Project 2025 is a blueprint for a second Trump Administration. The document, nearly 1000 pages in length, outlines in vivid detail the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s radical plan for reshaping the federal government, eliminating the rights Americans have long taken for granted and enriching the country’s top 1% at
The November 2024 election is on track to be the most expensive in the city’s history. Unheard of sums are being spent by San Francisco’s wealthiest as they work to push the city in a dangerously rightward direction. The results they hope to see will create a city
Last week, Mayor London Breed was endorsed by San Francisco’s Democratic Party. four major candidates are running for mayor against Breed including a longtime party activist who once chaired the city’s Democratic Party. Despite ranked-choice voting, Breed was the only candidate they chose to support. No surprise since
A featured speaker on the opening day of the San Francisco billionaire The tech venture capitalist earned the spot by raising $15 million for former President Donald Trump’s second bid for office. Sacks used his time to give a right-wing diatribe which included an unusual take on foreign policy
More than a half century ago, President Lyndon Johnson announced The War on Poverty, a collection of social programs to help poor and working people. Last week, the United States Supreme Court, aided by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, her handpicked City Attorney David Chiu, and a bevy of billionaires
Supervisor Connie Chan came to San Francisco in 1991. Then 13, Chan, her mother and brother, settled in Chinatown, where they struggled and eventually thrived. Connie Chan’s story resonated with District 1’s Chinese-American voters who played an important role in electing her to public office. The supervisor, whose
The fight over San Francisco housing has been portrayed as NIMBY versus YIMBY, obscuring the role that moneyed right-wing groups like GrowSF, Neighbors for a Better San Francisco and TogetherSF are playing in city politics. The real housing debate is not between NIMBY and YIMBY, but between real estate speculators
The “Network State: How to Start a New Country” was released in 2022 to little fanfare. After all, strange and extreme ideas are a dime a dozen in the tech world. However, the author of the self-published book, venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan is ambitious even by Silicon Valley standards. Srinivasan
A new political action committee tiptoed onto San Francisco’s political stage. Less than two years later, Families for a Vibrant SF was ready for its close-up. In the run up to the March 2024 election, the group spent more than $800,000 to elect a slate of conservative candidates
San Francisco mayoral candidates presented their visions, emphasizing philanthropy, leadership, & anti-corruption. Daniel Lurie highlighted his charitable work, Mayor London Breed discussed inherited challenges, Ahsha Safai called for better management, & Aaron Peskin focused on fighting corruption. San Francisco’s five leading mayoral candidates made their case before San Francisco