2020 Election Briefs: Recent Episodes
David Exumé
Here's a quick guide to your Bay Area ballot, covering all statewide propositions and county measures in digestible 2-minute summaries.This election season, we're focusing on areas with historically low-voter turnout. Residents of these neighborhoods — East Palo Alto, Fairfield, Richmond, West Oakland, and San Francisco's Bayview-Hunter’s Point — can find every measure on your ballot by clicking on your city below:East Palo Alto | Fairfield | Oakland | Richmond | San FranciscoYou can also see measures listed by county:Alameda | Contra Costa | San Francisco | San Mateo | Santa Clara | Solano | SonomaYou can find every California proposition here.
Berkeley’s Measure Z — also known as the soda tax — is an initiative that aims to extend the 2014 ballot measure to continue the tax on sugar sweetened beverages.
Oakland’s Measure OO is a new initiative to change the structure of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.
Oakland’s Measure NN is a new proposal aimed at funding public safety through a tax on property owners.
Oakland Measure MM is a new initiative that aims to fund wildfire prevention in parts of the city with high fire risk.
Proposition N would create a fund to help police officers, firefighters, paramedics, sheriffs, nurses and 911 dispatchers employed by the city pay off their student loan debt.
SF Prop M would overhaul SF Business Tax System . The city would rely less on taxing a company’s payroll for staff working here, and more on revenue that businesses earn within the city.
Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars.
Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.
Proposition J would create an oversight body to monitor city government spending on programs helping children and young people.
Proposition I would improve retirement packages for 9-1-1 dispatchers, as well as nurses who transition from temporary to full-time roles.
Proposition H would lower the retirement age for San Francisco firefighters from 58 to 55.
Proposition G would reduce rent in hundreds of units serving extremely low-income seniors, families and people with disabilities.
Proposition F allows retirement eligible police officers to stay on the job while receiving both their salary and pension for up to five years.
Proposition E would create a five member task force to assess San Francisco’s many commissions and recommend whether any should be altered or eliminated to improve local governance.
Proposition D would dramatically alter governance in San Francisco, slashing City Hall commissions from the current 130 to a maximum of 65, retaining 20 major commissions.
Proposition C aims to fight corruption in the San Francisco government by creating an inspector general to investigate fraud, waste and abuse.
Proposition B would let San Francisco borrow up to $390 million to build new infrastructure and upgrade existing buildings, roads, and public spaces.
Proposition A would let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow up to 790 million dollars to upgrade, repair and retrofit its properties.
If passed, California Proposition 36 would enforce harsher penalties for certain crimes to address concerns about shoplifting and drug possession.
If passed, California Proposition 35 would require the state to use money from a tax on health insurance plans towards payments to doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients.
If passed, California Proposition 34 would require some California health providers to use profits from prescription drug sales to directly fund patient care.
If passed, California Proposition 33 would let cities remove current limits on rent control.
If passed, Proposition 6 would end California’s practice of forcing incarcerated people to work.
California Proposition 5 would lower the threshold of voter support required to pass certain local bond measures.
California Proposition 4 would fund projects across the state to pay for climate and environmental projects.
If passed, Proposition 3 would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the California constitution.
If California Proposition 2 passes, it would pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 schools and community colleges across California.
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Sonoma County Measure O would impose a special sales tax — an additional .25 percent — to fund a wide range of local mental health services.