WHAT IS THE RCCC?

The Republican County Central Committee is the governing body of the San Francisco Republican Party. It comprises 25 elected members and a handful of ex officios who are the party’s nominees in various state and federal races. The RCCC matters because it speaks for the Republicans of San Francisco by, among other things, endorsing candidates and taking positions on ballot measures. You’ve probably never heard of the RCCC — and that’s because too many of its members today use the committee as a platform for their own advancement instead of reaching out to and representing YOU. We aim to change that.

(A FEW OF) OUR ENDORSERS

The San Francisco Police Officers Association

Greg Suhr — SFPD Chief of Police, 2011-2016

Tony Ribera — SFPD Chief of Police, 1992-1996

Kevin Ryan — US Attorney for the Northern District of California, 2002-2007

The San Francisco Apartment Association

The Marina Times

Susan Dyer Reynolds — investigative journalist

Lou Barberini — investigative journalist

Pirate Wires

Take Action SF / No B.S. Voter Guide

Vote & Change SF

Stephen Martin Pinto — SFFD Firefighter; Veterans Affairs Commissioner; Major, USMC (res.)

Quentin Kopp* — Supervisor, 1971-1986; State Senator 1986-1998; Judge 1998-2004

Trevor Traina — US Ambassador to Austria, 2018-2021

OUR COMMITMENT

• No drama. Central Committee members are public servants. It’s the RCCC’s job to educate, register, and organize voters, and to source, train, and support candidates — not to settle personal scores or pursue niche agendas.

• Big tent politics. The San Francisco Democratic Party has more than two dozen chartered clubs. This allows the DCCC to market itself in versatile ways, build broad coalitions, and unite diverse constituencies without forcing everyone to agree on everything. The SFGOP has only one chartered club, which is a recipe for conflict on our Central Committee.

• Do the work. Success in politics is the result of early mornings and late nights, blockwalking and phone banking, gathering signatures and handing out flyers — not of yelling at the TV.

• Voter education. Ballots in San Francisco are often 10 or 12 pages long. Voters need help learning about the differences between and among candidates from both parties and the various measures and propositions. It’s not enough to publish a barebones voter guide once every two years.

We want to earn your vote!

OUR TRACK RECORD

Our slate comprises proud San Francisco Republicans. We are a mix of successful businesspeople and experienced activists. We know we can meet our commitments above, because we’ve done it before. Over the past two years, the Briones Society has produced a weekly news digest, a monthly podcast, and an annual policy journal that reach more than 11 thousand San Francisco voters. Candidates on our slate pounded pavement for months gathering signatures and raising awareness for both the district attorney and school board recalls, including two candidates who coordinated all the volunteers for the district attorney recall.

OUR PLATFORM

• A hand-up, not a hand-out, for the homeless. Enforce laws against public intoxication, drug use, and urban camping. Invest in compulsory treatment programs based on inpatient “campus” model with wraparound services and behavioral standards. Expand Homeward Bound program to reunite individuals who’ve come from other cities (and who are now homeless in San Francisco) with their communities.

• If we don’t have public safety, we don’t have public spaces. Double the size of SFPD to 3,500 sworn officers to achieve parity with police-per-capita numbers in London, Paris, and other Western European cities. Support challenges to lenient judges at the ballot box. Support efforts to repeal Propositions 47 and 57, which make it more difficult to prosecute criminals.

• When it comes to government: Keep it simple, stupid. Cut the number of commissions by at least two thirds and transfer authority back to the mayor. Add between two and four at-large seats to the Board of Supervisors. Mandate independent audits under the City Charter.

• Build more housing where housing is needed. Support market-based solutions to reduce the cost of housing and make it possible for the young and the working class to make San Francisco their home. Pass a Standard Environmental Requirements Ordinance to increase the number of new residential developments exempt under CEQA. Incentivize office-to-residence conversions and revitalize downtown with university partnerships. Allow increased residential development on commercial-zoned parcels, as well as industrial and production, distribution, and repair districts.

• A rigorous education is the best platform for success. Civic education, not political indoctrination. Bring back 8th grade algebra. Preserve merit-based admissions to Lowell High School. Empower teachers and administrators to enforce high behavioral and academic standards. Support school choice and charter academies.

• Public infrastructure, private innovation. Concentrate all permitting and approvals for new small businesses in a single application and mandate approval within 90 days of completed submission. Repeal Proposition C (2018), a poorly designed tax increase that caused multiple large employers to flee the city.

*Candidates endorsed by Judge Kopp are marked with an asterisk above.