Daniel Lurie

22 Oct 2024

London Breed Might Be Cooked As Lurie Surges

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is facing a tough reelection campaign as her approval ratings have dropped and her opponents, including Daniel Lurie, position themselves as the strongest alternatives.

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26 Sep 2024

Which SF Mayoral Candidates Are Ready for Climate Change?

The City is facing a climate crisis and the mayoral candidates must be able to handle it, while also working with other cities and agencies to adapt and find solutions. But can and will they?

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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19 Sep 2024

Is the SF Parent Coalition Malicious or Incompetent?

With a delay in school closure announcements and questions about whether they’re even necessary to begin with, many look to SF Parent Coalition for guidance. But is the organization just another astroturf nonprofit funded by billionaires to ultimately undermine public schools?

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10 Jul 2024

How Much Do Endorsements Really Matter in San Francisco Politics?

Endorsements are rolling in for San Francisco’s 2024 mayoral race. Will they matter to anyone else except the chronically online?  Research shows that endorsements can help uninformed voters make decisions, especially in close races, but this is San Francisco we’re talking about. Disengaged, disappointed, disheartened, yes, but uninformed? Hardly. Endorsements

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09 Jul 2024

What Happened (and Didn’t Happen) at the SF Mayoral Debate?

Each mayoral debate on the campaign road to the People’s Palace has been a slow-moving tornado. One was canceled because multiple candidates called foul, one was hella awkward, and the July 8th debate was perhaps the worst of them all. It was petty and confusing, and it made San Francisco

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18 Jun 2024

Didn’t Catch the Hella Awkward Mayoral Debate? Here’s a Recap.

Mayor London Breed doesn’t preen. The current face of San Francisco looks sharp in her red suit, second to the right on an awkwardly lit stage at UC Hastings in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, a long-suffering smile fixed on her face as the gentlemen running to unseat her conduct themselves in

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12 Jun 2024

This is How Important Ranked Choice Voting Will be in the SF Mayor’s Race

There’s only one reason anyone runs to be the Mayor of San Francisco, as I explained to my kindergartener the other day. It’s to get on the rooftop of City Hall any time you want, obviously.  In The City, it’s not as simple as winning a popularity contest. Because of

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