1. On her phone - April 26, 2022 Board of Supervisors hearing on car-free JFK Drive: a District 1 resident refuses to give his public comment until Supervisor Chan puts down her phone. “I can’t imagine what’s more important at this exact moment.”
2. Dismantle the police
3. Saying no
4. Chan is absent
Senator Scott Wiener gets it done. He'll deliver real change in Washington — because he's already delivered here.
This race is not a personality contest between two San Francisco Democrats. It is a choice whether our city sends a leader to Congress who can get things done and has the track record to prove it, not just another do-nothing Democrat.
Voters need to understand the race this way: Washington has said no. No to lower health care costs. No to housing people can afford. No to any real limit on artificial intelligence or the companies building it. No to protecting immigrants and LGBTQ people from Trump and a federal government that is actively targeting them.
Scott Wiener is the candidate who says yes and then delivers. Scott is the relentless, effective leader we need to change Washington and force Congress to deliver on affordability, AI safety, and standing up to Trump. He has passed more than 100 laws that are helping San Franciscans. Supervisor Connie Chan is the person who says no.
It is critical that voters understand this choice and have a strong grasp of Supervisor Chan’s lack of record and track record of obstruction.
On broadcast and cable television, from week 6 - week 1, with emphasis on weeks 4-3, voters need to see that Senator Wiener is making a difference in people’s lives; capping insulin at $35 a month, forcing insurers to cover mental health care, unmasking ICE agents, allowing people whose civil rights have been violated to sue ICE, and putting people’s safety first by passing the country's first artificial-intelligence safety law — and that he will do the same in Congress.
They also must see Supervisor Chan’s record of obstruction and know that she is just another do-nothing Democrat. She has voted against affordable housing, killed attempts to make buses faster, and in 2020 wanted to defund the police.
Voters 65 and older need to see and hear the health care record specifically — insulin, mental health parity, prescription costs — on broadcast, on cable, and on Chinese-language television.
Chinese voters also need to see that Chan called to dismantle the police, killed attempts to make buses faster, and voted against shutting down open-air drug markets.
On streaming CTV/OTT and programmatic digital, voters citywide need to see the side-by-side comparison of the two candidates' records on housing, transit, parks, and concerts.On social, online video, and streaming audio, renters aged 25 to 45 in the Mission, the Haight, SoMa, downtown, Inner Sunset, Hayes Valley, the Marina and Cow Hollow need to see what Senator Wiener has built for people who rent, and what Supervisor Chan blocked. They also need to see Senator Wiener's record supporting concerts and parks like JFK Promenade and Sunset Dunes, and Supervisor Chan's record opposing those things. That includes her votes against the mayor’s Family Zoning Plan and her demand that the city sue to stop the law that fast-tracks housing permits.
On social and online video, voters citywide need to see Supervisor Chan on her phone while a constituent waits to speak (the “On her phone” clip, Media item 1). It is the picture of a supervisor who is not listening and not delivering, and it should run alongside the “Saying no” and “Chan is absent” clips.
On Chinese-language radio, throughout October, Chinese American voters need to hear about Senator Wiener's strong record on public transit, public safety, and working to lower the cost of health care, and Supervisor Chan's weak record here — such as support for defunding the police, voting against cleaning up drug markets, and killing the 38 Geary rapid bus line. They also need to hear that Supervisor Chan opposed the measure that funds Caltrain and will not say whether she supports the November measure that keeps BART and Muni running.
On Spanish-language radio and audio, throughout October, Latino voters in the Mission and Bernal Heights need to hear that Senator Wiener has stood up to ICE by passing laws to force agents to take off their masks and by making it legal to sue ICE when they violate your rights.
Throughout October, persuadable voters need to read a documented, cited comparison of the two candidates' records with strong repetition.
West-side moderate households in the Richmond, the Sunset, and West of Twin Peaks need to read, in October, that the 38 Geary — the highest-ridership bus line west of the Mississippi River — was denied its rapid-transit upgrade by Supervisor Chan, and that she supported dismantling the police, opposed shutting down open-air drug markets, and did not support the 2022 school board recall. They also need to read that she opposed the 2020 Caltrain funding measure and has taken no position on the November regional transit measure.
Chinese-language households citywide need to read bilingual Chinese and English messages on public safety, transit, and the 2022 school board recall contrast.
Older Chinese-language readers need to read the school board recall, Lowell admissions, and eighth-grade algebra contrast.
Persuadable voters are concentrated in the Marina, Pacific Heights, and West of Twin Peaks.
The Richmond and Sunset are contested on public safety, transit, and schools — in Chinese-language media and in English aimed at Chinese American voters.
The Castro and Noe Valley are about running up the score on Senator Wiener's positive message.
SoMa has a high propensity of unlikely voters that need to be turned out.
This race is not about who Supervisor Chan is. It's about what she has blocked and failed to deliver for San Franciscans.
KQED’s senior political correspondent summed her up in December as “mostly known for opposing things.” (KQED: “A San Francisco Political Showdown: Who Will Take Pelosi’s Seat?” — in the embedded radio segment, at 1:50.)
Supervisor Chan cast the third-highest share of No votes of the eleven San Francisco supervisors in 2025. The “On her phone” clip (Media item 1) shows what that looks like in the chamber.
Senator Wiener has passed more than 100 laws.
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