Joel Engardio Has 4-1 Money Advantage to Fight the Recall, and the Recall’s Head Organizer Just Quit

Joel Engardio Has 4-1 Money Advantage to Fight the Recall, and the Recall’s Head Organizer Just Quit

The same recall fever that Joel Engardio rode into office could still boot him out, as the recallers say they’re “on track” to make the ballot. But the recall’s main organizer just quit, and Engardio has big donations from local tech founders and CEOs.We are now nine days away from the signature-gathering deadline for the Recall Supervisor Joel Engardio effort, a recall campaign motivated entirely by animus over Engardio’s efforts to make the Gr…

Engardio recall leader out days before key deadline

An abrupt, last-minute change in leadership brought an unexpected twist to the campaign to recall San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio just days before backers’ deadline to collect about 10,000 signatures.

Peskin's team takes over Engardio recall amid internal disputes

Vin Budhai, the leader of the campaign to recall Supervisor Joel Engardio, has been ousted by Aaron Peskin's team just days before the signature deadline, citing strategic disagreements.

Letter to the Editor: The Startup Politics of Joel Engardio

Engardio governs like a tech CEO chasing buzz – pushing updates, optimizing headlines, and treating constituents like KPIs in a growth funnel. His politics weren’t shaped in town halls but cloned from pitch decks. High on optics, low on usable code.