Multiple residents said they requested to be removed from contact lists and continued to receive outreach anyway. One resident reported that a campaign volunteer impersonated a family member during a phone call — a tactic that, if accurate, would raise questions about compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and California's Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices statute.

Residents also described canvassers gaining access to secured residential buildings, in at least some cases by waiting for other deliveries or being buzzed in by neighbors. The campaign has not publicly addressed the building-access complaints.

One campaign-affiliated Reddit account did respond directly to a resident's complaint thread, writing that anyone who requests no further contact is supposed to be placed on an internal do-not-contact list and asking for details to ensure compliance. The response did not address the impersonation allegation or explain how canvassers accessed secured buildings.

The volume and nature of the complaints are notable for a race in which Chakrabarti, a former congressional staffer and co-founder of the Justice Democrats, is running without prior elected office or a sustained San Francisco voting record. His campaign has emphasized grassroots organizing.

The Dissent contacted the Chakrabarti campaign for comment and had not received a response by publication time.

The November 5 general election is the next hard deadline. Voters who want to stop receiving political contact can update their registration without a listed phone number through the Department of Elections portal at sfelections.org.