SF Politics Tom Steyer Gets Endorsement From Willie Brown as NYT Looks Into His Fossil Fuel Fortune Billionaire Tom Steyer has emerged as a frontrunner in the race for California governor, in no small part because of the millions of dollars of his own money that he's spent on ads before we've even had a primary.
SF Politics Former Pelosi Staffer Says Chakrabarti Was Fired From AOC's Staff Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's lack of an endorsement for her former chief of staff in the San Francisco House race was already playing an outsized role in this primary season, but now we get a bit more to the story.
SF Politics Steyer Closing In On Hilton In Latest Governor's Race Poll, Becerra On the Rise As more undecided voters appear to be finding a candidate they like, and following some televised debates, a new poll finds billionaire Tom Steyer continuing to hold a lead among the Democrats, and only one point behind Republican Steve Hilton.
SF Politics Well Known Provocateur Has Been Trolling House Candidate Saikat Chakrabarti With Painted Van Some pre-primary shenanigans are afoot, and the culprit appears to be someone linked to state Senator Scott Wiener and/or his campaign, though no one has yet taken responsibility.
SF News Over 200 Angry Donors Demand $1.5 Million In Refunds From Swalwell Campaign As legal expenses mount from multiple criminal investigations into the sexual assault allegations against former Representative Eric Swalwell, dozens of people who donated to his campaign for governor are pushing to get their money back.
SF Politics Republican-Backed California Voter ID Measure Makes It On November Ballot A proposed measure backed by two Southern California Republicans would require voters to use identification at the polls and by mail, and local election officials would be expected to regularly verify voter rolls.
SF Politics Four Democrats Rally Behind Caretaker Candidate to Fill Swalwell’s Seat Until End of Term A group of Democrats pledged to drop out of the special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s seat in favor of a caretaker candidate — retired state Senator Bob Wieckowski, with the goal of avoiding a runoff election that would cause Swalwell’s replacement to miss important votes.
SF Politics Another Democrat Exits CA Governor's Race, and It's Betty Yee The field of prominent Democrats running to be the next governor of California just shrank once more, one week after the unceremonious exit of former Congressman Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations.
SF Politics AOC Declines to Endorse Former Chief of Staff Saikat Chakrabarti In Awkward Video Maybe this was a strategic decision on her part, but Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clearly declined to offer an endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti when asked by a reporter this week about his primary race in SF.
SF Politics With Swalwell Out, New Governor's Race Poll Has Republicans In Lead, But Democrats on the Rise Several Democrats in the race for California governor gained some ground in a new poll conducted just in the last two days, following the swift downfall of Eric Swalwell, but the two Republican candidates still hold a small lead.
SF Politics Special Election Set For August to Replace Eric Swalwell In Congress Eric Swalwell's seat in Congress, which he officially vacated on Tuesday, will remain empty until late summer, and now a special election date has been set.
SF Politics Saikat Chakrabarti's Big Ad Push Puts Him Five Points Behind Wiener In New Poll While it's still Scott Wiener's race to lose, the relative newcomer to San Francisco politics, progressive candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, is apparently gaining traction.
SF Politics SoCal Sheriff Chad Bianco, the Trumper Running for Governor, Seizes 650,000 Ballots From Last November In Concerning Move True to form as a Trump-loving Republican sheriff, and likely just trying to court attention from Fox News and Trump himself, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized 650,000 ballots that were cast in his county in November, claiming they need to be recounted.
SF Politics Alameda County Group Launches Drive to Put $30 Minimum Wage on the Ballot In November If a coalition of labor groups and community organizers gets their way, the hourly minimum wage in Alameda County for companies with 100 or more employees could double in the next few years.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie, Sup. Mandelman Introduce Ballot Measures Aimed at Reforming City Charter San Francisco voters may see three major charter reform measures on the November 2026 ballot — proposals that would reshape how City Hall works while drawing early criticism from labor leaders who say the changes could concentrate power and limit public participation.
SF Politics Governor's Race Reshuffles In New Poll With Swalwell Pulling Ahead, Thank God East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell appears to be pulling ahead of the pack of candidates for California governor, and thankfully it's not just the two Republicans at the top of the polls anymore.
Business & Tech East Bay Man Scraps Ballot Measures Due to Pressure from OpenAI, Says He Was ‘Naive’ for Trying An East Bay man says OpenAI pressured him into dropping two AI ballot measures he introduced that would’ve created stricter regulations after it was revealed he’s the stepbrother of a senior Anthropic employee, but he says he wrote the proposals himself — with legal help from chatbots.
SF Politics Republican-Turned-Democrat Marie Hurabiell Joins Race for Nancy Pelosi's House Seat Billing herself as an "actual moderate" to contrast with the three other main candidates running for San Francisco's seat in the US House of Representatives, former Republican Trump appointee to the Presidio Trust Marie Hurabiell seems to think she has a shot in November.
SF Politics Latest Poll In CA Governor's Race Has Swalwell and Hilton Surging Ahead of the Pack, 21% Still Undecided A new independent poll finds Rep. Eric Swalwell overtaking Republican Chad Bianco, which is good news for those of us who don't want a Republican v. Republican governor's race.
SF Politics Scott Wiener Steps Down From Leadership In State's Jewish Caucus After Change In Gaza Stance As state Senator Scott Wiener continues to try to thread the needle of being a moderate Democrat who has historically supported Israel but now kind of needs the pro-Palestinian vote, he is stepping down from a role he's held for five years in the state's legislative Jewish Caucus.
SF Politics Federal Court Says Prop 50 Gerrymander Is Good to Go, Cites Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Maps A baldly hypocritical effort by the Republican Party to challenge Democrats' tit-for-tat gerrymander measure, Prop 50, has been shot down by a federal court, paving the way for California to redraw its congressional district maps as it sees fit.
SF Politics Republicans Could Seize Advantage In California Governor's Race If Too Many Democrats Run We're about to enter one of the kookiest election years in California's 175-year history, with a bevy of Congressional seats up for grabs, and a wide open governor's race that already has too many Democrats in it.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Officially Launches Campaign for California Governor Liberal East Bay Congressman and one-time presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is joining the increasingly crowded race to become the next governor of California.
SF Politics Connie Chan Officially In, London Breed Out In Race For Pelosi's House Seat The race to fill Nancy Pelosi's big shoes in Congress just gained an official candidate and lost another who hinted at a run two weeks ago.
SF Politics Very Wealthy But Completely Uncharismatic Tom Steyer Now Running for California Governor A crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom in the 2026 governor’s elections just got more crowded, as SF’s own liberal billionaire Tom Steyer has joined the race, in an announcement where he declares, “Bullsh*t, man!”
