Saikat Chakrabarti isn’t only endorsing San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan for the House seat vacated by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, he’s turning his former campaign apparatus into an independent expenditure campaign, dubbed San Francisco Solidarity, on her behalf.
That support could be significant as Chakrabarti spent close to $10 million on his campaign and is tapped into national progressive fundraising sources.
Initially, Chakrabarti’s support includes transforming his 200-person staff, which includes paid canvassers, into a force for Chan, who likely will be vastly outspent by her rival, state Sen. Scott Wiener, and independent committees working on his behalf, as she was in the June 2 primary race…