Mayor: David Chiu, Jeff Adachi, Dennis Herrera (in that order)

I struggled over this one for quite a while. I actually like Ed Lee, our interim, quite a lot. I think he’s done good things for the city. However, I just can’t get over the fact that he lied to get into office. He might have legitimately just changed his mind, or perhaps he was co-opted by some powerful people in the city to stick around. Whatever the case, I can’t move past his promise not to run for mayor — and I think it would haunt him were he … Continue Reading »

It’s a major election this November, and that means that our California and San Francisco elected officials have once again put far too many decisions in the hands of voters, instead of making the tough decisions themselves. If they’re going to put these choices in front of citizens, we at least owe to each other to make good decisions.

I’ve tried my best to do that, and below you can see the way I’m voting on this ballot. In making these choices, I relied heavily on two voter guides — the SF Chronicle endorsements and the San Francisco Planning and … Continue Reading »