Correction: I meant, "Prop C is exactly…", not "Prop A".

"Bringing back promises we couldn’t afford to keep only hurts employees in the long run. The worst thing you can do to a hardworking city employee is to run their retirement lifeline into insolvency."

Vote no on Prop H. 6/6

"And so, it’s with great consternation we see that — even as San Francisco grapples with a $780 million deficit and the gutting of its downtown tax base — there are three pension benefit expansion measures on the November ballot." /5

"When the stock market collapsed in 2008, the investments that were supposed to pay for retiree benefits couldn’t float the bills — ultimately leading to $5.8 billion in unfunded liabilities that city residents were on the hook for." /4

"The details were wonky but important. San Francisco made too many promises to workers it couldn’t keep." /3

"it wasn’t that long ago here in San Francisco that pension reform was probably the hottest topic in the hot 2011 mayoral election for Gavin Newsom’s open seat." /2

“That may sound finicky, but we aren’t going to get better governance in San Francisco without changes to the way we do business. Rejecting Prop G would be a start.”

Agreed. I’m a big supporter of affordable housing, but budget set-asides are bad policy. 4/4
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“Yes, the city needs to invest in keeping its seniors, families and people with disabilities housed. We can and should demand public officials independently and competently implement meaningful policies to do so without having to beg voters for validation.” /3

That report further noted that leaders need to learn to manage the city’s money responsibly year to year, not by public fiat.” /2

SPUR agrees, saying “we are concerned that the evaluation process for commission changes did not incorporate input from the affected departments, stakeholders, and the general public and could have unanticipated consequences.”

Vote no on Prop D. 2/2
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