Combined ballot

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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 8

• Nancy Pelosi, Democratic
  199,030 votes 71.9%
• Cindy Sheehan, Independent
  44,804 votes 16.2%
• Dana Walsh, Republican
  26,960 votes 9.7%
• Philip Berg, Libertarian
  6,272 votes 2.2%
• Lea Sherman (Write-in)
• Michelle Wong Clay (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 12

• Jackie Speier, Democratic
  199,201 votes 75.2%
• Phillip Conlon, Republican
  49,035 votes 18.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  5,727 votes 2.2%
• Barry Hermanson, Green
  5,702 votes 2.1%
• Kevin Peterson, Libertarian
  5,538 votes 2.0%

State Senate

State Senator; District 3

• Mark Leno, Democratic
  314,152 votes 80.4%
• Sashi McEntee, Republican
  76,723 votes 19.6%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 12

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  128,989 votes 83.3%
• Conchita Applegate, Republican
  25,951 votes 16.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 13

• Tom Ammiano, Democratic
  158,511 votes 83.4%
• Harmeet Dhillon, Republican
  31,718 votes 16.6%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; San Francisco County; Seat 12

• Gerardo C. Sandoval
  156,227 votes 53.50%
• Thomas Mellon
  134,339 votes 46.00%
• (1,449 Total Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 1
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• Eric Mar
  11,625 votes 40.52%
• Sue Lee
  9,733 votes 33.93%
• Alicia Wang
  4,206 votes 14.66%
• Brian J. Larkin
  995 votes 3.47%
• Jason Jungreis
  610 votes 2.13%
• Nicholas Belloni
  536 votes 1.87%
• Fidel Gakuba
  361 votes 1.26%
• George Flamik
  324 votes 1.13%
• Sherman D'Silva
  254 votes 0.89%
• (42 Total Write-In Votes 0.15%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 3
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• David Chiu
  10,209 votes 37.72%
• Joseph Alioto, Jr.
  6,268 votes 23.16%
• Denise McCarthy
  3,165 votes 11.69%
• Claudine Cheng
  2,492 votes 9.21%
• Mike DeNunzio
  1,330 votes 4.91%
• Lynn Jefferson
  1,234 votes 4.56%
• Tony Gantner
  1,191 votes 4.40%
• Wilma Pang
  939 votes 3.47%
• Mark Quessey
  204 votes 0.75%
• (35 Total Write-In Votes 0.13%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 4
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• Carmen Chu
  15,353 votes 52.37%
• Ron Dudum
  10,304 votes 35.15%
• David Ferguson
  3,606 votes 12.30%
• (53 Total Write-In Votes 0.18%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 5
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• Ross Mirkarimi
  27,482 votes 77.39%
• Owen P. O'Donnell
  5,962 votes 16.79%
• Rob Anderson
  1,982 votes 5.58%
• (87 Total Write-In Votes 0.24%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 7
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• Sean Elsbernd
  22,019 votes 71.06%
• Julian P. Lagos
  5,792 votes 18.69%
• Billy Bob Whitmer
  2,964 votes 9.57%
• (211 Total Write-In Votes 0.68%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 9
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• David Campos
  9,440 votes 35.78%
• Mark Sanchez
  7,616 votes 28.86%
• Eric Quezada
  5,337 votes 20.23%
• Eva Royale
  1,830 votes 6.94%
• Thomas Valtin
  857 votes 3.25%
• Eric Storey
  802 votes 3.04%
• Vern Mathews
  466 votes 1.77%
• (39 Total Write-In Votes 0.15%)

Board of Supervisors; San Francisco County; District 11
Ranked choice votes not yet available (details)

• John Avalos
  6,918 votes 28.19%
• Ahsha Safai
  5,941 votes 24.21%
• Myrna Lim
  4,442 votes 18.10%
• Julio Ramos
  3,626 votes 14.78%
• Randall Knox
  2,324 votes 9.47%
• Mary M. Goodnature
  455 votes 1.85%
• Adrian Bermudez
  410 votes 1.67%
• Eli Horn
  391 votes 1.59%
• A. Jackson Matteson (Write-in)
  6 votes 0.02%
• (24 Total Write-In Votes 0.10%)

School

Board Member; San Francisco Unified School District (4 Elected)

