SF Politics California Voters Say Yes to Tougher Crime Sentences, No to Rent Control Most statewide California ballot measure results still cannot be projected, but the two big ones can, as tougher sentencing for crimes was approved, while an expansion of rent control was rejected.
SF Politics Your California Ballot Cheat Sheet For Tuesday’s Ten Statewide Measures The ten measures on your California ballot have been largely overshadowed by the presidential race and mayoral race (or recall, if you're in Oakland), so here’s a quick preview of the minimum wage, rent control, and crime sentencing proposals the state will vote on tomorrow.
SF News California Supreme Court Blocks Anti-Tax Ballot Measure In Rare Move, Siding With Newsom and Legislature The California Supreme Court has struck down an anti-tax measure that had qualified for the November ballot through a signature drive, saying that it violates state constitutional procedure.
SF Politics A Guide to Your March 5th SF Ballot Measures, Which London Breed’s Fingerprints Are All Over There are seven San Francisco measures on your March 5 primary ballot. But many seem trojan-horse proxy measures to help Mayor London Breed get reelected this November, in a very difficult reelection environment.
SF News Mayor London Breed Hits the Campaign Trail to Tout Three New Ballot Measures London Breed held a rally to support Measures C, E, and F, which are all on the local ballot in March, and aim to deal with the empty downtown, public safety, and drug issues (sometimes controversially).
SF News Oil Companies Pushing State Ballot Measure to Drill Next to Schools, Homes California passed a law prohibiting oil companies from drilling within two-thirds of a mile of schools, homes, and hospitals. Big Oil fought back, and now the issue is heading to your November 2024 ballot.
Business & Tech Men Behind Latest Sports Gambling Ballot Initiative Revealed to Be Crypto Guy, High-Stakes Poker Guy Two dudes who sold an online gaming platform to a Nevada casino giant believe that they have the winning formula for a ballot measure that legalizes sports betting at tribal casinos in California, and they say they're willing the bankroll the whole thing.
SF Politics Once Again We're Voting On a Dialysis-Clinic Prop — Here's the Deal At its heart, this is a unionization fight, but it's one that keeps coming up because there is so much money on the table — and because the arguments are compelling.
SF Politics We’ve Got Polling on State Ballot Props: Both Gambling Measures In the Toilet, Wealth Tax Looks Like a Squeaker A combined $400 million-plus in spending has bought no love for the two competing sports gambling measures on California’s November ballot, whereas a new millionaire’s tax stands just 1% shy of the majority threshold it needs.
SF Politics Dialysis AGAIN? Why There Is Yet Another Dialysis Measure on the California Ballot California's healthcare unions are taking another shot at “Big Dialysis” after a failed 2018 measure, and get ready for TV ads, as the franchise clinics are outspending the unions 16-1.
SF Politics Local Republicans File Ballot Measure To Limit New Navigation Centers A couple of rare San Francisco Republicans have drafted a measure for the November ballot that would significantly limit the city's ability to open more homeless Navigation Centers, and limit the operation of all Navigation Centers to a maximum of two years.
SF News Today's The Last Day To Decline SF's Printed, 300-Page Voter Info Pamphlet The alphabet-busting roster of San Francisco ballot propositions voters will decide on November 8 have made for a massive information pamphlet, the booklet every registered voter will receive by mail in advance of
SF News Mayor Seeks Increase In Affordable Housing Requirements Ed Lee, reelected mayor but of a different San Francisco, today announced a new call to increase the percentage of affordable housing required from private market-rate developers building new housing. With Board of
SF News Ridiculous Ballot Measure Calling For Killing Of Gay People Tossed Out By California Judge In case there was any doubt, and needless to report, a California judge has summarily dismissed the proposed Sodomite Suppression Act, a ballot measure written by a bigoted Orange County lawyer that advocated
SF News Mayor Lee Introduces Counter Measure To Kim's 30-Percent Affordable Measure In response to Supervisor Jane Kim's pledge to either pass a 30-percent affordability threshold for new development in the city, or to get such a measure put on the November ballot, Mayor Ed
SF News New Ballot Measure Would Unleash Vengeful Taxes On House Flippers Supervisor Eric Mar and a group of tenants activists proposed a new ballot measure yesterday that, if passed, would impose a hefty "antispeculation" tax of up to 24% on any budding real estate
SF News San Francisco's Transportation Funding Ballot Measure Plan By The Numbers $1.5 billion: The approximate amount of money San Francisco is attempting to generate with multiple voter-approved initiatives this November $635 million: The portion of that money that would go toward Muni $625
SF News Jane Kim, Supervisors, Quietly Trying to Rewrite Care Not Cash A ballot measure spearheaded by District 6's Jane Kim was "quietly" added to the November ballot yesterday, setting the stage for the first revision -- and arguable dismantling -- of Gavin Newsom's controversial
SF News Oakland Might Become First U.S. City to Tax Marijuana Sales ABC 7 brings us this report about how Oakland may try to solve its budget crisis, in part, by becoming the first city in the nation to directly tax marijuana dispensaries. The city
