politics
Daniel Lurie Only Wants a Dollar To Run San Francisco
Daniel Lurie, a multi-millionaire heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has been elected Mayor of San Francisco with a symbolic salary of $1 and plans to reform the city’s political system and address poverty, drug and behavioral health issues, and affordable housing.
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.
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
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
Why San Francisco Politics Matter After All That
There’s a tense air in San Francisco. The city is readying for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) — a major international conference hosting President Joe Biden and General Secretary Xi Jinping alike — and erupting in demonstrations against the evolving humanitarian crisis in Gaza, raised to a fever pitch by
President Biden And China’s President Xi Are Going To Meet In San Francisco
I don’t know what this means in terms of foreign policy, but I do know that San Francisco is likely to sweep the homeless because San Francisco doesn’t want the world to see how dysfunctional we are. We do that every time something big happens in the city. President Joe
What Bumping Into Dean Preston & Elon Musk Made Me Realize About San Francisco
For a bustling metropolitan city filled with tourists, billionaires and bullshit; San Francisco certainly feels like a small town sitting somewhere on the edge of sanity. The place just doesn’t feel real. Where else in the country does a casual stroll allow you to cross paths with one of the
Elon Musk Vows To Intervene In San Francisco’s Local Elections
I don’t want to endorse anyone in Bay Area politics because the reality of political life in the Bay is this: most politicians in the region have a bad habit of pursuing legislative priorities that veer far away from the campaign rhetoric that was utilized to get them elected. Regardless
Why Scott Wiener’s Proposed Bridge Toll Increase Would Hurt The Poor And San Francisco
Scott Wiener is attacked a lot, and most of it is unfair. There is no evidence that he is a groomer or a pedophile or any of the other nasty things right wing media has said about him. A lot of the attacks on Wiener are rooted in homophobia and
Why San Francisco ‘Doomfluencers’ Suck
It was Winston Churchill who once said “never let a good crisis go to waste,” and apparently a ton of narcissists within commuting distance of San Francisco took Winston’s advice to heart. I want to make something abundantly clear: San Francisco has always struggled with high rates of income inequality,