San Francisco: Breed joins Peskin in rejecting TogetherSF mayoral debate
San Francisco’s five major candidates for mayor will debate The City’s issues Monday, but on two separate stages.
Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday that she will not participate in political advocacy group TogetherSF Action’s planned May 20 debate.
Instead, Breed and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin — one of four prominent candidates looking to deny her a second full term in office — will participate in a “conversation” hosted by Mission Local journalist Joe Eskenazi.
Breed’s decision comes amid questions about the TogetherSF Action debate and the group’s numerous ties to the campaign of former interim Mayor Mark Farrell. Breed had already expressed concern last week about the event.
Like Peskin, Breed questioned the organization’s ability to neutrally moderate a mayoral debate given its connections to Farrell, whose chief of staff is a former TogetherSF employee. The two also share a communications consultant.
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