November 2016 Endorsements
These are the SF Green Party's endorsements for November 2016.
We are handing out the bookmark shown to the right (propositions are on the back). If you can help distribute bookmarks, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We will also mail our endorsements to all our members. If you can donate to help cover our printing and mailing costs, please use the "donate" link to the left!
A complete Green Voter Guide is now posted. Click "read more" to see full explanations of the reasons behind our endorsements.
Federal Candidates:
- President and VP - Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka (Green Party) (website)
Local Candidates:
- Supervisor, D1 - Sandra Fewer
- Supervisor, D3 - no endorsement
- Supervisor, D5 - Dean Preston
- Supervisor, D7 - no consensus
- Supervisor, D9 - Hillary Ronen
- Supervisor, D11 - Francisco Herrera (Green Party) (website)
- School Board - Mark Sanchez and Matt Haney
- College Board - Rafael Mandelman, Tom Temprano, Shanell Williams
- Superior Court Judge - Victor Hwang
- BART Board, D9 - no endorsement
State Propositions:
- NO on 51 - limits on developer fees, masquerading as a school bond
- no endorsement on 52 - the CA legislature could extend the hospital fee in order to obtain federal Medi-Cal matching funds, without going to the voters
- NO on 53 - require voter approval for revenue bond-funded projects (although we still vehemently oppose Jerry Brown's Delta tunnels plan)
- YES on 54 - recording legislative sessions, allow time to read bills before voting
- YES on 55 - extend income taxes on rich people
- YES on 56 - increased tobacco taxes
- YES on 57 - increase parole opportunties (we don't think ANY kids should be tried as adults)
- YES on 58 - reform (and eventually repeal) Prop 227, California's English-only education law
- YES on 59 - advisory measure to repeal Citizens United (unlimited corporate political donations)
- NO on 60 - condoms in porn (we support better health care and testing regulations, and oppose criminalizing the sex industry)
- YES on 61 - make state agencies pay the same price as the US Dept of Veterans Affairs for drugs
- YES on 62 - ending the Death Penalty in California
- NO on 63 - restrictions on ammunition that don't apply to retired police
- YES on 64 - legalize recreational use of marijuana
- NO on 65 - attempt to undermine plastic bag ban
- NO on 66 - speeding up Death Penalty cases
- YES on 67 - upholding the statewide single-use plastic bag ban
Local Propositions:
- YES on A - school bond (although we have our usual reservations about bonds)
- YES on B - parcel tax to fund City College
- NO on C - $260 million bond to fund displacement of SF residents by private landlords
- YES on D - allow people to vote in special elections to fill vacant Supervisorial seats, rather than having them filled by the Mayor
- YES on E - City will maintain street trees, rather than property owners
- YES on F - allowing 16-17 yr olds to vote in local elections
- YES on G - an almost meaningless renaming of the Office of Citizens Complaints, that will at least make their budget independent of the SFPD's budget
- YES on H - decentralizing some of the Mayor's power into a new citywide elected Public Advocate position
- NO on I - set-aside of some of the SF City Budget to a Mayor-controlled agency that would provide services to seniors and adults with disabilities (although we support more funding for this purpose, the Supervisors can fund such programs without creating a new agency that's ripe for corruption and unaccountable to the voters)
- NO on J - set-aside of some of the SF City Budget to fund homeless services, housing, and transportation improvements (like Prop I, this would give more power to the Mayor, encourage corruption, and have less oversight by our elected Supervisors)
- NO on K - increase the regressive sales tax to 9.25%
- YES on L - gives the Board of Supervisors some appointments to the SFMTA, and allows them to reject the budget with 6 votes instead of 7
- YES on M - creates a Housing and Development Commission, which would decentralize Mayoral power and give the Board of Supervisors more input into development
- YES on N - allowing noncitizen parents/guardians of SFUSD kids to vote in school board elections
- NO on O - further gentrification of Bayview
- NO on P - a measure that encourage corruption by allowing the Mayor more opportunities to pick politically connected developers to build projects, with a lack of public transparency
- NO on Q - symbolic "open sidewalks" measure to encourage police to ignore serious crimes and instead push homeless people from one block to the next
- NO on R - misleading "safe neighborhoods" measure to create a full-time police unit specifically to push homeless people from one block to the next (it will create much more UNSAFE neighborhoods by taking police away from investigating serious crimes)
- NO on S - set aside hotel tax income to be used for arts and programs to help homeless families. As is the case with Props I and J, these programs are something the Supervisors could fund now if they wanted to, without going to the ballot
- YES on T - restricting gifts and contributions from lobbyists
- NO on U - changes the definition of "affordable housing" to "unaffordable to most residents who live here"
- no consensus on V - 1 cent per ounce soda tax, that would go into the SF General fund. We did not reach consensus on endorsing either yes or no on this proposition.
