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Oakland and California November 2020 Voter Guide

Ballot analysis and recommendations

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Measure
W
County Sales Tax
Vote YES
 
Measure
Y
School Repairs Bond
Vote YES
 
Measure
V
Utility User Tax
Vote YES
 
Measure
S1
Police Commission
No Recommendation
 
Measure
QQ
Youth Vote in School Board Elections
Vote YES
 
Measure
RR
Limits on Fines
Vote YES
 
Prop
14
Stem Cell Bond
Vote NO
 
Prop
15
Commercial Property Tax Changes
Vote YES
 
Prop
16
Affirmative Action
Vote YES
 
Prop
17
Voting Rights for People on Parole
Vote YES
 
Prop
18
Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds
Vote YES
 
Prop
19
Property Tax Transfers
Vote YES
 
Prop
20
Rollback of Crime Leniency Laws
Vote NO
 
Prop
21
Rent Control
Vote NO
 
Prop
22
App-Based Driver Classification
Vote NO
 
Prop
23
Private Dialysis Clinics
Vote NO
 
Prop
24
Consumer Data Privacy
No Recommendation
 
Prop
25
End Cash Bail
Vote YES
 

The goal of the SPUR Voter Guide is to offer objective analysis and advise voters on which measures will deliver real solutions. 

For Oakland local propositions, SPUR’s Policy Advisory Board heard arguments from different sides of the issues, debated the measures’ merits and provided recommendations to our Oakland Board of Directors. The board then voted, with a 60 percent vote required for SPUR to make a recommendation.

For California state propositions, a sub-committee of the SPUR Executive Board heard arguments from different sides of the issues, debated the merits of state measures and provided recommendations to the SPUR Executive Board. The Executive Board then voted, with a 60 percent vote required for SPUR to make a recommendation.

Oakland Policy Advisory Board: Dahlia Chazan, Deborah Boyer, Elisse Douglass, Lynette Dias, Alexis Pelosi, Gloria Bruce

Staff: Susannah Parsons, Hannah Schwartz, Helen Woodbury

Editors: Valerie Sinzdak, Karen Steen, Colleen Valles

Published on September 23, 2020

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