Ballot Simplification Committee Information – June 5, 2018 Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary
Ballot Simplification Committee meetings for the June 5, 2018, Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election are scheduled to begin Monday, February 26, 2018.
The Committee must complete its work no later than 85 days before the election, which is Monday, March 12, 2018.
For any correspondence with the Ballot Simplification Committee members, contact Barbara Carr at (415) 554-4375 or by e-mail at
publications@sfgov.org
Meeting Notices and Agendas
Agendas are posted at least 72 hours prior to each meeting, as mandated by the Sunshine Ordinance. Other meeting materials are made available as early as possible. All materials are posted in reverse chronological order (most recent on top).
Notice of Cancellation, Ballot Simplification Committee Meeting on Tuesday, March 6 (PDF)
Notice of Cancellation, March 2 (PDF)
Revision 2: BSC Meeting Agenda, February 26-March 5, 2018 (PDF)- room change on Thursday, March 1
Revised BSC Meeting Agenda, February 26-March 5, 2018 (PDF)
Information About Local Ballot Measures
Prohibiting Appointed Commissioners from Running for Office
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, Supervisor Peskin (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Legislative digest (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Public Utilities Revenue Bonds
- Final digest (PDF)
- Suggestions, S. Angulo, Chief of Staff, Supervisor Peskin (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Legislative digest (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Prohibiting Tobacco Retailers from Selling Flavored Tobacco Products
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, E. Andrews, Olson, Hagel & Fishburn (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, J.Aurora, Nielsen Merksamer (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Suggestions, J.Aurora, Nielsen Merksamer (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Legislative digest (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Parcel Tax for San Francisco Unified School District
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, United Educators of San Francisco (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Department analysis, Treasurer (PDF)
- Department analysis, Assessor-Recorder (PDF)
- Title and summary (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Relocation of Professional Sports Teams
Additional Tax on Commercial Rents Mostly to Fund Housing and Homelessness Services
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, Supervisor Safai (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Suggestions, Supervisor Safai (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Additional Tax on Commercial Rents Mostly for Child Care and Education
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, Supervisor Yee (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Suggestions, Supervisor Yee (PDF)
- Department analysis, Office of Early Care and Education (PDF)
- Department analysis, Treasurer (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Title and summary (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
Use of Tasers by San Francisco Police Officers
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, Supervisors Cohen, Peskin, Ronen (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, A. Post (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Suggestions, Supervisor Fewer (PDF)
- Suggestions, Supervisor Cohen (PDF)
- Suggestions, A. Post (PDF)
- Letter, Bar Association of San Francisco (PDF)
- Letter, Supervisor Ronen (PDF)
- Letter, Police Commission (PDF)
- Suggestions, J. Friedenbach, Coalition on Homelessness (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Department analysis, San Francisco Police Department (PDF)
- Title and summary (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
City-Funded Legal Representation for Residential Tenants in Eviction Lawsuits
- Updated Department analysis, Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (PDF)
- Final digest (PDF)
- Request for reconsideration, D. Preston (PDF)
- Approved digest (PDF)
- Response letter to Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development, Justice & Diversity Center (PDF)
- Letter 2, D. Preston, Proponent (PDF)
- Suggestions, Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (PDF)
- Suggestions, D. Preston, Proponent (PDF)
- Draft digest (PDF)
- Letter to Controller, Supervisor Ronen (PDF)
- Suggestions, M. Omerberg, Affordable Housing Alliance Political Action Committee (PDF)
- Suggestions, S. Sherburn-Zimmer, Housing Rights Committee (PDF)
- Department analysis, Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (PDF)
- Department analysis, San Francisco Rent Board (PDF)
- Title and summary (PDF)
- Legal text (PDF)
When Information Becomes Available
Information about each measure will be posted before the meeting scheduled to draft the digest for that measure. Any materials that result from a meeting will be posted as soon as possible after the meeting. Timing varies depending on when the materials are available to the Department of Elections.
Information posted before a meeting
At minimum, the information will include:
- Legal text of the proposed ballot measure
- Draft digest provided by the City Attorney’s office, which serves as a starting point for the Committee’s work during the meeting.
Other information will be posted as available, such as:
- Legislative digests for measures submitted by the Board of Supervisors
- The City Attorney’s title and summary for initiative measures
- Department analyses of proposed initiative measures required under San Francisco Municipal Elections Code Sec. 350
- Correspondence directed to the Committee related to the digest of the measure
Information posted after a meeting
Information will be posted as available, such as:
- Approved digest, with the deadline for Requests for Reconsideration
- Correspondence shared with the Committee during the meeting related to the digest of the measure
- Requests for reconsideration of an approved digest
- Final digest that will be published in the Voter Information Pamphlet
