A deep-pocketed San Francisco advocacy group that spent heavily to shift city politics to the center but suffered bruising losses in last year’s election is being reborn under a new name.
The moderate organization once known as TogetherSF has evolved into a new $2 million annual initiative called Blueprint for a Better San Francisco, its leaders announced Wednesday. Blueprint will champion centrist policies around public safety, government regulations and the economy while working to educate voters about why they shouldn’t embrace progressives in local races.
The initiative is being run by another moderate group, the billionaire-backed Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, which merged with TogetherSF after a ballot measure it championed and its preferred mayoral candidate were both rejected by voters in November. Now, Neighbors is trying to pick up where TogetherSF left off by relaunching it under the name Blueprint, the creation of which was first reported by Politico…