{"id":430428,"date":"2026-08-12T04:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430428\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T04:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:50:25","slug":"meet-the-s-f-congressional-candidates-how-would-you-constrain-trumps-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430428\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the S.F. congressional candidates: How would you constrain Trump\u2019s power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back to our \u201cMeet the Candidates\u201d series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100 words or less. Answers will be published every Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CA-11, the congressional district that Connie Chan and Scott Wiener are running to represent, includes most of San Francisco. Some southern neighborhoods (the Excelsior, Portola, Visitacion Valley, and Ingleside) are a part of a neighboring district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s question: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottwiener.com\/priorities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Both of you<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conniechansf.com\/issues\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have described<\/a> President Donald Trump as a threat to American democracy. As a new member of Congress, what is one concrete action you would personally take to constrain his power? How would you do that if Democrats don\u2019t have a House majority?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mission Local marks answers where the candidate dodged the question by giving them a yellow background with question marks.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Scott-Yes.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scott Wiener<\/p>\n<p>Job: San Francisco\u2019s State Senator<\/p>\n<p>Age: 56<\/p>\n<p>Residency: Homeowner, moved to San Francisco in 1997<\/p>\n<p>Transportation:\u00a0Public transit and walking<\/p>\n<p>Education: Bachelor\u2019s degree from Duke, law degree from Harvard<\/p>\n<p>Languages: English, Spanish<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats must use all leverage we have \u2014 whether in the majority or minority \u2014 to stop Trump\u2019s destructive agenda. That means Democrats unifying to block bad budgets. For example, we must block DHS budgets that send unchecked money to ICE\/Border Patrol or fund private prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll push for laws to ban private prisons, abolish ICE, make DOJ more independent of the President (no longer his personal law firm) and authorize lawsuits against ICE\/Border Patrol for abuses. Even if Republicans block them, these bills will put every member on record and give Democrats a roadmap for when we retake the majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Endorsed by: The California Democratic Party, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sierra Club, San Francisco YIMBY, Grow SF, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, North Coast States Carpenters Union, Dolores Huerta \u2026 read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottwiener.com\/endorsements\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scottwiener.com\/endorsements\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connie-Yes.png\" alt=\"Cartoon illustration of a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black blazer and light blue top, set against a blue circular background.\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Connie Chan<\/p>\n<p>Job: San Francisco District 1 Supervisor<\/p>\n<p>Age: 47<\/p>\n<p>Residency: Homeowner, has lived in San Francisco since she was 13<\/p>\n<p>Transportation:\u00a0Driving, public transit, and walking<\/p>\n<p>Education: Bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of California, Davis<\/p>\n<p>Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will work with colleagues on the House Oversight Committee and other committees of jurisdiction to investigate abuses of power, subpoena documents and testimony, and hold Donald Trump accountable to the law. I will also work to pass legislation that strengthens checks and balances, protects voting rights, and uses tools like the Congressional Review Act to overturn harmful executive actions and regulations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even in the Minority, Members can hold hearings, force votes, work with inspectors general, and use every opportunity to expose Administration misconduct. Sunshine is one of Congress\u2019s strongest checks on executive power, and I will use it relentlessly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Endorsed by: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Congressman Ro Khanna, California Federation of Labor Unions, SEIU California, San Francisco Labor Council, Working Families Party, San Francisco Tenant\u2019s Union \u2026 read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conniechansf.com\/endorsements\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conniechansf.com\/endorsements\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Candidates are ordered alphabetically and rotated each week. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at io@missionlocal.com or yujie@missionlocal.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can register to vote via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sf.gov\/register-vote\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sf.gov website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome back to our \u201cMeet the Candidates\u201d series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[170932,8670,35072,86268,101,103,102,1621,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-430428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-congress-race-2026","tag-connie-chan","tag-election-2026","tag-meet-the-candidates","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-scott-wiener","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}