| B |
Mail-In Ballots, Municipal Elections
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 29.58% / No: 70.42% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 43,614 / No: 103,815 |
| Description |
Shall the Board of Supervisors be allowed to direct the Registrar to conduct by mail any general, runoff or special municipal election? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/08/82 |
F |
| B |
Municipal Railway (MUNI) Acquisitions, Eliminate Limit
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 73.84% / No: 26.16% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 132,182 / No: 46,820 |
| Description |
Shall the acquisition of Municipal Railway revenue vehicles and related structures and equipment be removed from the limitation that capital cost items shall not exceed 3/4 of 1 cent of each $100 of assessed value of taxable property and the requirement that acquisitions exceeding this amount be acquired by the issuance of bonds? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/02/82 |
P |
| B |
Voter Approval Before Recreation Land Sold
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 85.6% / No: 14.4% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 129,570 / No: 21,758 |
| Description |
Shall State law procedures be followed, which usually require a vote of the people, if any lands of the recreation and Park Department are sold or disposed of in any manner or used for non-park purposes? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/08/83 |
P |
| B |
Night Pay Differential to Police Officers
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 52.5% / No: 47.5% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 83,266 / No: 75,416 |
| Description |
Shall police officers be paid an additional 6.25% of their compensation for working nights between 5:00 o'clock p.m. and 7:00 o'clock a.m., provided it will not increase their retirement benefits? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/05/84 |
P |
| B |
Water Revenue Bonds, $104,000,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 76.3% / No: 23.7% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 179,087 / No: 55,651 |
| Description |
Shall the Public Utilities Commission be authorized to issue $104,000,000 in revenue bonds to finance acquisition and construction of facilities for the operation of the Water Department? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/06/84 |
P |
| B |
Small Business Commission
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 41.1% / No: 58.9% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 41,460 / No: 59,375 |
| Description |
Shall a small business commission be created to assist and advise the City and County regarding programs affecting small businesses? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/05/85 |
F |
| B |
Purchaser and Contracts, $50,000 Limit
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 50.3% / No: 49.7% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 60,202 / No: 59,523 |
| Description |
Shall the Purchaser be authorized to enter into contracts for up to $50,000 without the Chief Administrative Officer's approval, and to permit his agents to sign contracts for him? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/03/86 |
P |
| B |
Moscone Convention Center, Expand, Redevelopment Bonds $140,000,000
| Kind |
Revenue Bonds |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 61.8% / No: 38.2% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 123,384 / No: 76,223 |
| Description |
Shall the City construct additions to the Moscone Convention Center, to be financed by lease revenue bonds issued by the Redevelopment Agency in an amount no to exceed $140,000,000? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/04/86 |
P |
| B |
Balboa South Reservoir Site Rezoning for Housing
| Kind |
Ordinance |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Referendum |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 45.1% / No: 54.9% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 38,550 / No: 46,899 |
| Description |
Shall the ordinance re-zoning the Balboa Reservoir South site at Ocean and Phelan Avenues from P (Public) to RH-1 (House, One-Family) be adopted? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/02/87 |
F |
| B |
Street Improvements Bond $27,000,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 76.4% / No: 23.6% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 131,575 / No: 40,529 |
| Description |
To incur a bonded indebtedness of $27,000,000 for the improvement of streets, sidewalks, and the existing asphalt plant in the City and County of San Francisco. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/03/87 |
P |
| B |
Pay Freeze, Reduced Work Week
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 78.0% / No: 22.0% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 125,472 / No: 35,389 |
| Description |
Shall pay raises for City employees be frozen for one year, subject to the authority of the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors to restore them, and shall voluntary reduced work week be authorized? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/07/88 |
P |
| B |
Withdrawn
| Kind |
Withdrawn |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Withdrawn |
| Percent required to pass |
|
| Percentage of votes |
|
| Vote counts |
|
| Description |
Withdrawn |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/08/88 |
Not Available in Public Library's official records |
| B |
Sales Tax for Transportation
| Kind |
Ordinance |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 65.6% / No: 34.35% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 107,017 / No: 55,997 |
| Description |
