SF Daily Brief for November 2, 2026
Today on the SF Daily Brief: “To fight the Marina Safeway project, NIMBYs reach for a law written to stop the Klan,” plus “Three candidates compete for San Francisco’s District 10 supervisor seat.”
- To fight the Marina Safeway project, NIMBYs reach for a law written to stop the Klan
- Three candidates compete for San Francisco’s District 10 supervisor seat
- In Chinatown, residents split on whether and how to vote
- Three Vallejo men convicted in Chinatown street thefts
- Rents at the once-sinking Millennium Tower just hit $10K for a one-bedroom
- Connie Chan leads Chinatown march to turn out voters
- SF will throw the WNBA champion Valkyries a parade Wednesday. Here’s what to know
- Man arrested in San Rafael following hit-and-run that killed scooter rider
- Gary Locke and William Tong endorse Connie Chan for Congress
- Can the Warriors trade, cut, or stop paying Kristaps Porzingis? Here’s what’s on the table
- USF to Replace Don Mascot With Wolf, Retain Nickname Following Backlash
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This is SF Daily Brief for Monday, November 2, 2026. I'm your narrator. We begin in the Marina, where neighbors are suing to stop a housing project at the Marina Safeway. Part of their case rests on a civil rights law written to target the Ku Klux Klan.
The developer wants that claim dismissed, the Standard reports. The neighbors also tried to steer the case to a judge who had handled PG&E pollution suits. They lost that effort. In District 10, voters are choosing a supervisor to succeed Shamann Walton, who is termed out.
Three candidates have reported campaign contributions and major endorsements in the race: J.R. Eppler, Theo Ellington and Dion-Jay "DJ" Brookter. The district covers Bayview-Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, Visitacion Valley and Candlestick Point. In Chinatown, shop owners, workers and residents describe sharply different levels of engagement with Tuesday's election in interviews with Sing Tao. Some residents are following the election closely, while others are not.
A dried-seafood shop owner said he and his family voted early for Connie Chan and for a housing measure, Proposition C. A drinks-stand worker who immigrated about two years ago said limited English left her unable to follow the candidates or the measures. A shopper said one of her daughters has not mailed her ballot because she heard that voting makes jury duty more likely. Elsewhere in Chinatown, three men from Vallejo were convicted of felony and misdemeanor theft counts after San Francisco prosecutors accused them of working together to rob pedestrians, the World Journal reports.
The case involved street thefts in Chinatown. Downtown, a one-bedroom apartment at Millennium Tower rented for $10,000 a month, a record for downtown San Francisco rentals, the Standard reports. The tenant is an AI employee who wanted a home close to the office. Connie Chan, meanwhile, led a "Chinese community unity" march from Portsmouth Square through Chinatown on Friday, asking supporters to vote in Tuesday's election for the 11th Congressional District seat.
Marchers carried signs backing her congressional run, and speakers included a supervisor and the head of a Chinatown association. The march was held on Friday. On Wednesday, San Francisco will hold a parade for the WNBA champion Valkyries. The parade will march from the Ferry Building toward Oracle Park with the trophy, the Standard reports.
The route brings street closures and transit changes. San Francisco police say Daniel Llama was arrested Thursday in San Rafael. The arrest is in connection with an Oct. 24 hit-and-run in San Francisco that killed a man riding a scooter. He was booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run resulting in death, and police said the vehicle was towed back to the city.
Llama was arrested in San Rafael. In the congressional race, Gary Locke and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong endorsed Connie Chan for Congress on Friday, Sing Tao reports. Locke, the first Chinese American governor and a former U.S. commerce secretary and ambassador to China, cited her work on affordable housing and on protecting city services during budget trouble. Tong cited defending constitutional rights and immigrant families.
The Warriors, meanwhile, face a decision at center. Center Kristaps Porzingis is out indefinitely, leaving the team thin at center. The team faces options to trade him, cut him or stop paying him, the Standard reports. And at the University of San Francisco, the school will retire the Don mascot after 90 years and introduce a wolf starting with the spring 2027 semester, the Chronicle reports.
The school announced the change Friday. Students had objected that the figure, modeled on the first mayor of Yerba Buena, carried associations with Spanish colonization. This has been SF Daily Brief for Monday, November 2, 2026. Thank you for listening.
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