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HANC Membership Meeting - April 2023

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At the November 10 General Membership Meeting, the following candidates were elected as officers and members at large for the 2017 term (Decmeber, 2016 through November, 2017):

Officers:

Bruce Wolfe, President

Christin Evans, Vice President

Tes Welborn, Treasurer

Christian Vaisse, Recording Secretary

James Sword, Corresponding Secretary

Richard Ivanhoe, Membership

Rupert Clayton, Housing & Land Use

Karen Fishkin, Recycling

Joey Cain, Nominating

Alex Aquino, Merchant Liason (ex-officio)

 

Members At Large:

Dorrie Huntington

Shira Noel

Michael Behrens

Jim Rhoads

Dave Groeschel

 

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The board of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council has made the following endorsements of San Francisco ballot propositions for the November 2016 election. This list is current as of September 15, 2016. Given the exceptional number of issues on the ballot, lack of endorsement of other propositions implies only a lack of time for full debate on these.

San Francisco Proposition HANC Position
Prop B: Renew the Parcel Tax for City College Yes
Prop C: Redirect Bond Funding to Affordable Housing Yes
Prop D: Let’s Elect Our Elected Officials (Vacancy Appointments) Yes
Prop F: Vote 16! (Youth Voting in Local Elections) Yes
Prop H: Create an Office of the Public Advocate Yes
Prop I: Senior "Dignity Fund" Yes
Prop L: Split Appointments for SFMTA Yes
Prop M: Create Housing Oversight Commission & Kill Realtor Props P & U Yes
Prop N: Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections Yes
Prop O: Massive Office Expansion for Lennar Corp No
Prop P: Snarl Affordable Housing in Red Tape No
Prop Q: Make Illegal Tents Illegal Again for Political Gain No
Prop R: Micromanage the Police Department No
Prop U: Take Affordable Housing for Low-Paid and Give it to Well-Off No
Prop X: Preserve Industrial and Arts Spaces Yes
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By Calvin Welch, HANC Board

There are 24 local ballot measures on this November’s ballot. With the single regional and 17 state measures, that’s a total of 42 ballot measures, which sets an all-time record.

But the record is “caused” by the 18 state and regional measures, not the 24 local measures.

The record for local ballot measures was November, 1993, when 28 measures were on the local ballot. That was the second year of Frank Jordan’s term as Mayor. Like Ed Lee, Jordan was massively disengaged in the actual politics of the City and did only what his staff told him to do. Since his staff--again like Ed Lee--had a very narrow, pro-business perspective much of the “people’s work” was left to the voters themselves in local ballot measures.

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By Karen Fishkin, HANC Board

Each year, the number of seniors, veterans, adults with disabilities, and those with chronic and life threatening conditions like HIV and Alzheimer's, continue to grow in neighborhoods across the City. Currently, 25% of San Franciscans are over 60 or living with a disability. That number is projected to grow to 30% by 2030.

Without a stable funding source, services for our most vulnerable residents will continue to decline as the cost of living rises and the need for services increases.

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BAY AREA

Prop AA:  Parcel Tax for Wetlands.  Yes

SAN FRANCISCO

Prop A:  Public Health and Safety Bonds.  Yes

Prop B:  Parks Set Aside Charter Amendment.  No

Prop C:  Charter Amendment Affordable Housing Requirements.  Yes

Prop D:  Office of Citizens Complaints Investigation.  Yes

Prop E:  Paid Sick Leave Consistent with State Law.  Yes

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