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State of the Bay gives you on update on our favorite local sports teams. And we dig into Prop 4, the $10 Billion Bond for Climate Change. Plus, we hear about the upcoming SF International Hip Hop Dance Fest. -
Dark money and charity organizations led by former intel officers and ex-feds are spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges. -
Longtime radio host Thom Hartmann discuss media coverage of the election and his latest piece, US fascism has arrived thanks to 30 years of right-wing talk radio. -
Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we continue Election Season by focusing on the very real impact of politics on trans youth. -
Your CallDuring COVID, wellness influencers blended spirituality and conspiracy theories. Many support RFK Jr. who has joined the Trump campaign. How is this shaping politics? -
Bay MadeAs Election Day nears, BAY MADE is featuring “The Bay Votes 2024,” a series of conversations hosted by KALW and our partners. -
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. -
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.
Gimme My Props
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Proposition J would create an oversight body to monitor city government spending on programs helping children and young people. -
Proposition I would improve retirement packages for 9-1-1 dispatchers, as well as nurses who transition from temporary to full-time roles. -
Proposition H would lower the retirement age for San Francisco firefighters from 58 to 55. -
Proposition G would reduce rent in hundreds of units serving extremely low-income seniors, families and people with disabilities. -
Proposition F allows retirement eligible police officers to stay on the job while receiving both their salary and pension for up to five years. -
Proposition E would create a five member task force to assess San Francisco’s many commissions and recommend whether any should be altered or eliminated to improve local governance. -
Proposition D would dramatically alter governance in San Francisco, slashing City Hall commissions from the current 130 to a maximum of 65, retaining 20 major commissions. -
Proposition C aims to fight corruption in the San Francisco government by creating an inspector general to investigate fraud, waste and abuse. -
Proposition B would let San Francisco borrow up to $390 million to build new infrastructure and upgrade existing buildings, roads, and public spaces. -
Proposition A would let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow up to 790 million dollars to upgrade, repair and retrofit its properties.
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. -
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. -
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. -
Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year. -
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. -
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.
