IFPTE Local 21 Endorsements

BART Director

• Janice Li, District 8

Board of Supervisors

• Gordon Mar, District 4 — Click here to volunteer to help elect Gordon Mar!
• Honey Mahogany, District 6 — Click here to volunteer to help elect Honey Mahogany!
• Rafael Mandelman, District 8
• Shamann Walton, District 10

San Francisco City College Board

• Vick Chung
• Anita Martinez
• Susan Solomon

San Francisco Board of Education

• Alida Fisher, Board of Education
• Lainie Motamedi, Board of Education
• Lisa Weissman-Ward, Board of Education

Propositions

• Prop A – Pre-1996 Retiree COLAs (SUPPORT) – Provides cost of living adjustments to city employees who retirees who retired before 1996.
• Prop B – Department of Sanitation Consolidation (No Endorsement) – Eliminates the Department of Sanitation and transfers its duties back to the Department of Public Works. Retains the separate Sanitation and Streets Commission and Public Works Commission established by 2020 Prop. B.
• Prop C – Homeless Oversight Commission (No Endorsement) – Establishes a seven-member Homelessness Oversight Commission to oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and requires the City Controller to conduct audits of services for people experiencing homelessness. The Mayor would appoint four members and the Board of Supervisors would appoint three.
• Prop D – Affordable Homes Now (OPPOSE) – Attempts to streamline housing approvals by removing layers of discretionary review, labor requirements, and increasing income levels on what would qualify as affordable housing to 140% of AMI.
• Prop E – Affordable Housing Production Act (SUPPORT) – This measure would streamline approval process for three types of housing projects: (1) 100% Affordable Housing Projects; (2) Educator Housing Projects (3) Increased Affordability Housing Project. During construction of these three types of projects, those with 10 or more units would be required to pay prevailing wages.
• Prop F – Library Bond Renewal (SUPPORT) – Extends the Library Preservation Fund for an additional 25 years, through June 2048, to set provide funding for library services, materials, and operations at the main library and branch libraries.
• Prop G – Student Success Fund (SUPPORT) – Creates the Student Success Fund that would provide grants to schools for programs that improve student achievement and wellness, including academic tutoring, math and literacy specialists, additional social workers, arts and science programming, or afterschool and summer enrichment.
• Prop H – Consolidation of Elections to Even Numbered Years (SUPPORT) – Moves elections for citywide offices (mayor, city attorney, sheriff, treasurer, and district attorney) to presidential election years which will yield greater voter participation in these critical races.
• Prop I – JFK and Great Highway/”Access for All” (OPPOSE) – Returns traffic allowed on JFK Drive, MLK Drive, Bernice Rogers Drive (all in GGP), and the Upper Great Highway to the pre-COVID state. Restricts the city’s ability to close the four roads in the future and transfers authority over the Great Highway from Rec & Park to Public Works.
• Prop J – Car Free JFK (SUPPORT) – Continues the city’s COVID-19 response to open JFK Drive to people on foot and bicycle without interference of private vehicles, makes certain street segments one-way, establishes bicycle lanes, establishes disability access standards, and allows for future changes, consistent with the Golden Gate Park Master Plan.
• Prop L – Sales Tax for Transportation (SUPPORT) – Continues the existing sales tax of 0.5% for 30 years to fund transportation improvements under the 2022 Transportation Expenditure Plan. The measure authorizes $1.19 billion in bonds that would be repaid with the proceeds of the tax.
• Prop M – Residential Vacancy Tax (SUPPORT) – Establishes a tax on owners of vacant properties in buildings with three or more units if those owners have kept units vacant for more than 6 months. It’s estimated that the measure will provide 4,500 new homes back on the market and raise an estimated $38 million annually for homeless prevention and affordable housing.
• Prop N: GGP Parking Garage – Prop J amendment (SUPPORT) – Allows the City to use public funds to acquire, operate or subsidize public parking in the underground parking garage below the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. Also, directs the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority to dissolve, which will transfer management of the garage to the City’s Recreation and Park Commission.
• Prop O – SF City College Parcel Tax (SUPPORT) – The measure will raise $45 million annually through a progressive, tiered parcel tax that will strengthen City College’s fiscal health and fund important classes and programs such as citizenship, ESL, workforce training, counseling, and veteran and queer resource centers.