2026 election candidates — data as of 2026-09-08
Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by 1) requiring or authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend specified initiative ordinances; 2) transferring from the Charter to the Municipal Code certain commissions and advisory bodies, in some cases with modified functions; 3) requiring that the Commission Streamlining Task Force be convened every ten years; 4) removing the general requirements that boards and commissions develop and keep an annual statement of purpose, appoint an executive secretary, and prepare an annual report; 5) changing the membership qualifications, composition, and member selection process for certain bodies; 6) eliminating, consolidating, and changing the functions and authorities of certain bodies; 7) changing the planning and reporting schedule of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families ("DCYF") and related policy bodies, and changing the names but not the functions of those related policy bodies; 8) specifying that elected members of the Retirement Board, Health Service Board, and Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board may be removed only for official misconduct; 9) making various changes to departments' operations and reporting requirements; 10) updating the Public Utilities Commission's exclusive charge over matters related to water, power, and sewer infrastructure and services; 11) providing that the Board of Supervisors shall approve settlements or dismissals of legal proceedings recommended by the City Attorney by resolution, rather than by ordinance; 12) authorizing the City Administrator to conduct real estate strategic planning and to negotiate and manage acquisitions, leases, and conveyances of City real property; and 13) making clarifying edits, deleting obsolete language, and updating out-of-date references in various sections.
Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to authorize the establishment of a Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank as nonprofit corporations, and to set forth the mission, principles, and governance structure of those corporations.
Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to increase the amount of funding the City must appropriate to the Housing Trust Fund each fiscal year that is used for the creation, acquisition, and rehabilitation of affordable rental and ownership housing, for downpayment loans and housing stabilization for certain households, and for housing-related infrastructure; provide for a temporary freeze and temporary reduction in the annual appropriation to the Housing Trust Fund under certain circumstances; extend the sunset date of the Housing Trust Fund from July 1, 2043 to July 1, 2058; and delete obsolete provisions.
The proposed Charter amendment would (1) require the approval of a majority of the Board of Supervisors to place an ordinance on the ballot, (2) eliminate the Mayor's ability to directly place an ordinance on the ballot, (3) increase the voter signature threshold for initiatives from 2% to 8% (currently from about 10,600 to about 42,500 signatures) of the registered voters in San Francisco, (4) allow proponents to withdraw a measure after it qualifies for the ballot, and (5) raise the threshold for special elections from 10% of the votes for mayor in the last general municipal election to 10% of registered voters. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
The proposed Charter amendment would (1) give the City Administrator the exclusive authority to introduce ordinances that govern City contracting, with some exceptions; (2) grant the City Administrator the authority to set Citywide rules for contracting; (3) provide the City Administrator the authority to establish policies, standards, and practices for technology uses across departments; (4) extend the City Administrator's term from five to ten years; (5) increase the Board of Supervisors' approval threshold from $1 million to $4.5 million for revenue generating contracts and real property lease agreements; and (6) increase in the Board of Supervisors' approval threshold from $10 million to $25 million for expenditure contracts. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
The proposed Charter amendment would (1) expand the Mayor's authority to hire and remove most department heads; (2) allow most commissioners to be removed at will by their appointing authority; (3) authorize the Mayor to reorganize departments and adjust reporting relationships within the executive branch, subject to potential rejection by the Board of Supervisors; and (4) allow the use of deputy mayors. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
The proposed initiative ordinance would amend the Park Code to restrict private vehicles on the Upper Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard from Friday at 6:00 PM until Monday at 4:00 AM and on holidays. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
Should the proposed parcel tax be approved by the voters, it would generate approximately $177 million annually for Muni transit service starting in Fiscal Year 2027-2028, deposited into the Stronger Muni Fund to support Muni transit service operations and administration. The proposed tax would start at $129 per year for single-family residential parcel building areas up to 3,000 square feet, $249 for multifamily residential parcel building areas up to 5,000 square feet, and $799 for non-residential and mixed-use parcel building areas up to 5,000 square feet, increasing with square footage; seniors 65 or older and some other groups can apply for an exemption or reduction. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
The ordinance would lower the City's General Fund Real Property Transfer Tax rates established by Proposition I in November 2020 and subsequently establish a new Real Property Transfer Tax at near identical rates -- called the House SF Tax, collected in the House SF Fund -- which could only be used for specific affordable housing programs, shifting approximately $120 million per year of existing revenue from the more flexible General Fund to that dedicated fund. (Source: City Controller's official statement to the Department of Elections, August 10, 2026.)
Motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, an Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to, beginning March 1, 2027, eliminate the real property transfer tax foreclosure exemption for the transfer of all properties other than the transfer of residential and mixed-use properties with fewer than five residential units, and to make other non-substantive clarifications to the real property transfer tax; and increasing the City's appropriations limit by the amount of real property transfer tax collected for four years from November 3, 2026.
To prevent major service cuts to BART and other transit, avoid increased traffic, and reduce pollution by: Preserving BART, Caltrain, VTA, SamTrans, AC Transit, Muni, other transit for everyone, including workers, students, seniors, persons with disabilities; Supporting transit safety, cleanliness, affordability, reliability; Repairing targeted roads/potholes; Requiring financial transparency, oversight, accountability; shall the measure enacting a 0.5% (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara counties), and 1% (San Francisco) sales tax for 14 years generating approximately $980,000,000 annually, be adopted? (Source: Public Transit Revenue Measure District Resolution No. 2, adopted July 24, 2026, per Government Code Section 10403(a).)