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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE INITIATIVE PETITION
Notice is hereby given by the persons whose names appear 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 prevent catastrophic Muni service cuts while investing in making Muni safer, more reliable and affordable.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
The Stronger Muni for All Measure reflects San Franciscans' long-standing commitment to a world-class transit system that gets seniors to their appointments, workers to their jobs, and kids to school.
In the latest available customer satisfaction survey, Muni received its highest scores in 20 years while weekday ridership has rebounded to more than 75% of pre-pandemic levels. But the expiration of state and federal funds and lingering impacts of the Covid economic downturn has created a large budget shortfall. Without securing a reasonable and dedicated source of funding, Muni service will be severely cut, resulting in up to 20 bus routes canceled and doubled wait times. The economic rebound of the past year will be erased and our city will be far less affordable, pushing out more of our neighbors. Further, San Francisco already has the third worst traffic of any city in the United States. Without protecting Muni service, thousands of additional cars will fill the streets, further exacerbating traffic, gridlock, and commute times for transit riders, motorists and cyclists alike.
Over the past year, Muni has demonstrated a new era of fiscal discipline and community engagement. Commonsense reforms have yielded ongoing annual savings of nearly $137 million by eliminating over 500 vacant positions, consolidating operations to eliminate management positions and implementing more efficient operations to get buses to their destinations faster.
This measure proposes a progressively structured parcel tax on commercial and residential properties. 95% of San Francisco's single family residences are capped at $129 annually, with those in larger homes subject to progressively higher rates. The largest commercial properties pay up to $400,000 annually, making sure everyone pays their fair share.
Funds generated by this measure will be subject to strict oversight and accountability requirements, including financial efficiency reviews and oversight by a citizens committee to ensure all revenues are spent on maintaining and improving Muni service.
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Kat Siegal Rodney Fong Tony Delorio
Proponents of the Initiative
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure:
PARCEL TAX TO FUND PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATIONS
The Way It is Now
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is a City department that manages Muni buses, light rail vehicles, streetcars, and cable cars. These services are funded by transit fares, and local, state and federal sources, but not through a parcel tax.
Owners of rent-controlled residential property in the City are generally limited in what costs they can pass onto their tenants.
State law limits the total revenue, including tax revenue, the City may spend each year. The voters may approve increases to this limit for up to four years.
The Proposal
The measure would impose an annual tax on parcels of real property in San Francisco beginning on July 1, 2027, and continuing until June 30, 2042. The tax would be adjusted annually for inflation. The proposed 2027 tax rates would be:
* Single-Family Residential Parcels: Base tax of $129 for the first 3,000 square feet of building area, plus marginal rates of: $0.42 per square foot of building area between 3,001 and 5,000 square feet, and $1.99 per square foot of building area over 5,000 square feet.
* Multifamily Residential Parcels: Base tax of $249 for the first 5,000 square feet of building area, plus a marginal rate of $0.195 per square foot of building area over 5,000 square feet, capped at $50,000 per parcel.
* Non-Residential Parcels: Base tax of $799 for the first 5,000 square feet of building area, plus marginal rates of: $0.76 per square foot of building area between 5,001 and 50,000 square feet, $0.84 per square foot of building area between 50,001 and 250,000 square feet, and $0.99 per square foot of building area over 250,000 square feet, capped at $400,000 per parcel.
* Mixed-Use Parcels: Base tax of $799, plus a combination of the marginal rates for residential and non-residential parcels above if the mixed-use parcel has more than 5,000 square feet of building area, capped at $400,000 per parcel.
* Parcels with No Buildings: No tax if the land area is up to 2,000 square feet, or $392 if the land area is over 2,000 square feet.
The tax would not apply to:
1. Properties or portions of properties not required to pay property taxes based on value; and
2. The building area of any single-room-occupancy unit and any shared facilities.
Most properties owned and occupied as a primary residence by a person who is at least 65 years-old would either be exempt from the tax or entitled to a tax reduction. Owners of rent-controlled residential units could pass through up to 50% of the tax to their tenants, capped at $65 per unit, if the initial base rent was set before June 1, 2027.
Revenues from the tax would be used exclusively for the costs of administering the tax and for SFMTA transit operations.
This measure would increase the City's spending limit for four years. Show more »
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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 improve accountability within the executive branch and allow the Mayor to reorganize certain functions among city departments.
A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows:
San Francisco's Charter now spans 548 pages, making it the longest of any major American city. More than 90 percent of City departments are embedded in the Charter itself, meaning even modest organizational improvements require voter approval. Department heads oversee 99 percent of City staff and resources, yet the Mayor has direct hire-and-removal authority over only a small fraction of them. In recent instances involving serious ethical lapses, the Mayor lacked authority to immediately remove department heads. The Charter also requires the Mayor to directly supervise nearly 50 department heads—an impractical structure for a government with more than 30,000 employees. This structure diffuses responsibility and makes it difficult for voters to know who is accountable when services fall short.
The proposed measure restores clear lines of accountability within the executive branch while preserving oversight by the Board of Supervisors. These changes ensure that when San Franciscans elect a Mayor, they know who is responsible for delivering results.
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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 EXECUTIVE BRANCH MANAGEMENT
The Way It Is Now
The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City and is responsible for oversight of all departments and governmental units in the executive branch, which includes most City departments.
The Mayor has authority to transfer functions and reorganize executive branch departments created by ordinance, subject to rejection by the Board of Supervisors. The Mayor may not transfer functions or reorganize department powers and duties established in the City's Charter. Those functions, powers, and duties may be changed only by an amendment to the Charter approved by the voters.
The Mayor may not hire deputy mayors who supervise most departments created in the Charter.
When a department operates under a board or commission established in the Charter, the Mayor typically must select a department head from a list of candidates recommended by the board or commission. For most of those departments, the board or commission may fire the department head but the Mayor may not.
The Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and other elected officials have authority to appoint certain members to the boards and commissions established in the Charter. In most cases, an appointed member may only be suspended or removed for cause, after a process to determine that the member engaged in official misconduct or committed a felony involving moral turpitude.
The Proposal
The proposed measure would allow the Mayor to reorganize executive branch departments that exist under the Charter, with certain exceptions. The Mayor could transfer powers and duties set forth in the Charter, consolidate one or more departments together under a single department head, and assign the oversight of transferred functions to a different commission. The Mayor could not reorganize the functions assigned to the following departments: the City Administrator, Controller, Board of Appeals, Port, Airport, Asian Art Museum, Fine Art Museums, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Public Utilities Commission, Civil Service Commission, Department of Human Resources, Retirement Board, Health Service System, Department of Elections, Ethics Commission, or departments headed by other elected officials. The duties of the Department of Police Accountability could not be transferred to the Police Department, nor could the duties of the Sheriff's Inspector General be transferred to the Sheriff.
The proposed measure would allow the Mayor to hire deputy mayors.
The proposed measure would expand the Mayor's authority to hire certain department heads without board or commission involvement, and would authorize the Mayor to fire most department heads without board or commission involvement.
The proposed measure would authorize appointing authorities to remove their appointees to most boards and commissions without cause. The following boards and commissions would not be impacted by this change: Board of Appeals, Civil Service Commission, and Ethics Commission. Show more »
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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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