SEC. 9.110. BOND ELECTION BY INITIATIVE.
§ 9.110
Registered voters in San Francisco can petition the Board of Supervisors to place bond measures on the ballot for public utilities by collecting signatures equal to at least 15% of the votes cast for Mayor in the last municipal election; the Board must then submit the proposition to voters at the next available election.
San Francisco voters can ask the Board of Supervisors to let them vote on borrowing money (through bonds) to build or improve public utilities. To do this, they need to collect signatures from other voters equal to at least 15% of the votes cast in the last mayor's election. When they submit this petition to the director of elections, the Board of Supervisors must put the bond measure on the ballot at the next election.
- Complex:The single sentence structure is long and heavily nested, making it difficult to parse the sequence of steps and conditions required.
- Controversial:The 15% signature threshold and the power to force ballot measures touch on direct democracy questions that can be politically contentious.
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Official text
Proceedings for the authorization and issuance of bonds for the acquisition, construction or completion of any public utility or utilities may be initiated by electors in the following manner: Whenever a petition, signed by qualified electors of the City and County equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the votes cast for all candidates for Mayor at the last proceeding general municipal election for Mayor, requesting the Board of Supervisors to submit to the voters of the City and County a proposition or propositions for incurring bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction or completion of any public utility or utilities shall be filed with the director of elections, the Board of Supervisors shall submit to the voters the proposition or propositions for incurring bonded indebtedness of the City and County for purpose or purposes set forth in that petition at the next general municipal, statewide or special municipal election.