SF leaders push for Earthquake Safety Bond Measure ahead of June election

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

The San Francisco Police Department Taraval Police Station occupies a building that is more than 100 years old in San Francisco on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Taraval station is one of several vulnerable emergency responder buildings in the city that would be seismically upgraded if voters pass the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond measure in the June 2, 2026, election. (Alise Maripuu/Bay City News)

A bond measure that would allow San Francisco to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for upgrading its emergency infrastructure to be more resilient against earthquakes will soon be decided by voters in the upcoming June election.

Proposition A, or the “Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond” will require the approval of at least two-thirds of voters in the June 2 election in order to pass.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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