P&F Campaigns in San Francisco

Local Candidates

State Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Leilani Dowell is the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the 8th District, which consists of all except the southwestern part of San Francisco. She finished third of four candidates, behind the Democratic incumbent, Nancy Pelosi, who was re-elected, and the Republican, but ahead of the Green write-in candidate. As of November 12th, she received 9,202 votes (3.46%).

In addition, the San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party has endorsed the Green Party candidate, Pat Gray, who is running in the 12th District, which includes the southwestern part of San Francisco and much of San Mateo County. For more information, see Pat's website at www.patgrayforcongress.org. She came in third of four candidates, behind the incumbent Democrat, Tom Lantos, who was elected and the Republican, but ahead of the Libertarian. As of November 12th, she received 7,294 votes (12.33%) in San Francisco, of 22,133 (9.1%) in the district.

State Assembly

There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State Assembly in San Francisco.

Local Non-partisan Offices

The San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party endorsed Steve Zeltzer, one of its members, in his campaign for Supervisor from District 9. For more information, see Steve's website at www.stevefor9.org.

Since this was the first time out for Ranked Choice Voting, which is a method of voting strongly supported by Peace and Freedom, there was a strong feeling that we should have a second place recommendation. Therefore, we voted to endorse Renee Saucedo for the number two position. She is a long-time organizer for immigrant rights, has been running a very strong campaign, and is NOT a Democrat (she's a Green.) "Bullet voting" for Steve Zeltzer only would not help Steve's chance of election, as second and third choice votes will only be counted if Steve is eliminated from the race before any candidate has a majority. A second choice vote for Saucedo could be viewed as an opportunity to vote a second time, in an "instant runoff", against the incumbent, Ammiano, who is increasingly out of sync with this progressive district. P&F looks forward to continuing to build a progressive majority voting bloc for the future in San Francisco.

The incumbent, Tom Ammiano, was elected with a majority of first choice votes. In the first (and only) round of counting, Zeltzer finished fifth of six candidates, with, as of November 12th, 790 votes (3.24%), and Saucedo finished second of six candidates with 5,399 votes (22.12%).

We are also recommended a vote for Mark Sanchez, a Green running for re-election to the SF School Board. Mark has been leading the fight for real education reform within the SF Unified School District and doing an admirable job of fending off the efforts of political opportunist Heather Hiles (appointed to the Board by the Mayor.) Please give him your vote.

Sanchez was re-elected finishing fourth of twelve candidates running for four seats with 91,430 votes (12.11%), and Hiles was defeated, finishing fifth, 5,770 votes behind Sanchez as of November 12th.

Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees

The elected members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees from San Francisco are:

• Dave Campbell
• Leilani Dowell (placed on CCs by virtue of her nomination for Congress)
• Ian Grimes (placed on CCs by virtue of his nomination for State Senate)
• Tom Lacey
• Adam Richmond
• Steve Zeltzer

Local Measures

There are a number of local and regional measures that will be on the ballot November 2nd in San Francisco, and the San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party has taken a position on most of them:

• Proposition A. Bond Measure: Tax the rich-don’t bribe them. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition A. With our opposition, Proposition A failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority by a vote as of November 12th of 204,964 (64.16%) Yes to 114,502 (35.84%) No.
• Proposition B. Another Bond measure crafted by political hacks for pet projects; most of the "seismic upgrading" will be deferred – and paid for by another bond measure. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition B. With our opposition, Proposition B failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority by a vote as of November 12th of 178,028 (57.38%) Yes to 132,241 (42.62%) No.
• Proposition C. Gives users of the Health Service System (the Trust Fund which manages health care benefits for City employees) more control over the system. Vote Yes for greater accountability. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition C. With our support, Proposition C passed by a vote as of November 12th of 163,295 (56.30%) to 126,751 (43.70%).
• Proposition D. Yes again for more accountability. Puts limits on "holdover appointments" and therefore an end to the Mayor's office game of political "musical chairs". Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition D. Despite our support, Proposition D failed by a vote as of November 12th of 115,806 (42.10%) to 159,278 (57.90%).
• Proposition E. Cops and firefighters need to learn how to bargain in solidarity with their fellow civil servants, instead of bullying their way to the front of the line. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition E. Despite our opposition, Proposition E passed by a vote as of November 12th of 205,665 (65.93%) to 106,283 (34.07%).
• Proposition F. Recognizing the rights of parents to vote in School Board elections, regardless of citizenship is a small step in the right direction. P&F stands for full voting rights for all residents, and therefore passed a resolution on this at our state convention. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition F. Despite our support, Proposition F failed by a vote as of November 12th of 152,126 (48.42%) to 162,059 (51.58%).
• Proposition G. Approval of this measure, is a good gesture; we suspect it will end up being largely symbolic; but it puts the City on record for universal health care. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition G. With our support, Proposition G passed by a vote as of November 12th of 197,479 (66.73%) to 98,458 (33.27%).
• Proposition H. Naming the stadium at Candlestick Point. Why not call it "Highest Bidder Park" and be done with it? Peace and Freedom did not take a position on this measure. Proposition H passed by a vote as of November 12th of 166,372 (54.39%) to 139,505 (45.61%).
• Proposition I. This proposition is all about subjecting new legislation to a "cost/benefit" analysis to better suit the "business climate". Why? That's already SOP for this City –- let's not encourage it. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition I. Despite our opposition, Proposition I passed by a vote as of November 12th of 150,707 (51.83%) to 140,089 (48.17%).
• Proposition J. A highly regressive tax (which is what any tax on consumption is) just makes everything more expensive. It cannot possibly do anything to resolve the "budget crisis", and there's insufficient accountability for how the money would be used. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition J. With our opposition, Proposition J failed by a vote as of November 12th of 129,021 (41.93%) to 178,699 (58.07%).
• Proposition K. This won't do very much (it'll be gutted sufficiently, by the time it's passed), but it, at least symbolically, puts the tax back where it belongs. Businesses benefit the most from all city services and should be willing to pay for them. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition K. Despite our support, Proposition K failed by a vote as of November 12th of 132,480 (45.35%) to 159,633 (54.65%).
• Proposition L. Just a couple of fast buck artists with good scam: Read the fine print. It would be nice if we could stop the Wal-Marting and Multi-plexing of our neighborhoods by passing a proposition, but this ain’t it. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition L. With our opposition, Proposition A passed by a vote as of November 12th of 76,144 (25.25%) to 225,375 (74.75%).
• Proposition N. Stop the War Machine! Troops Out Now! Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition N. With our support, Proposition N passed by a vote as of November 12th of 191,100 (63.25%) to 111,012 (36.75%).
• Proposition O. Typical Ammiano ploy: If Prop. J passes, this will, somewhat, ameliorate the impact by forcing the City to set the right priorities for the extra revenue: Seniors, homeless, children, the disabled, etc. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on Proposition O. With our support, Proposition O passed by a vote as of November 12th of 177,461 (59.56%) to 120,494 (40.44%).
• Proposition AA. BART Earthquake Safety Bond. SF P&F members were split on this measure. Peace and Freedom did not take a position on this measure. Proposition AA received the two-thirds majority necessary to pass, with a district-wide 68.7% majority and a vote in San Francisco as of November 12th of 219,734 (75.83%) to 70,045 (24.17%).

Statewide Candidates

President of the United States

The Peace and Freedom Party's presidential ticket, chosen at our state convention, held the weekend of July 30th and August 1st in Los Angeles, consists of Leonard Peltier for President of the U.S. and Janice Jordan for Vice-President of the U.S.

The Peltier/Jordan ticket came in fifth of six tickets on the ballot statewide, with 24,500 votes for 0.2% as of November 12th. In San Francisco, the Peltier/Jordan ticket came in fifth with 1,119 votes for 0.32%. Write-in votes for President received 2,132 votes (0.61%) in San Francisco, so most likely the P&F ticket also finished behind the Nader/Camejo campaign in San Francisco.

United States Senator

The Peace and Freedom Party candidate for U.S. Senator is Marsha Feinland. She came in third of five candidates on the ballot statewide, as of November 12th with 213,354 votes for 1.9%. In San Francisco, she came in third, with, as of November 12th, 6,936 votes for 2.11%.

Statewide Measures

There were sixteen propositions on the statewide ballot November 2nd, assigned proposition numbers 59 to 72, plus 60A and 1A. The Peace and Freedom Party took positions on most of them.

• Proposition 62 (voter pamphlet summary and arguments available as a 190 KB PDF, full text as a 301 KB PDF): "No Choice" initiative would put all candidates from all parties on a single blanket primary ballot for all partisan offices except President. Only the top two primary-election candidates with most votes for an office, whether or not members of the same party, would go on to the general election. This is similar to the election systems used in France and Louisiana, resulting in runoffs between open racists like Jacques LePen and David Duke and corrupt establishment politicians, with no progressive alternative allowed on that ballot. The proponents of this initiative think it will guarantee that socially-moderate, pro-business candidates like Democrats Gray Davis and Dianne Feinstein and Republicans Richard Riordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger won't lose to labor oriented progressives or religious right conservatives in their party primaries. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this initiative. With our opposition, Proposition 62 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 4,667,924 (46.1%) Yes to 5,450,429 (53.9%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 125,498 (42.0%) Yes to 172,859 (58.0%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 66: (voter pamphlet summary and arguments available as a 175 KB PDF, full text as a 200 KB PDF): This initiative circulated by FACTS would modify three strikes law by requiring that second and third strikes be serious or violent felonies and narrowing definitions of what crimes are "serious or violent" and when two convictions constitute separate strikes. Applies retroactively to reduce the long sentences some prisoners received for petty crimes. Also increases penalties for some sex crimes against children. Peace and Freedom recommended a YES vote on this initiative. Despite our support, Proposition 66 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 5,074,538 (47.0%) Yes to 5,717,783 (53.0%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 218,154 (69.5%) Yes to 96,109 (30.5%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 72: (voter pamphlet summary and arguments available as a 197 KB PDF, full text as a 187 KB PDF): Referendum on John Burton's SB 2 (which requires some employers to provide health insurance plans for some employees). Peace and Freedom opposed the referendum and supported keeping the law, as a step forward even though we prefer a publicly funded health care system not tied to workers' jobs. This meant a YES vote on the ballot. Despite our support, Proposition 72 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 5,154,444 (48.9%) Yes to 5,380,464 (51.1%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 215,420 (68.8%) Yes to 98,038 (31.2%) No as of November 12th.