Shall an ordinance of the City and County of San Francisco be approved so as to: 1) create a San Francisco County Transportation Authority; 2) authorize the Authority to impose a transactions and use tax of one-half of one percent to aid mass transit and realize the other traffic and transportation projects/purposes set forth in the San Francisco County Transportation Expenditure Plan for a period of no more than twenty (20) years; 3) authorize the Authority to issue from time to time limited tax bonds in a total outstanding aggregate amount not to exceed $742,000,000.00 and which is payable from the revenues generated hereunder; and 4) approve the California Constitution Article XIII B Appropriations Limit of $160,000,000.00? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/07/89 |
P |
| B |
School Facilities Safety Special Tax
| Kind |
School District Tax |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
55% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 67.3% / No: 32.6% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 89,439 / No: 43,339 |
| Description |
Shall Community Facilities District No. 90-1 of the San Francisco Unified School District be authorized to finance (I) repair, restoration, and/or replacement of San Francisco Unified School District facilities damaged by the earthquake of October 17, 1989 (or its aftershocks), (II) seismic upgrading of children's centers and other San Francisco Unified School District facilities, (III) correction of fire safety violations of San Francisco Unified School District facilities, and (IV) deferred capital maintenance of San Francisco Unified School District facilities, and certain incidental expenses relating to the foregoing through the levy of a special tax to be collected for twenty (20) years with a maximum annual rate (a) for single-family residential parcels and non-residential parcels of $46.00 per parcel for the first six (6) years and $32.20 per parcel for the fourteen(14) years following the sixth year and (b) for mixed-use parcels (parcels with one or more residential units in addition to one or more commercial uses) and multi-family residential parcels of $23.00 per dwelling unit for the first six (6) years and $16.10 per dwelling unit for the fourteen (14) years following the sixth year, with the definitions of single-family residential, multi-family residential, mixed-use and non-residential parcels, and particulars relating to the method of apportionment and maximum rates, exemptions for seniors, certain publicly-owned property and other uses, as more particularly set forth in Resolution No. 02-13-B1 adopted by the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District on February 13, 1990; and shall an appropriations limit in the amount of $12,000,000 per fiscal year in connection therewith be established for the Community Facilities District? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/05/90 |
P |
| B |
Youth Guidance Center System Improvement Bonds, 1990
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 58.5% / No: 41.4% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 115,830 / No: 82,003 |
| Description |
To incur a bonded indebtedness of $73, 800,000 for the construction and reconstruction of a Youth Guidance Center of the City and County of San Francisco; provided, however, that $2,000,000 be set aside for the acquisition and reconstruction of community based facilities. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/06/90 |
F |
| B |
Collective Bargaining
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 54.9% / No: 45.0% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 96,126 / No: 78,950 |
| Description |
Shall the City, instead of setting salaries each year by formula, be allowed to bargain collectively over wages and benefits with certain City employee organizations, with disagreements resolved by arbitration which can be overturned by 2/3 of the Board of Supervisors? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/05/91 |
P |
| B |
Civic Center Plaza Bonds $26,700,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 44.4% / No: 55.5% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 70,809 / No: 88,664 |
| Description |
To incur a bonded indebtedness of $26,700,000 for improvements to the Civic Center Plaza and Fulton Street Mall, landscaping and street lighting surrounding the City Hall and area adjacent thereto. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/02/92 |
F |
| B |
San Bruno Jail Bonds $158,100,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 57.3% / No: 42.6% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 156,851 / No: 116,872 |
| Description |
To incur bonded indebtedness of $158,100,000 to pay the cost of construction or reconstruction of correctional facilities to replace the existing San Bruno jail facilities, including replacement housing, associated health and safety improvements and related acquisition, construction or reconstruction necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/03/92 |
F |
| B |
Street and Traffic Safety Bonds $68,000,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 58.6% / No: 41.3% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 84,375 / No: 59,545 |
| Description |
To incur a bonded indebtedness of $68,000,000 for street, sidewalk, lighting, traffic safety and utility improvements. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/02/93 |
F |
| B |
911 Dispatch Center Financing
| Kind |
Lease Financing |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 65.7% / No: 34.2% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 74,325 / No: 38,713 |
| Description |
Shall the City enter into lease financing arrangements with the City and County of San Francisco Lease Finance Corporation, or a similar nonprofit corporation, the obligations or evidence of indebtedness with respect to which shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Sixty Million dollars ($60,000,000), for the purpose of constructing a combined dispatch center and acquiring related equipment, including a computer-aided dispatch system, for police, fire and emergency medical services? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/07/94 |
P |
| B |
