Opinion

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

A reader urges people to vote no on California's Proposition 1 in the March 5 primary.

B.A.R. election endorsements

B.A.R. election endorsements

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 27, 2024

The Bay Area Reporter has completed its editorials of endorsements for the March 5 primary.

Editorial: SF DCCC recommendations

Editorial: SF DCCC recommendations

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 21, 2024

The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee may be the most influential political group that many voters have never heard of.

Guest Opinion: Lee is the choice for US Senate

Guest Opinion: Lee is the choice for US Senate

As Bay Area LGBTQ elected officials, we are proud that both of San Francisco's LGBTQ Democratic clubs — Harvey Milk and Alice B. Toklas — have endorsed Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) for the U.S. Senate.

Editorial: B.A.R. recommendations for SF props

Editorial: B.A.R. recommendations for SF props

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 14, 2024

San Francisco voters will determine a number of important issues on the March 5 ballot.

Editorial: Vote yes on CA Prop 1

Editorial: Vote yes on CA Prop 1

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 14, 2024

There is one statewide measure on the March 5 ballot. Proposition 1 authorizes $6.38 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities for those with mental health and substance use challenges.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

A foreign policy organization writes about its endorsement of gay Southern California congressional candidate Jirair Ratevosian, Ph.D.

Editorial: Johnson recommended for Alameda bench

Editorial: Johnson recommended for Alameda bench

The Bay Area Reporter recommends attorney Michael Johnson for an open seat on the Alameda County Superior Court.

Editorial: Retain SF Judges Begert, Thompson

Editorial: Retain SF Judges Begert, Thompson

San Francisco voters should retain Superior Court Judges Michael Isaku Begert and Patrick Thompson.

Editorial: 2 out candidates for Alameda supe

Editorial: 2 out candidates for Alameda supe

We've been waiting a long time to have a member of the LGBTQ community elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Readers write in about the HONOR PAC endorsement in the SF District 9 supervisor race and about how we forgot a nugget of history in the story about the old Harvey's bar in the Castro. (We fixed it.)

Editorial: Beckles' voice is needed in CA Senate

Editorial: Beckles' voice is needed in CA Senate

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 31, 2024

Jovanka Beckles, a queer Black Latina immigrant woman, is making her second bid for a state legislative seat.

Editorial: Cabaldon would bring experience to Senate

Editorial: Cabaldon would bring experience to Senate

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 31, 2024

Voters in the state's sprawling Senate District 3 would do well to elect gay former West Sacramento mayor Christopher Cabaldon in the March 5 primary.

Editorial: Stefani is best choice for SF Assembly

Editorial: Stefani is best choice for SF Assembly

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 31, 2024

San Francisco residents on the city's west side have an opportunity to elect a new member of the state Assembly and, for the March 5 primary, we recommend District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani.