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PROPOSITION D
CONSOLIDATING ODD-YEAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. We have no recommendation.
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PROPOSITION C
HOUSING TRUST CHARTER AMENDMENT: Creates a Housing Trust Fund by setting aside general fund revenues to create, acquire and rehabilitate affordable housing and promote affordable home ownership programs. $20 million would be set aside in 2013. An additional $2.8 million would be set aside each year after that, for the next 11 years. NO.
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PROPOSITION B
CLEAN AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD BONDS: This proposal incurs a bonded debt of $195,000,000 for the construction, reconstruction, renovation, demolition, environmental remediation, and/or improvement of park, open space, and recreation facilities. It authorizes landlords to pass-through 50% of resulting property tax increase to residential tenants. NO. A bond issue is a tax on future taxpayers
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PROPOSITION A
CITY COLLEGE PARCEL TAX: Authorizes the Community College District to levy a special property tax of $79 per parcel for eight years for the purpose of funding City College. NO. A parcel tax is always a compulsory payment which must be made without regard to the quality or value of the output. This is
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S F PRIDE FESTIVAL JUNE 23-24, 2012
The annual San Francisco Pride Festival is probably The City’s biggest event. Locals, tourists, kids, families, all colors and preferences have great fun watching the Parade and visiting the hundreds of Exhibitor Booths. As has been the case for the past decade, Outright Libertarians will host an Exibitor Booth. Outright’s mission is to “serve as
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Primary Elections June 2012
Elections Update: Local Measure A – Garbage Collection and Disposal: Folks in San Francisco chose to stay with Recology, possibly because “If you love MUNI, you will love a City-owned Waste Management Center.” Local Measure B – Coit Tower Policy: A close call, but the Yes votes won. Candidates: We are always
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Mayor Ed Lee implicated in old corruption scandal; new one in the making?
This wasn’t headline news, but should have been: In 2008, Deborah Vincent-James, former executive director of the Committee on Information Technology that qualified prospective city vendors, said in a court deposition that Ed Lee, then the city purchaser, told her to qualify a company called Government Computer Sales as a city contractor, after then-mayor Willie Brown
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LPSF Recommendations For The November Ballot
The Libertarian Party of San Francisco at its Aug. 13. 2011 busines meeting made the following recommendations on the San Francisco ballot initiatives on the November ballot. A School Bonds – Vote NO B Road Repaving and Street Safety Bonds – Vote NO C City Retirement and Health Care Benefits – Vote NO D
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Municipal Elections — Bah Humbug or Crucial?
Traditionally, folks do not turn out in good numbers to vote in municipal elctions, so all kinds of interesting proposals turn into City law to the surprise of many. Municipal elections are coming up on November 8, 2011. Have no doubt that whatever local measures pass into law will affect each and every one of
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Meeting Folks at Pride
Pride Week is over, and Libertarians were there. Over the years, Outright Libertarians have volunteered their time and resources to staff a vendor booth at Pride. Not only to outreach, but also to listen. How does a Libertarian respond to someone who says she would never vote Libertarian because she needs the protection from discrimination