This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition V is a policy statement to give voters the opportunity to make the statement that San Francisco schools should continue to maintain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program. The measure states, "It is hereby the policy of the City & County of San Francisco that students in San…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition U is a non-binding Declaration of Policy which will put San Francisco on record as urging "its elected representatives in the United States Senate and House of Representatives [to] vote against any further funding for the deployment of United States Armed Forces in Iraq, with the exception of funds specifically…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition T is an ordinance measure that would make two changes to the level of funding and services provided for substance abuse programs in San Francisco. First, it would require the Department of Public Health to prepare a report to the Board of Supervisors by February 1 of each year that…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition S is an ordinance that would establish a policy that any new budget set-asides proposed at the ballot in the future should conform to certain guidelines. Budget set-asides are rules that require the City to set aside — for a particular purpose — part of the City budget that otherwise…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Many firms with one or more employees within the City and County of San Francisco are required to pay a payroll tax of 1.5 percent of their taxable payroll. Businesses with payroll of less $167,000 in a year are exempt from the tax.Prop. Q would make two changes to the…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition P is an ordinance that would mandate a change in the size and composition of the Transportation Authority Board. Through this proposition, the voters also would urge (but not mandate) the TA to assign some of its current functions to other City departments and adopt the budget review, ethics and…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition O is an ordinance that would repeal a telephone fee for 911 services and replace it with a general tax on all telephone users. The new tax would have the same rate as the 911 fee, but revenue from it would not be dedicated to any specific service. The measure…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition N would increase the amount of transfer tax paid for sales of high-value properties by increasing the transfer-tax rate to 1.5 percent of each $500 in value — or $7.50for each $500 — for transactions of $5 million or more. This higher rate would apply to the entire value of…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition M would make four changes to the City's Residential Rent Stabilization Code, which covers the approximately 154,000 housing units in San Francisco governed by rent-control laws. These units would be subject to the provisions in Prop. M.1. It would add to the definition of "housing service"Prop. M would…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition L would amend the San Francisco Administrative Code to create an alternative to incarceration for defendants found guilty of committing crimes such as drug possession, prostitution and vandalism in the Tenderloin, South of Market, Civic Center and Union Square neighborhoods. If passed, the proposition would create the Community Justice Center…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition K is an initiative ordinance that would decriminalize prostitution by preventing the San Francisco Police Department and District Attorney's Office from enforcing the state's prostitution laws. This measure would also prevent the San Francisco Police Department from engaging in targeted investigations of undocumented sex workers employed in massage parlors.If…

This measure appeared on the November 2010 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition J is a proposed amendment to the San Francisco City Charter with four main goals: Replace the current Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board with a newly established Historic Preservation Commission. Modify the powers of the Planning Commission regarding historic buildings. Transfer those powers to the new Historic Preservation Commission. Provide additional…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition I would create an independent ratepayer advocate, appointed by the City Administrator, to evaluate and make recommendations on utility rates proposed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The appointee would be required to have at least ten years of experience in utility rates analysis and at least ten years…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition H is a proposed amendment to the San Francisco City Charter that has five key components: 1. Requires a study of electricity resources and delivery in San Francisco, and the option to municipalize. Prop. H requires the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to conduct a study of options to provide…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition G is an amendment to the San Francisco City Charter that would provide City employees who took unpaid parental leave before July 2003 the option of buying back the time they were on leave. Under this measure, to buy back the time they were on leave, employees would pay into…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition F is an amendment to the San Francisco City Charter that would change the election cycle of citywide elected officials from odd years to even years. If passed, the City would still hold elections in 2009 and 2011, but would not hold any election for citywide offices in 2013 or…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition E is a proposed amendment to the San Francisco City Charter that would require an attempt to recall any elected City official, including the mayor, to meet the signature requirements established by state law. The state standard for a recall requires advocates to gather the signatures of a percentage of…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Under current laws, the Port of San Francisco can finance improvements to its properties with Port revenues, property tax growth, grants, federal historic tax credits, and public-private development projects. Proposition D, a proposed amendment to the San Francisco City Charter, includes a planning process for the redevelopment of Pier 70 and…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition C amends the San Francisco City Charter to prohibit current City employees from serving on most boards or commissions that are created by the Charter and whose members are appointed by the mayor, or by another official or governmental body such as the Board of Supervisors.However, the prohibition would…

This measure appeared on the November 2008 San Francisco ballot. What it does Proposition B is an amendment to the San Francisco City Charter that would: establish a General Fund baseline appropriation for affordable housing dedicate a set-aside of property tax revenues of $25 of each $100,000 of assessed property value, to be spent on affordable housing require the City to prepare an affordable…