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Oct 21, 07:24 PM | Author: jane kim | Category: politics
Jane Kim's Endorsements on Local and State Initiatives
Yes, it’s hard to wade through the MANY initiatives that are always on our ballot every year. Here are my endorsements. Read more details in ISSUES.
San Francisco Ballot Initiatives
YES on B: “Street Resurfacing, Pedestrian Safety and Access Improvement Bond”
YES on C: “Ethics Charter Amendment.”
YES on D: “Dividing Appointments to the Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors between the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors.”
YES on E: “Moving the Election Date of the Public Defender and the Assessor/Recorder.”
NO on F: “Fire Department Mandates an Increase of City Budget”
YES on G: “9th Avenue/MLK Jr. traffic flow into Golden Gate Park and Underground Parking Facility.”
And the following SF initiatives are of particular importance to me:
YES on H: “Prohibiting Firearms in the City and County of San Francisco.”
Proposition H would make it illegal for city residents to possess handguns and would ban the manufacture, distribution, sale and transfer of firearms and ammunition within the city.
Opposers include surprisingly, the National Rifle Association.
If this passes, San Francisco would join Washington, D.C. and Chicago, the only cities in the country with such a ban. Listen folks, we don’t live in Texas. If you own a gun in SF, you’re probably not trying to hunt a deer to eat for dinner. Really, folks with guns in SF, only intend to shoot other humans. This won’t end the incredible violence that exists in San Francisco, primarily located in SF’s poorest neighborhoods, but it would be a step.
YES on I: “Declaration Against Military Recruiters In Public Schools.”
Under No Children Left Behind, the Bush Administration has made it mandatory for all public schools to give personal information of all of its students to give to the military for recruiting purposes. Umm… who goes to our public schools? In SF, it’s almost 90% students of color, overwhelmingly low-income and immigrant! Military recruiters get unfair access to our public school students who need other options as well.
CA STATE INITIATIVES
NO on 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78!
Yes on 79 and 80.
Read more in my ISSUES section.
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