Combined ballot

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President; United States

• Al Gore, Democratic
  5,833,974 votes 53.5%
• George W. Bush, Republican
  4,542,793 votes 41.7%
• Ralph Nader, Green
  415,370 votes 3.9%
• Harry Browne, Libertarian
  45,291 votes .4%
• Patrick J. Buchanan, Reform
  44,817 votes .4%
• Howard Phillips, American Independent
  16,974 votes .1%
• John Hagelin, Natural Law
  10,864 votes 0%
• David McReynolds (Write-In)
• William M. Kenyon, Sr. (Write-In)

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  5,904,899 votes 55.9%
• Tom Campbell, Republican
  3,865,528 votes 36.6%
• Medea Susan Benjamin, Green
  323,854 votes 3.1%
• Gail Katherine Lightfoot, Libertarian
  186,859 votes 1.8%
• Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
  133,940 votes 1.2%
• Jose Luis "Joe" Camahort, Reform
  96,100 votes .9%
• Brian M. Rees, Natural Law
  58,291 votes .5%

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 8

• Nancy Pelosi, Democratic
  180,175 votes 84.5%
• Adam Sparks, Republican
  25,076 votes 11.7%
• Erik Bauman, Libertarian
  5,591 votes 2.6%
• David Smithstein, Natural Law
  2,606 votes 1.2%

United States Representative; District 12

• Tom Lantos, Democratic
  158,140 votes 74.6%
• Mike Garza, Republican
  44,114 votes 20.8%
• Barbara J. Less, Libertarian
  6,418 votes 3%
• Rifkin Young, Natural Law
  3,546 votes 1.6%

State

State Senator; District 3

• John L. Burton, Democratic
  237,322 votes 72.9%
• Terence Faulkner, Republican
  71,094 votes 21.9%
• Celeste Joy Blau Joki, Natural Law
  17,222 votes 5.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 12

• Kevin Shelley, Democratic
  109,725 votes 82.3%
• Howard Epstein, Republican
  23,704 votes 17.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 13

• Carole Migden, Democratic
  114,389 votes 78.6%
• Bob Lane, Republican
  21,846 votes 15%
• Starchild, Libertarian
  9,407 votes 6.4%

Director; BART District; Area 7

• Willie B. Kennedy
  18969 votes 43.3%
• John Miche
  12814 votes 29.3%
• Chris P. Housh
  8666 votes 19.8%
• Peter Aguilar
  3278 votes 7.4%

Director; BART District; Area 9

• Tom Radulovich
  75,960 votes 0.0%
• Thomas Damico
  22,802 votes 0.0%

Board of Education; County of San Francisco

• Jill Wynns
  104,965 votes 0.0%
• Eric Mar
  94,085 votes 0.0%
• Mark Sanchez
  92,925 votes 0.0%
• Mary T. Hernandez
  77,172 votes 0.0%
• Mauricio E. Vela
  72,842 votes 0.0%
• Robert Varni
  56,602 votes 0.0%
• Stephen Herman
  48,898 votes 0.0%
• A. Toni Young
  32,048 votes 0.0%
• David A. Eisenberg
  29,167 votes 0.0%
• David Parker
  28,838 votes 0.0%
• Maria Dolores Rinaldi
  26,706 votes 0.0%
• Rufus Watkins
  12,860 votes 0.0%
• Shawn M. Richard

Community College Board; County of San Francisco (4 Elected)

• Natalie Berg
  81,564 votes 0.0%
• Rodel Rodis
  72,267 votes 0.0%
• Milton Marks, III
  69,428 votes 0.0%
• Julio J. Ramos
  65,858 votes 0.0%
• Johnnie Carter
  64,383 votes 0.0%
• Christine Gaddi
  56,900 votes 0.0%
• Calvin Y. Louie
  54,366 votes 0.0%
• Justin Tin
  54,046 votes 0.0%
• R. Scott Brown
  43,466 votes 0.0%
• Joan E. McClain
  42,475 votes 0.0%
• Erin Brown
  29,324 votes 0.0%
• Abel Mouton
  18,286 votes 0.0%
• Chris Finn
  13,450 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 1

