{"id":203324,"date":"2026-03-04T04:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203324\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:22:08","slug":"da-brooke-jenkins-attacks-unions-says-the-city-needs-to-be-nicer-to-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203324\/","title":{"rendered":"DA Brooke Jenkins attacks unions, says the city needs to be nicer to billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Third Way<\/a>, a group of so-called \u201cmoderate\u201d (which means neoliberal) Democrats, who remind me of the Clinton-era Democratic Leadership Council, which advocated for racist incarceration policies, held a conference this week in Charleston, South Carolina, and guess who was there?<\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s district attorney, Brooke Jenkins.<\/p>\n

According to Henry Burke, a senior researcher at RevolvingDoorDC, who tweeted a livestream:<\/p>\n

While most people are preoccupied with the war with Iran, Third Way is hosting a conference in Charleston on how moderates can crush the left in 2028. No mention of the war so far this morning, but their 15 viewers have enjoyed plenty of GenXers making \u201cjokes\u201d in GenZ slang!<\/p>\n

Jenkins appeared on a panel that featured the mayor of Cleveland talking about public-private partnerships. Private money is helping rebuild the city\u2019s airport, he said, but there would be \u201cproject labor agreements\u201d to get the unions to the table<\/p>\n

Jenkins then interrupted, saying that San Francisco is at a \u201creckoning point\u201d with local unions and needs to be nicer to billionaires.<\/p>\n

It was remarkable anti-labor and right-wing rant.<\/p>\n

SF DA Brooke Jenkins decides to jump in here, announces that in SF, they’re at a “reckoning point” with unions for their mistreatment of billionaires. Yglesias enthusiastically nods along as Jenkins attacks a proposed wealth tax, claiming billionaires “are giving more than most” pic.twitter.com\/AA6lvmyQp4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Henry Burke (@burkehenryt) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Some selections:<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the billionaires are Democrats, and they donate to Democratic candidates. They have extensive philanthropic records.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you wonder why the Democratic Party hasn\u2019t made any efforts to tax the very rich since the 1970s. (Philanthropy is fine, as far as it goes, but it can\u2019t and won\u2019t solve major social problems. And even the Business Times confirms that many of the biggest tech companies give almost nothing<\/a> to the community.)<\/p>\n

Next: \u201cI think we are at a reckoning point in our party when we continue to be anti-business. \u2026 We should not be making [the billionaires] the enemy when they give more than most.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even know where to start, except maybe this: Corporate propaganda, funded by billionaires, has cost 90 percent of US residents more than $47 trillion since 1975<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moderator (Matt Yglesias) to Mayor Justin Bibb: \u201cYou could probably use a few more billionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenkins: \u201cWe are trying not to run them out of town.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everybody laughed.<\/p>\n

Brutal economic inequality that threatens the future of civilization is just so darn funny.<\/p>\n