This year’s local ballot is a doozie. San Francisco voters will decide 25 measures and 11 candidate races.
Baffled by our local election letter jumble? The Public Press is here to help. We’ve organized the propositions by theme and alphabetically.
Dist 11 Candidates:
Kim Alvarenga,
Magdalena de Guzman,
Berta Hernandez, Francisco Herrera, Ahsha Safa
This regional bond measure would raise money to rehabilitate and update the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
If passed, it would raise property taxes.
This initiative was placed on the ballot by a 9-0 vote of the BART Board of Directors.
This ordinance would raise the tax paid to the city when properties worth $5 million or more change owners.
The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to put this initiative on the ballot.
This ordinance would tax sugar-sweetened beverages, syrups and powders at the point where those products were distributed to markets and restaurants in San Francisco.
This measure was placed on the ballot by supervisors Malia Cohen, Mark Farrell, Eric Mar and Scott Wiener.
This ordinance would double the income limits for applicants to some “affordable housing,” which would then be available to middle- and upper-income earners.
The initiative was placed on the ballot through verified petition signatures.
This ordinance would prohibit lobbyists from contributing money to an elected official if they are registered to lobby the official’s agency, and also bar campaign contributions to candidates for those offices. It would also keep them from giving gifts to elected officials or candidates and their family members. The measure would require lobbyists to notify the Ethics Commission before they planned to lobby a government office or make payments to influence legislation or administrative action.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted 4-0 to put this measure on the ballot.
This ordinance would shift some of the city’s spending specifically to the arts and homeless services.
The initiative was placed on the ballot through verified petition signatures.
Prop R: This ordinance would direct the Police Department to create a unit focused on making neighborhoods safer and improving quality of life.
This bond measure would provide funding to rehabilitate, buy or build affordable housing by redirecting unused bond authority San Francisco voters granted in 1992 to loan money to property owners for seismic upgrades.
This ordinance would make it illegal for people to pitch tents or similar shelters on city sidewalks.
This measure was placed on the ballot by Supervisors Malia Cohen, Mark Farrell, Katy Tang and Scott Wiener.
