SF Politics Democratic Socialist Dean Preston Wins District 5 Supervisor Seat On Second Try After narrowly losing to London Breed in 2016, Dean Preston eked out a win in the District 5 supervisor race on Saturday, taking the seat from Vallie Brown, the mayor's appointee.
SF Politics With 70,000 Ballots Left to Count, Props A and D May Still Fail The too-close-to-call races for San Francisco district attorney and District 5 Supervisor will not be decided until some 70,000 mail-in and provisional ballots get counted this week. And if Props A and D don't hold onto their 66.66 percent majorities, they will not pass.
SF Politics Election Results: Affordable Housing Bond Passes, Prop C Dies, DA's Race and D5 Too Close To Call Just over 23 percent of registered San Francisco voters mailed in ballots or went to polling places on Tuesday. And while Mayor London Breed and her $600 million housing bond measure both won easily, a couple of the races remain in ranked-choice limbo as of Wednesday morning.
SF Politics Here's How to Find Your Polling Place in San Francisco — Go Vote! I know, this is just a local election and the stakes could hardly be lower in most people's minds. But this is basically the first time that San Francisco is electing a new
SF Politics A Quick and Dirty Guide To Tuesday's Election in San Francisco We go to the polls tomorrow, November 5, for a local election in which it feels like the stakes aren't particularly high except for a certain District 5 supervisor and a certain interim district attorney.
SF News District Attorney Candidates Talk Crime, Punishment, and Replacing Gascón In Debate The battle to succeed DA George Gascón is on, as the four November candidates duke it out on closing Juvie, eliminating cash bail, and prosecuting sexual assaults.
SF News 21-Year-Old Tech Entrepreneur And Amateur Rapper Enters 2019 Mayor's Race We're still a long way from November 2019, when San Francisco will be deciding on its next mayor. We know that former SF supervisor and state senator Mark Leno is in the running,
SF News CEO Trying To Raise $100 Million For Homeless Reportedly Considering Run For Mayor Candidates running for mayor of San Francisco in 2019 will not be running against Ed Lee, as Lee is termed out after this, his second full term. That means a large litter of
SF News Why Is Mark Leno Entering The Mayor's Race So Early, And Where's Ed Lee Been Lately? As we learned the other week, former state senator, assemblyman, and SF supervisor Mark Leno has announced he's running for mayor in 2019, i.e. almost two and a half years from now.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mark Leno Is Running For Mayor, Everybody Former state senator Mark Leno, who's contemplated a mayoral run before, is going to announce Thursday that he's officially entering the race for mayor in 2019. [Chronicle] Prior to the Ghost Ship tragedy,
SF News Mark Leno Pretty Definitely Running For Mayor In 2019 We've been teased with this before, but this time it looks like recently termed-out state senator Mark Leno is almost certainly going to be a top candidate for San Francisco Mayor just as
SF News Potential Successors To Mayor Ed Lee 'Saddling Up' For a few glorious days in early November, political wonks mulled a possible successor for current San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee after he was mentioned as a possible cabinet member for Hilary Clinton,
