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posted by SF LEAGUE OF PISSED OFF VOTERS<\/strong> | -3sc<\/em>
February 02, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally! The Pissed Off Voter Guide for San Francisco’s March 2024 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>March 5, 2024:
Don’t Feed the Trolls!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Party Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member, Democratic County Central Committee<\/a> (DCCC): the Labor & Working Families Slate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DCCC Assembly District 17<\/a> (East Side)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Gallotta
Kristin Hardy
John Avalos
Jeremy Lee
Vick Chung
Patrick Bell
Gloria Berry
Adolfo Velasquez
Michael Nguyen
Sydney Simpson
Joshua Rudy Ochoa
Sal Rosselli
Jane Kim
Anita Martinez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DCCC Assembly District 19<\/a> (West Side)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie Gee
Greg Hardeman
Frances Hsieh
Leah LaCroix
Connie Chan
Queena Chen
Sandra Lee Fewer
Mano Raju
Hene Kelly
Gordon Mar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Senator<\/a>: Barbara Lee<\/strong>
<\/strong>US Representative<\/a>, District 11: No Endorsement
US Representative<\/a>, District 15: No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Senate<\/a>, District 11: No Endorsement
State Assemblymember<\/a>, District 17: No Endorsement
State Assemblymember<\/a>, District 19: No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Court Judge<\/a>, Seat 1: Michael Isaku Begert<\/strong>
<\/strong>Superior Court Judge<\/a>, Seat 13: Patrick Thompson <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Propositions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prop 1<\/a>: Money for Behavioral Health and Treatment Beds: Yes<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

City Propositions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prop A<\/a>: Money for Affordable Housing: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop B<\/a>: More Tax Money for Cops: No<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop C<\/a>: Tax Breaks for Downtown Developers: No<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop D<\/a>: Tighten City Ethics Rules: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop E<\/a>: More Police Surveillance and Car Chases with Less Oversight: Hell No!<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop F<\/a>: Forced Drug Screening for the Poor: <\/strong>Just Say No!<\/strong>
Prop G<\/a>: Make Algebra Great Again: No<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know why<\/strong> we endorsed things this way?
Keep reading<\/a> for our research and snarky analysis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Voting Logistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Register to Vote<\/strong> at the Post Office or online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>The deadline to register is Feb 20th, but in SF you can register in person at City Hall up until Election Day. You can also register at any polling place on Election Day: just ask to cast a provisional ballot. Call 415-554-4375 for more info.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register as a Democrat: <\/strong>Unless you\u2019re registered as a Democrat, you can\u2019t vote for crucial local Democratic party offices (the DCCC). You can switch over before Feb 20th at SFelections.org<\/strong><\/a>, or until Election Day at City Hall. (Note: If you\u2019re registered \u2018No Party Preference\u2019 you can request a Democratic ballot but it will only have the Presidential race on it. So switch if you can to weigh in on the local stuff!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 5th: <\/strong>Early voting starts at City Hall, weekdays 8am-5pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 24th: <\/strong>Weekend early voting starts at City Hall, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 5th: Election Day! Polls open 7am-8pm. If you\u2019re in line by 8pm you can vote. <\/strong>You can also drop your ballot off at any polling place on Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHERE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop off your ballot early <\/strong>at one of the 34 official ballot drop boxes across the City, from February 5th through 8pm on Election Day, March 5th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mail your ballot <\/strong>if you can’t drop it off. You don’t need a stamp, but make sure you sign the envelope and that it’s postmarked by March 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s your polling place? <\/strong>Check SF Elections’ Voting Lookup Tool<\/a>,<\/a> call 311, or just go vote at City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT ELSE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you forget to register? You can still vote!<\/strong> Go to City Hall or your polling place and tell them you want to “register conditionally and vote provisionally!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People with felony convictions can vote!<\/strong> You can still vote even if you\u2019re on parole. Re-register at Restore Your Vote<\/a><\/strong>. Don\u2019t let the Man disenfranchise you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youth can (almost) vote!<\/strong> If you\u2019re 16 or 17, pre-register to vote<\/a> and your registration will automatically be activated when you turn 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like our voter guide?<\/strong>Share it<\/a> with your friends, and kick us down a couple of bucks<\/a> so we can keep printing the guide. For the price of a few pupusas, we can print and distribute 100 voter guides. Help us out!<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Dear San Francisco,<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is your Pissed Off Voter Guide for the March primary \u2013 an election that\u2019s way more important than it looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a primary for President, of course, and Barbara Lee<\/strong> is our hope for U.S. Senator, but the other state and federal primary races are basically uncontested. As usual, the key shit is local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DCCC races<\/strong> are crucial<\/a>. They could swing November\u2019s elections for mayor and the Board of Supervisors, because DCCC members will choose the \u201cofficial Democratic Party slate\u201d that thousands of SF voters follow. We\u2019re endorsing candidates who will fight for working families and battle City Hall corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two<\/strong> perfectly reasonable incumbent judges<\/strong> are being challenged from the right<\/a>. It\u2019s a close race because of unlimited spending by fake \u201coutraged citizen\u201d PACs who are desperate to blame crime on anyone but the mayor and her D.