What You Need To Know

Week:

Here's what happened around the city for the week of October 18, 2026:

Election Countdown

10 days until the November 3 SF General Election — the one that decides whether our commonsense Board majority survives. Read the GrowSF Voter Guide for the November election

GrowSF's full endorsements:

San Francisco

Board of Education: Autumn Brown Garibay
Board of Education: Phil Kim
Board of Education: Tim Tung
Community College Board: Elijah Ball
Community College Board: Monroe Lace
Community College Board: Erwin Tam
Community College Board, Partial Term: Ruth Ferguson
BART Board, District 8: Sara Barz
Assessor-Recorder: Joaquín Torres
Public Defender: Mano Raju
Supervisor, District 2: Stephen Sherrill
Supervisor, District 4: Alan Wong
Supervisor, District 6: Matt Dorsey
Supervisor, District 8: Darshini Patel
Supervisor, District 10: Theo Ellington

California

Governor: Xavier Becerra
Lieutenant Governor: Fiona Ma
Secretary of State: Shirley Weber
Controller: Malia Cohen
Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen
Board of Equalization: John Pimentel
State Assemblymember, District 17: Matt Haney
State Assemblymember, District 19: Catherine Stefani
Justice, Supreme Court (Retention): Kelli M. Evans
Justice, Supreme Court (Retention): Joshua Groban
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Charles A. Smiley
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Kathleen M. Banke
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Monique Langhorne Wilson
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Therese M. Stewart
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Tara M. Desautels
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Ioana Petrou
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Victor A. Rodriguez
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Tracie L. Brown
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Mark Simons
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Danny Y. Chou
Justice, Court of Appeal (Retention): Gordon Burns
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Richard Barrera

Federal

House of Representatives, District 11: Scott Wiener
House of Representatives, District 15: Kevin Mullin

Ballot Measures

✅ Yes on Prop A: Charter Changes Affecting Various City Departments and Commissions
❌ No on Prop B: Establishing a Municipal Finance Corporation and a Public Bank
✅ Yes on Prop C: Contributions to the Housing Fund
✅ Yes on Prop D: Changes to Ballot Measure Process
✅ Yes on Prop E: City Administrator's Authority and Changes to City Contracting
✅ Yes on Prop F: Changes to Executive Branch Management
❌ No on Prop G: Allowing Private Vehicles on the Great Highway in Sunset Dunes Park
✅ Yes on Prop H: Parcel Tax to Fund Public Muni Operations
❌ No on Prop I: Changes to Real Property Transfer Tax
✅ Yes on Prop J: Removal of Foreclosure Exemption for Real Property Transfer Tax
✅ Yes on Prop 1: Authorizes Bonds for Housing Affordability Programs
✅ Yes on Prop 2: Increases State's Rainy Day Fund
✅ Yes on Prop 3: The California Children's Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2026
❌ No on Prop 4: Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding of Election Campaigns
✅ Yes on Prop 5: Changes Recall Election Process for Statewide Officers
✅ Yes on Prop 37: California Middle-Class Homeownership and Family Home Construction Act of 2026
❌ No on Prop 38: The California Immunology Research and Cures Initiative
❌ No on Prop 39: California Voter ID Initiative
❌ No on Prop 40: The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act
✅ Yes on Prop 41: Improving Transparency, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in California Government Act of 2026
✅ Yes on Prop 42: The Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act of 2026
✅ Yes on Prop 43: Limits Voters' Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services
❌ No on Prop 44: The Clinic Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
✅ Yes on Prop 45: Building an Affordable California Act

Read our full endorsement rationale in the GrowSF Voter Guide.