As an addict in recovery, Dorsey brings his real-world experience to bear on helping people escape the prison of addiction. Equality California endorses and supports 100% pro-equality candidates up and down the ballot fighting for LGBTQ+ civil rights, reproductive freedom and social justice. Hamasaki did eventually step down from the Police Commission, but what isn't mentioned is that his appointment term expired and no one in City Hall showed any interest in renewing it. Youve been struggling with feeling unheard and unseen by the San Francisco D.A.s Office. Here's what we think about the four candidates we think have the best credentials: Jill Yee, Marie Hurabiell, John Rizzo, and Thea Selby. Prop 29 will not improve treatment at kidney dialysis clinics. For example, under Prop E the builders who wanted to turn a valet parking lot into homes for nearly 500 people would still have been stopped by the Board of Supervisors. District 10 deserves better options. In politics, regulatory capture is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political interests of a minor constituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or ideological group. A coalition of advocacy groups including GrowSF, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, the NorCal Carpenters Union, SPUR, the Housing Action Coalition, SF YIMBY, and the Greenbelt Alliance gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot. Meeting begins at 1 PM, program starts at 2:15 PM. As an award-winning journalist with a column in the SF Examiner, Engardio has been holding City Hall accountable. Kevin Mullin was a small business owner before entering politics, and knows how hard it is for small businesses to thrive in San Francisco and California. Fiona Ma is the safe and stable choice for guaranteed performance. She faces Republican Rob Bernosky, a CFO for a tech company. is a known quantity in San Francisco politics: he's served as executive director of Stop Crime SF, a public safety advocacy group, and was an early supporter of the Boudin recall. Over the past few weeks our PAC Committee has been reviewing ballot measures, tracking candidate filings and spent all of this past weekend interviewing candidates and measure representatives. voters reject Prop. [1] California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary, in which all candidates regardless of party affiliation appear on the same primary ballot and the two highest-placing . Statements are published as submitted. San Francisco General Election - November 8, 2022 Thank you so much for your participation and involvement in our November 2022 endorsements process! SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday, December 1, 2022 Today, San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz certified local results for the November 8, 2022 Consolidated General Election. Here's a revealing excerpt from Wikipedia: On June 27, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation stripping the Board of many of its powers. Yes on Prop. 30 is a crucial effort to meet the urgency of the moment. It requires a simple majority to pass. Dorsey's main opponent, Honey Mahogany, seeks to turn her time as Matt Haney's legislative aide into a stint as Supervisor. He is the only candidate with serious political experience. The fact that the tribes have spent nearly $80 million for this initiative shows just how interested they are in writing their own rules. In the past few years we've seen what happens when we let the grid stagnate, so let's learn from those mistakes and start fixing what needs fixing and building what needs building. East Bay Municipal Utility District Board: make a difference in local environmental issues. At our current vacancy rate of around 3%, we should, instead, be trying to drive vacancy rates UP, not down. And, importantly, they are not career politicians. Proposition 27 is an Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute which would legalize online sports gambling for organizations which partner with a Native American tribe and pay a $100 million license fee. According to Article II, Section 8 of the California Constitution, amendments to the California Constitution may be introduced by collecting signatures (8% of the votes cast in the most recent Governor's race). The California Courts of Appeal cover large regions of California. Democracy needs defenders like you every day. Eleni Kounalakis: The incumbent is the only candidate we are comfortable with being a heartbeat away from the governorship. This will immediately create a staffing crisis across the state's kidney dialysis clinics, possibly causing some of them to shut down temporarily so they don't break this new law. The deadline to request your ballot is December 12, 2022. Dorsey is the only candidate in the District 6 race who supported both the School Board and Chesa Boudin recalls. This good-sounding policy just ensures that people continue to live and work in disaster-prone areas and will lead to more death and destruction. City Hall must stop treating residents like an ATM and focus on getting basic services right. H, the effort to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Since Torres is not running against a challenger, we did not go through a formal endorsement process which includes a questionnaire. They came up empty, Jenkins declares victory in S.F.s D.A. J. Gavin Newsom: The governor faced a confluence of challenges in his first term that bordered on apocalyptic. Curating the best of The Standards top-notch reporting, every Saturday. N:Another Article 34 authorization measure. Oversight might. If you didn't register to vote by mail by the deadline, you can register to vote in . Filipino: (415) 554-4310, Permissible and Prohibited Election Activities, High School Poll Worker and Ambassador Programs, Attend Ballot Simplification Committee Meetings, Request for Proposals: 2023 Vote Restoration Outreach, New 2022 Voting Districts and Precincts page. Rather than being a place for children and families to enjoy Golden Gate Park safely, Prop I will require cars use this pedestrian space. The editorial positions of The Chronicle, including election recommendations, represent the consensus of the editorial board, consisting of the publisher, the editorial page editor and staff members of the opinion pages. Large apartment owners simply do not intentionally hold rentable units off the market that costs them a lot of money! Reinstatement of white, male, anti-racist official