For the June 2026 election, SPUR analyzed local and state measures related to our policy areas on the San Francisco, San José, and Oakland ballots. Our analysis includes the measures' background, equity impacts, and pros and cons and a recommendation on how to vote.
The goal of the SPUR Voter Guide is to offer objective analysis and advise voters on which measures will deliver real solutions.
For this election, SPUR analyzed measures related to our policy areas on the San Francisco, San José, and Oakland ballots.
All ballot measures are researched and analyzed by SPUR staff.
For city measures, SPUR’s city advisory boards in San Francisco, San José, and Oakland form the ballot analysis committees. Each committee reviews staff research, hears arguments on both sides of the relevant measures, debates the merits of each, and recommends a position. The endorsements from each city advisory board are then affirmed by the SPUR Board of Directors with a vote of 50% of the members. The SPUR Board can overturn the recommendations of the city advisory boards with a 60% vote.
The SPUR Board of Directors voted to adopt positions on the relevant measures on March 19, 2026.
San Francisco City Advisory Board: Jacob Best, Jay Bradshaw, Christopher Brown, Genevieve Cadwalader, Shiyama Clunie, Emily Cohen, Kelly Dearman, Sarah Dennis Phillips, Jean Fraser, Ed Harrington, Dawn Kamalanathan, Dorka Keehn, Hao Ko, Alicia Murasaki, Shannon Peloquin, Guillermo Rodriguez, Ann Silverberg, Kate White, Lauren Wilson
San José City Advisory Board: Anil Babbar, Laura Chmielewski, John Diffenderfer, Kathy Duong, Katie Ferrick, Rosalynn Hughey, Ria Hutabarat Lo, Christine Laing, Jim Lightbody, Camille Llanes-Fontanilla, David Nieh, Jessica Paz-Cedillos, James Reber, Jasneet Sharma, Kelly Snider, Leah Toeniskoetter, Ben Tripousis, Geri Wong
Oakland City Advisory Board: Lynette Dias, Jonathan Fearn, Kiran Jain, Carolyn Johnson, Andrea Lowe, Nikki Lowy, Jay Murphy, Ari Takata-Vasquez, Amy Tharpe, Molly Turner, Lauren Wilson
SPUR Staff: Sarah Atkinson, Colleen Corrigan, Julie Hernandez, Nicole Neditch, Maeve Skelly, Sujata Srivastava
Editors: Melissa Edeburn, Ren Steen
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