If California has long been a bellwether for national liberal politics, Senator Scott Wiener has been something of a bellwether for California politics.
READ MORE >When one of state Sen. Scott Wiener’s first major housing bills died in its first committee hearing in 2018, the logical option would have been for the lawmaker to retreat after such a resounding loss.
READ MORE >The most intriguing thing about the race to fill retiring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all. On paper, the choice between state Sen. Scott Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan should be one of the easiest decisions San Franciscans have to make in the November general election.
READ MORE >The state senator’s early warnings about artificial intelligence look prophetic now — and it’s just one reason he should be headed to Washington.
READ MORE >State Sen. Scott Wiener finished the recent legislative session with 10 bills he authored being sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom for possible signing, including his No Kings Act, a first-in-the-nation bill to let people sue federal agents for alleged violations of their constitutional rights.
READ MORE >State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, stood with a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee and several advocacy groups on Tuesday in San Francisco to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would let people sue individual federal officials in state court for alleged violations of their constitutional rights.
READ MORE >Gay state Senator Scott Wiener is the best choice for voters in San Francisco’s 11th Congressional District, which includes most of the city.
READ MORE >Scott Wiener is out to win San Francisco’s voters over, one living room at a time
READ MORE >San Francisco’s LGBTQ community has always been in a fight for its life.
READ MORE >State Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a bill that one expert says could even be more effective than the state’s current conversion therapy ban.
READ MORE >The gay congressional candidate walks a line between progressive ideals and political reality while facing attacks from the left and right.
READ MORE >The uber-YIMBY congressional candidate has pitched a federal “pro-housing incentive fund.” An SF official says it’s not enough.
READ MORE >The U.S. Supreme Court rules 8-1 against conversion therapy bans, but a California legislator hopes tougher..
READ MORE >In the shaded courtyard of a San Francisco affordable housing complex in early March, California’s most prolific Yes In My Backyard legislator rolled out his congressional campaign’s new housing platform.
READ MORE >The California state lawmaker favored to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House has already been thrust into the national spotlight as the force behind headline-grabbing policies like a ban on masks for federal agents and protections for transgender youth.
READ MORE >The ballot measure would fund research grants and facilities as federal grant freezes threaten Bay Area labs and universities.
READ MORE >Scott Wiener, California Yimby crusader, says his affordable-housing mission is ready for national stage
READ MORE >By running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat, he's putting the abundance theory to the test.
READ MORE >On October 10, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 79, authored by Senator Scott Wiener, marking a landmark moment in California’s housing reform landscape.
READ MORE >California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that caps the out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 a month per person under many insurance plans.
READ MORE >California needs more housing, but a new bill—SB79—has sparked a fierce fight. Supporters say it's key to cutting rents and boosting transit. Opponents warn it undermines local control and risks displacement. Senator Scott Weiner and LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla join Lovett to debate what's really at stake.
READ MORE >State Senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin just introduced a new bill that would ban law enforcement agents from being masked on the job, a move seemingly targeted at federal ICE agents who’ve been wearing gaiters while performing recent raids.
READ MORE >State Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Jesse Arreguín, D-Berkeley, announced Monday that the budget blueprint drawn up by Assembly and Senate budget negotiators would reverse a $1.1 billion cut in transit funding that Gov. Newsom proposed last month.
READ MORE >Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced Senate Bill 363, the Health Insurance Accountability Act, which intends to provide “critical transparency and accountability for health insurance companies for baseless denials of coverage for medically necessary care,” Wiener’s office said in a news release.
READ MORE >San Francisco Sen. Scott Wiener and Mayor Daniel Lurie will announce today the reintroduction of a state bill that allows local police to enforce fencing operations of suspected stolen goods on Mission Street and the rest of the city.
READ MORE >Hundreds of people rallied in San Francisco on Friday in support of transgender youth and their families against the sweeping anti-trans rhetoric set by the Trump administration
READ MORE >Find out why Scott Wiener made TIME’s list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence
READ MORE >During his seven years in the Legislature, no elected official in California has proposed more ambitious policies to streamline housing construction than Wiener.
READ MORE >Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill.
READ MORE >Long before Scott Wiener became California’s leading housing iconoclast or a regular target for scathing Fox News diatribes, he was an introverted New Jersey teen with enviable choices for college.
READ MORE >Of the thousands of threatening and hate-filled messages that state Sen. Scott Wiener has received over the last three years, one stands out as the most visceral.
READ MORE >Under a measure introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener, companies that bring in at least $1 billion in revenue and do business in California would have to annually report their greenhouse gas emissions to the public.
READ MORE >Can Scott Wiener convince the state that his bill will reduce the “sheer misery” drug use is causing now?
READ MORE >I’m a gay, Jewish Democrat — the perfect target for an internet cult obsessed with pinning pedophilia on gays, Jews and Democrats.
READ MORE >Find out why Scott Wiener made the 2023 TIME100 Climate list
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