November 2008 SFYR Endorsements

Dated October 21, 2008:

(Retrieved June 23, 2021)

Proposition A
General Hospital and Trauma Center Bond: NO ENDORSEMENT
Proposition B
San Francisco Affordable Housing Fund: NO
Proposition C
Prohibition on City Employees Serving as Members of Charter Boards and Commissions: NO
Proposition D
Pier 70 Maritime District Plan Approval: YES
Proposition E
Raising the Number of Signatures Required to Qualify a Recall Petition for a Member of the Board of Supervisors: NO
Proposition F
City Elections in Even-Numbered Years: NO
Proposition G
Retirement System Credit for Unpaid Parental Leave: NO ENDORSEMENT
Proposition H
San Francisco Clean Energy Act: NO
Proposition I
Creating Independent Rate Payer Advocate: NO ENDORSEMENT
Proposition J
Creating a Historic Preservation Commission: NO
Proposition K
Enforcement of Laws Related to Prostitution: NO
Proposition L
Creation of a Community Justice Center: YES
Proposition M
Tenant Rights: NO
Proposition N
Real Property Transfer Tax: NO
Proposition O
Emergency Response Fee Replacement: YES
Proposition P
Transportation Authority Efficiency Measure: YES
Proposition Q
Payroll Expense Tax: NO
Proposition R
Renaming the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant: NO ENDORSEMENT
Proposition S
Set Asides Must Identify Funding Source: NO ENDORSEMENT
Proposition T
Treatment on Demand Act: NO
Proposition U
Funding for Deployment of Armed Forces in Iraq: NO
Proposition V
San Francisco Public High School Students’ JROTC: YES

U.S. Congress, 8th District
Dana Walsh

U.S. Congress, 12th District
Greg Conlon

State Assembly, 12th District
Conchita Applegate

State Assembly, 13th District
Harmeet K. Dhillon

State Senate, 3rd District
Sashi McEntree

Superior Court Judge, Seat 12
Thomas Mellon, Jr.

Board of Education
(Vote for up to 4 candidates)
SUPPORT: Marigrace Cohen, Jill Wynns, Rachel Norton
AVOID: Glenn Davis, Sandra Lee Fewer, Norman Yee, Barbara Lopez

Community College Board
(Vote for up to 4 candidates)
SUPPORT: Roberto Figueroa, Mary T. Hernandez
AVOID: Bruce Wolfe, Chris Jackson

Board of Supervisors

(Ranked-choice voting will be used, so be sure to use your 2nd and 3rd choices to avoid any leftists listed for your district, in addition to voting for our endorsed candidates.)

District 1
Jason Jungreis
AVOID: Eric Mar

District 3
Michael DeNunzio
AVOID: Denise McCarthy, David Chiu, Tony Gantner

District 4
Ron Dudum

District 5
Owen O’Donnell, Rob Anderson (2nd choice)
AVOID: Ross Mirkarimi

District 7
Sean Elsbernd

District 9
AVOID: David Campos, Eric Quezada, Mark Sanchez

District 11
Myrna Lim
AVOID: John Avalos

 

(2021 Editors note: The above is posted for historical purposes only, as it was included in the archive.org copy of a previous incarnation of SFYR’s website.  Our current members do not condone the above endorsements’ negativity towards renters rights, Avalos, Campos, Mar, Yee, or Ross Mirkarimi (who current members campaigned for).)