The city is the epicenter of an anti-progressive movement—financed by the ultrawealthy—that aims to blur political lines and centralize power for the long term. For some, their ambitions don’t stop there.

Despite its image, the city hasn’t had a progressive municipal government in decades—and a few interconnected interest groups want to make sure it stays that way.

Critics of former San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin claimed that unseating him would make the city safer. Did it work?