For the March 2024 election, ϴanalyzed local and state measures related to our policy areas on the California and San Francisco ballots. Our analysis includes the background behind the measures, equity impacts, pros and cons, and a recommendation on how to vote. (Note: There were no regional or San José measures related to ϴpolicy areas on this ballot. ϴdid not analyze Oakland Measure D because it qualified for the ballot after ϴcompleted its analysis process.)
The goal of the ϴVoter Guide is to offer objective analysis and advise voters on which measures will deliver real solutions.
For the March election, ϴanalyzed San Francisco city and county measures and California state measures related to our policy areas. (Note: There were no regional or San José measures related to ϴpolicy areas on this ballot. ϴdid not analyze Oakland Measure D because it qualified for the ballot after ϴcompleted its analysis process.)
For San Francisco measures, a subcommittee of the ϴboard served on a ballot analysis committee to hear arguments on both sides, debate the merits of each, and provide recommendations to the ϴSan Francisco Board of Directors, which voted to accept or reject the committee's recommendation. For state measures, the ϴExecutive Board served as both the ballot analysis committee and the adopting body. Each board must reach a 60 percent vote to determine the final ϴrecommendation on a given ballot measure. The boards voted to adopt a position on the relevant measures on the following dates:
ϴExecutive Board: December 5, 2023
San Francisco Board of Directors: November 28, 2023, and December 15, 2023
ϴExecutive Board: Lydia Tan (chair), Kristina Raspe (vice chair), Bob Gamble (secretary), Cynthia Wong (treasurer), Jaye Bailey, Lindsay Baker, Daniel Cedeño, Donald Falk, Jean Fraser, David Friedman, Hao Ko, Camille Llanes-Fontanilla, Manan Shah, Leah Toeniskoetter, Shin-pei Tsay
San Francisco Ballot Analysis Committee: Shin-pei Tsay (chair), Don Falk, Robert Gamble, Edward Harrington, Dawn Kamalanathan, Guillermo Rodriguez, Lydia Tan
ϴStaff: Annie Fryman, Alicia John-Baptiste, Sarah Karlinsky, Michael Lane, Sujata Srivastava, Laura Tolkoff
Editors: Melissa Edeburn, Valerie Sinzdak, Karen Steen
Published on February 5, 2024
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