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November 2024 SF Voter Guide

This is a nonpartisan analysis of the local measures on the San Francisco ballot for the Nov. 5, 2024, election.
Domestic Violence Abusers May No Longer Be Able to Track Their Partners With Their Apps

Advanced computers in modern cars are enabling domestic abusers to track where their partners go, and even control parts of the vehicles remotely. If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it into law this month, Senate Bill 1394 would establish a legal process for terminating abusers’ access to vehicle computers.
Local Groups Cut Red Tape to Give Low-Income Tenants Clean Air

John Britt and dozens of other tenants are breathing easier, now that they have government-funded air purifiers. Community groups cut through bureaucracy to put the devices in their hands, in a pilot project that might continue next year if it proves successful enough.
Green Retrofits Might Displace Tenants — One Landlord’s Pilot Project Aims to Protect Them

Amparo Vigil is decarbonizing and upgrading her property to help her tenants stay cool during sweltering heat waves. The project aims to determine how to retrofit multi-unit buildings without displacing tenants, which could happen if the work scaled up across San Francisco and increased rents.
Asian Americans Have Made Little of Chinatown’s Art. A New Tool Could Change That

When you think about San Francisco’s Chinatown, the first thing that comes to mind might be its art: pagoda-style architecture and dragon-decorated street lamps that showcase the ancient, exotic culture of a civilization half the globe away. It might surprise you to learn that Asian artists created little of that art, and the works have seldom told the stories of the local community that has lived there for over a century. Local groups are trying to change that with the Chinatown Artist Registry.
Budget Cuts Threaten SF Food Programs for Seniors and Adults With Disabilities

Funding is drying up for food programs that serve some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable, potentially endangering the health of thousands. The cuts have come from all levels of government, including from City Hall as it has grappled with the fallout of the pandemic.
Artist’s Show Weaves Together Memories and Immigration Stories

In her exhibition at San Francisco’s Institute of Contemporary Art museum, artist Suchitra Mattai explores her immigration story and that of her ancestors, as well as the malleability of memory. The works are entirely fabric, from two-dimensional pieces that resemble paintings to a nearly life-sized house, an ode to where Mattai was born.
Why Do Governments Keep Information From the Public? A Veteran Journalist Weighs In

Providing records and information to the public can be time consuming, expensive and legally risky, said award-winning journalist Miranda Spivack at a recent event hosted by the San Francisco Public Press.

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