The clock is ticking! There are only 26 days until the election. There is not only 
a lot at stake for our communities nationally, but also  locally at the city and state level . We encourage you to exercise your hard fought right to vote. 

 

Here are our endorsements for 2016 ballot measures that reflect fairness and equity for low-income and vulnerable communities:  

San Francisco
Prop C, Vote YES
 Allows money previously collected for earthquake retrofitting to also be used for rehabilitating affordable housing units. 

Prop F, Vote YES
Encourages youth to get engaged with voting by lowering the voting age for local elections from 18 to 16. 

Prop I, Vote YES 
Stabilizes funding for today's services and support for seniors, veterans, adults with disabilities and adults living with chronic and life-threatening health conditions and will establish a fund that will grow with the City's discretionary revenues for future services.

Prop M, Vote YES
Creates a commission to oversee the Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH). This will allow for more transparency and community input into MOH's policies and practices around affordable housing.

Prop S, Vote YES
Allows monies collected under the current hotel tax to support arts and fund family homelessness services.

Prop P, Vote NO
Slows down and impedes the process for bidding for affordable housing development projects. 

Prop U, Vote NO
 Allows low-income families to be pushed out of affordable housing because it will by redefine affordable housing to higher income levels.

California

Prop 55, Vote YES
Extends the temporary personal income tax increases approved in 2012 on incomes over $250,000 for 12 years to be used for education and healthcare funding.

Prop 57, Vote YES
Allows judges, instead of prosecutors, to decide whether a minor should be tried as an adult and aims to cut the state prison population by giving incarcerated individuals a chance to apply for earlier parole. 

Prop 58, Vote YES
 Provides better education for those with language barriers, by repealing Proposition 227, a 1998 initiative that ended bilingual education in the state. 
Prop 59, Vote YES
 Sends a message to legislators that voters support legislators overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which struck down limits on independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions.

Prop 62, Vote YES
 Eliminates California's death penalty (and replaces it with a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole). 

Prop 64, Vote YES
 Legalizes the recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and over, which 
would reduce the number of people arrested and incarcerated for drug offenses. 

Prop 66, Vote NO
Speeds up the death penalty and reduces due process by limiting appeals on death penalty sentences. 

Thank you for your continued support! Please note you can find your polling place here. 

In Community, 
Angela Chan
 Policy Director














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