{"id":3034,"date":"2011-08-24T22:28:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:22:08","slug":"avalos-hall-dufty-alioto-pier-lead-mayoral-candidates-in-san-francisco-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3034\/avalos-hall-dufty-alioto-pier-lead-mayoral-candidates-in-san-francisco-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalos, Hall, Dufty, Alioto-Pier Lead Field in SF Contributor Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3035\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3035\" title=\"follow_the_money\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/follow_the_money.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/follow_the_money.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/08\/follow_the_money-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new study from CitiReport.com reveals where the leading candidates in the ranked-choice races for mayor, district attorney and sheriff are getting their campaign contributions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 25, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor John Avalos and former Supervisors Tony Hall, Bevan Dufty and Michela Alioto-Pier, lead the field of leading mayoral candidates with the highest rates of campaign contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/2011\/08\/candidate-financing-what-we-know-part-2\/\">study released by CitiReport.com<\/a> reveals.<\/p>\n<p>Such a measure can indicate the strength or weakness of a candidate&#8217;s base of local support as well as help voters in their assessment of a candidate.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Avalos leads with 90 percent of his <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507195342\/http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/section-1-%E2%80%93-percentage-of-candidates%E2%80%99-contributions-received-from-within-san-francisco\/\">contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco<\/a>, closely followed by Hall (82 percent), Dufty (73 percent) and Alioto-Pier (72 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Trailing the field of mayoral candidates with the least amount of local contributor support is newcomer venture capitalist Joanna Rees with just 45 percent of her contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, followed by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu and Senator Leland Yee (48 percent each).<\/p>\n<p>Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting and City Attorney Dennis Herrera occupy the middle of the mayoral candidates table with 61, 62 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>In the race for District Attorney, former Police Commissioner David Onek, interim District Attorney George Gascon and Alameda County Prosecutor Sharmin Bock <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507195342\/http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/section-1-%E2%80%93-percentage-of-candidates%E2%80%99-contributions-received-from-within-san-francisco\/\">do not cross the 50 percent threshold of San Francisco support<\/a> with just 40, 45 and 46 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>In the race for Sheriff, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507195342\/http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/section-1-%E2%80%93-percentage-of-candidates%E2%80%99-contributions-received-from-within-san-francisco\/\">Supervisor Ross Mirkarmi leads Sheriff&#8217;s Captain Paul Miyamoto<\/a> with 62 and 39 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>CitiReport.com has also compiled tables and graphics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/section-2-%E2%80%93-percentage-of-candidates%E2%80%99-contributions-from-non-individuals\/\">summarizing soft-money contributions<\/a> from non-individuals, including political action committees and business entities, as well as a breakdown of individual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/?page_id=1374\">contributors by occupation\/industry<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/?page_id=1377\">fundraising rates over time<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/?page_id=1379\">analysis of candidate expenditures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/section-2-%E2%80%93-percentage-of-candidates%E2%80%99-contributions-from-non-individuals\/\">soft-money category<\/a>, Mirkarimi leads the field with 13.6 percent of his contributions sourced to non-individuals, followed by Yee (7.6 percent) and Gascon (5.6 percent).<\/p>\n<p>All the above info and more is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citireport.com\/2011\/08\/candidate-financing-what-we-know-part-2\/\">CitiReport.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avalos leads with 90 percent of his contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, closely followed by Hall (82 percent), Dufty (73 percent) and Alioto-Pier (72 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