SF Daily Brief for November 3, 2026

Welcome to SF Daily Brief, a daily briefing on the news in San Francisco. It's Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and it is Election Day in San Francisco. Here is what is happening in the city. Mission Local asked every San Francisco politician and major candidate how they would fix housing affordability.

The officials and leading candidates on Tuesday's ballot, including the congressional contenders, each set out how they would make housing in the city more affordable. Mission Local collected their answers in their own words. The final push in the race for Congress includes a large ground operation. Scott Wiener's congressional campaign and an allied super PAC have knocked on their 311,000th door.

That is one of the largest canvassing operations San Francisco has seen, as the race closes before Tuesday's election. Wiener is defending a lead over Supervisor Connie Chan in the contest for Nancy Pelosi's seat. The campaign and super PAC reached the milestone in the final days before the election. The race is in its final days.

The latest filings with the city Ethics Commission show a tenfold difference in fundraising for Proposition G, which would reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars on weekdays. Campaigns opposing the measure have raised about $1.61 million, roughly ten times the $160,000 reported by supporters. Yelp chief executive Jeremy Stoppelman has given $750,000 to the opposition. The Chinese Democratic Club gave $25,000 to the yes side.

Those are the latest fundraising figures. San Francisco police said a man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening after a stabbing Sunday morning near 24th Street and South Van Ness Avenue. Officers were called about 11:24 a.m. and found him with apparent knife wounds. No arrests have been made, police said.

With Election Day on Tuesday, San Francisco voters are hosting ballot parties to work through a California ballot that includes 14 statewide measures, tied with Colorado for second-most in the country. At these pre-election parties, it is BYOB: bring your own ballot. Lauren Schwartz, 61, has held a ballot party at her Monterey Heights home for more than 20 years. A September poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found nearly 80% of likely voters thought the ballot had too many propositions.

The ballot parties come before Tuesday's election. San Francisco's transportation agency is asking the federal government to immediately remove Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles from a city-owned downtown parking garage. Mission Local reports the request. A family is questioning police after a fatal crash.

Justin Randle was driving with a suspended license when San Francisco police stopped him and then let him go, the Standard reports. Less than an hour later, he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. His family is asking whether police could have done more. In the congressional race, Connie Chan's backers want one thing on Election Day: high voter turnout.

According to Mission Local, Connie Chan is counting on higher-than-usual turnout to overcome what most polls show as roughly a six-point lead for Scott Wiener in the race for Congress. Tuesday is Election Day. The race is for Congress. A low-budget independent thriller starring Joan Chen is filming night scenes on location in Chinatown, with the neighborhood playing itself instead of a studio set.

High Priestess of Souls," written and directed by Pete Lee, follows a woman released from prison who finds Chinatown remade by gentrification. SFFILM gave the script a $25,000 grant, and the production is hiring neighborhood residents as extras. The film is shooting in Chinatown. Gabby Williams, the Valkyries star named Finals MVP after Golden State won its first WNBA title, said she received death threats for supporting transgender athletes, the Standard reports.

She thanked Bay Area fans who let her "be myself. Thank you for listening to SF Daily Brief. For the full written brief, including all of today's stories, go to sfdailybrief.com.