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KALW's guide to the 2018 midterm elections for Bay Area voters. We'll be releasing 2-minute summaries of the measures and propositions on the upcoming ballot.

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    California Proposition 22: How Many App-Based Drivers Currently Qualify As Employees?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 2:00


    We are listening to our audience to cover the issues that matter most to you this election season. This story is one example, and please share your own questions here.

    Sonoma Measure P: Expanding County Sheriff's Oversight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Sonoma County Measure O: Funding Mental Health Services With Quarter Cent Sales Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 2:00


    Sonoma County Measure O would impose a special sales tax — an additional .25 percent — to fund a wide range of local mental health services.

    Richmond City Measure U: Business Tax Amendment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Fairfield Measure C: Cannabis Business Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 2:00


    Measure C would tax businesses that sell cannabis in Fairfield.

    Contra Costa County Measure X: Sales Tax Increase

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Oakland Measure S1: Accountability For Oakland Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Oakland Measure RR: Remove $1,000 Limit On Fines

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Oakland Measure QQ: Youth Voting in School Board Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Berkeley Measure KK: Updating Four City Charter Amendments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Berkeley Measure JJ: Increase Salaries for Berkeley Mayor and City Councilmembers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 2:07


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Berkeley Measure II: Police Accountability Board

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Alameda County Measure X: Fire Department Bond

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Alameda County Measure W: Sales Tax To Tackle Homelessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Alameda County Measure V: Renewing Unincorporated Areas' Utility Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    San Jose Measure H: Card Room Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Santa Clara County Measure T: Nature Preservation Parcel Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Santa Clara County Measure S: Safe, Clean Water And Natural Flood Protection Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 2:01


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    San Mateo Measure Y & R: Future City Development Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    East Palo Alto Measure V: Transient Occupancy Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 2:00


    This is a 2-minute summary of what's on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.

    Oakland Proposition Y: Eviction Limitations Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 2:00


    Oakland’s Measure Y is about just cause evictions. Under the city’s current ordinance, landlords are prohibited from evicting tenants without just cause.

    Berkeley Proposition Q: Rent Stabilization Ordinance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 2:00


    Measure Q is Berkeley's response if Californians approve Proposition 10 this November, which would repeal the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Quick reminder: Costa Hawkins is a 1995 law that largely prevents cities and towns from having rent control.

    Oakland Proposition AA: Early Childhood Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 2:00


    Oakland’s Measure AA creates a 30-year parcel tax to fund early childhood education and college readiness programs.

    Palo Alto Proposition F: Health Care Cost Initiative

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 2:00


    Measure F limits how much hospitals, medical clinics and other health care providers in Palo Alto can charge patients and insurers for care. Under the measure, medical providers can’t charge more than 15 percent above the reasonable cost of care provided. What’s reasonable cost?

    Berkeley Proposition O: Affordable Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 2:00


    The cost of rent is on the rise in Berkeley. This is making it hard for low and middle income residents to afford to stay in the city.

    East Bay Proposition FF: Wildfire Protection

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 2:00


    If you live in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Alameda, San Pablo, El Cerrito, Albany, Emeryville, Piedmont, El Sobrante, and Kensington, listen up. You’ll be voting on Measure FF this November.

    Napa Proposition F: Hotel Tax for Affordable Housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 2:00


    Affordable housing is on the ballot everywhere this election, and wine country is no exception.

    Santa Clara County Proposition A: Sales Tax Measure

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 2:00


    Measure A is about the renewal of a one-eighth cent sales tax increase in Santa Clara County, keeping most of the county’s total sales tax at 9% .

    San Mateo County Proposition W: Transportation Sales Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 2:00


    In the upcoming November election San Mateo County will consider a half-cent transportation sales tax, also known as Measure W.

    Oakland Proposition W: Vacant Property Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 2:00


    Measure W is a vacant property tax in Oakland, aimed at reducing homelessness and illegal dumping.

    Oakland Proposition V: Cannabis Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 2:00


    Voters around California are weighing dozens of ballot measures that would impose taxes on marijuana businesses in different cities and counties. Oakland’s Measure V is unique, however, because it could lead to lower tax rates for marijuana businesses.

    San Francisco Proposition E: Hotel Tax for Cultural Purposes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 2:00


    San Francisco’s Proposition E would redirect a fraction of the city’s hotel taxes to support the arts . The Board of Supervisors unanimously put this measure on the ballot, and it wouldn’t require a tax increase.

    San Francisco Proposition D: Tax Increase on Cannabis Businesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 2:00


    Proposition D is known as the Marijuana Business Tax Increase. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors put the measure on the ballot to add another tax onto cannabis businesses operating in the city.

    San Francisco Proposition B: City Privacy Guidelines

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 2:00


    There's been a lot of debate recently about how tech companies should handle our data, and whose job it is to regulate it. San Francisco's Proposition B , also called the Privacy First Policy, is one approach to the problem. It aims to protect people from having their personal information abused by companies.

    San Francisco Proposition C: Business Tax to Fund Homeless Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 2:00


    Proposition C would create an additional tax on San Francisco businesses with gross receipts, or revenue, of more than $50 million a year to fund homeless services.

    San Francisco Proposition A: Embarcadero Seawall Improvement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 2:00


    If you were asked to name a piece of San Francisco infrastructure that’s still in use after over a hundred years, what would you guess? The Golden Gate Bridge? Coit Tower? Nope! But if you guessed the Embarcadero Seawall, you’d be correct!

    California Proposition 12: Farm Animal Confinement Initiative

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 2:00


    Proposition 12 has to do with the caging of farm animals.

    California Proposition 11: Ambulance Employees Paid On-Call Breaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 2:00


    Alright, let’s say you are a paramedic and you work for an ambulance company. When you take a lunch break, are you still on-call? Can your company make you respond to an emergency?

    California Proposition 10: Repeal Costa Hawkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 2:00


    This proposition would allow cities to expand their rent control ordinances by repealing the 1995 law known as Costa Hawkins.

    California Proposition 8: Dialysis Clinics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 2:00


    The country’s two biggest dialysis companies collect about 3 billion dollars a year from California dialysis clinics. Dialysis is the medical process that basically does what your kidneys should be doing, cleaning out toxins in the blood . Not only does the treatment cost about 90,000 dollars a year, but it can be a particularly grueling process for patients, who need the lengthy routine procedure.

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