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The San Francisco Democratic Party on Aug. 26 endorsed Manny Yekutiel in the District 8 supervisor\u2019s race. Photo by Junyao Yang<\/p>\nThe San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed Manny Yekutiel in the District 8 race on Wednesday evening after two rounds of indecisive votes in a fraught meeting that, at times, elicited cries of \u201cShame!\u201d from outraged attendees.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Supervisor Matt Dorsey, in the third round, flipped his position from supporting rival Gary McCoy to Yekutiel, handing Yekutiel the sole endorsement from the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a perplexing move: Dorsey has personally ranked McCoy first and Yekutiel second. <\/p>\n
Before the vote, Dorsey shared a story: When Dorsey was appointed to the Board of Supervisors, McCoy, who was in the same recovery meeting with him, called him \u201cwith more joy than I had ever heard in his voice,\u201d and said that \u201cnow we\u2019ve got a seat at the table.\u201d Dorsey and McCoy have both been in recovery for addiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Gary very well. He is somebody I consider a friend. I think he would be a terrific colleague,\u201d Dorsey said, even though McCoy and Dorsey have very different approaches to addiction \u2014 McCoy stresses harm reduction, and Dorsey sobriety. \u201cIt would mean a lot to people in the recovery community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the vote came to the third round, however, the only two options left were Yekutiel or no endorsement \u2014 McCoy had been eliminated because he received the least votes in the second round of voting \u2014 and Dorsey voted for Yekutiel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The vote took place after a, emotional public comment session stretching to nearly two hours: Front and center was the sexual assault allegation against Yekutiel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Democratic Party on Aug. 26 endorsed Manny Yekutiel in the District 8 supervisor\u2019s race. Photo by Junyao Yang<\/p>\n
Brad Chapin, a political organizer who in June accused Yekutiel of a 2020 assault, spoke first among over 70 people giving public comments. \u201cMost of [public comment] is going to be in support of someone credibly accused of sexual assault, not just by me. I\u2019m the only one who came public,\u201d Chapin said, choking on tears. \u201cYou should all be fucking ashamed of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chapin alleged that Yekutiel grabbed his testicles at a house party in the Mission six years agoand attempted to penetrate him with his finger. Chapin came forward with the accusations, first reported by the San Francisco Standard<\/a>, after seeing Yekutiel declare his run for supervisor. Yekutiel denied the allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, the local party\u2019s governing body, started an investigation in July, a protocol that was established<\/a> in 2024 after sexual misconduct allegations against city politicos Jon Jacobo<\/a> and Kevin Ortiz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The investigation into Chapin\u2019s claims found that it could not substantiate the allegations against Yekutiel because the venue where the alleged sexual assault happened was not at a Democratic Party event, and therefore not within the Democratic Party\u2019s jurisdiction, according to a letter sent to party chair Nancy Tung on Wednesday morning from Gina M. Roccanova, the chair of the judicial commission tasked with the investigation. The letter was first published by the San Francisco Standard.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a determination on the merits of whether a sexual assault occurred,\u201d Roccanova wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe jurisdiction of this body is limited in nature,\u201d Tung told the crowd on Wednesday. \u201cWe are not a body to make a determination on any event that happens.\u201d Tung urged the members of the committee to take public comment into account.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chapin was livid.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI went to your attorneys, I asked him explicitly if this was a waste of my time because none of this happened at a Democratic Party event. And you knew that,\u201d Chapin said, during the public comment period. \u201cThis is a sham.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, as Tung read out the party\u2019s code of conduct against verbal and physical harassment during public comment, Chapin yelled from the first row, \u201cIf any of that is true, you should ask Manny to leave.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m asking you to do the bare freaking minimum,\u201d added a representative for the Teamsters Local 856, \u201cand believe survivors when they come forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Following Chapin, a line of dozens of Yekutiel\u2019s supporters spoke, at a microphone directly in front of Chapin. \u201cHe\u2019s willing to take on the problems of the city that are challenging with innovative ideas,\u201d one said. \u201cI support Manny for two reasons: authenticity and action,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n \u201cShame on all of you,\u201d an audience member yelled from the second row.\u00a0<\/p>\n