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San Francisco County is geographically coterminous with the City and County of San Francisco, a consolidated local government on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. Its dense neighborhoods, technology and financial employment and extensive transit systems distinguish it from surrounding suburban counties. Tourism and historic communities coexist with major housing pressures. Seismic safety, waterfront flood risk and public transportation funding are significant local concerns.

California Government & Civic Life

October 26, 2026, 9:10 AM · 4 mins read

California voters approve five propositions and maintain Democratic control in 2020 election

Democrats held their supermajorities in both chambers of the California Legislature as voters passed five out of twelve statewide propositions in the 2020 general election.