{"id":304811,"date":"2026-05-07T20:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304811\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:19:07","slug":"explore-8m-going-to-s-f-ballot-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304811\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore: $8M going to S.F. ballot measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About three-quarters of all the money pouring into San Francisco\u2019s June 2 election is going toward just four measures on the ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of that $7.9 million is funding dueling <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/03\/overpaid-ceo-tax-proposal-government-poll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">businesses tax measures<\/a>: The \u201coverpaid CEO tax,\u201d Proposition D, and a competing measure placed on the ballot in hopes of sinking it, Proposition C.<\/p>\n<p>Big political and corporate donors have heavily backed Prop. C, while labor groups have come out in force to back Prop. D.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over $1.7 million has been raised to support Prop. A, the bond measure which would pay for infrastructure improvements related to earthquake safety. Chris Larsen, the founder of Ripple and a major political donor, has given $520,000 in support of the measure (he has also given $700,000 to fight Prop. D). Several unions have collectively given at least $550,000 toward Prop. A.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trailing behind in fundraising is Prop. B, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2026\/05\/jerry-brown-compares-san-franciscos-prop-b-to-trump-putin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">place lifetime term limits<\/a> on anyone who has held office as mayor or on the Board of Supervisors. The measure has raised about $352,000, with the majority of that coming from Larsen and fellow billionaire Michael Moritz. Not quite $3,000 has been raised in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Explore the charts below to see who is giving to each measure. Search for donors and click on the bubbles to see where each individual contribution came from.<\/p>\n<p>Prop. A: Bond for earthquake safety projects<\/p>\n<p>  Prop. A: Bond for earthquake safety projects<\/p>\n<p>How it reached the ballot: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors (unanimous)<\/p>\n<p>What it would do:  Prop. A would allow the city to borrow up to $535M in bonds to pay for infrastructure upgrades, which could include the emergency firefighting water system, police and fire stations and the Muni station at Potrero Yard.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents include: Mayor Daniel Lurie, the Board of Supervisors, Fire Chief Dean Crispen<\/p>\n<p>Opponents include: San Francisco Republican Party, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods<\/p>\n<p>To pass: Requires 66.67% affirmative votes.<\/p>\n<p>Prop. B: Lifetime term limits for mayor and supervisors<\/p>\n<p>  Money raised for and against<br \/>Prop. B<\/p>\n<p>Total for: $351,750<\/p>\n<p>Total against: $2,800<\/p>\n<p>  Prop. B: Lifetime term limits for mayor and supervisors<\/p>\n<p>How it reached the ballot: Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Jackie Fielder, Bilal Mahmood, Myrna Melgar, Danny Sauter, Stephen Sherrill and Alan Wong<\/p>\n<p>What it would do:  Prop. B would limit a mayor or any supervisor\u2019s time served to two four-year terms for each office. Currently, there is a limit of two consecutive terms for either officeholder, but there is no existing limit on nonconsecutive terms.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents include: Mayor Daniel Lurie, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, S.F. Young Democrats, San Francisco Democratic Party, and supervisors Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter, Jackie Fielder, Myrna Melgar, Matt Dorsey, Stephen Sherrill, and Alan Wong<\/p>\n<p>Opponents include: Former Mayor Willie Brown, former Mayor Art Agnos, former California Governor Jerry Brown, and supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Chyanne Chen, Shamann Walton, and Connie Chan <\/p>\n<p>To pass: Requires 50%+1 affirmative votes.<\/p>\n<p>Prop. C: Decrease to some business taxes<\/p>\n<p>  Prop. C: Decrease to some business taxes<\/p>\n<p>How it reached the ballot: Received over 10,643 signatures<\/p>\n<p>What it would do:  Prop. C would exempt most businesses with up to $7.5 million in revenue from the \u201cgross receipts tax\u201d and \u201ctop executive pay tax.\u201d It would also move a planned 2028 increase to the \u201ctop executive pay tax\u201d to 2027. This measure competes with Prop. D.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents include: S.F. Chamber of Commerce, Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, GrowSF<\/p>\n<p>Opponents include: Mayor Daniel Lurie, San Francisco Labor Council<\/p>\n<p>To pass: Requires 50%+1 affirmative votes.<\/p>\n<p>Prop. D: Overpaid CEO tax<\/p>\n<p>  Money raised for and against<br \/>Prop. D<\/p>\n<p>Total for: $1,710,362<\/p>\n<p>Total against: $4,123,632<\/p>\n<p>  Prop. D: Overpaid CEO tax<\/p>\n<p>How it reached the ballot: Received over 10,643 signatures<\/p>\n<p>What it would do:  Prop. D would make changes to the city\u2019s \u201ctop executive pay tax,\u201d which applies to businesses whose highest-paid executive earns more than 100 times the median employee compensation. Namely, it would increase rates for most businesses to between 0.183 to 1.121 percent of their San Francisco gross receipts. It would also change how the median compensation is calculated, by factoring in a company\u2019s total workforce rather than its San Francisco-based workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents include: San Francisco Labor Council, SEIU Local 1021, SEIU 2015, IFPTE Local 21, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, and supervisors Danny Sauter, Alan Wong, Bilal Mahmood, Jackie Fielder, Myrna Melgar, Connie Chan and Chyanne Chen<\/p>\n<p>Opponents include: Mayor Daniel Lurie, S.F. Chamber of Commerce, Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, The Gap, Uber, Amazon, Visa, DoorDash, and supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Stephen Sherrill, and Matt Dorsey<\/p>\n<p>To pass: Requires 50%+1 affirmative votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Contributions to committees supporting and opposing multiple measures are duplicated. For example, contributions to the committee supporting Prop. C and opposing Prop. D will appear under both measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The contributions are up to date as of May 7,2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Source: San Francisco Ethics Commission via <a href=\"https:\/\/data.sfgov.org\/City-Management-and-Ethics\/Campaign-Finance-Transactions\/pitq-e56w\/about_data\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S.F. Open Data<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting by Io Yeh Gilman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About three-quarters of all the money pouring into San Francisco\u2019s June 2 election is going toward just four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[10659,13,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-304811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-explore","tag-politics","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}