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San Francisco County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Proposition E
Police & Fire Survivor Benefits
City of San Francisco

210,091 / 66.01% Yes votes ...... 108,193 / 33.99% No votes

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Shall the City pay the survivor of a police officer or firefighter who dies in the line of duty 100% of retirement benefits the officer or firefighter would have received?

Summary:
THE WAY IT IS NOW: When a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, his or her survivor receives the officer's or firefighter's full salary until the date when the officer or firefighter could have retired. Survivors include a spouse, domestic partner or minor child. Police officers and firefighters may retire and receive retirement benefits when they are at least 50 years old and have completed at least 25 years of service.

The current Charter provides that the survivor receives 100% of the retirement benefits if the police officer or firefighter was hired before 1976. If the police officer or firefighter was hired after 1976, when a Charter amendment reducing employee benefits went into effect, the survivor receives 75% of the retirement benefits.

THE PROPOSAL: Proposition E, a Charter amendment, would provide that when a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, his or her survivor receives 100% of the retirement benefits, regardless of when the officer or firefighter was hired.

Meaning of Voting Yes/No
A YES vote of this measure means:
If you vote "yes," you want to provide that when a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, his or her survivor receives 100% of the retirement benefits that the officer or firefighter would have received, regardless of when the officer or firefighter was hired.

A NO vote of this measure means:
If you vote "no," you do not want to make these changes.

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