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Randy's Guide 5-8-6: General Election

2026-10-27T20:44:39.557-07:00

Election Day is one week away on November 3. California permits same-day voter registration, so if you have recently moved without a registration update, you can go into any polling place in your home county to vote provisionally. You must postmark or submit your ballot at a polling place by Election Day.

To recap the Primary Election in June, statewide turnout was 40.8%. This was the best turnout for a non-presidential Primary Election since 1998. In that timeframe, the highest turnout for a non-presidential General Election was about 65%.

Locally, San Francisco turnout was about 50.9%. This was the second-highest turnout for a non-presidential Primary Election since 1998, with only 2018 higher at around 52.6%. That year also had the biggest turnout for a non-presidential General Election at roughly 74.5%.

Through Monday, ballots received across the State - such as through drop boxes, via mail, or at an early voting polling site - have totaled 15.3% of registered voters.

- California Governor -

The top two candidates - Xavier Becerra (D) and Steve Hilton (R) - advanced to the General Election.

Steve Hilton (R): CA Republican Party, President Donald Trump

Xavier Becerra (D): CA Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, former Vice President Kamala Harris, SF Examiner, CA Chamber of Commerce, Equality CA, Planned Parenthood (CA), SEIU (CA)

- State Propositions -

Fourteen Statewide propositions are on the ballot in all 58 California counties.

Proposition 1: Affordable Housing

Authorizes $11.25 billion in bonds for housing affordability programs.

YES: CA Democratic Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Airbnb, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Teachers, Grow SF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, PG&E, SEIU (CA), Sierra Club (SF), SPUR, VFW

NO: CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register

Proposition 2: Increased Rainy Day Fund

Increases Rainy Day Fund.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor candidate Xavier Becerra, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Firefighters, Grow SF, Planned Parenthood (CA), SEIU Local 1021, SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register

Proposition 3: Upper-Income Tax Extension

Extends income tax for high-income earners beyond 2031 for schools and health care.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Governor candidate Xavier Becerra, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Nurses, CA Teachers, Equality CA, Grow SF, Planned Parenthood (CA), SEIU (CA), SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register

Proposition 4: Public Funding of Election Campaigns

Permits state and local governments to offer funding for candidate election campaigns.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Bay Area Reporter, CA Nurses, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU Local 1021, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, OC Register, SF Chronicle, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, CA Chamber of Commerce, Grow SF

Proposition 5: Recall Election Process Change

Fills recall vacancies for a statewide office by a later special election or appointment.

YES: CA Democratic Party, SF Democratic Party, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, AFL-CIO, Grow SF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register, SF Chronicle

Proposition 37: Middle-Income Home Ownership Program

Authorizes $25 billion in bonds to offer mortgages of up to 17% of the purchase price.

YES: CA Democratic Party, SF Democratic Party, Governor candidate Xavier Becerra, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Realtors, CA Teachers, Grow SF, SEIU (CA), SPUR

NO: CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Green Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register, League of Women Voters

Proposition 38: Immunology Medical Research

Authorizes $8.4 billion in bonds, half to a UC-affiliated nonprofit institute, half to research grants.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Republican Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, Alzheimer's Association, Equality CA, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Mitchelson Center for Public Policy, NAACP (CA/HI)

NO: CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Grow SF, League of Women Voters (CA), League of Pissed Off Voters

Proposition 39: Voter ID

Requires identification for in-person or mail-in voting.

YES: CA Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, Airbnb co-founder Joseph Gebbia, billionaire Richard Uihlein

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, ACLU, CA Teachers, Grow SF, Planned Parenthood (CA), SEIU Local 1021, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

Proposition 40: Billionaire Tax

Imposes a one-time 5% wealth tax for those with assets over $1 billion, with revenue exemptions from constitutional requirements for school funding and spending limit.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders, SF Bay Guardian, AFL-CIO (CA), Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, CA Nurses, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU-UHW West

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor Candidates Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra, SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Farm Bureau Federation, CA Firefighters, CA Medical Association, CA Teachers, Equality CA, Grow SF, NAACP (CA/HI), Planned Parenthood (CA), SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 41: State Tax Limitation for Spending Limit

Nullifies new state taxes passed starting in 2026 with revenue exemptions from the required spending limit. Requires audits of programs funded by new special taxes.

YES: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce, Grow SF, NAACP (CA/HI), SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, League of Women Voters, SEIU-UHW West, SPUR

Proposition 42: State Tax Limitation on Personal Property

Nullifies new state taxes passed starting in 2026 related to financial assets and other personal property (aside from real estate).

YES: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Firefighters, Disabled American Veterans (CA), Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Grow SF, NAACP (CA/HI), SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, League of Women Voters, SEIU-UHW West, SPUR

Proposition 43: Local Special Tax Vote Threshold

Requires two-thirds majority to pass local special taxes, starting in 2027.

YES: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, CA Chamber of Commerce, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor candidate Xavier Becerra, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, CA Teachers, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

Proposition 44: Community Health Clinic Spending Requirement

Requires community health clinics to spend at least 90% of revenues on program services.

YES: CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Green Party, AFL-CIO (CA), SEIU-UHW West

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Governor candidate Steve Hilton, Bay Area Reporter, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, AltaMed Health Services, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Medical Association, CA Teachers, Equality CA, Grow SF, League of Pissed Off Voters, NAACP (CA/HI), Planned Parenthood (CA)

Proposition 45: Environmental Review Adjustment

Shortens environmental review process for certain projects.

YES: CA Republican Party, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Farm Bureau Federation, CA Realtors, Grow SF, NAACP (CA/HI), SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, billionaire Wendy Schmidt, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Bike Coalition, CA Nurses, Keep Tahoe Blue, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021, Sierra Club (CA)

- U.S. House, District 11 -

The top two candidates for this race - Scott Wiener and Connie Chan - advanced to the General Election.

Connie Chan (D): SF Green Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Adam Schiff, former Sen. Barbara Boxer, former Mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos, comedian Margaret Cho, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Bay Guardian, CA Teachers, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021

Scott Wiener (D): CA Democratic Party, SF Democratic Party, Assm. Catherine Stefani and Matt Haney, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, AFSCME, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Equality CA, Grow SF, SF Bike Coalition, Sierra Club (SF)

- Local Propositions -

Ten local propositions and one regional proposition are on the San Francisco ballot.

Regional Transit Measure: Sales Tax for Public Transit

Enacts a 1% sales tax in San Francisco and 0.5% sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties to fund public transit for 14 years.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, AARP (CA), Salesforce, SEIU Local 1021, SF Chronicle, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, Mercury News

Proposition A: Charter Reform

Amends the CIty Charter to change some processes and eliminate or reorganize certain commissions and advisory bodies.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, Supervisor Connie Chan, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Bay Guardian, League of Women Voters (SF), SEIU Local 1021

Proposition B: Public Bank

Establishes a municipal finance corporation and a public bank.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Assm. Matt Haney, former Mayor Art Agnos, SF Bay Guardian, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU Local 1021, SF Tenants Union

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition C: Housing Trust Fund

Adjusts the City's annual contributions, increases affordable housing program funding, and extends the Fund for 15 additional years.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Assm. Matt Haney and Catherine Stefani, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Grow SF, League of Women Voters (SF), SEIU Local 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition D: Ballot Measure Restriction

Increases the threshold to place measures or recalls on the ballot, and ends the ability of the Mayor or Board of Supervisors to place measures on the ballot without a Board vote.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Chronicle, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Catherine Stefani and Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Women Voters (SF), League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021, SF Tenants Union

Proposition E: City Administrator Authority

Expands the authority of the City Administrator over purchasing, including for contracts and leases.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Catherine Stefani and Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Firefighters, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021

Proposition F: Mayoral Authority

Expands the authority of the Mayor over department heads and deputy mayors.

NO: SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, League of Women Voters (SF), SEIU Local 1021

Proposition G: Sunset Dunes Park

Reopens the Great Highway during most weekday hours to cars.

YES: SF Republican Party, SF Bay Guardian, Chinese American Democratic Club

NO: SF Democratic Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Grow SF, SEIU Local 1021, SF Bike Coalition, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR, Walk SF

Proposition H: Parcel Tax for MUNI

Funds MUNI service by taxing most real estate, with anticipated annual revenue of $177 million.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Daniel Lurie, all 11 Board of Supervisors, Assm. Matt Haney and Catherine Stefani, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Grow SF, SF Bike Coalition, Open AI, SEIU Local 1021, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club (SF), SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition I: Real Property Transfer Tax for Affordable Housing

Sets aside half of transfer tax revenues on property valued at over $10 million for affordable housing.

YES: Former Assm. Tom Ammiano, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, Coalition on Homelessness, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU Local 1021, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club (SF)

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Firefighters, SF Police Officers Association, SPUR

Proposition J: Foreclosure Exemption for Real Property Transfer Tax

End the foreclosure exemption for larger properties from paying the transfer tax, for an estimated revenue gain of over $100 million per year.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Assm. Matt Haney and Catherine Stefani, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Grow SF, League of Women Voters (SF), SEIU Local 1021, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Randy's Guide 5-8-5: 2026 Primary Election

2026-05-19T23:53:34.918-07:00

California's Election Day is two weeks away. If you haven't registered (or re-registered) to vote, you can register provisionally at a polling place or county elections office to cast your ballot. Ballots must be postmarked or submitted at a polling place by Election Day.

(Other states with primaries or runoffs in the near future include Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Texas, Utah, and Washington... so check your county or state websites for more details.)

California has not had turnout of registered voters in a non-presidential primary election above 40% since 1990. Current stats show that county offices have received about 6% of all ballots to date.

- California Governor -
With Governor Gavin Newsom termed out, the race is relatively wide open. Only the top-two candidates advance to the fall election, regardless of party. The candidates below are ordered based on the Real Clear Politics polling average, for those receiving at least 5% in the polls.

Steve Hilton (R): former Fox News host and strategy director for British Prime Minister David Cameron
- Endorsed by President Donald Trump, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, golfer Phil Mickelson, actor Jon Voight

Xavier Becerra (D): former House of Representative, U.S. Senator, and Health and Human Services Secretary under President Joe Biden
- Endorsed by Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), City Attorney David Chiu, Equality CA, Planned Parenthood CA, SEIU-CA

Tom Steyer (D): billionaire-turned-activist who founded a San Francisco hedge fund during the 1980s
- Endorsed by former SF Mayor Willie Brown, CA Teachers, SEIU-CA, Sierra Club CA, SF Bay Guardian

Chad BIanco (R): Riverside County Sheriff
- Endorsed by former Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA), SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, actor Lorenzo Lamas, American Independent Party, CA Rifle & Pistol Assn.

Katie Porter (D): former House of Representative who previously taught law at UC Irvine and UNLV
- Endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), EMILYs List, International Brotherhood of Teamsters CA, SF Chronicle

Matt Mahan (D): San Jose Mayor who worked for Teach for America and founded a civic engagement startup
- Endorsed by Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO), Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Google co-founder Sergey Brin, businessman Andrew Yang, GrowSF

- U.S. House, District 11 -
After the close 1987 Special Election, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi never received less than 68.5% in either a primary or general election race as the House of Representative for San Francisco.

Saikat Chakrabarti: former Chief of Staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), former director of organizing technology for Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former second engineer of payment processor Stripe

Connie Chan: two-term Board of Supervisor (District 1), former aide to SF District Attorney Kamala Harris, former spokesperson for the SF Recreation & Parks Dept. and City College of SF
- Endorsed by SF Green Party, House Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), former SF Mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Teachers, SF Tenants Union

Marie Hurabiell: former President Trump appointee to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors, founder of ConnectedSF, and leading voice in recalls for District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Supervisor Joel Engardio
- Endorsed by Chinese American Democratic Club, Israeli American Civic Action Network

Scott Wiener: State Senator who previously served on the County Transportation Authority, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District Board, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- Endorsed by CA Democratic Party, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta, City Attorney David Chiu, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, Human Rights Campaign, Sierra Club, Bay Area Reporter

- Local Propositions -
Proposition A: Earthquake Safety and Emergency Bond
Improve infrastructure for public safety and emergency response by issuing $535 million in bonds.
YES - SF Democratic Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Matt Haney and Catherine Stefani, Supervisor Connie Chan, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Firefighters, Sierra Club
NO - SF Green Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition B: Lifetime Term Limits
Set a lifetime limit of two four-year terms for the Major and Board of Supervisors.
YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Senator Scott Wiener, Assm. Matt Haney, tech billionaire Chris Larsen, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF
NO - SF Green Party, former Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA), former Mayor Willie Brown, Supervisor Connie Chan, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Women Voters - SF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Tenants Union, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Sing Tao Daily

Proposition C: Business Tax Decrease
Exempt more businesses from business taxes, while accelerating the income disparity tax forward by one year, with anticipated lower overall tax revenue
YES - SF Republican Party, tech billionaire Chris Larsen, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce
NO - SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Tenants Union

Proposition D: Business Tax Increase
Increase the existing income disparity tax on businesses, with anticipated higher overall tax revenue
YES - SF Green Party, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Supervisor Connie Chan, former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, billionaire Tom Steyer, former Rep. Katie Porter, CA Nurses, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, League of Women Voters - SF, SEIU 1021 Local, SF Tenants Union, Sing Tao Daily
NO - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Mayor Daniel Lurie, State Sen. Scott Wiener, tech billionaire Chris Larsen, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, PG&E, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR, Uber, Visa

Randy's Guide 5-8-4: General Election

2024-10-21T22:59:00.000-07:00

California's deadline for voter registration online or postmarked is today, October 21. Do it today at https://registertovote.ca.gov. You can also same-day register in person while voting at a polling location.

In San Francisco, early voting started at City Hall. Hours are 8am-5pm weekdays, as well as 10am-4pm for the next two weekends. You can check your polling location or wait time at https://sfelections.org/tools/map_poll_time.

Election Day is November 5... less than three weeks away! Polls will be open 7am-8pm. As long as you are in line at 8pm, you will be permitted to vote. You can drop off your mail-in ballot at any polling location within your registered county. A mailed ballot must be postmarked by Election Day for it to be countable.

The State ballot is long. The SF and CA election books are over 400 pages combined! Besides the Presidential, Senate, and House races, there are 10 California propositions and 15 SF propositions. Six of 11 SF Supervisor districts, half of State Senate districts, all State Assembly districts, SF Mayor, and other local positions are up for a vote.

- 10 State Measures -

Proposition 2: Public Schools
Authorize $10 billion in bonds to build or improve K-12 and community college facilities.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Teachers, GrowSF, SEIU CA, Sierra Club CA, SPUR

NO - CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-San Diego)

Proposition 3: Right to Marriage

Amend State Constitution to recognize right to marry, regardless of sex or race.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Laphonza Butler, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, LA Mayor Karen Bass, SF Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, ACLU CA, CA Chamber of Commerce, GrowSF, SEIU CA

NO - American Council of Evangelicals, CA Family Council

Proposition 4: Climate Risks

Authorize $10 billion in bonds for projects on water, wildfire prevention, natural lands, coastline, renewable energy, and agriculture.

YES - CA Democratic Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU CA, Sierra Club CA, SPUR

NO - CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, OC Register

Proposition 5: Affordable Housing and Infrastructure

Amend State Constitution to lower voter approval requirement for local bonds of affordable housing or infrastructure from two-thirds to 55%.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU CA, SPUR

NO - CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, OC Register, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 6: Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons

Amend State Constitution to remove provision allowing prisons to impose involuntary work.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU CA

NO - CA Republican Party, OC Register

Proposition 32: Minimum Wage

Increase State minimum wage of $16 to $18 by 2025 for larger employers and 2026 for smaller employers.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU CA

NO - CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 33: Rent Control

Repeal State law that prevents cities and counties from limiting initial rent or rent increases in most properties.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, CA Nurses, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Tenants Union

NO - CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, LA Times, OC Register, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, GrowSF, SPUR

Proposition 34: Health Care

Require certain larger health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescriptions on direct patient care, and authorizes the State to negotiate Medi-Cal drug prices on a statewide basis.

YES - CA Republican Party, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Firefighters, GrowSF, Hep B Free SF, NAACP CA

NO - CA Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, NOW

Proposition 35: Medi-Cal

Extend the tax on managed health care insurance plans to fund specified Medi-Cal services.

YES - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, NAACP CA, Planned Parenthood CA, United Farm Workers

NO - CA Libertarian Party, LA Times, OC Register, SF Chronicle

Proposition 36: Crime

Increase charges and sentences for certain drug or theft crimes.

YES - CA Republican Party, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, SF Mayor London Breed, former Rep. Jackie Speier, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA District Attorneys, GrowSF, SF Police Officers, Target

NO - CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Alex Padilla, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, CA Nurses, CA Teachers, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU CA

- 15 County Measures -

Proposition A: Local Schools

Authorize $790 million in bonds for school upgrades. Requires 55% to pass.

