Safety & Sanctuary (Criminal Legal System)
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Measure AA – Clarify City Attorney and City Council Responsibilities
Won with 73.5% Yes 26.5% No
Allows City Attorney to prosecute violation of city law (preempting the District Attorney, which could potentially mean fewer Alamedans sent to jail).
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Measure RR – Remove $1000 Limit on Fines for Code Violations
Won with 58.3% Yes 41.7% No
To fight illegal dumping, the city can currently only levy a $1,000 dollar fine — an amount put in place in 1968. This measure would allow the city co…
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Measure S1 – Strengthen Police Commission
Won with 81.2% Yes 18.8% No
As the Oakland Police Commission — a task force that the community won — gets ready to cut Oakland’s policing budget by 50% next year and redire…
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Proposition E – Allow Changes to Police Staffing
Won with 71.3% Yes 28.7% No
Currently, San Francisco must hire and budget for a minimum number of police officers, regardless of whether they’re needed or not. This measure…
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Proposition D – Create a Board to Investigate the Sheriff’s Office for Misconduct
Won with 66.8% Yes 33.2% No
Establece una junta directiva y un inspector general para recomendar cambios en las políticas policiacas tras investigar a la oficina del Alguacil por…
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Proposition B – Bring Transparency to the Department of Public Works
Won with 61.3% Yes 38.7% No
To increase transparency in city government, this measure brings community oversight over our Public Works and creates a new, non-police agency to kee…
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Proposition 25 – Switch Cash Bail with System Based On “Public Safety Risk”
Lost with 56.41% No 43.59% Yes
Cash bail, a horrific system that keeps people in jail only because they are poor and keeps many Black and brown people locked up, needs to end. Howev…
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Proposition 20 – Increase the Number of People Locked Up in Prisons
Lost with 61.72% No 38.28% Yes
Vote No to protect the progress we’ve made to undo mass incarceration. This measure reverses the progress made in moving funding towards educati…
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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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