Two San Jose Ballot Measures Would Reduce Worker Benefits
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — There are two measures in San Jose aimed at reducing worker benefits. Both measures require voter approval for a change in the city charter. Measure V would limit the use of outside...
View ArticlePension Reform, Sit-Lie Among 15 San Francisco Ballot Measures
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — Ballot measures San Franciscans will consider next month could affect city employee health care and pension contributions, public transit operator pay, hotel and real estate...
View ArticleLocal Tax Measures Flood Bay Area Ballots
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The budget mess in Sacramento will be reflected at the polls next Tuesday, with an explosion in the number of local tax measures that will be decided on the ballot. In the Bay...
View ArticleSan Francisco Muni May Need Financial Bailout
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco voters may be asked to approve one or more tax increases in two years to help bail out the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency from a steep financial...
View ArticleCalifornias’ Support Of Initiative Process Slips
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) –A new California Field Poll shows that while ballot propositions are declining in popularity, most voters still don’t want to turn their initiative power over to politicians....
View ArticleAnother Mistake Made On Ballot Measure By South Bay Water Officials
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – For the second time in as many weeks, the largest water provider in Silicon Valley has had to call an emergency meeting to fix minor mistakes on a proposed ballot measure. The latest...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Ruling Raises Ballot Measure Questions
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Same-sex couples will soon be able to marry again in California because the governor and attorney general refused to defend the will of voters. That was the upshot of...
View ArticleSF Voters Approve Transportation Measure To Rebuild Streets, Sidewalks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two out of three transportation measures on Tuesday’s ballot in San Francisco appear to have been approved, according to complete unofficial election results. The first of the...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Measures Dominate San Francisco Ballot Submissions
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Affordable housing is shaping up to be a key issue in the June election in San Francisco following the submission this week of three ballot measures. Mayor Ed Lee and...
View ArticleState-Wide Early Returns: Fate Uncertain For Prop 13 School Funding Measure
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vote was too close to call Tuesday night for the only statewide measure on California’s primary ballot: a $15 billion bond to repair and modernize aging schools, many of which...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Weigh In Again On Care At Dialysis Clinics
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters will again weigh in on the quality of care dialysis clinics provide to about 80,000 people in the state with kidney failure. Proposition 23 would require a doctor...
View ArticleCalifornians To Vote On Racial, Gender Preference Programs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California with vastly different political preferences and demographics is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions —...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters To Review Criminal Justice, Bail Reforms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will consider rolling back a host of criminal justice changes in what amounts to a referendum on whether the progressive state has become too lenient....
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Reject Prop 23’s Regulation For Dialysis Clinics
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters have rejected a ballot measure to require a doctor or highly trained nurse at each of California’s 600 dialysis clinics. With more than 9 million votes tallied...
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