YES - SF Democratic Party, Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, former Interim Mayor Mark Farrell, Mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

NO - SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition B: Health Care, Shelter, and Public Spaces

Authorize $390 million in bonds for interim housing, public spaces, and City health care facilities. Requires 2/3 to pass, unless State Proposition 5 passes to allow 55% to pass.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, all 11 Board of Supervisors, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club SF, SPUR, Walk SF

NO - SF Green Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition C: Inspector General

Create Inspector General position to review complaints, issue subpoenas, and execute search warrants.

YES - SF Green Party, State Assm. Phil Ting, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union

NO - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

Proposition D: City Commissions and Mayoral/Police Chief Authority

Limit the number of City commissions, and give more authority to the Mayor and Police Chief.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, former Interim Mayor Mark Farrell, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

NO - SF Green Party, State Assm. Phil Ting, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

Proposition E: City Commission Task Force

Create a Task Force to review the City commissions, with recommendations due by February 2026.

YES - SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union

NO - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SPUR

Proposition F: Police Staffing and Deferred Retirement

Modify police staffing regulations and create a deferred retirement program.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

NO - SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, ACLU of Northern CA, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Tenants Union

Proposition G: Affordable Housing Subsidies

Require City funding of at least $8.25 million for rental subsidies at affordable housing developments.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, MEDA, SEIU 1021, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club SF, SPUR

NO - SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition H: Firefighters Retirement

Lower the firefighter retirement threshold age for maximum benefits from 58 to 55.

YES - SF Democratic Party, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

NO - SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle

Proposition I: Nurses and 911 Operator Retirement

Modify the retirement benefits for nurses and 911 operators.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, SF Bay Guardian, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union

NO - SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club

Proposition J: Funding for Children, Youth, and Families

Create a new group between the City and the School District to evaluate funding and monitor outcomes.

YES - SF Democratic Party, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union

NO - SF Green Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition K: Great Highway

Close the Upper Great Highway (between Lincoln Way and Sloat Blvd.) to most automobile traffic at all times.

YES - SF Democratic Party, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Sen. Scott Wiener, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, Sierra Club SF, SF Bike Coalition, SF Police Officers, SPUR, Walk SF

NO - SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021

Proposition L: Rideshare Tax

Impose a 1 - 4.5% tax on rideshare company receipts to help fund Muni public transportation services and programs.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club SF, SPUR, Walk SF

NO - SF Republican Party, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, State Controller Malia Cohen, former Interim Mayor Mark Farrell, Golden Gate Restaurants, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

Proposition M: Business Taxes

Modify the business tax structure by shifting more of the tax burden to larger businesses.

YES - SF Democratic Party, Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, Mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie, SF Bay Guardian, Airbnb, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Golden Gate Restaurants, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, Google, SPUR

NO - SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, SF Police Officers

Proposition N: First Responder Student Loan and Training Fund

Reimburse first responders with up to $25,000 toward student loans and job-related educational and training expenses.

YES - SF Democratic Party, State Assm. Matt Haney, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, SF Bay Guardian, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Police Officers,

NO - SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club

Proposition O: Reproductive Rights

Support, protect, and expand reproductive rights and services.

YES - SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Tenants Union

NO -

- SF Mayor -

Finally, we have the SF Mayor's race, which has 13 candidates. Voters may select up to 10 candidates under the Ranked Choice system.

London Breed: Mayor since 2018, former President of the Board of Supervisors

- Endorsed by SF Democratic Party (#1), Bay Area Reporter (#1), Marina Times (#3), Rep. Barbara Lee, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, Planned Parenthood CA, SF Bike Coalition, SF Police Officers

Mark Farrell: former interim Mayor in 2018, former District 2 Supervisor

- Endorsed by Marina Times (#1), Chinese American Democratic Club, GrowSF, SF Deputy Sheriffs (#1), SF Firefighters, SF Realtors

Daniel Lurie: founder and former CEO of Tipping Point Community

- Endorsed by Marina Times (#2), SF Chronicle (#1), former Mayor Frank Jordan, former State Sen. Mark Leno, former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, former Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, GrowSF

Aaron Peskin: District 3 Supervisor, President of the Board of Supervisors

- Endorsed by Green Party (#1), Bay Area Reporter (#2), SF Bay Guardian (#1), Sing Tao Daily, State Assm. Phil Ting, CA Nurses, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Berniecrats, SF Educators, SF Tenants Union

Ahsha Safaí: District 11 Supervisor

- Endorsed by SF Deputy Sheriffs (#2), SF Educators

Randy's Guide 5-8-3: Primary Election

2024-03-01T22:58:00.000-08:00

With California's accepted ballot numbers standing at 11.2% as of today, there's a good chance you haven't voted yet. Analysts believe we could rival 2012 (31.1%) with the lowest presidential primary turnout over the past century. The two parties already seem destined for a sequel match-up for the Presidency in the fall. The only other major statewide race is for Dianne Feinstein's former seat.

In San Francisco, seven initiatives - ranging from public assistance to algebra - will supplement the single statewide measure promoting mental health treatment. The House race here will likely result in a top-two finish for Nancy Pelosi and GOP-endorsed Bruce Lou.

In California, you may register to vote on Election Day and vote provisionally (meaning the bureaucracy needs to validate your registration status before counting your ballot). Election Day is less than a week away (March 5). You must postmark your ballot by that day, or drop it off at a California precinct on Election Day. Early in-person voting is also available for the majority of California voters. Or cast your ballot in person on Election Day like I do!

- U.S. Senate -

Adam Schiff (D-Burbank): House of Representative (District 30) since 2001; House Intelligence Committee Chair (2019-23); lead impeachment manager in first trial against President Trump; first Congressional member to participate in the AIDS/LifeCycle; former California State Senator (1997-2001)

Endorsements: Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Assm. Phil Ting, SF Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, SF City Attorney David Chiu, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Sen. Barbara Boxer, former SF Mayor Art Agnos, LA Times, La Opinión, United Farm Workers

Steve Garvey (R): former first baseman for the LA Dodgers and San Diego Padres; sports marketing firm founder

Endorsements: San Diego Police Officers Association

Katie Porter (D-Irvine): House of Representative (District 47) since 2019; Congressional Progressive Caucus deputy chair; studied under Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren

Endorsements: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach), CA Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Sen. Scott Wiener, SF Chronicle, United Auto Workers

Barbara Lee (D-Oakland): House of Representative (District 12) since 1998; former California State Senator (1997-98); former California State Assemblymember (1991-97); sole Congressional member to vote against the War in Afghanistan; former Black Panther Party member

Endorsements: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-LA), CA Attorney General Rob Bonta, CA State Controller Malia Cohen, CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CA Secretary of State Shirley Weber, SF Mayor London Breed, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, LA Mayor Karen Bass, author Gloria Steinem, Bay Area Reporter, Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters

- Initiatives -

CA Proposition 1: Mental Health Treatment

Authorizes $6.38 billion in bonds for mental health treatment facilities and supportive housing; changes the spending requirements from the tax revenues of the Mental Health Services Act (2004).

YES: CA Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, SF Mayor London Breed, SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Hospital Association, CA Professional Firefighters, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU CA, SF Labor Council, SPUR, Swords to Plowshares

NO: CA Peace and Freedom Party, SF Green Party, OC Register, ACLU of Northern California, Disability Rights (CA), League of Women Voters (CA)

SF Proposition A: Affordable Housing

Authorize $300 million in bonds for affordable housing.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Assm. Phil Ting, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Labor Council, Sierra Club SF, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party

SF Proposition B: Police Officer Staffing

Set and fund minimum police officer staffing levels, but with the requirement of a new or amended tax in the future.

YES: SF Democratic Party, State Assm. Matt Haney, SEIU 1021, SF Labor Council

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Tenants Union

SF Proposition C: Real Estate Transfer Tax Changes

Boost office conversions to residential property; change the methodology for setting office space development and transfer tax rates.

YES: SF Republican Party, Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club SF, SPUR

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, MEDA, SEIU 1021, SF Labor Council, SF Tenants Union

SF Proposition D: Local Ethics Laws

Strengthen and standardize ethics laws related to gifts, relationships, and non-work activities.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Labor Council, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

NO:

SF Proposition E: Police Department Policies

Modify SFPD procedures, including the increased use of technology and less administrative burden.

YES: SF Republican Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers Association

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, ACLU of Northern California, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Labor Council, SF Tenants Union

SF Proposition F: Cash Assistance Drug Requirements

Require certain cash assistance recipients who appear to be dependent on illegal drugs to participate in screening, evaluation, and treatment for drug dependency as a condition to receive most of those benefits.

YES: SF Republican Party, Mayor London Breed, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, GrowSF

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Assm. Matt Haney, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Sing Tao Daily, ACLU of Northern California, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Glide, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF AIDS Foundation, SF Labor Council, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

SF Proposition G: Algebra

Encourage SFUSD to offer Algebra 1 to students by their eighth-grade year.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, 10 Board of Supervisors, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: Supervisor Shamann Walton, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021

Randy's Guide 5-8-2: General Midterm Election

2022-10-24T23:51:00.000-07:00

Election Day is on November 8. After today (October 24), it's too late to register to vote in your current county and receive a ballot by mail. You will need to go into a County polling place to submit a Provisional Ballot for same-day registration.

We'll vote on multiple positions and seven propositions, ranging from Governor to online gambling. Early in-person voting began on October 11 in San Francisco. Ballots must be cast in person, dropped off at a county polling place or drop box, or postmarked by Election Day to be valid.

CA turnout in the last three midterm elections: 2018 - 64.5% of registered voters; 2014 - 42.2%; 2010 - 59.6%

SF turnout in the last three midterm elections: 2018 - 74.5% of registered voters; 2014 - 53.0%; 2010 - 61.0%

CALIFORNIA

Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Alex Padilla, and most other statewide officials should coast comfortably for re-election. The one contested statewide race is for Controller between Malia Cohen and Lanhee Chen. Chen is vying to become the first Republican Controller since Houston Flournoy finished his term in 1975.

- Controller -

Lanhee Chen (R): chair of the board of directors at El Camino Health; Hoover Institution Fellow at Stanford; previous UC Berkeley visiting scholar at the Institute for Governmental Studies; nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the US Senate for the Social Security Advisory Board; senior adviser for Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign; policy director for Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns; healthcare adviser for George W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign; four Harvard degrees.

Endorsements: CA Republican Party, LA Times, OC Register, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, Andrew Yang, former CA Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero, former CA Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, former Sen. Joe Lieberman

Malia Cohen (D): CA Board of Equalization, District 2 representative; founder of Power Forward consulting firm; former SF Board of Supervisors President and District 10 Supervisor; field organizer for Gavin Newsom's 2003 mayoral campaign; Carnegie Mellon graduate degree

Endorsements: CA Democratic Party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, SF Mayor London Breed, Bay Area Reporter, SF Examiner, CA Teachers, Planned Parenthood, SEIU CA, Sierra Club

- 7 CA Propositions -

Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom

Amends California Constitution to include the right to an abortion or the use of contraceptives.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, ACLU, CA Teachers, GrowSF, Kaiser Permanente, Planned Parenthood, SEIU CA, Sierra Club

NO: CA Republican Party, State Sen. Brian Dahle, Knights of Columbus

Proposition 26: Gambling Expansion

Expands state gambling options at four racetracks (sports betting) and tribal casinos (roulette, craps, sports betting).

YES: CA Peace and Freedom Party, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Bay Area Reporter, Graton Rancheria, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, NAACP, Pechanga, SF Berniecrats

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, SF Green Party, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, LA Times, OC Register, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, American Federation of State-County-Municipal Employees, Artichoke Joe's, City of San Jose, GrowSF, Hawaiian Gardens Casino, SPCA SF/LA

Proposition 27: Online Sports Betting

Allows tribal casinos or contracted businesses to offer online sports betting - with over $400 million to date spent on this measure.

YES: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, DraftKings, FanDuel, San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, CA Republican Party, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, CA Teachers, Coalition on Homelessness SF, Graton Rancheria, GrowSF, NAACP, Pechanga, SPUR, VFW Dept. of CA

Proposition 28: Arts Funding in Schools

Provides about $1 billion annually to K-12 schools for arts and music education.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, Barbra Streisand, Dr. Dre, LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, My Chemical Romance, Vampire Weekend, Weird Al Yankovic, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, CA Teachers, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU CA, SFMOMA, Universal Music Group

NO: CA Libertarian Party, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Examiner

Proposition 29: Dialysis Clinic Requirements

Requires dialysis clinics to have an on-site medical professional, disclose physicians' ownership interests, and report infection data.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, CA Labor Federation, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU CA

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Medical Association, CA Nurses Association, DaVita + Fresenius dialysis corporations, GrowSF, NAACP, VFW Dept. of CA

Proposition 30: Tax for Environmental Programs

Taxes those earning over $2 million to fund zero-emission vehicle purchases, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention.

YES: CA Democratic Party, Rep. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna, State Sen. Scott Wiener, LA Mayor Eric Garcia, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, San Jose Sam Liccardo, SF Mayor London Breed, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, American Lung Association, BART, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, GrowSF, Lime, Lyft, Rivian, SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, CA Republican Party, SF Green Party, Governor Gavin Newsom, LA Times, OC Register, Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune, SF Examiner, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Teachers

Proposition 31: Flavored Tobacco

Prohibits the sale of most flavored tobacco products.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace and Freedom Party, Governor Gavin Newsom, Sen. Alex Padilla, Rep. Barbara Lee, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Assm. Phil Ting, SF Mayor London Breed, Michael Bloomberg, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, American Heart Association, CA NAACP, CA NOW, CA Teachers, Equality CA, GrowSF, Kaiser Permanente, Planned Parenthood, SEIU CA, Sierra Club

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, National Association of Tobacco Outlets, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds

SAN FRANCISCO

The new 15th Congressional district, which spans from East Palo Alto up to southern San Francisco (including Excelsior and Portola), is an open seat with Jackie Speier retiring after 7+ terms. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins should be re-elected without difficulty. Fourteen City propositions are on the ballot.

- House District 15 -

David Canepa (D): San Mateo County District 5 Supervisor; Board of Director for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District; former Daly City Mayor and Councilmember; USF and Skyline College graduate

Endorsements: SF Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, Board of Equalization Chair Malia Cohen, Millbrae Mayor Anne Oliva, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, National Nurses United, Union of Food and Commercial Workers

Kevin Mullin (D): State Assm. for District 22 and Speaker Pro Tempore; former South SF Mayor and Councilmember; former district director for State Sen. Jackie Speier; founder of KM2 Communications, a multimedia production company; USF and SF State graduate

Endorsements: CA Democratic Party, SF Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jackie Speier, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Assm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, American Medical Association, CA Teachers, GrowSF, SEIU CA, Sierra Club

- 14 SF Propositions -

Proposition A: Retiree Pension Adjustments

Adjusts certain retirees' pensions, and permits the Retirement Board to hire an executive director without contract limitations.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, All 11 Board of Supervisors, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Firefighters Local 798, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party

Proposition B: Public Works Consolidation

Merges the newly created Department of Sanitation and Streets into the Department of Public Works, but retains the Sanitation and Streets Commission as is.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Willie Brown, former Assm. Tom Ammiano, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Sing Tao, Friends of the Urban Forest, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Apartment Association, SF Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, Assm. Matt Haney, Laborers Local 261 (sanitation), SF Firefighters Local 798

Proposition C: Homelessness Oversight Commission

Oversees the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing with a new commission, split between Mayoral and Board appointees.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, all 11 Board of Supervisors, State Assm. Matt Haney, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Firefighters Local 798, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, GrowSF, SF YIMBY

Proposition D: Affordable Housing Approvals

Streamlines affordable housing projects (no more than 140% Area Median Income) with certain requirements.

YES: Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, Habitat for Humanity, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF YIMBY, SPUR, United Way Bay Area

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club

Proposition E: Affordable Housing Approvals

Streamlines affordable housing projects (no more than 120% Area Median Income) with certain requirements.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Party, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, Sierra Club, SF Firefighters Local 798

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF YIMBY, SPUR

Proposition F: Library Preservation Fund

Extends the Preservation Fund beyond 2023, and expands library hours by at least 15%.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Friends of SF Public Library, GrowSF, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition G: SFUSD Grants

Creates a Student Success Fund for SFUSD to cover 15 years of grants.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Assm. Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition H: City Election Reform

Shifts City elections to even-numbered years, extends current terms through January 2025, and slightly increases the number of required signatures for initiatives.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, Sierra Club, SF Tenants Union, SF YIMBY, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition I: Golden Gate Park Vehicle Use

Allows vehicle use within Golden Gate Park except on Sundays (6am-6pm) and Saturdays (April-September), and removes car restrictions on the Great Highway.

