Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco (DSA-SF)

In 2025, DSA-SF voted conduct a campaign called “San Francisco Divestment from Israeli Genocide and Apartheid.” The group claimed that Israeli forces, with U.S. support, were training U.S. law enforcement how to “more brutally terrorize our communities and enact a mass deportation program at home.”  ²

Background

Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco (DSA-SF) is a local chapter of the national Democratic Socialists of America, a far-left political pressure group that operates as a social welfare nonprofit which claims to have 80,000 members nationwide as of 2025. To join the DSA SF chapter, one must become a dues-paying member of the national DSA.  ³

The San Francisco chapter claims to have been founded in the early 1980s, later reforming in 2016 in response to President Donald Trump’s campaign for president that year.  ¹

In 2024, DSA-SF reported $97,323 in revenue, $64,976 in expenses, and $90,757 in net assets.  ⁴

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a far-left political pressure group that operates as a social welfare group. It claims to be the largest socialist group in the country, with a claimed 80,000 members as of 2025. Members of the organization are expected to pay dues. The group also maintains a charitable and education nonprofit, called the DSA Fund.  ⁵

DSA supports left-wing and radical-left policies such as defunding the police, single-payer government-funded healthcare, and the Green New Deal. DSA also claims that its “Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy Campaign Commission is the largest hub for grassroots trans rights organizing in America.”  ^{6  7}

Activities

In June 2025, Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco (DSA-SF) voted to make “Divestment from Israeli Genocide and Apartheid” its highest priority campaign at its annual council. The chapter claimed that Israeli forces, with U.S. support, were training U.S. law enforcement how to “more brutally terrorize our communities and enact a mass deportation program at home.”  ²

The group also supports the establishment of a “Green Bank,” which it defines as a publicly owned institution that would “fund climate solutions.” The Green Bank Resolution was introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder, whom DSA-SF calls “our Socialist in Office.”  ⁸

As of 2025, DSA-SF had a working group on “Ecosocialism” that advocated policies to “decarbonize, decommodify, decolonize, and demand a radical Green New Deal.” DSA-SF also maintained working groups called “Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialism,” “Immigrant Justice,” and “Homelessness.”⁹

The group also has boards to strategize in areas such as education, electoral politics, and labor.  ⁹

As of November 2025, DSA-SF was organizing biweekly “ICE out of SF courts!” events. The purpose of these events was described as “resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings.” The group claimed that “ICE is indiscriminately taking anyone in order to meet their daily quotas.”  ¹⁰

In 2024, DSA-SF released a statement heavily critical of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that a “municipality’s enforcement of an ordinance banning camping on public property against individuals experiencing homelessness does not violate those individuals’ constitutional rights,” according to the New York State Bar Association. According to the DSA SF, the “ruling greenlights an escalation in cruelty,” and claims that the “violent crackdowns” enabled by the ruling will only worsen the homelessness crisis.  ^{11  12}

In 2022, DSA-SF formed a provisional Protect Abortion Working Group, which advocated for pro-abortion policies and organized support for those seeking access to abortion.  ¹³