General Election 2026: San Francisco Voting Resource

Proposition A offers what supporters call “110 small fixes” for local government, such as altering how the city approves legal settlements, restructuring departments and commissions, removing reporting requirements and giving the city administrator authority over the city’s real estate portfolio.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition A Offers Sweeping Changes for City Governance

Under Proposition B, voters will decide whether to authorize a city-owned financial institution that could eventually become a public bank, potentially giving the San Francisco a new way to finance affordable housing, small businesses and environmental projects.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition B Would Lay Groundwork for a San Francisco Public Bank

In a city where solutions to address the housing crisis are fiercely debated, a broad coalition is backing Proposition C, which would more than double the money San Francisco dedicates to building and preserving affordable housing each year. 

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition C​ Would Tackle Boom-Bust Affordable Housing Cycle

Proposition D supporters want to shrink future ballots by making it harder to qualify measures for elections through the initiative process. Opponents say it will quash public participation by making it too expensive for voters without access to large sums of money to call for a local referendum.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition D Would Quadruple Signature Requirement for SF Voter Initiatives

Proposition E is a part of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s triplet of proposed changes to City Hall governance. The measure significantly alters how city departments adopt technology, raises the threshold on contracts needing Board of Supervisors approval by millions of dollars and doubles the city administrator’s term to 10 years.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition E Would Give More Power Over Contracts, Technology to City Administrator

Proposition F would give the mayor direct authority to fully reorganize and transfer functions within most city departments, appoint department heads and fire them without cause. It would restore the deputy mayor position, eliminated more than 30 years ago.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition F Would Give Mayor More Power Over Departments and Commissions

Proposition G asks voters to once again pick a side in the years-long parkland-vs.-roadway clash along Ocean Beach. It seeks to turn the Upper Great Highway back into a mixed-use area — maintaining parts of Sunset Dunes Park while allowing private vehicle traffic on weekdays. 

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition G Reopens the Great Highway Debate

If voters do not pass the local Proposition H and Regional Measure RTM — aka the Connect Bay Area Act — to authorize new revenue, the system that undergirds San Francisco’s transit-first housing policies faces catastrophic cuts. 

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition H and Regional Transit Measure: SF Seeks Parcel and Sales Taxes to Keep Muni Moving

Proposition I, the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act, could dedicate an estimated $120 million annually toward affordable housing, creating hundreds of units a year in mixed-income developments and bolstering displacement prevention services.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition I Pushes City to Build New Type of Affordable Housing”

Proposition J would end a 42-year-old transfer-tax exemption for foreclosure sales of large commercial and multiunit residential properties valued over $10 million, preserving it for single-family homes, condos and small residential buildings.

• San Francisco Public Press: Proposition J Would Close Tax Loophole on Large Foreclosed Properties

If voters do not pass Regional Measure RTM — aka the Connect Bay Area Act — to authorize new revenue amounting to $1 billion for public transit over 14 years, the Bay Area may be wracked with congestion.

• The Ingleside Light: Measure RTM Explained: The Sales Tax To Save Public Transit