The Bay Area Hosting One of the Biggest Spectacles in American Culture
Moscone Center in San Francisco is the Center of the Action
Super Bowl LX is bringing tens of thousands of visitors to the region, filling San Francisco hotels and pushing tourism outward into nearby cities like Emeryville, where proximity to downtown San Francisco, Oakland, and the South Bay makes it a convenient landing spot for visitors priced out of the city.
For a few days, football will dominate the headlines.
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| A big distraction for Bay Area residents. |
But the Super Bowl won’t be the most consequential gathering in the Bay Area this month.
That distinction belongs to the California Democratic Party’s 2026 State Convention at Moscone Center, where elected officials, party leaders, and delegates will gather to shape endorsements and strategy heading into the next election cycle.
The convention’s official theme is “Together, we win.” But behind the slogan lies a deeper conflict that has been building for nearly a decade inside California Democratic politics: a struggle between the party’s corporate-aligned centrist leadership and a growing populist-progressive wing increasingly skeptical that establishment Democrats can deliver on affordability, housing, and economic inequality.
The same political divide shaping the CADEM convention can be seen in miniature at Emeryville City Hall - in council proceedings, censure politics, and the isolation of a democratic-socialist voice on the council. The dynamic mirrors the leadership culture of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, chaired by Igor Tregub, where party discipline and coalition management often take precedence over ideological debate.
The question facing Democrats at this year's convention - locally and statewide: when progressives challenge the establishment, does the party include them or discipline them?
That question won’t draw the attention of the Super Bowl but in Emeryville, that question has already been answered as its lone Democratic Socialist faces a shadow censure and the Wrath of Kaur.
The story is HERE: When Procedure Becomes Punishment: The East Bay’s Censure Politics—and the National Democratic Crack-Up
Here's the State Democratic Party Candidate Endorsement Guide:
https://cadem.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026_Statewide_Candidate_Endorsement_Guide.pdf
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