• Norman Yee
  145,232 votes 16.65%
• Sandra Fewer
  115,192 votes 13.21%
• Jill Wynns
  77,849 votes 8.92%
• Rachel P. Norton
  76,904 votes 8.82%
• Barbara "Bobbi" Lopez
  72,606 votes 8.32%
• Jaynry Mak
  71,238 votes 8.17%
• James Calloway
  56,276 votes 6.45%
• Emily Murase
  52,506 votes 6.02%
• Kimberly Wicoff
  51,021 votes 5.85%
• Marigrace Cohen
  39,279 votes 4.50%
• Harold Brown
  28,760 votes 3.30%
• Omar Khalif
  24,669 votes 2.83%
• Alexander Young
  23,462 votes 2.69%
• Glenn Davis
  18,858 votes 2.16%
• Kelly Wallace
  15,374 votes 1.76%
• (3,110 Total Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Board Member; San Francisco Community College District (4 Elected)

• Milton Marks
  150,593 votes 20.53%
• Natalie Berg
  116,309 votes 15.85%
• Chris Jackson
  91,765 votes 12.51%
• Steve Ngo
  89,445 votes 12.19%
• Mary T. Hernandez
  85,440 votes 11.65%
• Bruce Wolfe
  70,447 votes 9.60%
• Rodel Rodis
  59,878 votes 8.16%
• Roberto Figueroa
  41,273 votes 5.63%
• Carl Koehler
  25,658 votes 3.50%
• (2,876 Total Write-In Votes 0.39%)

Special District

Board of Directors; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; District 7

• Lynette Sweet
  71,704 votes 67.9%
• Marshall Walker, III
  33,112 votes 31.3%
• (829 Total Write-In Votes 0.8%)

Board of Directors; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; District 9

• Tom Radulovich
  90,911 votes 84.20%
• Peter A. Klivans
  16,281 votes 15.08%
• (774 Total Write-In Votes 0.72%)

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

Proposition A San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Earthquake Safety Bonds, 2008 -- City of San Francisco (Bond - 2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 300,595 / 83.81% Yes votes ...... 58,049 / 16.19% No votes

To ensure the availability of San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in the event of a natural disaster or emergency, by building and/or rebuilding and improving the earthquake safety of the hospital and to pay related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes, shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $887,400,000 in general obligation bonds subject to independent oversight and regular audits?

Proposition B Establishing Affordable Housing Fund -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 166,299 / 47.81% Yes votes ...... 181,534 / 52.19% No votes

Shall the City establish an Affordable Housing Fund; set aside from the property tax 2 ½ 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?

Proposition C Prohibiting City Employees from Serving on Charter Boards and Commissions -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 124,395 / 38.06% Yes votes ...... 202,419 / 61.94% No votes

Shall the City prohibit City employees from serving on most Charter created boards and commissions?

Proposition D Financing Pier 70 Waterfront District Development Plan upon Board of Supervisors' Approval -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 226,513 / 68.07% Yes votes ...... 106,228 / 31.93% No votes

Shall the City provide funds to develop Pier 70, based on new City hotel and payroll expense tax revenues from the development, if the Board of Supervisors approves a financial and land use plan for Pier 70?

Proposition E Changing the Number of Signatures Required to Recall City Officials -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 195,605 / 60.10% Yes votes ...... 129,862 / 39.90% No votes

Shall the City adopt state law signature requirements for petitions to recall City officials?

Proposition F Holding All Scheduled City Elections Only in Even- Numbered Years -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 144,592 / 45.00% Yes votes ...... 176,692 / 55.00% No votes

Shall the City shift all City elections except special elections to even-numbered years after the November 2011 election?

Proposition G Allowing Retirement System Credit for Unpaid Parental Leave -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 202,011 / 62.47% Yes votes ...... 121,354 / 37.53% No votes

Shall the City allow City employees to purchase retirement system credit for unpaid parental leave taken before July 1, 2003, as long as the purchase price covers all City costs?

Proposition H Setting Clean Energy Deadlines; Studying Options for Providing Energy; Changing Revenue Bond Authority to Pay for Public Utility Facilities -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 133,214 / 38.62% Yes votes ...... 211,681 / 61.38% No votes

Shall the City: evaluate making the City the primary provider of electric power in San Francisco; consider options to provide energy to San Francisco residents, businesses and City departments; mandate deadlines for the City to meet its energy needs through clean and renewable energy sources; establish a new Office of the Independent Ratepayer Advocate to make recommendations about utility rates to the City's Public Utilities Commission; and allow the Board of Supervisors to approve the issuance of revenue bonds to pay for any public utility facilities without voter approval?

