Local government is the level of politics that are more amenable to being impacted by local grassroots activists, yet to most people it is the level of government that is most unknown to citizens.

SFYR decided to address this by hosting an educational event on the topic of local government last week on February 17th, 2022.

Our President, Joseph, taught our members about the key types of local government officials and how their elections work.  We covered why SF is both a city and a county, the roles of the mayor (in “strong mayor” vs. weak mayor systems), city manager/administrator, public defender,  treasurer, assessor-recorder, city attorney, and the district attorney, neighborhood supervisor elections, DCCC/RCCC elections, judge elections (local state judges vs. state appeal/supreme court judges), the role of non-partisan v. partisan type elections, and the main political divides and how those show up in precinct voter data.

SFYR is following up with the members who attended by sending them additional information on educational resources, such as the local political classic texts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1599695.City_for_Sale and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/613880.The_Political_Edge