Three SF Board of Education commissioners face recall election
Three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners will face a recall election in February, officials with the San Francisco Department of Elections said on Monday. …
San Jose considers pushing mayor’s race to presidential election ballot
For the first time since residents got the power to vote for San Jose mayor in 1966, the city’s top elected official could be decided …
Legislators consider recall election reform, call current codes ‘anti-democratic’
Legislators are planning hearings to consider how the state can reform election code to make recall efforts more democratic.
Newsom makes acceptance speech less than hour after polls close
Gov. Gavin Newsom survives the recall effort by wide margins in a race called less than an hour after polls closed.
Vallejo residents to select project funding options in community vote
Starting Tuesday, Vallejo residents will have month to weigh in on a range of community projects eligible for funding by the city council. Residents can …
SF leaders celebrate 19th Amendment ahead of crucial recall election
San Francisco leaders gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday to commemorate the 1920 adoption by Congress of the 19th Amendment, which gave many …
Challenger concedes race to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan
The main challenger to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s next term on the council has conceded the election, Kaplan’s office said this week. Derreck …
Incumbent concedes Oakland District 3 seat to housing activist Carroll Fife
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has conceded the District 3 council race to Carroll Fife, who was leading by a wide margin in updated …
Philhour concedes, Chan wins District 1 supervisor race
San Francisco District 1 supervisor candidate Marjan Philhour has conceded the race to Connie Chan after falling behind by 123 votes. Philhour said in a …
Oakland turns up to celebrate election results
People filled the streets of Oakland Saturday morning in reaction to major news outlets projecting Joe Biden and Oakland native Kamala Harris as the next …
Local leaders show love for Bay Area native Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, President-elect Joe Biden
“A Trump campaign punctuated by racism and misogyny will end with a Black woman in the White House and a bold agenda for women’s equality and dignity.”
Pennsylvania hands Joe Biden the presidency
A Saturday morning update from Pennsylvania election officials tipped the scale to the point of no return, making former Vice President Joe Biden the next …
San Francisco voters show wide support for new street cleaning department proposition
San Francisco voters are backing a measure to create a new department focused on keeping sidewalks and streets clean. The latest update provided by election …
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claims, Biden urges ‘calm’ as his lead grows
All eyes are on Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona Thursday afternoon as former Vice President Joe Biden inches closer to an Electoral College win in …
Voters save Caltrain with Measure RR passage in all three counties
Voters in the three counties served by Caltrain passed a measure that will add a one one-eighth cent sales tax in each county to help …
Philhour’s lead grows slightly in tight District 1 supervisor race
Marjan Philhour is holding onto a thin lead in the ranked-choice San Francisco District 1 supervisor race, but the difference is still too close to …
Livermore vice mayor holds substantial lead in city’s mayoral race
Livermore Vice Mayor Bob Woerner appears to have won the race for mayor, Tuesday’s unofficial election results show. Woerner and Mony Nop, a former police …
Police find effigy with ‘Sleepy Joe (Cheater)’ sign hanging from Brentwood home
Brentwood police found a mannequin hanging from a rope from the side of a home with “Sleepy Joe (Cheater)” on a sign across the mannequin’s …
Voters narrowly approve bond measure to save Piedmont Community Pool
A voter effort to save Piedmont’s community pool worked, final unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show. Measure UU narrowly passed with 68.8 percent of the …