follows similar moves on school renaming, mural destruction. Proposition O is a citizen signature initiative ordinance which will create a new parcel tax on real estate in order to send additional funds to City College. Election Center. Both candidates are flawed, but Thurmond easily comes out on top when considering his competitor. A: As inflation worsens and the cost of living in the Bay Area rises, its imperative that retired and aging city workers do not have to choose between rent, medication or food each month. J is a rival measure to Prop. Libraries are cornerstones of our society. Track Your Ballot: Sign-up at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to receive automated notifications about your ballot by email, text (SMS), or voice call. Not only will five people fail to find a place to live, but the five who succeed will have to pay dramatically more for their home. Mano Raju: In a hyper-political climate, Raju appears to be committed to the work, not to public preening which these days in San Francisco, is all too rare. Three appointed associate justices Patricia Guerrero, Joshua Groban and Martin Jenkins are on the ballot for the first time. Like Prop. Mullin will bring his years of experience as a South San Francisco City Council member & Mayor to Congress. We recognize that students from wealthier families will typically have easier access to arts and music education, so we think this distribution formula that spends a little more on students from low-income families makes a lot of sense. Eleni Kounalakis runs for re-election to a second term. Overall, Prop 28 will help California students have a well-rounded education, foster important skills, and provide better instruction and materials to students across the state. Proposition 28 is an Initiative Statute which will require the state to fund arts education programs equal to 1% of the constitutionally mandated state and local funding that public schools received in the prior year. Prop E keeps in place "discretionary" permits, which means that nothing is guaranteed by law instead, elected officials decide who can build what and where; a process ripe with corruption. Prop E is an anti-housing ballot measure put forward by the Board of Supervisors. Chen graduated with degrees in law and political science from Harvard, served on the Social Security Advisory Board under President Obama, and currently teaches public policy at Stanford. Since taking office earlier this year, Dorsey has put forward sweeping new legislation to clean up the district and to arrest the dealers of deadly drugs. Ultimately, Cohen edged out her competitor for our endorsement, but you might come to a different conclusion than we did. Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. In 2012 City planners acknowledged mounting evidence of sustained coastal erosion over the next several decades and the risk it posed to a critical wastewater treatment plant. We are not endorsing either candidate in District 10. See story. By signing up, you are opting in to receive periodic communications from the Sierra Club. ), and Prop 30 will help ensure even low-income families can switch without breaking the bank. Murrell Green: Green would bring pragmatism, experience and care to the board. Phone: (415) 554-4375 Elected: Assessor-Recorder Torres. While both Prop 26 and Prop 27 do some good things (legalize and regulate more types of gambling, raising taxes for public services including homelessness, mental healthcare, and gambling addiction treatments, etc), they are transparent attempts at regulatory capture. Even though denying this project was illegal (and the city is now being sued for it), the Board knew they had the power and the chance to get away with it. These discretionary permits dont just introduce institutional corruption into the home building process, they also open up home builders to frivolous lawsuits on ridiculous grounds. 1: Passing the measure would enshrine California's existing abortion rights into the state Constitution, a necessary protection. GrowSF thanks her for her bold leadership. Proposition D is a Charter Amendment introduced by citizens which will make it easier, faster, and cheaper to build three types of housing: This is accomplished by streamlining the approvals that home builders must obtain from the City, and which are usually blocked by the anti-housing Board of Supervisors. A society must decide, together, that education is important and ensure that we are not failing our neighbors' children. This is the fourth time you'll be voting in an election between Matt Haney and David Campos this year. We were proud to support his "A Place for All" legislation which forces the city to make a real plan to get every single homeless person indoors. Associate Justice Goodwin Liu is on the ballot because his 12-year elected term is up. Proposition L is a Board of Supervisors initiative ordinance which will continue an existing sales tax that funds Muni and other transit projects, maintenance, paratransit services, among others. N: The measure is a missing link to help make JFK Drive more equitable by giving the city more flexibility to offer discounted rates at the Museum Concourse Garage. The money would be available for schools in grants of up to $1 million per year to support students academic achievement or their social or emotional wellness. Public Defender Cerebral and deliberate, Mano Raju is the kind of nose-to-the-grindstone public official that gets things. Not only do they provide access to a wide array of books and research materials for students, they also provide computer and internet access for people who don't have them at home. This measure would extend the citys 0.5% sales tax that helps fund transportation projects for 30 years. If landlords can't be taxed into offering their vacant unit for rent, then this new tax will raise some revenue until those owners figure out how to either offload their asset (sell their home) or restructure it into a different legal fiction that insulates them from the tax. We must defend our victory in this recall by standing with Ann, Lainie, and Lisa. SFYR Meeting with Bill Shireman Mar 16, 2023 An evening with Alex Stein Mar 24, 2023 See All Updates Get Involved Learn More This article was updated on Oct. 27, 2022. Please email. A complete list of the Chronicle's November 2022 California election endorsements, Read more about our transparency and ethics policies, Bay Area gets a break from winter storm. These grants will