November 2024 Endorsements

San Francisco Local Races
San Francisco Mayor: Aaron Peskin
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 1: Connie Chan
San Francisco District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh
San Francisco City Attorney: No endorsement
San Francisco Sheriff: No endorsement
San Francisco Treasurer: José Cisneros
San Francisco Board of Education: Matt Alexander, Virginia Cheung
San Francisco City College Board of Trustees: Alan Wong

For State Office
California State Assembly, District 19: David Lee
California State Senate, District 11: No endorsement

San Francisco Ballot Measures
Proposition A - Schools Improvement and Safety Bond: Yes
Proposition B - Public Health and Infrastructure Bond: Yes
Proposition C - Inspector General: Yes
Proposition D - City Commissions and Mayoral Authority: No
Proposition E - Task Force to Recommend Eliminating, Changing, or Combining City Commissions: Yes
Proposition F - Police Staffing and Deferred Retirement: No
Proposition G - Funding Rental Subsidies for Affordable Housing Developments: Yes
Proposition H - Retirement Benefits for Firefighters: No position
Proposition I - Retirement Benefits for Nurses and 911 Operators: Yes
Proposition J - Funding Programs Serving Children, Youth, and Families: No position
Proposition K - Permanently Closing the Great Highway: No
Proposition L - ComMUNIty Transit Act: Yes
Proposition M - Changes to Business Taxes: No position
Proposition N - First Responder Student Loan and Training Reimbursement Fund: Yes
Proposition O - Supporting Reproductive Rights: Yes

State Propositions
Proposition 2 - School Facility Repairs: Yes
Proposition 3 - Right to Marry and Repeal Prop. 8: Yes
Proposition 4 - Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Projects: Yes
Proposition 5 - Supermajority Requirement for Local Special Taxes: Yes
Proposition 6 - Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment: Yes
Proposition 32 - California $18 mininum wage: Yes
Proposition 33 - Prohibit Limitations on Rent Control: Yes
Proposition 34 - Restricts Spending of Prescription Revenues: No
Proposition 35 - Managed Care Organization Tax: Yes
Proposition 36 - Increase Drug Crime and Theft Penalties: No

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March 2024 Endorsements

State Assembly District 19: David Lee
Proposition 1: No

Superior Court Judge, Seat 1: Michael Isaku Begert
Superior Court Judge, Seat 13: Patrick S. Thompson

Democratic County Central Committee, Assembly District 19
Connie Chan
Queena Chen
Greg Hardeman
Frances Hsieh
Hene Kelly
Leah LaCroix
Sandra Lee Fewer
Gordon Mar
Mano Raju

Local Measures
Proposition A: Yes
Proposition B: No
Proposition C: No
Proposition D: Yes
Proposition E: No
Proposition F: No
Proposition G: No

Endorsements for November 2022 Election

Candidates:

  • United States Congress: No Endorsement

  • State Assembly: Phil Ting

  • Assessor-Recorder: Joaquin Torres

  • District Attorney: John Hamasaki

  • Public Defender: Mano Raju

  • Community College Board (2 year): Adolfo Velasquez

  • Community College Board (4 year): Susan Solomon, Anita Martinez, Vick Chung

  • Board of Education: Alida Fisher, Lisa Weissman-Ward, (a third candidate did not reach 50% +1)

  • Bart Board: Janice Li

  • District 4 Supervisor Recommendation: Gordon Mar

** We are asking our westside neighbors in District 4 to vote for Gordon Mar for Supervisor!

Local Measures:

  • Prop A (Retirement Benefits for City Employees): Yes

  • Prop B (Eliminating Department of Sanitation and Streets): Yes

  • Prop C (Homelessness Oversight Commission): Yes

  • Prop D (Affordable Homes Now): No

  • Prop E (Affordable Housing Production Act): Yes

  • Prop F (Renewal of Library Preservation Fund): Yes

  • Prop G (Grants to San Francisco Unified School District): Yes

  • Prop H (Holding City Elections in Even-Numbered Years): Yes

  • Prop I (Uses of the Great Highway and JFK Drive): No Position

  • Prop J (Golden Gate Park Access and Safety Program): No Position

  • Prop L (Sales Tax to Fund Transportation Projects): Yes

  • Prop M (Tax on Keeping Residential Units Vacant): Yes

  • Prop N (Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Parking Garage): Yes

  • Prop O (Additional Parcel Tax for City College): Yes

** Membership was split down the middle for Proposition I and Proposition J. So we ask our Richmond neighbors to vote however you think is best for you and your family!

State Propositions:

  • Prop 1A (Reproductive Freedom): Yes

  • Prop 26 (New Types of Gambling): No

  • Prop 27 (Online Gambling): No

  • Prop 28 (Arts Funding): Yes

  • Prop 29 (Kidney Dialysis Clinics): Yes

  • Prop 30 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions): Yes

  • Prop 31 (Flavored Tobacco): Yes

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