YES: SF Republican Party, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Arc SF, Fine Arts Museums (de Young/Legion of Honor), SF Gray Panthers, SF Latinx Democratic Club

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Assm. Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Bike Coalition, SF YIMBY, Sierra Club, SPUR, WalkSF

Proposition J: Golden Gate Park Recreational Use

Maintains existing City law to block private car use for parts of Golden Gate Park.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Green Apple Books, GrowSF, SF Bike Coalition, SF YIMBY, Sierra Club, SPUR, WalkSF

NO: SF Republican Party, Arc SF, Fine Arts Museums (de Young/Legion of Honor), SF Gray Panthers, SF Latinx Democratic Club

Proposition L: Sales Tax for Transportation Projects

Extends the existing 0.5% sales tax for an additional 19 years, with a new 30-year transportation plan. Needs 2/3 to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Assm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, GrowSF, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Berniecrats, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF YIMBY, Sierra Club, SPUR, WalkSF

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition M: Vacant Unit Tax

Taxes residential housing in buildings with 3+ units if unused for at least half of the year, and uses the proceeds for affordable housing and rent subsidies.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, SF YIMBY, Sierra Club

NO: SF Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, GrowSF, SF Apartment Association, SF Association of Realtors, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition N: Golden Gate Park Underground Parking

Shifts oversight of the underground parking garage in Golden Gate Park from a nonprofit to the Recreation and Park Commission.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Mayor London Breed, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, GrowSF, League of Pissed Off Voters, SEIU 1021, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF YIMBY, Sierra Club, SPUR, WalkSF

NO: SF Examiner

Proposition O: City College Parcel Tax

Creates a new parcel tax for property owners to pay for certain City College needs.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Assm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, SF Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Latinx Democratic Club, United Educators of SF

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Examiner, Mayor London Breed, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Catherine Stefani, GrowSF, SF Chronicle, SF Apartment Association, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Randy's Guide 5-8-1: June State Primary

2022-06-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

Turnout was predictably dismal for the elections in SF to date this year. Just 36% of registered voters cast a ballot in the February election, which resulted in the recall of all three board members with at least two-thirds of the votes in favor.

Then the special election in April plummeted to around 29%, as Matt Haney trounced David Campos by a 62-38 margin to represent State Assembly District 17.

Now, California's Primary Election is around the corner next week on Tuesday, June 7. Many counties, such as San Diego, Butte, and Fresno, offer early voting options. For example, SF City Hall is open weekdays and this weekend.

Election Day hours are 7am-8pm statewide for in-person voting. All registered voters received a ballot by mail. You can drop off your ballot at any polling place or official drop box in your county. If you go the USPS route, the ballot must be postmarked by Election Day for it to be valid.

California has a top-two system, meaning you can vote for any candidate in the Primary, and the two candidates with the most votes advance to the November General Election. Statewide races include Governor, US Senator, and Controller, with regional votes for the US House. SF has eight local propositions, including the contentious District Attorney recall.

Governor:

Gavin Newsom is expected to coast as one of the two selections. The CA Republican Party endorses State Sen. Brian Dahle, who represents northeastern California, including South Lake Tahoe, Redding, and Auburn.

US Senator:

Rob Padilla, Governor Newsom's appointee, is also forecast to be one of the top two vote getters. The CA Republican Party endorses attorney Mark Meuser.

Controller:

Lanhee Chen: CA Republican Party; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT); House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA); former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI); OC Sheriff Don Barnes; LA Times; OC Register

Malia Cohen: CA Democratic Party; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA); State Controller Betty Yee; State Sen. Scott Wiener; SF Mayor London Breed; CA Teachers Assn; Planned Parenthood; SEIU CA

Ron Galperin: State Controller Betty Yee; LA Mayor Eric Garcetti; former State Controller John Chiang; SF Chronicle; Equality CA; Planned Parenthood

Steve Glazer: Sacramento Bee; SJ Mercury News

Laura Wells: CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party

Yvonne Yiu: former State Controller John Chiang

US House, District 11:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks primed for a 19th term. John Dennis gets the SF Republican Party endorsement.

Proposition A: MUNI Reliability and Street Safety Bond

Authorize $400 million in bonds for repairs, renovation, traffic improvements, and street redesigns.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. Phil Ting and Matt Haney, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Sing Tao Daily, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Grow SF, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF YIMBY, SPUR, Walk SF

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition B: Building Inspection Commission

Change the appointment process and qualifications for Commission members, and shift the appointment of the Director of the Department of Building Inspector to the Mayor.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, Grow SF

Proposition C: Recall Timelines and Vacancy Appointments

Further limit the period to begin a recall signature effort, and prevent the temporary appointee from running for the same position in the next election.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Bay View, SF Examiner, Sing Tao Daily, Bernal Heights Democratic Club, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Chinese American Democratic Club, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition D: Office of Victim and Witness Rights; Legal Services for Domestic Violence Victims

Centralize related domestic violence services under a new City department.

YES: SF Democratic Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, former Mayor Willie Brown, Bay Area Reporter, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Chinese American Democratic Club, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Bernal Heights Democratic Club, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

Proposition E: Behested Payments

Further restrict the ability of Board of Supervisor members from seeking donations to benefit either a government agency or private organization.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, four other Supervisors (Chan, Peskin, Mar, Preston), By Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club

NO: SF Republican Party, State Sen. Scott Wiener, three Supervisors (Stefani, Mandelman, Melgar), Chinese American Democratic Club, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR, YIMBY Action

Proposition F: Refuse Collection and Disposal

Modify the Refuse Rate Board membership and the rules for governing future changes.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, Sing Tao Daily, Grow SF

Proposition G: Public Health Emergency Leave

Require employers with more than 100 employees worldwide to provide up to 80 hours of paid public health emergency leave to staff in SF.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Chinese American Democratic Club, SEIU 1021

NO: SF Republican Party, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition H: Recall Measure Regarding Chesa Boudin

Remove District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office, prior to the term ending date of January 8, 2024, and replace with a temporary appointee by the Mayor.

YES: Marina Times, Chinese American Democratic Club, Grow SF, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Asm. Phil Ting, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, ACLU of Northern CA, CA Nurses Assn, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, Sierra Club

Randy's Guide 5-8-0: Special Election (School Board Recall, State Assembly District 17)

2022-02-02T20:40:00.001-08:00

It's happened again. For voters in the City and County of San Francisco, they will have the opportunity to vote in their second recall election within the past six months. Election Day is February 15, and early in-person voting is available at City Hall. All registered voters should have already received their mail-in ballots. Mailed ballots must be postmarked or dropped off at one of 34 certified drop boxes or 314 in-person polling places by Election Day.

On a side note, SF is requesting members of the public to submit their proposed redrawn supervisorial maps soon! Check it out at Redraw SF Public Redistricting.

(Apologies in advance to those who are not voters in San Francisco, or to those who have already voted. Forward it on to voters who would benefit from this!)

School Board Recall

The three terms would normally end January 8, 2023, with the next scheduled election on November 8, 2022. If any of the recall propositions pass, the removal would take place 10 days after the Board certifies the election. Mayor Breed would then appoint a replacement to serve the remaining months of the term. Recall supporters focus on the delayed reopening of schools, the attempt to rename dozens of schools, the Washington High mural controversy, and the revised Lowell High admission standards.

Proposition A: Recall Measure Regarding Alison Collins

Shall Alison Collins be recalled (removed) from the School Board for the San Francisco Unified School District?

Yes: SF Republican Party; State Treasurer Fiona Ma; Mayor London Breed; State Sen. Scott Wiener; Supervisor Matt Haney; CA Democratic Party Vice Chair David Campos; former Mayor Art Agnos; former Board President Matt Gonzalez; Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club; Bay Area Reporter; SF Chronicle; SF Examiner

No: SF Green Party; Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton; City College Board of Trustees President Shanell Williams; SF Democratic Party Chair Honey Mahogany; former Assemblymember Tom Ammiano; NAACP SF; SEIU 1021; SF Bay Guardian; SF Bay View; SF Berniecrats; United Educators of SF

Proposition B: Recall Measure Regarding Gabriela López

Shall Gabriela López be recalled (removed) from the School Board for the San Francisco Unified School District?

Yes: SF Republican Party; State Treasurer Fiona Ma; Mayor London Breed; State Sen. Scott Wiener; City College Board of Trustee Thea Selby; former Mayor Art Agnos; former Board President Matt Gonzalez; Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club; Bay Area Reporter; SF Chronicle; SF Examiner

Proposition C: Recall Measure Regarding Faauuga Moliga

Shall Faauuga Moliga be recalled (removed) from the School Board for the San Francisco Unified School District?

State Assembly, District 17

All four have ties to Bay Area colleges - Campos, Haney, and Mahmood to Stanford, Selby and Haney to UC Berkeley. They are running to replace David Chiu, who became City Attorney of SF. Campos previously ran against Chiu in a very tight 2014 election for this seat representing the eastern half of SF, including the Castro, Mission, Bayview, South of Market, and Chinatown neighborhoods. If nobody wins a majority of votes, the runoff election would be April 19.

David Campos

The former District 9 Supervisor - and current Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party - spearheaded legislation starting CleanPowerSF and targeting Airbnb rentals. Campos also served briefly as Chief of Staff for District Attorney Chesa Boudin and in a couple of roles in Santa Clara County. Campos supports the recall of Alison Collins.

Endorsements: Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis; Assemblymember Phil Ting; District Attorney Chesa Boudin; former Mayor Willie Brown; Bay Area Reporter; CA Nurses Assn. (dual); CA Teachers Assn.; SF Bay Guardian; Sierra Club SF

Matt Haney

The District 6 Supervisor authored the Overpaid CEO Tax in 2020, and pushed through the homeless-in-hotels program during the pandemic, as well as 24-hour public bathrooms starting in 2019. While serving on the SF School Board, Haney proposed renaming Washington High due to slavery connections, and ending the current all-choice-based student lottery system. Haney supports the recall of Alison Collins.

Endorsements: Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond; Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton; SF Democratic Party Chair and Haney's legislative aide Honey Mahogany; CA Nurses Assn. (dual); SEIU CA; SF Bike Coalition; SF Examiner

Bilal Mahmood

The former Policy Analyst in the Obama Administration has co-founded Gumball Capital, ClearBrain, and 13 Fund foundation. Mahmood, whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, supports the recall of all three School Board members.

Endorsements: Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club (dual); Families for SF; GrowSF; SF Women's Political Committee; SF YIMBY; 314 Action Fund

Thea Selby

The City College of San Francisco Board of Trustee created the Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association and was a founding member of the San Francisco Tenant Riders. Selby supports the recall of all three School Board members.

Endorsements: State Treasurer Fiona Ma; Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf; SFMTA Board Chair Gwyneth Borden; former Superintendent of Public Instruction Delanie Eastin; CA Legislative Women's Caucus

Randy's Guide 5-7-9: Recall Election

2021-09-14T09:57:00.000-07:00

California's recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom is today! Every registered voter receives a ballot and a return envelope to address two questions. The ballot must be postmarked, dropped off at a polling location, or filled out at a polling place by today. So far, roughly 37% of registered voters have submitted their ballots. The last California recall in 2003 had 61% turnout and passed 55% to 45%. Arnold Schwarzenegger won with 49% of the vote.

(1) Shall Gavin Newsom be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?

RealClearPolitics:

Question 1: 42% Yes (remove); 56% No (do not remove); 2% Undecided [9/6-9/13]

538:

Question 1: 42% Yes (remove); 57% No (do not remove); 1% Undecided [updated 9/14]

In favor (Yes): CA Libertarian Party; CA Republican Party; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA); former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R); Bakersfield Californian; LA Daily News; OC Register

Against (No): CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; President Joe Biden (D); Vice President Kamala Harris (D); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); LA Times; Sacramento Bee; SF Chronicle; ACLU CA; CA Teachers Association; Human Rights Campaign; Planned Parenthood CA

(2) Candidates to succeed Gavin Newsom as Governor if he is recalled

RealClearPolitics:

Question 2: 35% Larry Elder (R); 8% Kevin Paffrath (D); 5% Kevin Faulconer (R); 5% John Cox (R); 3% Kevin Kiley (R); 3% Jacqueline McGowan (D); 3% John Drake (D); 2% Brandon Ross (D); 2% Caitlyn Jenner (R); 34% Other/Undecided/Blank [9/6-9/13]

538:

Question 2: 30% Larry Elder (R); 6% Kevin Paffrath (D); 5% Kevin Faulconer (R); 59% Other/Undecided/Blank [updated 9/14]

Blank: a strategy endorsed by the CA Democratic Party

Larry Elder (R): a radio show host endorsed by the American Independent Party, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), former State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero (D-CA), Westminster Mayor Tri Ta, actor Clint Eastwood, Long Beach Press-Telegram, and OC Register

Kevin Paffrath (D): a real estate broker with a popular YouTube channel

Kevin Faulconer (R): a former Mayor of San Diego endorsed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), State Assembly Minority Leader Marie Waldron (R-Escondido), State Senate Minority Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), Bakersfield Californian, Los Angeles Times, Crime Victims United, and San Diego Chamber of Commerce

John Cox (R): a businessman who ran against Governor Newsom in the 2018 gubernatorial race

Kevin Kiley (R): a State Assemblyman of Rocklin endorsed by former Rep. Doug Ose (R-CA) and blog RedState

Jacqueline McGowan (D): a Napa cannabis advocate who polled 5% two separate times during August

John Drake (D): a 20-year-old Latvian immigrant in Ventura

Brandon Ross (D): a physician-attorney from the San Diego area

Caitlyn Jenner (R): a media celebrity and former Olympian assisted by former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale

Others:

Dan Kapelovitz (G): a criminal law attorney endorsed by the CA Green Party and former Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein (G)

Jeff Hewitt (L): a Riverside County Board of Supervisor endorsed by the CA Libertarian Party

Randy's Guide 5-7-8: General Election

2020-10-17T22:20:00.003-07:00

California's deadline for voter registration online or postmarked is October 19. Do it today at https://registertovote.ca.gov. You can also same-day register in person while voting at a polling location.

In San Francisco, early voting started in front of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (99 Grove St). Polling center hours are 8am-5pm weekdays, as well as 10am-4pm for the two weekends prior to Election Day. You can check your polling location or wait time at https://sfelections.org/tools/map_poll_time.

Election Day is November 3... less than three weeks away! Polls will be open 7am-8pm. As long as you are in line at 8pm, you will be permitted to vote. You can drop off your mail-in ballot at any polling location within your registered county. A mailed ballot must be postmarked by Election Day for it to be countable.

The State ballot is long. The SF and CA election books are over 300 pages combined! Besides the presidential and House races, there are 12 California propositions, 1 Bay Area measure, and 12 SF propositions. Six of 11 SF Supervisor districts, half of State Senate districts, all State Assembly districts, and other local positions are up for a vote.

- 12 State Measures -

Proposition 14: Stem Cell Research

Authorize $5.5 billion in bonds to continue funding for stem cell research.

YES: CA Democratic Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu; SF Mayor London Breed; Bay Area Reporter; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Equality CA; SF AIDS Foundation; SF Chamber of Commerce; United Auto Workers

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Green Party; CA Libertarian Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; SF Bay Guardian; CA Nurses; SPUR

Proposition 15: Commercial Property Tax Increase

Adjust most commercial property tax rates to current market value, instead of purchase price, to help fund education.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden; VT Sen. Bernie Sanders; Mayor London Breed; SF Chronicle; LA Times; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; CA Nurses; CA Teachers; Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative; SEIU CA; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Libertarian Party; former Gov. Pete Wilson; OC Register; CA American Legion; CA Chamber of Commerce; CA Craft Brewers Association; CA Farm Bureau Federation; Public Storage; SF Chinatown Merchants Association

Proposition 16: Affirmative Action

Repeal Proposition 209 (1996) to allow race, sex, and ethnicity as factors for public schools, employment, or contracts.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; Sen. Kamala Harris; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu; SF Mayor London Breed; LA Mayor Eric Garcetti; former Presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Tom Steyer; SF Chronicle; LA Times; San Jose Mercury News; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; ACLU; CA Teachers; Equality CA; Golden State Warriors; Kaiser Permanente; Japanese American Citizens League; PG&E; SEIU CA; SF Chamber of Commerce; SPUR

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Libertarian Party; former UC Regent Ward Connerly; OC Register; Wall Street Journal; Asian-American Coalition for Education

Proposition 17: Voter Registration for Paroled

Amend State Constitution to permit those on state parole to register to vote.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Libertarian Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; ACLU; CA Nurses; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: CA Republican Party; Crime Victims United

Proposition 18: 17-Year-Old Voters in Primary

Amend State Constitution to permit 17-year-olds who will turn 18 by the general election to vote in the primary.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Libertarian Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; SF Chronicle; LA Times; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; CA Nurses; SF Bike Coalition; SPUR

NO: CA Republican Party; San Jose Mercury News; OC Register

Proposition 19: Homeowner Property Tax Adjustment

Permit certain homeowners to transfer their original home's property tax base value to a replacement home, and adjust tax benefits on property transfers.

YES: CA Democratic Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; State Sen. Scott Wiener; Bay Area Reporter; San Diego Union-Tribune; CA Firefighters; CA Nurses; CA Realtors; SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; SF Bay Guardian

Proposition 20: Tougher Criminal Penalties

Limit parole access, authorize felony charges for certain theft misdemeanors, and require DNA samples for certain misdemeanors.

