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News & Analysis
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With President Joe Biden officially ending his bid for re-election, all eyes are on Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden has endorsed her as the nominee. Harris is an Oakland native with a long history of holding office in San Francisco…but how do Bay Area voters feel about a Harris candidacy? -
California Forever pulled its ballot measure for a planned city in rural Solano County on Monday, just one day before it was up for a vote by county supervisors. -
Tom LoBianco, a longtime national political reporter, whose been covering Washington for 20 years and currently the co-founder and editor of 24sight News. KALW News Editor Sunni Khalid asked him about this historic moment with President Biden withdrawing from his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee. -
Your CallOn Sunday, President Biden called off his campaign and endorsed Vice president Kamala Harris to be the new candidate. How will this change the race? -
Your CallAfter the media said we'd see a changed Donald Trump, he repeated 2020 election lies, called for the mass deportation of immigrants, and called COVID the China virus. -
Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year. -
Your CallTwelve years ago, political scientist Norm Ornstein argued that the Republican Party had become an insurgent outlier in US politics. Since then, it's only gotten worse. -
CrosscurrentsLong before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last weekend, the level of political anxiety in the country, specifically concerns about political violence has been rising as the nation prepares to go to the polls this fall. -
Congressman Adam Schiff urges Biden to drop out of the Presidential race due to “serious concerns” about Biden’s ability to win against Trump this fall. -
Your CallWe continue our series on Project 2025 by discussing the more than 100 conservative organizations that contributed to the right-wing agenda. We'll also follow the money.
Gimme My Props
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Berkeley’s Measure Z — also known as the soda tax — is an initiative that aims to extend the 2014 ballot measure to continue the tax on sugar sweetened beverages. -
Oakland’s Measure OO is a new initiative to change the structure of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission. -
Oakland’s Measure NN is a new proposal aimed at funding public safety through a tax on property owners. -
Oakland Measure MM is a new initiative that aims to fund wildfire prevention in parts of the city with high fire risk. -
Richmond’s Measure J and Measure L both focus on election reform. -
Proposition O would strengthen access to abortions in San Francisco. -
Proposition N would create a fund to help police officers, firefighters, paramedics, sheriffs, nurses and 911 dispatchers employed by the city pay off their student loan debt. -
SF Prop M would overhaul SF Business Tax System . The city would rely less on taxing a company’s payroll for staff working here, and more on revenue that businesses earn within the city. -
Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars. -
Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.
Bay Area Headlines
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Some residents in the Bay Area have been receiving text messages regarding their voter registration status in a possible scam to get their personal information. -
More than $5 million in donations has poured into campaigns for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors races so far, with even more money expected before this November’s elections. -
J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate and former venture capitalist, returns to Silicon Valley today to bolster campaign funds through his network of tech moguls and conservatives.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted four-to-one on Tuesday to approve the final agreement for Measure QQ. This would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections. But, it’s unclear if it will make it onto the November ballot. -
The Berkeley City Council this week approved an ordinance that gives 16- and 17-year olds the ability to vote for school board members in the city this fall. We went to UC Berkeley’s campus and asked around: Why should youth be able to vote? -
A controversial ballot measure challenging restrictions on oil and gas wells in California will not be on the ballot in November. -
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. -
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. -
San Francisco played host this week to a political showdown in Democratic and Republican fundraising efforts. -
The City of Hayward is switching from at-large-based elections to district-based city council elections.
