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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE INITIATIVE PETITION
Notice is hereby given by the person whose name appears hereon of their intention to circulate a petition within the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of placing on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot a measure to reform how measures are placed on the ballot in San Francisco.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
The proposed measure reforms how measures are placed on the ballot in San Francisco to better align with the standards in other California cities. San Francisco's ballot qualification rules are far looser than those of any other major California city. The result is bloated and confusing ballots. In November 2024, voters faced 15 separate measures, compared to one in San Jose and three in Oakland.
Over the past 30 years, 74 percent of ordinances on the ballot were placed before voters by a minority of supervisors, the Mayor, or through signature drives rather than through a transparent and accountable legislative process. 44 percent did not legally require voter approval.
San Francisco is the only major city that allows a minority of supervisors to place measures directly on the ballot. It also has by far the lowest signature threshold in California—just 2 percent of registered voters. Additionally, it is the only city that allows the mayor to unliterally place measures on the ballot. Together, the status quo incentivizes special interests and politicians to weaponize the system against each other. Measures are often filled with complicated legal jargon meant to confuse voters. So-called poison pill ballot measures are more and more common, and measures can mislead voters or lead to unintended consequences. In 2022, for example, a ballot measure intended to tax Amazon was later discovered to unintentionally tax hundreds of small businesses and could only be removed through court action, despite conflicting with the drafters' intentions.
The proposed measure aligns San Francisco more closely with other California cities while preserving voters' ability to participate directly in lawmaking. These commonsense reforms encourage coalition-building, deliberation, and higher-quality measures for voters to consider while reducing confusion and unintended consequences.
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Daniel Lurie
Proponent of the Initiative
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:
CHANGES TO BALLOT MEASURE PROCESS
The Way It Is Now
Under the City Charter, an ordinance or declaration of policy (measure) may be placed on the ballot in several ways, including:
• By a six-member majority vote of the Board of Supervisors (Board);
• By four or more members of the Board submitting the measure without a vote of the Board;
• By the Mayor submitting the measure without a vote of the Board; or
• By registered voters submitting an initiative petition to the Department of Elections (signature initiative) containing signatures of at least 2% of the registered voters in San Francisco, which currently is approximately 10,600 signatures.
A signature initiative generally appears on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled municipal or statewide election. Signature initiatives that propose an ordinance may call for an earlier election, known as a special election, if the petition contains signatures of voters equal in number to at least 10% of the votes cast for all candidates for Mayor in the last mayoral election. The threshold for a signature initiative to call a special election currently is approximately 39,000 signatures.
Once a signature initiative is submitted to the Department of Elections, it cannot be withdrawn.
The Proposal
The proposal would amend the Charter to eliminate the ability of the Mayor or four or more members of the Board to place a measure on the ballot without a vote of the Board. The Board could still place measures on the ballot by a six-member majority vote.
The proposal would change the way the voters may place a signature initiative on the ballot by increasing the required number of voter signatures to 8% of the registered voters in San Francisco, or approximately 42,500 signatures. The proposed measure would also increase the required number of voter signatures to call a special election on an initiative ordinance to 10% of the registered voters in San Francisco (instead of 10% of votes cast for all candidates for Mayor in the last mayoral election), or approximately 53,100 signatures.
The proposal would allow the proponents of a signature initiative to withdraw the signature initiative from the ballot up to 102 days before the election. Show more »
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
DISTRICT REGULATION 3: FEES
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) will conduct a public hearing on June 3, 2026, at 10:00 am or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard to consider adoption of proposed amendments to Regulation 3: Fees.
At the public hearing on June 3, 2026, the Board of Directors will consider adopting proposed amendments to Regulation 3 fee schedules A, E, F, G-1 through G-5, H, I, K, M, P, S, V and W, and other related changes. These proposed amendments would increase fees between 2.3% and 15%, depending on the fee schedule, and would (1) reduce fees in Schedule R by 20%, (2) increase the base Risk Assessment fee in Schedules B and C by 2.3%, (3) increase the Risk Assessment fee for existing gas stations by 15% in Schedule D.A, (4) increase administrative fees in Section 300 by 2.3% (5) add a new fee for Emission Reduction Credit Reissuance (6) remove the delinquent fee for permit and registration renewals, (7) reclassify gasification/pyrolysis sources to Schedule G-1, (8) delete obsolete citations, and (9) clean up the general formatting and text of the regulation.
The Board of Directors will also hold a public hearing on April 29, 2026, at 11:00 or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to consider and receive testimony on the proposed amendments. This will be an informational hearing only; the Board of Directors will not take action on any of the proposed amendments at the April 29, 2026, hearing.
Public hearings will be held at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Information on the meetings will be available by visiting the Air District's homepage at www.baaqmd.gov. Meeting materials will be available at least 72 hours before the meeting and a link to attend virtually via web browser will be active 5 minutes before meeting time. Verbal comments are welcome up to the day of and during the Public Hearings.
Copies of the proposed amendments and associated documents may be viewed on the Air District's website at http://www.baaqmd.gov/reg3. Copies are also available by calling Air District staff at (415) 749-4990. Staff will accept written comments on the proposed amendments until May 15, 2026. Please direct comments or questions to Mark Gage, Principal Air Quality Engineer, 375 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, 94105, (415) 749-8705, or electronically at MGage@baaqmd.gov (preferred).
Philip M. Fine, Ph.D.
Air Pollution Control Officer
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
4/18/26
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT (BART)
NOTICE TO PROPOSERS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR BREATH AND URINE COLLECTION SERVICES
RFP NO. 6M4916
BART is now accepting proposals from breath and urine collection contractors. Interested firms must register on BART's Procurement Portal at https://suppliers.bart.gov
All solicitation documents, including the RFP, must be downloaded directly from the Portal. A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on April 17, 2026 at 2:30PM, local time via Zoom – registration is required and instructions are included within the RFP. The District's Equity Program(s) will be explained, and participants can share contact details to network with other firms. The due date for submission of proposals for this RFP is 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Proposals shall be submitted to the following address:
Attn: District Secretary's Office
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
4/4/26
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