{"id":132561,"date":"2026-01-14T02:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132561\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:36:07","slug":"sf-2026-lets-talk-about-all-these-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132561\/","title":{"rendered":"SF 2026: Let\u2019s Talk About All These Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When: Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m.<br \/>Where: Manny\u2019s, 3092 16th St., San Francisco<br \/>Presented by The Frisc and the San Francisco Public Press<br \/>Tickets: $0 to $10 on a sliding scale<\/p>\n<p>If local political trends continue on their current trajectory, San Francisco voters can expect to see nearly every hot-button issue on one ballot or another this year. <\/p>\n<p>In June, high-profile Democrats are set to square off for Nancy Pelosi\u2019s seat, and special elections for the District 2 and 4 Board of Supervisors\u2019 seats could test how much heat remains from the Joel Engardio recall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In November, half of the supervisor and school board seats will be in play, and the public defender\u2019s race could spotlight discussions about civil rights and public safety. Watch for measures that could bring taxes to support public transit and bonds for affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not to early to start asking: Which candidates will be on your ballot? And which issues do you want to know more about?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join our discussion with:<\/p>\n<p>Jason McDaniel \u2014\u00a0political science professor, San Francisco State University <\/p>\n<p>Cyn Wang \u2014 board member, Westside Family Democratic Club <\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Lee \u2014 president, Rose Pak Asian American Club <\/p>\n<p>Lila LaHood, executive director of the San Francisco Public Press, and Alex Lash, editor in chief of The Frisc, will moderate the conversation and audience Q&amp;A. Bring your questions!<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When: Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m.Where: Manny\u2019s, 3092 16th St., San FranciscoPresented by The Frisc and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[584,67906,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-132561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-events","tag-page-two","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}