'Godfather of Silicon Valley' spends big to crush progressive mayoral hopeful

Light up your finest cigar and get ready to kiss the ring: The godfather is back.

No, not Marlon Brando (may he rest in peace). It’s billionaire angel investor Ron Conway, long known as the Godfather of Silicon Valley, who is once again throwing his financial weight around in hopes that Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s mayoral campaign sleeps with the fishes.

Conway just dropped $100,000 into a political action committee called “Residents Opposing Aaron Peskin for Mayor 2024” — the angel investor’s biggest financial bet this election season. The San Francisco Association of Realtors is also donating $50,000 to campaign against the sole progressive mayoral candidate.

Mary Jung — another longtime Peskin foe and principal officer of the new PAC — said the committee aims to highlight the supervisor’s complicity in the city’s ills.



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