Community Control & Political Power
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Measure QQ – Allow 16- and 17-year-olds to Vote for School Board
Won with 67.8% Yes 32.2% No
In a year where young people fought and won to make their schools safer by eliminating police in schools, youth are leading all over Oakland. Our youn…
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Proposition G – Allow 16- and 17-year-olds to Vote in Local Elections
Lost with 50.8% No 49.2% Yes
Young people have as much at stake in our elections as anyone — and they deserve to shape the future of our city. 16- and 17-year-olds should be able…
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Proposition H – Streamline Permitting and Keep Local Businesses Afloat
Won with 60.8% Yes 39.2% No
In the wake of the enormous challenges posed to small businesses by the pandemic, this measure would streamline permitting and allow flexibility to ke…
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Proposition C – Remove Citizenship Barriers to Serving on City Bodies
Won with 54% Yes 46% No
This will allow every San Franciscan, regardless of immigration status, to serve on city boards and commissions.
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Proposition 24 – Undermines the Consumer Privacy Act to Tech Corporations’ Advantage
Won with 56.23% Yes 43.77% No
Rewrites the Consumer Privacy Act, exempts some of the largest tech corporations from oversight and adds burdens to people who want to protect their p…
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Proposition 22 – Take Away Protections Such As Minimum Wage for Gig Workers
Won with 58.63% Yes 41.37% No
Uber, Lyft, and other tech giants want to re-classify their employees as “independent contractors” to avoid labor protections such as mini…
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Proposition 18 – Allow 17-year-olds to Vote in Primary Elections
Lost with 56.04% No 43.96% Yes
Allows 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will have turned 18 by the general election. Prop 18 also allows for 17-year-olds to vote in…
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Proposition 17 – Free the Vote for People on Parole
Won with 58.55% Yes 41.45% No
Bay Rising firmly supports the right to vote, and this proposition would restore the right to vote to Californians who are currently on parole. There…
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Bay Rising Action Endorses Senator Bernie Sanders for President
December 13, 2019
Bay Area Network Behind Local Progressive Wins Votes to Endorse Vermont Senator December 13, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Irene Rojas-Carroll, irene@bayri…
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Rebecca Kaplan
Won with Advancing to November Runoff: 41% Yes 58.8% Other Candidates
With two decades of experience in elected office, Rebecca Kaplan is the best choice to lead our county on issues of housing and homelessness, mental h…
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Pamela Price
Won with Advance to November Runoff: 43.2% Yes 56.6 Other Candidates
District Attorneys hold one of the most critical and powerful roles in our legal system as they hold the power on who to sentence and how harsh that s…
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James Coleman
Lost with 11.5% Yes 88.5% Other Candidates
James Coleman is a young, progressive champion for the working class people of South San Francisco, and the only candidate in his race from a working…
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