Old Main Library, Asian Art Museum Bonds $41,730,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 70.8% / No: 29.1% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 155,878 / No: 64,266 |
| Description |
To incur a bonded indebtedness of $41,730,000 to pay the cost of construction and reconstruction of certain improvements to the Old Main Library, improvements necessary for relocating the Asian Art Museum to such location, asbestos abatement, historic preservation, improvements necessary to provide access to the disabled and for building code compliance, and related acquisition, construction and reconstruction necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/08/94 |
P |
| B |
Underground Storage Tank Bonds $44,100,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 58.52% / No: 41.48% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 110,796 / No: 78,536 |
| Description |
To incur bonded indebtedness of $44,100,000 to pay the cost of acquisition, construction and/or reconstruction of certain improvements to underground storage tanks owned by the City and County, including repair, removal and/or replacement of the underground storage tanks and testing and remediation of past and present storage tank sites, and related acquisition, construction and/or reconstruction for the foregoing purposes. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/07/95 |
F |
| B |
Ballpark
| Kind |
Ordinance |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50% +1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 66.3% / No: 33.6% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 108,968 / No: 55,368 |
| Description |
Shall various City ordinances be changed so that a ballpark may be built at China Basin? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
03/26/96 |
P |
| B |
De Young Museum Bonds $73,300,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 62.6% / No: 37.3% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 166,923 / No: 99,716 |
| Description |
To incur indebtedness of $73,300,000 for the acquisition, construction and/or reconstruction of a new museum facility to replace the de Young Museum, and all other works, property, and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes. |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/05/96 |
F |
| B |
Cultural Centers Bonds $49,000,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 48.4% / No: 51.5% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 80,234 / No: 85,474 |
| Description |
Shall the City and County incur $49 million of bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction and/or reconstruction of community cultural facilities which include such facilities as the Mission Cultural Center, Bayview Opera House, Center for African and African-American Art and Culture, South of Market Cultural Center, Art Commission Gallery, Gay/Lesbian Cultural Center, Native American Cultural Center and the Center for Asian Pacific American Arts and Culture and all other works, property and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/03/97 |
F |
| B |
Drinking Water Bonds $147,000,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 54.5% / No: 45.4% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 64,342 / No: 53,528 |
| Description |
Shall the Public Utilities Commission issue revenue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $147 million for acquiring and constructing safe drinking water improvements to the City's water system? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/04/97 |
P |
| B |
Supervisors' Salary
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 58.2% / No: 41.7% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 105,382 / No: 75,595 |
| Description |
Shall the salary of members of the Board of Supervisors be increased from $23,924 to $37,585? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/02/98 |
P |
| B |
Customer Service Plan
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 56.2% / No: 43.7% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 118,102 / No: 91,794 |
| Description |
Shall City departments be required to prepare an annual Customer Service Plan? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/03/98 |
P |
| B |
Firefighter and Police Retirement Benefits
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 71.4% / No: 28.5% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 127,897 / No: 51,183 |
| Description |
Shall firefighters and police officers who transferred to the Tier 2 retirement plan in 1981 receive improved retirement benefits given other Tier 2 members since then if they meet certain repayment conditions? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/02/99 |
P |
| B |
Academy of Sciences Bonds $87,445,000
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 67.0% / No: 32.9% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 122,722 / No: 60,368 |
| Description |
Shall the City and County incur $87,445,000 of bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction and/or reconstruction of certain improvements to the California Academy of Sciences, and all other works, property and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
03/07/00 |
P |
| B |
District Aide
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 37.49% / No: 62.51% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 109,149 / No: 181,994 |
| Description |
Shall the City allow each member of the Board of Supervisors to hire a third aide? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/07/00 |
F |
| B |
Renewable Energy
| Kind |
Bond issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 72.58% / No: 27.42% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 92,798 / No: 35,061 |
| Description |
Shall the City and County of San Francisco (or one of its agencies, departments or enterprises) issue revenue bonds and/or other forms of revenue financing in a principal amount not to exceed $100, 000, 000, to finance the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, installation and/or improvement of solar energy facilities and equipment, energy conservation facilities and equipment and/or renewable energy facilities and equipment for various agencies, departments and/or enterprises of the City? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/06/01 |
