Our endorsements in local races and ballot proposition contests this November.

State legislatures must promulgate reasonable laws that do justice to both a woman’s right to choose and to society’s moral imperative to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

San Francisco’s budget has grown at two times the rate of inflation over the last 20 years. Have city services gotten two times better? In this opinion piece for SFGate, we explain why our government is broken — and how to fix it.

Our monthly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this edition: all you ever wanted to know about permanent supportive housing, but were afraid to ask.

Our weekly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this edition: a new District Attorney and a preview of upcoming ballot measures.

“San Francisco is an over-policed city, sending phalanxes of aggressive officers into communities where cops are deeply unpopular to tackle problems they are ill-equipped to resolve.” It’s a compelling narrative, especially in a region that is famously nonconfrontational: If only we took a more hands-off approach to law enforcement, we’d have less crime and healthier communities. The only problem? None of it is true.

Our weekly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this edition: anti-housing charter amendments come to a vote before the Rules Committee.

The Briones Society unequivocally rejects the cruel, exclusionary, and mendacious statements of the Texas Republican Party.

Our weekly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this edition: reform legislation, Matt Dorsey’s campaign kickoff, the city budget process, and Lowell High School’s merit-based admissions.

Our weekly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this special edition, a retrospective on the June 7, 2022 election!

Listen to co-founder Jay Donde's interview with KALW's State of the Bay, in which he discusses the Briones Society's vision for a better San Francisco: good schools, clean streets, safe neighborhoods, and a government that works.

Gus Mattammal, Republican candidate in California Congressional District 15, shares his thoughts on education, race in America, running as a Republican in this very blue region, and more.

According to Chief of Police Bill Scott, the San Francisco Police Department is short about four hundred officers. That’s about eighteen percent below expected staffing levels. Increasing the number of police officers, Chief Scott argues, would decrease crime rates in San Francisco, and is crucial to his department’s crime fighting strategy. The “Defund the Police” movement, however, has criticized this approach, and instead argues that cities should invest less in the police and more in social services. This, so the argument goes, would make communities safer by stopping crime in its infancy while having the added benefit of entirely avoiding the penal system.