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Sanity reigns for once-wacky election ballot

By: SF Examiner Editorial 08/06/11 9:00 PM
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi ruled correctly last week to cut a measure banning male circumcision from the November ballot. The ruling was based on state law that forbids cities and counties from making up their own rules on widely practiced medical procedures. Read More

San Francisco pension tension heats up

By: Joshua Sabatini 07/13/11 4:00 AM
San Francisco city workers
Tensions over dueling November pension measures intensified Tuesday with a new message sent from backers of Mayor Ed Lee’s effort: Voters should only support one, not both. Read More

Sneaky San Francisco supervisors undermine open-government claims

By: Ken Garcia 06/23/11 4:00 AM
San Francisco City Hall
The next time you hear cries about transparency in government in San Francisco, you may want to see if the shouts are coming from behind opaque glass. A city known for its laborious political process — where any decisions are subject to myriad public hearings, debates and community courting — this week became the home of the backdoor stunt, whereby three major policy initiatives were snuck onto the November ballot by our most left-leaning supervisors without any discussion. Read More

The time for San Francisco pension reform is now

By: Jeff Adachi and Craig Weber 04/24/11 9:00 PM
With pension costs expected to rise by$400 million over the next five years, San Francisco can no longer afford to kick the can down the road on pension reform. Numerous reports, including those by The City’s Controller and Civil Grand Jury, have found that pension costs will continue to escalate unless something is done.  These increases will require city services to be slashed and more fines and fees paid by residents to keep up with pension costs.  Read More

Proposal would let supes repeal San Francisco ballot measures

By: Joshua Sabatini 04/05/11 9:53 PM
Supervisor Scott Wiener
The Board of Supervisors could change or even repeal voter-approved ordinances, years after their initial passage, under a charter amendment Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced Tuesday for the November ballot. Wiener said he is proposing the measure in response to criticism about the number of ballot measures, such as, “Why can’t the Board of Supervisors do its job and pass legislation without asking us to pass it for you?” Read More

Opponents of Prop. B head to the Mission

By: Erin Sherbert 10/18/10 12:00 AM
Another day, another supervisor campaigning against Proposition B, the pension reform measure on the Nov. 2 ballot. On Monday, opponents of Prop. B, including Supervisor David Campos, firefighters, nurses, teachers and Latino community leaders will walk through the Mission distributing "No on B" campaign signs and talking to voters in the neighborhood. Read More

Charlie Crist’s name will appear ninth on Fla. ballots

By: David Freddoso 09/15/10 12:00 AM
Alvin Greene, eat your heart out. No-party candidates are listed in the order in which they filed their official papers — not alphabetically. So it’s Sue Askeland, Bruce Ray Riggs, Bobbie Bean, [Rick] Tyler, [Charlie] Crist and Lewis Jerome Armstrong. Read More

Muni charter makes the November ballot, officially

By: Joshua Sabatini 07/12/10 12:00 AM
Supervisor Sean Elsbernd’s signature gathering campaign to “fix Muni” was a success. Read More

Voters may see hotel tax measure on November ballot

By: Erin Sherbert 07/05/10 12:00 AM
San Francisco can expect to add a hotel tax initiative to the list of measures submitted for the November ballot. A coalition of teachers, health workers and concerned citizens on Tuesday plan to file a list of valid signatures to qualify a hotel tax measure for the November ballot. The group plans to meet at the steps of City Hall Tuesday 2 p.m., the day signatures are due for qualifying ballot measures. Read More

Tax hikes proposed for November ballot

By: Joshua Sabatini 06/09/10 12:00 AM
Mayor Gavin Newsom closed a deficit without tax hikes, but that didn’t stop other elected officials from proposing tax measures for the November ballot. On Tuesday, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced a ballot measure that would change how San Francisco taxes businesses and generate more than $30 million in revenue. Other tax measures introduced included an increase on the tax paid when a property is sold and a 10 percent parking tax increase. Read More
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