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Voter guide

November 2022 Voter Guide

Voter Guide / November 2022
SPUR analyzed all local and state measures on the California, San Francisco, San José and Oakland ballots for the November 2022 election. Our analysis includes the background behind the measures, equity impacts, pros and cons, and a recommendation on how to vote.
Voter guide

San Francisco Prop A - Retirement Benefits for City Employees

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Makes pensioned city employees who retired before November 6, 1996, eligible for a continuous supplemental cost-of-living adjustment to their pension benefits. Allows the city Retirement Board to enter into an individual employment contract with an executive director.
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San Francisco Prop B - Eliminating the Department of Sanitation and Streets

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Eliminates the almost-formed Department of Sanitation and Streets and returns all its functions to the Department of Public Works while also altering two recently created oversight commissions.
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San Francisco Prop C - Homelessness Commission

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Creates a new city commission to oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
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San Francisco Prop D - Affordable Homes Now

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Amends the San Francisco City Charter to speed up the approvals process for certain types of housing developments. Prevents eligible housing projects from being blocked or delayed for discretionary reasons if they meet the city’s code.
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San Francisco Prop E - Affordable Housing Production Act

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Amends the City Charter to modify the approvals process for certain types of housing developments.
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San Francisco Prop F - Library Preservation

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Renews the Library Preservation Fund for 25 years and requires the library system to increase hours from 1,211 to 1,400 hours per week, an increase of 15%.
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San Francisco Prop G - Student Success Measure

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Establishes a fund for 15 years to provide grants to San Francisco Unified School District schools to improve academic achievement and support social and emotional wellness for students.
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San Francisco Prop H - Changing Election Years

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Moves San Francisco local elections to even-numbered years concurrent with presidential elections and adjusts the initiative ordinance signature requirements to 2% of registered voters.
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San Francisco Prop I - JFK Drive and Great Highway Car Use

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Eliminates the protected recreational space along JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park by allowing cars on weekdays, prevents the city from keeping the Great Highway along Ocean Beach open for recreational purposes on weekends and holidays by allowing cars at all times, and prevents the city from moving forward with its sea-level rise adaptation plans on the Great Highway extension by preventing future road closure.
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San Francisco Prop J - Preserve JFK Promenade as Recreational Space

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Reauthorizes the city’s Golden Gate Park Access and Safety Program, which closed select park roads to car traffic for recreational purposes and made public space improvements to the park.
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San Francisco Prop L - Transportation Tax

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Continues the existing half-cent sales tax to fund transportation improvements without increasing the current tax rate.
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San Francisco Prop M - Vacant Homes

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Taxes apartments that have been vacant for longer than six months.
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San Francisco Prop N - Golden Gate Park Concourse Garage

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Clarifies that the City and County of San Francisco may use public funds to acquire and/or operate the Golden Gate Park Underground Parking Facility; dissolves the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority and transfers its responsibilities to the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department; and repeals the voter-enacted Golden Gate Park Revitalization Act of 1998.
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San Francisco Prop O - City College Parcel Tax

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Creates a new parcel tax to raise $45 million per year to support City College of San Francisco.
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San José Measure I - City Charter Amendments

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Modifies the San José City Charter in four ways: adds the city’s ethics and elections commission (Board of Fair Campaign and Political Practices) to the charter; removes requirements that members of the planning, civil service and salary setting commissions be electors and/or citizens; removes gender-specific language from the charter; and requires the City Council to adopt a statement of values and guidance for decision making within the city that incorporates equity.
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Oakland Measure H - Oakland Schools Career Readiness

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Reauthorizes a parcel tax for 14 additional years to continue funding the Oakland Unified School District’s college and career readiness program for high school students.
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Oakland Measure Q - Affordable Housing Authorization

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Authorizes the City of Oakland to develop up to 13,000 new units of city-owned affordable housing.
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Oakland Measure R - Gender-Neutral Language

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Replaces gender-specific language in Oakland’s City Charter with gender-neutral language.
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Oakland Measure S - Noncitizen School Board Voting

Ballot Measure / November 2022
Gives noncitizens who are the parents, legal guardians or legally recognized caregivers of a child attending an Oakland public school the right to vote for candidates for Oakland Unified School District Board of Education.

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