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They surrounded the blaze, which sent a huge plume of dark black smoke over San Francisco, spraying water from the ground, from aerial ladders and from the neighboring residential building damaged by the fire. Franklin said several unaffected buildings to the northeast had been evacuated because of toxic smoke concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s rubber burning,\" he said. \"It’s tires and wheels, which some are magnesium. ... People shouldn’t get in the smoke.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franklin said the neighboring residential building housed approximately half-a-dozen apartments. The fire scorched a wall of a business next to Rolling Stock on Shotwell Street. It was also damaged by smoke, Franklin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over the last couple years, there has been significant large fires here in the Mission District,\" he said, adding that the older San Francisco neighborhood has a lot of wooden buildings. \"It extended up through the roof and got the wood-framed structure right next to it involved. 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They surrounded the blaze, which sent a huge plume of dark black smoke over San Francisco, spraying water from the ground, from aerial ladders and from the neighboring residential building damaged by the fire. Franklin said several unaffected buildings to the northeast had been evacuated because of toxic smoke concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s rubber burning,\" he said. \"It’s tires and wheels, which some are magnesium. ... People shouldn’t get in the smoke.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franklin said the neighboring residential building housed approximately half-a-dozen apartments. The fire scorched a wall of a business next to Rolling Stock on Shotwell Street. It was also damaged by smoke, Franklin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over the last couple years, there has been significant large fires here in the Mission District,\" he said, adding that the older San Francisco neighborhood has a lot of wooden buildings. \"It extended up through the roof and got the wood-framed structure right next to it involved. We had companies into that exposure building right away and really limited the spread of that fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linzmeier said a friend just lost her home in the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/valley-fire\" target=\"_blank\">Valley Fire\u003c/a> in Lake County, so she'd been thinking about what she'd do in an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I grabbed my mother's ring that's been in the family for five generations, my passport, my computer, a money box, some papers, threw everything in a box and went running out,\" Linzmeier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Hernandez said he rushed out of his apartment after being awakened and frightened by the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was woken up by the firefighters,” Hernandez said, standing at the corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 16th Street with his dog, Valentino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I looked out the window and saw them squirting water,” he said. “We grabbed the things we need.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rolling Stock building, which formerly housed the repair shop for a now-defunct Chrysler dealership, suffered heavy damage. 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"content": "\u003cp>Despite the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/03/san-francisco-2015-election-results\" target=\"_blank\">defeat\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/06/how-san-franciscos-prop-f-would-change-airbnb-rentals\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition F\u003c/a> and its stricter rules on short-term rentals, San Francisco is still legislative light-years ahead of other California cities in regulating rental platforms like Airbnb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco passed its initial law regulating Airbnb-type rentals more than a year ago. It now has a city office -- a small one, so far -- dedicated to administering and enforcing the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The precursor to San Francisco's legislative action was an agreement with Airbnb in which the company would collect a hotel tax from guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though few cities in California have attempted to pass and enforce restrictions on short-term rentals, \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/653/in-what-areas-is-occupancy-tax-collection-and-remittance-by-airbnb-available\" target=\"_blank\">eight cities in the state\u003c/a> have reached an agreement with Airbnb to remit the taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/231698816\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax First, Ask Questions Later?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A tax collection agreement has benefits for both cities and operators like Airbnb. Cities get a new stream of revenue, and platforms gain legitimacy by coming to terms with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Cities should go ahead and make their units subject to the transit occupancy tax right away,\" says Karen Chapple, a professor of urban planning at UC Berkeley. \"Why not take that first move, while we're still figuring out that regulation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreements are not always a precursor to more expansive regulation, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"dsJkDW2CH7xicOk57plk0fXUutQfDqfv\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Santa Clara is the most recent California city to begin collecting taxes from Airbnb, and officials there say they have no intention of taking on legislation to regulate short-term rentals. When the City Council \u003ca href=\"http://sireweb.santaclaraca.gov/sirepub/cache/2/eq14msd1nepqabvo0spvym1q/7294861105201512165731.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">passed a tax agreement\u003c/a> in September, the chief concern of many members seemed to be whether the deal would go into effect fast enough to collect taxes from renters during the Super Bowl, which the city hosts in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to be proactive in capturing revenue for the Super Bowl,\" City Attorney Richard Nosky told the council in September. \"Our code does not have any use restrictions on rentals ... so we didn't see a need to regulate short-term rentals and kick that rock.