San Francisco Voters Backed the Billionaire Tax and Diverged Sharply From the Rest of California
A Chronicle analysis found Prop 40 won a city majority despite opposition from Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Daniel Lurie. San Francisco supported Prop 5 by 19 points more than the rest of the state, with about 83% of the expected vote counted.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
San Franciscans voted more liberally than the rest of California on statewide ballot propositions, including giving a city majority to Prop 40, the billionaire tax, despite opposition from Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Daniel Lurie, a San Francisco Chronicle analysis found.
The widest gaps with the rest of the state were on Prop 5, which would change state recall elections, and Prop 39, which would have added voter identification and citizenship-verification requirements to California elections. As of Tuesday, about 83% of the expected vote was counted. San Franciscans supported Prop 5 by 19 percentage points more than the rest of California, and opposed Prop 39 by 20 percentage points more than the rest of the state, the Chronicle reported. The newspaper cautioned that the exact margins could change slightly as the remaining ballots are counted, and that the picture changes when the results are adjusted for partisanship.
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