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News & Analysis
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Your CallProject 2025 would raise taxes on the middle class and slash taxes for the wealthy. It would also cut the corporate tax rate to 18 percent, which is a $24B tax cut. -
CrosscurrentsReporter Holly McDede speaks with KALW's Sunni Khalid about residents in Richmond’s District 5, who are calling for investment in arts and culture from their city leaders. -
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. -
Donald Trump has made anti-immigrant hate the cornerstone of his campaign. He's calling for the death penalty for migrants who return to the US after being deported. -
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. -
Your CallClimate 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. -
Your CallWith 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. -
Your CallProject 2025 would ban unions for public service workers, let companies stop paying overtime, eliminate child labor protections, and repeal wage laws.
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CrosscurrentsRichmondside'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.
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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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. -
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. -
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.
