yanks Her Support From Commission Reform Measure, Alleging It’s Just a Slush Fund for Mark Farrell

SF Mayor London Breed just un-endorsed the Prop D ballot measure to trim the number of commissions at City Hall, amidst continuing allegations that rival Mark Farrell is just using the Prop D contributions to finance his own mayor’s race.

SF Police Union Endorses London Breed for Mayor, But Members Complain There Was No Actual Vote

Mayor London Breed won the coveted SF Police Officers Association endorsement Thursday, but members of the union are grumbling off the record that there was no real vote, and claim that there’s more support for Mark Farrell among the ranks.

Daniel Lurie Campaign Paying Google to Run Fake, Anti-Mark Farrell Headlines on Real News Articles

The latest skullduggery in the SF mayor’s race has Google search results for Mark Farrell that make it look like prominent local publications ran headlines declaring “Don’t Trust Mark Farrell.” But the headlines are fake, and the Lurie campaign appears to be paying Google to manipulate them.

Report: Mark Farrell Took $100K Check From Employer the Day He Became Interim Mayor, Which Seems Not Exactly Legal

It is illegal for the Mayor of San Francisco to hold a second job. So is it odd that Mark Farrell got paid more than $100,000 by his employer, just hours before being sworn in as interim mayor in 2018?

Breed Bounces Back Big-Time With Sizable Lead In New Mayoral Race Poll

Is it the Kamala effect? Whatever it may be, Mayor London Breed is up by eight points in the five-way race for mayor, according to the latest poll from the Chronicle, but ranked-choice voting could scramble these results entirely.

Fundraising Totals Show Lurie Way Ahead In Mayoral Race Money, Lurie and Farrell Argue About It on Twitter

Wealthy SF mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie is millions of dollars ahead of his rivals in the fundraising race, according to just-released public information, but this revelation wrought a puerile pissing match between Lurie and Mark Farrell on Twitter Thursday.

Trump-Like Rhetoric at Mark Farrell Event Raises Eyebrows, Farrell Quickly Disavows Host’s Remarks

The host of a recent Mark Farrell fundraiser in the Marina went off on SF for “lawlessness and wokeism,” a description Farrell called “pretty compelling.” But now Farrell says he disagrees, and Mayor Breed is taking him to task.

SF’s Moderate Candidates Duke It Out at Debate Peskin Skipped Because He Figured It Was Rigged

Monday night saw another SF mayoral debate, this one largely dominated by the topics of crime and homelessness, but Aaron Peskin refused to show because he felt the organizers already had the fix in for Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie.

SF’s Wealthiest Political Group Endorses Farrell and Lurie, Relegates Breed to Third Choice

The moderate group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, whose top money man is a Republican mega-donor, has dual-endorsed Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie for SF mayor, and only says to include London Breed as your third choice so Peskin doesn’t win.

Lights Went Out as Candidates Were Speaking at Monday Night’s Very Glitchy SF Mayoral Debate

It was literally a “lights out” performance, and not in a good way, on Monday night when the five major candidates running for San Francisco mayor debated at UC Law, and repeated technical glitches marred the night’s proceedings.