ENDORSEMENTS 2019
It’s an old political saw, but it’s worth discussing: Are you better off today in San Francisco that you were five years ago? If you’re a tenant, or a person making a middle-class income or less, or if you ride Muni, or if you care about homelessness and displacement, the answer is almost certainly worse.
The agenda that the late...
ENDORSEMENTS for California Democratic Party delegates
The California Democratic Party has long been dominated by insiders, politicians linked to big campaign donors – and that has prevented the party from going in a truly progressive direction. But that’s changing as a new generation of activists are running for statewide delegate positions.
It’s going to be a process: All of the statewide elected officials (all Democrats) hold...
Our Clean Slate Voters’ Guide for the November 2018 election
Print this guide out here. Read our endorsements here.
BAY GUARDIAN ENDORSEMENTS
Governor: No endorsement
Lt. Governor: No endorsements
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty Yee
Treasurer: No endorsement
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
US Senator: Kevin De Leon
Congress, District 12: Nancy Pelosi
State Assembly, District 17: No endorsement
State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting
STATE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 1: Yes
Proposition 2: Yes
Proposition 3: No
Proposition 4:...
ENDORSEMENTS 2018
CLICK HERE FOR OUR CLEAN SLATE VOTER GUIDE TO TAKE TO THE POLLS.
The two most important things on the November ballot are state Proposition 10 and San Francisco Proposition C. Both would address the housing crisis; both are desperately needed.
Prop. 10 would overturn one of the worst examples of a bad trend in California: The state Legislature likes to...
Our print-out guide to take to the polls
***NOTE THESE ENDORSEMENTS ARE FOR THE JUNE ELECTIONS. THE NOVEMBER ELECTION GUIDE CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Here's a simple guide to all of our endorsements:
DOWNLOAD HERE: GUARDIAN CLEAN SLATE JUNE 2018
MAYOR
Jane Kim and Mark Leno (you can vote for them both)
SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT 8 Rafael Mandelman
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
Seat 4: Phoenix Streets
Seat 7: Maria Evangelista
Seat 9: Kwixuan Maloof
Seat 11: Niki Solis
STATEWIDE...
Endorsements: Kim and Leno for mayor. Mandelman for supervisor. Eastin for governor. Yes on F, No on H
>>> DOWNLOAD OUR CLEAN SLATE VOTER GUIDE TO TAKE TO THE POLLS HERE!
It’s odd, considering the critical importance to the future of the city, that the news media haven’t been that fixated on the mayor’s race. Debates and forums take place several times a week. Key endorsements happen regularly. The city—this deeply wounded city, under attack from speculators and...
EDITORIAL: Vote for Kim and Leno (or Leno and Kim) to save San Francisco
The early indications are that turnout in the June 5 election will be low. According to Joe Eskenazi, who has a daily text-message service, as of May 27, 43,000 ballots have been returned; at that point in June 2016, 63,500 ballots had been turned in.
So every single vote is going to matter. You can vote this weekend at City...
Bay Guardian endorsement interview: Angela Alioto
As part of our endorsement process, we are posting our interviews with the candidates. The interviews are undedited.
Alioto talked to us about the tech boom, her position on Tasers, her history in the city, and how she would address homelessness.
Among other things, she argued that Tasers will prevent police shootings -- although that's not how they are likely to...
Bay Guardian endorsement interview: Jane Kim
As part of our endorsement process, we are posting interviews with all of the mayoral candidates. The interviews are unedited.
Kim talked to us about the Twitter tax break and said that at the time, it was important to encourage investment in the city, and she has no regrets. But she is concerned about the way the tech boom impacted...
Guardian endorsement interviews: Mark Leno
As part of our endorsement process, we have been interviewing the candidates for mayor. The interviews are unedited, presented in their entirety.
Mark Leno told us that he would never have supported the Twitter tax break the way it was approved, and would have demanded more community benefits. He talked about his plan for housing and homelessness.
We will be publishing...