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BMWL Campaigns Principal Jill Golub will be part of a LIVE panel discussion at the AAPC Pollies this year! We can't wait to hear her thoughts on how Vote-by-Mail has changed the landscape of elections. This will be an amazing opportunity to hear from Jill, the youngest and only female partner at BMWL Campaigns. She has quickly become one of the most sought-after consultants for candidates and ballot measure campaigns in the region, known for her out-of-the-box strategies that have won tough campaigns in the Bay Area's highly-competitive political environment.

Please help our teammate Lia Aiavao find her sweet puppy, who is lost in San Francisco :-( Like and share this post if you live in SF or have friends who do.

Celebrating our former client Supervisor Otto Lee's birthday last night with County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and Steve Kline. What a great way to get back out into the world after such a long, isolating year it's always great to spend time with our friends down in Santa Clara County!

Hoping you had a fun and safe Fourth of July! We are so excited to be fully vaccinated and able to come together again in person. Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend, everyone

This week, Jill Nelson Golub shared her insights with Campaigns & Elections on the importance of keeping new candidates on course throughout a campaign, especially in local or municipal races that employ ranked choice voting. See what she had to say below, as featured in the Campaigns & Elections newsletter! -- Jill Golub of BMWL on the importance of keeping new candidates on course, especially in local or municipal races that employ ranked choice voting: "Your strategy is v...ery targeted and I tell candidates all the time, either ones I work with or ones I’m training: ‘Everyone is going to tell you what they think you should do as a candidate and it’s really hard not to listen to them.’ My biggest challenge with candidates is getting them to focus on executing the plan. If we do the plan as we’ve written it, we’ll win. But if we veer or start to muddy the budget and our messaging, that’s when campaigns kind of go off the rails." See more

What a year! Sending our thanks and appreciation from our bubble to yours. However you're celebrating this season, BMWL wants to wish you a happy holiday and hopeful new year.

This week, the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden's victory in the Presidential Election so what's next? Reader's Digest breaks down what we can expect from a new president in the first 100 days of their term. "When a new president is sworn in, it is the first and best opportunity to set the tone and direction for the rest of their term, John Whitehurst, a founding partner at BMWL & Partners political consulting firm tells Reader’s Digest."

NEXT MONDAY 11/16 - Join Jill Nelson Golub and Sam Lauter at this post-election recap webinar hosted by the Urban Land Institute to learn how this past election affects the Bay Area real estate industry.

San Francisco voters made it clear - teachers deserve a living wage. We are proud of the part we played in making Prop J a success. As a result, Prop J will help fund our classrooms when they need it most, bridging the digital divide and ensuring that Black and Brown students in our city have the same access to high quality teachers and educational programs as their peers. Your votes have helped ensure a brighter future for San Francisco’s public schools and we can’t thank you enough.

In the News: John Whitehurst weighs in on the rise of Senator Kamala Harris and how that led her to a vice president nomination. If you want to learn to sail a boat you go to where the water is. If you want to get good at politics, you come to where the activism is, says Mr Whitehurst. San Francisco’s budget is bigger than some state budgets. It’s not just a club sport, it’s a varsity sport. Click below to read the full article written by The Telegraph:

IN THE NEWS: Many of our clients have asked us for advice on the best way to increase revenue during this difficult time. Our team has passed hundreds of public finance measures, even during previous natural disasters and economic downturns. John Whitehurst looked back over past campaigns and analyzed the current situation in this op-ed published in Sunday's The Sacramento Bee. Read the op-ed and contact us if your organization, agency, or department is facing revenue shortfalls and you’d like to discuss possible public financing options. https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article242704471.html