YES: CA Republican Party; State Asm. Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove); San Diego Union-Tribune; Albertsons Safeway; CA Correctional Peace Officers

NO: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Libertarian Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; ACLU; CA Nurses; CA Teachers; Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative; SEIU CA; SPUR

Proposition 21: Rent Control Expansion

Permit local governments to establish rent control on older properties.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; VT Sen. Bernie Sanders; Rep. Barbara Lee; State Asm. David Chiu; LA Times; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; ACLU; AIDS Healthcare Foundation; CA Nurses; SEIU CA; Sierra Club

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Libertarian Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; SF Chronicle; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; Avalonbay Communities; CA Builders Alliance; CA Chamber of Commerce; CA Electrical Workers; CA Veterans of Foreign Wars; NAACP; SPUR

Proposition 22: Exemption for App-Based Transportation Companies

Overturn State law to classify drivers for app-based rideshare and delivery companies as independent contractors with certain benefits.

YES: CA Republican Party; CA Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; CA Chamber of Commerce; CA Police Officers; DoorDash; Lyft; Postmates; Uber; Mothers Against Drunk Driving; NAACP; Nisei Farmers League

NO: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Kamala Harris; MA Sen. Elizabeth Warren; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu; LA Times; NY Times; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; CA Nurses; CA Teachers; SEIU; Sierra Club; SF Bike Coalition; SPUR

Proposition 23: Kidney Dialysis Regulation

Add regulations to the operation of outpatient kidney dialysis clinics.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Green Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; SEIU

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; CA Chamber of Commerce; CA Medical Association; CA Veterans of Foreign Wars; DaVita; SPUR

Proposition 24: Consumer Privacy Laws

Change the regulation of consumer personal information.

YES: CA Peace and Freedom Party; State Controller Betty Yee; State Asm. David Chiu; former Presidential candidate Andrew Yang; LA Times; CA Firefighters; NAACP

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Green Party; CA Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; ACLU; CA Nurses; LA Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 25: Replacement of Money Bail System

Replace money bail system with one based on flight risk and public safety.

YES: CA Democratic Party; CA Peace and Freedom Party; Gov. Gavin Newsom; Rep. Barbara Lee; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Assm. David Chiu; Clippers' owner Steve Ballmer; SF Chronicle; LA Times; OC Register; San Jose Mercury News; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; CA Federation of Teachers; CA Nurses; SEIU CA; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: CA Republican Party; CA Green Party; Aladdin Bail Bonds; CA Peace Officers; NAACP

1 Regional Measure:

Measure RR: Caltrain Sales Tax

Increase sales taxes in Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties by 0.125% to preserve and expand Caltrain service. Requires 2/3 vote to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; Mayor London Breed; San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo; SF Chronicle; San Jose Mercury News; Bay Area Reporter; SF Chamber of Commerce; SF Bike Coalition; SF Giants; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: SF Green Party

12 Local Measures:

Proposition A: Quality of Life

Issue $487.5 billion in bonds to fund mental health facilities, supportive housing, parks, streets, and plazas. Requires 2/3 vote to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; Mayor London Breed; all 11 Board of Supervisors; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; Sing Tao Daily; Boys & Girls Clubs SF; SF Bike Coalition; SF Chamber of Commerce; Sierra Club; SPUR; Walk SF

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Green Party; SF Libertarian Party

Proposition B: Department of Sanitation and Streets

Shift some Department of Public Works duties, such as cleaning sidewalks and maintaining public restrooms, to a new Department of Sanitation and Streets. Create two new commissions to oversee both departments.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; District Attorney Chesa Boudin; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; Sierra Club

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; SPUR

Proposition C: Removal of Citizenship Requirement for City Commissions

Remove requirement for citizenship and voter registration to serve on SF commissions, boards, and advisory bodies.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; SF Libertarian Party; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; La Raza Community Resource Center; SF Bike Coalition; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Chronicle

Proposition D: Sheriff Oversight

Create new Office of Inspector General and Oversight Board to monitor, investigate, and provide recommendations for changes in the Sheriff's Department.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; SF Libertarian Party; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu; District Attorney Chesa Boudin; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

Proposition E: Police Staffing

Remove minimum SFPD staffing requirements in place since 1994.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Green Party

Proposition F: Business Tax Overhaul

Alter business taxes, including the elimination of the payroll expense tax and an increase in the gross receipts tax rate for larger businesses.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; Mayor London Breed; all 11 Board of Supervisors; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; Glide Foundation; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party; SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition G: Youth Voting in Local Elections

Lower the age for U.S. citizens voting on local candidates and ballot measures to 16.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; Mayor London Breed; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Chronicle

Proposition H: Neighborhood Commercial Districts

Increase and speed up implementation of permissible uses in Planning Code.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; Mayor London Breed; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; Sing Tao Daily; Golden Gate Restaurant Association; SF Bike Coalition; SF Chamber of Commerce; SPUR

NO: SF Green Party; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021

Proposition I: Real Estate Transfer Tax

Increase transfer taxes on the sale or lease of long-term real estate valued at least $10 million.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; State Asm. Phil Ting; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; Sierra Club; SF Bike Coalition; SF Tenants Union

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; Golden Gate Restaurant Association; SF Chamber of Commerce; SF Firefighters; SPUR; Vanguard Property Management

Proposition J: Parcel Tax

Lower annual parcel tax, but expand to include those aged 65 or older, for spending on SFUSD. Requires 2/3 vote to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; State Sen. Scott Wiener; Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; Mayor London Breed; all 11 Board of Supervisors; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SEIU 1021; SF Bay Guardian; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Green Party; SF Libertarian Party

Proposition K: Affordable Housing Authorization

Permit SF to own, acquire, and develop up to 10,000 units of affordable rental housing.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; all 11 Board of Supervisors; SF Chronicle; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; Sing Tao Daily; Coalition on Homelessness; SEIU 1021; SF Bike Coalition; Sierra Club; SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party

Proposition L: Business Tax Increase for Companies with Unequal Pay

Pay additional tax if top executive's pay is more than 100 times the median compensation paid to employees.

YES: SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; State Sen. Scott Wiener; State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting; District Attorney Chesa Boudin; Bay Area Reporter; SF Bay Guardian; SEIU 1021; Sierra Club

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Chronicle; SF Chamber of Commerce

Randy's Guide 5-7-7: Super Tuesday

2020-02-23T21:50:00.001-08:00

Lucky us, most voters will be treated to two elections this year. Like 2008, California will participate in February's Super Tuesday, which awards more than one-third of the pledged delegates in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. The state has a top-two system for its State Senate and Assembly races, meaning that the two candidates who get the most votes will advance to the November general election. California also has one statewide proposition.

San Francisco, meanwhile, offers five local propositions. Early voting has already begun at SF City Hall. Same-day voter registration is now available.

The primary is on Tuesday, March 3. Turnout in the 2016 primary was about 57%, while 2008 saw roughly 65%.

CA Proposition 13: Bonds for Public Education Facilities

Authorize $15 billion in bonds to fund facilities for preschools, K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities. Place new restrictions on developer fees.

YES: CA Democratic Party, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, Los Angeles Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Federation of Teachers, CA SEIU, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club

NO: CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, SF Peace and Freedom Party, Orange County Register, San Jose Mercury News

SF Proposition A: City College Facilities

Authorize $845 million in bonds to fund facilities for City College of SF, in accordance with seismic and energy-efficiency standards. Requires 55% of votes to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Club, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party

SF Proposition B: Earthquake Safety and Response

Authorize $628.5 million in bonds on improvements to facilities used for emergency response and recovery. Requires two-third of votes to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, Former Mayor Willie Brown, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBTQ Club, Golden State Warriors, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Firefighters 798, SF Police Officers Association, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: -none-

SF Proposition C: Retiree Health Care for Former Housing Authority Employees

Extend retiree health care benefits to former Housing Authority employees hired by the City and County of SF.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: -none-

Proposition D: Vacancy Tax

Apply an increasing tax, starting at $250 per square foot, for any ground-level available retail property kept vacant for at least half of the calendar year. Use proceeds to help small businesses. Requires two-third of votes to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, State Asm. David Chiu, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, Haight-Ashbury Merchants Association, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition E: Limits on Office Development

Tie the approval of large development projects to meeting affordable housing goals.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SF Tenants Union, Todco (real estate developer)

NO: SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, State Sen. Scott Wiener, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Housing Action Coalition, SPUR

U.S. House of Representatives - 12th District

The San Francisco seat has been occupied by Nancy Pelosi (D), currently House Speaker, since 1987. Pelosi hinted that she may retire in 2022. She has five challengers this term.

Shahid Buttar (D) has progressive endorsements from the Berniecrats, League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Tenants Union, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, former US Senator Mike Gravel, actress Susan Sarandon, and Dr. Cornel West.

John Dennis (R) has conservative endorsements from the SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), SF Log Cabin Republicans, and Chinese American Alliance.

The other three candidates are Agatha Bacelar (D), Tom Gallagher (D), and DeAnna Lorraine (R).

CA State Senate - 11th District

Scott Wiener (D) seeks re-election and has endorsements from top officials (Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Kamala Harris, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed), newspapers (Sing Tao Daily, Bay Area Reporter), and organizations (SEIU CA, Equality CA, CA Democratic Party, United Farm Workers, CA Bike Coalition).

Jackie FIelder (D) has endorsements from three Board of Supervisors (Gordon Mar, Dean Preston, Hillary Ronen), SF Democratic Party Chair David Campos, former State Asm. Tom Ammiano, former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, the SF Bay Guardian, SF Berniecrats, CA Teachers Association, and the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Club.

Erin Smith (R) has the backing of the SF Republican Party.

Democratic Party Presidential Primary

Eight main candidates remain in the race to be the nominee for the Democratic Party. There are also four minor candidates and seven approved write-in candidates for the Democratic Party. California has 416 pledged delegates tied to the results on March 3.

Joe Biden: fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire, second in Nevada

Endorsements include: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA), Secretary of State Alex Padilla (CA), Rep. Charlie Crist (FL), Gov. Andrew Cuomo (NY), former Secretary of State John Kerry, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, actor Alec Baldwin, Las Vegas Sun, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Michael Bloomberg: not on the ballot for Iowa, New Hampshire, or Nevada

Endorsements include: SF Mayor London Breed, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Gov. Gina Raimondo (RI), author Thomas Friedman, Judge Judy Sheindlin, and actor Clint Eastwood.

Pete Buttigieg: first (though still contested) in Iowa delegates, second in New Hampshire, third in Nevada

Endorsements include: San Diego Union Tribune, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis (CA), State Sen. President Toni Atkins (CA), Austin Mayor Steve Adler, former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, actor George Takei, actress Sharon Stone, musician Ben Harper, and Equality CA.

Tulsi Gabbard: eighth in Iowa, seventh in New Hampshire, seventh in Nevada

Endorsements include: Former Sen. Mike Gravel (AK), former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH), former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson (LIB), and singer Dave Navarro.

Amy Klobuchar: fifth in Iowa, third in New Hampshire, sixth in Nevada (based on county delegates)

Endorsements include: Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA), former Vice President Walter Mondale, singer Clay Aiken, actress Jane Lynch, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, New York Times, Seattle Times, and Houston Chronicle.

Bernie Sanders: second in Iowa delegates, first in New Hampshire, first in Nevada

Endorsements include: SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin, former SF Supervisor Jane Kim, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Attorney General Keith Ellison (MN), NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, writer Noam Chomsky, filmmaker Michael Moore, comedian Sarah Silverman, rappers Lizzo and Cardi B, SF Bay Guardian, and American Federation of Teachers.

Tom Steyer: seventh in Iowa, sixth in New Hampshire, fifth in Nevada

Endorsements include: State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (SC), musicians TLC, and rapper MC Lyte.

Elizabeth Warren: third in Iowa, fourth in New Hampshire, fourth in Nevada

Endorsements include: State Sen. Scott Wiener (CA), State Asm. David Chiu (CA), Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro (TX), former Gov. Michael Dukakis (MA), soccer player Megan Rapinoe, singer John Legend, author Stephen King, and New York Times.

Randy's Guide 5-7-6: Election Special

2019-10-23T22:51:00.001-07:00

It's been a long time coming.

Election Day is in less than two weeks on November 5 in a majority of California counties, including Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Francisco.

For San Francisco, the ballot has high-profile races for Mayor, District Attorney, and a Board of Supervisor seat (my district!).

- Mayor -

London Breed

The current Mayor will likely cruise to victory for her first full term.

Endorsements: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Bay Area Reporter, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Kamala Harris, State Senator Scott Wiener, Assemblymember David Chiu, SF Democratic Party, SF Bike Coalition, SEIU 1021, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club

The other candidates are: Robert L. Jordan, Jr. (preacher); Wilma Pang (retired music professor); Paul Ybarra Robertson (small business owner); Ellen Lee Zhou (behavior health clinician), who finished fifth in last year's Mayoral election; and Joel Ventresca (retired airport analyst), who has the support of the SF Green Party.

- District Attorney -

Chesa Boudin

The Deputy Public Defender runs as the reform candidate.

Endorsements: Five Board of Supervisors, SF Green Party (#1), SF Libertarian Party, SEIU 1021 (#1), Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats

Suzy Loftus

The interim District Attorney received negative press for what some deemed as an inside ploy to give her an advantage for the general election.

Endorsements: San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, Seven Board of Supervisors, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Dianne Feinstein, State Senator Scott Wiener, State Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, Mayor London Breed, SF Democratic Party, SEIU 1021 (#2), Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Planned Parenthood, SF Bike Coalition

Nancy Tung (Deputy District Attorney) has the support of the Alameda County District Attorney, at the office she currently works.

Leif Dautch (Deputy Attorney General) counts State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Sierra Club (#2), SF Firefighters 798, and SF Deputy Sheriffs' Association among his supporters.

- Board of Supervisors, District 5 -

Dean Preston

The neighborhood activist flanks from the left.

Endorsements: SF Bay Guardian, SF Green Party (#1), Six Board of Supervisors, Jane Kim, Mark Leno, Tom Ammiano, Sierra Club, SF Berniecrats, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

Vallie Brown

The appointed supervisor tries to gain re-election to a full term.

Endorsements: San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Senator Dianne Feinstein, State Senator Scott Weiner, State Assemblymember David Chiu, Mayor London Breed, Five Board of Supervisors, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party (#2), Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club

The other two candidates are Ryan Lam (political journalist) and Nomvula O'Meara (film producer).

- City Propositions -

Proposition A: Affordable Housing Bond

Sell $600 million in bonds to buy, build, and repair housing for low-income people, seniors, and teachers. Needs 2/3 majority to pass.

YES: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Bay Area Register, State Senator Scott Wiener, State Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, Rep. Jackie Speier, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Democratic Party, Sierra Club, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Berniecrats, SPUR, Glide Foundation, MEDA, Mercy Housing

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party

Proposition B: Department of Disability and Aging Services

Rename the Department of Aging and Adult Services and its commission, and add new qualifications to serving on the commission.

YES: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Bay Area Reporter, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Democratic Party, Meals on Wheels, SPUR

NO: none

Proposition C: Vapor Products

Modify the e-cigarette ban to allow for the sale of e-cigarettes with new regulations.

YES: SF Libertarian Party, Chinese American Democratic Club, Juul Labs

NO: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Sing Tao Daily, LA Times, Senator Dianne Feinstein, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jackie Speier, State Senator Scott Wiener, State Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, Michael Bloomberg, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, American Heart Association, Kaiser Permanente, SF Berniecrats, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, SPUR, Sierra Club

Proposition D: Traffic Congestion Mitigation Tax

Impose a 1.5% tax on shred rides and a 3.25% tax on private rides from rideshare or driverless-vehicle companies for 25 years to fund improvements for buses, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Needs 2/3 majority to pass.

YES: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Bay Area Reporter, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Democratic Party, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Sierra Club, SF Bike Coalition, SPUR, SF Chamber of Commerce, Walk SF, Uber, Lyft

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Green Party

Proposition E: Affordable Housing and Educator Housing

Expedite affordable housing and educator housing projects.

YES: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Bay Area Reporter, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Democratic Party, Sierra Club, SF Berniecrats, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, SPUR, MEDA, Mercy Housing

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party

Proposition F: Campaign Contributions and Advertisements

Restrict contributions from LLCs, LLPs, and certain property owners awaiting land-use approval. Increase visibility of contributors to advertisements.

YES: SF Examiner, SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats, Sierra Club

NO: SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SPUR

Randy's Guide 5-7-2: Election Special

2018-10-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

The November 6 California General Election is less than three weeks away. Register to vote by October 22... do it online! Any vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dropped off at a precinct within your registered county by Election Day.

California voters will face 11 statewide propositions and statewide office elections including Governor and Senator. Sorry, the one about splitting up California was removed from the ballot, but high-profile propositions about rent control and the gas tax repeal remain on the ballot. For SF voters, five local propositions, five district supervisors, and other offices including the US House and CA Assembly. Drawing the most attention is a homeless measure that increases taxes on larger businesses.