primarily be focused on academic achievement and the emotional wellness of students including nurses, tutors, math specialists, and school psychologists. At schools with more than 500 students, 80% of these funds will be used for teacher salaries, and the remainder used for training and materials. As Supervisor, he has introduced legislation to get drug addicts the help they need and has literally cleaned up streets: Dorsey has also been a consistent pro-housing voice, supports our Affordable Homes Now ballot measure (Prop D), and earned the endorsement of housing champion Scott Wiener and SF YIMBY. Now more than ever, we must show the rest of the country that we cannot go backward, that we must affirm abortion rights and we must protect the most vulnerable among us. Proposition F is a Charter Amendment introduced by the Board of Supervisors which will renew the Library Preservation Fund for an additional 25 years. To some representatives in state and local government, addressing the housing crisis by building more units of housing for all levels of income and making it easier to build affordable housing is one "out there" change I have been fighting for, but would take the opportunity to change more. In reality, the US Census shows that the vast majority of these homes are vacant temporarily because: If you trust the US Census (which you should), that leaves about 11,000 homes held vacant for longer than six months. Since Li has no challengers, we did not send a questionnaire in this race, and your vote doesn't actually matter. The measure would let the city use public money to buy, operate or subsidize public parking in the underground Music Concourse Garage in Golden Gate Park. The road would only be closed to cars on holidays, Sundays and Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. between April and September. We admire her career and personal history. We know it's a bit much. Whoops! Read her full questionnaire here. Yes on Prop. All rights reserved. If you want a longer explanation, keep reading: There are already several agencies, nonprofits, and boards & commissions covering homelessness. The measure needs a simple majority to pass. We think the Public Defender should focus on defense, not activism. A No vote legalizes flavored tobacco products (repeals the law). Mayor London Breed first appointed these three candidates after an overwhelming recall of Alison Collins, Gabriela Lpez, and Faauuga Moliga. We agree with Kevin that it's too hard to expand or redevelop your own home, build subsidized and market-rate housing, and build homeless shelters. Now imagine there are only 5 empty homes for those 10 people. We support investments in Muni because we believe that a transit-friendly city is a bike-friendly city. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu District Attorney (Sole Endorsement) Brooke Jenkins Assessor-Recorder (Sole Endorsement) The Democratic Socialists have been repeating the debunked lie that there are over 40,000 vacant homes in San Francisco. He focuses on throwing out decades of institutional knowledge in favor of his ill-defined platform without stating what that actually means or what, in particular, he wants to change. This is regulatory capture, pure and simple. To familiarize themselves with changes, SanFranciscans are invited to: Go digital with your Voter Information Pamphlet! RESULTS: Recalled: School board members Collins, Lpez and Faauuga. Proposition J is a Board of Supervisors initiative ordinance which will affirm the Board of Supervisors' ordinance which created the popular JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park. LL: This measure to force changes to single family zoning to go through a public vote reeks of Californias discriminatory past. D, it needs a simple majority to pass. US November General Election . Prop 27 legalizes online sports betting in California, but prevents new entrants into the market with its obscenely high license fees ($100 million dollars per license for the first five years). I, that would affirm the supervisors prior vote on JFK Drive, allowing the section of road in question to stay car-free in perpetuity. We think that's horribly cynical and irresponsible. The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board has finished its endorsements for the November 2022 California general election. As we said in 2020, cracking apart one department into two would not guarantee better outcomes or accountability, but would instead create more bureaucracy and expense for the city. No on Prop. Public Defender Mano Raju is running against Rebecca Susan Feng Young, a former deputy public defender. Whether or not you voted for the recall of Chesa Boudin, we think you should vote for Brooke Jenkins. Proposition 30 is an Initiative Statute which would fund investments in fighting and preventing wildfires and reduce climate emissions and air pollution from vehicles by subsidizing installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, and purchases of electric and other zero-emissions vehicles. But Mandelman's commitment to tackling the full complexity of the citys most intractable problems should be commended. GrowSF recommends confirming the appointments of Associate Justices Goodwin Liu, Martin J. Jenkins, and Joshua P. Groban to the State Supreme Court. Though we do find Supervisor Mandelman's housing platform lacking, we think his strengths in other areas provide more than enough reason to cast your vote for him. Note: Even though this is a continuation of an existing tax, it technically counts as a new tax under the law, which is why the Prop 13 requirement to vote on it and obtain a supermajority applies. Of course, we can't attribute that to just her, but hey it helps! Is Californias drought finally over? . And, extremely importantly and undiscussed, it provides a legal mechanism to enact rule-of-law over all housing over time. This is a nonpartisan analysis of contests on the ballot in San Francisco, for the special election . Sierra Club California's tax exemption status - 501(c)(4) - allows us to make endorsements for candidates and ballot measures. November 8, 2022: California General Election State Races: State-wide Races: Secretary of State: Dr. Shirley Weber - WON! The most common weapon of choice for anyone trying to stop a project is the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a state law that requires most housing projects to undergo an environmental review. 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