Signaling the importance of the LGBTQ vote in the special election for San Francisco's open 17th District Assembly seat, two of the top contenders have opened their campaign headquarters in the heart of the city's Castro LGBTQ district.Moved into the high-profile vacant retail space at the corner of Castro and Market streets is District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney.
Formerly home to Pottery Barn, it was the site where gay former state legislator and county supervisor Mark Leno headquartered his ultimately unsuccessful mayoral bid in 2018.The storefront at 2390 Market Street was also where that fall then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and David Campos, then-chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, operated the local.