Proposition I Creating the Office of an Independent Rate Payer Advocate -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 117,050 / 36.71% Yes votes ...... 201,811 / 63.29% No votes

Shall the City create an Office of the Independent Ratepayer Advocate to make recommendations about utility rates to the City's Public Utilities Commission?

Proposition J Creating a Historic Preservation Commission -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 183,372 / 55.64% Yes votes ...... 146,194 / 44.36% No votes

Shall the City establish a seven-member Historic Preservation Commission and give it authority over historic preservation-related decisions in the City?

Proposition K Changing the Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution and Sex Workers -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 140,185 / 40.94% Yes votes ...... 202,235 / 59.06% No votes

Shall the City: stop enforcing laws against prostitution; stop funding or supporting the First Offender Prostitution Program or any similar anti-prostitution program; enforce existing criminal laws that prohibit crimes such as battery, extortion and rape, regardless of the victim's status as a sex worker; and fully disclose the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against sex workers?

Proposition L Funding the Community Justice Center -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 132,097 / 42.54% Yes votes ...... 178,440 / 57.46% No votes

Shall the City guarantee that the City provide first-year funding for the Community Justice Center, authorize the Director of Property to lease space for the CJC, and define the CJC's scope and operations?

Proposition M Changing the Residential Rent Ordinance to Prohibit Specific Acts of Harassment of Tenants by Landlords -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 195,023 / 58.84% Yes votes ...... 136,416 / 41.16% No votes

Shall the City's Residential Rent Ordinance be amended to prohibit specific acts of tenant harassment by landlords and to provide for enforcement by means of court orders, rent reduction, monetary awards or criminal penalties?

Proposition N Changing Real Property Transfer Tax Rates -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 223,808 / 68.56% Yes votes ...... 102,621 / 31.44% No votes

Shall the City increase its transfer tax on sales of real estate worth more than $5 million to 1.5% and reduce the tax by up to 1/3 on sales of residences where the seller installed solar energy systems or made seismic safety improvements?

Proposition O Replacing the Emergency Response Fee with an Access Line Tax and Revising the Telephone Users Tax -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 208,044 / 66.74% Yes votes ...... 103,679 / 33.26% No votes

Shall the City replace the Emergency Response Fee with an Access Line Tax at the same rates and with the same exemptions, and revise the Telephone Users Tax?

Proposition P Changing the Composition of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 101,230 / 32.99% Yes votes ...... 205,665 / 67.01% No votes

Shall the City change the size and composition of the Transportation Authority Board and encourage the Authority to use City agencies and departments to perform staff functions, to obtain expert financial review before adopting Authority budgets, and to adopt the same ethics and public records laws that apply to City agencies?

Proposition Q Modifying the Payroll Expense Tax -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 233,411 / 74.20% Yes votes ...... 81,178 / 25.80% No votes

Shall the City specify that certain partnerships and other businesses are subject to the City's payroll expense tax and expand the payroll expense tax exemption for small businesses so that businesses with annual payroll expenses of $250,000 or less would not have to pay the tax?

Proposition R Renaming the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 101,376 / 30.25% Yes votes ...... 233,733 / 69.75% No votes

Shall the City change the name of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the George W Bush Sewage Plant?

Proposition S Policy Regarding Budget Set-Asides and Identification of Replacement Funds -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 167,974 / 55.66% Yes votes ...... 133,817 / 44.34% No votes

Shall it be City policy that the voters will not approve any new set-aside of City revenue unless the set-aside identifies a new funding source, includes limits on annual increases, and automatically expires after 10 years?

Proposition T Free and Low-Cost Substance Abuse Treatment Programs -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 200,649 / 61.24% Yes votes ...... 127,014 / 38.76% No votes

Shall the City be required to provide enough free and low-cost substance abuse treatment services to meet demand and to maintain funding for such services?

Proposition U Policy Against Funding the Deployment of Armed Forces in Iraq -- City of San Francisco (Declaration of Policy - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 193,407 / 59.25% Yes votes ...... 133,002 / 40.75% No votes

Shall it be City policy that its elected representatives in the United States Senate and House of Representatives vote against any further funding for the deployment of United States Armed Forces in Iraq, except for funds to withdraw troops?

Proposition V Policy Against Terminating Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Programs in Public High Schools -- City of San Francisco (Declaration of Policy - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 179,639 / 54.63% Yes votes ...... 149,169 / 45.37% No votes

Shall it be City policy to encourage the School Board to reverse its decision to terminate JROTC and to continue to offer JROTC in San Francisco public high schools?