How about that super expensive midterm election, huh? It killed a couple thousand trees just in local races alone, got the doctors all really worried that they won't be able to party on weekends anymore, and pitted communist against communist in the Assembly. The great, fickle, national pendulum swung back toward the Republicans in Congress, which if you've been alive for more than a few years you know is just how it always goes, pretty much every eight years. And here in San Francisco the race remains fairly tight between David Chiu and David Campos for that hotly contested seat in the State Assembly Chiu has a slight lead of 2,400 votes before absentee and provisional ballots have been counted, 51 to 49 percent, which means that race is probably still too close to call.
The races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, U.S. Congress, etc. all went as planned. The Democrats all won. Jerry is still governor by a huge margin. Gavin, Kamala, Nancy, Jackie, et al, are safe.
Also, all the city supervisors up for reelection Scott Wiener, Jane Kim, Katy Tang, Mark Farrell, and Malia Cohen get to keep their jobs, and none of those races were even close.
The minimum wage increase passed by a landslide!
It's a bit of a sad day for progressives, though, with Prop G going down in flames that would have created a graduated transfer tax on the sale of multi-unit buildings within the first five years of purchase, which was intended to curb Ellis Act evictions for the purpose of flipping buildings. That prop failed 54 to 46 percent.
California State Ballot Measures
These are the "semi-official" results via the Secretary of State's website.
Local Races (Minus the Judges and School Board)
See all the preliminary results for San Francisco, if you care, here.
State Assembly, District 17 - still awaiting absentee/provisional ballots
DAVID CHIU - 51.37%
DAVID CAMPOS - 48.63%
Total ... 87,519 - 100.00%
State Assembly, District 19
PHIL TING - 76.75%
RENE PINEDA - 23.25%
Total ... 62,222 - 100.00%
BART Director, District 8
NICK JOSEFOWITZ - 50.03%
JAMES FANG - 42.27%
FLASH GORDON - 7.27%
Total ... 59,012 - 100.00%
Public Defender
JEFF ADACHI - 98.26%
Assessor-Recorder
CARMEN CHU - 98.06%
Board of Supervisors, District 2
MARK E. FARRELL - 80.25%
JUAN-ANTONIO CARBALLO - 19.75%
Board of Supervisors, District 4
KATY TANG - 96.58%
Board of Supervisors, District 6
JANE KIM - 67.18%
JAMIE WHITAKER - 11.51%
MICHAEL NULTY - 11.33%
DAVID CARLOS SALAVERRY - 9.98%
Total ... 9,111 - 100.00%
Board of Supervisors, District 8
SCOTT WIENER - 77.44%
MICHAEL PETRELIS - 7.19%
TOMMY BASSO - 5.71%
GEORGE DAVIS - 4.88%
JOHN NULTY - 4.77%
Total ... 20,806 - 100.00%
Board of Supervisors, District 10
MALIA COHEN - 45.93%
TONY KELLY - 23.67%
MARLENE TRAN - 18.90%
SHAWN M. RICHARD - 6.34%
ED DONALDSON - 5.16%
Total ... 10,615 - 100.00%
Prop A - SF Transportation and Road Improvement Bond
Yes - 71.23%
No - 28.77%
Total ... 154,641 - 100.00%
Prop B - Adjusting Transportation Funding for Population Growth
Yes 93,289 61.14%
No 59,305 38.86%
Total ... 152,594 - 100.00%
Prop C - Extending the Children's Fund
Yes - 73.20%
No - 26.80%
Total ... 151,563 - 100.00%
Prop D - Retiree Benefits for Former SFRA Employees
Yes - 55.25%
No - 44.75%
Total ... 147,839 - 100.00%
Prop E - Soda Tax - did not pass because it needed a 67% majority
Yes - 54.50%
No - 45.50%
Total ... 156,247 - 100.00%
Prop F - Pier 70 Height Limit Exception
Yes - 72.28%
No - 27.72%
Total ... 153,745 - 100.00%
Prop G - Transfer Tax On Sale of Certain Multi-Unit Buildings Within Five Years of Purchase
No - 53.99%
Yes - 46.01%
Total ... 154,317 - 100.00%
Prop H - Banning Artificial Turf and Lighting in Golden Gate Park
No - 54.15%
Yes - 45.85%
Total ... 154,476 - 100.00%
Prop I - Allowing Renovation of Parks and Artifical Turf/Lighting
Yes - 54.80%
No - 45.20%
Total ... 154,925 - 100.00%
Prop J - Minimum Wage Increase
Yes - 76.83%
No - 23.17%
Total ... 158,859 - 100.00%
Prop K - Mayor's Non-Binding Pinky Swear on Affordable Housing
Yes - 65.05%
No - 34.95%
Total ... 155,063 - 100.00%
Prop L - Changing Transportation Priorities to Build More Parking Garages, Etc.
No - 62.33%
Yes - 37.67%
Total ... 151,740 - 100.00%
