Our endorsements for the Fall 2026 election

Here are our recommendations for your votes this fall. We’ll have more endorsements coming soon, but here’s what we’ve decided on so far.

State propositions

  • YES on Proposition 3: Our public schools rely on this vital funding source that’s set to expire if we don’t extend it. It’s time to make it permanent so it can continue to support our kids’ education.

  • YES on Proposition 4: This bill allows Public Financing for every city, county, district  and even the State of CA. We can Fund Candidates with integrity and NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 

  • NO on Proposition 39: California voters already prove our identity and citizenship when we register to vote. Prop 39 would add an onerous requirement that we bring photo ID when voting in person. This is the same voter-suppression strategy of adding hoops to jump through that MAGA Republicans have been rolling out across the country. Vote NO on bringing it to California.

  • YES on Proposition 40: We want California to fund more public services with more tax revenue, and it’s long past time for those with the most wealth—billionaires—to contribute some of it in tax. Prop 40 would tax 5% of every billionaire’s wealth. We need to do this at least once; Prop 40 would be a great start.

  • NO on Proposition 41: To actually fund more services, we need to get around a weird California law called the Gann Limit (officially the State Appropriations Limit). Prop 41 would ban propositions—including Prop 40 and one or two others on this ballot—from exempting themselves from the Gann Limit. So, since we support Prop 40 and growing the budgetary pie in general, we oppose Prop 41.

  • NO on Proposition 42: To rein in wealth inequality, we need to tax the wealth of those who have excessive amounts of it (billionaires). Prop 42 would ban wealth taxes (including Prop 40). So, we oppose Prop 42.

  • NO on Proposition 45: This measure to amend CEQA (the environmental-review law that’s used to try to lever more affordable housing out of developers, but sometimes leads to such long review processes that developers give up) elicited a range of opinions from our members,. It’s supported mainly by developers and opposed mainly by affordable-housing advocates. What tipped us against it was a provision that would require a two-thirds popular vote to amend it—higher than to pass it in the first place. This is a bad smell and we rejected this attempt to make it harder for Californians to make further changes down the line.

City propositions

  • YES on Prop B to create a Public Bank: San Franciscans want to address the existential threat of climate change and a legacy of environmental racism. Wall Street banks aren’t going to provide that kind of funding, as they double down on financing fossil fuels under Trump. A public bank can provide loans to unlock green energy, EV charging, toxic waste cleanups, and more. Prop B takes the next step toward that better future.

  • NO on Prop D, Mayor Lurie’s anti-democracy charter amendment: The initiative process enables we, the people, to alter our laws without having to wait for politicians to follow our will. When our elected officials get cold feet because lobbyists oppose something, it’s up to us to make it happen. Don’t let Mayor Lurie take our power away from us—vote NO on this power grab.

  • NO on Prop G, which would rip up Sunset Dunes Park: Since Sunset Dunes opened last year, it’s become the City’s third most-visited park, thanks to its children’s play areas, a skate and bike park, public art, seating, and hammocks. Nearly 60 percent of those visits are on weekdays. Prop G threatens to undo all of that and force our City to spend nearly $10 million to destroy the park and bring back the vehicular pollution we just got rid of, plus $2 million a year on a crumbling, sand-covered road. It would push families out of this beautiful recreational space and hurt the local businesses that are patronized by park visitors. Some of our members opposed 2024’s Prop K, the measure that closed the Great Highway to make way for this park, but now that Sunset Dunes is part of our lives, we think it’s in San Francisco’s best interest to keep it the vibrant public space that it is.

  • YES on Prop H, the Muni funding measure, and YES on the Regional Transit Measure that would fund BART and Caltrain: Muni and BART are our City’s main arteries, but they’re now endangered by chronic underfunding. BART is notoriously fare-dependent, but doesn’t have enough fare revenues anymore to support it, while Muni is subsidized by parking revenues. Both systems are currently dependent on loans to stay afloat, and need tax revenue to become solvent. If these taxes don’t pass, we’ll face major service cuts across both systems, potentially up to the total shutdown and dismantlement of BART entirely. We must pass these two measures, both to keep Muni and BART alive in the short term and to demonstrate more broadly that the people want taxes to support our public transit and help them grow.

  • YES on Prop I, the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act: Six years ago, San Francisco voters said YES to a tax on large corporate real-estate sales to fund affordable housing. But three years ago, the City started diverting that money to other things in the budget. Now, we have an opportunity to require the City to use this money for its intended purpose. Vote YES on the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act.

Regional propositions

  • YES on the Regional Transit Measure that would fund BART and Caltrain: We endorsed Prop H (City) and the Regional Transit Measure together, so read our argument under Prop H above.