in 2015, sfbarf campaigned to take over the leadership for the san francisco chapter of the sierra club, claiming that the local chapter opposed high-density development, such as 2015's proposition d in mission bay. according to the "san francisco business times", sfbarf "believes that blocking dense housing near transit encourages sprawl," which is environmentally destructive. the national sierra club strongly supports infill development. the campaign was criticized in an editorial in vice, which said that one of the candidates sfbarf supported, donald dewsnup, had a history of using "shady" activism tactics. (dewsnup was later convicted of voter fraud.