A nonpartisan election guide featuring text and audio summaries of all San Francisco ballot measures and candidate profiles for local races for the March 5, 2024, election.
Author Archives: Public Press staff
Posted inElections
March 2024 California Ballot Measures
A nonpartisan election guide featuring text and audio summaries of all San Francisco ballot measures and candidate profiles for local races for the March 5, 2024, election.
Posted inElections
March 2024 Local Races
A nonpartisan election guide featuring text and audio summaries of all San Francisco ballot measures and candidate profiles for local races for the March 5, 2024, election.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom
New Leadership for Nonprofit Newsroom Dedicated to Local Investigative Reporting
Lila LaHood has been appointed as executive director of the San Francisco Public Press, after co-founding the organization 15 years ago and serving as its publisher. Michael Stoll, who held the position since the nonprofit newsroom launched, is stepping down March 1, and will shift his focus to reporting.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, San Francisco March 2024 Election Guide
March 2024 SF Election Guide
This election guide offers a nonpartisan analysis of the San Francisco ballot for the March 5, 2024, election. This guide features audio and text summaries of local ballot measures, candidate bios and their responses to our questions.
We are collaborating with KALW this election season. You’ll hear audio segments from our “Civic” team on our own KSFP 102.5 FM and on KALW 91.7 FM. You’ll see ballot summaries from our election guide on KALW.org.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom
Report for America Selects San Francisco Public Press as Host Newsroom
Report for America has selected the San Francisco Public Press to host a reporter for a two years as part of its national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered topics and communities.
Posted inElections, Neighborhoods
Hey, San Francisco: What Are Your Priorities for the 2024 Elections?
The San Francisco Public Press is asking residents to identify issues that concern them. We will use responses to inform our voter guide and ongoing reporting.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom, Homelessness
Madison Alvarado on KALW’s Panel About Homelessness
Staff reporter Madison Alvarado spoke on KALW’s townhall panel addressing homelessness.
Posted inFrom the Newsroom, Homelessness
Yesica Prado Wins INN Insight Award for Visual Journalism
The Institute for Nonprofit News has honored San Francisco Public Press multimedia journalist Yesica Prado with a 2023 Insight Award for Visual Journalism for “‘Everything Is Gone, and You Become More Lost’: 12 Hours of Chaos as Berkeley Clears Encampment,” published last December.
Posted inCity Hall, From the Newsroom, Social Justice
Madison Alvarado Discusses SF Reparations Plan on KALW Radio’s ‘Crosscurrents’
KALW News Editor Sunni Khaled interviewed Public Press reporter Madison Alvarado about her reporting on San Francisco’s reparations plan for KALW’s “Crosscurrents.” Listen to their conversation and read Alvarado’s story about the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee’s final recommendations, which it submitted to the Board of Supervisors last month.