HANC's Endorsements for the November 2020 Election

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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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