Feb 23, 2024
The next six months will be crucial for San Francisco’s political future. At the primary on March 5 — the election we’re focusing on in this guide — voters will be asked to elect new leadership to the local Democratic and Republican parties (which provide official endorsements in the November general election that can be hugely influential, given most people just vote for whichever candidate their party has officially endorsed), elect two judges to the Superior Court, and decide whether to approve a slate of propositions that, among other things, could push the city and state into deeper deficits. Then, in the general election in November, voters will be asked to elect a mayor, three supervisors to the Board of Supervisors (D1, D3, D5), a district attorney, a sheriff and a treasurer.
The outcome of these two elections could either shift the city’s political balance definitively toward the moderates, or entrench power further in the hands of the far-left. Below, an easy-to-follow cheat sheet with all of our recommendations. After that, if you’d like to read on, we’ve provided a bit more context. In any case, godspeed. Let’s bring this city back to life.
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