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San Francisco politics

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has mobilized his influence and money to launch Garry’s List. (Seb Daly/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish professionals join ‘radically centrist’ group seeking to sway state politics

by Emma Goss March 9, 2026March 9, 2026

A number of Bay Area Jewish and Israeli tech and business professionals have joined a new “radically centrist” political group called Garry’s List, drawn in part to its rhetoric about […]

The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education met on June 24, 2025. A handful of ethnic studies teachers decried the district's consideration of a "pause" in its ethnic studies mandate. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. teachers say district is weighing a ‘pause’ on ethnic studies

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 27, 2025July 8, 2025
One year after he was elected district attorney of San Francisco, Chesa Boudin is proud of the work he's doing, despite deep pushback that includes a recall effort. (Photo/Courtesy San Francisco District Attorney’s Office)
Posted inNews

One year in, controversial DA Chesa Boudin cheers progress, counters critics

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 15, 2021February 16, 2021
Myrna Melgar is the newly elected San Francisco District 7 supervisor. (Photo/Courtesy Melgar)
Posted inNews

SF Board of Supervisors welcomes first Jewish Latina, an immigrant from El Salvador

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 22, 2020January 7, 2021
(Left to right) JCRC Executive Director Abby Porth and district attorney candidates Chesa Boudin, Suzy Loftus, Leif Dautch and Nancy Tung at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco, Sept. 10, 2019 (Photo/Brandon Davis-JCHS)
Posted inNews

Wide-open S.F. district attorney race comes to Jewish community

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 13, 2019September 17, 2019
Exterior of San Francisco City Hall
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

S.F. must atone for treatment of black workers

Sasha Cuttler by Sasha Cuttler October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

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