CA Proposition 1: Bonds for Housing Assistance

Authorizes $4 billion in bonds to fund existing housing programs for low-income individuals, veterans, families, and farmworkers.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Scott Weiner, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, CA Sierra Club, Chan Zuckerberg Advocacy, NRDC, SF Berniecrats, SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, CA Republican Party, SF Green Party, OC Register

CA Proposition 2: Bonds for Housing Assistance

Issues up to $2 billion in authorized bonds to fund a housing program for individuals with mental illness.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, CA Republican Party, SF Green Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, Chan Zuckerberg Advocacy, SF Berniecrats, SPUR

NO: CA Libertarian Party, OC Register

CA Proposition 3: Bonds for Water Projects

Authorizes more than $8.8 billion in bonds for water infrastructure projects.

YES: Fresno Bee, CA Governor candidate John Cox, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, State Asm. Phil Ting, Supervisor Aaron Peskin, CA Agricultural Council, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA Waterfowl Association, SPUR

NO: CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, LA Times, OC Register, Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA League of Women Voters, CA Sierra Club, SF Berniecrats

CA Proposition 4: Bonds for Children's Hospitals

Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds to fund children's hospitals.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Kevin de Leon, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA SEIU, CA Teachers, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, CA Republican Party, SF Green Party, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, CA League of Women Voters

CA Proposition 5: Property Transfer Changes

Removes certain property transfer requirements for those over 55 years old or severely disabled, or for contaminated or disaster-destroyed property.

YES: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Realtors

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, CA Teachers, SF Berniecrats

CA Proposition 6: Repeal of 2017 Transportation Tax

Repeals 2017 tax and fee provisions to fund transportation needs.

YES: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register, CA Governor candidate John Cox, House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Gov. Jerry Brown, BART, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, CA Sierra Club, SF Berniecrats, SF Bike Coalition, SPUR

CA Proposition 7: Daylight Savings Time Change

Permits the legislature to make future changes to the daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Republican Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats

NO: Sacramento Bee, SF Chronicle

CA Proposition 8: Limit on Dialysis Charges

Limits patient charges, implements penalty structure, and requires reporting by outpatient kidney dialysis clinics.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, SF Bay Guardian, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, CA Public Employees' Retirement System, CA SEIU, SF Berniecrats

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, LA Times, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Medical Association, CA Veterans of Foreign Wars, DaVita Medical Group

CA Proposition 10: Rent Control

Permits local governments to enact rent control measures on residential property.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, LA Times, Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, Rep. Barbara Lee, State Sen. Kevin de Leon, Supervisor Jane Kim, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, CA Sierra Club, CA Teachers, National Urban League, SF Berniecrats, Western Center on Law & Poverty

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register, San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, CA Governor candidate John Cox, former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Avalon Bay Communities, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA NAACP, CA VFW, SPUR

CA Proposition 11: Private-Sector Ambulance Employee Changes

Requires private-sector emergency ambulance employees to remain on call during work breaks, and eliminates some employer liability.

YES: CA Republican Party, Fresno Bee, LA Times, OC Register, San Jose Mercury News, CA Ambulance Association

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA SEIU, CA Teachers, SF Berniecrats,

CA Proposition 12: Farm Animal Standards

Provides more space for certain farm animals, and bans the sale of products that violate these standards.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, CA SEIU, CA Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Humane Society, SF Berniecrats, SPCA

NO: CA Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sacramento Bee, SF Chronicle, CA Egg Farmers, PETA

SF Proposition A: Bonds for Embarcadero Seawall

Authorizes $425 million in bonds to upgrade the Embarcadero seawall.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, former State Sen. Mark Leno, Giants CEO Larry Baer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Tenants Union

SF Proposition B: City Privacy Guidelines

Create privacy guidelines for City agencies to protect personal information.

YES: SF Democratic Party, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SEIU 1021, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SPUR

SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party

SF Proposition C: Business Tax for Homeless Services

Raise large business taxes, by up to 0.69% of gross revenues or 1.5% of payroll expenses, to fund housing, mental health, and hygiene services for homeless or at-risk homeless individuals.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Examiner, comedian Chris Rock, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Supervisor Jane Kim, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Bi-Rite Market, Chinatown Community Development Center, Glide Foundation, SEIU 1021, SF Bike Coalition, SF Sierra Club, SF Teachers, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Asm. David Chiu, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers

SF Proposition D: Cannabis Business Tax

Impose up to a 7% tax on cannabis businesses starting in 2021.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Chamber of Commerce

SF Proposition E: Distribution of Hotel Tax to the Arts

Distribute up to 1.5% of existing hotel tax revenues for arts and cultural purposes.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Opera Association, SF Sierra Club, SF Teachers

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Examiner

CA Senator

The six-year term for US Senator is between State Sen. Kevin de Leon (D) and four-term incumbent Dianne Feinstein (D).

* Kevin de Leon: CA Democratic Party, Daily Kos, SF Bay Guardian, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Rep. Ro Khanna, Supervisor Jane Kim, CA SEIU, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats

* Dianne Feinstein: LA Times, OC Register, SF Chronicle, former President Barack Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kamala Harris, SF Mayor London Breed, Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, CA National Organization of Women, Human Rights Campaign, United Farm Workers

CA Governor

The six-year term for CA Governor is between John Cox (R) and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

* John Cox: CA Republican Party, OC Register, President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, CA Peace Officers

* Gavin Newsom: CA Democratic Party, LA Times, SF Chronicle, former President Barack Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown, CA Sierra Club, CA SEIU, CA Teachers

Randy's Guide 5-6-0: Election Special

2018-05-19T11:46:00.002-07:00

The June 5 California Primary is less than three weeks away. You have two days left to register to vote... do it online! Any vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dropped off at a precinct within your registered county by Election Day.

Without further ado, California voters will face five statewide propositions and statewide office primaries including Governor and Senator. For SF voters, you'll decide on a regional proposition to raise bridge tolls, nine local propositions including a flavored tobacco ban, and local offices including Mayor.

CA Proposition 68: Bond for parks and other natural resources

Authorize $4.1 billion in bonds for the creation and rehabilitation of parks, natural resources protection, water quality and supply, and flood protection.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, LA Times, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, CA Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Save the Redwoods League

NO: CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, OC Register

CA Proposition 69: Restriction on the use of transportation revenues

Require through constitutional amendment that 2017 transportation revenues from a diesel tax and a vehicle license fee be used only for transportation purposes.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, CA SEIU, SF BART District

NO: CA Libertarian Party

CA Proposition 70: Restriction on the use of cap-and-trade revenues

Require through constitutional amendment that cap-and-trade revenues cannot be accessed unless by two-thirds legislative vote starting in 2024.

YES: Gov. Jerry Brown, CA Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA League of Women Voters, CA Sierra Club, CA SEIU, NRDC

CA Proposition 71: Ballot measure effective date

Require through constitutional amendment a delay in the effective date for ballot measures to five days after the Secretary of State certifies election results.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Republican Party, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Women Voters

NO: CA Libertarian Party

CA Proposition 72: Rain-capture system tax exemption

Require through constitutional amendment that the CA legislature can exempt rain-capture system construction from property tax reassessment.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Republican Party, LA Times, OC Register, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA League of Cities, CA League of Women Voters, Save the Bay

NO: none

Regional Measure 3: Bay Area traffic relief plan

Authorize three toll increases on all Bay Area bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge over the next seven years to pay for transportation projects, including the purchase of new BART cars, the construction of carpool lanes in Marin and Sonoma counties, and the extension of CalTrain to downtown San Francisco.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, SF Mayor Mark Farrell, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, CA League of Cities, Save the Bay, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, Palo Alto Weekly, San Mateo Daily Journal; SF Berniecrats

SF Proposition A: Public utilities revenue bonds

Authorize the SF Public Utilities Commission to issue revenue bonds to build or improve clean energy power plants, following approval by voters and the Board of Supervisors.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Assm. David Chiu and Phil Ting, Mayor Mark Farrell, all 11 Board of Supervisors, mayoral candidate Mark Leno, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, mayoral candidate Angela Alioto, SF Chamber of Commerce

SF Proposition B: Regulation on appointed commissioner system

Prohibit an appointed member of a board or commissioner from running for office simultaneously.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, Supervisor Jane Kim; SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club

SF Proposition C: Commercial rent tax for child care and education

Impose a tax of 1 - 3.5% on revenues collected for leasing most commercial spaces primarily to fund early childhood education for low- and middle-income families. NOTE: Only the higher vote recipient between Proposition C or D will pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Bay Guardian, Chinatown CDC, Harvey Milk LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SF Teachers, SF Tenants Union

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Examiner, SPUR

SF Proposition D: Commercial rent tax for housing and homelessness

Impose a tax of 1.7% on revenues collected for leasing some commercial spaces primarily to fund housing for homeless individuals and other vulnerable residents. NOTE: Only the higher vote recipient between Proposition C or D will pass.

YES: Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisor London Breed, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Sing Tao Daily, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, Kaiser Permanente, Self Help for the Elderly, SF Firefighters, SF Police Officers

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, mayoral candidate Angela Alioto, SF Bay Guardian, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce; SF Tenants Union

SF Proposition E: Ban on flavored tobacco

Prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Asm. David Chiu, State Sen. Scott Weiner, Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisors London Breed and Jane Kim, Mayoral candidates Mark Leno, Angela Alioto, Amy Weiss, and Ellen Zhou, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, American Heart Association, Kaiser Permanente, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Rossi's Deli, SF Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Ted's Market & Deli

SF Proposition F: Representation for evicted tenants

Provide legal representation for all tenants facing eviction.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Supervisor Jane Kim, mayoral candidates Mark Leno and Angela Alioto, SF Bay Guardian, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Sierra Club, SF Teachers, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce

SF Proposition G: Parcel tax for SFUSD

Collect $298 per parcel of taxable property to increase staffing, salaries, benefits, technology, and professional development within the San Francisco Unified School District.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Asm. Phil Ting and David Chiu, State Sen. Scott Weiner, Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisors London Breed and Jane Kim, mayoral candidates Mark Leno and Angela Alioto, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SEIU 1021, SF Teachers, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party

SF Proposition H: Use of tasers by SFPD

Authorize the purchase and use of tasers by the San Francisco Police Department, subject to certain conditions.

YES: SF Republican Party, State Sen. Scott Weiner, mayoral candidate Angela Alioto, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers Association

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, District Attorney George Gascon, Supervisors Jane Kim and London Breed, mayoral candidate Mark Leno, Police Chief Bill Scott, SEIU 1021, SF Bay Guardian, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, ACLU of Northern CA, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SF Bike Coalition, SF Tenants Union, SPUR

SF Proposition I: Restriction on sports teams

Discourage the move of sports teams to San Francisco, and encourage the payment of public debt.

YES: SF Libertarian Party, SF Bay Guardian

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

SF Mayor

Voters are permitted to rank up to three candidates in order of preference. The candidate in last place will have his/her votes shifted to the voter's next listed preference. Once a candidate has a majority of votes, the instant election runoff is complete.

* Amy Farah Weiss:

#2 choice - SF Berniecrats

#3 choice - SF League of Pissed Off Voters

* Angela Alioto:

#1 choice - SF Police Officers

* Ellen Lee Zhou

None listed.

* Jane Kim:

#1 choice - SF Green Party (tie); SF Bay Guardian (tie); SF Examiner; CA Nurses Association; Harvey Milk LGBT Club (tie); SEIU 1021 Local; SF Berniecrats; SF Bike Coalition (tie); SF League of Pissed Off Voters; SF Sierra Club (tie); SF Tenants Union (tie)

#2 choice - SF Democratic Party; SF Teachers

* London Breed:

#1 choice - Sen. Kamala Harris (tie); Rep. Barbara Lee; State Asm. David Chiu; State Sen. Scott Wiener (tie); former Secretary of State George Schultz; tech investor Ron Conway; comedian Chelsea Handler; SF Chronicle; SF Firefighters

#2 choice - SEIU 1021 Local

#3 choice - SF Teachers

* Mark Leno:

#1 choice - SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party (tie); Sen. Kamala Harris (tie); State Sen. Scott Wiener (tie); State Asm. Phil Ting; SF Bay Guardian (tie); Alice B Toklas LGBT Club; Harvey Milk LGBT Club (tie); SF Bike Coalition (tie); SF Sierra Club (tie); SF Tenants Union (tie); SF Teachers

#2 choice - SF Examiner; Alice B Toklas LGBT Club; CA Nurses Association; SF League of Pissed Off Voters

#3 choice - SEIU 1021 Local; SF Berniecrats

* Michelle Bravo

None listed

* Richie Greenberg

#1 choice - SF Republican Party; Log Cabin Republicans; SF Small Property Owners

Randy's Guide 4-9-7: Political Edition

2016-10-20T22:59:00.002-07:00

The 2016 election season is rapidly drawing to a close. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. Nationwide, we'll all have a say on the next U.S. President and House of Representatives.

In California's 224-page voter guide, we will vote for one open U.S. Senate seat, every State Assembly seat, and 17 propositions. California's registration deadline is October 24 - register online today.

Here in San Francisco, which has a 318-page voter guide, we will also vote for the open State Senate seat, non-partisan offices, and 25 propositions. City Hall is open for early voting during weekdays, as well as the final two weekends before the election.

Statewide Propositions

Proposition 51: School Bonds.

Authorize $9 billion in bonds for the construction and modernization of K-12 public schools, charter schools, and community colleges.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Republican Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assemblyman David Chiu, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, CA State PTA, CA Chamber of Commerce, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register

Proposition 52: Medi-Cal Hospital Fees.

Extend an existing statute imposing hospital fees to fund Medi-Cal.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Republican Party, CA Green Party, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, CA Teachers Association, CA Chamber of Commerce, Sutter Health

NO: CA Libertarian Party

Proposition 53: Revenue Bond Approval.

Require statewide voter approval before any bond issuance exceeding $2 billion.

YES: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, SEIU CA, CA Federation of Teachers, CA Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 54: Bill Passage Requirements.

Require Legislature to publish bills on Internet at least 72 hours before a vote, and record and publish proceedings.

YES: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Green Party, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, physicist Charles Munger Jr., SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, CA NAACP, CA Chamber of Commerce

NO: CA Democratic Party, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club, CA Federation of Teachers

Proposition 55: Tax Extension.

Extend temporary personal income tax increases on earnings over $250,000 to fund education and health care.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assemblyman David Chiu, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, CA Teachers Association, SEIU CA, SF Tenants Union

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, LA Times, CA Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 56: Cigarette Tax Increase.

Increase tax by $2 per pack on cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and other tobacco products.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, State Assemblyman David Chiu, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, SEIU CA, CA State PTA, Sierra Club, American Heart Association

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, OC Register, Phillip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco

Proposition 57: Criminal Justice Reform.

Allow parole consideration for non-violent felons, authorize sentence credits for positive actions, and provide juvenile court hearing before transfer to adult court.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, OC Register, SEIU CA, SF Tenants Union

NO: CA Republican Party, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D), CA Police Chiefs Association, San Jose Mercury News, Fresno Bee

Proposition 58: English Proficiency.

Preserve English language proficiency requirement, solicit input in developing English acquisition programs, and permit establishment of immersion programs.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, SF Mayor Ed Lee, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, LA Times, SEIU CA, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Teachers Association, Sierra Club

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, San Jose Mercury News

Proposition 59: Citizens United.

Propose a U.S. Constitution amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club, CA Teachers Association

NO: CA Republican Party, LA Times, OC Register

Proposition 60: Adult Films.

Require the use of condoms during adult films, and health coverage for vaccinations, testing, and physicals.

YES: CA Peace & Freedom Party, AIDS Healthcare Foundation

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, SF AIDS Foundation, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

Proposition 61: Prescription Drug Purchases.

Prohibits the State, aside from Medi-Cal-funded managed care programs, from buying prescription drugs at a price over the lowest price paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

YES: CA Green Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), Assemblyman David Chiu, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Bay Guardian, CA Nurses Association

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, SF Democratic Party, Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Medical Association, VFW CA, Harvey Milk LGBT Club, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer

Proposition 62: Death Penalty Elimination.

Repeals death penalty retroactively, and replaces it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, State Sen. Mark Leno, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), former President Jimmy Carter, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, SEIU CA, SF Tenants Union, ACLU CA

NO: CA Republican Party, CA State Sheriffs' Association, CA District Attorneys Association

Proposition 63: Gun Industry Restrictions.

Requires background checks to purchase ammunition, prohibits large-capacity ammunition, and prohibits firearm possession by specified persons.

YES: CA Democratic Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer, SF Mayor Ed Lee, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, SEIU CA, CA Medical Association, CA Federation of Teachers

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, Fresno Bee, OC Register, National Rifle Association, CA State Sheriffs' Association

Proposition 64: Marijuana Legalization.

Legalizes marijuana for use by adults 21 or older, imposes state taxes on sales and cultivation, and establishes licenses and standards for industry.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Mark Leno, former NM Governor Gary Johnson, Napster founder Sean Parker, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, SF Tenants Union, ACLU CA, CA Medical Association

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sacramento Bee, CA State Sheriffs' Association

Proposition 65: Bag Policy Change.

