TAC PAC News
Since 1998 Tenant Associations Coalition Political Action Committee (TAC PAC) has represented working and low-income residents in San Francisco. Since our creation TAC PAC co-sponsors educational forums, publishes endorsement slates, provides voter education and advocacy.
Sunday, August 16, 2020
TAC PAC Official endorsements for 11-3-20 Election
TACPAC
Tenant Associations Coalitions
Political Action Committee
November 3, 2020 Endorsements
U.S. President & Vice President: Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
U.S. Congress, District 12: Shahid Buttar
CA State Senate, District 11: Jacqueline Fielder
CA State Assembly, District 17: Starchild
CA State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting
BART Board, District 7: Lateefah Simon
BART Board, District 9: Bevan Dufty
District 1 Supervisor: Connie Chan
District 3 Supervisor: Position 1 Danny Sauter
Position 2 Aaron Peskin
District 5 Supervisor: Dean Preston
District 7 Supervisor: Vilaska Nguyen
District 9 Supervisor: Hillary Ronen
District 11 Supervisor: John Avalos
Community College Board: Tom Temprano, Shanell Williams, Alan Wong, Han Zou
School Board: Matt Alexander, Kevine Boggess, Mark Sanchez, Njon Sanders
Proposition 14: Bonds authorizing $5.5 billion for state stem cell research. YES
Proposition 15: Tax commercial and industrial properties for education and local government funding. YES
Proposition 16: Repeal Proposition 209.YES
Proposition 17: Restore the right to vote to ex-prisoners. YES
Proposition 18: Permit people 17-years-old the right to vote. YES
Proposition 19: Property tax transfers, exemptions, and revenue for wildfire agencies. YES
Proposition 20: Restrict parole for non-violent offenders. NO
Proposition 21: Expand local government's ability to enact rent control. YES
Proposition 22: Exempt app-based transportation and delivery companies from providing employee benefits. NO
Proposition 23: State requirements for kidney dialysis clinics. NO
Proposition 24: Establish the California Privacy Protection Agency. NO
Proposition 25: Replace money bail with a system based on public safety and flight risk. YES
Measure A: Health and homelessness, parks, and streets bond. YES
Measure B: Create a Public Works Commission and a Department and Commission of Sanitation and Streets. YES
Measure C: Remove citizenship requirements for members of city bodies. YES
Measure D: Sheriff's Department oversight. YES
Measure E: Remove the minimum police staffing requirement. YES
Measure F: Business tax overhaul. YES
Measure G: Authorize youths aged 16 and 17 to vote in municipal elections. YES
Measure H: Neighborhood commercial districts and city permitting. NEUTRAL
Measure I: Real estate transfer tax. YES
Measure J: Parcel Tax for SFUSD. YES
Measure K: Affordable housing authorization. YES
Measure L: Business tax based on a comparison of the top executive's pay to employees' pay. YES
Measure RR: Cal Train sales tax. YES
Sunday, February 02, 2020
Endorses
Bernie Sanders
Housing For All platform
https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/
Key Points
- End the housing crisis by investing $2.5 trillion to build nearly 10 million permanently affordable housing units.
- Protect tenants by implementing a national rent control standard, a “just-cause” requirement for evictions, and ensuring the right to counsel in housing disputes.
- Make rent affordable by making Section 8 vouchers available to all eligible families without a waitlist and strengthening the Fair Housing Act.
- Combat gentrification, exclusionary zoning, segregation, and speculation.
- End homelessness and ensure fair housing for all
- Revitalize public housing by investing $70 billion to repair, decarbonize, and build new public housing.
Superior Court Judge, Seat 18: Michelle Tong
Superior Court Judge, Seat 21: Carolyn Gold
Gloria Berry
David Campos
Measure A: City College Earthquake Bond: No endorsement pass-through of costs to tenants
Measure B: Earthquake Response Bond: No endorsement pass-through of costs to tenants
Measure C: Retiree Health Care Benefits: Yes!
Measure D: Vacancy Tax: Yes!
Measure E: Ordinance: Limits on Office Development: Yes!
Monday, September 02, 2019
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Mayor: 1st Joel Ventresca
District 5 Supervisor: Dean Preston (sole-endorsement)
City Attorney: Dennis Herrera*
District Attorney: Chesa Boudin (sole-endorsement)
Public Defender: Manohar Raju
Sheriff: Paul Miyamoto
Treasurer: Jose Cisneros*
Board of Education: Robert Coleman
Community College Board: Ivy Lee
Measure B: Yes
Measure C: No
Measure D: Yes
Measure E: Yes
Measure F: Yes