POSTED INELECTION COVERAGE
by JOE ESKENAZI, JOE RIVANO BARROS, WILL JARRETT, ELENI BALAKRISHNAN, YUJIE ZHOU, XUEER LU, JUNYAO YANG and KELLY WALDRON
MARCH 5, 2024, 6:00 AM (MissionLocal.org)
Early precinct-level results on Prop C.
Results will be updated as they become available from the Department of Elections. The next ballot drop is scheduled for March 8 at 4 p.m.
Props | DCCC | Assembly | Superior Court | Analysis | Live updates
Some 27,300 more ballots dropped on Thursday afternoon, taking the total up to 132,091 – or around 26.4 percent of registered voters in the city. But despite the hefty additional voters, the vast majority of results remain unchanged.
There was some movement in the Democratic Central County Committee race, with Peter Ho Lik Lee taking one of ten available seats in Assembly District 17, supplanting Laurance Lem Lee. Both are members of the Democrats for Change slate – and with only a few dozen votes in it, the seats may well switch multiple more times as votes are counted.
Each proposition is in a similar spot now compared to initial results on Tuesday. The passage of Prop. A is looking slightly more secure with 68.5 percent in favor. Prop. B is even further underwater than on Tuesday, with nearly 70 percent against. On props E and F, the no votes made ground by a percentage point or two, but they are still winning comfortably.
The latest batch of votes was slightly favorable to both incumbent Superior Court judges, who are still winning – by a margin of 20 points for Begert and 8 points for Thompson – against their tough-on-crime challengers.
The next batch of votes is expected to drop on Friday, March 8, 4 p.m. Some 98,500 still remain to be counted.
Propositions
- Proposition A, the $300 million affordable housing bond, was winning with 68.5 percent yes to 31.5 percent no.
- Proposition B, the police-staffing measure opposed by Breed, was losing with 69.3 percent no to 30.7 percent yes.
- Proposition C, eliminating transfer taxes on office to housing conversions, was winning with 53.9 percent yes to 46.1 percent no.
- Proposition D, bolstering ethics laws, was winning with 88.6 percent yes to 11.4 percent no.
- Proposition E, allowing more police car chases and surveillance, was winning with 58.3 percent to 41.7 percent.
- Proposition F, mandating drug screening of welfare recipients, was winning with 61.6 percent yes to 38.4 percent no.
- Proposition G, urging the school district to teach algebra in eighth grade, was winning with 83.4 yes percent to 16.6 percent no.
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Data from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Updated March 7, 4 p.m.
Democratic County Central Committee
- San Francisco Democrats for Change, the oppositional slate, was winning with 21 seats out of 24.
- Labor and Working Families, the progressive slate, was losing with three seats out of 24.
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Data from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Slate percentages show the proportion of votes captured by each slate; candidate percentages show the proportion of voters who voted for each individual. Updated March 7, 4 p.m.
State Assembly
- Catherine Stefani, District 2 supervisor, will advance to November’s State Assembly general election to replace termed-out Assemblymember Phil Ting, with 59 percent of the vote.
- David Lee, the community college administrator, will also advance with 27.2 percent of the vote.
Data from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Updated March 7, 4 p.m.
Superior Court
- Michael Begert, the incumbent, was winning with 60 percent. His opponent, Albert “Chip” Zecher, held 40 percent.
- Patrick Thompson, another incumbent, was winning with 53.9 percent. His opponent, Jean Roland, held 46.1 percent.
Data from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Updated March7, 4 p.m.
Analysis
Tuesday, March 5, 8:45 p.m. — Ballots drop, giving a big early lead to the Mod Squad
Monday, March 4 — No matter the outcome, this election was all about the Benjamins
Live updates
Tuesday, March 5, 11:45 p.m. — Final Election Day results show mods’ DCCC victory eroded, but still dominantHayes Valley, 10:40 p.m. — Mods, victorious, call it a nightSoMa, 11 p.m. — Labor and Working Families looks up, barelyMission District, 10:20 p.m. — Proposition A party ends, optimistic for a winHayes Valley, 10 p.m. — Democrats for Change celebration picks up steam
SoMa, 10 p.m. — No words, just a sad song from the Labor and Working Families SlateSoMa, 9:30 p.m. — Progressive DCCC candidates look dourMission District, 9 p.m. — Thompson and Begert talk like victorsEarly results, 8:45 p.m. — Groans from the No on E and F campaignsEarly results, 8:45 p.m. — Begert celebrates. ‘It’s over.’
