SF News Ed Lee Campaign Accused of Voting Fraud Mayor Ed Lee and SF Neighbor Alliance, the bogus grassroots effort that pooped out the cringe-worthy Run, Ed, Run campaign, are under fire this week after witnesses revealed to The Chronicle that they
SF News Satirical Write-In Candidate for Mayor Says 'F**k You, Muni' and 'Ban Straight Marriage' As you know, SFist does not make a business of endorsing candidates in elections. But if we were to, theoretically, want to endorse anyone or want to encourage you, the voters, to waste
SF News Tony Hall, Dennis Herrera Respond to Ed Lee Candidacy After Temporary Mayor Ed Lee announced plans today to run for mayor, something he promised both the Board of Supervisors and the public he wouldn't do, his fellow candidates released statements regarding his
SF News Ed Lee to Appear at First Mayoral Debate Tonight This mayoral debate is going to be big, with a 99% chance of people heckling the stage. Why? Because Mayor Ed Lee, who announced today his intentions to run for full term, will
SF News Roseanne Barr Running for U.S. President During Thursday night's Tonight Show comedian and macadamia nut purveyor, Roseanne Barr announced her bid for U.S. President in the 2012 election. "I decided since you're the one who got Arnold Schwarzenegger
SF News $25 Tickets Still Available For Obama In S.F. [Updated] U.S.-born citizen and President of the United States, Barack Obama, will be in San Francisco on 4/20. If you'd like to see him speak live at his campaign kickoff, and
SF News Temporary Mayor Ed Lee Would Be a Real Mayor If We Voted Today, Poll Shows In an exclusive poll conducted by CBS5 and SurveyUSA (sounds official!), the local news station found that Ed Lee would be moving in to the Mayor's office for a full term if we
SF News Oakland School Board Approves Hundreds of Pink Slips for Teachers Another blow for public education unfurled in the East Bay last night. The Oakland School Board approved 500 layoffs notices for Oakland teachers. Said notices will go to 231 elementary school teachers, 41
SF News Supervisor Weiner Endorses Dennis Herrera for Mayor While we're on the subject of mayorship, District 8 Supervisor Scott Weiner officially endorsed City Attorney Dennis Herrera today. "I’ve seen firsthand that Dennis has the leadership style we need in our
SF News Another S.F. Mayoral Candidate: David Chiu Board of Supervisors President and Boston native David Chiu, 40, will toss his hat into mayoral ring today. He plans on making it official at around 11 a.m.-ish. Chiu, if you
SF News How's That Fundraising Going, Mayoral Hopefuls? Campaign Financing reports for 2011 Mayoral hopefuls started coming in to the city's Ethics Commission yesterday, meaning we get an early look at who has how much money behind their campaign. According to
SF News Republicans Will Control House; Pelosi Goes Down Sacramento Bee and most of the major networks are reporting that the GOP will win the House majority. What's more, they're looking good in the Senate, but the night is still young. Unlike
SF News Your S.F. Election Night Parties Where can you party with Jane Kim, Gavin Newsom, Rafael Mandelman, Kamala Harris, or any number of your favorite S.F. candidates tonight? (To answer the first four: Public Works, Tres Agaves, Pilsner
SF News Where To Find Election Coverage Updates While SFist will bring you election 2010 updates as soon as the numbers start rolling in, you can also keep track online. Behold: California state results page is a good option; here's the
SF News October Surprise: Meg Whitman's Problematic Son Accused of Rape Griffith Rutherford Harsh V, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's deplorable son, was accused of sexually assaulting a classmate while attending Princeton. Gawker's Maureen O'Connor, who broke the story, has the frightening accusation: On
SF News Joanna Rees Makes S.F. Mayoral Bid Matier & Ross have word that Joanna Rees, wealthy-ish venture capitalist and educator, will toss her adorable sweater set into the San Francisco mayoral ring. Part of her platform? Hot, hot, hot hyperlocalism.
SF News Measures, Propositions, and Other Things With fewer than 25% of registered voters turning out for the election, here's how things went down after Tuesday's primary election. San Francisco measures: Prop A - School Facilities Special Tax: pass (70%
SF News Whitman, Newsom, Harris Win; Prop 16 Fails Here's how things went down last night after the returns came in. Shall we? San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris wins. She'll get the Dem nod in the attorney general race. She creamed
SF News Did You Vote Yet? Find Your Polling Place Alas, today's turnout is expected to be a low one. That's because it's a mild election in June. But! If you want to stick you ballot in the slot during your lunch hour,
misc It's Election Day! June 8, 2010! Well, boys and girls, whether you're sportin' your Sunday finest as you skip down to your friendly neighborhood polling place or just throwing on some skinny jeans to trek down there to the
SF News Remember: Vote Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 8, is election day. Wee. Here's your Voter Information Pamphlet & Sample Ballot (.pdf). Here's how others want you to vote. Here are your San Francisco election night parties. Also, SFist's
SF News Bypassing BOS, Newsom Asks Voters To Decide On Sit-Lie In lieu of dealing with the Board of Supervisors, Gavin Newsom will have voters decide on the sensitive sit-lie law, which would make it illegal for folks to sit or lie down on
SF News Former Newsom Ally Uses SFist's Words Against Him Garry South, former manager of Gavin Newsom's failed gubernatorial campaign, is taking jabs at his former employer via a new attack ad. South, currently running the lieutenant governor campaign of Los Angeles City
SF News Chamber of Commerce Wants to Save You From Democracy What is it with the people in this city and their obsessive need to tinker with things that aren't broken as a way of drawing attention away from things that actually are? It's
SF News Newsom Entering Lt. Governor's Race? Although that governor's race thing didn't work out, Mayor Gavin Newsom is now "entertaining the possibility" of being your next lieutenant governor. According to Monday's Matier and Ross, his state-level career re-imagining came
