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San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie vows to “get tough” on drug dealing in the city. Can he fulfill his promises? A suspect is held after a drug...
Andreas Calix and his grandparents, Virginia Salgado and Victor Calix, receive items from the Redwood Empire Food Bank last November at the Sonoma-...
How can Democrats convince people of their compassionate vision when cities in Texas are solving homelessness while street conditions in San...
Vice President Kamala Harris has earned the Chronicle’s endorsement for president. Insurrection. Sexual assault. Election fraud. Advertisement...
The Chronicle editorial board reluctantly recommends Anamarie Avila Farias for the 15th Assembly District seat in Contra Costa County. The March...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s seeming lack of basic management skills and the cloud of an FBI investigation warrant her recall. In 2022, Sheng Thao...
Share image for November 2024 voter guide and endorsements The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board has completed its San Francisco endorsements...
Sharon Lai has earned the Chronicle's endorsement for San Francisco District 3 supervisor. In the race to replace outgoing Supervisor Aaron Peskin,...
Let’s be honest. Proposition 36, the measure to toughen penalties for certain drug and theft crimes and roll back portions of California’s...
Roberto Hernandez is a longtime community organizer in the Mission District with a broad range of support. San Francisco’s District 9 has a packed...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is not competently performing basic aspects of her job Voters should recall her. Elected in 2022 as...
San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto is thoughtful and dedicated. The editorial board believes he is well-suited to lead the sheriff’s office during...
San Francisco’s economy has changed a great deal since the pandemic descended in 2020. Its tax structure for businesses, however, has stayed the...
Marjan Philhour earns the Chronicle’s endorsement to unseat Connie Chan as supervisor in San Francisco’s District 1. San Francisco’s District 1...
Bilal Mahmood has particularly strong public policy and problem-solving chops, making him the best candidate for San Francisco’s 5th District...
Two competing commission reform measures are on the San Francisco ballot in November. Proposition D — authored by TogetherSF Action, a moderate...
Depending on whom you talk to, San Francisco has anywhere from 115 to 135 commissions, boards and advisory bodies. Ostensibly, they’re there to...
If elected S.F. mayor, Daniel Lurie promises to be aggressive on housing and cut red tape on development and small businesses and to stay on top of...
The Chronicle editorial board again supports Supervisor Catherine Stefani — now with some reservations — for the Assembly. In November, residents...
BART faces catastrophic cuts by 2026 if there is no new funding to replace federal and state pandemic bailout money. An effort by the state...
You know it. We know it. Just about everyone across the country who watches cable news knows it. San Francisco needs more police officers. SFPD is...
Amid a devastating wildfire season that’s charred more than 1 million acres and a record-breaking heat wave, California’s Proposition 4 has the...
San Francisco’s so-called “affordable” housing stock isn’t necessarily affordable for everyone. Units are often earmarked for those making...
In the age of Trump, faced with both real and existential threats to American democracy itself, the issue of unfunded pension liabilities doesn’t...
Amid the escalating chaos at San Francisco Unified School District, it’s easy to forget that another city educational institution is facing...
Ernest “E.J.” Jones is the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board’s pick for District 11 supervisor. A crowded field of hopefuls is on the...
In March 2020, not long before COVID shut down the country, California voters rejected a $15 billion school infrastructure bond that would have...
In August, the backers of a $20 billion Bay Area affordable housing bond abruptly yanked the measure off the November ballot after years of work on...
Proposition 32, which would raise California’s minimum wage, is in many ways an odd, latchkey kid of a measure. Its father, wealthy investor and...
BART as we know it could cease to exist by 2026. Ridership crashed during the pandemic and has yet to recover. Changing work patterns and public...
Much of San Francisco’s infrastructure is out of date. Too many of our hospital buildings aren’t seismically sound. Our roadways and sidewalks are...
In 1991, San Francisco voters approved the creation of a dedicated fund for children, mandating that the city set aside 4% of local property taxes...
Reproductive rights are easily the most hotly contested issue ahead in the November election. If former President Donald Trump is reelected, and he...
Sixteen years ago, California voters approved Proposition 8, which added a line to the state Constitution that read, “Only marriage between a man...
For years, rumors flew that Kyra Worthy, executive director of SF SAFE, a nonprofit contracted with the San Francisco Police Department, was...
It’s no secret that California has a housing affordability crisis. Seventy-two percent of renters say that the cost of housing puts at least some...
The November election will be the third one in six years in which Californians will vote on a ballot measure — backed by the Los Angeles-based...
Proposition L would institute a new gross receipts tax on ride-hail companies in San Francisco, which could bring in $25 million a year to fund...
Proposition A on the November ballot asks San Francisco voters to approve $790 million in school bonds for infrastructure upgrades. San Francisco...
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s thoroughness in understanding complex issues makes him the best candidate to represent the 16th Congressional...
State Senate candidate Jerry McNerney served 16 years in the House before stepping down in 2023. His legislative experience and energy policy...
Proposition K asks San Francisco voters whether they want to ban private cars on the Upper Great Highway and turn the roadway into public...