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District attorneys seek limits on police union campaign donations
A group of current and former Bay Area district attorneys called for a ban on prosecutors seeking election from receiving political and financial support from law enforcement unions.Read More
Contra Costa County to choose from 22 clerk-recorder applicants
Twenty-two people, including a former assemblywoman, a Contra Costa County supervisor, several current and former city councilmembers and several attorneys, have applied to become Contra Costa County’s next head...Read More
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 justice reformer candidate, has pushed Breed-appointed Interim DA Suzy Loftus back into...Read More
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 the two-thirds threshold.Read More
San Mateo heralds new touchscreen voting for November election
San Mateo County will have new voting technology for its Nov. 5 elections.Read More
Marin, Sonoma test new voting machines
Marin and Sonoma counties will be testing new voting systems in coming months.Read More
Sunnyvale begins exploration of switch to district-based elections
Sunnyvale will host two open house meetings in the coming weeks as the city considers changing its at-large election system to a district-based system.Read More
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 Day a state holiday.Read More
Affordable housing bond worth $300 million headed to ballot
San Francisco voters could decide on a $300 million affordable housing bond as well as one for earthquake safety and emergency response during upcoming elections, Mayor London Breed announced...Read More
Hand-counted audit of SF election results begins Monday
San Francisco's elections department on Saturday randomly chose 1 percent of the precincts used in the Nov. 6 election to manually count.Read More
Gordon Mar declares victory, seals progressive majority
District 4 candidate Gordon Mar declared victory Thursday over his opponent Jessica Ho.Read More
Cat Brooks blasts reporting of Oakland election results
Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks issued a statement Thursday blasting news outlets for their coverage of Tuesday's election, in which she appears to have finished second by a wide...Read More
Gordon Mar seizes Election Night lead in Sunset
San Francisco District 4 candidate Gordon Mar leads Tuesday night against candidate Jessica Ho.Read More
District-based city council races debut in Concord, Martinez
Concord's first foray into district elections led to two current City Councilmembers winning and a newcomer winning a seat with no incumbent running.Read More
Cannabis tax measures pass easily in Solano, Santa Clara counties
A pair of cannabis tax measures in Benicia and Suisun City passed easily Tuesday night.Read More
Vacaville elects Ron Rowlett mayor by less than 900 votes
Ron Rowlett appears to have won a close battle for the Vacaville mayor’s seat by a little less than 900 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting early this...Read More
Brisbane approves up to 2,200 new housing units
A measure that would allow for up to 2,200 new residential units and up to 7 million square feet of new commercial development at the Baylands property in Brisbane...Read More
Voter turnout strong, registration reaches record levels
Interest in voting in Tuesday's election hit historic levels in at least two Bay Area counties and statewide.Read More
Gavin Newsom rises to governor, Feinstein holds seat
Former San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has won the race to be California's new governor.Read More
Feds monitor San Mateo County polling stations
San Mateo County will be among 35 jurisdictions in 19 states that will have personnel from the U.S. Department of Justice monitoring the polls on Election Day.Read More