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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 the Oakland School Board elections. The Oakland Youth Vote measure, authored by...Read More
Supes propose lowering municipal voting age to 16
Several San Francisco supervisors are supporting a charter amendment that will be introduced at Tuesday’s board meeting that would give voting rights to 16- and 17-year-old city residents for...Read More
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 the east end of Contra Costa...Read More
Midnight deadline nears for voter registration
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla reminded voters Tuesday that they have until the end of the night to register to vote or update their voter registration for the...Read More
Sanders campaign draws thousands to Richmond rally in thick of primary season
A massive crowd in the tens of thousand flocked to Richmond’s Craneway Pavilion Monday for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rally. The Craneway, a former Ford Motor assembly...Read More
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 the March 3 election simpler for commuters and others in Danville. Ballots...Read More
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 running in the March 3 primary election for the District 3 seat...Read More
Fewer endorses Connie Chan in run for District 1 seat
“This city has raised me and people like me."Read More
San Francisco recruits poll workers for March 3 election
The Department of Elections in San Francisco is recruiting people interested in serving as poll workers in the March 3 election. Poll workers facilitate voting at neighborhood polling places...Read More
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 office Sunday in downtown Oakland. The Sanders campaign’s Oakland office, at 1500...Read More
Bay Area volunteers lead progressive charge as Bernie Sanders climbs in polls
At first blush, San Francisco’s Mission District might seem an unlikely setting for the regional campaign headquarters for a major presidential candidate. Street vendors are out on nearly every...Read More
Voter registration reaches all-time high, yet gaps persist among non-white voters
Voting rights activists remain worried about persistent gaps in voter participation based on race and ethnicity.Read More
Marin County voters to weigh wildfire prevention tax on March ballot
Marin County voters in March will consider approving a parcel tax that would raise approximately $19.3 million a year for wildfire prevention in the county. The Board of Supervisors...Read More
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 as a way to deal with the growing number of empty storefronts...Read More
Campaign office grand opening draws hundreds of Sanders’ supporters
Hundreds flocked to the Mission District in San Francisco on Thursday for the grand opening of Bernie Sanders’ Bay Area campaign headquarters. Former San Francisco supervisor Jane Kim played...Read More
Nation’s largest nurses’ union endorses Bernie Sanders
"We need a president who makes it easier for us to stand together and hold our employers accountable for putting people above profits."Read More
Dean Preston to bring ‘new vision’ to City Hall as District 5 supe
Things are about to get interesting on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In the closely contested District 5 race, Democratic socialist and tenants’ rights organizer Dean Preston narrowly...Read More
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 and will become the The City’s next elected district attorney. Loftus conceded...Read More