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the ballot measures<\/strong>\u2026.are we being trolled? Unpopular Mayor London Breed is facing re-election in November, so she\u2019s veering to the right<\/a> with a trio of useless and cruel wedge issues (Prop C<\/strong>, Prop E<\/strong>, and Prop F)<\/strong> which would give tax breaks to downtown developers, weaken citizen oversight of the police, and drug-screen poor San Franciscans<\/a>. Which really is some bullshit. Reverting to these failed strategies would only make the City\u2019s problems worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cue the troll farms <\/strong>\u2013 a well-funded<\/a> network of astroturf<\/a> PACs like GrowSF, TogetherSF, and Stop Crime SF. They\u2019re spending millions<\/a> on this election to convince us that the City is a cesspool run by progressive bleeding hearts and that the only solution is a tough-on-crime, tough-on-drugs, tough-on-schools, tough-on-poor-people crackdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be fooled, San Francisco \u2013 we can\u2019t buy into the doom-loop narrative. Let\u2019s flip the script and get ready for November, when we can vote for solutions to the City\u2019s real problems of wealth inequality, lack of affordable housing, and mismanaged government. In the meantime, don\u2019t feed the trolls!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Democratic Party Offices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC): the <\/strong>Labor and Working Families Slate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two slates of candidates are competing to control the local Democratic party, and the winner will make official endorsements for the November 2024 election. Many voters turning out to defeat Trump in November will vote the Democratic slate for SF\u2019s down-ballot offices, trusting whatever names are splashed all over the party\u2019s well-funded barrage of election mail. In other words, whoever wins this race could ultimately pick the next mayor, as well as supervisors for Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the DCCC is hijacked by the \u201cmoderate\u201d slate funded by billionaires and real estate developers, they\u2019ll try to sweep away renters, working families, and future district elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, there is an alternative: the Labor and Working Families slate<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Labor<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This badass team of union organizers, community leaders, educators and activists, is fighting for more affordable housing to address homelessness, more government oversight to tackle corruption, and more economic equality to keep working families in San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anita Martinez <\/strong>and Vick Chung <\/strong>are elected City College trustees, who ran on their own progressive slate in 2022 to stop class cuts at City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Kim, John Avalos, Sandra Lee Fewer, <\/strong>and Gordon Mar <\/strong>are former supervisors, all of whom have delivered significant legislation to help immigrants and working families gain economic independence, protect renters and fight for affordable housing, save City College, and help San Francisco transition to renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connie Chan <\/strong>is the current District 1 Supervisor and progressive hero who protected vital City services for renters and families as Budget chair during 2023\u2019s austerity budget cycle, including protecting funds for children, seniors, and the homeless. As Supervisor she has been a champion for immigrants, working families, and small businesses as they work to recover from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mano Raju, <\/strong>as the City\u2019s elected Public Defender, advocates for supportive services to keep vulnerable San Franciscans out of court and out of jail, while pushing for resources to help people re-enter society and be good community stewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leah LaCroix <\/strong>is a current Vice Chair of the DCCC and has helped deliver Free MUNI for Youth as chair of the SF Youth Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gloria Berry<\/strong> has fought for reparations for Black San Franciscans on the SF Reparations Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Lee <\/strong>is an affordable housing manager in Chinatown who fought for a fair district map on the 2021 redistricting task force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queena Chen <\/strong>and Natalie Gee<\/strong>, daughters of Chinese immigrants, got their start as community organizers in Chinatown. Queena<\/strong> is a transit activist serving on the SFMTA\u2019s Citizen Advisory Committee and co-founder of the Rose Pak Democratic Club. Natalie<\/strong> is a community organizer who has championed language access as a progressive legislative aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Hardeman, Patrick Bell, <\/strong>and Kristin Hardy <\/strong>are longtime organizers with their labor unions, representing elevator workers, plumbers, and healthcare workers (IUEC Local 8, UA Local 38, and SEIU 1021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sal Rosselli <\/strong>is president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydney Simpson <\/strong>is a progressive union nurse who organizes with the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hene Kelly <\/strong>is a retired teacher and current Medicare For All activist who advocates for seniors and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Gallotta <\/strong>is a current Vice Chair of the DCCC. His leadership and organizing has kept the local Democratic Party progressive and a voice for the people. Peter is an activist for clean energy and LGBTQ+ rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adolfo Velasquez <\/strong>is an educator at SF State who has supported low-income students at State and City College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua Rudy Ochoa <\/strong>works for the SF Youth Commission and, as a student activist, helped raise SF State\u2019s campus minimum wage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances Hsieh <\/strong>is a labor organizer who champions the voices of immigrants, women and Asian-Americans in city government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Nguyen<\/strong> a.k.a. Juicy Liu, is an attorney, LGBTQ activist, and drag queen. Michael uses his performance drag to bridge the LGBTQ and API communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take back City Hall from corrupt downtown interests and build a city that works for everyone. Vote for the<\/strong> Labor and Working Families DCCC slate<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Labor<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hey!<\/strong> Remember, only registered Democrats can vote in this super important DCCC election. You can get a Democratic Party ballot by registering as a Democrat<\/a> with the Department of Elections. See Voting Logistics<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Federal Offices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