• Michael Yaki
  9,056 votes 0.0%
• Jake McGoldrick
  6,726 votes 0.0%
• Rose Tsai
  5,241 votes 0.0%
• Ron "K" Konopaski
  2,029 votes 0.0%
• Jason Z. Jungreis
  661 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 2

• Gavin Newsom
  26,192 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 3

• Aaron Peskin
  7,542 votes 0.0%
• Lawrence Wong
  3,068 votes 0.0%
• Meagan Levitan
  2,648 votes 0.0%
• Rose Chung
  2,286 votes 0.0%
• Mike DeNunzio
  2,247 votes 0.0%
• Alicia Becerril
  2,187 votes 0.0%
• Bob Coleman
  520 votes 0.0%
• Pelino "Paul" Jacobucci
  349 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 4

• Leland Yee
  10,614 votes 0.0%
• John Shanley
  4,095 votes 0.0%
• Tom Hsieh
  3,872 votes 0.0%
• Ron Dudum
  3,688 votes 0.0%
• Darryl Honda
  823 votes 0.0%
• Vu-Duc Vuong
  656 votes 0.0%
• Jeffrey Dilwyn Rogers
  539 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 5

• Matt Gonzalez
  12,640 votes 0.0%
• Juanita Owens
  8,459 votes 0.0%
• Agar Jaicks
  3,584 votes 0.0%
• Holman Turner, Jr.
  1,250 votes 0.0%
• Richard Hongisto
  1,183 votes 0.0%
• Joe Konopka
  782 votes 0.0%
• Jay Bagi
  739 votes 0.0%
• Nicholas Gaffney
  498 votes 0.0%
• Demian Barrett
  320 votes 0.0%
• John D. Palmer
  162 votes 0.0%
• Rob Anderson
  104 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 6

• Chris Daly
  5,922 votes 0.0%
• Chris M. Dittenhafer
  2,852 votes 0.0%
• Carol Ruth Silver
  2,607 votes 0.0%
• Beryl Magilavy
  2,135 votes 0.0%
• Davy Jones
  729 votes 0.0%
• Denise D'Anne
  587 votes 0.0%
• Hank Wilson
  498 votes 0.0%
• Marc Salomon
  490 votes 0.0%
• Joseph Blue
  473 votes 0.0%
• Joan Roughgarden
  468 votes 0.0%
• Jim Reid
  397 votes 0.0%
• Garrett Jenkins
  357 votes 0.0%
• Brenton Holland
  196 votes 0.0%
• James Leo Dunn
  196 votes 0.0%
• H. Brown
  182 votes 0.0%
• Dennis Isner
  162 votes 0.0%
• Gilbert F. Criswell
  49 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 7

• Mabel Teng
  13,105 votes 0.0%
• Tony Hall
  6,650 votes 0.0%
• Rennie O'Brien
  3,622 votes 0.0%
• Bud Wilson
  3,241 votes 0.0%
• Harold M. Hoogasian
  2,762 votes 0.0%
• Maryo Mogannam
  464 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 8

• Mark Leno
  16,834 votes 0.0%
• Eileen Hansen
  11,370 votes 0.0%
• James Green
  2,027 votes 0.0%
• Gary Virginia
  1,317 votes 0.0%
• Scott Bingham
  1,199 votes 0.0%
• Shawn O'Hearn
  918 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 9

• Tom Ammiano
  14,181 votes 0.0%
• Maria Martinez
  2,934 votes 0.0%
• Lucrecia Bermudez
  1,369 votes 0.0%
• Ron Norlin
  1,149 votes 0.0%
• Valerie Tulier
  1,105 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 10

• Linda Richardson
  6,349 votes 0.0%
• Sophenia "Sophie" Maxwell
  4,042 votes 0.0%
• Marie Harrison
  1,745 votes 0.0%
• Espanola Jackson
  1,671 votes 0.0%
• Robert H. Chan
  1,492 votes 0.0%
• Jim Rodriguez
  952 votes 0.0%
• Larry Shockey
  779 votes 0.0%
• Hubert Yee
  776 votes 0.0%
• Dwayne Jusino
  570 votes 0.0%
• J. R. Manuel
  469 votes 0.0%
• Hamp "Bubba" Banks
  341 votes 0.0%
• Don Bertone
  196 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; City of San Francisco; District 11

