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Both Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao (left) and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are recalled by voters with wide margins of 65% to 35%. Courtesy photos

Both Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price recalled by voters

OAKLAND — Both Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price were recalled by voters in the November 5 election with a wide margin at 65% to 35%.

  • SAN FRANCISCO — At November 5 election night, since the election results were first posted online by the Department of Elections, political outsider Daniel Lurie has been in a commanding lead among all 13 mayoral candidates securing all other choices votes in a ranked-choice voting system. Lurie declared victory on November 8 after current Mayor London Breed conceded loss in her re-election bid to Lurie with a wide margin, 56.34% to 43.66%, behind him.

    Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie declares victory alongside his wife Becca Prowda and hundreds of supporters at St. Mary Square in San Francisco Chinatown. Photo by Portia Li
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    Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie declares victory at the St. Mary Square in San Francisco Chinatown. Photo by Portia Li
  • SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition K, a local ballot measure proposed to permanently close the Upper Great Highway and strongly opposed by the Chinese community, was approved by 54.72% of the vote in the November 5 election.

    Voters at the westside and southern neighborhoods which are in purple areas overwhelmingly oppose Prop K. Graphic by Chris Arvin/electionmapsf.com
  • SAN FRANCISCO — 3-time San Francisco mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou is a professionally trained social worker and used to work as a behavioral health clinician at the City's Department of Public health for over 10 years. She has been out of work for over two years due to the mandate issued by the City during the pandemic to require all city employees to get COVID vaccinations. Zhou recently filed a lawsuit against the City to get her job back.

    Mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou who was terminated in September 2022 for not taking COVID vaccinations as a city employee sues San Francisco for wrongful termination. Photo by Portia Li
  • (1) District 9 Supervisor Candidate Trevor Chandler

    District 9 Supervisor candidates include Trevor Chandler (clockwise from left top), Jackie Fielder, Stephen Jon Torres, Roberto Hernandez and Jaime Gutierrez.
  • (1) District 5 Supervisor Candidate Autumn Looijen

    District 5 Supervisor candidates include Autumn Looijen (from left to right), Bilal Mahmood and Dean Preston.
  • (1) District 11 Supervisor Candidate Chyanne Chen

    District 11 Supervisor candidates include Chyanne Chen (clockwise from left top photo), Adlah Chisti, Jose Morales, Michael Lai and Ernest "ej" Jones..
  • (1) District 7 Supervisor Candidate Matt Boschetto

    District 7 Supervisor candidates include Matt Boschetto (from left to right), Stephen Martin-pinto and Myrna Melgar.
  • (1) District 1 Supervisor Candidate Jeremiah Boehner

    Five candidates run for San Francisco District 1 Supervisor in the November 5 election.