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Measures
To improve earthquake safety and accessibility at San Francisco public schools; provide reliable internet in classrooms; replace worn-out plumbing, electrical and ventilation systems; improve student nutrition services; and have updated security features; shall San Francisco Unified School District’s measure authorizing $790,000,000 in bonds at legal rates levying approximately $12.95 per $100,000 of assessed value, raising approximately $56,400,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with independent oversight and all funds staying local, be adopted?
To finance the acquisition or improvement of real property, including: temporary shelters, particularly for families; facilities that deliver healthcare services, including preventive care and behavioral health services, such as the Chinatown Public Health Center; critical repairs, renovations, and seismic upgrades at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Laguna Honda Hospital; and pedestrian and street safety improvements, streetscape enhancements, and other public space improvements; and to pay related costs; shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $390,000,000 in general obligation bonds with a duration of up to 30 years from the time of issuance, an estimated average tax rate of $0.0069/$100 of assessed property value, and projected average annual revenues of $31,000,000, subject to independent citizen oversight and regular audits?
Shall the City amend the Charter to create the new position of Inspector General in the Controller’s Office to review and investigate complaints of fraud, waste, and abuse, and give the Controller’s Office additional powers to issue subpoenas and execute search warrants when permitted by State law?
Shall the City amend the Charter to limit the total number of commissions the City may have to 65, retaining certain decision-making commissions and dissolving the others unless the Board of Supervisors instead continues any as advisory bodies; give the Mayor sole authority to appoint and remove City department heads; and give the Police Chief sole authority to adopt rules governing police officers’ conduct?
Shall the City amend the Charter to create a Task Force with authority to make recommendations by February 1, 2026, on ways the City could change, eliminate, or consolidate commissions to improve the administration of City government; require a financial report on the City’s commissions; and give the Task Force authority to introduce ordinances to implement its recommendations, and if required provide for the City Attorney to draft Charter amendments to submit to voters at a future election?
Shall the City amend the Charter to define “full-duty sworn officer”; require the Police Chief to make a report and recommendation on future staffing of full-duty sworn officers to the Police Commission every three years instead of two; require the Police Commission to report annually to the Board of Supervisors on Police Department staffing; and create a five-year program with possible renewals allowing police officers to continue working for the Police Department after retiring, with pension payments deferred while they are working?
Shall the City amend the Charter to require the City to appropriate at least $8.25 million a year to pay for rental subsidies for affordable housing developments serving extremely low-income households of seniors
Shall the City amend the Charter to change how pension benefits are calculated for members of the Fire Department hired on or after January 7, 2012, by lowering the age these members can receive the highest pension from 58 to 55, and make those benefits the same as members hired before January 7, 2012?
Shall the City amend the Charter to allow registered nurses who are members of the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System and meet certain requirements to purchase credits toward their total pension years of service for time previously worked as per diem nurses
Youth
Shall the City use the Upper Great Highway as public open recreation space
Shall the City place an additional tax permanently on transportation network companies and autonomous vehicle businesses that provide passenger service for compensation with rates between 1% and 4.5% of gross receipts in San Francisco above $500
Shall the City permanently change the taxes it collects from businesses, including: changing annual gross receipts tax rates to between 0.1% and 3.716%, homelessness gross receipts tax rates to between 0.0162% and 1.64%, business registration fees to between $55 and $60,000, overpaid executive gross receipts tax rates to between 0.02% and 0.129%, and administrative office tax rates to between 2.97% and 3.694% of payroll expense; increasing the gross receipts tax exemption for small businesses; and changing how the City calculates these taxes; for estimated annual revenue of $50 million once fully implemented?
Shall the City create a fund that the City could use in the future to help reimburse eligible City employees, including police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, paramedics, registered nurses, and 911 dispatchers, for student loans and education and training programs?
Shall it be City policy and law to support, protect, and expand reproductive rights and services?
