Gimme My Props

Oct 28 2024 30 ep. 1 mins 101
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2024 ballot explainers covering California, San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond in two minutes or less. Reported by CalMatters, San Francisco Public Press, and KALW.

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Berkeley Measure Z: Extending the 2014 soda tax

Oct 28 2024 2 mins  
Berkeley’s Measure Z — also known as the soda tax — is an initiative that aims to extend the 2014 ballot measure to continue the tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

Oakland Measure OO: Updating the Public Ethics Commission

Oct 24 2024 2 mins  
Oakland’s Measure OO is a new initiative to change the structure of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.

Oakland Measure NN: Increasing funding for violence prevention services

Oct 24 2024 2 mins  
Oakland’s Measure NN is a new proposal aimed at funding public safety through a tax on property owners.

Oakland Measure MM: Funding wildfire prevention

Oct 24 2024 2 mins  
Oakland Measure MM is a new initiative that aims to fund wildfire prevention in parts of the city with high fire risk.

Richmond Measure J & L: Reforming elections

Oct 24 2024 2 mins  
Richmond’s Measure J and Measure L both focus on election reform.

San Francisco Prop O: Funding low-cost reproductive care

Oct 23 2024 2 mins  
Proposition O would strengthen access to abortions in San Francisco.

San Francisco Prop N: Offering emergency workers student loan forgiveness

Oct 23 2024 2 mins  
Proposition N would create a fund to help police officers, firefighters, paramedics, sheriffs, nurses and 911 dispatchers employed by the city pay off their student loan debt.

San Francisco Prop M: Adjusting taxes on businesses

Oct 23 2024 2 mins  
SF Prop M would overhaul SF Business Tax System . The city would rely less on taxing a company’s payroll for staff working here, and more on revenue that businesses earn within the city.

San Francisco Prop L: Taxing ride-hail companies to fund public transit

Oct 23 2024 2 mins  
Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars.

San Francisco Prop K: Closing the Upper Great Highway to cars

Oct 23 2024 2 mins  
Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.