Elections 2026

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by USF Adjunct Professor of Law Jamal Anderson and the Assistant Registrar of Voters for Shasta County, Brent Turner.

Today in California an exciting primary election season is coming to a head. KALW’s Travis Raburn and Gabriel Lopez hit the streets to ask people if they’ve voted, and if voting in primaries is important to them.

Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, special interest groups have funneled millions into elections, including $79M in the California governor’s race.

If you’re a San Francisco voter, you’ve probably been asked to sign a ballot initiative to “save Muni.” Today, those signatures made it to City Hall.

Opponents of Prop D have raised more than six million dollars to fight the measure.

Early in-person voting is available thanks to a 2016 law meant to improve voter turnout in California.

Some Democratic candidates are leaning heavily into immigration enforcement messaging, but young Latinos say rising costs are shaping their decisions even more.

Prop D also known as the overpaid CEO tax, has garnered a lot of attention. It stands in direct opposition to Prop C.

California’s primary election is on June 2nd. KALW’s Rae Kim went out to ask people what matters to them in this election, and where they’re getting their information from. Most people said they feel uninformed.

The “Small Business and Economic Recovery Act” would change how San Francisco taxes businesses.