San Francisco County, CA Ballot

Proposition 32 Veterans’ Bond Act of 2000: This act provides for a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans. Fiscal Impact: Costs of about $858 million over 25 years (average cost of about $34 million per year); costs paid by participating veterans.
Proposition 33 Legislature. Participation In Public Employees’ Retirement System: Allows legislative members to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System plans in which a majority of state employees may participate. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs under $1 million to provide retirement benefits to legislators, with these costs replacing other spending from the fixed annual amount provided in support of the Legislature.
Proposition 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure: Limits campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties. Provides voluntary spending limits; expands public disclosure requirements and increases penalties. Fiscal Impact: Additional net costs to the state, potentially up to several million dollars annually, and unknown but probably not significant costs to local government.
Proposition 35 Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services.: Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services; contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required. Fiscal Impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and engineering services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the proposition.
Proposition 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program: Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million.
Proposition 37 Fees. Vote Requirements. Taxes: Requires two-thirds vote of State Legislature, majority or two-thirds of local electorate to impose future state, local fees on activity to study or mitigate its environmental, societal or economic effects. Defines such fees as taxes except property, development, certain other fees. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, potentially significant, reduction in future state and local government revenues from making it more difficult to approve certain regulatory charges.
Proposition 38 School Vouchers. State-Funded Private and Religious Education Public School Funding.: Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private/religious schools. Permits replacement of current constitutional public school funding formula. Fiscal Impact: Near-term state costs from zero to $1.1 billion annually. Long-term state impact from $2 billion in annual costs to $3 billion in annual savings, depending on how many public school students shift to private schools.
Proposition 39 School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements.: Authorizes bonds for repair, construction or replacement of school facilities, classrooms, if approved by 55% local vote. Fiscal Impact: Increased bond debt for many school districts. Long-term costs statewide could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Potential longer-term state savings to the extent school districts assume greater responsibility for funding school facilities.

Local Measures

Proposition A Branch Library Bond -- City of San Francisco (Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors): Shall the City incur $105,865,000 of bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, renovation, and construction of branch libraries and other library facilities, other than the Main Library, and all other works, property and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes?
Proposition B District Aides -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors (8-3). For: Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Leno, Teng, Yaki. Against: Kaufmann, Newsom, Yee): Shall the City allow each member of the Board of Supervisors to hire a third aide?
Proposition C City Retirement Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors): Shall the City increase retirement benefits for miscellaneous employees hired after 1976?
Proposition D Children's Fund -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors): Shall the City extend the Children's Fund until 2016, increase the annual set-aside of property tax revenues for the Fund, create a citizen advisory committee, and add new planning requirements?
Proposition E Retiree Health Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors): Shall the City increase health benefits for retired City employees by placing a cap on monthly health care premium costs, and paying one-half the cost of health coverage for the retiree's primary dependent?
Proposition F Saturday Closure of JFK Drive -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition): Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays?
Proposition G Closure of JFK Drive with Limits -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by six members of the Board of Supervisors (Yaki, Brown, Teng, Kaufman, Bierman, and Katz)): Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays after the Music Concourse parking facility is opened?
Proposition H Landlord/Renters' Costs -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition): Shall the City's Rent Control Ordinance be amended to limit the types of costs on which a landlord may base a rent increase?
Proposition I Business Tax Revision -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor): Shall the City eliminate the gross receipts method of calculating the business tax and raise the existing payroll expense tax rate from 1.5 to 1.7 percent?
Proposition J City Contractor Contributions -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition): Shall the City ban officials from accepting gifts, payments, or campaign contributions from a person or group if the official previously approved granting the donor a contract or special benefit?
Proposition K Office Development Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor and four Supervisors: Katz, Yaki, Brown, and Becerril): Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services?
Proposition L Office Development/Live-Work Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition): Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services, and live/work units?
Proposition M Neighborhood Taxi Service Improvement -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by 7 members of the Board of Supervisors: (Becerril, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Teng, Yaki, Lee)): Shall City law be amended to authorize issuance of restricted taxicab permits in the names of one or more persons, and to set a full-time driving or operating requirement for permit-holders at 800 hours per year?
Proposition N Controls on Rental Conversion -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition): Shall the rules that govern converting rental housing to condominiums also apply to converting rental housing to certain forms of joint ownership with exclusive rights of occupancy, and shall the annual 200-unit cap on such conversions be made permanent?
Proposition O Public Campaign Financing -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the San Francisco Ethics Commission): Shall the City provide public financing to candidates for the Board of Supervisors, limit contributions to independent committees, and limit the overall amount a person or group may contribute to all City candidates and political committees?
Proposition P Hunters Point Cleanup -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by four members of the Board of Supervisors: Leno, Bierman, Yaki and Ammiano): Shall it be City policy to support a full clean-up by the Navy of the Hunters Point Shipyard, to allow unrestricted use of the entire site in the future?
Proposition Q Pedestrian Safety Fund -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by a policy statement submitted by 5 members of the Board of Supervisors: Teng, Brown, Becerril, Bierman, and Yaki): Shall it be City policy to establish a Pedestrian Safety Fund to pay for improvements designed to make City streets safer for pedestrians?
Proposition R Use of Pier 45 -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by 4 members of the Board of Supervisors: Ammiano, Bierman, Leno, Newsom): Shall it be City policy to use Pier 45 as the site for a public educational facility focusing on the San Francisco Bay and operated by an independent non-profit organization?

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