Shifts deposit bag sale proceeds into a new state fund to support certain environmental programs.

YES: CA Republican Party, Hilex Poly, Formosa Plastics, Advanced Polybag

NO: CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, SEIU CA, Harvey Milk LGBT Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club CA

Proposition 66: Death Penalty Reforms.

Changes court procedures for legal challenges to death sentences.

YES: CA Republican Party, former Gov. Pete Wilson, CA State Sheriffs' Association, CA District Attorneys Association

NO: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, CA Libertarian Party, CA Peace & Freedom Party, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Barbara Boxer, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, OC Register, SEIU CA, SF Tenants Union, ACLU CA, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

Proposition 67: Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban.

Prohibits grocery and other stores from providing single-use plastic bags.

YES: CA Democratic Party, CA Green Party, Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Assemblymember David Chiu, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, SEIU CA, NAACP CA, Sierra Club CA, Clif Bar, Albertsons Safeway

NO: CA Republican Party, CA Libertarian Party, OC Register, Dow Chemical, American Forest & Paper Association, Hilex Poly, Formosa Plastics

San Francisco Propositions

Proposition A: School Bonds.

Issue $744 million in bonds to repair and rehabilitate San Francisco Unified School District facilities. 55% required to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SFUSD, SF Tenants Union, SF Chamber of Commerce, MEDA, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party

Proposition B: Parcel Tax.

Increase the parcel tax for property owners from $79 to $99 for 15 years to fund City College of San Francisco. 2/3 required to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition C: Affordable Housing.

Issue about $261 million in bonds to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of property for conversion to affordable housing. 2/3 required to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Mayor Ed Lee, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR, Chinatown Community Development Center, Sierra Club

NO: SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party

Proposition D: Vacancy Appointments.

Implement a deadline for vacancy appointments and elections, along with a ban on running for office in that election.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assemblyman David Chiu, Supervisor Scott Weiner, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition E: Sidewalk Maintenance.

Transfer responsibility for tree maintenance on sidewalks from property owners to the City.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, Assemblyman David Chiu, SF Mayor Ed Lee, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Bay Guardian, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR, Sierra Club

NO: SF Chronicle

Proposition F: Youth Voting.

Permit U.S. citizens aged 16 and up to vote on local candidates and ballot measures.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition G: Police Oversight.

Empower the Department of Police Accountability to review SFPD policies and misconduct claims.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, all 11 Board of Supervisors, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SF Bike Coalition, SPUR

NO: -none-

Proposition H: Public Advocate.

Create the position of Public Advocate, along with a staff of at least 25 people, to investigate public complaints on City services and programs.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblyman Phil Ting, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Scott Wiener, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition I: Funding for Elderly and Disabled.

Set aside $38 million annually, plus scheduled increases, from the General Fund to pay for the Department of Aging and Adult Services.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, SPUR

Proposition J: Funding for Homelessness and Transportation.

Set aside $152 million annually, plus scheduled increases, from the General Fund to pay for the Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Mayor Ed Lee, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SF Tenants Union, SF Bike Coalition, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SEIU 1021

Proposition K: Sales Tax.

Increase the City's sales tax from 8.5% to 9.25%.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SF Tenants Union, SF Bike Coalition, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chamber of Commerce, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

Proposition L: Municipal Transportation Agency.

Split power to appoint SFMTA directors between the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors, and reduce the number of Board votes required to reject the SFMTA budget.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Scott Weiner, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bike Coalition, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition M: Housing and Development Commission.

Create the Housing and Development Commission to oversee two new departments created from existing offices.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Chinese Community Development Center, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Scott Weiner, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition N: Non-Citizen Voting.

Permit non-citizen parents to vote for members of the Board of Education.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblymen David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce

Proposition O: Office Development in Candlestick Point and Hunters Point.

Exempt Candlestick Point and Hunters Point from the City's annual office development limit.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Assemblymen David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Mayor Ed Lee, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Community Development Center, SPUR, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA

Proposition P: Affordable Housing Bids.

Proceed with an affordable housing project on City-owned property only if at least three proposals are submitted.

YES: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, National Association of Realtors, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, Chinese Development Community Center, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR, Sierra Club

Proposition Q: Sidewalk Tents.

Prohibit sidewalk tents, and permit the removal of unauthorized tents after 24-hour notice and an offer of shelter.

YES: SF Republican Party, Supervisor Scott Weiner, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers Association

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Jane Kim, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

Proposition R: Neighborhood Crime Unit.

Create a Neighborhood Crime Unit in the SFPD to investigate crimes.

YES: SF Republican Party, Mayor Ed Lee, Supervisor Scott Weiner, SF Chamber of Commerce, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA

Proposition S: Hotel Tax Funds.

Use the existing 8% hotel base tax for arts programs and family homeless services. 2/3 required to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblymen David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club

Proposition T: Lobbyist Contributions.

Prohibit lobbyists from giving gifts or campaign contributions to a City official.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblymen David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, SEIU 1021, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Sierra Club

NO: Bay Area Reporter, SPUR

Proposition U: Affordable Housing Income Limits.

Increase the income limit for affordable housing from 55% to 110% of area median income.

YES: SF Republican Party, Sing Tao Daily, National Association of Realtors, SF Chamber of Commerce

NO: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SEIU 1021, Chinatown Community Development Center, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, SPUR, Sierra Club

Proposition V: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax.

Add a tax of one cent per ounce on the distribution of beverages with added sugar and 25 or more calories per 12 ounces.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Mayor Ed Lee, Supervisor Scott Weiner, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, American Heart Association, MEDA, SPUR, Sierra Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), Supervisor Jane Kim, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, SF Tenants Union, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

Proposition W: Real Estate Transfer Tax.

Increase the transfer tax on sales of properties over $5 million by 0.25%.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, State Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblymen David Chiu and Phil Ting, SF Bay Guardian, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, Sing Tao Daily, SEIU 1021, Chinatown Community Development Center, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Sierra Club, Harvey Milk LGBT Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

Proposition X: Neighborhood Arts Space.

Require developers in parts of the Mission and South of Market neighborhoods to build replacement space for the arts, light industrial, and community needs.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, SF Bay Guardian, SF Examiner, Sing Tao Daily, SF Tenants Union, MEDA, Sierra Club

NO: SF Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, SF Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR, Alice B Toklas LGBT Club

District Measure RR: BART Improvements.

Issue $3.5 billion in bonds to improve BART reliability and upgrade its infrastructure. 2/3 required to pass.

YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Green Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Mark Leno, SF Mayor Ed Lee, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, SF Bay Guardian, Bay Area Reporter, SF Bike Coalition, Sierra Club, SF Chamber of Commerce, SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party

Randy's Guide 4-9-0

2016-08-27T10:12:00.001-07:00

Music

If I told you things I did before

Told you how I used to be

Would you go along with someone like me?

-- "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John (7.1 million views; Nov '09 upload)

The Swedish trio - unsurprisingly named Peter, Bjorn, and John - hit minor international fame with this single, a collaboration with fellow Swede Victoria Bergsman. To promote their seventh studio album, the band stops by Slim's (SF) on September 1, along with other domestic shows in Washington, D.C., Charleston, S.C., and Portland.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lewis Del Mar - Loud(y); Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Local Natives - Breakers; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Sylvan Esso - Coffee; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; Wye Oak - Civilian; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Ramen Kyouka
2222 Queen St East
Toronto, Canada M4E 1E9
(437) 370-1522
Yelp - 4 stars (36 reviews)

Tucked onto a bustling street in the Beaches district, we ducked into here in the midst of a free jazz festival that puts the Fillmore version to shame. The ramen had a delectable texture and broth.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Pho 2000; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Soma Pizza; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Tartine Bakery; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Long Beach Fish Grill; Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Yafa (Carmel) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC); Fat Head's Saloon (Pittsburgh).

Nightlife
Ontario Spring Water Sake Distillery
51 Gristmill Ln
Toronto, Canada M5A 3C4
(416) 365-7253
Yelp - 4-1/2 stars (49 reviews)

In the historic Distillery District, one such distillery rose from the ashes in 2011. You can have a sake tasting flight or sake-based ice cream. Beware - only a few seats exist at the small counter. One way around this issue is taking a tour, which includes a full tasting.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gangway; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Hotel Utah Saloon; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; Tunnel Top; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Radio (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Belmont Brewing (Long Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Church Brew Works (Pittsburgh); Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Prison Radio. This production studio, based in San Francisco, generates content for films, television, and radio. The general focus is on commentary produced by prisoners. It's one of the ventures of the Redwood Justice Fund, which began in 1995.

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Openhouse, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities
Free National Parks Weekend
Saturday-Sunday
All National Park sites are free this weekend, ranging from Yosemite and Yellowstone to Muir Woods and Pinnacles.

Oakland Chinatown StreetFest
Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5:30pm
Enjoy dozens of booths and live music in the heart of Oakland's Chinatown neighborhood.

Show Your Pride!
- Stockton: Saturday, 11am-6pm
- San Jose: Sunday, 10am-6pm (fee)
Pokemon Go, drag queens, and a ferris wheel are among the lures put out by the two weekend Pride events.

Randy's Guide 4-8-9

2016-08-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Music

Can you please turn yourself down

Ritalin kids doing cocaine wipeouts

No need to feel offended

Born to a time when the quiet ended

-- "Loud(y)" by Lewis Del Mar (260,000 views; Apr '16 upload)

Long-time friends move from D.C. to Brooklyn, and wham - a lot of buzz for this experimental duo. This song hit #1 on the Hype Machine, and they have since signed with Columbia Records. Hear them perform from their debut album at the Rickshaw Stop in SF on November 1. Other tour stops include San Diego, Portland, Salt Lake City, Columbus, and Austin (for City Limits).

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Local Natives - Breakers; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Sylvan Esso - Coffee; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; Wye Oak - Civilian; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food

Fat Head's Saloon

1805 E Carson St

Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 431-7433
Yelp - 4 stars (552 reviews)

The sandwiches are huuuuuge. So big, in fact, that they're nicknamed "headwiches." Pittsburgh is known for its pierogies, and the ones here don't disappoint. Fat Head's is also a brewery, and other locations are in Cleveland and Portland, Ore.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Pho 2000; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Soma Pizza; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Tartine Bakery; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Long Beach Fish Grill; Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Yafa (Carmel) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife

Church Brew Works

3525 Liberty Ave

Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(412) 688-8200

Yelp - 3-1/2 stars (749 reviews)

Housed within a century-old Catholic church, Church Brew Works converted into a brewery in 1996 and maintains a very healthy selection of offerings, such as the Pipe Organ Pale. The food is available, but the real focus is on the setting (stained glass windows, soaring arches, pews for seats) and the beer.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gangway; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Hotel Utah Saloon; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; Tunnel Top; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Radio (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Belmont Brewing (Long Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity

Prison Radio. This production studio, based in San Francisco, generates content for films, television, and radio. The general focus is on commentary produced by prisoners. It's one of the ventures of the Redwood Justice Fund, which began in 1995.

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Openhouse, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities

Bay Area Bikeshare

Saturday-Sunday

Sign up online for a free 24-hour pass to explore the Bay Area Bikeshare program. You can use any of the 700 bikes for up to 30 minutes at a time before locking to one of the 60-something stations in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View, or San Jose.

Festival of the Chariots

Sunday, 11am-3pm

Three large chariots interact with the crowd during a parade through Golden Gate Park, before ending at Sharon Meadow for the Festival of India.

Oakland Dragon Boat Festival

Sunday, 9am-3pm

Watch Northern California dragon boat teams compete against each other across Lake Merritt.

Randy's Guide 4-8-8

2016-08-05T20:06:00.002-07:00

Music

But when one little cross leads to shots

Grit your teeth

You run for cover

So discreet

-- "One Thing Leads to Another" by The Fixx (2.5 million views; Oct '09 upload)

The 1983 single is the British New Wave band's best known U.S. hit. The main five performers are touring in August to support their 10 albums, with stops at The Independent (San Francisco, August 17), as well as in West Hollywood, Denver, Austin, and Chicago.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Local Natives - Breakers; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Sylvan Esso - Coffee; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; Wye Oak - Civilian; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food

Pho 2000

637 Larkin St

San Francisco, CA 94109

(415) 474-1188

Yelp - 4 stars (539 reviews)

It's not as famous as Turtle Tower or Slanted Door, but I'd argue this restaurant's Vietnamese food is among the best in San Francisco. Go for either the pho or the rice noodle dishes topped by BBQ pork or sauteed beef.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Soma Pizza; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Tartine Bakery; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Nightlife

Gangway

841 Larkin St

San Francisco, CA 94109

(415) 776-6828

Yelp - 4 stars (44 reviews)

It's been a gay bar since at least 1961, and a bar of some kind since 1910. The place's days were numbered when it was about to transform into Daddy Bones, but the new buyers pulled out prematurely. For now, you can enjoy the blissfully divey nautical theme for a while longer.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Hotel Utah Saloon; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; Tunnel Top; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Charity

Free Activities

1. Aloha Festival

Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm

It was probably wise to move this from the Presidio a year or two ago in terms of weather. For free parking, try the El Camino Real side of the San Mateo County Event Center.

2. UC Berkeley Summer Symphony

Friday-Saturday, 8pm

The performance at Hertz Hall will encompass Haydn and Mahler.

3. Summer Obon Festival

Saturday, 3-9pm

The Buddhist Church of Oakland hosts the summer tradition.

Randy's Guide 4-8-7

2016-07-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

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Music

True, it's a dance

We know the moves

Though the words are true

The state is old news

-- "Coffee" by Sylvan Esso (4.3 million views; Mar '14 upload)

The indie pop duo from Durham, North Carolina, launched their debut album all the way to #39 on the Billboard charts in 2014. They are part of the Treasure Island Music Festival (Oct. 15-16), as well as the Long Beach Music Tastes Good Festival (Sep. 25).

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Local Natives - Breakers; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; Wye Oak - Civilian; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food

Soma Pizza

483 3rd St

San Francisco, CA 94107

(415) 512-1100

Yelp - 3-1/2 stars - 62 reviews

I was quite pleased with this pizza place, steps from AT&T Park. (Remember, you can bring food into the ballpark!) We split a hearty XL amongst us, with the pizza split into two different sets of toppings.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Tartine Bakery; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Nightlife

Hotel Utah Saloon

500 4th St

San Francisco, CA 94107

(415) 546-6300

Yelp - 3-1/2 stars (516 reviews)

The Monday open mic nights are popular, and the fact that this music spot has a food menu is an added plus. Founded in 1908, the stage has been graced by Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and John Mayer.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; Tunnel Top; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Charity

Free Activities

PedalFest - Jack London Square

Saturday, 11am-6pm

Amid the beauty of Oakland's waterfront, join thousands in celebration of the bicycle, from daredevils whizzing around a velodrome, to unicycle riding lessons.

Blues & BBQ Festival

Saturday, noon-8pm

This event in Redwood City's Courthouse Square benefits the Police Activities League and features blues bands, bbq vendors, and local artists.

Bubble Soccer

Saturday, 2-5pm

The SF Deltas, a new professional soccer team, will host an outreach event in China Basin Park. Score a free team scarf if you arrive early.

Randy's Guide 4-8-6

2016-07-15T14:33:00.004-07:00

Music
Stare down my nose
Watching the color drain from my ice
Cold cereal and TV
Before I go to sleep
-- "Breakers" by Local Natives (1.3 million views; Nov '12 upload)

The Silver Lake-based quintet owes much of its roots to Orange County. Three band members attended the same high school, and the group's first album is named after the house they shared and wrote their first album. Their third album has been released, and the tour will make its local stop at Oakland's Fox Theater on September 17. Other domestic stops include Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Birmingham, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, and San Diego.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; Wye Oak - Civilian; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 487-2600
Yelp - 4 stars (6372 reviews)

As the business with the second-most Yelp reviews in San Francisco, Tartine usually comes with a bit of a line, especially on weekend mornings. The croissant and morning bun are the most popular, but I am more partial to the banana cream tart, bread pudding, and the fresh-baked bread available in the early evening.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Long Beach Fish Grill; Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Yafa (Carmel) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife
Tunnel Top
601 Bush St
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 235-6587
Yelp - 4 stars (732 reviews)

I've only frequented during happy hour, this two-floor bar resting upon Stockton tunnel. Later on, live DJs stoke up the crowd with hip hop or house, and drinks stay relatively inexpensive and strong.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Radio (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Belmont Brewing (Long Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Prison Radio. This production studio, based in San Francisco, generates content for films, television, and radio. The general focus is on commentary produced by prisoners. It's one of the ventures of the Redwood Justice Fund, which began in 1995.

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Openhouse, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities

1. Renegade Craft Fair
Saturday-Sunday, 11am-6pm
Fort Mason will host more than 300 independent artisans, along with a photo booth and a glass-making demo.

2. Salsa Festival on Fillmore
Friday-Saturday, 6-10pm
Enjoy free salsa lessons, then dance under the stars at Fillmore Center Plaza.

