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San Francisco County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
Directory of San Francisco County, CA Measures
County Results as of Jun 23 4:03pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (580/580)
40.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (173,035/430,259)

Measures
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Proposition A. School Parcel Tax -- City of San Francisco (Two-Thirds Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 113,999 / 68.98% Yes votes ...... 51,273 / 31.02% No votes
To enhance quality educational programs for children; attract and retain quality teachers and staff by increasing salaries; provide teachers with additional compensation for extra work at hard-to-staff schools and in hard-to-fill subject areas; and increase teacher training, resources and classroom support, technology, innovation, and accountability, shall the San Francisco Unified School District be authorized to levy $198 per parcel annually, adjusted for inflation, with mandatory citizen oversight?

Proposition B. Changing Qualifications for Retiree Health and Pension Benefits and Establishing a Retiree Health Care Trust Fund -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 118,729 / 74.05% Yes votes ...... 41,598 / 25.95% No votes
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?

Proposition C. Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Conviction of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude in Connection with City Employment -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 91,924 / 58.07% Yes votes ...... 66,379 / 41.93% No votes
Shall the City prohibit San Francisco Employees' Retirement System members who are convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude in connection with their employment from receiving any retirement benefits funded with employer contributions?

Proposition D. Appointments to City Boards and Commissions -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 91,642 / 59.00% Yes votes ...... 63,681 / 41.00% No votes
Shall it be City policy that the membership of City boards and commissions reflect the interests and contributions of both men and women of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and types of disabilities and that City officers and agencies support the nomination, appointment or confirmation of female, minority and disabled candidates to fill seats on those bodies?

Proposition E. Requiring Board of Supervisors' Approval of Mayor's Appointments to the Public Utilities Commission and Creating Qualifications for Commission Members -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 80,489 / 51.79% Yes votes ...... 74,916 / 48.21% No votes
Shall the City set qualifications for members of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and change the process for appointing members to the PUC by requiring a majority of the Board of Supervisors to approve the Mayor's appointments to the PUC?

Proposition F. Affordable Housing Requirement for the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Mixed-Use Development Project -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 58,756 / 36.75% Yes votes ...... 101,112 / 63.25% No votes
Shall it be City policy that any mixed-use development plan the City approves for Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard require 50% of all new housing units developed in the area be affordable, give preferences for the rental or purchase of new affordable housing to families of low and moderate income, and, if Alice Griffith housing is rebuilt, replace the units on a one-to-one basis; and shall the City be prohibited from selling, conveying or leasing any City-owned land at Candlestick Point unless the Board of Supervisors finds that the mixed-use development plan for this area incorporates these policies?

Proposition G. Mixed-Use Development Project for Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 99,008 / 62.49% Yes votes ...... 59,423 / 37.51% No votes
Shall it be City policy to encourage timely development of a mixed-use project in the Bayview on Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard, including a new 49ers stadium or a non-stadium alternative; shall the City be authorized to transfer park land in Candlestick Point for non-recreational use if the land is replaced with new public parks or open spaces of at least equal size and the transfer meets the measure's policy objectives; and shall Propositions D and F, approved by the voters in June 1997, be repealed?

Proposition H. Prohibiting Elected Officials, Candidates, or Committees They Control from Soliciting or Accepting Contributions from Certain City Contractors -- City of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 104,012 / 67.16% Yes votes ...... 50,865 / 32.84% No votes
Shall it be unlawful for City elected officials, candidates or political committees they control to solicit or accept campaign contributions from contractors who are prohibited from making contributions to these elected officials, candidates and political committees because the contractor has a pending contract or a recently approved contract before the official or the Board on which the official or an appointee of the official sits?

 
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