Senior Politics Editor

Annie Gaus

Mahmood spent much of his career in the private sector and served a stint as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Bilal Mahmood is running for a seat on the Democratic County Central Committee next week and for supervisor in November.

Political newcomer Bilal Mahmood urged his supporters Thursday to vote for Supervisor Matt Haney in the April 19 runoff election.

Though 42,000 votes have yet to be counted, the YIMBY challenger is poised to succeed the progressive incumbent.

A bill by Bilal Mahmood and Shamann Walton seeks to spread the pain all over the city. It's the right idea at the wrong time.