3. Fuckfest #9
Saturday, noon
The punk music festival kicks off at a secret location on Friday in Oakland, but on Saturday things move to San Francisco (3rd and Army) for a free multi-hour, multi-band celebration.

Randy's Guide 4-8-5

2016-07-08T21:47:00.002-07:00

Music
I don't need another friend
When most of them
I can barely keep up with
I'm perfectly able to hold my own hand
But I still can't kiss my own neck
-- "Civilian" by Wye Oak (549,000 views; July '11 upload)

The Baltimore duo released its fifth studio album this summer, and their most mainstream effort was heavily used for "The Walking Dead" promotion. Their local show is at Great American Music Hall on July 15, with Tuskha opening. Other tour stops include Raleigh, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boise, and San Diego.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; National - I Need My Girl; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Long Beach Fish Grill
1201 Redondo Ave
Long Beach, CA 90804
(562) 986-6900
Yelp - 4-1/2 stars (685 reviews)

This very tasty, affordable, and quick seafood eatery gets crowded quickly, so pick your timing accordingly! You'll find fried or grilled versions of a wide range of seafood, from shrimp and swordfish to mahi mahi and trout.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Yafa (Carmel) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife
Belmont Brewing
25 39th Place
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 433-3891
Yelp - 3-1/2 stars (1030 reviews)

Steps from Belmont Shore pier, this sizable brewpub turns out to be the oldest of its kind in Southern California. A massive patio overlooks the ocean waves. Two happy hours exist daily - one in the late afternoon, one in the late night hours. A dozen or so taps are split between guest micros and in-house.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Radio (Oakland); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Congrats to Openhouse for being the latest Randy's Guide donation recipient!

New organization: Prison Radio. This production studio, based in San Francisco, generates content for films, television, and radio. The general focus is on commentary produced by prisoners. It's one of the ventures of the Redwood Justice Fund, which began in 1995.

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Openhouse, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities
San Francisco Symphony
Sunday, 2pm
Stretch out in Stern Grove for a concert featuring music by John Williams, Antonin Dvorak, and Ferde Grofe.

7-11 Day
Monday, 11am-7pm
Freeze your brain with a free small slurpee at a 7-Eleven near you.

Randy's Guide 4-8-4

2016-06-30T13:01:00.002-07:00

Music
I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
I can't get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
-- "I Need My Girl" by The National, feat. Justin Vernon (4.5 million views; Feb '14 upload)

The quintet, including two sets of brothers, built up momentum before hitting the national scene on their fourth studio album. They became featured on a whole host of TV shows, from House to One Tree Hill, and figured prominently into Barack Obama's presidential campaign. This year, their Bay Area stop is at the Berkeley Greek Theatre on July 29, with The Lone Bellow opening.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton - So in Love; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Ole Ole Burrito Express
588 14th St
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 834-5700
Yelp - 4 stars (243 reviews)

I first laid eyes on this place while waiting for hours to get in to a political rally. When the chance later struck for a quick take-out option, I decided to try it out. Super glad! This has all the usual taqueria options, but at more reasonable prices and portions than many of its brethren in San Francisco. Stop by here if you happen to be in Uptown or Downtown Oakland!

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach); Yafa (Carmel) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife
Radio
435 13th St
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 451-2889
Yelp - 4 stars (297 reviews)

On a recent night with friends, violence struck just outside where we all sat. The bartender - the lone worker in the establishment - sprang into action and kept us all safe. The bar itself is long, dark, and narrow, with cheap happy hour specials and very close proximity to 12th Street BART.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Openhouse. Founded in San Francisco in 1998, this program provides Bay Area LGBT seniors with housing, direct services, and community programs. Happy Pride Month!

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/ Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities
1. Opera at the Ballpark
Saturday, 7:30pm
Sit on the field or Club Level, munch on garlic fries, and bring in a picnic (no alcohol or glass/aluminum) for a simulcast of Bizet's Carmen from the Opera House. Register online to enter starting at 5pm. Typically about 20-30,000 spectators show up.

2. Fillmore Jazz Festival
Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
Six stages span Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy, along with dozens of vendors and over 100,000 visitors.

3. Happy Fourth of July!
- Richmond: Sunday, 6:30-10pm
- Russian River: Sunday, 8-10pm
- Stockton: Sunday, 8pm-midnight
- Concord: Monday, 8am-9:30pm
- Sausalito: Monday, 10am-9:30pm
- Santa Clara: Monday, noon-10pm
- Berkeley: Monday, noon-10pm
- San Francisco: Monday, 3-10pm
- San Jose: Monday, 5:30-10pm
Join the Oakland Symphony at Craneway Pavilion, float down the Russian River, soak up some heat along the Delta, or just enjoy the festivities in Concord, Sausalito, Santa Clara, Berkeley, San Francisco, and San Jose.

Randy's Guide 4-8-3

2016-06-17T23:50:00.002-07:00

Music
I love your mannerisms, babe
The way you handle them
Oh, I'm so proud to be with you
So attracted to you, too
-- "So In Love" by Jill Scott, feat. Anthony Hamilton (4.9 million views; May '11 upload)

She's the proud owner of three Grammy awards, five studio albums, and more than a dozen film credits. The Philly native grew up in a single-parent household, but now the neo-soul artist comes to the Bay Area with a visit to the Mountain Winery on July 22.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Beth Orton - Central Reservation; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Yafa
5th Ave & Junipero St
Carmel, CA 93921
(831) 624-9232
Yelp - 4-1/2 stars (470 reviews)

The Jordanian-owned restaurant, only open for dinner, offers tasteful Mediterranean cuisine in a cozy environment. Mishmish chicken, topped with apricots and almonds, and the homemade ravioli dishes are certainly the unique highlights. Plus, weekend live music!

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Arizmendi Cafe; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery

402 Ingalls St

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 425-4900

Yelp - 4 stars (263 reviews)

Open until 10pm, this kid- and dog-friendly booze spot offers not only in-house brews, but also ciders, root beer, and kombucha on draft. The expansive front patio feels so, so good during the warmer summer and fall months. On Monday evenings, the place hosts a weekly movie night.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kezar Pub; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity

Openhouse. Founded in San Francisco in 1998, this program provides Bay Area LGBT seniors with housing, direct services, and community programs. Happy Pride Month!

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Leaf Kitchen, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities

1. Janelle Monae concert

Sunday, 2pm

The 79th season at Stern Grove begins with R&B singer Janelle Monae. Bay Area funk band Midtown Social opens.

2. Juneteenth Festival

Saturday, 10am-6pm

Five stages, including a visit from former band members with Prince, will span multiple blocks of Fillmore St, along with a petting zoo, parade, and a classic car show.

3. International Yoga Day

Saturday, 9am-noon

Enjoy yoga and meditation sessions, guest speakers, and live music at Golden Gate Park's County Fair Building.

Randy's Guide 4-8-2

2016-06-10T23:56:00.000-07:00

Music
It's like living in the middle of the ocean
With no future, no past
And everything's that good about now
Well, might just glide right past
-- "Central Reservation" by Beth Orton (280,000 views; Oct '09 upload)

The English singer-songwriter initially worked at a Pizza Hut and began her music career fairly late in life. She picked up a BRIT award as best female artist in 2000. At the age of 45, she's touring after seven albums, the last of which was released a few weeks ago. Her area performance is at the Great American Music Hall on June 20, with Emmy the Great opening.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Mynabirds - Wildfire; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Arizmendi Cafe
1331 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 566-3117
Yelp - 4-1/2 stars (1608 reviews)

Named after a Basque priest who helped found a massive empire of cooperatives, this San Francisco outpost opened in 2000, a few years after its predecessor in Oakland, and about three decades after the mother bakery, Cheeseboard. Muffins, focaccia, scones, breadsticks, and a vegetarian thin-crust pizza. . . it's all waiting for you. Newer locations have popped up in the Mission, Emeryville, and San Rafael.

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Barbara's Fishtrap (Half Moon Bay); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife
Kezar Pub
770 Stanyan St
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 386-9292
Yelp - 4 stars (581 reviews)

The sports bar typically opens on weekends at 6am to accommodate avid soccer and rugby fans. The full bar offers a good range of beers, but the main selling point is the huge number of televisions and seating options. It's steps from Kezar Stadium, the original home of the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, as well as next year's home of the San Francisco Deltas, a Division II team in the North American Soccer League.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Hop Dogma Brewing Co (El Granada); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Congrats to Bay Leaf Kitchen, the latest Randy's Guide beneficiary.

New charity: Openhouse. Founded in San Francisco in 1998, this program provides Bay Area LGBT seniors with housing, direct services, and community programs. Happy Pride Month!

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities

1. North Beach Festival
Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
The 62nd annual celebration is a good reason to visit North Beach. Chalk art, a blessing of the animals, two music stages, and oh the pasta and gelato!

2. SF Folk Music Festival
Saturday, noon-10pm
This year, the 40th edition, is a much more convenient location: Everett Middle School, in the Mission District. Ten stages provide live music and dancing.

3. Dia de Portugal
Saturday, 10am-5pm
Enjoy Portuguese culture in San Jose's History Park.

Randy's Guide 4-8-1

2016-06-04T12:07:00.000-07:00

Music
Ashes to ashes
We're born to rust
But there must be a little iron
Left in us
-- "Wildfire" by The Mynabirds (13000 views; Aug '15 upload)

Laura Burhenn relocated from Washington, D.C., to Nebraska after the breakup of the band Georgie James. And so began The Mynabirds. They've toured with Bright Eyes and Postal Service over the course of now three studio albums. Their local stop is at The Chapel on Election Night, June 7, with Foxtails Brigade opening.

Previous songs: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal; Alabama Shakes - Hold On; Alison Krauss - Down to the River to Pray; Alt-J - Breezeblocks; AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love; Alzara & Brother Spellbinder - Speed of Sound; Amy Hānaiali`i Gilliom - Aloha `Oe; Andrew Bird - Dyin' Bedmaker; Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up; Anuhea - Higher Than the Clouds; Asleep at the Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read; Ataris - In This Diary; Atlas Genius - Trojans; Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song; Avicii - Levels; Balmorhea - Remembrance; Band of Horses - Knock Knock; Banks - Beggin' for Thread; Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow; Bastille - Pompeii; Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy; Ben Sollee - A Few Honest Words; Black Keys - Lonely Boy; Blackbird, Blackbird - It's a War; Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better; Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound; Brandi Carlile - The Story; Broken Bells - The High Road; Broods - Bridges; Cam - Burning House; Capital Cities - Safe and Sound; Caribou - Odessa; Cathedrals - Unbound; Cave Singers - Dancing On Our Graves; Cayuca - High School Lover; Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap; Chvrches - The Mother We Share; Crocodiles - Sunday; Crystal Castles - Celestica; Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love; Decemberists - O Valencia!; Dillon Francis, feat. DJ Snake - Get Low; Disclosure, feat. Sam Smith - Latch; Dodos - Black Night; Dr. Dog - The Truth Don't Stop; Echosmith - Bright; Ed Sheeran - The A Team; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Man on Fire; Empire of the Sun - Alive; Family Crest - Love Don't Go; Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On; Field Report - Home (Leave the Lights On); First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining; Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League; 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect; Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me; Foals - Inhaler; Frail - Back to Me; Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger; Frazey Ford - September Fields; Fun. - Carry On; Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You); Geographer - Kites; George Ezra - Budapest; Glass Animals - Gooey; Glitch Mob - We Can Make the World Stop; Gotye - Easy Way Out; Haley Reinhart - Free; Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra; Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for Lovers; Holy Ghost - Dumb Disco Ideas; Houndsmouth - Sedona; How To Dress Well - & It Was U; Hozier - Take Me to Church; Hunter Hayes - Wanted; Imagine Dragons - It's Time; Jai Wolf - Indian Summer; Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt; Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody; Joe Pug - Hymn #101; Judah and the Lion - Rich Kids; Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone; Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb; Klingande - Jubel; Knife - Heartbeats; Kraftwerk - The Robots; La Luz - Call Me in a Day; Laidback Luke, feat. Project 46 and Collin McLoughlin - Collide; Leon Bridges - Coming Home; Lila Downs - Zapata Se Queda; Lorde - Royals; Lost in the Trees - Garden; Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears; Lumineers - Ho Hey; M83 - Midnight City; Macklemore + Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love; Magik*Magik Orchestra and John Vanderslice - Promising Actress; Martha Wainwright - You Cheated Me; Martin Garrix - Animals; Mary Lambert - She Keeps Me Warm; Mastodon - High Road; Matt Nathanson - Higher; Mika - Big Girl; Mowgli's - San Francisco; MS MR - Hurricane; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds; Muse - Uprising; Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - S.O.B.; Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather; Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You; Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - I Can't Go For That; Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight; Odesza - Say My Name; Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart; of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist; Orwells - Who Needs You; Panda Bear - Boys Latin; Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel; Passion Pit - Take a Walk; Pete Yorn, feat. Scarlett Johannson - Relator; Phoenix - Entertainment; Portugal. The Man - So American; Presets - If I Know You; Pretty Lights - Around the Block; Pure Bathing Culture - Lucky One; Ra Ra Riot - Dance with Me; Rachael Yamagata - Even If I Could; Radiation City - Zombies; Rancid - Ruby Soho; Revivalists - Criminal; Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down; Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk; Sara Bareilles - Brave; Say Hi - Devils; Seven Lions, feat. Kerli - Worlds Apart; Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way; Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances; Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One; Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals; Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down; St. Lucia - Elevate; Steve Grand - All-American Boy; Stone Foxes - Everybody Knows; STRFKR - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second; Stromae - Papaoutai; Surfer Blood - Demon Dance; Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child; Tanlines - All of Me; Taylor Swift - Blank Space; Tegan and Sara - Closer; Thermals - Now We Can See; Tokio Hotel - Feel It All; Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate; Toro Y Moi - So Many Details; TV on the Radio - Will Do; twenty-one pilots - Holding on to You; Trophy Fire - Tired Eyes; Vampire Weekend - Step; Vance Joy - Riptide; Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles; Vetiver - Wonder Why; War on Drugs - Red Eyes; We Are Scientists - After Hours; WestJet - Christmas Miracle; Wild Nothing - Paradise; William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water; William Fitzsimmons - It's Not True; X Ambassadors - Jungle; xx - Angels; Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried; Zedd, feat. Foxes - Clarity; Zella Day - Hypnotic.

Food
Barbara's Fishtrap
281 Capistrano Rd
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
(650) 728-7049
Yelp - 4 stars (1322 reviews)

Since 1971, this family-owned seafood-focused restaurant has excelled at dishing up fish & chips and dairy-free clam chowder to patrons along the Pacific Ocean. On weekends, the take-out stand can build up a sizable line. Recommendation is to take it to the pier or beach for al-fresco dining!

Previous San Francisco picks: A La Turca; Alta CA; Amber India; Aperto; Art's Cafe; Balompie Cafe; Big Mouth Burgers; Bistro Central Parc; Blue Plate; Bodega Bistro; Boulevard; Boxing Room; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Brenda's French Soul Food; Brenda's Meat and Three; Broken Record; Burmese Kitchen; Chairman Truck; Chez Maman; Chomp N' Swig; Cinderella Bakery; Citizen's Band; Codmother Fish & Chips; Curry Up Now; Dottie's True Blue Cafe; El Metate; Fat Angel; Firefly; Foreign Cinema; Frances; Frisco Fried; Front Porch; Goat Hill Pizza; Good Luck Dim Sum; Guddu de Karahi - CLOSED; Hard Knox Cafe; Hawaiian Drive Inn #28; Helmand Palace; HRD Coffee Shop; Humphry Slocombe; Ike's Place; Just For You Cafe; Katana-Ya; Ken Ken Ramen; Kitchen Story; Kokkari Estiatorio; L'Ardoise Bistro; La Mediterranee; La Taqueria; Lers Ros Thai; Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen; Limon Rotisserie; Little Chihuahua; Little Nepal; Little Star Pizza; Marcella's Lasagneria; Marcello's Pizza; Mission Beach Cafe; Mission Pie; Mitchell's Ice Cream; Miyabi Sushi; Molinari Delicatessen; Morty's Delicatessen; Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous; My Tofu House; New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar; Nick's Crispy Tacos; Old Skool Cafe; Olea; Olive Garden; Pakwan; Papalote Mexican Grill; Park Tavern; Pearl's Deluxe Burgers; Pete's Barbeque; Pho Huynh Hiep 2; Piccino; Pluto's; Primo Patio Cafe; Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe; Radio Habana Social Club; Radius; Ragazza; Range; Red Door Cafe; Richmond; Rosamunde Sausage Grill; Roxie Food Center; Saigon Sandwich; San Tung; Sausage Factory; Señor Sisig; 1760; Shabusen; Shalimar; Shanghai Dumpling King; Shin Toe Bul Yi; SO; Sotto Mare; St. Francis Fountain; Starbelly; Super Duper Burgers; Suzu Noodle House; Swan Oyster Depot; Sweet Maple; Tadich Grill; Taqueria Cancun; Taqueria Guadalajara; Ted's Deli; Thorough Bread & Pastry; Tony's Pizza Napoletana; Tommaso's Ristorante Italiano; Tommy's Joynt; Truly Mediterranean; Tu Lan; Upcider; V-105 - CLOSED; Vega; Velvet Cantina; Volcano; Walzwerk; Wayfare Tavern; Wexler's - CLOSED; Woodhouse Fish Co; Yamo; Yasukochi's Sweet Stop; Zanze's Cheesecake; Zazie; Zero Zero; Zuni Cafe.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Alana's Cafe (Burlingame); Amber India (Mountain View/San Jose/Palo Alto); Back A Yard Caribbean Grill (Menlo Park/San Jose); Cowabunga Creamery (San Carlos); Curry Up Now (San Mateo); Falafel's Drive In (San Jose); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Gombei Japanese Restaurant (San Jose); Gorilla Barbeque (Pacifica); Kabab and Curry's (Santa Clara); Koi Palace (Daly City); Little Lucca Sandwich Shop & Deli (Burlingame/South SF); Nini's Coffee Shop (San Mateo); Old Port Lobster Shack (Redwood City); Phil's Kitchen (Menlo Park); Pluto's (Palo Alto/San Jose); Ramen Dojo (San Mateo); Ramen Parlor (San Mateo); Romolo's Cannoli (San Mateo); Shanghai Dumpling Shop (Millbrae); Souvlaki's Greek Skewers (San Jose); Sunny Bowl (Mountain View); Sushi Sam's Edomata (San Mateo).

