Matt Dorsey

Rule Changes

Urging residents to clear storm drains

San Francisco's El Niño emergency is in its third week, and the water has not finished with the waterfront. The National Weather Service extended a coastal flood advisory through Friday, with Tuesday's high tide forecast at 1.5 feet above normal at the city gauge.

Updated Yesterday

Money Moves

Co-sponsored the extension resolution

San Francisco's police surveillance unit has run rent-free out of a downtown office tower for a year and a half. A new resolution would let it stay through March 2032, on a gift from cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs valued at $5.5 million.

Updated 4 days ago

Money Moves

Co-delayed the Oct. 21 committee vote on MEDA financing

San Francisco's Budget and Finance Committee voted 3-0 on Oct. 28 to advance a $22.2 million loan deal for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA). The city would buy an existing $20.3 million loan and become the lender on a Mission Street building with 35 apartments and four storefronts. The committee acted nine days after the controller placed the nonprofit on its highest-risk watch list.

Updated Nov 1

Rule Changes

Championed Recovery First legislation

San Francisco's mayor has asked Steve Adami, a formerly incarcerated abstinence advocate critical of harm reduction and Housing First, to lead the city's new Department of Recovery. Mission Local reports, citing unnamed sources, that the appointment was made at the mayor's request. The city has not formally confirmed it.

Updated Oct 31

Money Moves

Supports extension with early termination provision

The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 on Sept. 15 to extend OpenGov's contract for three years at up to $22 million, with Jackie Fielder the lone no vote. Supervisors cut the mayor's five-year request, initially worth up to $38.9 million, and added a clause letting the city cancel the deal without proving breach or wrongdoing.

Updated Oct 31

Money Moves

City's most vocal elected champion of public power

PG&E told state regulators that a San Francisco takeover of its electric grid would cost $22.5 billion. Its Oct. 20 filing values the city assets at $13.9 billion and adds $8.6 billion in damages from cutting San Francisco's system away from the rest of the utility's network.

Updated Oct 21

Built World

As of September 2026: Brokered the compromise that led to the cafe lease

A glass-walled cafe on Mission Creek sat empty for 22 years after the city built it as a restaurant space. On Aug. 1, 2026, Zocalo Coffee opened inside, activating a waterfront pavilion that had been vacant since completion.

Updated Sep 7