Latest line: A good week for the California Apartment Association, a bad week for Pamela Price

California Apartment Association

Landlord group wins big as AP calls Prop 34, the ballot measure it funded to block political spending by the LA-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which bankrolled three statewide rent control measures.

Pamela Price

Alameda County district attorney finally concedes defeat after her landslide loss in a recall election less than two years into her first term, the latest victim of a voter backlash against liberal crime policies.

Daniel Lurie

Centrist Democrat, heir to Levi’s fortune and new San Francisco mayor picks transition team and takes office in 6 weeks. But winning elections may be easier than cleaning up crime and homeless encampments.