• Gerardo Sandoval
  6,211 votes 0.0%
• Amos Brown
  5,600 votes 0.0%
• Myrna Viray Lim
  4,048 votes 0.0%
• Rebecca Reynolds Silverberg
  2,203 votes 0.0%
• Steven R. Currier
  906 votes 0.0%
• Kathleen McConnell
  842 votes 0.0%
• Carlos Petroni
  494 votes 0.0%
• John Huber
  373 votes 0.0%
• Douglas Moran
  358 votes 0.0%

Proposition 32 Veterans’ Bond Act of 2000
6,709,560 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 3,278,248 / 32.8% No votes

This act provides for a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans. Fiscal Impact: Costs of about $858 million over 25 years (average cost of about $34 million per year); costs paid by participating veterans.

Proposition 33 Legislature. Participation In Public Employees’ Retirement System
3,791,715 / 39.0% Yes votes ...... 5,941,814 / 61.0% No votes

Allows legislative members to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System plans in which a majority of state employees may participate. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs under $1 million to provide retirement benefits to legislators, with these costs replacing other spending from the fixed annual amount provided in support of the Legislature.

Proposition 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure
5,903,907 / 60.0% Yes votes ...... 3,933,949 / 40.0% No votes

Limits campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties. Provides voluntary spending limits; expands public disclosure requirements and increases penalties. Fiscal Impact: Additional net costs to the state, potentially up to several million dollars annually, and unknown but probably not significant costs to local government.

Proposition 35 Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services.
5,442,138 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 4,428,702 / 44.9% No votes

Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services; contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required. Fiscal Impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and engineering services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the proposition.

Proposition 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program
6,199,992 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 3,991,153 / 39.2% No votes

Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million.

Proposition 37 Fees. Vote Requirements. Taxes
4,579,981 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 4,963,684 / 52.0% No votes

Requires two-thirds vote of State Legislature, majority or two-thirds of local electorate to impose future state, local fees on activity to study or mitigate its environmental, societal or economic effects. Defines such fees as taxes except property, development, certain other fees. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, potentially significant, reduction in future state and local government revenues from making it more difficult to approve certain regulatory charges.

Proposition 38 School Vouchers. State-Funded Private and Religious Education Public School Funding.
3,085,457 / 29.5% Yes votes ...... 7,387,753 / 70.5% No votes

Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private/religious schools. Permits replacement of current constitutional public school funding formula. Fiscal Impact: Near-term state costs from zero to $1.1 billion annually. Long-term state impact from $2 billion in annual costs to $3 billion in annual savings, depending on how many public school students shift to private schools.

Proposition 39 School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements.
5,402,822 / 53.3% Yes votes ...... 4,733,205 / 46.7% No votes

Authorizes bonds for repair, construction or replacement of school facilities, classrooms, if approved by 55% local vote. Fiscal Impact: Increased bond debt for many school districts. Long-term costs statewide could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Potential longer-term state savings to the extent school districts assume greater responsibility for funding school facilities.

Proposition A Branch Library Bond -- City of San Francisco (Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
218,378 / 74.4% Yes votes ...... 75,285 / 25.6% No votes

Shall the City incur $105,865,000 of bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, renovation, and construction of branch libraries and other library facilities, other than the Main Library, and all other works, property and structures necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes?

Proposition B District Aides -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors (8-3). For: Ammiano, Becerril, Bierman, Brown, Katz, Leno, Teng, Yaki. Against: Kaufmann, Newsom, Yee)
108,509 / 37.5% Yes votes ...... 181,033 / 62.5% No votes

Shall the City allow each member of the Board of Supervisors to hire a third aide?

Proposition C City Retirement Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
171,682 / 60.1% Yes votes ...... 113,824 / 39.9% No votes

Shall the City increase retirement benefits for miscellaneous employees hired after 1976?

Proposition D Children's Fund -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
206,546 / 73.1% Yes votes ...... 75,959 / 26.9% No votes

Shall the City extend the Children's Fund until 2016, increase the annual set-aside of property tax revenues for the Fund, create a citizen advisory committee, and add new planning requirements?

