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HQ for mayoral candidate Joanna Rees opening on Geary; reception on Feb. 10

Posted on by Sarah B.

Mayoral candidate Joanna Rees is locating her campaign headquarters here in the Richmond District. She’ll be officially opening the office this week.

On Thursday, February 10th, Rees is inviting anyone to come by for the opening reception from 6pm until 8pm. The headquarters are located at 4239 Geary near 7th Avenue. The space is right next door to Cheap Pete’s Framing and was the former home of California Lighting.

One Clement Street shop owner told me Rees is also planning to stop by stores and restaurants in the area to personally meet merchants.

On her website, Rees says “Over the next few months I’m going to be reaching out — and listening — in every neighborhood and every community of San Francisco.”

Sarah B.

10 Comments

  1. This is a campaign commercial, not journalism. Will we see campaign commercials for all mayoral candidates posted here? Is this a free spot? Otherwise, doesn’t California election law require this spot to reveal who paid for it?

  2. @John – Take it for what you will, but this is news about a candidate choosing to locate her headquarters in our neighborhood. Just because I included a video from her website does not make it a commercial (fyi – you don’t have to watch it, just move on).

    And yes, there may very well be other news about candidates if it’s relevant to the neighborhood. If one of them hosts a public campaign event in the neighborhood that is open to citizens, yes, it will probably end up as news here on the blog.

    No one’s paying for anything – these are editorial decisions that are up to me.

    Sarah B.

  3. Welcome to the neighborhood Joanna Rees! It’s always good to see an empty storefront get filled. My only issue is that her people leafletted our neighborhood and essentially threw handfuls of fliers into our entrance way. That is not cool.

  4. Could someone who lives in the wealthy Presidio Terrace neighborhood appreciate the concerns of the average Richmond resident? In her video, she says join her movement, but I’ve never heard of her before. She’s hardly a neighborhood or community activist.

  5. I was eating breakfast outside at Q this past weekend and her group was standing about 20 feet to my left. One of her advocates started approaching my friend and me with leaflets extended and I had to say, “We’re eating breakfast.” She then turned around promptly, but it was super annoying.

    The same person then went back to the group and pointed at us. Just because I am sitting outside while eating breakfast doesn’t give someone the right to violate that social more. She wouldn’t have gone inside to hand out out their propaganda.

    Same girl then commenced to compare Berkeley and SF and talk about her two fully owned condos…so that’s who’s representing this candidate.

  6. Since this is another wealthy silicon valley candidate coming from out of nowhere, you can bet those are paid campaign workers, not grassroots supporters from the neighborhood.

  7. I wonder what her positions are on the major issues of the neighborhood. (I.e, Would she lead the drive to ban happy meals in SF? Would she propose a meaningless resolution admonishing Rush Limbaugh?) I think not!

    @ Vicky – Maybe it is just me but the fact that she is not a community or neighborhood activist is a refreshing change.

  9. I got a robo-call from her about the opening of her office, so sent an email suggesting that if she doesn’t want to have the Meg reputation, to not spend $$$ on robo-calls & such as a way to reach voters. I got a quick note back, from her, so appriciated that! It will be interesting to see how this develops, and I do agree, it’s nice to see a storefront filled!

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