Olivia Cruz Mayeda

After a school board election was thrown into turmoil, Oakland’s razor-thin mayor’s race is getting a recount

Politics

Mounting furor over ranked-choice voting spurs a reexamination of the 677-vote margin separating winner Sheng Thao from Loren Taylor.


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Jesse Rogala

Here’s what landed this SF housing nonprofit in some serious hot water

State and local officials are calling for investigations into TODCO following reporting by The Standard that found large increases in the nonprofit’s political spending on tenants has decreased.

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Berkeley schools chief testifies before Congress: Antisemitism is not rampant at BUSD

News

Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel and leaders of two other large school systems were grilled by Congress in the wake of rising concerns by some Jewish parents. 

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Kevin Truong

It’s not all doom and gloom, SF’s economy grew more than any big U.S. county

Business

San Francisco saw its GDP increase more than any other large U.S. county between 2020 and 2021, breaching $200 billion. 

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Breed getting crushed in fundraising in tough reelection fight

Breed’s main opponent, Daniel Lurie, is tapping his ultra-wealthy family and network in what could become the most expensive mayor’s race ever.

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After a school board election was thrown into turmoil, Oakland’s razor-thin mayor’s race is getting a recount

Here’s what landed this SF housing nonprofit in some serious hot water

Berkeley schools chief testifies before Congress: Antisemitism is not rampant at BUSD

It’s not all doom and gloom, SF’s economy grew more than any big U.S. county

Breed getting crushed in fundraising in tough reelection fight