2024 Elections

San Francisco's Proposition L is an "Additional Business Tax on Transportation Network Companies and Autonomous Vehicle Businesses to Fund Public Transportation." KALW hosted a debate on the pros and cons of the ballot measure that would impact Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and Muni.

Leonard Leo and Chris Jankowski have exploited the anti-democratic loopholes in order to deliver Republicans victories that they could never win at the ballot box.

If passed, Proposition 6 would end California’s practice of forcing incarcerated people to work.

California Proposition 5 would lower the threshold of voter support required to pass certain local bond measures.

California Proposition 4 would fund projects across the state to pay for climate and environmental projects.

If passed, Proposition 3 would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the California constitution.

Climate groups say fossil fuel companies must be held accountable for the devastation of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. They also say Donald Trump will worsen the crisis.

With the election just four weeks away, we discuss a few of the 10 propositions on California's ballot, including one that would limit forced labor in state prisons.

Project 2025 would ban unions for public service workers, let companies stop paying overtime, eliminate child labor protections, and repeal wage laws.

Richmondside's Joel Umanzor, spoke with us about the folks running for city council in Richmond’s District One, and how they’re addressing the top issues of concern for residents.

If Donald Trump wins the election, JD Vance is one step away from the White House. He entered politics as the Senator of Ohio just two years ago.

Sasha Abramsky writes about how polarization threatened to break apart two American communities and how one found a way back while the other splintered.

“Today, our nation and world are at an inflection point,” Mary Smith, President of the American Bar Association, said. “At home and around the globe, autocrats and dictators threaten the rule of law. Our democracy is under strain." At the start of her presidential term in August 2023, ABA President Smith created the Task Force for American Democracy. The deans from more than 100 of America’s top law schools wrote a letter in support, concerning the training necessary for the next generation of lawyers to sustain our constitutional democracy and the rule of law. “The nation's law schools play a critical role in training the next generation of lawyers and upholding the core values of our profession,” remarked Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School dean and member of the task force. “Through our joint efforts as outlined in [the] letter, we hope to set an example for our students as we prepare them to carry our democracy forward.”What forces are at play that threaten democracy in America, and throughout the world? Are they taking hold? Here?Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Task Force member Maria Echaveste, a former U.S. presidential advisor to President Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton Administration, and Brent Turner, a graduate of Lincoln Law School in San Francisco who was instrumental in the creation of the San Francisco County Voting Systems Task Force and who has been a Director of Communications for Open Voting Consortium.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Donald Trump has repeatedly shared AI-generated content on social media in the latest example of how artificial intelligence is showing up in the 2024 election.

Some 67 percent of Republicans say the Bible should influence U.S. laws to some extent.

Places like China, Ukraine and Gaza will be at the forefront of the mind of whoever becomes the next president.

Voters in 76 countries are going to the polls this year – including the five largest democracies. And this surge of voting comes as democracy has been in decline.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about why he thinks President Biden should step aside in the 2024 election.

Latinos are more likely to rely on social media for news, where claims are less likely to be verified. Now, researchers and fact-checkers are trying to close the gap.

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, or BAHFA, passed a resolution on Wednesday to put a $20 billion affordable housing bond on the ballot this November.

Berkeley voters have a lot to make sense of this election cycle. KALW’s Sunni Khalid spoke with senior Berkeleyside reporter, Alex N. Gecan, to try and tease out some of the knots in two different sets of dueling ballot measures.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed did not appear for a mayoral forum last night that was hosted by the San Francisco League of Women Voters.

KALW’s Executive Producer Ben Trefny speaks with Oaklandside's arts, culture and community reporter Azucena Rasilla about what’s most pressing for the people living in Oakland’s District 5.

State of the Bay talks to Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildfire Resilience Lisa Lien-Mager. And we hear from both sides of Prop D which aims to eliminate half of San Francisco's city commissions. Plus, local author Caroline Paul discusses her new book "Tough Broads".

Beginning on Monday, 36,000 tons of sand will be moved over the next two weeks to stave off sand migrating onto the northern stretch of San Francisco’s Great Highway.

On Wednesday, June 12, the five leading mayoral candidates met at the Sydney Goldstein Theater for their first debate of the election season.

San Francisco had its first mayoral debate last night. The top five candidates talked about their priorities and solutions for the city’s biggest problems.