Watch the video and listen to the audio from the Oct. 8 event co-hosted by the League of Women Voters of San Francisco and the San Francisco Public Press at the Internet Archive.
Category: Elections
Posted inCalifornia, Elections, Government & Politics, Homelessness
Proposition 39 Would Make It Harder for Unhoused People to Vote
Voting may become harder for people experiencing homelessness in coming elections if California’s Proposition 39, a new voter ID law, passes. The measure would add another hurdle in a long line of barriers to civic engagement that unhoused people already face.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Politics
陈诗敏接过华人参政的理想。她能带着它，走进国会山吗？
陈诗敏正力争成为旧金山首位华裔美国国会众议员，她的参选建立在几代华裔美国人政治组织的基础之上。
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Politics
Connie Chan Inherits a Chinese American Political Dream. Can She Take It to Congress?
Connie Chan is seeking to become San Francisco’s first Chinese American representative in the U.S. House, a bid built on generations of Chinese American political organizing.
Posted inElections, From the Newsroom, Homelessness
You Can Help Us Get These Zines to People Who Can Use Them
We made a zine that explains how to vote if you’re unhoused, which we’ve been distributing to nonprofits and service providers. Now you can print out your own copies and share them!
Posted inElections, Government & Politics, Homelessness
Experiencing Homelessness and Wanting to Vote? Here’s How.
If you’re unhoused, you can cast a ballot in this November’s election. Read our Q&A to learn how to register and vote, even if you lack a fixed address or physical identification card.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, Government & Politics
Proposition J Would Close Tax Loophole on Large Foreclosed Properties
Proposition J would end a 42-year-old transfer-tax exemption for foreclosure sales of large commercial and multiunit residential properties valued over $10 million, preserving it for single-family homes, condos and small residential buildings.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, Government & Politics
Proposition I Pushes City to Build New Type of Affordable Housing
Proposition I, the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act, could dedicate an estimated $120 million annually toward affordable housing, creating hundreds of units a year in mixed-income developments and bolster displacement prevention services.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, Government & Politics
Proposition H and Regional Transit Measure: SF Seeks Parcel and Sales Taxes to Keep Muni Moving
If voters do not pass the local Proposition H and Regional Measure RTM — aka the Connect Bay Area Act — to authorize new revenue, the system that undergirds San Francisco’s transit-first housing policies faces catastrophic cuts.
Posted inCity Hall, Elections, Government & Politics
Proposition G Reopens the Great Highway Debate
Proposition G asks voters to once again pick a side in the years-long parkland-vs.-roadway clash along Ocean Beach. It seeks to turn the Upper Great Highway back into a mixed-use area — maintaining parts of Sunset Dunes Park while allowing private vehicle traffic weekdays.