Hey there, San Francisco. 

Have you opened your ballots yet for the upcoming election? It’s quite long. 

So, I thought surfacing some voter guides could help, at least for the local props. 

I decided on six guides that I thought did a decent job of covering the political spectrum, including: 

• SF Democratic Party 

• SF Republican Party

• League of Pissed Off Voters (“Formed in 2004 with the goal of building a progressive governing majority in our lifetime.”) 

• GrowSF (“Pursues common sense solutions to create a San Francisco that works for everyone.”) 

• SPUR (“Nonprofit public policy organization… develop[ing] solutions to the big problems cities face.”) 

• And, the SF Chronicle 

Here are their recommendations:  

Prop A: MUNI reliability and street safety bond

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No 

League of Pissed Off Voters: No endorsement 

GrowSF: Yes

SPUR: Yes 

Chronicle: Yes 

Prop B: Building inspection commission 

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No 

League of Pissed Off Voters: Yes

GrowSF: No 

SPUR: Yes 

Chronicle: Yes 

Prop C: Recall timelines and vacancy appointments

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No 

League of Pissed Off Voters: Yes

GrowSF: No 

SPUR: No 

Chronicle: No 

Prop D: Victims and witness rights 

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No endorsement 

League of Pissed Off Voters: No

GrowSF: Yes 

SPUR: Yes 

Chronicle: TBD

Prop E: Behested payments 

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No 

League of Pissed Off Voters: Yes

GrowSF: No

SPUR: No  

Chronicle: Yes 

Prop F: Refuse collection and disposal 

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No endorsement 

League of Pissed Off Voters: Yes

GrowSF: No 

SPUR: Yes 

Chronicle: Yes 

Prop G: Public health emergency leave 

SF Democratic Party: Yes 

SF Republican Party: No 

League of Pissed Off Voters: Yes

GrowSF: No 

SPUR: No 

Chronicle: TBD 

Prop H: District Attorney recall

SF Democratic Party: No 

SF Republican Party: N/A 

League of Pissed Off Voters: No

GrowSF: Yes 

SPUR: N/A 

Chronicle: No 

Note: Some guides indicated “no endorsements” on certain props, while the SF Republican Party and SPUR left Prop H off of their guides entirely. Also, the Chronicle has not yet decided on its recommendations for Prop D and G. 

There are plenty of other guides out there too. And, here are links to read the arguments for and against each prop for you to dig into before you cast your votes. 

Ballots are due by June 7. 

With that… onto the news… 

Quick bits: News to know 

🚔 Soon, the SFPD may no longer pull over drivers for low-level offenses, like broken tail lights or tinted windows, in an effort to cut down on “pretextual stops.” 

• Such stops, the Chronicle writes, occur “when an officer pulls over a driver for a minor traffic violation as an excuse to search them for items like drugs or guns,” which can lead to “disproportionate arrests for Black people.” 

• Berkeley deprioritized its low level traffic stops last year.  

• The SF Police Commission is set to discuss the topic during their meeting Wednesday night and potentially vote on the matter by this fall. (Chronicle / Mission Local) 

🐦 Elon Musk reopened discussions surrounding the future of Twitter’s headquarters during a talk on Tuesday when he said the social media company “needs to be much more even-handed. It currently has a strong left bias, because it’s based in San Francisco.” 

• Must went on to say: "I don’t think people out there necessarily intend, or at least perhaps some of them don’t intend, to have a left bias… they’re just coming at it from an environment that is very far left.” (KTVU) 

💉 The SF Standard reports that the Tenderloin Linkage Center has dropped “Linkage” from its name, and is acting as a de-facto safe consumption site, according to people who have seen or have partaken in illegal drug use there. (SF Standard) 

What else I’m reading: Links to browse

• Key Findings from the First San Francisco Standard Voter Poll (SF Standard) 

• Sam Ho Won serves up fine Korean food in the Mission (Mission Local) 

• S.F. could one day have a Geary subway. Here’s what it would mean for the west side (Chronicle) 

• Restoring San Francisco’s ‘Beacon on the Hill’ (Examiner) 

And finally… Forgotten tunnel 

Another day, another TikTok video to highlight. 

This one has gone viral with over 280,000 views and comes from a 24-year-old East Bay resident Mingwei Samuel, who discovered a forgotten tunnel under the Bay Bridge that’s open to the public and once served as a passageway for toll collectors to access their booths (when we had human toll collectors). 

The tunnel also provides the only way to reach Toll Plaza Beach by foot or by bike, Samuel adds. 

That’s all for today! And apologies for the later send. Today was day one of my coffee cleanse and… it’s been tough! 

Have a wonderful evening y’all and see you back here tomorrow. - Nick B. 🍵