The November 6 California General Election is less than three weeks away. Register to vote by October 22... do it online! Any vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dropped off at a precinct within your registered county by Election Day.
California
voters will face 11 statewide propositions
and statewide office elections including Governor and Senator. Sorry,
the one about splitting up California was removed from the ballot, but
high-profile propositions about rent control and the gas tax repeal
remain on the ballot. For SF
voters, five local propositions, five district supervisors, and other
offices including the US House and CA Assembly. Drawing the most
attention is a homeless measure that increases taxes on larger
businesses.
CA Proposition 1: Bonds for Housing Assistance
Authorizes
$4 billion in bonds to fund existing housing programs for low-income individuals, veterans, families, and farmworkers.
YES: CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
LA Times, SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Scott Weiner, CA Chamber of Commerce,
CA League of Cities,
CA League of Women Voters,
CA SEIU,
CA Sierra Club,
Chan Zuckerberg Advocacy, NRDC, SF Berniecrats, SPUR
CA Proposition 2: Bonds for Housing Assistance
Issues up to $2 billion in authorized bonds to fund a housing program for individuals with mental illness.
YES: CA Democratic Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
CA Republican Party,
SF Green Party, LA Times,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
CA Chamber of Commerce,
CA League of Cities,
CA League of Women Voters,
CA SEIU,
Chan Zuckerberg Advocacy,
SF Berniecrats,
SPUR
NO: CA Libertarian Party, OC Register
CA Proposition 3: Bonds for Water Projects
Authorizes more than $8.8 billion in bonds for water infrastructure projects.
YES:
Fresno Bee, CA Governor candidate John Cox, San
Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, State Asm. Phil Ting,
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, CA Agricultural Council, CA Chamber of
Commerce,
CA League of Cities, CA Waterfowl Association, SPUR
NO:
CA Green
Party,
CA Libertarian Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
LA Times, OC Register,
Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
CA League of Women Voters,
CA Sierra Club, SF Berniecrats
CA Proposition 4: Bonds for Children's Hospitals
Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds to fund children's hospitals.
YES: CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
LA Times, SF Chronicle, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, State Sen. Kevin de Leon,
CA Chamber of Commerce,
CA SEIU,
CA Teachers, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats
CA Proposition 5: Property Transfer Changes
Removes
certain property transfer requirements for those over 55 years old or
severely disabled, or for contaminated or disaster-destroyed property.
YES:
CA Libertarian Party,
CA Republican Party,
OC Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Realtors
NO: CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
LA Times,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
CA League of Women Voters,
CA SEIU, CA Teachers,
SF Berniecrats
CA Proposition 6: Repeal of 2017 Transportation Tax
Repeals 2017 tax and fee provisions to fund transportation needs.
YES:
CA Libertarian Party,
CA Republican Party,
OC Register, CA Governor candidate John Cox, House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy
NO: CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
LA Times,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle, Gov. Jerry Brown,
BART, CA Chamber of Commerce,
CA League of Cities,
CA League of Women Voters,
CA SEIU,
CA Sierra Club,
SF Berniecrats,
SF Bike Coalition,
SPUR
CA Proposition 7: Daylight Savings Time Change
Permits the legislature to make future changes to the daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote.
YES: CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Republican Party,
LA Times,
SF Bay Guardian,
Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, SF Berniecrats
NO: Sacramento Bee, SF Chronicle
CA Proposition 8: Limit on Dialysis Charges
Limits patient charges, implements penalty structure, and requires reporting by outpatient kidney dialysis clinics.
YES:
CA Democratic Party, CA Green
Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
State Asm. David Chiu and Phil Ting,
CA Public Employees' Retirement System, CA SEIU,
SF Berniecrats
NO:
CA Libertarian Party,
CA Republican Party,
LA Times,
SF Chronicle,
CA Chamber of Commerce, CA Medical Association, CA Veterans of Foreign Wars, DaVita Medical Group
CA Proposition 10: Rent Control
Permits local governments to enact rent control measures on residential property.
YES:
CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
LA Times,
Sacramento Bee, SF Bay Guardian, Rep. Barbara Lee, State Sen. Kevin de Leon, Supervisor Jane Kim, CA League of Women Voters,
CA SEIU,
CA Sierra Club,
CA Teachers, National Urban League, SF Berniecrats, Western Center on Law & Poverty
Requires
private-sector emergency ambulance employees to remain on call during
work breaks, and eliminates some employer liability.
