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News & Analysis
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Mother Jones reports that Trump’s MAGA allies are spreading disinformation and laying the groundwork to challenge the election results. How are lawyers responding? -
Since Roe was overturned in 2022, 14 GOP-run states have enacted abortion bans. Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states and ProPublican has exposed deaths in TX & GA. -
Trump promises to accelerate oil and gas production and reverse Biden’s environmental policies. Scientists say we must get off fossil fuels as quickly as possible. -
State of the Bay shares last-minute voting tips to ensure your ballot counts, talks with experts on how to manage election stress, and interviews the author of a guide on creating a stylish edible garden at home. -
According to a new ProPublica investigation, for years, America’s major gun-makers have shared their customer's personal information to win elections. -
We're discussing what's at stake for press freedom and the effects of the right-wing media machine spreading dangerous lies and conspiracy theories about the election. -
Your CallCampaign finance records show that this is the most expensive mayoral race in recent history. How is money shaping the race? Where do the candidates stand on the issues? -
Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we profile two LGBTQ+ politicos who've made history. -
Bay MadeAs Election Day nears, BAY MADE is bringing a bit of the boo to politics as usual. -
Your CallProPublica has obtained videos of Russell Vought saying in a second Trump term, they will make civil servants miserable and use armed forces to quell domestic "riots."
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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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.
