I: Changes to Real Property Transfer Tax
San Francisco city, California
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 830,235 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 830,235) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.82, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Housing Affordability
Opposes: Government Spending Reduction
San Francisco Proposition I would halve the existing transfer-tax rates on property valued at $10 million or more and create a separate transfer tax of approximately the offsetting amount. Revenue from the new tax would be restricted mainly to affordable-housing production, acquisition or rehabilitation, and tenant-stabilization or homelessness-prevention programs. The changes would apply indefinitely, and the City could use the dedicated proceeds to secure bonds.
A YES vote means
The City would restructure its high-value property transfer tax and dedicate the new tax's proceeds to the specified affordable-housing and housing-stability uses.
A NO vote means
The existing transfer-tax structure and its unrestricted governmental use would remain unchanged by this proposition.
Sources: media.api.sf.gov2
Source: campaign.sfethics.org