Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco,and is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Proposition 13 is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978,by means of the initiative process,to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership,and to require a 2/3 majority for tax increases in the state legislature. The initiative was approved by California voters in a primary election on June 6,1978,by a nearly two to one margin. It was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1992 in Nordlinger v. Hahn,505 U.S. 1 (1992). Proposition 13 is embodied in Article XIII A of the Constitution of the State of California.
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of California and from 2004 to 2011 as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco.
Carole Migden is an American politician from San Francisco who represented the third district of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008 and the 13th district of the California State Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She is the state's second openly lesbian legislator.
Ted Win-Ping Lieu is an American lawyer and politician who has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. He represented the 33rd congressional district from 2015 to 2023. The district includes South Bay and Westside regions of Los Angeles,as well as Beverly Hills,Santa Monica,the Palos Verdes Peninsula,and Beach Cities.
The 2010 California gubernatorial election was held November 2,2010,to elect the governor of California. The primary elections were held on June 8,2010. Because constitutional office holders in California have been prohibited from serving more than two terms in the same office since November 6,1990,incumbent Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits. Former governor Jerry Brown,to whom the term limits did not apply due to a grandfather clause,defeated Meg Whitman in the general election and was sworn into office on January 3,2011. As of 2024,this remains the most recent time the governor's office in California has changed partisan control.
Dian M. Grueneich is an American scholar and former public utilities commissioner. She served as a commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission from 2005 until 2010. She is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy.
The San Francisco Bay Area,commonly known as the Bay Area,is a region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay,and anchored by the cities of San Francisco,Oakland,and San Jose. The Association of Bay Area Governments defines the Bay Area as including the nine counties that border the estuaries of San Francisco Bay,San Pablo Bay,and Suisun Bay:Alameda,Contra Costa,Marin,Napa,San Mateo,Santa Clara,Solano,Sonoma,and San Francisco. Other definitions may be either smaller or larger,and may include neighboring counties which are not officially part of the San Francisco Bay Area,such as the Central Coast counties of Santa Cruz,San Benito,and Monterey,or the Central Valley counties of San Joaquin,Merced,and Stanislaus. The Bay Area is known for its natural beauty,prominent universities,technology companies,and affluence. The Bay Area contains many cities,towns,airports,and associated regional,state,and national parks,connected by a complex multimodal transportation network.
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American climate investor,businessman,hedge fund manager,philanthropist,environmentalist,and liberal activist. Steyer is the founder and former co-senior-managing-partner of Farallon Capital,and the co-founder of OneCalifornia Bank,which became Beneficial State Bank,an Oakland-based community development bank. Farallon Capital manages $20 billion in capital for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The firm's institutional investors include college endowments and foundations. Steyer served on the board of trustees at Stanford University from 2007 to 2017. He was formerly a partner and member of the executive committee at Hellman &Friedman,a San Francisco–based private equity firm.
Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar is an American scholar,jurist,and nonprofit executive currently serving as the 10th president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously a Justice of the Supreme Court of California,the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford University and director of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,and an executive branch official in the Clinton and Obama administrations. His publications address problems in American public law,international affairs and international law,artificial intelligence,public health and safety law,and institutions and organizations. He has served on the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board and the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Social and Ethical Implications of Computing Research,he serves as chair of the board of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He was born in Northern Mexico.
Travis Ethan Allen is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the California State Assembly. Allen was first elected in November 2012 to represent California's 72nd State Assembly district,which includes the cities of Fountain Valley,Los Alamitos,Seal Beach,and Westminster,most of Garden Grove,portions of Huntington Beach and of Santa Ana,and the unincorporated communities of Midway and Rossmoor.
The 2016 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The election for mayor of the City and County of San Francisco was held on November 5,2019. Incumbent mayor London Breed,who had previously been elected in a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Mayor Ed Lee,was reelected to a first full term in office. All local elections in California are nonpartisan.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5,2018,to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee,who had died in office on December 12,2017. Upon Lee's death,London Breed,President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,became Acting Mayor of San Francisco,but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco,the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
Matthew Craig Haney is an American politician from San Francisco currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district,covering the eastern portion of the city. A progressive member of the Democratic Party,Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
The 2022 California State Controller election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the California State Controller. Due to strict absolute lifetime term limit laws,incumbent Democratic State Controller Betty Yee was ineligible to run for a third term. Democrat Malia Cohen won the election,defeating Republican Lanhee Chen. Despite Chen's loss,the race was the closest of the 2022 elections in California,and Chen received more votes than any Republican candidate in the 2022 national election cycle. Chen flipped ten counties,the most that any candidate had flipped in California that year. Chen also won four congressional districts held by Democrats,while Cohen won no congressional districts held by Republicans.
The 2022 California 17th State Assembly district special election was a special election to fill the vacant 17th Assembly District. The special election was called after incumbent Assemblymember David Chiu resigned the seat to become City Attorney of San Francisco. Matt Haney,a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,won the election.
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election was held on November 8,2022,following the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It was held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections.
