There is one statewide measure on the March 5 ballot. Proposition 1 authorizes $6.38 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities for those with mental health and substance use challenges.

We've been waiting a long time to have a member of the LGBTQ community elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

San Francisco voters should retain Superior Court Judges Michael Isaku Begert and Patrick Thompson.

The Bay Area Reporter recommends attorney Michael Johnson for an open seat on the Alameda County Superior Court.

Jovanka Beckles, a queer Black Latina immigrant woman, is making her second bid for a state legislative seat.

Voters in the state's sprawling Senate District 3 would do well to elect gay former West Sacramento mayor Christopher Cabaldon in the March 5 primary.

San Francisco residents on the city's west side have an opportunity to elect a new member of the state Assembly and, for the March 5 primary, we recommend District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani.

There is one Democratic U.S. Senate candidate who stands above the others when it comes to LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS issues and that's why we're recommending Congressmember Barbara Lee of Oakland for the U.S. Senate in the March 5 primary.

It's rare that a congressional seat opens up in the Bay Area, and we are fortunate to have extremely supportive representatives here.

There's not much excitement in the upcoming primary as far as the presidential race goes.

It's one of the oldest — and most damaging — of tropes: that gay people molest children.

Mark Fickes, a gay man who's a commissioner with the Alameda County Superior Court and a candidate for judge in March, committed a serious lapse in judgment last week when he told local Democrats that he voted for DA Pamela Price in 2022.

Sure, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will tell the public that he is following Pope Francis' recent directive to allow priests to bless couples in same-sex relationships.

Our colleague Gwen Smith notes in her Transmissions column this week that according to the Trans Legislation Tracker, there were 589 anti-trans bills introduced in 49 states in 2023.