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Bilal Mahmood on running for Supervisor in D5 and why SF progressives need a rebrand

Ishita Arora & Prescott Watson Season 1 Episode 8

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District 5 is one of the most diverse districts in San Francisco - spanning the Haight to the Fillmore to Hayes Valley to the Tenderloin. It’s also shaping up to be a key battleground in the Board of Supervisors race this year. Bilal Mahmood, an immigrant and former Obama policy analyst is taking on incumbent Dean Preston. Join as we sit down with Bilal and chat about the drug and housing crisis, the need to rebrand “progressives”, the recent anti-incumbency wave in local SF politics and more.