SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday to send every registered voter in California a mail-in ballot for the November presidential election.The election won't be vote-by-mail only; those who still want to vote in-person will be able to do so. The governor said detailed guidelines on how in-person voting will work are forthcoming.California is the first state in the nation to commit to sending everyone mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Secre...

Politicians are rethinking how to win elections — without rallies, selfies, living room meetings or knocking on doors.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim reality: there may not be enough time, money or political will to make it happen by the November election. The possibility the pandemic could last into the fall, or flare again as millions of voters are set to choose the nation’s next president, has state and local officials scrambling for alternatives to help keep voters safe. The most-discussed ...

Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout.

Democrats say they focused so much on choosing a candidate who could beat President Trump that they wound up with candidates who don’t reflect their party’s demographics. They’ve got some ideas about how to change that.

As votes were tallied on Super Tuesday, many political observers weren’t sure who would take the lead in Silicon Valley’s crowded Assembly District 25 race. But most probably did not suspect Bob Brunton. And by Wednesday, many insiders were left scratching their heads. Brunton edged out his eight challengers with nearly 24 percent of the...

Sergio Jimenez won a second term to the South San Jose seat with 56 percent of the vote, according to the ROV.

Benioff is swearing off future political donations, in stark contrast to the rest of Silicon Valley.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talks how he'd terminate California's housing crisis. His first step? Legally make building homes easier.

California voters should insist Democratic presidential candidates focus on issue that matters: health care, specifically Medicaid, Medi-Cal

We were flying about 200 nautical miles off the coast of California when a voice over the headset reported a strong smell of fuel in the back of the plane. I was in the cockpit with the U.S. Air Fo…

With the March primary a day away, Silicon Valley candidates and their backers are pulling out all the stops and increasingly taking aim at one another in a slew of political ads. A barrage of campaign mailers, television ads, emails, phone calls and social media posts have inundated voters in the weeks before the election,...

The four top candidates for Santa Clara County’s 15th state Senate District have spent years working together on local problems. Now they have to show voters where they disagree.

The vote-by-mail period for California’s primary election began Monday as voters started receiving their ballots, and voting centers opened their doors. Kris Sanchez reports.

East Bay Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, along with a Southern California Republican, introduced a bill last week that would change the definition of an auto burglary and increase jail time for its offenders. “Every smashed window and every piece of stolen property is both costly and a personal violation of our residents,” Bauer-Kahan said in a statement. “For far too long criminals have been abusing a loophole in current law that requires prosecutors to prove that a car was not unlocked ...

There are few things more terrible to contemplate for parents than having to send their child away just to have a better chance of survival — especially when they have more than one child, and there’s only space for one of them to escape. That was the conundrum faced by Lisa Jura’s parents when they sent her — a 14-year-old Jewish piano prodigy — from Vienna to London on the Kindertransport, a rescue effort that got 10,000 Jewish children (but not their parents) out of Germany and other Nazi-...

The South Bay city is good enough for 49ers home games—so long as it’s rarely mentioned

This article was originally posted on the National Endowment for the Arts blog on January 16, 2020. The start of a new year is always a time to reflect on growth and evolution, as well as a time to set intentions for how to move forward. If there’s one thing we collectively tend to feel during this process, it’s that change is hard. This is just as true professionally as it is personally, and certainly even more true when we think about our organizations and systems. And yet, as agents of cha...

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren visited San Jose Friday to discuss her plan to create a federal child care system that would provide government-funded centers for babies and young children.

LOS ANGELES -- The Democratic debate stage, hailed earlier this year for its diversity, had only one person of color on Thursday night: entrepreneur Andrew Yang.New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro did not quality for Thursday's debate. California Sen. Kamala Harris, the first woman of color to serve as California's attorney general, dropped out of the race earlier this month."I miss Kamala, I miss Cory, though I think Cory will be back,...

(Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) WASHINGTON — With the Democratic presidential nomination still very much up for grabs, candidates sprinted from the year’s final presidential debate in Los Angeles to Iowa this weekend, hoping to get a jump on a frenetic month of campaigning ahead of the state’s Feb. 3 caucuses. Iowa’s pull, always powerful because it hosts the first contest of the nominating season, is stronger than ever because the race is one of the most volatile in years. Many Iowa ...

The president demands complete fealty, and as the impeachment hearings showed, he has largely attained it. To cross him is to risk losing a future in the Republican Party.

Democrats rely heavily on urban voters for support, but the states that hold the first caucuses and primaries don't have really big cities. That tends to leave them off the campaign agenda.

Just days before the filing deadline, Phan decided he'd give Sacramento a go in a bid to replace Assemblyman Kansen Chu.

17 candidates have filed for the five open San Jose, California City Council seats in the March 2020 election.

Santa Clara city leaders on Tuesday approved the language set to appear on the March 3, 2020 ballot to split the city into districts for future voting following a tense discussion that at times turned to yelling and head-shaking from audience members. Now, the question of how the city will redistrict is in residents’ hands. Councilmembers reviewed and approved the the ballot question to read, “Shall the City Charter be amended to elect city council members by district, excepting the mayor, as...

With a surprising number of congressional seats suddenly becoming vacant in California in 2020, a flood of hopefuls are running for one of the few remaining political jobs that don’t come with an expiration date. And though the action is all in Southern California, it may not be long before a similar rush hits the Bay Area, where there are seven members of Congress age 67 or older. It’s no surprise that politicians at all levels look with longing at a seat in Congress, where term limits don’t...

Jenny Higgins Bradanini snagged the Silicon Valley Democratic Club’s endorsement in her bid to replace soon-to-term out San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis. Higgins Bradanini, who serves as president of the Bay Area Women’s March before her foray into local politics, faces ex-Brigade CEO Matt Mahan, businesswoman Helen Wang and financial advisor Vinh Do in the race to represent the Almaden Valley City Council district. As the only two democrats in the race, Higgins Bradanini and Mahan faced off...

Excerpts: Five of the eight AD25 candidates appeared at the Tuesday evening event organized by SV@Home and held at Santa Clara University. Read on » Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Nov. 14, and San Francisco was introduced Wednesday to two men taking the reins of two very different city institutions. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. California property taxes are one area that U.S. presidents have no control over, but that hasn’t stopped candidates for the Democratic nomi...

Majority Of CA Voters Don't Support School Bond - Across California, CA - The Public Policy Institute of CA finds only 48% of likely voters support a proposed state bond for school and college construction.

Five of the eight AD25 candidates appeared at the Tuesday evening event organized by SV@Home and held at Santa Clara University.

Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Nov. 14, and San Francisco was introduced Wednesday to two men taking the reins of two very different city institutions. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. California property taxes are one area that U.S. presidents have no control over, but that hasn’t stopped candidates for the Democratic nomination from lining up behind a prospective ballot measure to overhaul Proposition 13, the state’s landmark tax-cutting law. Former Vice President J...