The Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee, in session.

Proposition E — Create Task Force to Consider Culling Commissions

See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition E would create a task force to assess San Francisco’s many commissions and public bodies and recommend whether any should be altered or eliminated to improve local governance. The task force’s powers would be more than advisory for certain types of commissions, which it could directly change or dissolve without approval from lawmakers.

A member of the public comments during a session of the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee.

Proposition D — Eliminate City Commissions, Empower Mayor

See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition D would halve the number of City Hall commissions and end their oversight of government departments. The mayor would gain greater power to appoint commissioners, and full control over hiring and firing department heads. 

Proposition D would dramatically alter governance in San Francisco.

San Francisco City Hall at night.

Proposition C — New Inspector General Would Fight Local Corruption

See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. In the wake of years of FBI probes and ongoing scandals, Proposition C aims to fight corruption in San Francisco by creating a local inspector general position for investigating government fraud, waste and abuse of city resources. 

Listen to a summary of what this ballot measure would do. Support

The measure’s supporters hope it would let San Francisco lead the effort to root out bad actors at City Hall.

A woman walks out of the Chinatown Public Health Center.

Proposition B — Bonds to Enhance Health Care Facilities and Public Spaces

See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition B would let San Francisco borrow up to $390 million to carry out infrastructure and other projects, like upgrading health care facilities, creating homeless shelter, repaving roads and renovating Harvey Milk Plaza, the Castro neighborhood spot honoring the city’s first openly gay supervisor, who along with Mayor George Moscone was assassinated in 1978. Listen to a summary of what this ballot measure would do.

A school bus parked in front of Mission High School in San Francisco.

Proposition A — Bonds to Improve SF Schools

See our November 2024 SF Voter Guide for a nonpartisan analysis of measures on the San Francisco ballot, for the election occurring Nov. 5, 2024. The following measure is on that ballot. Proposition A would let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow up to $790 million to upgrade, repair and retrofit its campuses and other properties, and to build a facility that would produce high-quality meals for students. Listen to a summary of what this ballot measure would do.

市參事殷嘉立(Joel Engardio)同當地商戶與市民會面。

三藩民選官員遭反對,因其提案關閉海洋公路

居住在舊金山西側,由市參事殷嘉立(Joel Engardio)代表的市民表示,他們對他於其他市參事共同發起一項投票提案感到措手不及。該措施旨在永久關閉海洋公路,禁止汽車通行,並將其改造為海濱公園。

民眾說,殷嘉立在支持這項措施之前應該先諮詢他們的意見。一部分正在敦促他修改這項提案或將其從投票中撤回。

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SF Lawmaker Faces Growing Backlash for Supporting Great Highway Closure

Many of Supervisor Joel Engardio’s constituents, who live on San Francisco’s west side, said they felt caught off guard by his move to co-sponsor a ballot measure to permanently close the Great Highway to car traffic and turn it into a park.

They said he should have consulted them before backing the measure, and some are pushing him to alter or withdraw it from the ballot.

从蘇特羅高地(Sutro Heights )方向看過去的海洋公路,拍攝與2019年9月

商戶們反對將海洋公路改建公園的提案

一個代表日落區數十名商戶的團體公開反對一個投票提案。該提案將讓選民決定是否禁止車輛通行三藩市海洋公路(Great Highway)禁車,並將其改造為海濱公園。

該商戶團體表示,關閉公路可能會減慢城市西側的交通,以至於損害該市西側的商業。這可能會減少顧客人流量並延遲待售商品的交付。

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Merchants Oppose Ballot Measure to Turn Great Highway Into Park

A group representing dozens of merchants in the Sunset District is objecting to a ballot measure that would close San Francisco’s Great Highway to cars and transform it into a park. 

The closure could hurt businesses on the west side of the city, the group said, by slowing car traffic to them. That might reduce clientele foot traffic and delay the delivery of merchandise for sale.