Early voting for the November election begins outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (99 Grove Street) on October 5. This is also the date when vote-by-mail ballots will begin to be mailed. Mail-in ballots can be returned through Election Day, November 3, but we suggest mailing in ballots sooner.
HANC, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, cannot endorse candidates. We can endorse or oppose ballot measures, and have endorsed the following ballot measures:
|
Measure |
Description |
|
|
B |
Splits Sanitation and Streets from DPW ; creates commissions to oversee both departments |
YES |
|
C |
Removes citizenship requirement for City Boards, Commissions and Advisory Bodies |
YES |
|
E |
Amends City Charter to remove minimum police staffing requirement |
YES |
|
F |
Business Tax Overhaul; Provides backup funding for June 2018 Prop C (child care) and for November 2018 Prop C (homeless services) |
YES |
|
G |
Allows 16- and 17-year olds to vote in municipal elections |
YES |
|
H |
Changes Planning Code for Neighborhood Commercial Districts |
NO |
|
I |
Increases Real Estate Transfer Tax for Sales Over $10M |
YES |
|
K |
Authorizes the City to Develop up to 10,000 units of affordable housing |
YES |
|
L |
Additional tax on businesses where the highest-paid employee is paid more than 100 times as much as the median employee |
YES |
|
Measure |
Description |
|
|
15 |
Revises 1978’s Prop 13 – Taxes commercial and industrial properties worth more than $3 million at market rate to provide additional funding for local governments and schools |
YES |
|
16 |
Repeals Prop 209 (1996) to again allow affirmative action programs |
YES |
|
17 |
Restores Voting Rights to people on State parole |
YES |
|
18 |
Allows 17-year olds who will be 18 by the next general election to vote in the primary election |
YES |
|
21 |
Allows cities and counties to expand rent control to properties more than 15 years old |
YES |
|
22 |
Reverses AB5 and would again make Uber and Lyft drivers independent contractors, instead of employees with benefits |
NO |
|
25 |
Eliminates cash bail and eliminates most misdemeanor pretrial detention |
YES |
Whatever your position, we encourage you to vote in the November election.
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