Pitching In A Fair Share
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Measure X – Add County Sales Tax for Emergency, Early Childhood, & Safety-Net Services
Won with 58.4% Yes 41.6% No
This is a 0.5 cent sales tax with money going to the county general fund, with no state takebacks. Though it is a regressive tax, we support it becaus…
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Measure WW – Impose a New, Regressive Utility Users Tax
Won with 56.8% Yes 43.2% No
Energy companies should be paying these taxes, not individuals in our communities. This amounts to a new regressive tax. The measure would establish a…
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Measure PP – Extend the Existing Utility Users’ Tax
Won with 71.7% Yes 28.3% No
Though utilities, not users, should be paying this tax, this maintains important resources to city services like parks, job training and more. These t…
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Measure NN – Require Hotel Guests to Contribute More for Public Services
Won with 72.2% Yes 27.8% No
The recession is threatening public services, and asking those who are wealthy enough to travel to pitch in a little more for all of us is a responsib…
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Measure V – Continue Pitching In on Utilities In Unincorporated Areas
Won with 69% Yes 31% No
Extends an existing tax on utility users in unincorporated areas for 13 years. Power companies should be paying these taxes, but contuining this tax i…
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Proposition RR – Caltrain Sales Tax
Won with 69% Yes 31% No
Caltrain, an essential part of our public transit network, will become cleaner, faster, greener and more affordable and accessible if this one-eighth…
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Proposition L – Tax Corporations Based on Ratio of CEO to Employee Pay
Won with 65% Yes 35% No
If a CEO is paying themselves 100 times the salary of their average employee, or more, it’s time they gave back. This measure will raise a gross…
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Proposition F – Make Sure the Biggest Corporations in SF Pitch In
Won with 67.4% Yes 32.6% No
This proposal reorients our tax system toward recovery in our communities. It will strengthen small business, direct funding towards child care, early…
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Proposition I – Ensure Sellers of $10M+ Properties Pitch In for Renters
Won with 57.5% Yes 42.5% No
When someone — usually a giant corporation — sells a property for more than $10 million, they’ll be asked to contribute a little more toward eme…
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Proposition J – Remove Red Tape for School Funding
Won with 74.4% Yes 25.6% No
Removes red tape so that existing parcel taxes can fund schools. Specifically, this measure funds living wages for teachers and expanding technology p…
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Measure W – Fund Mental Health, Housing, & Job Training
Won with 50.09% Yes 49.91% No
Establishes a half-cent sales tax to raise $150 million per year for 10 years for general public services. Although this is a regressive sales tax for…
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Proposition 15 – Put Schools & Communities First
Lost with 51.93% No 48.07% Yes
No matter what we look like or where we come from most of us pitch in for each other and hope to leave things better off for those to come. But today…
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