YES:
CA Republican Party,
Fresno Bee,
LA Times, OC Register, San Jose Mercury News, CA Ambulance Association
NO:
CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Libertarian Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
CA SEIU,
CA Teachers, SF Berniecrats,
CA Proposition 12: Farm Animal Standards
Provides more space for certain farm animals, and bans the sale of products that violate these standards.
YES:
CA Democratic Party,
CA Green
Party,
CA Peace & Freedom Party,
LA Times,
SF Bay Guardian, CA SEIU,
CA Sierra Club,
Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Humane Society, SF Berniecrats,
SPCA
NO:
CA Republican Party, SF Libertarian Party, Sacramento Bee, SF Chronicle, CA Egg Farmers, PETA
SF Proposition A: Bonds for Embarcadero Seawall
Authorizes $425 million in bonds to upgrade the Embarcadero seawall.
YES: SF Democratic Party, SF Republican Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
SF Examiner,
Mayor London Breed, all 11 Board of Supervisors, former State Sen. Mark
Leno, Giants CEO Larry Baer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
State Sen. Scott Wiener,
Alice B Toklas LGBT Club,
SEIU 1021,
SF Bike Coalition,
SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers, SF Sierra Club, SPUR
NO:
SF Green Party,
SF Libertarian Party,
SF Tenants Union
SF Proposition B: City Privacy Guidelines
Create privacy guidelines for City agencies to protect personal information.
YES:
SF Democratic Party, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
NO:
SF Green Party,
SF Libertarian Party,
SF Republican Party,
SEIU 1021,
SF Bay Guardian, SF Chamber of Commerce,
SF Chronicle,
SF Examiner, SPUR
SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party
SF Proposition C: Business Tax for Homeless Services
Raise
large business taxes, by up to 0.69% of gross revenues or 1.5% of
payroll expenses, to fund housing, mental health, and hygiene services
for homeless or at-risk homeless individuals.
YES:
SF Democratic Party,
SF Green Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Examiner, comedian Chris Rock,
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Supervisor Jane Kim,
Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Bi-Rite Market, Chinatown Community
Development Center, Glide Foundation, SEIU 1021,
SF Bike Coalition,
SF Sierra Club,
SF Teachers,
SF Tenants Union, SPUR
NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party,
SF Chronicle,
Asm. David Chiu,
Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, SF Chamber of Commerce, SF Police Officers
SF Proposition D: Cannabis Business Tax
Impose up to a 7% tax on cannabis businesses starting in 2021.
YES:
SF Democratic Party,
SF Green Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
NO: SF Libertarian Party, SF Republican Party,
SF Chronicle,
SF Examiner, SF Chamber of Commerce
SF Proposition E: Distribution of Hotel Tax to the Arts
Distribute up to 1.5% of existing hotel tax revenues for arts and cultural purposes.
YES:
SF Democratic Party,
SF Bay Guardian,
SF Chronicle,
Mayor London Breed, State Sen. Scott Wiener,
Alice B Toklas LGBT Club,
SEIU 1021,
SF Chamber of Commerce,
SF Opera Association,
SF Sierra Club,
SF Teachers
NO:
SF Green Party, SF Libertarian Party,
SF Examiner
CA Senator
The six-year term for US Senator is between State Sen. Kevin de Leon (D) and four-term incumbent Dianne Feinstein (D).
*
Kevin de Leon: CA Democratic Party, Daily Kos, SF Bay Guardian,
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Rep. Ro
Khanna, Supervisor Jane Kim, CA SEIU, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club,
SF Berniecrats
* Dianne
Feinstein:
LA Times,
OC Register, SF Chronicle, former President Barack Obama, Gov. Jerry
Brown, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor
Libby Schaaf, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kamala Harris, SF Mayor London
Breed, Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, CA National Organization of
Women, Human Rights Campaign, United Farm Workers
CA Governor
The six-year term for CA Governor is between John Cox (R) and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
*
John Cox: CA Republican Party, OC Register, President Donald Trump,
former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, San Diego Mayor Kevin
Faulconer, CA Peace Officers
* Gavin Newsom: CA Democratic Party,
LA Times,
SF Chronicle, former President Barack Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown,
CA Sierra Club, CA SEIU, CA Teachers