P |
| B |
Cost of Living Benefits
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 63.38% / No: 36.62% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 83,687 / No: 48356 |
| Description |
Shall the City change the way it pays cost of living increases to retired employees? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
03/05/02 |
P |
| B |
Affordable Housing Bonds
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 55.84% / No: 44.16% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 117,752 / No: 93,135 |
| Description |
Shall the City and County of San Francisco (or one of its agencies, departments or enterprises) issue bonds and/or other forms of financing in a principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000, to finance the acquisition, construction and/or rehabilitation of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and down payment financial assistance to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers and authorize landlords to passthrough to residential tenants in units subject to Chapter 37 of the San Francisco Administrative Code (the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance) 50% of the increase in the real property taxes attributable to the cost of repayment of the bond? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/05/02 |
F |
| B |
Retirement Benefits for Safety Employees
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 66.83% / No: 33.17% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 125,142 / No: 62,103 |
| Description |
Shall the City be authorized to amend its contract with the Public Employees Retirement System for retirement benefits for certain safety employees if the employees pay any increase in cost? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/04/03 |
P |
| B |
Retirement Benefits for Public Defenders, District Attorneys, and Investigators
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 67.73% / No: 32.27% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 114,209 / No: 54,418 |
| Description |
May the City contract with the California Public Employee Retirement System for retirement benefits for District Attorneys, Public Defenders and Public Defenders investigators if there is no change in cost to the City? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
03/02/04 |
P |
| B |
Historical Preservation Bonds
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 57.39% / No: 42.61% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 181,658 / No: 134,896 |
| Description |
Shall the City borrow $60,000,000 to buy, renovate or preserve historical resources owned by the City or the San Francisco Unified School District? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/02/04 |
F |
| B |
Street and Sidewalk Improvement Bonds
| Kind |
Bond Issue |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 56.43% / No: 43.57% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 119,095 / No: 91,952 |
| Description |
Shall the City incur $208,000,000 of bonded indebtedness to finance street reconstruction, pavement, renovation, disabled access, curb ramp construction, sidewalk and street improvements, street structure rehabilitation and improvements, pedestrian safety street and signal improvements, street improvements for bicycle use and all other structures and improvements necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/08/05 |
F |
| B |
Eviction Disclosure Ordinance
| Kind |
Ordinance |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
Board of Supervisors |
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 52.22% / No: 47.78% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 71,440 / No: 65,373 |
| Description |
Shall the City change its laws to require landlords who offer to sell buildings of two or more residential units to disclose to all potential buyers the specific legal grounds for any evictions that result in vacant units at the time of sale and whether the evicted tenants were elderly or disabled? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/06/06 |
P |
| B |
Allowing Members of Boards and Commissions to Participate in Meetings by Teleconference due to Pregnancy and Related Conditions; Adoption of Parental Leave Policies
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 72.22% / No: 27.78% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 164,166 / No: 63,157 |
| Description |
Shall the Board of Supervisors adopt a parental leave policy that permits its members and members of all City boards and commissions to participate in meetings by teleconference when the member is not able to attend due to pregnancy, child birth or related condition? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/07/06 |
P |
| B |
Limiting Hold-Over Service on Charter-Created Boards and Commissions
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 71.16% / No: 28.84% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 96,034 / No: 38,915 |
| Description |
Shall members of Charter-created boards and commissions be prohibited from serving as hold-overs for more than 60 days after their term expires? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/06/07 |
P |
| B |
Creating a New Deferred Retirement Option Program for Members of the San Francisco Police Department
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 64.72% / No: 35.28% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 158,883 / No: 86,613 |
| Description |
Shall the City allow certain retirement-eligible police officers to continue working for up to three additional years while accumulating their regular retirement benefits in tax deferred retirement accounts? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
02/05/08 |
P |
| B |
Changing Qualifications for Retiree Health and Pension Benefits and Establishing a Retiree Health Care Trust Fund
