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麥法恩（Mark Farrell）退場後，布里德市長和羅偉（Daniel Lurie）成為了最頻繁交鋒的對手。
這場活動是一個聚焦拉丁裔的論壇，由三藩市拉丁裔平等聯盟於週六上午在 Mission 街2665號的 Gray Area 舉辦。
這座建於1940年代的前裝飾藝術風格大劇院迎來了100多名觀眾和13位市長候選人中的9位。在主持人邀請候選人上台前，現場播放了 La Doña 的 “Nada Me Pertenece” 等歌曲。四位主要候選人先上場，一小時後五位較弱勢的候選人接著登台。
如同三藩市市長競選中常見的場景，當布里德的對手們提到過去在市政方面的成就時，布里德會立即反駁：這些成就是在她的政府、她的任期內、在她的支持下完成的。
現任市長似乎不願讓步，對李維斯繼承人兼非營利組織創始人羅偉的言論尤為不滿。
「首先，我一直聽到台上的候選人說『我們做了什麼』。我們什麼都沒做。他們提到的許多人其實是與我和我的辦公室合作的，」當主持人、總部位於奧克蘭的 Unity Council 的 CEO Chris Iglesias 允許她回應對手的言論時，布里德說道。
布里德指出羅偉聲稱他是台上「唯一真正按時建造可負擔住房」的人，提到了 Bryant 街833號的145套可負擔住房，這是在 SoMa 區在羅偉的非營利組織 Tipping Point 的協助下建造的。「當時那個項目獲得批准時，羅偉甚至還不在 Tipping Point 工作。是我的辦公室，我的團隊與非營利組織合作建造的，」布里德說。
羅偉隨即反擊。
「我很感謝市長在 Bryant 街833號的剪綵儀式上感謝我，」他說，引得觀眾一陣笑聲，而布里德面無表情。停頓片刻後，布里德補充道：「感謝的是 Tipping Point。」
「好吧，」羅偉繼續說，「我接受。」
在回答關於城市庇護政策的問題時，布里德簡短地表示了對該法律的支持——該法律禁止市政府與聯邦移民執法部門合作——隨後轉而再次攻擊羅偉。
她說，在疫情期間，當城市的拉丁裔居民遭受創紀錄的感染率，比其他城市的拉丁裔情況更糟時，羅偉的非營利組織卻缺席了。
「Tipping Point 在新冠疫情期間發放了超過8000萬美元，但在疫情高峰期拉丁裔社區最困難的時候，卻沒有一分錢給予提供這類服務的拉丁裔組織，」她說。「我覺得這很耐人尋味。」
「看來今天我要不斷地反駁了，」輪到羅偉回應時他說道，不過他並沒有借此機會反駁市長的說法，而是簡單地表達了對庇護城市條例的支持。（所有候選人都表達了相同的立場。）
這次論壇是選舉季中首次聚焦拉丁裔的活動，也標誌著候選人們開始最後衝刺。民調顯示競爭激烈，布里德和麥法恩領先，羅偉有望獲得第二選擇票而後來居上，而市參事會主席佩斯金（Aaron Peskin）和第11區市參事安世輝（Ahsha Safaí）的前景則不太明朗。
迄今為止，市長競選已籌集了近2300萬美元，其中大部分流向了羅偉，他自籌600萬美元資助競選，並受益於另外600萬美元的政治行動委員會支出。布里德和麥法恩也有政治行動委員會支持，分別得到富有捐贈者230萬美元和130萬美元的支持。
在開場陳述中，佩斯金和安世輝指出了資金競賽的不平衡。
安世輝表示他將「為所有三藩市人而戰，而不僅僅是億萬富翁或億萬富翁的繼承人」，並提到了他的工會背景以及6歲時作為伊朗難民進入美國的經歷。他說經濟不平等正在「壓垮」三藩市。「我們不能只是一個分裂的城市。」
佩斯金補充道：「我的大多數對手都得到了億萬富翁的支持，想必這就是他們將要為之奮鬥的人。」他特別談到了對住房的不同看法，表示他將根據州選票措施33號提案擴大租金管制，並優先建造可負擔住房而非「豪華住宅」。
在隨後關於非營利組織的問題中，佩斯金提到了大財團 TogetherSF 的工作，並試圖將其與他的對手聯繫起來。這個由風險投資億萬富翁 Michael Moritz 支持的組織，正在推動一項昂貴的憲章改革措施以擴大市長權力——麥法恩利用這一點籌集了240萬美元的獨立支出競選資金——並有一個重塑市政廳的多年計劃。
「這個城市有一個名叫 TogetherSF 的組織，由一群極右翼億萬富翁支持……這個組織在散播一種說法，即非營利服務提供者在偷竊城市的錢，」他說。「順便說一下，這個組織正在支持這場競選中的其他三位候選人。」
布里德反駁道。她表示，雖然 TogetherSF 確實支持她——該組織將麥法恩排在第一位，布里德和羅偉排在後面，但幾乎沒有實質支持這兩人——但這只是「象徵性的支持」，該組織對三藩市「非常有害」。
「他們一次又一次地攻擊我，」她說。「他們不斷散播負面信息，更重要的是，他們反對一些我們知道在做實事的優秀非營利組織。」
在關於警務的問題上，Iglesias 問及「拉丁裔社區與執法部門之間長期緊張的關係」，很明顯自喬治·弗洛伊德事件以來，這座城市已經發生了變化：所有候選人都強調增加警力，儘管改革和「社區警務」是一條主線。
「我在 Mission 區進行了三四次商戶走訪，每次都聽到他們希望有更多警察步行巡邏，」羅偉說，並補充道 Mission 區應該有更長期任職的警察局長——Mission 警察局在過去四年內換了五位局長。
布里德則表示，「作為一個在這座城市長大、在公共住房中成長、與執法部門關係緊張的人」，她為三藩市警察局實施的司法部要求的272項改革感到自豪。她談到了警察替代計劃，以及通過從社區內部招募警察來「建立信任」。
安世輝提到了他的立法，要求「城市的每個警區都制定社區警務計劃」，並表示他希望警察「走出警車，重新步行巡邏並與社區互動」。佩斯金也表達了類似的觀點，指出城市在華埠聘用了「具有文化和語言能力的警察」，這樣警察「就能知道店主的名字——而店主也知道他們的名字」。
上午11點，論壇的第一部分結束，四位候選人離開舞台，與支持者握手並拍照。人群逐漸散去——約有一半人在五位弱勢候選人上台前離開。
布里德慢悠悠地走向她的市政配發的雪佛蘭 Tahoe，被工作人員和其他人圍繞著，並受到自由論活動家 Starchild 的嘲諷。
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