Election results show strong night for local progressives Huge numbers of votes still to count, but trends are favoring the local left. It’s a good night for progressives in San Francisco. With the final Election-Day results in, we can say that two public defenders and a tenant lawyer look to be headed for the Superior…
Endorsements for March 2020 Election President Bernie Sanders California State Senator Jackie Fielder San Francisco Judge Carolyn Gold Maria Evangelista Michelle Tong San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) Assembly District 17 John Avalos Gloria Berry David Campos Christopher Christensen Peter Gallotta Matt Haney Anabell Ibáñez Jane Kim Honey Mahogany Hillary Ronen Shanell Williams Assembly…
Senate Bill 50, Which Would Have Overridden Local Development Control, Fails Thanks to tenants, tenants rights, housing justice organizations and our allies, we won. The vote was against SB 50 today. Here is a good explanation of why 46 tenant and housing justice groups signed up to oppose SB 50.
Scott Wiener Takes More Real Estate Money Than Any Other Politician In The California Legislature https://knock-la.com/scott-wiener-takes-more-real-estate-money-than-any-other-politician-in-the-california-legislature-713bd9556efc A group of unhoused mothers from Moms 4 Housing disrupt a press conference for Scott Wiener’s proposed bill, SB 50. (Photo by the Housing Rights Committee of SF) The numbers have been crunched: State Senator Scott Wiener received…