Proposition A. Branch Library Bond -- City of San Francisco (Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
218,378 / 74.4% Yes votes
75,285 / 25.6% No votes

Shall the City incur $105,865,000 of bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, renovation, and construction of branch libraries and other library facilities, other than the Main Library, and all other works, property and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes?

Proposition B. District Aides -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors (8-3). For: Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Leno, Teng, Yaki. Against: Kaufmann, Newsom, Yee)
108,509 / 37.5% Yes votes
181,033 / 62.5% No votes

Shall the City allow each member of the Board of Supervisors to hire a third aide?

Proposition C. City Retirement Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
171,682 / 60.1% Yes votes
113,824 / 39.9% No votes

Shall the City increase retirement benefits for miscellaneous employees hired after 1976?

Proposition D. Children's Fund -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
206,546 / 73.1% Yes votes
75,959 / 26.9% No votes

Shall the City extend the Children's Fund until 2016, increase the annual set-aside of property tax revenues for the Fund, create a citizen advisory committee, and add new planning requirements?

Proposition E. Retiree Health Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
159,161 / 56.8% Yes votes
121,184 / 43.2% No votes

Shall the City increase health benefits for retired City employees by placing a cap on monthly health care premium costs, and paying one-half the cost of health coverage for the retiree's primary dependent?

Proposition F. Saturday Closure of JFK Drive -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
132,986 / 45.1% Yes votes
162,079 / 54.9% No votes

Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays?

Proposition G. Closure of JFK Drive with Limits -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by six members of the Board of Supervisors (Yaki, Brown, Teng, Kaufman, Bierman, and Katz))
108,901 / 38.1% Yes votes
176,678 / 61.9% No votes

Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays after the Music Concourse parking facility is opened?

Proposition H. Landlord/Renters' Costs -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
168,888 / 57.3% Yes votes
125,642 / 42.7% No votes

Shall the City's Rent Control Ordinance be amended to limit the types of costs on which a landlord may base a rent increase?

Proposition I. Business Tax Revision -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor)
95,958 / 36.3% Yes votes
168,536 / 63.7% No votes

Shall the City eliminate the gross receipts method of calculating the business tax and raise the existing payroll expense tax rate from 1.5 to 1.7 percent?

Proposition J. City Contractor Contributions -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
234,787 / 82.7% Yes votes
49,274 / 17.3% No votes

Shall the City ban officials from accepting gifts, payments, or campaign contributions from a person or group if the official previously approved granting the donor a contract or special benefit?

Proposition K. Office Development Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor and four Supervisors: Katz, Yaki, Brown, and Becerril)
111,006 / 39.2% Yes votes
171,881 / 60.8% No votes

Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services?

Proposition L. Office Development/Live-Work Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
141,434 / 49.8% Yes votes
142,749 / 50.2% No votes

Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services, and live/work units?

Proposition M. Neighborhood Taxi Service Improvement -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by 7 members of the Board of Supervisors: (Becerril, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Teng, Yaki, Lee))
103,166 / 37.9% Yes votes
169,065 / 62.1% No votes

Shall City law be amended to authorize issuance of restricted taxicab permits in the names of one or more persons, and to set a full-time driving or operating requirement for permit-holders at 800 hours per year?

Proposition N. Controls on Rental Conversion -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
126,055 / 46.0% Yes votes
148,235 / 54.0% No votes

Shall the rules that govern converting rental housing to condominiums also apply to converting rental housing to certain forms of joint ownership with exclusive rights of occupancy, and shall the annual 200-unit cap on such conversions be made permanent?

Proposition O. Public Campaign Financing -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the San Francisco Ethics Commission)
143,881 / 52.6% Yes votes
129,423 / 47.4% No votes

Shall the City provide public financing to candidates for the Board of Supervisors, limit contributions to independent committees, and limit the overall amount a person or group may contribute to all City candidates and political committees?

Proposition P. Hunters Point Cleanup -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by four members of the Board of Supervisors: Leno, Bierman, Yaki and Ammiano)
241,456 / 86.4% Yes votes
38,095 / 13.6% No votes

Shall it be City policy to support a full clean-up by the Navy of the Hunters Point Shipyard, to allow unrestricted use of the entire site in the future?

Proposition Q. Pedestrian Safety Fund -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by a policy statement submitted by 5 members of the Board of Supervisors: Teng, Brown, Becerril, Bierman, and Yaki)
189,549 / 66.9% Yes votes
93,806 / 33.1% No votes

Shall it be City policy to establish a Pedestrian Safety Fund to pay for improvements designed to make City streets safer for pedestrians?

Proposition R. Use of Pier 45 -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by 4 members of the Board of Supervisors: Ammiano, Bierman, Leno, Newsom)
201,595 / 72.6% Yes votes
76,167 / 27.4% No votes

Shall it be City policy to use Pier 45 as the site for a public educational facility focusing on the San Francisco Bay and operated by an independent non-profit organization?

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