Early results, 8:45 p.m. — Yes on A, and Peskin, cheerEarly results, 8:45 p.m. — Democrats for Change (and Yes on C, E and F) victoriousTuesday, March 5, 8:45 p.m. — Early results are in, and progressives are having a terrible night
Mission District, 8:40 p.m. — Breed, Chan, Safaí, Peskin and Wiener drop in on Yes on A festMission District, 8:30 p.m. — Worry about Props E and F ahead of returnsMission District, 8:20 p.m. — Incumbent judges party at DahliaMission District, 8:20 p.m. — Yes on A party starts near 16th Street
Mission District, 7:30 p.m. — Music starts at the No on E and F party
Mission District, 5:30 p.m. — Barbara Lee visits 24th St. BART
City College Chinatown and North Beach campus, 4 p.m. — Two regular Chinatown poll workers
Chinatown, 3 p.m. — Mayor Breed visits shopkeepers, supporters campaign for E and F
Richmond Branch Library, 12:15 p.m. — Slow-going, and few hiccupsCity Hall, 12 p.m. — Mayor London Breed casts her ballot
Mission District, 12 p.m. — Ana’s Salon hosts barbers and ballots alike
Mission District, 11:30 a.m. — One voter at 24th and Folsom does his researchSunset, 10:50 a.m. — Voting for the first time at St. Anne of the Sunset Church
Mission District, 10:15 and 10:40 a.m. — Voting at End Games Improv and Garfield Square
City Hall, 10:40 a.m. — Voters trickle inThe Sunset, 9:30 a.m. — Race bibs and medals at Funston and Judah
Mission District, 9:30 a.m. — Felicia and Leland beckon voters
City Hall, 9.a.m. — Voting center just getting started, and a first-ever selfie booth
Golden Gate Park, 8:45 a.m. — Quiet morning and bragging rights for the wife
Mission District, 8:30 a.m. — Poll worker stipend doesn’t quite cover $260 for a Madonna concert
Props | DCCC | Assembly | Superior Court | Analysis | Live updates
Useful links
All data is from the San Francisco Department of Elections. More information can also be found at:
- California state election results
- Voter information pamphlet
- Find a ballot box
- See the money in this election
If you spot any errors, please let us know at will@missionlocal.com.
JOE ESKENAZI
Managing Editor/Columnist. Joe was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Berkeley. He never left.
“Your humble narrator” was a writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015, and a senior editor at San Francisco Magazine from 2015 to 2017. You may also have read his work in the Guardian (U.S. and U.K.); San Francisco Public Press; San Francisco Chronicle; San Francisco Examiner; Dallas Morning News; and elsewhere.
He resides in the Excelsior with his wife and three (!) kids, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers.
The Northern California branch of the Society of Professional Journalists named Eskenazi the 2019 Journalist of the Year.More by Joe Eskenazi
JOE RIVANO BARROSSENIOR EDITOR
joe.rivanobarros@missionlocal.com
Joe was born in Sweden, where half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time in advocacy as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023.More by Joe Rivano Barros
WILL JARRETT
DATA REPORTER. Will was born in the UK and studied English at Oxford University. After a few years in publishing, he absconded to the USA where he studied data journalism in New York. Will has strong views on healthcare, the environment, and the Oxford comma.More by Will Jarrett
ELENI BALAKRISHNAN
REPORTER. Eleni reports on policing in San Francisco. She first moved to the city on a whim more than 10 years ago, and the Mission has become her home. Follow her on Twitter @miss_elenius.More by Eleni Balakrishnan
YUJIE ZHOU
REPORTER. Yujie Zhou is our newest reporter and came on as an intern after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is a full-time staff reporter as part of the Report for America program that helps put young journalists in newsrooms. Before falling in love with the Mission, Yujie covered New York City, studied politics through the “street clashes” in Hong Kong, and earned a wine-tasting certificate in two days. She’s proud to be a bilingual journalist. Follow her on Twitter @Yujie_ZZ.More by Yujie Zhou
XUEER LU
Xueer is a data reporter for Mission Local through the California Local News Fellowship. Xueer is a bilingual multimedia journalist fluent in Chinese and English and is passionate about data, graphics, and innovative ways of storytelling. Xueer graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with a Master’s Degree in May 2023. She also loves cooking, photography, and scuba diving.More by Xueer Lu
JUNYAO YANG
Junyao Yang is a data reporter for Mission Local through the California Local News Fellowship. Junyao is passionate about creating visuals that tell stories in creative ways. She received her Master’s degree from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Sometimes she tries too hard to get attention from cute dogs.More by Junyao Yang
KELLY WALDRON
Kelly is Irish and French and grew up in Dublin and Luxembourg. She studied Geography at McGill University and worked at a remote sensing company in Montreal, making maps and analyzing methane data, before turning to journalism. She recently graduated from the Data Journalism program at Columbia Journalism School.More by Kelly Waldron
