San Francisco’s Propositions D and E go head-to-head in battle of commission reform

Two competing ballot measures this November will ask San Francisco voters to reduce the number of citizen commissions operating in the city, but the propositions have major differences that has divided the Democratic field for mayor. 

The two propositions, D and E, both seek to reduce the number of commissions that make policy decisions for the city/county government, but the two measures differ on how they would do so, whether there should be a hard cap on the number, and whether some decision-making authority that lies with the commissions should be transferred to department heads.