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Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 6, 2021

We are several weeks into COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the pace is woefully slow in California.

Editorial: What we want to see in 2021

Editorial: What we want to see in 2021

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 29, 2020

After a mostly dismal 2020, we are more than ready for the new year.

Editorial: Mandelman for SF board president

Editorial: Mandelman for SF board president

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 22, 2020

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will meet January 8 and, after elected and reelected members are sworn in, will choose a new board president.

Editorial: CA risks LGBTQ residents' health

Editorial: CA risks LGBTQ residents' health

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 16, 2020

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener is absolutely right in calling for an audit of the California Department of Public Health to find out why it is still not collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data for COVID-19.

Editorial: 7 SF supes need 1st Amendment tutorial

Editorial: 7 SF supes need 1st Amendment tutorial

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 9, 2020

That San Francisco supervisors are not journalists and unclear about the principles of the First Amendment was clearly evident during a lengthy conversation at the December 1 board meeting where the merits of "good journalism" were debated.

Editorial: US Supreme Court tilts right

Editorial: US Supreme Court tilts right

  • Dec 2, 2020

Anyone who doubted that the U.S. Supreme Court would lurch to the right with the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett got a jolt last week when it ruled that science be damned.

Editorial: Yee's ban is a buzz kill

Editorial: Yee's ban is a buzz kill

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 24, 2020

You heard it right; you're not high.

Editorial: Don't follow Newsom's failure

Editorial: Don't follow Newsom's failure

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 18, 2020

Governor Gavin Newsom acknowledged Monday that he had made a "bad mistake" by attending a dinner party earlier this month at the exclusive French Laundry restaurant in Yountville to celebrate a friend's 50th birthday.

Editorial: Newsom, Biden can make LGBTQ history

Editorial: Newsom, Biden can make LGBTQ history

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 11, 2020

Governor Gavin Newsom has joked about it, but it should not be surprising that Democrats of all stripes are vying to promote potential nominees as he decides on a successor to California Senator Kamala Harris.

Editorial: Wake-up call on LGBTQ rights

Editorial: Wake-up call on LGBTQ rights

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Nov 4, 2020

GLAAD recently reported in its 2020 Accelerating Acceptance Study that a majority of Americans, both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ, believe that LGBTQ people are mostly protected by federal laws — when, in fact, they are not.

Editorial: The pope does not support marriage equality

Editorial: The pope does not support marriage equality

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 28, 2020

Pope Francis has indicated that he is a pontiff who wants the Catholic Church to look outward and engage with the wider world, and to emphasize the pastoral care of marginalized people whether they are Catholics or not.

Editorial: Safety first for COVID vaccine

Editorial: Safety first for COVID vaccine

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 21, 2020

This week California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had created a scientific safety review workgroup to advise the state on COVID-19 vaccines.

Editorial: Next debate needs an LGBTQ question

Editorial: Next debate needs an LGBTQ question

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 14, 2020

The final presidential debate set for October 22 must include at least one question about LGBTQ issues, especially since President Donald Trump has spent his entire term rolling back our rights and attempting to make us invisible.

Editorial: McElhaney in Oakland; Murphy in Pinole

Editorial: McElhaney in Oakland; Murphy in Pinole

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Oct 7, 2020

Our final endorsements are for the District 3 Oakland City Council race and one of the City Council seats in Pinole.