SF Politics Dean Preston Sworn in as Supervisor By a Blue-Haired Tom Ammiano Preston takes the helm as District 5 supervisor just in time for today’s full Board meeting, but faces re-election again in just ten months.
SF Politics Here's How to Find Your Polling Place in San Francisco — Go Vote! I know, this is just a local election and the stakes could hardly be lower in most people's minds. But this is basically the first time that San Francisco is electing
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mass Shooter Scare Interrupts Great America's Halloween Haunt Sup. Vallie Brown apologizes for saying a former tenant who was evicted didn't pay rent, Newsom says some PG&E customers will receive credits for shutoffs, and Santa Clara police have released details about a shooter scare on Saturday.
SF News District 5 Race Capturing Little Attention, But Has Huge Implications Challenger Dean Preston came within 1,800 votes of beating then-Supervisor London Breed in 2016. His performance in November against Breed’s hand-picked successor will show whether she still has sway in the district.
SF News SF Supervisor Pushes To Ban City-Funded Travel To Or Purchases From States With Abortion Bans Much like the mayor and Board of Supervisors did in 2016 as southern states enacted transphobic and anti-LGBT laws, District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown is proposing new legislation Tuesday that would ban city-funded travel to and future contracts with states that pass anti-choice legislation.
SF News Story About Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana At Last Year's 420 A Hoax An apparently false story about there being multiple cases of people "passing out" at 2018's 420 celebration on Hippie Hill due to fentanyl-laced pot was disseminated by both the SFPD and Supervisor Vallie Brown, but why?
