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  • All November 2024 Endorsements

    Thank you to everyone that participated in our November 2024 endorsements! We had a lot of great candidates come to speak with us during our meetings earlier this year and how they plan to fight for progressive values in San Francisco.Β  Here is a summary of our endorsements, all on one page!

    Here are the propositions, which are here on our website for the first time!

    Β Local Measures

    • A: Yes βœ… SFUSD facilities bond
    • B: Yes βœ… Community health & safety bond
    • C: Yes βœ… Create an Inspector General
    • D: HELL NO! ❌❌❌ Eliminates dozens of commissions and removes public oversight
    • E: HELL YES! βœ…βœ…βœ… Smart commission reform
    • F: No ❌ Lets police double their salaries
    • G: Yes βœ… Establish a Fund for Rental Subsidies for Extremely Low Income Residents
    • I: Yes βœ…Allows Nurses and 911 operators to get retirement benefits they were denied
    • J: No ❌ puts more SFUSD money in the hands of the mayor
    • K: Yes βœ… permanently close the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles
    • L: HELL YES! βœ…βœ…βœ… Tax Uber and Waymo to fund MUNI (but it has to get more votes than Prop M!)
    • M: No ❌ weakens overpaid CEO tax and could prevent measure L from taking effect
    • O: Yes βœ… make SF a reproductive rights sanctuary city

    Statewide Ballot Propositions

    • Prop 2: Yes βœ… publich school and community college facilities bond
    • Prop 3: HELL YES! βœ…βœ…βœ… enshrines same sex marriage into the state’s constitution
    • Prop 4: Yes βœ… drought preparedness bond
    • Prop 5: Yes βœ… lower voter approval for affordable housing and local infrastructure from 2/3 to 55%
    • Prop 6: HELL YES! βœ…βœ…βœ… prohibit slavery in CA prisons
    • Prop 32: Yes βœ… raises state minimum wage to $18/hour with cost of living adjustment subsequent
    • Prop 33: HELL YES! βœ… repeals Costa-Hawkins and allows cities to expand rent control
    • Prop 34: No ❌ CA Apartment Association’s retailiatory measure againast AIDS Healthcare Foundation for funding Prop 33
    • Prop 35: Yes βœ… creates permanent funding source for Medi-Cal
    • Prop 36: No ❌ criminalizes homelessness and reinstates felony sentences for some theft and drug charges

    And here are the candidate endorsements from earlier this year:

    Mayor

    • Aaron Peskin

    San Francisco Board of Supervisors

    • D1: Connie Chan
    • D3: Sharon Lai
    • D5: Dean Preston
    • D7: Myrna Melgar*
    • D9: 1. Jackie Fielder; 2. Stephen Torres
    • D11: 1. Chyanne Chen; 2. EJ Jones

    Board of Education

    • Matt Alexander

    City College Board of Trustees

    • Alan Wong

    District Attorney

    • Ryan Khojasteh

    BART, D9

    • Edward Wright

    Assembly District 19

    • David Lee

    About our endorsements

    * Recommend :Β  If you want to vote for this office, this is who we recommend.

    No Endorsement :Β Β We neither recommend or endorse a position.

    No Position:Β Β No consensus was reached among membership.

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