Two longtime residents and a political reformer new to the area are running to succeed SF Supervisor Ahsha Safai in District 11. Here s where the three frontrunners stand on key issues ahead of November.
San Francisco’s five leading mayoral frontrunners explain how they plan to prioritize spending in the coming years as The City stares down a budget deficit expected to balloon well above $1 billion by 2027.
San Francisco supervisor candidate Bilal Mahmood said he believes The City can’t legally declare a state of emergency — following a record number of fatal overdoses — due to constraints written into the city charter.
After flamboyant Mayor Willie Brown’s two terms, San Francisco voters passed numerous measures creating commissions and rules that some well-financed advocates now argue have hurt the mayor’s ability to govern.
Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos says that state Sen. Scott Wiener’s labeling of Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin as “anti-housing” obscures the zoning reforms instituted in his district.