San Francisco, California, Proposition I, Local Policy Discouraging the Relocation of Established Sports Teams (June 2018)
| Proposition I: San Francisco Local Policy Discouraging the Relocation of Established Sports Teams |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| June 5, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local sports |
| Related articles |
| Local sports on the ballot June 5, 2018 ballot measures in California San Francisco County, California ballot measures |
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| San Francisco, California |
An initiative to discourage the relocation of established sports teams was on the ballot for San Francisco voters in San Francisco County, California, on June 5, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of adopting a local policy to discourage owners of professional sports teams from relocating teams to San Francisco that have been established and profitable in other locations for over 20 years. |
| A no vote was a vote against adopting a local policy to discourage owners of professional sports teams from relocating teams to San Francisco that have been established and profitable in other locations for over 20 years. |
Election results
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San Francisco Proposition I |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 97,863 | 42.78% | ||
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130,916 | 57.22% | ||
Text of measure
Proposal
The proposal was as follows:[1]
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Establish a Declaration of Policy of: "Thou Shall Not Covet" to Make It Clear to All Owners of Professional Sports Teams that the City and County of San Francisco Will Not Endorse or Condone the Relocation of Any Team With an Extensive History in Another Location [2] |
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Title and summary
The title and summary were as follows:[3]
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RELOCATION OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS The City’s professional sports teams include the San Francisco Giants baseball team. The San Francisco 49ers football team plays its home games in Santa Clara. The Golden State Warriors basketball team currently plays its home games in Oakland, but will start playing its home games in San Francisco when the Chase Center, a multi-purpose arena under construction in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood, is completed. This measure would adopt a policy providing that the City will not invite, entice, encourage, cajole, or condone the relocation of any professional sports team that has previously established itself in another municipality and has demonstrated clear and convincing support from community and fans for at least 20 years and is profitable. This measure would also adopt a policy that against any sports team ownership group that attempts to avoid payment of an outstanding public debt. [2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the San Francisco Controller:[4]
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Should the proposed declaration of policy be approved by the voters, in my opinion, it would not affect the cost of government. [2] |
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| —San Francisco Controller | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The Good Neighbor Coalition, a community group, led the citizen initiative campaign to place Proposition I on the ballot. The San Francisco Department of Elections verified that the group had collected enough signatures in October 2017.[5]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City and County of San Francisco, "Legal Text of Measure," accessed March 22, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ San Francisco City and County, "Title and Summary," accessed March 23, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco City and County, "Controller's Analysis," accessed March 22, 2018
- ↑ San Francisco Business Times, "Good Neighbor Coalition Measure Qualifies for Ballot," October 26, 2017
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