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Okay, I might believe you if most of what you said weren't either factually incorrect, or misleading. Let's break it down point by point: * Inherited fortune

Okay, I might believe you if most of what you said weren't either factually incorrect, or misleading. Let's break it down point by point: * Inherited fortune - Questionable. All I was able to find on his family was that they were Holocaust survivors. Let's just say I'll give you that one provisionally, but I'd like to see actual evidence, if you have any. * Bowdoin - Correct. * Is elected official - Obviously. * Blocks housing - Does this sound like "blocking housing" to you: > Preston also introduced two ballot initiatives approved by voters in the election. Proposition I raised the transfer tax rate for property sales valued over $10 million, intended to fund affordable housing. Proposition K authorizes the city of San Francisco to build or acquire up to 10,000 units of affordable housing.[21]" [0] Sorry, does not pass the smell test. Moreover, "acting against" something is not even close to "blocking" that thing. You're redefining terms to fit your preconceived narrative. It's almost as if you have a personal reason to hate him. [1] * Gentrifier - Again, no, you do not get to redefine the term "gentrifier." If you think that's acceptable, then I can just redefine the issue out of existence, too. Sorry. * Never had a job: Incorrect per his LinkedIn profile. [2] As well, "Preston worked for a nonprofit called the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, where he fought evictions and did advocacy for tenant rights." [1] * Is obscenely rich by socialist standards: So, wait, now we're redefining "rich" in terms of "socialist standards?" No. Sure, he has a home in Alamo Square, which has a median home value of over $1M, and, if we accept without any actual evidence that he owns those other two properties you say he does, that puts the value of his assets at least at around $3M. But, we have no idea how much debt he has, so, his net worth could be rather pedestrian given he's an attorney in San Francisco. Sorry, not buying it. So, 4 out of your 7 bullet points are either factually incorrect, misleading, or completely unproven, and you expect me to believe you? Methinks thou dost protest too much. This just sounds like you have some personal axe to grind, which is completely irrelevant to whatever semblance of an argument you're trying to make. Did someone call you a gentrifier in the past, or something? If you could bring something that vaguely resembles a coherent set of facts, then I'll believe you. --- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Preston#Political_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Preston#Political_career [1]: https://48hills.org/2020/10/the-sleaze-reaches-high-tide-in-d5/ https://48hills.org/2020/10/the-sleaze-reaches-high-tide-in-... [2]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-preston-6454137/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-preston-6454137/

shuckles 6y ago
Most of these accusations of Dean are verifiable by people who understand San Francisco politics. 1. Wealth: Dean lives in a multimillion dollar mansion on Alamo Square that he bought for $1m in 1999. He has no loan on the property as covered in his candidate disclosures: https://public.netfile.com/pub/GetDocument.aspx?ref=7907215a-9194-4205-a2e1-dda90a33fff1&fn=Preston_Dean_1_16_2020 https://public.netfile.com/pub/GetDocument.aspx?ref=7907215a... And THC does not pay its attorneys nearly enough (just cracking 6 figures in 2020) for that kind of wealth: https://nonprofitlight.com/ca/san-francisco/tenderloin-housing-clinic-inc https://nonprofitlight.com/ca/san-francisco/tenderloin-housi... I can find references for his Sonoma estate later, but his parents were wealthy New York merchants: https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/12/archives/linda-rothchild-is-married-here-to-kenneth-a-preston.html https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/12/archives/linda-rothchild-... In general, when you have an entire family of social workers who attended elite East Coast private school for the first 22 years of their lives living mortgage-free in multimillion dollar homes, you should assume generational wealth: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=leslie-preston&pid=188432942 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=le.... It’s funny that this information doesn’t make it into the Wikipedia page. 2. Blocks housing: Prop I was opposed by the city economist because it was effectively a per-unit tax on new apartment development. Most apartments are developed and operated by separate entities, and it is common for developers to sell constructed developments to apartment operators. IIRC, the estimate was an over $30k/door tax on new apartment construction on top of the existing impact fees. Very few transactions over $10m are purely speculative or for cash flow (it’s too lucrative to just hold with Prop 13); most involve some development objective. The estimate was a 20% annual reduction in apartment construction annually (https://yimbyaction.org/endorsements/san-francisco/ https://yimbyaction.org/endorsements/san-francisco/). Prop K is a canard — it’s not even clear the city as met the quota allowed from the previous Article 34 authorization in the 90s. The primary reason there’s no public housing in San Francisco is funding, not voter authorization. It does look good to low-information outsiders, I admit. Dean is famous for “blocking housing” in indirect ways. He advocates for inclusionary zoning at percentages where a project will never be financially viable without outside subsidy, like the Divisadero gas station project. In power, he blocks projects directly (https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/06/impact-of-modern-infill-development-challenged.html https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/06/impact-of-modern-inf...) or through the addition of expensive, capricious delays (https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supervisor-seeks-to-pause-hub-plan-for-racial-and-social-equity-analysis/ https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supervisor-seeks-to-pause-hu...). 3. Never had a job: I think it’s common for this kind of pejorative to mean “only worked for employers who are not incentivized to perform” (i.e. public / non-profit sector), not literally “never earned wage income.” Certainly applies to Dean.

