If campaign contributions are any indication of ballot behavior, Mission residents are casting a decided vote for president this November. President Barack Obama has so far raked in more than nine in 10 dollars donated by district residents to a presidential campaign in the months before the election, according to data compiled by the Federal Election Commission. Republican nominee Mitt...
Follow Mission Local’s live coverage of the first presidential debate! [View the story “2012 Elections: Live Coverage of First Presidential Debate” on Storify]
The Mission is a liberal-leaning district in a liberal-leaning city in a liberal-leaning state. So it came as no surprise when an overwhelming majority of Mission voters — nearly 90 percent — voted in 2008 to send a progressive grassroots community organizer to the White House. In 30 days, Mission residents, along with millions of Americans, will take to the...
Early voting opens today at the San Francisco Department of Elections in City Hall. From the department: Early Voting Voters can vote at the Department of Elections on the ground floor of City Hall. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Weekend voting will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the two weekends before the election, October...
“Elect to Laugh,” a standup comedy show at The Marsh on Valencia Street, is the brainchild of political comic Will Durst, who will blend monologues and commentary starting at 8 p.m. every Tuesday between now and the first Tuesday in November. Durst consults the news for his jokes, living by the motto “You can’t make stuff like this up.” The show...
Whether the fiscal and managerial troubles that have brought the City College of San Francisco’s accreditation into question threatens the school’s ability to remain open varies depending upon whom you ask. “The threat is real,” said Hanna Leung, an attorney vying for one of four seats on the college’s board of trustees. “Nothing is too big to fail.” “We’re not...
Campaign finance reform is once again a hot-ticket item on the California ballot. This election cycle, campaign reform takes shape in state Proposition 32, a controversial measure on the November ballot that is intended to curb the influence of special interests and big money in California politics. If passed, Prop. 32 would more closely align state contribution laws regarding corporations...
Proposition G on the November ballot would make it San Francisco’s policy that corporations are not persons, and should therefore not have the same rights. Under current federal law, corporations are allowed to donate unlimited amounts of money to candidates and parties, as are individuals. If approved, Prop. G is intended to send a message to Washington that San Francisco voters...
Mission Local is covering the second presidential debate live. [View the story “2012 Elections: Live Coverage of Second Presidential Debate” on Storify]
Proposition 36, a statewide measure on the ballot in the November election, proposes changes to California’s three-strikes law. If it passes, it would revise the law to impose a life sentence only when new felony convictions are serious or violent. It would authorize re-sentencing for offenders currently serving life sentences if their third-strike conviction was a nonviolent crime, and if they...
Today is the last day to register to vote. If you can’t leave your home or office and you forgot to register, don’t worry — you can register online at Rockthevote.com. Click here to register.
