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By Ben Trefny on Oct 30 2011 - 4:42pm
One of my colleagues recently sent me this link. It's a promotional video for San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, featuring several celebrities and high-powered business people endorsing the appointed incumbent in his election campaign.
Take a look. It's kind of crazy. There's #1 Giants fan Ashkon Davaran...
By Ben Trefny on Oct 19 2011 - 4:23pm
There are 16 candidates in this year’s San Francisco mayoral race, including two city supervisors and a state senator. There’s an educator, an entrepreneur, and an entertainer. The city’s public defender, city attorney, and assessor recorder. A taxi cab driver, a former nightclub owner, a formerly...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 27 2011 - 5:15pm
We’re just over a month away from San Francisco’s mayoral election, and the 16 candidates are engaging in a last run of spirited debates. It’s been tough to stand out in such a crowded field, and that’s why KALW News has been giving voice to every candidate through a series of extended interviews....
By Ben Trefny on Sep 27 2011 - 4:35pm
Sixteen candidates are vying for the position of mayor of San Francisco, and KALW News is talking extensively with every candidate, including City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
Originally from Long Island, Herrera made his way to San Francisco in the late-‘80s after earning a maritime law degree at...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 22 2011 - 5:31pm
San Franciscans will see a fierce competition come to a head in less than two months. There are 16 contenders in the race to be San Francisco’s next mayor, and here at KALW News, we’re talking to all of them.
We’ve already heard from a wide range of candidates, including David Chiu, Leland Yee,...
By Rina Palta on Jan 19 2011 - 5:10pm
The year 2011 has kicked off with many changes in local government in the Bay Area. New mayors in both San Francisco and Oakland are the most prominent, but of course there are new city council members and supervisors.
The law enforcement community is also seeing its fair share of change with the...
By Holly Kernan on Jan 10 2011 - 3:48pm
It’s been an exciting week in politics in San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom assumed office of lieutenant governor today. The four new members of Board of Supervisors were sworn in late last week. That Board is expected to vote in the new interim mayor of San Francisco tomorrow. But, most of the...
By Brenda Payton on Jan 3 2011 - 3:49pm
Stepping into Cuts and Bends Hair Center on Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland is like stepping into an African American museum, with vintage posters of boxing matches, classic jazz album covers, African sculptures, posters of Malcolm X, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr. and paintings...
By Hana Baba on Nov 30 2010 - 3:14pm
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is leaving his office in January to take over as the state’s lieutenant governor. So who will take his place? There’s a lot of speculation about some well-known San Francisco politicians wanting the seat – from Assemblyman Tom Ammiano to State Senator Leland Yee to...
By Ben Trefny on Nov 16 2010 - 4:54pm
San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly has represented the city’s District 6 for 10 years. That’s the Civic Center, the Tenderloin, the Inner Mission and SOMA and Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands. But now, after a decade of battling for social justice – often, literally battling – he’s termed out. And...
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