Previous East Bay picks: Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen (Berkeley); Asmara (Oakland); Bakesale Betty (Oakland); Battambang (Oakland); Cheese Board Pizza (Berkeley); Fentons Creamery (Oakland); First Street Ale House (Livermore); Gather (Berkeley); Grand Lake Kitchen (Oakland); Gregoire (Berkeley/Oakland); Homeroom (Oakland); John's Ice Cream (Brentwood/Berkeley); Johnathan's Sandwich House (Alameda); Kabana Restaurant (Berkeley); Jong Ga House (Oakland); Keanu's Island Kine Food (Vacaville) - CLOSED; Kensington Circus Pub; Korea House (Concord); Little Star Pizza (Albany); Luka's Taproom & Lounge (Oakland); Miss Ollie's (Oakland); Mua Lounge (Oakland); Ole Ole Burrito Express (Oakland); Phnom Penh House (Oakland); Pluto's (Chico/Davis/Sacramento/Roseville); Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (Oakland/Emeryville); Shan Dong Restaurant (Oakland); Sue's Kitchen (El Sobrante); Taqueria San Jose (Oakland); Tara's Organic Ice Cream (Berkeley/Oakland); Taste of the Himalayas (Berkeley); TrueBurger (Oakland); Val's Burgers (Hayward); Vik's Chaat (Berkeley); Wat Mongkoratanaram (Berkeley); Zachary's Pizza (Oakland/Berkeley/San Ramon).

Previous North Bay picks: Andie's Cafe (Napa); Bouchon Bakery (Yountville); Bovine Bakery (Petaluma/Point Reyes Station); Buckeye Roadhouse (Mill Valley); Della Fattoria Bakery (Petaluma); Fairfax Scoop; Garden Grill (Guerneville); Lighthouse Cafe (Sausalito); Moustache Baked Goods (Healdsburg); Pelican Inn (Muir Beach); Sol Food (San Rafael/Mill Valley); Stumptown Brewery (Guerneville); Super Duper Burgers (Mill Valley); Tony Tutto Pizza (Mill Valley); West Brooklyn Pizza Co (San Rafael); Shuffle's Magical Ice Cream Shoppe (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Ampersand Ice Cream (Fresno); Ballast Point Brewery (San Diego); Champa Garden (Redding); Crema Cafe (Seal Beach); Dan's BBQ (Modesto); Donuttery (Huntington Beach); Fox & Goose Public House (Sacramento); Freshies (South Lake Tahoe); George's Greek Cafe (Long Beach); Han Bat Sul Lung Tang (Los Angeles); Hangout (Seal Beach); Heidi's Pancake House (South Lake Tahoe); Hey That's Amore (Pasadena); Ike's Quarter Cafe (Nevada City); Jayne's Gastropub (San Diego); La Bonne Soupe Cafe (Sacramento); Masa of Echo Park (Los Angeles); Phil's BBQ (San Diego); Philippe the Original (Los Angeles); Red Scooter Deli (Paso Robles); Serrano's Cafe (Sacramento); Shoki Ramen House (Sacramento); Solano Baking Company (Dixon); Sprouts Cafe (South Lake Tahoe); Starling Diner (Long Beach) ... Pacific - Built to Grill (Portland) - CLOSED; Mon Ami Gabi (Las Vegas); Quinn's (Seattle); Snow City Cafe (Anchorage) ... Mountain - Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs (Denver); Frontier Restaurant (Albuquerque); Pantry Restaurant (Santa Fe); Rioja (Denver); Root Down (Denver); Yak and Yeti Restaurant + Brewpub (Arvada, CO) ... East - Ben's Chili Bowl (D.C.); Biscuit Head (Asheville, NC).

Nightlife
Hop Dogma Brewing Co
30 Avenida Portola
El Granada, CA 94018
(650) 560-8729
Yelp - 4-1/2 stars (99 reviews)

El Granada, population under 10000, has now been home to a hop-forward brewery for nearly three years. On a recent Saturday, the barkeep graciously allowed us to switch from the Giants game to a soccer final on Fox involving two Spanish teams. A Spaniard who later walked in was certainly pleased (and likely surprised) to see it live.

Previous San Francisco picks: Alembic; Amelie; Amsterdam Cafe; Armory Club; Aunt Charlie's Lounge; Ave; Azucar Lounge; Bar 821; Barrel Head Brewhouse; Biergarten; Bitter End; Blackbird; Blackthorn; Bloodhound; Bottom of the Hill; Bourbon & Branch; Buckshot - CLOSED; Cellarmaker Brewing Company; Dark Horse Inn; Dear Mom; Doc's Clock; Dogpatch Saloon; 83 Proof; El Rio; Elbo Room; Elixir; Edinburgh Castle Pub; Eureka Lounge; 500 Club; 15 Romolo; Fillmore Karaoke; 440 Castro; Gestalt Haus; Great American Music Hall; Greens Sports Bar; Hearth; Hi Tops; Hidden Vine; Homestead; Hopwater Distribution; Hot Spot; Hotel Biron; Jackalope; Kilowatt; Knockout; Latin American Club; Local Edition; Lucky 13; Magnolia Pub & Brewery; Make-Out Room; Martuni's; Mission Bar; Mix; Monk's Kettle; Musee Mechanique; NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences; Noc Noc; Novela; Page; Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House; Phone Booth; Pig & Whistle; Pilsner Inn; Plough and the Stars; Redwood Room; Residence; Revolution Cafe; Rickhouse; Riptide; Royal Cuckoo; Rye; Shotwell's; Showdown; Social Kitchen & Brewery; Social Study; Southern Pacific Brewing; Speakeasy Ales & Lagers; Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe; Spitfire Rose - CLOSED; Sugar Lounge; Tempest; Thee Parkside; Thieves Tavern; Third Rail; Tommy's Mexican; Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar; Topsy's Fun House; Toronado; Tosca Cafe; Trad'r Sam; Trick Dog; Triple Voodoo Brewery & Tap Room; 21st Amendment; Twin Peaks Tavern; Two Sisters Bar and Books; Urban Putt; Valley Tavern; Vesuvio; Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar; Whiskey Thieves; Wild Side West; Willows.

Previous Peninsula/South Bay picks: Antonio's Nut House (Palo Alto); Branham Lounge (San Jose); Cinebar (San Jose); Devil's Canyon Brewing Company (San Carlos); Devil's Slide Taproom (Pacifica); Dutch Goose (Menlo Park); Fiddler's Green (Millbrae); Freewheel Brewing Company (Redwood City); Grape & Grain (San Mateo); Oasis Beer Garden (Menlo Park); Rose and Crown (Palo Alto); 7 Mile House (Brisbane).

Previous East Bay picks: Albany Taproom; Ale Industries (Oakland); Altamont Beer Works (Livermore); Bar Three Fifty-Five (Oakland); Beer Revolution (Oakland); Ben & Nick's Bar & Grill (Oakland); Dashe Cellars (Oakland); District Oakland; Diving Dog Brewhouse (Oakland); Dogwood (Oakland); Drake's Barrel House (San Leandro); Drake's Dealership (Oakland); Faction Brewing (Alameda); Fauna (Oakland); Heart and Dagger Saloon (Oakland); Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon (Oakland); Jeff Cohn Cellars (Oakland); Jupiter (Berkeley); Make Westing (Oakland); Moxy Beer Garden (Berkeley); New Parkway (Oakland); Pig & the Pickle (Concord); Prizefighter (Emeryville); Room 389 (Oakland); St. George Spirits (Alameda); Torpedo Room (Berkeley); Trappist (Oakland); Triple Rock Brewery and Ale House (Berkeley); Turf Club (Hayward); Woods Bar & Brewery (Oakland).

Previous North Bay picks: Bear Republic Brewing Co. (Healdsburg); Billco's Billiards & Darts (Napa); Cline Cellars (Sonoma); Lagunitas Brewing Co. (Petaluma); Mill Valley Beerworks; No Name Bar (Sausalito); Petaluma Hills Brewing Company (Petaluma); Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley); Tourist Club (Mill Valley); William Hill Estate Winery (Napa); Fogbelt Brewing Company (Santa Rosa).

Previous Other picks: CA - Abbey (Seal Beach); Alex's Bar (Long Beach); Angel City Brewery (Los Angeles); Avanguardia Wines (Grass Valley); Beachwood Brewery (Seal Beach); Berryessa Brewing Company (Winters); Bett's Gold Coin Sports Tavern (Mariposa); Brewski's Bar (San Diego); Downtown Rookies Sports Bar (Visalia); Eberle Winery (Paso Robles); El Prado (Los Angeles); Fall River Taphouse (Redding); Far Bar (Los Angeles); 49ers Tavern & Grill (Long Beach); Goat Hill Tavern (Costa Mesa); Hermosillo (Los Angeles); Mercantile Saloon (Sacramento); Polite Provisions (San Diego); San Diego Beerworks; Shady Lady Saloon (Sacramento); Stateline Brewery (South Lake Tahoe); Track Seven Brewing (Sacramento) ... Pacific - Firkin & Fox (Carson City, NV); 49th State Brewing (Healy, AK); Garage (Las Vegas); Alibi Ale Works (Incline Village, NV); New Deal Distillery (Portland); Sun Liquor Distillery (Seattle); ... Mountain - Epic Brewing (Denver); Marble Brewery (Albuquerque); 1up (Denver); Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (Denver); Twisted Chile Brewing Company (Socorro, NM) ... East - Fullsteam Brewery (Durham, NC); Nellie's Sports Bar (D.C.).

Charity
Bay Leaf Kitchen. This nonprofit offers cooking classes and farming education to children ages 3-17, with a particular focus on seasonal, sustainable ingredients. Guest chefs will stop by during the summer camps, and the junior chefs will host a pop-up restaurant for the first time ever in May.

Previous organizations Randy's Guide has spotlighted and donated: Aldea Inc., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Ashoka, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Bay Area Community Services, Bay Localize, Bike Kitchen, Blue Energy, City CarShare, City Slicker Farms, College Track, Coming Home Project, Common Ground Relief, Curry Without Worry, Darfur Sister Schools, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Duboce/Valencia Fire Relief, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, FabMo Creativity Center, Farm Sanctuary, First Graduate, Foundation for the People of Burma, Friends of the Urban Forest, Glide Memorial, Good Karma Bikes, Hamilton Family Center, Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, J-Sei, KQED (88.5 FM), La Cocina, Lazarex Cancer Foundation (Amy C), Little Angel Fund, Loaves and Fishes, LYRIC, Maitri, Milo Foundation, My New Red Shoes, Natural Resources Defense Council, Old Skool Cafe, Plant SF, Prevent Blindness, Queer Lifespace (Wes S), Rebuilding Together San Francisco, Re-volv, Rising Sun Energy Center, Rocky Mountain Wild, SCRAP, SF Health Services Coalition, SF Neighborhood Theater Foundation, SF Suicide Prevention, SF Women Against Rape, Shanti, Sustainable Conservation, Urban Solutions, Urban Tilth, Vida Verde Nature Education, Vital Life Services, Westside Community Services, Youth Tennis Advantage.

Free Activities
1. A Future to Believe In Concert
Monday, 3:30pm
For once, candidates are actually trying to sway California voters before the spring primary. Bernie Sanders is hosting Dave Matthews, Fishbone, Danny Glover, and several others for a concert rally at Crissy Field.

2. Omino Day
Saturday, 10am-5pm
Soak in the sun while enjoying world and DJ music in McLaren's Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre.

3. Union Street Festival
Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
Six blocks of Union St, between Gough and Steiner, will usher tens of thousands into Cow Hollow for fashion, art, craft beer and wine, and music.

Randy's Guide 4-8-0: Election Primary

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On June 7, California will hold its primary. No party affiliation voters can vote in the American Independent, Democratic, or Libertarian presidential primary elections. All voters can vote for all candidates for the State legislature, U.S. Congress, and statewide offices, with the top two advancing to the fall election. The deadline to register to vote at your current address is Monday, May 23. Update it online today!

California has one statewide proposition, the Bay Area has one regional proposition, and San Francisco has five city and county propositions. Below is a summary of the measures, as well as those situated on both sides.

* State Proposition 50: Suspension of Legislators.
Currently, a suspension requires a majority vote, and suspended individuals continue receiving pay and benefits. This measure would adjust the threshold to a two-thirds vote, and suspended individuals would no longer receive pay and benefits. Only three legislators (including State Sen. Leland Yee) have been suspended in California history.

YES: Democratic Party; Republican Party; Bay Area Reporter; Sacramento Bee; San Jose Mercury News; League of Women Voters

NO: SF Libertarian Party; Los Angeles Times

* Regional Proposition AA: Clean Water, Pollution Prevention, and Habitat Restoration Programs.
A property parcel tax on the Bay Area's nine counties would fund shoreline projects to reduce trash and pollution, improve water quality, improve wildlife habitats, reduce flood risks, and increase shoreline access. Requires 2/3 vote to pass.

YES: SF Chronicle; SF Examiner; SF Democratic Party; Gov. Jerry Brown; Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Sen. Barbara Boxer; State Sen. Mark Leno; Assemblyman Phil Ting; SF Mayor Ed Lee; Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf; San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo; SPUR; SF Chamber of Commerce; Sierra Club

NO: SF Bay Guardian; SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party

* Local Proposition A: Public Health and Safety Bond.
This would allow San Francisco to borrow up to $350 million via bonds to build, acquire, and improve homeless shelters, neighborhood health clinics, fire stations, the City's ambulance facility, and the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Requires 2/3 vote to pass.

YES: SF Chronicle; SF Bay Guardian; SF Examiner; SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom; Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Rep. Nancy Pelosi; State Sen. Mark Leno; Assemblyman David Chiu; Assemblyman Phil Ting; Mayor Ed Lee; SEIU Local 1021; SF Chamber of Commerce; SPUR

NO: SF Libertarian Party

* Local Proposition B: Park, Recreation, and Open Space Fund.
Funding for San Francisco's parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, and open spaces would be extended for an additional 15 years (through 2046) from the property value tax. Also, a new requirement would be to guarantee a minimum baseline of secondary funding from the General Fund for the Recreation and Park Department.

YES: SF Examiner; SF Democratic Party; SF Chamber of Commerce; Nature Conservancy; SPUR

NO: SF Chronicle; SF Bay Guardian; SF Green Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Republican Party; SEIU Local 1021; Sierra Club

* Local Proposition C: Affordable Housing Requirements.
Until the Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance, developers of 25 or more units would be required to either pay more or build more in the name of affordable housing. On-site requirements would increase from 12% to 25% affordable housing. The off-site alternate option would allow developers to build or pay a fee equal to 33% (up from 20%) of the total units in the project.

YES: SF Examiner; SF Bay Guardian; SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; State Sen. Mark Leno; Assemblyman Phil Ting; SEIU Local 1021; Sierra Club

NO: SF Chronicle; SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party

* Local Proposition D: Office of Citizen Complaints Investigations.
The Office of Citizen Complaints would now be required to investigate incidents involving any San Francisco police officer who fires a gun that kills or injures someone.

YES: SF Chronicle; SF Examiner; SF Bay Guardian; SF Democratic Party; SF Libertarian Party; SF Green Party; All 11 SF Board of Supervisors; SPUR; SEIU Local 1021

NO: SF Republican Party

* Local Proposition E: Paid Sick Leave.
This would expand the City's Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to parallel the State's paid sick leave law from last year, including sick leave accrual on day one, as opposed to the City's day 91.

YES: SF Chronicle; SF Examiner; SF Bay Guardian; SF Democratic Party; SF Green Party; Mayor Ed Lee; SF Chamber of Commerce; SPUR; SEIU Local 1021

NO: SF Republican Party; SF Libertarian Party