Last chance to help save local democracy
Just $3000 more to go to get us to our goal! Please support us.
Dear Readers,
The tech billionaires are already flooding social media and the airwaves with attack ads on local politicians. Will they decide the crucial 2026 elections? The only way to counterbalance all the noise is with the truth. That's what 48 Hills delivers everyday, for free. We are completely independent and supported by our community. But we can't keep doing it without you!
We truly don't want to bother you anymore—we'd rather be out reporting on the city we love, believe us!—but we're so close to our year-end goal. Just $3000 to go. If just a fraction of our readers pitched in, we'd be over the line, and in a great position for the essential election year ahead. Your 2025 donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
More reminders of our important work: We give you The Agenda every Monday, a guide to the major political events you need to know about for the coming week. We cover stories that don't get the same attention from the other news media. We go behind the obvious headlines and tell you what's really happening. We investigate and break big stories.
We have published more than 10,000 vital and diverse cultural reviews, previews, and interviews at a time when outlets are turning their backs on local arts, the soul of our city. At our fall fundraising gala, former Sup. Dean Preston put it simply: "I don't know what San Francisco would do without 48hills."
As we said, we are still $3000 short of our goal. Please, donate what you can—or even better, sign up as a monthly sustaining donor, so we can plan our coverage in the new year. Don't let our voice be silenced in an election year.
Thanks for all you do,
Tim, Marke, and the 48 Hills family
