Although there are several months until the Presidential election...
There is an important primary election rapidly approaching. I know many of you are anticipating the opportunity to pick a new occupant of the White House; however, this June you'll have a whole host of other important political decisions to make including: who you'd like to serve on your behalf in the U.S. House of Representatives, who's best prepared to serve on your party's local Central Committee, and those of us on the east side will have a chance to weigh in on the hotly contested state senate race in D3.
If you need help keeping track of everything that's on the ballot, don't worry...the Suspects team has got you covered. Take a look at the information below and don't be afraid to follow the links to the ballot measure profiles or - if there are any candidates who interest you - go ahead and shoot them an email...just don't tell them I sent you.
As always, thank you for your readership.
Burnell E. Holland III
Editor-in-Chief
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CONSOLIDATED STATEWIDE PRIMARY--Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Propositions
Proposition A
School Parcel Tax
Prop type: Tax Proposal
Sponsors: SFUSD
Prop A News: Chron 0520 Ex 0519 Ex 0519
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed:
Proposition B
Changing Qualifications for Retiree Health and Pension Benefits/Establishing Retiree Health Care Trust Fund
Prop Type: Charter Amendment
Sponsors: The Board of Supervisors
Prop B News:
Ex Editorial 0521 Chron 0520 Chron 0517
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed:
Proposition C
Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for Conviction of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude in Connection with City Employment
Prop Type: Charter Amendment
Sponsors: The Board of Supervisors
Prop C News:
Chron 0517
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed:
Proposition D
Appointments to City Boards and Commissions
Prop Type: Charter Amendment
Sponsors: The Board of Supervisors
Prop D News:
Chron 0517
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed:
Proposition E
Requiring Board of Supervisors' Approval of Mayor's Appointments to the Public Utilities Commission and Creating Qualifications for Commission Members
Prop Type: Charter Amendment
Sponsors: The Board of Supervisors
Prop E News: Chron 0517 Asian Week Editorial 0512 Ex 0505
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed: http://dontraiseourrates.com/
Proposition F
Affordable Housing Requirement for the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Mixed-Use Development Project
Prop Type: Ordinance
Sponsors: Francisco Da Costa, James Queen
Prop F News: SJ Merc 0602 Chron 0601 SF Business Times 0530 Chron 0522 Chron Opinion 0522 Chron 0520 Ex 0520 Chron 0507 SFBG 0312 Chron 0307 Ex 0307 Chron 0319 SF Weekly 0319 Chron 0221
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed: http://www.cleanuptheshipyard.com/
Proposition G
Mixed-Use Development Project for Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard
Prop Type: Ordinance
Sponsors: Dr. Arelious Walker, Loretta Whittal, Robert Sims
Prop G News: SJ Merc 0602 Chron 0601 SF Business Times 0530 Chron 0522 Chron Opinion 0522 Chron 0520 Ex 0520 Chron 0507 Chron Editorial 0511 SFBG 0423 SFBG 0312 Chron 0307 Ex 0307 Chron 0221
Websites in favor: http://www.cleanuptheshipyard.com/
Websites opposed:
Proposition H
Prohibiting Elected Officials, Candidates, or Committees They Control from Soliciting or Accepting Contributions from Certain City Contractors
Prop Type: Ordinance
Sponsors: Mayor Newsom
Prop H News:
Websites in favor:
Websites opposed:
Qualified Candidates ( *Denotes Incumbent)
US Congressional - District 8
Philip Berg
Shirley Golub
Nancy Pelosi*
Dana Walsh
US Congressional - District 8 News:
State Senate - District 3
Mark Leno
Sashi McEntee
Carole Migden*
Joe Nation
State Senate - District 3 News: AP 04 01 Chron 0331 Chron Editorial 0331 SJ Merc 0329 BAR 0327 Ex 0325 Marin IJ Editorial 0324 Chron 0323 Chron Opinion 0323 Chron 0321 SJ Merc 0320 Ex 0320 BAR 0320 Sac Bee 0319 LA Times 0319 SFBG 0319 SJ Merc 0319 Chron 0308 Ex 0308 Marin IJ Chron 0305 Sac Bee 0305 LA Times 0305
State Assembly - District 12
Conchita Applegate
Fiona Ma*
State Assembly - District 12 News:
State Assembly - District 13
Tom Ammiano
Harmeet Dhillon
State Assembly - District 13 News: Chron 0311
Superior Court Judge - Seat 12
Mary Mallen
Thomas Mellon*
Gerardo Sandoval
Superior Court Judge - Seat 12 News: Chron 0331
This is the only contested race for a seat on the Superior Court bench. In all other contests, the incumbent is running unopposed.
DCCC - District 12
Michael Bornstein
Doug Chan
Dan Dunnigan*
Che Connolly Heron
Tom Hsieh*
Mary Jung*
Hene Kelly
Meagan Levitan*
Eric Mar
Jake McGoldrick
Trevor McNeil*
Jane Morrison*
Melanie Nutter*
Connie O'Connor*
Giselle Quezada
Arlo Smith*
Matt Tuchow*
Jim Weixel
Jason Wong
David Wong*
Mae Woo
DCCC News: SFBG 0312 0308 Ex 0308
DCCC - District 13
Bill Barnes*
David Campos*
David Chiu*
Gilbert Criswell
David Cruise
Chris Daly
Darolyn Davis
Catherine Dodd
Michael Farrah, Jr.
Louise Fischer
Michael Goldstein*
Shirley Golub
Howard Grayson
Robert Haaland*
Rodney Hauge
Rick Hauptman
James Hermann
Joe Julian*
Leslie Katz*
Luke Klipp
Rafael Mandelman*
Aaron Peskin
Eric Quezada
Linda Richardson
Rebecca Rottman
Nicole Rivera
Stuart Smith
Laura Spanjian*
Holli Thier*
David Villa-Lobos
Debra Walker
DCCC News: BAR 0501 SFBG 0312 Chron 0308
Ex 0308
If you believe we have omitted anything, please feel free to email us here to bring it to our attention. Thank you!
