In the News
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KRON4 - Protestors in SF's Castro demand return of deported gay Venezuelan makeup artist
April 26, 2025
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KQED News - Fentanyl March
April 24, 2025
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KTVU - Push for drug-free sidewalks in the fight against the fentanyl crisis in San Francisco
April 24, 2025
People who live or work in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood say the fentanyl crisis is affecting them. They're calling on the city to do more to get people into treatment and recovery. They say drug-free sidewalks are part of the solution to bringing back San Francisco.
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SF Democrats want to engage voters amid political shift
March 24, 2025
The Democratic Party is taking a hard look at itself after a painful loss to President Donald Trump. In San Francisco, the Democratic Party is trying something new to stay relevant. It comes as the city’s Republican Party says it's gaining grounds.
The San Francisco Democratic Central Committee wants to engage voters in. Chair Nancy Tung has felt that.
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Political Notes: LGBTQ SF leaders ramp up calls for transit funding
March 24, 2025
LGBTQ Democratic leaders in San Francisco are ramping up their efforts to secure more funding for Bay Area transit agencies. Resolutions on the matter are set to be taken up this week by both the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the San Francisco Democratic Party.
It comes as state lawmakers press ahead with their own efforts to save regional transit systems that have yet to recover financially from the downturn in commuting patterns wrought five years ago by the COVID pandemic and employers’ pivot to remote work. More employees are expected to be required to return to their office spaces on a daily basis in the coming months, however, the fiscal pain for transit agencies is expected to linger for some time. -
Understanding the California Property Insurance Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
May 13, 2025
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Political Notebook: SF LGBTQ Dems denounce federal pro-family transit funds policy
February 26, 2025
As Bay Area transit agencies scramble to find new revenue sources to deal with multimillion-dollar deficits, LGBTQ Democratic leaders in San Francisco are moving to condemn a Trump administration policy they consider to be not only homophobic but also disastrous for the future of public transportation in the region.
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‘Sexual harassment code of conduct' aims to hold San Francisco politicians accountable
February 20, 2025
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit profiles a soon-to-be unveiled process for reporting sexual misconduct within the ranks of San Francisco’s powerful and influential Democratic Party
San Francisco is taking unprecedented steps to clean up its politics. Democratic leaders have been increasingly concerned over what they see as a lack of accountability when it comes to sexual harassment and abuse within political campaigns as well as government offices.
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In San Francisco, a political tremor — the rise of Democratic moderation
Feb. 9, 2025
Nancy Tung led a slate of relative moderates who took control of the San Francisco Democratic Party. As chair, she says the party needs to be less performative and more focused on issues affecting the daily lives of voters.
The reckoning that’s followed Trump’s return to the White House extends to one of the country’s bluest bastions.
Local party chair Nancy Tung says Democrats need to focus more on results and less on performative gestures.
SAN FRANCISCO — These are soul-searching days for Democrats, a time of reckoning and self-criticism as they try to comprehend why they lost Congress and the White House and struggle to find their way back from political purgatory.
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The Fun Police: Fun with Tung
Jan. 14, 2025
Ben & Sharky meet with San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Chair (wow what a mouthful!) and Mayoral Transition Advisor Nancy Tung. We discuss the then-upcoming Mayoral appointments (which, thanks to a grumpy SD disk, took a week to post so those appointments have now been made) as well as the then-upcoming Board of Supervisors election for Board President. Sound like inside baseball? It absolutely is. This is the kind of magic our little podcast delivers.
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S.F. Democratic Party’s Nancy Tung on Steering the Party Toward the Middle
Dec 9, 2024
Since the successful recall of three school board members and progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin two years ago, moderate politics have been on the rise in San Francisco. The 2024 election saw the ousting of two of the city’s most progressive supervisors. Nancy Tung is the chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party and joins Scott to talk about the party’s move toward the middle and a new policy on sexual assault and harassment following a string of allegations against local politicos.
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SF Dems pass new assault, harassment policies
Dec 5, 2024
San Francisco Democratic Party leaders voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a new set of sexual harassment and assault policies and code of conduct following allegations levied against prominent party members earlier this year.
“The unanimous vote speaks to the strong coalition of collaborators we created with stakeholders from democratic clubs, survivors, experts, and advocacy groups,” said Lily Ho, the chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee’s special committee responsible for drafting the new rules, in a statement Thursday. “Next, we will focus on ensuring the integrity of implementation to see these policies to fruition.”
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Special Committee on Sexual Assault and Harassment in the San Francisco Political Community
Dec 4, 2024
Background
The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (SFDCCC), also known as the San Francisco Democratic Party, has adopted a first-of-its-kind accountability framework to for sexual harassment and assault in the political environment. The process is outlined in the ‘Code of Conduct and Policies for Sexual Assault and Harassment for the San Francisco Democratic Party’ (Code of Conduct and Policies) approved by the San Francisco Democratic Party on December 4, 2024.
In the News
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KRON4 - Protestors in SF's Castro demand return of deported gay Venezuelan makeup artist
April 26, 2025
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KQED News - Fentanyl March
April 24, 2025
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KTVU - Push for drug-free sidewalks in the fight against the fentanyl crisis in San Francisco
April 24, 2025
-
SF Democrats want to engage voters amid political shift
March 24, 2025
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Political Notes: LGBTQ SF leaders ramp up calls for transit funding
March 24, 2025
-
Understanding the California Property Insurance Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
May 13, 2025
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Political Notebook: SF LGBTQ Dems denounce federal pro-family transit funds policy
February 26, 2025
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‘Sexual harassment code of conduct' aims to hold San Francisco politicians accountable
February 20, 2025
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In San Francisco, a political tremor — the rise of Democratic moderation
Feb. 9, 2025
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The Fun Police: Fun with Tung
Jan. 14, 2025
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S.F. Democratic Party’s Nancy Tung on Steering the Party Toward the Middle
Dec 9, 2024
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SF Dems pass new assault, harassment policies
Dec 5, 2024
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Special Committee on Sexual Assault and Harassment in the San Francisco Political Community
Dec 4, 2024