The state Democratic Party endorsed Supervisor Scott Wiener for state Senate over the weekend at its convention in San Jose, a symbolic and potentially influential backing for him in his race against fellow Supervisor Jane Kim.

The election between Wiener, a moderate, and Kim, a progressive, has already raised the temperature at City Hall.

As they seek to distinguish their positions, they have increasingly clashed on issues from the shuttle buses that transport workers to Silicon Valley to how much below-market-rate housing developers should be required to sell and rent.

The state Senate seat they are vying for includes San Francisco and northern San Mateo County.

Wiener also has the financial edge. According to the most recent campaign finance filings, which covers Oct. 18 through Dec. 31, 2015, Wiener raised $853,597 and spent $194,857. Kim raised $300,269 in 2015 and spent $14,621.

But Kim also has a high profile that could grow in the coming months, as she champions an amendment to the CIty CHarter for the June ballot that would more than double the amount of below-market-rate housing developers must rent and sell in new projects.

— Emily Green

Official signature: Her signature will soon become the most popular in San Francisco. Catherine Stefani, sworn in as San Francisco’s county clerk on Monday, will put her John Hancock on the roughly 13,000 wedding licenses the county issues each year.

A former Contra Costa County deputy district attorney, Stefani is a longtime presence at San Francisco’s City Hall. Since 2007, she has worked for Supervisor Mark Farrell and former Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier.

Stefani will oversee a budget of about $2.2 million and 17 staff members. In addition to issuing marriage licenses, she is responsible for issuing city ID cards, birth and death certificates, and public notary services. She was sworn into office Monday by City Administrator Naomi Kelly.

— Emily Green

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