State Sen. Scott Wiener is on the brink of locking down the California Democratic Party’s endorsement in the race to replace Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, after a blowout pre-endorsement vote by party delegates that leaves him with a clear glide path heading into next month’s convention in San Francisco.

After recent shootings in Minneapolis, Senate Bill 747 would provide a first-in-the-nation legal pathway for civil rights lawsuits against federal agents, supporters said.

The announcement was tied to a press conference held earlier today, where Mayor Daniel Lurie stood alongside Vanderbilt University leaders to announce plans to open a full-time campus in San Francisco by 2027.

We would drive revenue out of our state when 49 other states don’t have (a wealth tax), so I think this is the wrong measure,” S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie said at a Business Times event Monday morning when asked about a proposed "billionaire tax.

Homicides in California surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, killings are down to historic lows in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and many other cities.