Prop A — School Bonds: To repair andrehabilitate San Francisco Unified School District facilities to currentaccessibility, health, safety, seismic and instructional standards,replace worn-out plumbing, electrical,HVAC, and major building systems, renovate outdated classrooms andtraining facilities, construct school facilities and replace agingmodular classrooms, improve information technology systems and foodservice preparation systems, shall the San Francisco Unified SchoolDistrict issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $744,250,000 at legalrates, with annual audits, and citizen’s oversight? Prop B — City College Parcel Tax: To continue providingCity College of San Francisco local funds the State cannot take away andoffset cuts to prevent layoffs; ensure affordable education forstudents; maintain core classes inwriting, math and science; prepare students for four-year universities,workforce training in careers in nursing, engineering/technology;provide counselors; keep college libraries open; shall San FranciscoCommunity College District renew its existing annual parcel tax at $99per parcel for fifteen years, requiring annual independent audits andcitizen oversight? Prop C — Loans to Finance Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing: Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the Cityand County of San Francisco on November 8, 2016, for the purpose ofsubmitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to amend Proposition A(approved November 1992) to authorize the City to incur generalobligation bonded indebtedness (Bonds) for the purpose of makingamendments to the Affordable Housing Loan Program (as defined herein)and the Market Rate Loan Program (as defined) for the additionalpurposes of providing loans to finance the cost to acquire, improve, andrehabilitate and to convert at-risk multi-unit residential buildings topermanent affordable housing, performing needed seismic, fire, health,and safety upgrades and other major rehabilitation for habitability, andrelated costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes;providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal andinterest on such Bonds; incorporating the provision of theAdministrative Code relating to the Citizens’ General Obligation BondOversight Committee’s review of the Bonds; setting certain proceduresand requirements for the election; adopting findings under theCalifornia Environmental Quality Plan, and with the eight prioritypolicies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). Prop D — Vacancy Appointments: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016 to amend the Charter of the Cityand County of San Francisco to requirethe Department of Elections to hold a special election when there is avacancy in the Office of Member of the Board of Supervisors, unless aregularly scheduled election will be held within 180 days of thevacancy; provide that the Mayor shall appoint an interim Supervisor tofill a supervisorial vacancy until an election is held to fill thatvacancy, with the interim Supervisor being ineligible to compete in thatelection; and require the Mayor to fill vacancies in all local electiveoffices within 28 days of the vacancy. Prop E — Responsibility for Maintaining Street Trees and Surrounding Sidewalks: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at an electionto be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of the City andCounty of San Francisco to transfer responsibility for the maintenanceof street trees to the City, establish the Street Tree Maintenance Fundprimarily to pay for such maintenance and the maintenance of trees onSan Francisco Unified School District property, and require an annualcontribution by the City to the Fund of $19 million, adjusted annuallyfor changes in aggregate discretionary City revenues; and to affirm thePlanning Department’s determination under the California EnvironmentalQuality Act. Prop F — Youth Voting in Local Elections: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters toamend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, to authorize16- and 17-years-olds to vote in municipal elections, at an election to be held on November 8, 2016. Prop G — Police Oversight: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of theCity and County of San Francisco to:re-name the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC) as the Department ofPolice Accountability (DPA); to give DPA direct authority over itsproposed budget; and require DPA to conduct a performance audit everytwo years of how the Police Department has handled claims of officermisconduct and use of force. Prop H — Public Advocate: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of theCity and County of San Francisco to: 1)create the Office of the Public Advocate; 2) set the Public Advocate’spowers and duties; 3) authorize the Public Advocate to review theadministration of City programs, including programs for transmittinginformation to the public, and to receive, investigate, and attempt toresolve complaints regarding City services and programs; 4) authorizethe Public Advocate to receive and investigate specified whistleblowercomplaints; 5) authorize the Public Advocate’s election, removal, andsalary; and 7) set city policy regarding sufficient funding and minimumstaffing for the Office of Public Advocate; and setting operative dates. Prop I— Funding for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of