China CEOs’ trip benefits US businesses…
David Chiu retains presidency of SF Board of Supervisors
David Chiu was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for a third time Tuesday…
SF: group ends push for recount in district 7 Supes race
A group that had proposed a recount in San Francisco’s extremely close District 7 supervisorial race withdrew its request on Monday, citing the high cost of going forward with the process…
The Southbay’s safe and clean water project
The voters of Santa Clara Valley overwhilmingly passed measure B, the clean, safe water and natual flood prevention program to help ensure the quality…
Alameda transportation tax measure fails
Nearly two weeks after the November election, Measure B1 has missed the required two-thirds passage by several hundred votes…
Proposition 36 suggests revising “three strikes law”
Proposition 36 suggests revising “three strikes law.” Life sentence is imposed only when new felony conviction is serious or violent…
San Jose Measure E: expands gambling
Measure E would allow San Jose’s two card rooms to increase the number of gaming tables
SF community leaders question candidate David Lee about CAVEC records
正在競選舊金山第一選區市議員的前華裔選民教育委員會行政主任李志威，遭到部分社區領袖質疑，在該委員會領取的薪資過高而且沒有具體的作為，不過李志威反駁指，他的薪資與作為都經得起檢驗…
Chinese Candidates for Fremont Mayor and Councilmember
On November election, Steve Cho is running for Fremont Mayor, and Sue Chan is reelecting for the councilmember…
San Francisco sees record voter registration
the Department of Elections has registered 489,000 voters by last Thursday, a historic high…
San Francisco sets up election fraud hotline
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today announced the creation of a hotline that will allow city residents to report election fraud…
Can Prop 32 stop special interest money?
Proposition 32, the “Paycheck Protection” Initiative, aims at stopping political funds from special interest parties from influencing state politics.
FUSD school board candidates
Six candidates including three Chinese are running for Fremont Unified School District school board in November election…
Nai Hsueh for water board
Nai Hsueh for water board…
SF Prop C
距離選舉日剛剛好是四個星期，在三藩市選舉中有一項C提案，建議設立房屋信託基金，支持可負擔房屋的發展…
San Jose to vote on minimum wage increase
Those for and against San Jose’s ballot Measure D, which would raise the city’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, held dueling press conferences Monday…
Prop 30 and Prop A
有華人權益團體支持加州的30號加稅提案，和三藩市向屋主增收79元地稅的A提案，分別幫助加州公立學校和三藩市市立大學，解決面臨的財政問題，但有反對人士則認為，公立學校的財政問題不應由民眾負責…
Comparing tax measures Prop 30 and Prop 38
Governor Jery Brown’s Proposition 30 proposes to rise sales tax by quarter of a cent…
Restore Hetch Hetchy reservoir debate
11月選舉，舊金山將進行一項公投，以決定已有80年歷史的赫奇水庫是否須要拆掉，以恢復未建水壩前的原貌，今天一場關於赫奇水庫的辯論會，來聽聽兩方的論述…
SF seeks poll workers
應付11月總統大選，灣區各縣的選務處，都大量徵求投票站的工作人員，會雙語的人士更搶手…
Asian-American vote crucial in presidential elections
民主黨全國黨大表大會，今天在北卡羅萊納州召開，亞太裔代表出席人數，比四年前還多，另外灣區也有跨黨派亞裔人士，組成聯盟支持共和黨總統候選人，有分析指這次總統大選，亞太裔選票將成關鍵….
The Bay Area presidential campaign
距離總統大選還有三個多月，灣區兩黨陣營也為各自支持者展開助選宣傳…
Pension reform implications
由於全美多個州府和市府，近年財赤不斷，因此要求改革的呼聲越來越高。以南灣聖荷西為例，市政府每年在養老金方面的支出…
SJ unions file lawsuit against pension reform
聖荷西公務員退休金改革B提案，昨天以壓倒性票數通過，不過今天隨即有兩場訴訟，控告B提案違法….
Asian community leaders support of Prop 29
加州29號提案是一項加州癌症研究法案，如果獲通過，每包香菸加稅一元，多收的錢用於癌症研究工作及反菸教育等
San Francisco Prop A
下個月5號的選舉，舊金山有一項A提案，主張更改現行垃圾服務，打破由一間公司壟斷的方式，引入競爭…
Prop 28: Term limits
在今年6月5日選舉中，加州28號提案，建議修改州議員任期，由現在的最長任期14年，減少到12年…
Middle Class Scholarship Act
有鑒於公立大學的學費每年不停的在調漲，加州眾議院議長John Perez提出法案，建議取消對外州企業的優惠，將錢做為中產階層家庭學生的獎學金…
Maintenance of Coit Tower
B提案建議，限制在塔內的商業和出租活動…