Youth aged 16 and 17 could gain the right to vote in municipal elections if existing voters approve a charter amendment in November. City supervisors have introduced that amendment, and if it continues to see widespread support from the board, the measure will go to the ballot.
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Media Focus on Trump Misinformation Distracts From Serious Pandemic Coverage — ‘News in Context’
As we seek out relevant and reliable information on COVID-19, we are also exposed to misinformation, opinion and mixed messages from our leaders. We rely on journalists to give us timely fact-based reporting about all aspects of this developing story — to help us navigate the onslaught and contextualize, not editorialize or spin.
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Reporting on Homelessness During Coronavirus Pandemic
How to best support the thousands of people who are homeless in San Francisco, and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus among them, during this pandemic has been a point of contention for months. San Francisco Public Press reporter Brian Howey has been covering everything from a scuttled initiative to test everyone in the shelter system to how the city would use RVs it had secured for people without housing to self-isolate.
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Sustaining Local Media During the Public Health Crisis
Even as more people than ever are turning to local media for reliable information during the COVID-19 crisis, many local outlets are actually laying off staff because of a collapse in the advertising market.
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Neighborhood Meets Challenge: How S.F.’s Sunset Organized for Pandemic Aid
The Public Press hosted a conversation April 3 with Sunset Neighborhood Help Group founders Frank Plughoff, Bianca Nandzik and Stefan Nandzik about how they are coordinating a dynamic volunteer network to connect with elderly and at-risk neighbors who need help buying groceries and running errands during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meka Boyle, who first reported on […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, California, Elections, Environment, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, News, San Francisco March 2020 Nonpartisan Election Guide
Assembly Member Phil Ting Advocates for Electric Cars, Criminal Record Reform, Housing Investment
Assembly member Phil Ting represents District 19, having been elected to that seat in 2012.
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Experts Flag Transparency, Accountability Concerns With Commission’s Ride-Hailing Regulations
In January, the San Francisco Public Press published an investigation showing just how much we don’t know about the safety record of the ride-hailing industry. The Public Press recently hosted an event at which journalist Seth Rosenfeld offered the latest developments in the story
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Elections, Government & Politics, News, San Francisco March 2020 Nonpartisan Election Guide
Republican Business Tax Attorney Seeks State Assembly Seat
John McDonnell is a business and tax attorney born and raised in San Francisco. He’s running to challenge State Assemblyman Phil Ting for the seat for District 19, which covers western San Francisco.
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A Free Press Is Taking Root in South Korea
Corruption of national leaders. A fragile democracy teetering between constitutional order and authoritarianism. A desperate populace leaning on journalists to hold the powerful to account. While those patterns resonate in many countries — and the news cycle suggests the United States in early 2020 — it’s encouraging to know that journalists across the globe are […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Elections, Government & Politics, News, San Francisco March 2020 Nonpartisan Election Guide
State Sen. Scott Wiener: “I Push the Envelope” on Housing, Criminal Justice, LGBT Rights
In the final episode in our series of interviews with the candidates running for state senate, current State Senator Scott Wiener discusses his legislative record.