Gimme My Props

Below are brief ballot explainers for the 2024 elections covering California, San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond. Produced in partnership with CalMatters and the San Francisco Public Press.

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California Propositions

California Prop 2: Paying for updates to school facilities
California Prop 3: Adding same-sex marriage to the constitution
California Prop 4: Funding statewide projects to address climate change
California Prop 5: Lowering the threshold for bonds to pass
California Prop 6: Ending forced labor of incarcerated people
California Prop 32: Raising the minimum wage to $18
California Prop 33: Removing limits on rent control
California Prop 34: Mandating prescription drug profits to fund patient care
California Prop 35: Funding Medi-Cal services
California Prop 36: Increasing penalties for certain crimes

San Francisco Propositions

San Francisco Prop A: Paying for school improvements
San Francisco Prop B: Paying for health facilities and public spaces
San Francisco Prop C: Creating an inspector general position
San Francisco Prop D: Consolidating City Hall commissions
San Francisco Prop E: Creating a commissions task force
San Francisco Prop F - Allowing retired police officers to continue working
San Francisco Prop G: Creating a new affordable housing fund
San Francisco Prop H: Lowering the retirement age for firefighters
San Francisco Prop I: Expanding retirement for nurses and dispatchers
San Francisco Prop J: Monitoring spending on youth programs

San Francisco Prop K: Closing the Upper Great Highway to cars
San Francisco Prop L: Taxing ride-hail companies to fund public transit
San Francisco Prop M: Adjusting taxes on businesses
San Francisco Prop N: Offering emergency workers student loan forgiveness
San Francisco Prop O: Funding low-cost reproductive care

Richmond Measures

Richmond Measure J & L: Reforming elections

Oakland Measures

Oakland Measure MM: Funding wildfire prevention
Oakland Measure NN: Increasing funding for violence prevention services
Oakland Measure OO: Updating the Public Ethics Commission

Berkeley Measures

Berkeley Measure Z: Extending the 2014 soda tax