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Anonymous ID: 9566bb Feb. 20, 2019, 5:34 a.m. No.5281957   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Willie Brown warns Villaraigosa: 'Don't crowd Kamala!'

Feb 3, 2015

 

A week ago, Willie Brown, the former California Assembly speaker and ex-mayor of San Francisco, suggested that former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa should sit out the race in deference to Mr. Brown's favored candidate, state Attorney General Kamala Harris. This could be passed off as Mr. Brown just being his old, flamboyant self, or it could be an indication that Bay Area Democratic leaders – a group not-so-affectionately described by Southern Californians as "the San Francisco Mafia" – want to hand the job to Ms. Harris right now.

 

That so-called Mafia dominates the state Democratic Party. Ms. Feinstein was mayor of the City by the Bay before she ascended to the Senate. Ms. Boxer was a member of Congress from Marin County. The minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives is a San Franciscan, Nancy Pelosi. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has been waiting for Jerry Brown to disappear and let him become governor was also mayor of San Francisco after being appointed to key city offices by Willie Brown early in his political career. John Burton, another veteran Bay Area politician, is chair of the state party.

 

Perhaps most important, the Bay Area is as blue as Alabama is red and all those Democrats turn out to vote. Los Angeles County may have more people and, potentially even more Democratic voters, but voter turnout in L.A. is dismal. That's a problem for Mr. Villaraigosa. He may be a Latino in a state with a Latino majority and his base may be in the state's biggest city, but it's a flimsy base if he can't get people to show up at the polls.

 

Ms. Harris, on the other hand, is another Bay Area protege of Willie Brown. Born in Oakland, she was San Francisco District Attorney before heading to Sacramento to become attorney general. Harris was quick to announce her candidacy for the Senate after Boxer said she was not running again. She remains the only announced candidate.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-willie-brown-warns-villaraigosa-dont-crowd-kamala-20150202-story.html