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News & Analysis
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Your CallCA voters will determine the outcome of key races and a slew of measures dealing with the housing and homeless crisis, taxes, policing, education, and mental health. -
CrosscurrentsToday is election day and San Francisco residents are being asked to vote on County Superior Court Judges. But do you know why? We learn how the process works, and what people should be thinking about. -
CrosscurrentsSan Francisco Mayor London Breed is asking voters to approve a solution that drug tests people who receive assistance to compel them into treatment. -
Your CallRep. Adam Schiff is best known for his work on the January 6th committee. He's calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza, where the death toll just passed 30,000. -
Your CallProposition 1 would authorize $6B in bonds for mental health treatment facilities in California. Supporters have raised $14M. Opponents have raised just $1,000. -
Your CallWith less than a week until California's primary, Katie Porter is neck-and-neck with Republican Steve Garvey for the second and last spot on November's ballot.
Gimme My Props
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If passed, California Proposition 36 would enforce harsher penalties for certain crimes to address concerns about shoplifting and drug possession. -
If passed, California Proposition 35 would require the state to use money from a tax on health insurance plans towards payments to doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients. -
If passed, California Proposition 34 would require some California health providers to use profits from prescription drug sales to directly fund patient care. -
If passed, California Proposition 33 would let cities remove current limits on rent control. -
If passed, California Proposition 32 would mandate a higher statewide minimum wage. -
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. -
If California Proposition 2 passes, it would pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 schools and community colleges across California.
Bay Area Headlines
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The results of the election have had a polarizing effect on communities across the country. KALW asked San Franciscans about how they were moving forward. -
Monday was the last day for California voters to register by mail or online for the November 5 election. -
Continued San Francisco Unified School District travails, an Oakland election explainer, Bay Area voter outreach to swing states. -
A group of business and community leaders held a press conference in Oakland’s Chinatown today to speak out against the campaign to recall Mayor Sheng Thao. -
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. -
A Bay Area-based nonprofit polled 900 Latinos from across the state on their election concerns. -
The first week back for 50,000 students in San Francisco’s public schools was capped with an unexpected change of leadership on the school board last Friday. -
Amid campaigns to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a group of recall opponents gathered in East Oakland to push back. -
While a huge showing of California delegates are at the Democratic National Convention to support Kamala Harris, not all in attendance are there to root for her. -
The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association — or SPUR — is a public policy think tank that aims to develop solutions to the problems facing Bay Area cities. The nonprofit released a 44-page report that details the inefficiencies it sees in San Francisco’s government.
