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.
Friday, February 02, 2024
TAC PAC Official Endorsements for Presidential Primary ELECTION - March 5, 2024
Tenant Associations Coalition Political Action Committee
(TAC PAC)
March 5th, 2024
Presidential Primary Election Endorsements
U.S. President: Joe Biden
U. S. Senate: Barbara Lee
U.S. Congress, District 11: Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Congress, District 15: Kevin Mullin
CA State Senate, District 11: No Endorsement
CA State Assembly, District 17: Matt Haney
CA State Assembly, District 19: David Lee
Superior Court Judge, Seat 1: Michael I. Begert
Superior Court Judge, Seat 13: Patrick Thompson
SF DCCC AD 17: can vote for up to 14 seats
John Avalos
Patrick Bell
Vick Chung
Kristin Hardy
Jane Kim
Jeremy Lee
Anita Martinez
Michael Nguyen
Joshua Rudy Ochoa
Sal Rosselli
Sydney Simpson
Adolfo Velasquez
SF DCCC AD 19: can vote for up to 10 seats
Connie Chan
Queena Chen
Sandra Lee Fewer
Natalie Gee
Greg Hardeman
Frances Hsieh
Hene Kelly
Leah LaCroix
Gordon Mar
State Measures:
Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Services - YES
Local Measures:
Measure A - Affordable Housing Bond -YES
Measure B Police Officer Staffing Levels – No Position
Measure C Real Estate Transfer Tax – NO
Measure D Changes to Ethics Laws - YES
Measure E Police Department Policies and Procedures - NO
Measure F Drug Testing & Treatment for Public Assistance Recipients - NO
Measure G Offering Algebra 1 to Eighth Graders - NO
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Sunday, October 09, 2022
TACPAC Official Endorsements for San Francisco General Election – November 8, 2022
TACPAC
Tenant Association Coalition
Political Action Committee
November 8, 2022 Endorsements
FEDERAL OFFICES
U.S. Senate
Alex
Padilla
U.S. House of Representatives, CD11
No
Endorsement
U.S. House of Representatives, CD15
David Canepa
STATE OFFICES
Governor
Gavin
Newsom
Lt. Governor
Eleni Kounalakis
California
Secretary of State
Dr. Shirley Weber
California
Treasurer
No Endorsement
California
Controller
Malia Cohen
California Attorney
General
Rob Bonta
California Insurance
Commissioner
Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public
Instruction
Tony Thurmond
California Board of
Equalization, District 2
Sally J. Lieber
California
State Assembly, AD17
Matt Haney
California State
Assembly, AD19
Phil Ting
NONPARTISIAN OFFICES
JUDICIAL
NO POSITIONS
LOCAL OFFICES
Assessor-Recorder (Sole
Endorsement)
No Endorsement
District Attorney (Sole Endorsement)
John Hamaski
Public Defender (Sole
Endorsement)
Mano Raju
District 8 BART Board of
Directors (Sole Endorsement)
Janice Li
Board of
Education (3 Seats)
Alida Fisher, Karen Fleshman, Lainie
Motamedi
Community College Board (4-yr term) (3
Seats)
Vick Chung, Anita Martinez, William Walker
Community
College Board (2-yr term) (1 Seat)
Adolfo Valasquez
District 2 Supervisor
No
Endorsement
District 4 Supervisor (Sole
Endorsement)
Gordon Mar
District 6 Supervisor (Ranked
Choice)
1) Ms. Billie Cooper
2) Cherelle Jackson
3) No
Endorsement
District 8 Supervisor
No
Endorsement
District 10 Supervisor (Sole
Endorsement)
Shamann Walton
STATE PROPOSITIONS
Prop
1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom
YES
Prop 26: Allows In-Person
Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands
YES
Prop
27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal
Lands
NO
Prop 28: Provides Additional Funding for
Arts and Music Education in Public Schools
YES
Prop 29:
Requires On-Site Licensed Medical Professional at Kidney Dialysis
Clinics and Establishes Other State Requirements
YES
Prop
30: Provides Funding for Programs to Reduce Air Pollution and
Prevent Wildfires by Increasing Tax on Personal Income Over $2
Million
NO
Prop 31: Referendum On 2020 Law That
Would Prohibit the Retail Sale of Certain Flavored Tobacco
Products
YES
LOCAL PROPOSITIONS
Prop
A: Retiree Supplemental Cost of Living Adjustment; Retirement
Board Contract with Executive Director
YES
Prop B:
Public Works Department and Commission, Sanitation and Streets
Department and Commission
YES
Prop C: Homelessness
Oversight Commission
YES
Prop D: Affordable Homes
Now
NO
Prop E: Affordable Housing Production
Act
YES
Prop F: Library Preservation Fund
YES
Prop
G: Student Success Fund
YES
Prop H: City
Elections in Even-Numbered Years
YES
Prop I:
Vehicles on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park and the Great
Highway
NO
Prop J: Recreational Use of JFK Drive in
Golden Gate Park
YES
Prop K: Gross Receipts Taxes
for Guaranteed Income Programs, Small Business Assistance, and
Homeless Services
WITHDRAWN
Prop L: Sales Tax for
Transportation Projects
YES
Prop M: Tax on Keeping
Residential Units Vacant
YES
Prop N: Golden Gate
Park Underground Parking Facility; Golden Gate Park Concourse
Authority
YES
Prop O: Additional Parcel Tax for City
College
YES
Monday, January 10, 2022
TAC PAC Endorsements for 2-15-22
Official Endorsements
February 15, 2022
General Election Endorsements
-David Compos for Assembly District 17
-JoaquĆn Torres for San Francisco Assessor-Recorder
-Oppose the recall of the Board of Education
Alison Collins
Gabriela LĆ³pez
Faauuga Moliga
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