San Francisco's June 2026 ballot is shaping up as a battleground, with Prop D's "Overpaid CEO Tax" drawing scrutiny for an 800% rate hike that critics say exempts tech giants while hammering grocers and retailers, and District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan launching a congressional bid on a "pragmatic" record her opponents say is anything but. Meanwhile, SFUSD just voted 6-1 to adopt a contested ethnic studies curriculum hours before a formal legal challenge was filed, setting up a courtroom fight over whether the approval process was rigged from the start.
Prop D's 800% rate hike exempts every major tech company while hitting grocery stores, pharmacies, and coffee shops hard.
Chan said her record speaks for itself. It does: obstruct law enforcement, kill housing, and claim credit for someone else's work.
The board voted 6-1 to commit to a curriculum validated by a rigged process. But litigation is incoming.
Federal data projects a 15.7% enrollment collapse by 2031, the worst of any major state. Meanwhile, Idaho and Florida are growing. This isn't inevitable—it's what happens when the cost of housing skyrockets and the quality of education declines.
The billion-dollar ideology behind the violence finally produced what it always promised.
The Mission spent eight years in working groups designing housing that SFMTA admitted was only ever a future possibility — never a funded commitment. Then the city cut 365 units and called it a compromise.
For five years, SF courts haven't reported a single data point to the state—even as they resolve fewer and fewer cases.
Waymo cleared every safety bar and got exiled to the Rental Car Center. Meanwhile, Uber and Lyft keep 800,000 monthly trips.
SB 1074 bans Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from rigging their platforms against startups. The fight DC couldn't win lands in Big Tech's backyard.
SF makes restaurant owners navigate four agencies and wait six months to serve wine legally. Two blocks away, stolen bottles trade with impunity.