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 74.05% / No: 25.95% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 118,729 / No: 41,598 |
| Description |
Shall the City increase the years of service required for new City employees and certain employees of the School District, the Superior Court and the Community College District to qualify for employer-funded retiree health benefits, establish a separate Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to fund retiree health care costs, and increase retirement benefits and retirement cost-of-living adjustments for certain City employees? |
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|
06/03/08 |
P |
| B |
Establishing Affordable Housing Fund
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 47.81% / No: 52.19% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 166,299 / No: 181,534 |
| Description |
Shall the City establish an Affordable Housing Fund; set aside from the property tax 2 1/2 cents for every $100 of assessed value for this Fund through 2024; and use this Fund subject to public review, to acquire and develop new affordable housing units meeting certain priorities and income limitations? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/04/08 |
F |
| B |
Board of Supervisors Aides
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 52.26% / No: 47.74% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 51,835 / No: 47,973 |
| Description |
Shall the City eliminate from its Charter the requirement that each member of the Board of Supervisors have two aides? |
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|
11/04/09 |
P |
| B |
Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond
| Kind |
Bond Measure |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 79.41% / No: 20.59% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 117,553 / No: 30,484 |
| Description |
SAN FRANCISCO EA To improve fire, earthquake and emergency response and ensure firefighters a reliable water supply for fires and disasters, through projects including: improving deteriorating pipes, hydrants, reservoirs, water cisterns and pumps built after the 1906 earthquake; improving neighborhood fire stations; replacing the seismically-unsafe emergency command center with an earthquake-safe building; and to pay related costs, shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $412,300,000 in general obligation bonds, subject to citizen oversight and regular audits? |
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|
06/08/10 |
P |
| B |
City Retirement and Health Plans
| Kind |
Charter Amendment |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 43.04% / No: 56.96% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 113,894 / No: 150,734 |
| Description |
Shall the City increase employee contributions to the Retirement System for retirement benefits; decrease employer contributions to the Health Service System for heath benefits for employees, retirees and their dependents; and change rules for arbitration proceedings about City collective bargaining agreements? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
11/02/10 |
F |
| B |
Road Repaving and Street Safety Bonds
| Kind |
Bond |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 68.02% / No: 31.98% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 129,175 / No: 60,741 |
| Description |
SAN FRANCISCO ROAD REPAVING AND SAFETY BOND , 2011. To fix potholes and repave deteriorating streets in neighborhoods throughout San Francisco, repair and strengthen deteriorating stairways, bridges and overpasses, improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, improve disabled access to sidewalks, and construct and renovate traffic infrastructure to improve Municipal Transportation Agency transit reliability and traffic flow on local streets, shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $240,000,000 in general obligation bonds subject to independent oversight and regular audits? |
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|
11/08/11 |
P |
| B |
Coit Tower Policy
| Kind |
Policy Declaration |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
50%+1 |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 53.43% / No: 46.57% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 72,672 / No: 63,336 |
| Description |
Shall it be City policy to strictly limit commercial activities and private events
at Coit Tower, and to use funds from Coit Tower concession operations on the
Coit Tower murals, building, and Pioneer Park? |
| View the Voter Pamphlet (PDF) |
|
06/05/12 |
P |
| B |
Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond
| Kind |
Bond Measure |
| How it was placed on the ballot |
|
| Percent required to pass |
66 2/3% |
| Percentage of votes |
Yes: 72.11% / No: 27.89% |
| Vote counts |
Yes: 242,404 / No: 93,735 |
| Description |
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO CLEAN AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS BOND,
To improve the safety and quality of neighborhood parks across the city and
waterfront open spaces, enhance water quality and clean up environmental
contamination along the Bay, replace unsafe playgrounds, fix restrooms,
improve access for the disabled, and ensure the seismic safety of park and
recreation facilities, shall the City and County of San Francisco issue
$195 million dollars in General Obligation bonds, subject to independent
oversight and regular audits?
To improve the safety and quality of neighborhood parks across the city and
waterfront open spaces, enhance water quality and clean up environmental
contamination along the Bay, replace unsafe playgrounds, fix restrooms,
improve access for the disabled, and ensure the seismic safety of park and
recreation facilities, shall the City and County of San Francisco issue
$195 million dollars in General Obligation bonds, subject to independent
oversight and regular audits? |
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|
11/06/12 |
P |
