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San Francisco
Shaken not stirred: mixed results for Proposition B. While the $250 million affordable housing bond could not hurdle the two-thirds majority vote required to pass, it saw 56.7% of the 187,000 voters agreeing that affordable housing is critical. This marks a significant show of support for advocates in San Francisco. The Prop B field campaign far exceeded anything advocates had ever done before. Bolstered by this majority endorsement, advocates will continue to forge ahead on other measures that will make affordable housing a reality in San Francisco. NO: 55.8%.
Condo-conversion a losing proposition. If Prop R had passed, landlords could have converted buildings to condoes if a minority of tenants signed "intent to buy" forms. Condoes are exempt from rent control under the state Costa-Hawkins act. So opponents painted R as a sneaky way to roll back rent control, and the City's renter-majority electorate agreed. NO: 60%.
A proposition to terminate cash grants to homeless single adults passed amidst heated debate. Supporters asserted that the monies could be better spent on services such as shelter and substance abuse treatment, while opponents replied "the Care's Not There." YES: 59.8%
East Bay
Downzoning trounced in Berkeley. 80% of Berkeley voters voted down Measure P, an initiative to downzone transit and commercial corridors spearheaded by opponents to affordable housing development. NO: 80%.
Berkeley Housing Trust Fund failed. A bare majority was not enough to pass Measure M which would raise property transfer tax to fund Berkeley's Housing Trust Fund. Two-thirds was needed. NO: 48.7%.
Oakland Tenant Activists taste victory. Measure EE, the Just Cause Eviction ordinance, got the nod from voters. Tenants in Oakland will no longer be displaced by a landlord who simply declines to renew their lease. Landlords will have to cite one of several "just causes" for eviction. YES: 51.7%.
Housing rejected in Pleasanton. Pleasanton, long-known for slow growth ballot measures, rejected housing at the Bernal Property, a 318-acre site near downtown, opting instead for open space. Planners were counting on using some of the property to meet housing element goals and now face the challenge of identifying substitute sites where hundreds of affordable units can be built. YES: 60.4%.
Peninsula
Hotel tax in East Palo Alto for housing. Measure J was passed, dedicating a portion of hotel tax revenues to affordable housing. It is the City's first dedicated source of ongoing revenue for housing so it represents a great first step to increasing East Palo Alto's sovereignty over the types of housing the City can support. YES: 59.8%.
North Bay
Santa Rosa gives thumbs up to affordable housing. Santa Rosa voters authorized the City to double the number of subsidized rental units from 297 to 594. YES: 62.9%.
Windsor puts the lid on housing permit caps. Voters in the Sonoma town of Windsor turned down a measure to cap housing permits at 150 over a three-year period. Slow-growth measures have typically fared well in the North Bay. But Measure X was opposed by a unanimous City Council, as well as Greenbelt Alliance and the North Coast Builders Exchange. NO: 59.8%.
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