Proposition E Retiree Health Benefits -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment, Placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors)
159,161 / 56.8% Yes votes ...... 121,184 / 43.2% No votes

Shall the City increase health benefits for retired City employees by placing a cap on monthly health care premium costs, and paying one-half the cost of health coverage for the retiree's primary dependent?

Proposition F Saturday Closure of JFK Drive -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
132,986 / 45.1% Yes votes ...... 162,079 / 54.9% No votes

Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays?

Proposition G Closure of JFK Drive with Limits -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by six members of the Board of Supervisors (Yaki, Brown, Teng, Kaufman, Bierman, and Katz))
108,901 / 38.1% Yes votes ...... 176,678 / 61.9% No votes

Shall the City close John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park to automobile traffic on Saturdays after the Music Concourse parking facility is opened?

Proposition H Landlord/Renters' Costs -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
168,888 / 57.3% Yes votes ...... 125,642 / 42.7% No votes

Shall the City's Rent Control Ordinance be amended to limit the types of costs on which a landlord may base a rent increase?

Proposition I Business Tax Revision -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor)
95,958 / 36.3% Yes votes ...... 168,536 / 63.7% No votes

Shall the City eliminate the gross receipts method of calculating the business tax and raise the existing payroll expense tax rate from 1.5 to 1.7 percent?

Proposition J City Contractor Contributions -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
234,787 / 82.7% Yes votes ...... 49,274 / 17.3% No votes

Shall the City ban officials from accepting gifts, payments, or campaign contributions from a person or group if the official previously approved granting the donor a contract or special benefit?

Proposition K Office Development Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the Mayor and four Supervisors: Katz, Yaki, Brown, and Becerril)
111,006 / 39.2% Yes votes ...... 171,881 / 60.8% No votes

Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services?

Proposition L Office Development/Live-Work Controls -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
141,434 / 49.8% Yes votes ...... 142,749 / 50.2% No votes

Shall the City adopt new controls on office development, including office space for computer-based services, and live/work units?

Proposition M Neighborhood Taxi Service Improvement -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by 7 members of the Board of Supervisors: (Becerril, Brown, Kaufman, Leno, Teng, Yaki, Lee))
103,166 / 37.9% Yes votes ...... 169,065 / 62.1% No votes

Shall City law be amended to authorize issuance of restricted taxicab permits in the names of one or more persons, and to set a full-time driving or operating requirement for permit-holders at 800 hours per year?

Proposition N Controls on Rental Conversion -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by initiative petition)
126,055 / 46.0% Yes votes ...... 148,235 / 54.0% No votes

Shall the rules that govern converting rental housing to condominiums also apply to converting rental housing to certain forms of joint ownership with exclusive rights of occupancy, and shall the annual 200-unit cap on such conversions be made permanent?

Proposition O Public Campaign Financing -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance, placed on the ballot by the San Francisco Ethics Commission)
143,881 / 52.6% Yes votes ...... 129,423 / 47.4% No votes

Shall the City provide public financing to candidates for the Board of Supervisors, limit contributions to independent committees, and limit the overall amount a person or group may contribute to all City candidates and political committees?

Proposition P Hunters Point Cleanup -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by four members of the Board of Supervisors: Leno, Bierman, Yaki and Ammiano)
241,456 / 86.4% Yes votes ...... 38,095 / 13.6% No votes

Shall it be City policy to support a full clean-up by the Navy of the Hunters Point Shipyard, to allow unrestricted use of the entire site in the future?

Proposition Q Pedestrian Safety Fund -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by a policy statement submitted by 5 members of the Board of Supervisors: Teng, Brown, Becerril, Bierman, and Yaki)
189,549 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 93,806 / 33.1% No votes

Shall it be City policy to establish a Pedestrian Safety Fund to pay for improvements designed to make City streets safer for pedestrians?

Proposition R Use of Pier 45 -- City of San Francisco (Declaration Of Policy, placed on the ballot by 4 members of the Board of Supervisors: Ammiano, Bierman, Leno, Newsom)
201,595 / 72.6% Yes votes ...... 76,167 / 27.4% No votes

Shall it be City policy to use Pier 45 as the site for a public educational facility focusing on the San Francisco Bay and operated by an independent non-profit organization?