SF Politics Dean Preston Sworn in as Supervisor By a Blue-Haired Tom Ammiano Preston takes the helm as District 5 supervisor just in time for today’s full Board meeting, but faces re-election again in just ten months.
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 News Day Around the Bay: Mass Shooter Scare Interrupts Great America's Halloween Haunt Sup. Vallie Brown apologizes for saying a former tenant who was evicted didn't pay rent, Newsom says some PG&E customers will receive credits for shutoffs, and Santa Clara police have released details about a shooter scare on Saturday.
SF News District 5 Race Capturing Little Attention, But Has Huge Implications Challenger Dean Preston came within 1,800 votes of beating then-Supervisor London Breed in 2016. His performance in November against Breed’s hand-picked successor will show whether she still has sway in the district.
SF News SF Supervisor Pushes To Ban City-Funded Travel To Or Purchases From States With Abortion Bans Much like the mayor and Board of Supervisors did in 2016 as southern states enacted transphobic and anti-LGBT laws, District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown is proposing new legislation Tuesday that would ban city-funded travel to and future contracts with states that pass anti-choice legislation.
SF News Story About Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana At Last Year's 420 A Hoax An apparently false story about there being multiple cases of people "passing out" at 2018's 420 celebration on Hippie Hill due to fentanyl-laced pot was disseminated by both the SFPD and Supervisor Vallie Brown, but why?