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  • Election Results Reporting Schedule

    Election Results Reporting Schedule

    The first results will be released at approximately 8:45 p.m., and will only include votes from vote-by-mail ballots. Approximately one hour later, the second report will be released, which will include votes cast at the polling places. Subsequent reports will be released every half hour until approximately midnight.

  • Meko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez

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    Meko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez

    Meko, who is running in a close race with School Board President Jane Kim, Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks and Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker, is the only progressive candidate in the D6 race that supports Proposition B, a controversial pension and healthcare reform measure on the November ballot that aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.

  • Daly Honored During Annual SRO Convention

    Daly Honored During Annual SRO Convention

    The convention program included entertainment from SRO tenants, speeches from TURN Executive Director Mark Toney, Shaw and Daly, an awards ceremony led by CSCC Executive Director Jeff Buckley, and workshop sessions dealing with bed bugs, tenants’ rights, neighborhood issues, drug overdose prevention and mental health issues.

  • Kim Responds to Walker, Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Kim Responds to Walker, Goes Negative in D6 Race

    School Board President goes negative against Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • Sparks IE Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Sparks IE Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Alliance for Jobs and Sustainable Growth, an independent expenditure committee supporting Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks, goes negative against School Board President Jane Kim in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • Walker Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Walker Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker goes negative against School Board President Jane Kim and Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • Rev. Billy Talen Leads Congregation Against Sit/Lie Measure

    Rev. Billy Talen Leads Congregation
    Against Sit/Lie Measure

    Set against a backdrop of dozens of green and yellow ‘No on L’ signs on the corner of Mission and 16th streets, Talen and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir sang a rendition of the First Amendment before Talen began a short sermon denouncing what he called fundamentalism and a paranoia of fear.