- YES on W - real estate transfer tax on $5 million+ properties
- YES on X - preserve space for arts, small business, and community services in Mission, SOMA
- YES on RR - $3.5 million bond to fund BART maintenance, with extreme reservations due to the BART board's near-perfect track record of mismanagement and boondoggles
Click below to read our complete Green Voter Guide:
October 6 events with Jill Stein, Francisco Herrera
Thank you for joining us on October 6 for:
Revolutionary Politics Poetry & Music with Jill Stein and Francisco Herrera
Videos from the event are now posted below!
Francisco Herrera, Green candidate for D11 Supervisor opened for Jill Stein:
Jill Stein, Green nominee for President, then spoke to a full house:
(original event info follows)
An evening of Revolutionary Poetry, Music, and Politics with Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein and Candidate for SF Board of Supervisors District 11, Francisco Herrera at The Chapel, 777 Valencia St., SF CA. Local (and some not-so-local) luminaries will light up The Chapel stage October 6, 2016 from 6-10pm (Doors at 5pm). Both Dr. Jill Stein and Francisco Herrera will speak.
People of ALL AGES are welcome! Food and drink will be available for purchase. This event is wheelchair accessible.
Revolutionary Politics in The Chapel:
Francisco Herrera
Dr. Jill Stein
Poetry in The Chapel:
Revolutionary Poets Brigade and the Juana Briones Cultural Committee -
Jack Hirschmann (Poet Laureate)
Agneta Falk
Dorothy Payne
Alejandro Murguía (Poet Laureate)
Jorge Argueta
Music in The Chapel:
Brian Belknap
Old School Kollective (OSK)
Equipto
Questionnaires posted for 9/6 candidate forum
The SF Green Party will host a candidate forum this Tuesday, 9/6, from 6-9 pm--come ask questions to candidates in local races. Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place in the Mojo Theater, on the 2nd floor of the Redstone Building, located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). The event is open to the public and all are invited!
Please read candidates' answers to our questionnaires in advance, so we don't ask them questions they've already answered on the record
Supervisorial candidates (D1): Sandra Lee Fewer, Jason Jungreis, Jonathan Lyens
Supervisorial candidates (D3): Tim E. Donnelly
Supervisorial candidates (D5): Dean Preston
Supervisorial candidates (D7): Norman Yee
Supervisorial candidates (D9): Joshua Arce, Hillary Ronen
Supervisorial candidates (D11): Berta Hernandez
School Board candidates: Rob Geller, Matt Haney, Phil Kim, Mark Sanchez, Jill Wynns
College Board candidates: Amy Bacharach, Rafael Mandelman, Alex Randolph, Tom Temprano, Shanell Williams
BART Board candidates (D9): Bevan Dufty
Note that we do not currently have questionnaires for the other contests; all candidates who our active members expressed potential interest in endorsing were invited.
June 2016 Endorsements
These are the SF Green Party Endorsements for the June 2016 election. We will be mailing a postcard like the one below to all our members, so if you can help, please click the "Donate" link to the left.
A complete Green Voter Guide is now posted. Click "read more" to see full explanations of the reasons behind our endorsements.
