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- More than a hundred abortion rights supporters gathered in front of Oakland City Hall on Saturday to rally in favor of Proposition 1, a November ballot measure that would enshrine abortion access into the California constitution. By Roland Li
- San Francisco’s trash can contest is over, and the audience has chosen their top picks among six designs. Now, the judges - also known as city officials - are taking that feedback into consideration, with a winner expected to be crowned in November. By Nami Sumida and Mallory Moench
- Despite being at the forefront of protecting transgender rights, San Francisco still has work to do. By Jane Natoli
- Leaders from a nonprofit told city officials Monday that they have “made the difficult decision” to stop operating some of their programs. By J.D. Morris
- The sheriff’s department had stripped the 47 deputies of their arresting powers and firearms in the wake of an audit that found they shouldn’t have been hired in the first place. By Sarah Ravani
- A group of Glide employees are trying to form a union, shortly after workers at Compass Family Services launched a similar effort. By J.D. Morris
- The news comes ahead of a just-announced emergency Board of Supervisors hearing on the practice. By Mallory Moench
- Two months after withdrawing legislation that would have imposed rent control on some new apartment buildings, Supervisor Aaron Peskin has teamed up with Supervisor Matt Dorsey to introduce a more limited version of the bill. By J.K. Dineen
- The San Francisco 49ers poured nearly $2.7 million into the Santa Clara mayor and City Council races, a sharp increase in spending to back their preferred candidates and cement 49ers CEO Jed York’s influence over the city. By Lance Williams and Ron Kroichick
- Oakland voters will elect a new mayor in November to lead the city as it struggles to confront a shocking rise in homicides and skyrocketing homelessness. By Sarah Ravani
- These five new laws were inspired largely by an issue or problem in the Bay Area, from a surge in unpaid bridge toll penalties to SFPD’s use of rape victims’ DNA to identify suspects in unrelated crimes. By Dustin Gardiner
- The city already doles out doses of buprenorphine and methadone, two of three opioids approved by the FDA to treat addiction to other opioids, that have been shown to cut drug deaths by up to half. By Mallory Moench
- Defense attorney Marc Zilversmit argued that Jenkins — whom Breed appointed — was attempting to assert her independence from the mayor’s office by opposing Brown’s resentencing. By Megan Cassidy
- California is legalizing human composting, an option for after-life care that turns human bodies into soil By Carolyn Said
- While conservatives rail on President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan, California is launching something different: Students work in the community in exchange for cash. By Joe Garofoli
- The city already doles out doses of buprenorphine and methadone, two of three opioids approved by the FDA to treat addiction to other opioids, that have been shown to cut drug deaths by up to half. By Mallory Moench
- Defense attorney Marc Zilversmit argued that Jenkins — whom Breed appointed — was attempting to assert her independence from the mayor’s office by opposing Brown’s resentencing. By Megan Cassidy
- California is legalizing human composting, an option for after-life care that turns human bodies into soil By Carolyn Said
- While conservatives rail on President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan, California is launching something different: Students work in the community in exchange for cash. By Joe Garofoli
- Gavin Newsom’s nearly 170 vetoes this year reveal a governor sometimes leaning more moderately than the Legislature, influenced in part by slowing tax revenue and larger political concerns. By Sophia Bollag
- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will decriminalize jaywalking in California, except if the pedestrian crossing the road is in immediate danger of being hit. By Dustin Gardiner
- Here’s an overview of the fundraising for several San Francisco races, including district attorney, District Six supervisor and District Four supervisor. By J.D. Morris
- Either civil rights attorney Pamela Price or Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Wiley will soon make history as the first Black person to be elected district attorney in Alameda County. By Joshua Sharpe
- As Californians get hit with skyrocketing prices at the pump yet again, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to fight back by creating a windfall tax on the profits of oil companies. By Dustin Gardiner
- Newsom said the state has recently taken other actions to support undocumented immigrants. By Carolyn Said
- A new state law will make calls from prisons free, a step San Francisco took for its jails in 2020. By Bob Egelko
- The law requires California companies to continue to provide additional paid sick leave to employees unable to work because of COVID-19. By Nora Mishanec
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Activists are skeptical of Newsom’s pledge to deliver reform after he vetoes solitary confinement...Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have ended California’s practice of keeping some prisoners in indefinite solitary confinement, a ban he argued was so broad it could have put others at risk. By Dustin Gardiner
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Rent control is coming to more Bay Area cities. It could mark a turning point for the housing crisisAs Bay Area landlord and tenant advocates spar over the last of pandemic eviction limits, other locales are forging ahead with new permanent renter protections. By Lauren Hepler
- The measure, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will let people with previous arrests or convictions have their record electronically sealed, so that it doesn’t turn up in criminal background checks. By Dustin Gardiner
- Prop. D counts among its top contributors a range of leading tech executives, founders and investors, according to campaign finance records. By J.D. Morris
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Here’s what San Franciscans could get out of Mayor Breed’s visit to D.C. - and what they paid for itMayor London Breed jetted off Wednesday to Washington D.C., where she’ll push for federal help with a range of San Francisco’s priorities, including the drug crisis, housing, transportation and public health. By Mallory Moench
- San Francisco supervisors hear chilling tales of inadequate Kaiser mental health care as counselors enter their seventh week of a strike. By Nanette Asimov
- After lobbying by Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and organized labor, the governor reversed his stance and signed the measure into law. By Sophia Bollag
- After years of thwarted legislative attempts, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills that will accelerate construction of new housing units in urban areas zoned for retail, office or parking uses. By Dustin Gardiner
- Golden State leaders have long sought to take credit for the success of Tesla, the world’s largest electric-car manufacturer. But Newsom has taken those claims to new heights in recent weeks. By Dustin Gardiner
- California is one of few states that don’t report how many abortions are performed in its boundaries — and doesn’t plan on doing so even as it pours money into efforts to help out-of-state patients. By By Joe Garofoli and Sophia Bollag
- California wine and liquor drinkers will soon pay up to 10 cents more when they buy an adult beverage at the store after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday to expand the state’s bottle-deposit program. By Dustin Gardiner
- California will require health plans to cover vasectomy costs starting in 2024 under a new law signed by Gavin Newsom. By Sophia Bollag
- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen bills seeking to protect patients and abortion providers on Thursday. By Joe Garofoli
- California employers will have to include a pay scale in their job postings under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. By Sophia Bollag
- The San Francisco city attorney said Tuesday that commissioners should not be asked to sign undated letters of resignation, after revelations that Mayor London Breed required the controversial practice of several appointees. By Mallory Moench
- San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin has apologized to the LGBTQ community after he said a transgender candidate in the upcoming November election wasn’t “real” and “human” and suggested she was a “political climber” while endorsing her rival. By J.D. Morris
- San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone penned an editorial calling for the end of the death penalty, putting him in a rare position of agreeing with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a political issue. By Sam Whiting, Sam Whiting
- Two new state laws make it illegal for recyclers and brokers to buy catalytic converters from anyone but licensed commercial dismantlers or vehicle owners. By Michael Cabanatuan