Gimme My Props
KALW
2024 ballot explainers covering California, San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond in two minutes or less. Reported by CalMatters, San Francisco Public Press, and KALW.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Networks:
KALW
Description:
2024 ballot explainers covering California, San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond in two minutes or less. Reported by CalMatters, San Francisco Public Press, and KALW.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.kalw.org
Episodes
Berkeley Measure Z: Extending the 2014 soda tax
10/28/2024
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.
Duration:00:02:00
Oakland Measure OO: Updating the Public Ethics Commission
10/24/2024
Oakland’s Measure OO is a new initiative to change the structure of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission.
Duration:00:02:00
Oakland Measure NN: Increasing funding for violence prevention services
10/24/2024
Oakland’s Measure NN is a new proposal aimed at funding public safety through a tax on property owners.
Duration:00:02:00
Oakland Measure MM: Funding wildfire prevention
10/24/2024
Oakland Measure MM is a new initiative that aims to fund wildfire prevention in parts of the city with high fire risk.
Duration:00:02:00
Richmond Measure J & L: Reforming elections
10/24/2024
Richmond’s Measure J and Measure L both focus on election reform.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop O: Funding low-cost reproductive care
10/24/2024
Proposition O would strengthen access to abortions in San Francisco.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop N: Offering emergency workers student loan forgiveness
10/24/2024
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.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop M: Adjusting taxes on businesses
10/24/2024
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.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop L: Taxing ride-hail companies to fund public transit
10/24/2024
Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop K: Closing the Upper Great Highway to cars
10/24/2024
Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop J: Monitoring spending on youth programs
10/24/2024
Proposition J would create an oversight body to monitor city government spending on programs helping children and young people.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop I: Expanding retirement for nurses and dispatchers
10/24/2024
Proposition I would improve retirement packages for 9-1-1 dispatchers, as well as nurses who transition from temporary to full-time roles.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop H: Lowering the retirement age for firefighters
10/23/2024
Proposition H would lower the retirement age for San Francisco firefighters from 58 to 55.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop G: Creating a new affordable housing fund
10/23/2024
Proposition G would reduce rent in hundreds of units serving extremely low-income seniors, families and people with disabilities.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop F - Allowing retired police officers to continue working
10/23/2024
Proposition F allows retirement eligible police officers to stay on the job while receiving both their salary and pension for up to five years.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop E: Creating a commissions task force
10/23/2024
Proposition E would create a five member task force to assess San Francisco’s many commissions and recommend whether any should be altered or eliminated to improve local governance.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop D: Consolidating City Hall commissions
10/23/2024
Proposition D would dramatically alter governance in San Francisco, slashing City Hall commissions from the current 130 to a maximum of 65, retaining 20 major commissions.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop C: Creating an inspector general position
10/23/2024
Proposition C aims to fight corruption in the San Francisco government by creating an inspector general to investigate fraud, waste and abuse.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop B: Paying for health facilities and public spaces
10/23/2024
Proposition B would let San Francisco borrow up to $390 million to build new infrastructure and upgrade existing buildings, roads, and public spaces.
Duration:00:02:00
San Francisco Prop A: Paying for school improvements
10/23/2024
Proposition A would let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow up to 790 million dollars to upgrade, repair and retrofit its properties.
Duration:00:02:00