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Campos for Assembly. No on the School Board recalls. Our recommendations for the Feb. 15 special election

“That’s Sacramento” the old timers say, as they shake their heads. For the entire time that I’ve worked on housing justice in San Francisco, housing activists have told me about about our inability, year after year, decade after decade to defeat the Ellis Act and Costa Hawkins, two laws that were written for and by the real estate industry...

San Francisco is under attack — by developers, greedy speculators and others who see this city as a place from which to extract money, even at the cost of destroying communities. Jon Golinger, who has been running progressive campaigns in this city for more than 15 years, has put together a historical report on some of the flashpoints in the...

He was a bad mayor and is a bad governor—but the alternatives are way, way worse and the national implications are scary.

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 51st installment of the Bay Area classic is 'new and improved' for 2025—and still full of local love.

You can vote for progressive candidates to set policy at the state party level. Here are our choices

Below are our complete endorsements for the March 3, 2020 primary elections.  PRESIDENT Bernie Sanders Two elements come into play in the presidential primary, and we think both favor Sanders. The first, of course, is beating Trump. We do not subscribe to the “Bernie or bust” theory, and in November, we will be endorsing and strongly supporting any Democrat who wins the nomination....

In wide-ranging book, the eminent politico, activist, comedian, teacher, and personality spills the tea.

Best Burrito, Best DJ, Best Bookstore, Best Drag Queen, Best Museum, Best Sushi... find out who won!