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• Proposition 59: SCA 1, "Access to government information". Peace and Freedom recommended a YES vote on this constitutional amendment. With our support, Proposition 59 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 8,522,117 (83.4%) Yes to 1,700,285 (16.6%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 267,619 (87.4%) Yes to 38,748 (12.6%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 60: "Election Rights of Political Parties". Peace and Freedom recommended a YES vote on this constitutional amendment. With our support, Proposition 60 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 6,595,408 (67.5%) Yes to 3,180,543 (32.5%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 213,528 (73.7%) Yes to 76,395 (26.3%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 60A: "Surplus Property". Peace and Freedom decided not to take a position on this constitutional amendment. Proposition 60A passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 7,095,344 (73.2%) Yes to 2,598,587 (26.8%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 193,154 (67.3%) Yes to 94,035 (32.7%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 61: Bonds for Children's Hospitals. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this bond measure. The bonds are for a generally good purpose, but our general opposition to bonds determined our recommendation. Despite our opposition, Proposition 61 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 6,014,986 (58.0%) Yes to 4,361,609 (42.0%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 216,596 (70.7%) Yes to 90,176 (29.3%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 63: (voter pamphlet summary and arguments available as a 143 KB PDF, full text as a 171 KB PDF): Tax millionaires to support mental health services. Peace and Freedom recommended a YES vote on this initiative. With our support, Proposition 63 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 5,612,939 (53.5%) Yes to 4,895,365 (46.5%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 234,732 (74.4%) Yes to 80,965 (25.6%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 64: "Limits on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws". Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure, which would make it more difficult to go after corporate crime. Despite our opposition, Proposition 64 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 6,000,175 (59.0%) Yes to 4,175,249 (41.0%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 112,842 (39.0%) Yes to 176,006 (61.0%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 65: "Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates". Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure. The solution to local government funding problems is not to lock into place reliance on regressive taxes that distort land use decisions. With our opposition, Proposition 65 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 3,541,383 (37.3%) Yes to 5,929,464 (62.7%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 89,010 (34.2%) Yes to 171,080 (65.8%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 67: Telephone tax to pay for Emergency Medical Services. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure; emergency medical services should be properly funded, but not by a regressive tax that costs poor people more than the rich. Peace and Freedom advocates a single-payer health care system funded by progressive taxation, which would pay for emergency medical services without the need for any special, dedicated funding. With our opposition, Proposition 67 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 2,924,997 (28.1%) Yes to 7,480,285 (71.9%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 101,801 (34.0%) Yes to 197,185 (66.0%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 68: Casino gambling for card-rooms and race tracks. If Indian tribes that run casinos don't accept new compacts within 90 days, this measure would allow sixteen specific card-rooms and race tracks to run casinos with slot machines. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure. With our opposition, Proposition 68 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 1,718,528 (16.1%) Yes to 8,950,126 (83.9%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 46,110 (15.0%) Yes to 260,030 (85.0%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 69: DNA samples from arrestees. This would allow police to take DNA samples from anyone they arrest for a felony, even if the case is so weak the District Attorney declines to prosecute it, and enter it into a statewide database. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure. Despite our opposition, Proposition 69 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 6,549,720 (62.0%) Yes to 4,021,749 (38.0%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 138,686 (45.6%) Yes to 165,400 (54.4%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 70: "Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State". This measure would recognize the sovereignty of California Indian tribes by giving tribal casinos on reservation lands a monopoly on casino gambling in California, in exchange for financial contributions to the state government. Peace and Freedom recommended a YES vote on this measure. Depite our support, Proposition 70 failed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 2,493,273 (23.5%) Yes to 8,083,522 (76.5%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 61,282 (20.1%) Yes to 242,141 (79.9%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 71: Bonds for Stem Cell Research. Peace and Freedom recommended a NO vote on this measure. The bonds are for a generally good purpose, but our general opposition to bonds determined our recommendation. Despite our opposition, Proposition 71 passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 6,370,852 (59.1%) Yes to 4,419,373 (40.9%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 229,937 (71.1%) Yes to 93,871 (28.9%) No as of November 12th.
• Proposition 1A: "Protection of Local Government Revenues". Peace and Freedom decided not to take a position on this constitutional amendment, which was the governor's and legislature's replacement for Proposition 65. Proposition 1A passed by a statewide vote as of November 12th of 8,591,021 (83.7%) Yes to 1,677,217 (16.3%) No. In San Francisco, the vote was 229,943 (76.2%) Yes to 71,895 (23.8%) No as of November 12th.

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