shuckles 6y ago

Most of these accusations of Dean are verifiable by people who understand San Francisco politics. 1. Wealth: Dean lives in a multimillion dollar mansion on Alamo Square that he bought for $1m in 1999. He has no loan on the property as covered in his candidate disclosures: https://public.netfile.com/pub/GetDocument.aspx?ref=7907215a-9194-4205-a2e1-dda90a33fff1&fn=Preston_Dean_1_16_2020 https://public.netfile.com/pub/GetDocument.aspx?ref=7907215a... And THC does not pay its attorneys nearly enough (just cracking 6 figures in 2020) for that kind of wealth: https://nonprofitlight.com/ca/san-francisco/tenderloin-housing-clinic-inc https://nonprofitlight.com/ca/san-francisco/tenderloin-housi... I can find references for his Sonoma estate later, but his parents were wealthy New York merchants: https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/12/archives/linda-rothchild-is-married-here-to-kenneth-a-preston.html https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/12/archives/linda-rothchild-... In general, when you have an entire family of social workers who attended elite East Coast private school for the first 22 years of their lives living mortgage-free in multimillion dollar homes, you should assume generational wealth: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=leslie-preston&pid=188432942 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=le.... It’s funny that this information doesn’t make it into the Wikipedia page. 2. Blocks housing: Prop I was opposed by the city economist because it was effectively a per-unit tax on new apartment development. Most apartments are developed and operated by separate entities, and it is common for developers to sell constructed developments to apartment operators. IIRC, the estimate was an over $30k/door tax on new apartment construction on top of the existing impact fees. Very few transactions over $10m are purely speculative or for cash flow (it’s too lucrative to just hold with Prop 13); most involve some development objective. The estimate was a 20% annual reduction in apartment construction annually (https://yimbyaction.org/endorsements/san-francisco/ https://yimbyaction.org/endorsements/san-francisco/). Prop K is a canard — it’s not even clear the city as met the quota allowed from the previous Article 34 authorization in the 90s. The primary reason there’s no public housing in San Francisco is funding, not voter authorization. It does look good to low-information outsiders, I admit. Dean is famous for “blocking housing” in indirect ways. He advocates for inclusionary zoning at percentages where a project will never be financially viable without outside subsidy, like the Divisadero gas station project. In power, he blocks projects directly (https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/06/impact-of-modern-infill-development-challenged.html https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/06/impact-of-modern-inf...) or through the addition of expensive, capricious delays (https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supervisor-seeks-to-pause-hub-plan-for-racial-and-social-equity-analysis/ https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supervisor-seeks-to-pause-hu...). 3. Never had a job: I think it’s common for this kind of pejorative to mean “only worked for employers who are not incentivized to perform” (i.e. public / non-profit sector), not literally “never earned wage income.” Certainly applies to Dean.