Propositions:A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V
Note: "City" refers to the San Francisco municipal government.
Proposition A
Proposition A would authorize the City to issue $887.4 million in bonds to rebuild and improve San Francisco General Hospital. This proposition required a two-thirds majority to pass.
Proposition A
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
300,595
83.81
No
58,049
16.19
Required majority
66.67
Invalid or blank votes
22,851
5.89
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition B
Proposition B would establish an Affordable Housing Fund to acquire new affordable housing, funded by setting aside a portion of property taxes.
Proposition B
Choice
Votes
%
No
181,534
52.19
Yes
166,299
47.81
Invalid or blank votes
33,662
8.67
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition C
Proposition C would prohibit City employees from serving on most Charter-created boards and commissions.
Proposition C
Choice
Votes
%
No
202,419
61.94
Yes
124,395
38.06
Invalid or blank votes
54,681
14.09
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition D
Proposition D would allocate funds from new hotel and payroll expense tax revenues toward developing Pier 70, on the Central Waterfront, if a financial and land use plan is approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Proposition D
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
226,513
68.07
No
106,228
31.93
Invalid or blank votes
48,754
12.56
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition E
Proposition E would change the number of signatures needed to recall city officials from a fixed 10% of registered voters to a scale of from 10% to 15% based on population.
Proposition E
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
195,605
60.10
No
129,862
39.90
Invalid or blank votes
56,028
14.43
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition F
Proposition F would shift City elections of some citywide offices from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years after November 2011.
Proposition F
Choice
Votes
%
No
176,692
55.00
Yes
144,592
45.00
Invalid or blank votes
60,211
15.51
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition G
Proposition G would "allow City employees to purchase retirement system credit for unpaid parental leave taken before July 1, 2003, as long as the purchase price covers all city costs."
Proposition G
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
202,011
62.47
No
121,354
37.53
Invalid or blank votes
58,130
14.98
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition H
Proposition H would establish public power in San Francisco, allowing the City to purchase public utilities, establishing deadlines on alternative energy use, allowing the City Public Utilities Commission to set rates, and allowing the Board of Supervisors to issue public utility bonds without voter approval.
Proposition H
Choice
Votes
%
No
211,681
61.38
Yes
133,214
38.62
Invalid or blank votes
36,600
9.43
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition I
Proposition I would create the Office of Independent Ratepayer Advocate to recommend public utility rates to the City Public Utilities Commission.
Proposition I
Choice
Votes
%
No
201,811
63.29
Yes
117,050
36.71
Invalid or blank votes
62,634
16.14
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition J
Proposition J would create a Historic Preservation Commission and allow it to make decisions regarding historic preservation in the City.
Proposition J
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
183,372
55.64
No
146,194
44.36
Invalid or blank votes
51,929
13.38
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition K
Proposition K would decriminalize prostitution, enforce laws against crimes on sex workers, and disclose all investigations and prosecutions of violent crimes against sex workers.
Proposition K
Choice
Votes
%
No
202,235
59.06
Yes
140,185
40.94
Invalid or blank votes
39,075
10.07
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition L
Proposition L would ensure first-year funding, furnish leased space, and define the scope and operations of the Community Justice Center.
Proposition L
Choice
Votes
%
No
178,440
57.46
Yes
132,097
42.54
Invalid or blank votes
70,958
18.28
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition M
Proposition M would prohibit landlords from engaging in specific acts of tenant harassment and allow such enforcement by court orders, rent reduction, monetary awards, and criminal penalties.
Proposition M
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
195,023
58.84
No
136,416
41.16
Invalid or blank votes
50,056
12.90
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition N
Proposition N would increase the transfer tax on properties worth $5 million or up to 1.5% and reduce the tax on residences that install solar energy systems or make seismic upgrades.
Proposition N
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
223,808
68.56
No
102,621
31.44
Invalid or blank votes
55,066
14.19
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition O
Proposition O would replace the Emergency Response Fee with a functionally equivalent Access Line Tax and revise the Telephone Users Tax.
Proposition O
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
208,044
66.74
No
103,679
33.26
Invalid or blank votes
69,772
17.98
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition P
Proposition P would change the size and composition of the San Francisco Transportation Authority Board from the entire Board of Supervisors to one consisting of the Mayor, the President of the Board of Supervisors, an elected City official selected by the Mayor, an elected City official selected by the President of the Board of Supervisors, and the Treasurer, and encourage the Authority to obtain expert financial review of its budgets and adopt City ethics and public records laws.
Proposition P
Choice
Votes
%
No
205,665
67.01
Yes
101,230
32.99
Invalid or blank votes
74,600
19.22
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition Q
Proposition Q would include more partnerships and businesses to be subject under the payroll expense tax and expand the tax exemption to businesses that have annual payroll expenses of $250,000 or less.
Proposition Q
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
233,411
74.20
No
81,178
25.80
Invalid or blank votes
66,906
17.24
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition R
Proposition R would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
Proposition R
Choice
Votes
%
No
233,733
69.75
Yes
101,376
30.25
Invalid or blank votes
46,386
11.95
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition S
Proposition S would make it City policy that voters will not approve new set-asides of City revenue that do not identify a new funding source, limit annual increases, and expire in ten years.
Proposition S
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
167,974
55.66
No
133,817
44.34
Invalid or blank votes
79,704
20.54
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition T
Proposition T would mandate the City to maintain funding for and provide enough free and low-cost substance abuse treatment services to meet demand.
Proposition T
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
200,649
61.24
No
127,014
38.76
Invalid or blank votes
53,832
13.87
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition U
Proposition U would make it City policy that representatives and senators in the United States Congress vote against further funding for deploying troops to Iraq, except for funds to withdraw such troops.
Proposition U
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
193,407
59.25
No
133,002
40.75
Invalid or blank votes
55,086
14.19
Total votes
388,112
100.00
Proposition V
Proposition V would make it City policy to urge the San Francisco Board of Education to reverse its elimination of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
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