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Mission Local

One San Francisco affordable-housing measure set to pass, but other in doubt

Prop. C faced no major opposition while the "social housing" measure Prop. I had nearly $3 million spent against it by real-estate interests. One San Francisco affordable-housing measure set to pass, but other in doubt

7 minutes ago

Mission Local

One San Francisco affordable-housing measure set to pass, but other in doubt

SF Standard

Gary McCoy takes big lead to represent Castro in early returns

The District 8 race was upended last month after moderate front-runner Manny Yekutiel dropped out.

7 minutes ago

SF Standard

Gary McCoy takes big lead to represent Castro in early returns

Mission Local

Mayor Lurie’s effort to consolidate City Hall power heavily leading in early results

Early results showed Mayor Lurie’s package of ballot measures to expand mayoral power and curtail ballot measures leading with voters. Mayor Lurie’s effort to consolidate City Hall power heavily leading in early results

15 minutes ago

Mission Local

Mayor Lurie’s effort to consolidate City Hall power heavily leading in early results

Mission Local

Prop. G on track to fail. Sunset Dunes park will likely stay a park.

See full election results here → Proposition G, the ballot measure to bring vehicles back to the Upper Great Highway on weekdays, is on track to fail. Partial results show [...] Prop. G on track to fail. Sunset Dunes park will likely stay a park.

17 minutes ago

Mission Local

Prop. G on track to fail. Sunset Dunes park will likely stay a park.

Mission Local

Theo Ellington overwhelmingly wins race for Bayview-Hunters Point supervisor

Theo Ellington declared a decisive victory over nine opponents in the race to succeed District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton. Theo Ellington overwhelmingly wins race for Bayview-Hunters Point supervisor

23 minutes ago

Mission Local

Theo Ellington overwhelmingly wins race for Bayview-Hunters Point supervisor

Mission Local

Gary McCoy declares victory in Castro supervisor race

Gary McCoy has been the frontrunner in the District 8 supervisor race since Manny Yekutiel dropped out due to sexual assault allegations. Gary McCoy declares victory in Castro supervisor race

24 minutes ago

Mission Local

Gary McCoy declares victory in Castro supervisor race

Mission Local

Scott Wiener takes commanding lead over Connie Chan in S.F. congressional race

Scott Wiener has a commanding lead over Connie Chan to be San Francisco's next member of Congress. Scott Wiener takes commanding lead over Connie Chan in S.F. congressional race

25 minutes ago

Mission Local

Scott Wiener takes commanding lead over Connie Chan in S.F. congressional race

Last hour

SF Standard

Lurie’s three-prop effort to rewrite SF charter leading comfortably in early returns

Propositions D, E, and F target various aspects of San Francisco’s political machine.

33 minutes ago

SF Standard

Lurie’s three-prop effort to rewrite SF charter leading comfortably in early returns

SF Standard

Billionaire tax trailing by wide margin in early returns

Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians with a net worth of $1 billion or more.

42 minutes ago

SF Standard

Billionaire tax trailing by wide margin in early returns

SF Standard

Voters deadlocked over California’s landmark environmental law in early returns

The fate of CEQA — the decades-old law that critics say has been weaponized to block housing — hangs in the balance.

54 minutes ago

SF Standard

Voters deadlocked over California’s landmark environmental law in early returns

SF Standard

California Voter ID proposal losing in early voting

Proposition 39 would have required in-person voters to show government ID and would have invalidated mail-in ballots lacking proof of citizenship.

1 hour ago

SF Standard

California Voter ID proposal losing in early voting

SF Standard

Jane Kim holds narrow lead in early returns for California insurance commissioner

The two Democrats agree the state’s insurance market is broken — but diverge sharply on how to fix it.

1 hour ago

SF Standard

Jane Kim holds narrow lead in early returns for California insurance commissioner

Today

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: New Biopic Recounts SF’s Landmark 1977 Disability Rights Protest

The DOJ sent out 1,000 election monitors to mostly Democratic cities across the US; renters are turning to certain East Bay cities for cheaper rent; and a new film revisits a landmark 26-day, disability-rights sit-in at the SF federal building in 1977.

4 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: New Biopic Recounts SF’s Landmark 1977 Disability Rights Protest

SFiST

Victims In Moss Landing Beach Party Shooting Identified as Two Boys, Age 13 and 15

Three of the shootings that happened around the Bay Area over Halloween weekend involved teenagers, and this includes the tragic shooting early Monday on a beach in Monterey County.

4 hours ago

SFiST

Victims In Moss Landing Beach Party Shooting Identified as Two Boys, Age 13 and 15

SFiST

Valkyries’ Championship Parade Will Take Over SF’s Embarcadero Wednesday

After making history with their first WNBA championship, the Golden State Valkyries will celebrate Wednesday with a boat ride across the bay and a victory parade expected to draw thousands of fans to the Embarcadero.

4 hours ago

SFiST

Valkyries’ Championship Parade Will Take Over SF’s Embarcadero Wednesday

SFiST

Google Playing Hardball With Schools, Says If They Disable AI Tools, They Can't Use Search

Google is taking a hardline stance on the use of its search and AI tools in US schools, essentially saying that you can't have one without the other, which is spurring backlash.

6 hours ago

SFiST

Google Playing Hardball With Schools, Says If They Disable AI Tools, They Can't Use Search

SFiST

UC Berkeley Student Seeking Asylum Detained by ICE at SFO

A 23-year-old UC Berkeley student who fled gender-based violence in Colombia is being held in ICE detention after agents arrested her at SFO Friday.

7 hours ago

SFiST

UC Berkeley Student Seeking Asylum Detained by ICE at SFO

SFiST

Newsom, Possibly Afraid of Pelosi's Wrath, Declines to Endorse In SF Congressional Race

Governor Gavin Newsom had said he was going to endorse someone in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress, but here it is Election Day, and he is demurring. Do we need to wonder why?

8 hours ago

SFiST

Newsom, Possibly Afraid of Pelosi's Wrath, Declines to Endorse In SF Congressional Race