theCity and County of San Francisco to: 1) establish the Dignity Fund tosupport Seniors and Adults with Disabilities; 2) require an annualcontribution by the City to the Fund including an annual baseline amountof $38 million, increasing by $6 million for fiscal year 2017-2018, andincreasing by $3 million a year for the next 9 years until fiscal year2026-2027, and continuing at that amount, adjusted annually for changesin aggregate discretionary City revenues, for the next 10 years untilfiscal year 2036-2037; 3) establish a planning process for expendituresfrom the Fund; 4) create an Oversight and Advisory Committee; 5) set anexpiration date of June 30, 2037; and, 6) change the “Commission onAging” to the “Aging and Adult Services Commission” and update itsresponsibilities. Prop J— Funding for Homelessness and Transportation: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at an election to be held on November 8,2016, to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to:create a Homeless Housing and Services Fund and appropriate $12.5million to the Fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $50 million annually tothe Fund, adjusted for changes in discretionary City revenues, for thenext 24 years; and create a Transportation Improvement Fund andappropriate $25.4 million to the Fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 and$101.6 million annually to the Fund, adjusted for changes indiscretionary City revenues, for the next 24 years, and authorize theCity to issue indebtedness secured by monies deposited in theTransportation Improvement Fund. Prop K— General Sales Tax: Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code toimpose a transactions (sales) and use tax at the rate of three-quartersof the one percent (0.75%) for a period of25 years, to be administered by the State Board of Equalization inaccordance with Parts 1.6 and 1.7 of Division 2 of the CaliforniaRevenue and Taxation Code; and increasing the City’s appropriationslimit by the amount of the tax increase for four years from November 8,2016; and directing submissions of the tax for voter approval at theNovember 8, 2016 general municipal election. Prop L — MTA Appointments and Budget: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at an election to be held on November 8, 2016, toamend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to split thepower to make appointments to the San Francisco Municipal TransportationAgency (SFMTA) Board of Directors between the Mayor and the Board ofSupervisors to lower the vote by which the Board of Supervisors mayreject the SFMTA Budget from seven to six, and to make related changesimplementing these amendments. Prop M— Housing and Development Commission: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of theCity and County of San Francisco, to create the Housing and DevelopmentCommission to oversee the Department of Economic and WorkforceDevelopment and the Department of Housing and Community Development; torequire the Commission to review and make recommendations regardingproposed development agreements and conveyance of certain surplus Cityproperty before the Board of Supervisors considers such proposals; torequire the Commission to hold hearings and make recommendationsregarding proposals to adopt or change inclusionary housing requirementsfor housing developments; to require the Commission to adopt rulescreating competitive selection processes for the Department of Housingand Community Development’s expenditure of affordable housing funds andfor the development of affordable housing on City-owned property underthe jurisdiction of the Department of Housing and Community Development;and to provide that ordinances regarding inclusionary housingrequirements and rules regarding competitive selection for affordablehousing adopted under the processes set forth in the Charter maysupersede ordinances and rules adopted by the Board of Supervisors orthe voters prior to March 1, 2017. Prop N — Non-citizen Voting in School Board Elections: Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters, at anelection to be held on November 8, 2016, to amend the Charter of theCity and County of San Francisco toauthorize San Francisco residents who are not United States citizens butwho are the parents, legal guardians, or caregivers of a child residingin San Francisco to vote in elections for the Board of Education. Prop O— Office Development in Candlestick Point and Hunters Point: This measure would amend the Planning Code to exclude newoffice space in this project area from Proposition M’s annual 950,000square foot limit. This measure would also amend the Planning Code toexempt any new office space in the project area from counting towardsthe annual limit that will apply elsewhere in the city. Prop P— Competitive Bidding for Affordable Housing Projects on City-Owned Property: The People of the City and County of San Francisco in enacting this Initiative hereby declare thefollowing purposes: a) To ensure that affordable housing projectsfunded, at least in part, with the City’s affordable housing resourcesundergo an open and transparent competitive bidding process. b) Toensure that the City actively seeks competitive bids or proposals fromqualified and competent bidders. c) To ensure that the City, except inlimited circumstances, chooses the best value proposal in order tomaximize the City’s return on its affordable housing resources. d) Toensure that the City’s