4 August 2026/SF Politics/Jay Barmann (SFist.com) The campaign supporting Scott Wiener for Congress has launched a new interactive, parody AI chatbot that poses as rival candidate Connie Chan, and mocks her stances and votes on various issues. The bot, dubbed ConnieChan.ai, just launched this week, as KRON4 reports, and it’s a fairly… Continue reading
Supervisor Chan and state Sen. Wiener will deliver their visions for the future as they vie for the seat being vacated by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi By Sarah Feldberg, Staff Writer July 29, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) The San Francisco Chronicle and KQED will co-host a congressional debate on Oct. 1…. Continue reading
by Yujie ZhouJuly 27, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, Ian Krager, will be Supervisor Connie Chan’s congressional campaign’s communications director starting Aug. 1, according to Chan’s campaign. Political consultants say the move is yet another sign that Pelosi is putting her thumb on the scale for Chan. Pelosi… Continue reading
House candidate Connie Chan is backed by Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and now TrackAIPAC, signaling the growing influence of a politics skeptical of Israel. Jonah Valdez July 21 2026 (TheIntercept.com) Connie Chan, candidate for U.S. Congress, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. Photo: Jason Henry/Bloomberg… Continue reading
Plus: No Planning Commission? No Sunshine Task Force? That’s The Agenda for July 19-26 By Tim Redmond July 20, 2026 (48hills.org) State Sen. Scott Wiener was not invited to the Trans March. He was really, really not invited: In fact, Gabriel Haaland, one of the founders of the march, told… Continue reading
27 June 2026/SF Politics/Zack Ruskin (SFist.com) SFPD officers kicked off San Francisco’s Pride festivities by arresting five protesters for alleged acts of paint-related vandalism following Friday’s Trans March. Eyewitnesses say one detainee was dragged along the ground by an officer and that another was forcibly pinned to the ground. On-the-ground reporting… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on June 15, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) The Upcoming Political Feast Are you are a San Francisco voter glad that the June campaigns are finally over? Enjoy the brief break. The November campaigns are already in high gear and the Wiener-Chan congressional race could trigger three hotly contested special elections in 2027…. Continue reading
“Pelosi’s late endorsement of Chan appears to have achieved its immediate goal: helping secure her [Chan’s] place in the top two and preventing Chakrabarti from turning the race into a national proxy battle between Democratic establishment figures and the party’s progressive flank.” By Nadia Lopez June 3, 2026 (Axios.com) Left photo: Tayfun… Continue reading
Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That’s the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week. By TIM REDMOND DECEMBER 3, 2023 (48hills.org) On KQED news Sunday night, a reporter announced that “housing advocates” in San Francisco were pushing the Board… Continue reading
Hearing, data show how the state’s ‘streamlining’ supply-side approach is failing. By ZELDA BRONSTEIN AUGUST 1, 2023 (48hills.org) Since the 1970s, apostles of growth have decried local control of land use as the evil that has to be stamped out if housing is ever to become abundant and broadly affordable…. Continue reading
