California Democratic Congressman Phil Burton, second from right, with – left to right – Democratic State Assemblymen Leo T. McCarthy, Willie L. Brown and Art Agnos, in the early 1980s. San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library by Lincoln Mitchell This article originally appeared on The Conversation.  The political

You can call San Francisco a lot of things, but you certainly can’t call the City by the Bay broke. It isn’t, for better or worse, its cup runneth over, and that’s precisely why politicians run to it. Even Donald Trump, for all the vitriolic bile he has for the

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

The assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump captured the world’s attention this weekend. Not since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has such an event happened on American soil. In a murky blend of goodwill and image maintenance, the target’s allies and rivals were quick to

Written By Habibi Bridges Early Friday morning, a man armed with a hammer made his way into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco residence, waking 82-year-old Paul Pelosi in his bedroom. Wearing only his pajama shirt and boxers, he was rudely awakened by the sound of a man breaking into his window.

Hundreds of motorists throughout California have been arrested for driving while intoxicated this Labor Day weekend. Amid extraordinary heat and holiday traffic, some people still managed to get behind the wheel. California Highway Patrol stated that just thirty-six hours into the holiday weekend, they arrested more than six hundred people

A viral right-wing Facebook post that’s making the rounds attempts to publicize Nancy Pelosi’s Pacific Heights address, but totally gets the wrong address. The post currently has nearly 5,500 shares, and declares in all-caps, no punctuation Trumperspeak, “NANCY PELOSI HAS INVITED ALL ILLEGALS TO HER MANSION AT 2724 PACIFIC AVE

Republicans are challenging the results of the election in a joint session of Congress right now, and they will fail spectacularly. You can watch them fail spectacularly in the livestream of the Electoral College vote count below. The C-Span Youtube channel will be broadcasting Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s victory,

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently trying to negotiate a stimulus deal in Congress, which could include another round of PPP loans. But she may be negotiating a self-deal, too. The watchdog website ProPublica reports that a PPP loan between $1 million and $2 million went to a mysteriously named