by Randy Shaw on September 8, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) Raman Offers Change Will Nithya Raman join Boston’s Michelle Wu, Seattle’s Katie Wilson and New York City’s Zohran Mamdani in becoming a new generation of progressive mayors? It sure looks that way. Mayor Karen Bass’s missteps and a lot of mayoral bad luck have boosted… Continue reading
Plus: Local Dems back public bank and Sunset Dunes, but go against affordable housing measure by Junyao Yang August 27, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) The San Francisco Democratic Party, as predicted, voted 17-4 on Wednesday evening to oppose the upcoming California billionaire tax — and, in so doing, made the rare choice to buck… Continue reading
SF News/Jay Barmann Published Aug 26, 2026 · SFist.com The Solano County Board of Supervisors has dealt a blow, albeit possibly a temporary one, to the group known as California Forever and its fast-tracked legislation that would pave the way for a new shipbuilding facility on the Delta. Weeks after… Continue reading
By Sarah Brager, Staff Writer Aug 22, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) Assembly Member Mia Bonta attends a press conference alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Health and Human Services Secretary Kim Johnson on March 2.Jessica Christian/S.F. Chronicle Immigration nonprofit workers gained state protections from doxxing and targeted harassment after Gov. Gavin… Continue reading
SF News/Zack Ruskin Published Aug 22, 2026 · (SFist.com) A general view of the University of California Berkeley campus including Sather Tower, also known as The Campanile. (Photo by David Madison/Getty Images) UC Berkeley is at risk of losing funding unless they provide information related to any potential “foreign collaborations”… Continue reading
By Joe Mathews, Contributing Columnist July 26, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) A TGV high-speed train awaits passengers at the Casablanca railway station in Morocco.Andia/Andia/Universal Images Group via The automated English voice over the loudspeaker is polite and American-accented. “For your convenience, we invite you to make your phone calls from the platform… Continue reading
In the mythology of history, 1776 belongs to Philadelphia: declarations, rebellion and the birth of the United States. Yet on the far edge of a continent the revolutionaries hadn’t fully imagined, another founding was quietly unfolding that same year. While Thomas Jefferson drafted ideals of liberty and self-government in the… Continue reading
By Joe Garofoli, Political Columnist June 23, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article Xavier Becerra addresses supporters on election night in downtown Los Angeles on June 2.Jen Osborne/For the S.F. Chronicle San Francisco Democratic leaders on Wednesday will consider recommending a plan designed to avoid a repeat of what some saw as a nearly disastrous blunder —… Continue reading
By Rachel Swan, Staff Writers June 18, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article A surge in demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers, such as this 33-megawatt facility with a closed-loop cooling system in Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles. That could mean more data centers near the… Continue reading
Behind the Big Tech money machine is a vision for society that ought to make us all very, very scared By Tim Redmond June 15, 2026 (48hills.org) The American Prospect put together a brilliant, and devastating deep expose of the people behind the Abundance Movement this week, reporting how a small handful… Continue reading
