Political junkies call electoral contests such as the one coming this November an off-year election.  The characteristics of such elections are: no big political office such as President or Governor, low voter turnout, and usually a more conservative electorate.  But interested BAS readers can turn San Francisco’s off-year election into

July in San Francisco is famous for being full of fog, wind, and tourists from Wisconsin buying several ‘I Heart SF‘ windbreakers while huddling together for warmth in a Peet’s Coffee.  If you’ve lived in San Francisco long, you may have noticed that the last two summers have been surprisingly…not freezing cold.  I live