The pitch involves slamming Nancy Pelosi (never a tough sell in certain circles) and framing the transfer as a long-overdue act of indigenous land restitution. On paper, there's a historical argument to be made. In practice, this has all the hallmarks of a political stunt wrapped in a land grab wrapped in a culture war.

Let's be clear about a few things. First, transferring the Presidio would require an act of Congress. The Presidio Trust was established by federal law in 1996, and no executive order or handshake deal is unwinding that. Second, when Roger Stone is your point man, the goal isn't justice — it's leverage. Stone is a professional provocateur, and this move seems designed less to restore tribal sovereignty than to create a political headache for San Francisco's liberal establishment.

As one SF resident put it bluntly: "Roger Stone is a professional troll, among other things."

The more interesting question is what happens after the transfer, if it ever materialized. Tribal sovereignty would exempt the land from most local and state regulation. That's catnip for developers and tech moguls who've long eyed the Presidio's stunning acreage with dollar signs in their pupils. Another local didn't mince words: "Gambling under the Golden Gate is not the sign you're looking for."

And here's the uncomfortable irony for San Francisco's progressive establishment. This city practically invented the land acknowledgment — you can't attend a school board meeting without hearing one. But as one resident observed, if this ever went to a vote, "none of SF's citizens who love their performative bullshit" would actually support it. Guaranteed.

We're all for government accountability and questioning whether federal land is being used wisely. But this isn't a good-faith policy debate. It's a chess move — one that uses a tribe's legitimate historical grievances as a pawn in a much larger game. The Presidio belongs to the public. Let's keep it that way.