San Francisco's Democratic Party on Sunday night pulled its endorsement of Manny Yekutiel for District 8 supervisor and replaced it with an endorsement of Gary McCoy, a former aide to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, The San Francisco Standard reported.

What the committee voted

The Democratic County Central Committee voted 29-0 to void the August endorsement of Yekutiel, who suspended his campaign on Oct. 1 after The Standard published a new sexual-assault allegation. His name remains on the Nov. 3 ballot. Members then voted 20-8, with one abstention, to endorse McCoy, who is running against Michael Nguyen and Darshini Patel in the Castro, Noe Valley and neighboring neighborhoods, according to The Standard.

Party chair Nancy Tung had called the special meeting on Oct. 1 after those new allegations, saying the party needed to reconsider the endorsement. In a Oct. 5 accountability statement on the party's website, she apologized to Brad Chapin — the first man to accuse Yekutiel of assault — and said she personally backed McCoy.

How the race got here

The committee endorsed Yekutiel on Aug. 26 despite Chapin's allegation from a 2020 Mission gathering. The party's investigation said it could not reach a finding and that the claim fell outside its jurisdiction, KQED and the Bay Area Reporter reported. Ryan Clark and his partner later said Yekutiel groped them at a 2023 Pride party. Yekutiel has denied Chapin's account and said he does not remember the 2023 encounter; no criminal charges have been filed.

After the October allegation, Mayor Daniel Lurie and other backers withdrew support and Yekutiel quit the race. The San Francisco Examiner reported that McCoy then picked up a supermajority of Board of Supervisors endorsements, plus backing from Sen. Scott Wiener, Sen. Adam Schiff and others, and led fundraising among the remaining candidates.

Calls for Tung to resign

Sunday's meeting also became a fight over Tung's leadership. Supervisor Connie Chan and leaders of Democratic clubs, including the San Francisco Women's Political Committee, demanded she step down over how the misconduct policy handled survivors, The Standard reported. Tung acknowledged the policy "failed its first test" and said she would work with Chapin to revise it, but she said she intends to finish her term.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who helped write the misconduct policy, said it had failed survivors and the party, and he promised a resolution asking Attorney General Rob Bonta to review the allegations. Supervisor Matt Dorsey, whose second-choice ranking helped tip the August endorsement to Yekutiel, seconded the motion to rescind.

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