affordable housing policies seek to maximize theefficiency and minimize the costs to taxpayers of affordable housingprojects. e) To ensure that the City maximizes the amount of affordablehousing which can be built in any given affordable housing project bygetting the most out of the City’s affordable housing resources. Prop Q— Prohibiting Tents on Public Sidewalks: Ordinance amending the Police Code to prohibit placement of tent encampments on public sidewalks. Prop R— Neighborhood Crime Unit: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create theNeighborhood Crime Unit in the Police Department, to be activated whenthe Controller certifies that theDepartment is at the full staffing level mandated in the City Charter,and to set minimum staffing levels for and assign duties to the Unit. Prop S — Allocation of Hotel Tax Funds: This allocation of revenue from the existing Hotel Taxachieves that goal [ending family homeless in San Francisco] bydedicating funds that will supplement San Francisco’sinvestments in housing and services for homeless families. All fundsgenerated by the allocation will augment – and not supplant – currentappropriations, and will be earmarked to expand programs that willprevent families from becoming homeless in the first instance, andestablish sufficient exits from homelessness for those families who lackhousing. San Francisco, with its robust economy and proud tradition ofcaring for its most vulnerable residents, can be the first city in thecountry to end family homelessness. Prop T— Restricting Gifts and Campaign Contributions from Lobbyists: Motion ordering submitted to the voters, at an election tobe held November 8, 2016, an ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to restrict gifts and campaign contributions from lobbyists. Prop U — Affordable Housing Requirements for Market-Rate Development Projects: The People of the City and County of San Francisco in enacting this Initiative hereby declare thefollowing purposes: a) To adopt new inclusionary or affordable housingobligations in the limited context of on-site affordable rental housingunits, which are presently allowed under current Planning Code Section415.6. b) To allow middle-income residents, defined for purpose of thisInitiative as households who earn up to 110% of AMI, to participate morefully in the City’s Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program. c) Toamend the BMR Program to allow households who earn up to 110% of AMI torent BMR rental housing units and participate in the BMR rental lottery.d) To allow middle-income residents, including teachers, nurses, socialworkers, public sector employees and many others, to afford housing inthe City. e) To increase affordable rental housing opportunities formoderate and middle-income residents. f) Permit MOHCD to set the rentfor BMR rental housing units rented to middle income renters at apercentage of their annual income that is consistent with the percentagethat low income renters pay from their income for BMR rental units toensure that the BMR Program is applied fairly and equitably to alleligible participants. Prop V— Tax on Distributing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code by imposing a tax of one cent perounce on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages, and amendingthe Administrative Code by creating a Sugary Drinks Distributor TaxAdvisory Committee. Prop W — Real Estate Transfer Tax on Properties Over $5 Million: Motion ordering submitted to the voters, at an election to be held on November 8, 2016, an ordinanceamending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to increase the RealProperty Transfer Tax rate from 2% to 2.25% on properties with aconsideration or value of at least $5,000,000 and less than $10,000,000and less than $25,000,000; and from 2.5% to 3% on properties with aconsideration or value of at least $25,000,000, and to clarify theapplication of the Real Property Transfer Tax to transfers of ownershipinterests in legal entities; and increasing the City’s appropriationslimit by the amount of tax increase for four years from November 8,2016. Prop X — Preserving Space for Neighborhood Arts, Small Businesses and Community Services in Certain Neighborhoods: Motion ordering submitted to thevoters, at an election to be held November 8, 2016, “Ordinance amendingthe Planning Code to require replacement space and Conditional Useauthorization for conversion of Production, Distribution, and RepairUse, Institutional COmmunity Use, and Arts Activities Use”; andaffirming the Planning Department’s determination under the CaliforniaEnvironmental Quality Act. Prop RR — BART Safety, Reliability and Traffic Relief: An election will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area RapidTransit District (the “District” or “BART”) on November 8, 2016, toauthorize the sale of not to exceed $3.5billion in general obligation bonds of the District to invest in theBART Safety, Reliability and Traffic Relief Program to repair andreplace critical infrastructure, prevent accidents, breakdowns anddelays, relieve overcrowding, reduce traffic congestion and pollution,improve earthquake safety and expand safe access into BART stations,including for seniors and persons with disability. Written by the Bob Cut Editors, photos sourced for Wikimedia Commons — Are you registered to vote? IT TAKES A MINUTE AND THIRTY FOUR SECONDS. Also, subscribe to our newsletter for more Bay Area all the time.
