Author: Barnini Chakraborty

Tipping Point Community CEO and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie has pulled ahead of his competitors in San Francisco’s crowded mayoral race and is in a virtual tie with incumbent Mayor London Breed, according to a new poll.  About 23% of likely voters put Lurie as their top pick for mayor, while 24% put Breed at the…

As amazing as it is to say, there are actually other elections going on other than the presidential contest, and a lot of them at the local level will have more immediate ramifications for communities. This Washington Examiner series, All Politics Is Local, will highlight some of the most intriguing mayoral battles, district attorney races,…

Tech titans are heavily invested in San Francisco’s mayoral race, flooding millions of dollars into the tight political contest with less than a month to go before the election.  Billionaires and millionaires, such as Camilo Acosta, are fed up with the city’s political system, which is often accused of prioritizing progressive ideology over common sense.…

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis in a terrorist attack, the likes of which the country had never seen. Since then, Israel has been determined to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, while fending back attacks from Iran and its proxies. The aftermath of the attack has strained relations between the United States and…

Harold Daggett, the 78-year-old chief of the International Longshoremen’s Association, isn’t pulling any punches. It’s not his style. “People are going to sit up and realize how important longshoremen jobs are,” Daggett said Tuesday. “They won’t be able to sell cars. They won’t be able to stock malls. They won’t be able to do anything in…

Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend and top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency empire, will be sentenced Tuesday for her role in the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research. Ellison’s defense team and prosecutors have asked Judge Lewis Kaplan for leniency, claiming her testimony against Bankman-Fried was key in the…

Oakland, California, is navigating one of its most turbulent political moments in decades. Two of its top elected leaders, Mayor Sheng Thao and District Attorney Pamela Price, are fighting for their political careers in a growing movement to oust them from office. The campaigns to recall them in November have been fueled by voters frustrated…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has less than 60 days to convince voters she’s up for another four years on the job and capable of steering the city that has struggled post-pandemic to better times.  A field of formidable and well-funded opponents say she’s had her chance and failed and that it’s time for a change. If Breed…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced new initiatives this week to cut down on illegal prostitution in the city’s Mission District, including mailing “Dear John” warning letters to the owners of vehicles spotted soliciting in the area. Breed, who is up for reelection in November, has recently taken a tough-on-crime approach to problems plaguing the California coastal…

Oregon was the first state to vote entirely by mail, the first state to offer over-the-counter birth control, and the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Three years ago, Oregon embarked on another first-in-the-nation feat: Passing a policy to decriminalize hard drugs in an attempt to focus on treatment over punishment to help turn the…