Don Perata

John Burton’s Murky Role in Perata Probe

Report: Migden Screams at Her Staff

Carole Migden Gets Recycled After All ... But Not By Don Perata

Earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle's flies on the wall, Matier & Ross, wrote a little piece about Carole Migden, the Jason Voorhies of California politics (you just can't kill this woman's political career).According to M&R, Migden -- who was trounced in her re-election bid for ... More >>

Is Mark Leno Getting Grief from Democratic Leaders for Vanquishing Carole Migden? Far From It

In the state Legislature, there are some things you just don't do. If your Democratic incumbent re-enacts scenes from Mad Max on the interstate, treats her employees in a manner even Naomi Campbell would decry as brutal, and, in general, make enemies at a Bernie Madoff-like pace, you do not run agai ... More >>

The New Kid

Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

Senate aides ignore leader, don't help Migden

Despite crossing party leadership during the campaign, new state Senator gets plum posts.

Demo Sale

The party's leaders are putting their lack of ethics on display once again

East Bay Laborer Alleges Union Corruption in Federal Lawsuit

A complaint arrivesAs journalists, we hate to admit it, but San Francisco isn't exactly a hotbed of political-corruption scandals. (Local political observers say there are a few reasons for this silver lining, which is amply clouded by the city's general dysfunction and ideology-driven policy blunde ... More >>

Toothless Watchdog

A complaint arrivesAs journalists, we hate to admit it, but San Francisco isn't exactly a hotbed of political-corruption scandals. (Local political observers say there are a few reasons for this silver lining, which is amply clouded by the city's general dysfunction and ideology-driven policy blunde ... More >>

Boomtastrophe

Baby Boomers hoped to die before they got old. They lied. And now they’re dragging the whole country down.

Untouchable

Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

Missed Connection

The multiuse Transbay Terminal project may have shrunk into a really expensive bus station

This Is Your Sport, on Dope

State Sen. Don Perata's bill on drug testing for pro athletes isn't nearly tough enough on doped-up athletes or their enablers

Tale of a Gun

Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

Dream Candidate

Front-running mayoral candidate Jerry Brown offers Oakland vague, pretty solutions to its real, ugly problems

Pride Rides: How Will Our Elected Officials Be Cruising This Weekend?

Bevan Dufty's sweet ride...In case you missed the proliferation of rainbow flags and the huge influx of prideful people heading into our fair city, things are ramping up for the big Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28.As the knives begin to come out behind the scenes in the city's simmering budget battl ... More >>

How Jean Quan May, Astoundingly, Become Mayor of Oakland

Jean Quan for Oakland Mayor 2010Jean Quan, the politician who lived​As we wait for final election results to come in for the Oakland mayor's race, it's not premature to say that City Councilwoman Jean Quan will have pulled off one of the great political Lazarus acts in recent Bay Area history if s ... More >>

Elections Overtime: The Races That Haven't Finished

...And we're counting​Funny thing about Instant-Runoff Voting: The results often aren't so instant. A number of elections around the state are still undetermined. What does the future hold? Gnashing of teeth, threats of litigation, and, of course, counting, counting, and recounting. In an Instant- ... More >>

Jean Quan Declared Oakland's Mayor

Mayor-To-Be Jean Quan is definitely Anybody But Perata​Completing a mathematical miracle, Councilwoman Jean Quan upset longtime Bay Area power player Don Perata to become mayor of Oakland. While Perata heavily outpolled Quan on election day, the councilwoman received far more second- and third-pla ... More >>

Don Perata Deserved to Lose

Don Perata forgot to read the instructions before opening the package​Don Perata today conceded the race for Oakland mayor, capping an improbable victory for Councilwoman Jean Quan. We'll never know if Perata would have been a better mayor than Quan. But we already know that Quan certainly deserve ... More >>

Does Jean Quan Have a Second Outfit?

Jean Quan -- and that outfit -- look familiar...​Oakland is a city with real needs, and Mayor-elect Jean Quan's honeymoon will be short. But it looks like Quan won't be wasting any time picking out what to wear before getting to work. We've already written about how Quan's victory over Don Perata ... More >>

Today's Most Popular Stories

​A compilation of the most-viewed stories on Bay Area news sites and blogs at the moment. You're welcome.SF Gate: Columnist Chip Johnson voted for Don Perata, who, he can't believe, lost to Jean Quan in the race to become mayor of Oakland. Quan prevailed after Johnson wrote a week ago that she'd b ... More >>

'Fake Jean Quan' Has Very Real Picture

Accio Twitter, Jean! ​Whether it was the persistently plum attire, the trunkload of parking tickets -- or that whole knocking off Don Perata thing -- you knew Jean Quan wasn't a garden variety politician. Here's one more thing: While most politicians send their Twitter accounts into semiretirement ... More >>

Ranked-Choice Voting Will Force Politicians To Swallow Their Pride

Arggggh, I don't want to be humble​A growing chorus of politicians who lost in November claim Ranked-Choice Voting, the instant-runoff system used in San Francisco and other cities, is flawed and should be scrapped. But Steven Hill, architect of RCV systems such as ones used in here and in Oakland ... More >>

Who Understands Ranked-Choice Voting? Nobody.

Nobody understands ranked-choice voting ... especially the politicians who lose​The one thing that makes perfect sense about ranked-choice voting is that nobody seems to understand it. And a new poll validated this notion recently. According to a Chamber of Commerce poll, more than half of those w ... More >>

Occupy Oakland Attempts to Storm City Hall, Occupy Mayor Jean Quan's Office

What would Don Perata do?​It seems that Occupy Oakland's initial intent to dismantle big banks has shifted to a more tenable goal: to make Mayor Jean Quan's first term a living hell. More than two dozen protesters attempted to overtake City Hall this afternoon, just over 12 hours after a dozen pro ... More >>