Editorial: SF DCCC recommendations

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

Editorial: Vote yes on CA Prop 1

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.

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

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

Editorial: Retain SF Judges Begert, Thompson

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

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: 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.

Editorial: Cabaldon would bring experience to Senate

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: Beckles' voice is needed in CA Senate

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

Editorial: Stefani is best choice for SF Assembly

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.

Editorial: Barbara Lee for US Senate

There is one Democratic U.S. Senate candidate who stands above the others when it comes to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS issues and that's why we're recommending Congressmember Barbara Lee of Oakland for the U.S. Senate in the March 5 primary.

Editorial: Vote for Biden in the primary

There's not much excitement in the upcoming primary as far as the presidential race goes.

Editorial: Simon, Low for Congress

It's rare that a congressional seat opens up in the Bay Area, and we are fortunate to have extremely supportive representatives here.

Editorial: SF school board should review false sexual abuse cases

It's one of the oldest – and most damaging – of tropes: that gay people molest children.

Editorial: Judicial candidate Fickes has a serious lapse in judgment

Mark Fickes, a gay man who's a commissioner with the Alameda County Superior Court and a candidate for judge in March, committed a serious lapse in judgment last week when he told local Democrats that he voted for DA Pamela Price in 2022.

Editorial: SF archbishop needs to follow pope's directive

Sure, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will tell the public that he is following Pope Francis' recent directive to allow priests to bless couples in same-sex relationships.

Editorial: Anti-LGBTQ actions unlikely to lessen in 2024

Our colleague Gwen Smith notes in her Transmissions column this week that according to the Trans Legislation Tracker, there were 589 anti-trans bills introduced in 49 states in 2023.

Editorial: Lumps of coal bestowed on Newsom, Atkins

While there were a lot of good LGBTQ-related bills that came out of Sacramento this year, Governor Gavin Newsom and lesbian outgoing state Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) whiffed on a couple of things.

Editorial: Becerra's HHS is moving on health equity

Earlier this week, Xavier Becerra, the Health and Human Services secretary in the Biden administration, held a meeting with leaders from LGBTQI+ civil rights organizations.

Editorial: That was quick

No sooner had we editorialized about the danger of three potential anti-trans initiatives appearing on the November 2024 ballot in California than proponents pulled a fast one.

Editorial: EQCA needs to mount decline to sign campaign to thwart anti-trans measures

As we have reported, in early November, the California Secretary of State's office cleared three anti-trans ballot measures to begin collecting signatures to qualify for the November 2024 ballot.

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