November 2026 San Francisco Election Guide

Proposition A offers what supporters call “110 small fixes” for local government, such as altering how the city approves legal settlements, restructuring departments and commissions, removing reporting requirements and giving the city administrator authority over the city’s real estate portfolio. 

Under Proposition B, voters will decide whether to authorize a city-owned financial institution that could eventually become a public bank, potentially giving the San Francisco a new way to finance affordable housing, small businesses and environmental projects.

In a city where solutions to address the housing crisis are fiercely debated, a broad coalition is backing Proposition C, which would more than double the money San Francisco dedicates to building and preserving affordable housing each year. 

Proposition D supporters want to shrink future ballots by making it harder to qualify measures for elections through the initiative process. Opponents say it will quash public participation by making it too expensive for voters without access to large sums of money to call for a local referendum.

Proposition E is a part of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s triplet of proposed changes to City Hall governance. The measure significantly alters how city departments adopt technology, raises the threshold on contracts needing Board of Supervisors approval by millions of dollars and doubles the city administrator’s term to 10 years.

Proposition F would give the mayor direct authority to fully reorganize and transfer functions within most city departments, appoint department heads and fire them without cause. It would restore the deputy mayor position, eliminated more than 30 years ago.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.