STATE SENATE, DISTRICT 11
VOTE FOR
✅ Yvette Corkrean
WHY: Yvette is a longtime resident of San Francisco, a mother of two and a registered nurse. Unhappy with the direction in which our city was heading, Yvette actively supported the 2022 recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin as well as the three SFUSD School Board members. Yvette is a Republican committed to moderate, common sense issues such as public safety, high-quality education and protection of our most vulnerable residents. Running as a Republican in a one-party dominated city/state is a tough road to travel, but this challenger appears more aligned with our common sense views than the Democratic incumbent. CSF is committed to practical solutions and good governance over party affiliation, and while San Francisco remains a one-party town, we believe in voting for the best candidate for the most moderate solution. Corkrean is that choice.
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC
🚦 Scott Wiener
WHY: It’s been our observation that over his nearly eight years in the California State Senate Wiener has worked on a lot of legislation. Unfortunately. A sampling of his work reveals a disappointing array of anti-public safety, anti-family, pro-bailout of fiscally irresponsible agencies legislation and an overall out-of-touch-with-his-constituents track record. He did not publicly support the recall of Chesa Boudin. We believe it is time for a change. This race is genuinely worthy of looking beyond party affiliation to Senator Wiener’s political agenda, performance while in office, and his vision for San Francisco and California. We do not believe in rubber-stamping any candidate or issue and we will not do so here.
KEY STATE PROPOSITIONS
VOTE YES
✅ PROP 36
WHY: PROP 36 will significantly help law enforcement hold criminals and fentanyl dealers accountable. This measure would provide felony charges and increased sentences for certain drug and theft crimes, such as possessing fentanyl and for thefts under $950, with two prior drug or two prior theft convictions, as applicable. Importantly, provisions included in PROP 36 affecting possession of hard drugs are intended and designed to incentivize treatment. These are critical steps to addressing our public safety crisis.
This measure offers a much needed revision to 2014’s Prop 47, dishonestly titled "The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act," which was passed by voters and LOWERED simple possession of illegal drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor and raised the felony threshold for theft from $400 to $950. It is not a coincidence that retail theft has ballooned since then.
VOTE NO
❌ PROP 5
WHY: This measure will makes it easier for local government to increase taxes by lowering the threshold to pass local bonds from 2/3 majority to 55%. It appears that state and local politicians are in cahoots to raise more and more money through debt to pay for projects that earn them votes and spending power. Bonds are usually passed because they always “sound good” in theory. In reality, the money is rarely spent efficiently or often not even used to address the issues it was designed to fix. Meanwhile, the City budget and home owners are on the hook for paying the principal and interest on this expensive borrowing.
Politicians are annoyed that the voters have not always given them whatever they want, whenever they want it (SEE: Proposition A, Public Transportation and Streets Bond Issue -June 2022), so their solution is not to govern better or spend money wisely, it is to pass measures that ensure that they get the money more easily. The November ballot is the perfect time to do this when most voters are focused on the national and high level local races and are handed a ballot so full of complex propositions that not even a legal or financial degree can help a regular citizen understand it all.
❌ PROP 33
WHY: PROP 33 was designed to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act enacted in 1995 which prohibits rent control on single-family homes and houses. The act also prohibits rent control laws that mandate what a landlord can charge a tenant when they first move in. By repealing Costa-Hawkins, PROP 33 would allow cities and counties to limit rent on any housing and limit the rent for a first-time tenant. Any local laws currently inoperative under Costa-Hawkins would take effect upon its repeal.
If you are concerned about housing in San Francisco, PROP 33 is a terrible idea. Repealing Costa-Hawkins, would not only empower cities and counties to impose strict rent control on all apartments and single-family homes, but it would abolish the state’s existing ban on vacancy control. Vacancy control prohibits rental housing providers from adjusting rents to market rates when a tenant moves out. Such a policy leads to property deterioration and stifled investment in housing.
In fact, Supervisor Aaron Peskin has already drafted legislation so that PROP 33 could be immediately implemented in San Francisco if it is passed.
PROP 33 will not force local governments to build more affordable housing nor will it provide any immediate relief to people facing homelessness. PROP 33 contains no specific protections for renters, seniors, veterans, or the disabled. All it will do is eliminate basic rights for property owners and negatively impact the housing market and new construction.
In 2018 and 2020, Californians resoundingly voted to keep the Costa Hawkins Act and its time to VOTE NO on PROP 33 now.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 19
VOTE FOR
✅ Catherine Stefani
WHY: Catherine Stefani has been a steady and common sense voice as the District 2 Supervisor, often being the lone voice when it comes to using a practical approach to tackling some of the city’s most pressing issues. We will admit we were both shocked and disappointed by her vote to put March’s Prop B “Cop Tax” on the ballot, but viewing the entirety of her record on public safety, we believe she remains committed to supporting law enforcement and public safety. For years she was the Board of Supervisors’ sole advocate for SFPD, fiscal responsibility, tougher domestic violence laws and a host of other common sense legislation. Stefani approaches every issue from all angles and seeks out expert testimony as well as input from community members. We hope she will take her courage and common sense approaches to Sacramento and continue to fight for practical, effective legislation.
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC
🚦 David Lee
WHY: David Lee is a native San Franciscan and is no stranger to the world of politics, having run for the Board of Supervisors three times. Lee has a long history of public service in San Francisco, most recently as the Director of the Asian Pacific American Student Success Program at Laney College in Oakland. David doesn’t carry any of the baggage of having worked inside City Hall, which we usually like but it’s tough to get a sense of what he believes and how his policies would lean. If we have only endorsements to guide us, we would have to take a pass based on the fact that he is endorsed by far left progressive ringleaders like Connie Chan, Sandra Lee Fewer and Judge Sing.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 17
NO ENDORSEMENT
Matt Haney
WHY: Assemblymember Haney is the embodiment of a politician failing up. There, we said it. While he has enacted more bills than his colleagues, we fail to be impressed with the depth or effectiveness of any of them. He has voted for bills that have addressed addiction and fentanyl which align with our vision, but they were minimal and do not outweigh his votes on hallucinogens, hobbling 8th grade algebra, desire to take power from the people with regard to taxation and his willingness to allow the State to come between the parent/child relationship. Haney’s latest legislation will add more barriers for landlords, which ultimately reduces housing stock. The recent allegations of improper use of political donations only seals the deal that this man will not be getting our vote.
Manuel Noris-Barrera
WHY: We are always happy to see people tossing their hat into the ring, particularly when they challenge an ineffective and out-of-touch incumbent. However, this candidate has not completed his candidate survey which would have provided us with much needed information about his position on various issues, so we cannot form an opinion let alone an endorsement.