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11 February 2007 to 7 March 2007: deadline for potential candidates to register out of other parties to run in 3 June 2008 P&F primary
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June 6th P&F Results in San Francisco

Local Candidates

State Senate

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

U.S. House of Representatives

There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in San Francisco.

State Assembly

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

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the San Francisco Peace and Freedom Party organization of any candidates for local non-partisan offices which were voted on in the June 6th primary election.

Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees

Six members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees were elected from San Francisco in 2004. Though state law would seem to indicate that San Francisco should elect its Central Committees members at large because it is entitled to fewer than 12 seats, the San Francisco Department of Elections decided to conduct its P&F CCs election by Assembly Districts:

12th Assembly District: 4 seats, no candidates qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
13th Assembly District: 7 seats, one candidate on ballot, election open for write-ins.
- Dave Campbell (received 137 votes, automatically placed on the Central Committees by being nominated for Board of Equalization)

Local Measures

There were four local measures that on the ballot June 6th in San Francisco, and the Peace and Freedom Party considered all of them but took positions on only two:

Proposition A: "Additional Funding for Homicide Prevention Services". Would have allocated an additional $10 million primarily from the City's General Fund for each of the next three fiscal years for violence prevention and intervention services, establish a Homicide Prevention Planning Council to develop and annually revise a Homicide Prevention Plan, and create a Survivors' Advocate and a Survivors' Fund in the Office of the District Attorney. Proposition A promised to develop and subsidize (with funds from the General Fund) programs for "stopping the violence" in affected communities, but didn't really include any program for doing so. Because there were neither strong arguments for the proposition nor any strong feelings about its drawbacks, Peace and Freedom took no position for or against Proposition A. The measure was defeated by a vote of 66,982 to 69,060.
Proposition B: "Eviction Disclosure Ordinance". Changes law to require landlords who offer to sell buildings of two or more residential units to disclose to all potential buyers the specific legal grounds for any evictions that result in vacant units at the time of sale and whether the evicted tenants were elderly or disabled. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on this pro-tenant Proposition B. With our support, the measure passed by a vote of 71,440 to 65,373.
Proposition C: Would have changed the appointment process for the City's three representatives to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority by specifically designating the Mayor and two members of the Board of Supervisors to represent the City. This proposition mandated, among other things, that the mayor's office take more responsibility for expediting the overhaul/rebuilding of the TransBay terminal. Whether this is a good thing depends on who the mayor is. Because there were neither strong arguments for the proposition nor any strong feelings about its drawbacks, Peace and Freedom took no position for or against Proposition C. The measure was defeated by a vote of 37,030 to 93,905.
Proposition D: "Zoning Changes to Limit Services at Laguna Honda Hospital and Other Residential Health Care Facilities". Under the guise of protecting the rights of elderly patients at Laguna Honda, this legislation would have opened the door to certifying any number of newly constructed (and/or renovated) privately owned and operated nursing homes for patients in the public health care system. Stop the Privatization of the SF Public health care system. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on Proposition D. With our opposition, the measure was defeated by a vote of 35,418 to 99,060.

Regional Candidate

Dave Campbell is running for Board of Equalization in the 1st Board of Equalization District, which includes all of San Francisco. He received 231 votes in San Francisco, of 1,508 in the entire district.

Statewide Candidates

The slate of Peace and Freedom Party candidates for statewide partisan public offices are:

Governor: Janice Jordan (3,849 statewide, 242 in San Francisco)
Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 212 in San Francisco)
Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 239 in San Francisco)
Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 233 in San Francisco)
Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 241 in San Francisco)
Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 239 in San Francisco)
Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 241 in San Francisco)
U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 254 in San Francisco)

The Peace and Freedom Party also recommended a vote for Sarah Knopp for Superintendent of Public Instruction. She is a teacher and a socialist, though not a P&F member, who came in second of five candidates with 695,372 votes (17.3%) statewide for this nominally non-partisan position. In San Francisco, she got 17,536 votes (17.2%).

Statewide Measures

There were two propositions on the statewide ballot June 6th, assigned proposition numbers 81 and 82. At its April 1st-2nd State Central Committee meeting, the Peace and Freedom Party took a position on one of measures.

Proposition 81 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2006." This measure would have issued $600 million of bonds to renovate existing library buildings and build new libraries. Because we are generally opposed to bond measures, but in favor of building more libraries, the Peace and Freedom Party neither supported nor opposed Proposition 81. The bonds were defeated by a statewide vote of 2,326,305 (47.3%) to 2,590,954 (52.7%). In San Francisco, the vote was 91,110 (66.3%) to 46,440 (33.7%).
Proposition 82 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "Preschool Education. Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Individuals; $800,000 for Couples. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." This measure would have raised the income tax on the rich by 1.7% and used the money raised to fund universal preschool programs for four-year olds. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 82. The measure was defeated by a statewide vote of 1,958,200 (39.2%) to 3,036,217 (60.8%). In San Francisco, the vote was 80,787 (57.8%) to 59,184 (42.2%).

Peace and Freedom Party Campaign 2006