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San Francisco County, CA November 6, 2018 Election
Directory of San Francisco County, CA Propositions
County Results as of Nov 27 3:56pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (604/604)
74.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (343,928/500,051)

Propositions
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Proposition A. Embarcadero Seawall Earthquake Safety Bond -- City and County of San Francisco (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 288,146 / 82.7% Yes votes ...... 60,276 / 17.3% No votes
To protect the waterfront, BART and Muni, buildings, historic piers, and roads from earthquakes, flooding and rising seas by: repairing the 100 year old Embarcadero Seawall; strengthening the Embarcadero; and fortifying transit infrastructure and utilities serving residents and businesses; shall the city issue $425,000,000 in bonds, with a duration up to 30 years from the time of issuance, an estimated tax rate of $0.013/$100 of assessed property value, and estimated annual revenues of up to $40,000,000, with citizen oversight and regular audits?

Proposition B. City Privacy Guidelines -- City and County of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 186,758 / 57.58% Yes votes ...... 137,592 / 42.42% No votes
Shall the City amend the Charter to include privacy guidelines and require the City Administrator to propose a privacy ordinance consistent with the guidelines to the Board of Supervisors?

Proposition C. Additional Business Taxes to Fund Homeless Services -- City and County of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 215,491 / 61.34% Yes votes ...... 135,835 / 38.66% No votes
Shall the City impose additional business taxes to create a dedicated fund to support services for homeless people and prevent homelessness, including one tax of 0.175% to 0.69% on gross receipts over $50 million that a business receives in San Francisco, and another tax of 1.5% on certain administrative offices' payroll expense in San Francisco, raising an estimated $250-300 million in combined tax revenues annually, and with no expiration date for these taxes?

Proposition D. Additional Tax on Cannabis Businesses -- City and County of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 227,250 / 65.67% Yes votes ...... 118,815 / 34.33% No votes
Shall the City impose new cannabis business taxes beginning in 2021, at rates ranging from 1% to 5% on gross receipts of cannabis businesses in San Francisco, where the Board of Supervisors could decrease those rates, or increase them up to 7%; and shall the City apply many of its business taxes to businesses with over $500,000 in gross receipts in San Francisco that do not have a physical presence here; raising an estimated $2-4 million annually in combined tax revenues in 2019 and 2020, and an estimated $7-16 million annually beginning in 2021, and with no expiration date on these newly imposed and applied taxes?

Proposition E. Partial Allocation of Hotel Tax for Arts and Cultural Purposes -- City and County of San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 258,343 / 75.12% Yes votes ...... 85,585 / 24.88% No votes
Shall the City annually distribute up to 1.5% of the current base hotel tax for specific arts and cultural purposes, without increasing the existing hotel tax?

 
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