US Senator: Barbara Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most folks who know Congressperson Barbara Lee on the national stage remember her now legendary refusal to vote for  the disastrous open-ended authorization of war in Afghanistan<\/a> in the weeks after 9\/11\u2013 the only member of Congress to do so. Lee eloquently voiced her argument in favor of decency, patience, and healing, and set the standard for American leadership for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee\u2019s political life began as a volunteer with the Black Panther Party\u2019s breakfast program, then as president of the Black Student Union at Mills College. Lee was inspired to vote and enter electoral politics after a 1972 Mills visit by Shirley Chisholm, the political trailblazer who was then running for president, and became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Lee  joined the staff of Congressman Ron Dellums, a stalwart Black progressive who later served as  Mayor of Oakland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1990, Lee was elected to the California State Assembly from Oakland; in 1996 she was elected to the California State Senate, and in 1998 she was elected to the U.S Congress, where she has served ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee opposes the death penalty, backs reproductive freedoms, and supports shrinking the U.S. military budget. She has worked to decriminalize cannabis and ensure equitable access to the marijuana industry, advocates for Medicare For All, and works for housing affordability. Lee chairs the Congressional HIV\/AIDS Caucus, the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and the Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity, as well as many progressive congressional groups. Basically, she\u2019s a badass. Let\u2019s send Barbara Lee to DC!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OMGs we get to vote for Barbara Lee twice! <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As with California\u2019s other Senate seat recently vacated under unusual circumstances<\/a>, this Senate seat also requires two separate, simultaneous, elections<\/strong>\u2014both on the same ballot. One election will be for the remaining few weeks of Feinstein\u2019s term, and one will be for a full six-year term. Vote for Lee twice in the March primary<\/strong>\u2013 but remember you will have to vote twice again on the November ballot.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Representative, District 11: <\/strong>No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look, Nancy Pelosi is gonna win, no surprises here. She doesn\u2019t need our endorsement. Every two years our members debate if we should endorse her: do her national contributions outweigh her lack of leadership back at home and justify the shade she loves to throw at progressives? See our 2018<\/a> or 2014<\/a> voter guides for more thoughts on that. Her most recent unconscionable move in our book? Her insulting and witch-hunty calls for the FBI to investigate those of her constituents calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, <\/a>saying they might be getting paid by Russia\u2014or, as she suggested in October 2023, that they should \u201cgo back to China.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Representative, District 15: <\/strong>No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, incumbent Kevin Mullin may be a \u201cproud member of the Dads Caucus<\/a>\u201d who brags about his high-school past as DJ \u201cCutmaster Kevvy Kev.\u201d But he\u2019s endorsed by the state establishment, gets lots of mainstream money, and has no serious opponent\u2013 so he doesn\u2019t need our endorsement. Side note: it\u2019s such a drag to have nothing but blah candidates for Congress. Until there\u2019s someone we can get excited about, we\u2019re staying out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Offices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

State Senate<\/strong>: No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Wiener, foiled in his ambitions for Congress<\/a> by Nancy Pelosi\u2019s iron grip on office, is reduced to running again for State Senate, challenged only by a handful of hopeless wannabes<\/a>. Yes, he\u2019ll win, and will bring his pro-cop, pro-business, pro-development agenda back to Sacramento, while touting his \u201cprogressive\u201d bonafides nationally as a battler for trans rights. Even though he\u2019s good on some issues like transit, biking, and nightlife, we have serious policy disagreements with Wiener and can\u2019t support him. (See our 2020<\/a> and 2016<\/a> voter guides for more on that.) Since he\u2019s left for Sacramento, Wiener has personally authored some of the most cynical legislation ever, restructuring state and local government power for the profit of his real<\/a> estate<\/a> backers<\/a>. We\u2019re seriously worried about Wiener\u2019s stumping in San Francisco with Garry Tan for the reactionary DCCC slate<\/a> especially after Tan\u2019s image has been emblazoned on death threats<\/a> to a number of politicians<\/a>. Wiener\u2019s endorsement of real estate and tech millionaire-funded candidates means no endorsement from us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Assemblymember, District 17: <\/strong>No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League is not endorsing in this race this year. We supported incumbent Matt Haney in his previous runs for the Board of Ed<\/a> and Board of Supervisors<\/a>, and he\u2019s even been to several of our meetings. But by the time he ran for Assembly in 2022<\/a>, he was distancing himself<\/a> from his previously progressive record. While he\u2019s done some good things<\/a> in Sacramento for renters like himself, Haney\u2019s 180 toward YIMBY housing doctrine and his willingness to attack former allies have given him a (well-funded<\/a>) seat at the moderate table. Now he\u2019s getting support from GrowSF, and his endorsement of real-estate funded candidates for supervisor in Districts 5 and 9 is just bonkers. We\u2019re sad that we can\u2019t endorse him this time around\u2013 do better, Matt!
