Endorsed By:
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood
Supervisor Alan Wong
Supervisor Chyanne Chen
Supervisor Danny Sauter
Supervisor Stephen Sherrill
State Senator Scott Wiener
Assemblymember Catherine Stefani
Assemblymember Matt Haney
SF YIMBY
San Francisco Democratic Party
President Rafael Mandelman
Mayor Daniel Lurie
Supervisor Myrna Melgar
Supervisor Matt Dorsey
SF Women's Political Committee
SF Young Democrats
Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club
About ProP A
MAYOR LURIE & SUPERMAJORITY OF SUPERVISORS SAY YES ON PROP A TO CLEAN UP OUR OUTDATED CHARTER.
About every 30 years, City Hall sets aside its differences to clean up old, broken, and conflicting parts of our city’s governing document called the city charter. Department heads, commissions, and the public suggested changes through a transparent, months-long process. The mayor and a supermajority of the Board of Supervisors agreed on 110 small fixes that will help city government serve you better.
THE FIXES FALL INTO FOUR CATEGORIES:
OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY
New technology can make old laws pointless. For example, the current system still requires the city to employ a bookbinder and to publish laws in daily print editions of the Chronicle that no longer exist.
WASTEFUL DUPLICATION
Sometimes two city departments are required to do the exact same job. For example, multiple departments being required to create the same report, forcing employees into busy work that wastes time and money.
ZOMBIE COMMISSIONS
Right now our bureaucracy has 60 advisory bodies and commissions that can’t be updated without a vote at the ballot. After decades, the charter can end up with zombie commissions that serve no purpose. For example, the Sanitation and Streets Commission oversees a department that doesn’t exist.
Right now, even small administrative updates to some of these commissions — like adjusting how often they meet, or the qualifications of their members — have to go before voters as a ballot measure. Requiring a citywide election to correct a typo or outdated language isn’t democracy; it just makes City Hall less accountable for delivering results for voters.
CONFUSING OR BADLY WORDED LAWS
Lawmakers sometimes make typos and mistakes when writing legislation, leaving behind laws that are confusing or just don’t make sense. Prop A cleans up some of the worst examples.
VOTE YES ON PROP A, THE GOOD GOVERNMENT CONSENSUS MEASURE
Ad paid for by Clean Up The Charter.
Committee major funding from:
Michael Moritz ($150,000)
TMG Partners ($15,000)
Lawrence Cushman ($10,000)
Financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org.