The First Mayoral Debate

The first debate of the San Francisco mayoral campaign showed the contrasts between the candidates, but probably did not change the race much.

On Wednesday night all five major candidates appeared in the first real debate of the San Francisco mayoral campaign. The event was hosted by City Arts & Lectures. This was, in some respects, an unusual debate for reasons that had nothing to do with the candidates.

First, I don’t know how it looked for those attending the debate in person, but online th…