San Francisco’s Proposition E would redirect a fraction of the city’s hotel taxes to support the arts . The Board of Supervisors unanimously put this measure on the ballot, and it wouldn’t require a tax increase.

San Francisco’s Proposition E would redirect a fraction of the city’s hotel taxes to support the arts . The Board of Supervisors unanimously put this measure on the ballot, and it wouldn’t require a tax increase. This measure would dedicate 1.5% of the city’s 8% base hotel tax to arts grants and endowments - which would include creating funding for cultural districts and centers, among other efforts. The tax income leftover would go back into the general fund. Using part of these proceeds to

Proposition D is known as the Marijuana Business Tax Increase. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors put the measure on the ballot to add another tax onto cannabis businesses operating in the city.

Proposition D is known as the Marijuana Business Tax Increase. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors put the measure on the ballot to add another tax onto cannabis businesses operating in the city. The tax rate for cannabis in San Francisco is already around 25%; Proposition D would be in addition to that. This new tax would affect cannabis businesses making over 500,000 dollars a year. They’d be taxed an additional 1 - 5% depending on the type of cannabis business they are, and how much they

There's been a lot of debate recently about how tech companies should handle our data, and whose job it is to regulate it. San Francisco's Proposition B , also called the Privacy First Policy, is one approach to the problem. It aims to protect people from having their personal information abused by companies.

Proposition C would create an additional tax on San Francisco businesses with gross receipts, or revenue, of more than $50 million a year to fund homeless services.

If you were asked to name a piece of San Francisco infrastructure that’s still in use after over a hundred years, what would you guess? The Golden Gate Bridge? Coit Tower? Nope! But if you guessed the Embarcadero Seawall, you’d be correct!

If you were asked to name a piece of San Francisco infrastructure that’s still in use after over a hundred years, what would you guess? The Golden Gate Bridge? Coit Tower? Nope! But if you guessed the Embarcadero Seawall, you’d be correct! The city constructed the Embarcadero Seawall a century ago, along a 3 mile stretch of waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to Mission Creek. But, the seawall wasn’t designed with seismic safety or sea level rise in mind. It was built on what’s called “young bay

Proposition 12 has to do with the caging of farm animals.

Alright, let’s say you are a paramedic and you work for an ambulance company. When you take a lunch break, are you still on-call? Can your company make you respond to an emergency?