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State Assemblymember, District 19: <\/strong>No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn\u2019t endorse either of the two front-runners in this race. David Lee and Catherine Stefani are the only serious contenders looking to replace Phil Ting in the State Assembly. If Stefani wins, the all-white delegation to Sacramento will underscore the tragic fact that San Francisco is losing its Chinese-American representation<\/a> at all levels. Supervisor Catherine Stefani, hailing from the northern and eastern-most, (as well as wealthiest) corner of District 19, hopes to bring a politics of bland YIMBYism to Sacramento, as long as it is not applied too aggressively in her immediate backyard, in lockstep with her colleagues from the San Francisco delegation like Haney and Wiener. Stefani racked up endorsements and campaign donations from the field of moderate-leaning politicians, most of organized labor, and a coterie of old-money Pacific Heights donors including most of billionaire Ron Conway<\/a>\u2019s extended family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Lee is making a fourth run<\/a> for office, this time with the backing of local progressive leaders from the west side and Chinese progressive communities. We didn\u2019t endorse Lee in his three previous runs for Supervisor of D1, because there’s always been a stronger candidate in the race. We\u2019re taking another look at him this time, considering our allies backing him like Connie Chan, Jane Kim, Mark Leno, Sandy Fewer, and Norman Yee. We like his focus on public education and uplifting AAPI community voices. But that wasn\u2019t enough to convince a majority of our members to back Lee, so we ended up with no endorsement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sacramento Reality Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look, outside the Bay Area, politicians like Wiener, Haney, and Stefani are seen as lefty progressives because they believe in gun control and are perfectly glad to be photographed with drag queens. But just because Moms for Liberty doesn\u2019t like you, it doesn\u2019t mean you share our values. If you\u2019re representing San Francisco, not being a bigoted asshole should be the floor, not the ceiling. We need champions for truly affordable housing, police accountability, policies that keep working families in the city, and systemic checks on the wealth inequality that\u2019s destroying our communities. If you look below their surface-level actions and, of course, follow the money,<\/a> these guys don\u2019t cut it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Judicial Offices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Superior Court Judge, Seat 1: Michael Isaku Begert
Superior Court Judge, Seat 13: Patrick Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Court judges oversee civil, criminal, and traffic courts. We heartily endorse the two incumbent judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Judge<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seat 1: Judge Michael Isaku Begert<\/strong> presides over collaborative courts, which divert San Franciscans charged with minor crimes away from jail and into drug treatment, mental health, and job-counseling services. Begert knows these programs are effective and wants to see them continue. One of the good guys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Judge<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seat 13: Judge Patrick Thompson<\/strong> is relatively new to the bench, currently working in the courts\u2019 pretrial system. We like his take on fairness: \u201cI don\u2019t coddle criminal defendants. I don\u2019t coddle defense attorneys. I don\u2019t coddle prosecutors.\u201d He\u2019s a stand-up judge who won\u2019t be bullied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our courts are under attack by conservative PACs looking to blame anyone but the mayor and her DA for the fentanyl crisis and crime. They want to amplify a Fox News narrative in which San Francisco is a lawless hellhole that needs more cops, draconian laws, and hanging judges\u2026but that MAGA-uncle rant-at-Thanksgiving horseshit has no place in our political dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our justice system is far from perfect, but these two judges are part of the solution. Vote for Judge Begert and Judge Thompson!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Proposition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prop 1: Money for Behavioral Health and Treatment Beds: Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prop 1 modifies an existing state tax (2004\u2019s Mental Health Services tax of 1% on incomes over $1 million) so the money can be used to address substance abuse, and would require a chunk of the money raised to go to housing and supportive services. This prop also includes a $6.38B state-level bond, put on the ballot by the state legislature, and supported by majorities there and by the governor. If it passes, CA borrows money now to address urgent needs and pays it back over time. The new money from this bond would go to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n