County forges ahead with 20-year tax measure to fund social, emergency services
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will continue pursuing a half-cent, 20-year sales tax measure for November’s general election ballot, though it ...
City Council proposal aims to soften pandemic blow to small business with revised tax code
Three members of the Oakland City Council and a coalition of small business owners and labor union ...
State expands physical polling locations for November election
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday to expand the state’s number of polling places ahead ...
Oakland considers dropping voting age in school board elections
Oakland City Council members will decide Tuesday whether to allow 16 and 17-year-old residents to vote in ...
Covid-19 update: Newsom talks election with mail-in ballot order, some city trends keep climbing
It’s a mixed bag in the country as well as the greater Bay Area. Some regions have ...
Santa Clara County considers mail-in voting only for November election
About 900,000 eligible voters in Santa Clara County may be limited to vote-by-mail ballots in November if county leaders decide it’s unsafe to ...
School district settles with former student over parody posted during school election
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District has reached a $665,000 settlement with a former student body ...
SF voters show support for all five propositions
San Francisco voters Tuesday were asked to consider five propositions. As of Wednesday afternoon, it appears all ...
Bay Area primary election highlights
Sonoma/Marin counties: Measure I
Voters in Sonoma and Marin counties rejected a 30-year extension of a quarter-cent sales ...
Measure J on path to fall short of two-thirds threshold
Measure J — a 35-year half-cent sales tax to raise money for local roads, buses, rail, ferries ...
Contra Costa District 3 supervisor race highlights environmental issues
Most of the way through her first four-year term in office, Diane Burgis believes she deserves a second term as the supervisor representing ...
Midnight deadline nears for voter registration
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla reminded voters Tuesday that they have until the end of the ...
Danville offers secure ballot drop-off box for commuter ease
A new drop-off ballot box installed at the Sycamore Park & Ride lot will make voting in ...
Sonoma County District 3 candidates agree on policy, differ on approach
Three-term Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and former Santa Rosa City Councilman and Mayor Chris Coursey are ...
Sanders campaign opens downtown Oakland office
The 2020 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, formally opened a campaign ...
Passion, realism dominate Bay Area rallies on brink of impeachment
It can never be claimed that President Donald J. Trump does not inspire civic engagement.
Biden visits San Francisco for Thursday fundraising event
Former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden will be attending a fundraising event in San ...
Supes propose tax on commercial landlords with vacant properties
San Francisco voters on March 3 will decide whether to tax landlords who keep commercial properties vacant ...
Boudin takes the win in SF district attorney’s race
Former public defender Chesa Boudin has officially won the contentious race against Interim District Attorney Suzy Loftus ...
Boudin edges past Loftus in dramatic DA’s race
The plot thickens Friday over who will become San Francisco’s next district attorney. Chesa Boudin, the criminal ...
Van Ness construction crew strikes water main to City Hall
San Francisco City Hall lost water service Friday afternoon.
Building management reported in an email to City Hall employees that construction crews working on ...
SF district attorney’s race tightens, Loftus lead shrinks to 879 votes
The lead for San Francisco’s Interim District Attorney Suzy Loftus in the district attorney’s race has shrunk ...
Outcome of SF ride-hailing tax rests in uncounted mail-in ballots
Just five more votes in favor of Proposition D would have pushed the election night total over ...
SF district attorney, District 5 supe races neck and neck
Chesa Boudin looks like he’s celebrating Tuesday. Although San Francisco’s progressive candidate for district attorney is leading ...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed wins her first full-term race
San Francisco Mayor London Breed looks like she’s coasted to a victory for her first four-year full ...
Police association draws wide criticism for ‘ugly, hateful’ Boudin attack ads
San Francisco officials and supporters of district attorney hopeful Chesa Boudin are denouncing TV and mailer attacks led by the San Francisco Police ...
Marin County voters consider taxes for fire protection, police, schools, Memorial Park
There are three local measures on the Marin County ballot in Tuesday’s election.
San Anselmo’s Measure M is ...
Registration deadline nears for San Mateo County November election
The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 5 consolidated municipal, school and special district ...
SF district attorney announces resignation, eyes run in Los Angeles
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon on Thursday announced his resignation in a letter to his staff.
According ...
Supes table homeless commission, move rideshare surcharge to ballot
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to move a charter amendment to the November ballot that ...
Tom Steyer joins race for Democratic nomination
San Francisco billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer has entered the field of Democrats running for president in 2020.
Steyer, 62, announced the launch of his ...
SF would tap CEO salary tax to cover substance abuse services for residents
San Francisco voters will decide come November on whether The City should provide 24/7 services to help ...
Alameda voters approve housing, homeless services for vacant office space
A majority of voters in Alameda's special election Tuesday decided to convert several vacant office buildings on ...
Bill introduced to make Election Day state holiday
Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, on Wednesday reintroduced a bill in the California State Legislature to make Election ...
Rebecca Kaplan elected Oakland City Council president
Veteran councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan was elected president of the Oakland City Council at the council's first meeting ...
Margin of 386 votes makes Lori Frugoli the next Marin district attorney
Marin County voters elected Lori Frugoli as district attorney by only a few hundred votes.
