Updated 11/11/2024, 4:29 p.m.
The San Francisco Public Press is publishing results for the 15 local propositions on the November 5 ballot. For other local results, visit the city’s Department of Elections website.
With 364,959 ballots counted, here’s what we know so far.
After days of anticipation, the highly contentious Proposition K has passed, with 53.93% of voters in favor. The measure, which will permanently close a 2-mile stretch of the Great Highway, has sparked numerous debates in recent months over its potential impacts on traffic and businesses on the city’s west side. Voters in the Sunset District, which contains the affected road, overwhelmingly opposed the measure, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Proposition D has failed. The measure would have drastically altered local governance, slashed San Francisco’s commissions system and given the mayor greater power. Proposition D garnered more financial support than any other local measure. Proposition E, which would institute a less severe approach to reducing the number of city commissions, passed.
Proposition B has passed, securing up to $390 million to fund health care facilities and public infrastructure, among other targets.
Voters showed strong support for Proposition A, which will now let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow money to improve schools. Meanwhile, in approving Proposition J, they also called for increasing transparency and accountability in how the city funds district programs.
Voters approved Proposition C, creating a new city position aimed at combating corruption. And they greenlit Proposition M, ushering in business tax reforms that will exempt more small businesses from taxes and fees while reducing taxes for some of the city’s largest companies. Proposition L, which would have taxed ride-hail companies to fund public transit, failed despite clearing its approval threshold. That’s because Proposition M received more “yes” votes, triggering its provision that killed Proposition L.
Proposition O, the measure to strengthen access to abortion and reproductive care in San Francisco, won in a landslide. Many viewed it as a proactive step to safeguard reproductive rights, in response to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, both of whom have signaled support for a nationwide abortion ban.
Voters also approved Proposition G, which will fund rent subsidies for about 550 to 600 housing units for extremely low-income seniors, families and people with disabilities. The measure will reduce rents for some of the 66,000 extremely low-income households in the city, who often find that even so-called affordable housing is too expensive.
Proposition , which also passed with strong support, will improve pensions for nurses and 911 operators. Voters rejected Proposition F, which would have offered financial incentives to retirement-eligible officers to keep working, bolstering police staffing.
The Department of Elections estimated there were 42,000 votes left to count. The remaining measures require a simple majority of “yes” votes to pass, and we will update this page as those results become clear.
The department has reported 69.88% voter turnout. There are 522,265 voters registered in San Francisco.
For detailed information about each measure, check out our November 2024 nonpartisan voter guide. For more of our elections coverage, click here.
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