Five candidates are on our primary ballot in California, competing to be the Green Party nominee for President. (Note that we do not generally endorse in Green Party primaries). They are:
Local candidates:
Barry Hermanson for Congress, CD12
Victor Hwang and Sigrid Irias for Judge (dual endorsement)
Local propositions:
YES on A: bond for SF General Hospital
NO on B: Set-asides for corrupt Rec & Park department
YES on C: Charter Amendment for Affordable Housing
YES on D: Office of Citizen Complaints
YES on E: Paid Sick Leave
Other propositions:
No position on AA: Parcel tax for Bay restoration
No position on 50: Legislative suspension process
Early endorsement for November:
Francisco Herrera for Supervisor, District 11
If you re-registered in order to vote in another party's primary, please re-join the Greens after June 7 to help us stay on the ballot!
Click below to read our complete Green Voter Guide:
SF Supervisors Report Card 2015
How Green is Your Supervisor?
This is our report card for the SF Board of Supervisors in 2015. It shows the most important votes in 2015, from a Green Party perspective, and whether each supervisor supported or opposed our position. Some of the votes are on amendments to legislation. Compare to our 2014, 2013, and 2012 report cards.
Key:
Supported Green Party position |
Opposed Green Party position |
Absent (Not re-elected) |
D 1: Eric Mar | D 2: Mark Farrell | D 3: Julie Chris-tensen | D 4: Katy Tang | D 5: London Breed | D 6: Jane Kim | D 7: Norman Yee | D 8: Scott Wiener | D 9: David Campos | D 10: Malia Cohen | D 11: John Avalos | |
Board President | LB | LB | LB | LB | LB | DC | LB | LB | DC | LB | DC |
Cypress security contract | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
Mission Zoning | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
More police, no more oversight | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
Short Term Rental Regulation | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
Roommates / rent stabilization | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
Protect Sanctuary City Policy | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
Transportation sustainability fee | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
Approve 5M project | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
Bike Yield | Y | N | (N) | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
Overall Score | 80% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 50% | 10% | 100% | 40% | 100% |
November 2015 endorsements
These are the SF Green Party Endorsements for the November 2015 election. We will be mailing a postcard like the one below to all our members, so if you can donate to this effort please click the "Donate" link to the left.
Our complete Voter Guide is now posted. Click "read more" to see full explanations of the reasons behind our endorsements.
Local candidates:
Mayor: #1 rank: Francisco Herrera , #2 rank: Amy Farah Weiss (this is a ranked choice seat, so vote for multiple people in order of your preference)
Sheriff: Ross Mirkarimi (sole endorsement)
Community College Board: Wendy Aragon (sole endorsement; this is NOT a ranked choice seat, so the person with the most votes wins, even if not a majority)
SF Board of Supervisors, D3: no candidate from District 3 sought the Green Party's endorsement
SF City Attorney: no endorsement
SF District Attorney: no endorsement
SF Treasurer: no endorsement
Local propositions:
NO on A: "affordable housing" bond with few restrictions and little oversight on what the money will be spent on
YES on B: more paid parental leave for City employees
NO on C: "ethics reform" that would stifle grassroots organizing against the Democratic Party Machine
NO on D: Mission Rock luxury development near the Giants stadium
NO on E: "sunshine and open government law" that would make it easier for corporations to stack public comment; also a stalking horse to circumvent campaign spending limits for next year's Supervisorial race in District 1
YES on F: real regulations on Airbnb and other fake hotel companies
NO on G: "renewable energy truth" act allowing PG&E to lie about how dirty their energy is
YES on H: clean energy act put on the ballot to counter PG&E's deceptive Prop G
YES on I: temporary moratorium on building luxury housing in the Mission
NO on J: "legacy business historic preservation fund" that would create a slush fund for the Democratic Party Machine to reward favored businesses
YES on K: initiative requiring development of 100% affordable housing on smaller publicly owned properties that are developed for housing, and a mix of luxury and affordable housing in larger developments on public property
Click below to read our complete Green Voter Guide: