Retraction: I previously stated that Mayor Lurie renewed Flock’s contract, and heavily implied that Lurie was responsible for SF’s continued contract with them. Lurie did not renew their contract, although he failed to curtail it in the face of increasing pushback. In his defense, the contract with Flock was signed by the Board of Supervisors and will expire in February of next year.
I have left the section in the guide but have crossed it out. This does not change my voting recommendations; Lurie is still the reason billionaires have found increasing purchase inside city hall and the Democratic party at large, and I still consider him to be extremely corrupt.
Final recommendations
Federal and State Elections
Governor: Xavier Becerra
Lieutenant Governor: Fiona Ma
Secretary of State: Shirley N. Weber
Controller: Malia Cohen
Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner: Jane Kim
Board of Equalization Member, District 2: John Pimentel
US House of Representatives, District 11: Connie Chan
State Assembly Member, District 17: Matt Haney
State Elections, Nonpartisan
Judicial Section: No recommendation, no vote across the board
Superintendent of Public Instruction: No recommendation, no vote
Local Elections: City of San Francisco
Assessor-Recorder: No recommendation, no vote
Public Defender: No recommendation, no vote
State Propositions
Proposition 1: Housing Affordability Bonds: Yes
Proposition 2: State Rainy Day Adjustments: Yes
Proposition 3: Permanently set 2012 tax increase for education on income above 371k: Yes
Proposition 4: Repeal prohibition against public funds for campaigning: Yes
Proposition 5: Changes to the recall process for state offices: Yes
Proposition 37: Middle income home bonds: No
Proposition 38: Bonds for immunology research: Recommend voting no, personally will not be voting
Proposition 39: Voter IDs for vote by mail: No
Proposition 40: Wealth tax for billionaires: Yes
Proposition 41: Prohibits new state taxes that exclude revenues from spending limits: No
Proposition 42: Prohibits new state personal property taxes: No.
Proposition 43: Limit voters ability to raise revenues for local services: No
Proposition 44: Require community health clinics spend 90% of revenue on program services: No
Proposition 45: CEQA reforms to expedite environmental reviews: No
Regional and City Propositions
Proposition RTM: 1% sales tax in SF, 0.5% sales tax in various other counties, for MUNI, BART, and Caltrain funding: Yes
Proposition A: Charter changes to many current city bureaucracies: No
Proposition B: SF Municipal Finance Corporation and Bank: Yes
Proposition C: Housing trust fund: Yes
Proposition D: Increases to signature requirements to get citizen initiatives on the ballot: No
Proposition E: Relaxed oversight over city contracts with private companies, consolidation of oversight: No
Proposition F: Increase the mayoral ability to replace department heads without cause: No
Proposition G: Reopen the great highway: No
Proposition H: New Tax to help fund MUNI: Yes
Proposition I: Changes to the real property transfer tax to fund social housing: Yes
Proposition J: Removal of foreclosure tax exemption for transfer taxes: Yes