City College Board Race Pits Union-Backed Slate Against Billionaire-Funded Group

Three progressive candidates backed by City College s faculty union and other labor groups are facing four candidates endorsed by the billionaire-backed GrowSF and Abundant SF, putting the school s finances, enrollment, and future at the center of the race.The race has drawn support from two very different political camps. The City College faculty union, AFT 2121, is backing Bunny McFadden, Leah LaCroix, and Jeremy Lee, along with United Educators of San Francisco and SEIU 1021, as City College s student paper the Guardsman reports. The three are running together as a labor-backed slate with a focus on protecting students and public education.On the other side are Elijah Ball, Erwin Tam, Monroe Lace, and Ruth Ferguson, who have the backing of GrowSF and Abundant SF, two well-funded political groups that have increasingly worked in concert to support moderate candidates and policy changes in SF. According to the Guardsman, political watchdog group the Phoenix Project considers both grou