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, short-term rentals have been seen as a direct threat to permanent rental units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Santa Clara, that's not the case. Many of our homes are occupied by one or two people,\" says Mayor Jamie Matthews. \"This will give people an opportunity to try out what it's like to be able to have part of their home or accessory unit rented. That might lead to additional affordable housing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One ready use for that new stream of tax revenue would be to offset the loss of affordable housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We shouldn't set up a regulatory system that is going to cost us a lot of money to implement,\" Chapple says. \"Ideally, what we want to do with this hotel tax revenue coming in is put it into an affordable housing trust fund.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Cost of Enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the beachside city of Santa Monica made headlines by enacting a ban on the short-term rental of a full unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulation was more straightforward than the rules in San Francisco. By banning all rentals of a full unit and placing no restrictions on hosts renting out a spare bedroom, the city doesn't need to keep track of the number of nights a unit was rented. Under San Francisco's ordinance, full unit rentals are capped at 90 nights a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, as Santa Monica begins its enforcement effort in earnest, it's finding it needs to devote every penny of the hotel tax in that direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The money that we are going to collect on the now-legal short-term vacation rentals is only enough to pay for the two code people and staff analyst to do effective enforcement against the illegal ones that were doing us so much damage,\" says Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown. \"So it's probably going to be revenue-neutral for the city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb has been loath to give cities like San Francisco and Santa Monica specific data on rentals that might aid enforcement. A state bill to require the release of that information \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB593\" target=\"_blank\">stalled earlier this year in the state Senate. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Holding Off on Tax Agreement \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's largest city is taking a different approach: holding off on a tax agreement while legislation plods through the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10747654\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10747654\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.\" width=\"800\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1180x1447.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Eric Garcetti has urged the city to move ahead on a tax agreement, but some council members have expressed concern that taking the money now would muddy the waters if the city imposes regulations on short-term rentals later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think this would actually put the cart before the horse,\" said City Councilman Mitch Englander at a Budget and Finance Committee meeting over the summer. \"To go forth and say, 'Let's go ahead and look at this revenue' before we've set off a path of having the policy in place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the city will instead move ahead with committee hearings, \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/09/29/54719/city-takes-publics-pulse-on-short-term-rentals/\" target=\"_blank\">public meetings\u003c/a> and staff studies before an ordinance moves to the full council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Airbnb Stays on Message \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Lehane, head of global policy for Airbnb, says the leading short-term rental platform is comfortable reaching agreements with cities, like San Diego, in which short-term rentals are not fully legalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to pay taxes, we're happy to pay taxes, we want to contribute,\" he says. \"When we can collect and remit, it's a great thing for a city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb may have gotten a bit too excited about its willingness to fill city coffers with a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/22/airbnb-concedes-it-goofed-with-dear-san-francisco-ads\" target=\"_blank\">series of billboards\u003c/a> in San Francisco last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ads notified city and county agencies of the things they could be doing with the $12 million in tax money that Airbnb remitted on the behalf of hosts. Not mentioned was the possibility some of the money could be used to fund the Office of Short-Term Rentals, which currently is budgeted for \u003ca href=\"http://openbook.sfgov.org/openbooks/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll?b_action=cognosViewer&ui.action=run&ui.object=%2fcontent%2ffolder%5b%40name%3d%27Reports%27%5d%2freport%5b%40name%3d%27Budget%27%5d&ui.name=20Budget&run.outputFormat=&run.prompt=false\" target=\"_blank\">just $475,000\u003c/a> in the current fiscal year and $464,630 for next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ads that threatened to become a snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory marketing blunder didn't move the needle enough for voters to approve Prop. 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Many of our homes are occupied by one or two people,\" says Mayor Jamie Matthews. \"This will give people an opportunity to try out what it's like to be able to have part of their home or accessory unit rented. That might lead to additional affordable housing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One ready use for that new stream of tax revenue would be to offset the loss of affordable housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We shouldn't set up a regulatory system that is going to cost us a lot of money to implement,\" Chapple says. \"Ideally, what we want to do with this hotel tax revenue coming in is put it into an affordable housing trust fund.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Cost of Enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the beachside city of Santa Monica made headlines by enacting a ban on the short-term rental of a full unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulation was more straightforward than the rules in San Francisco. By banning all rentals of a full unit and placing no restrictions on hosts renting out a spare bedroom, the city doesn't need to keep track of the number of nights a unit was rented. Under San Francisco's ordinance, full unit rentals are capped at 90 nights a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, as Santa Monica begins its enforcement effort in earnest, it's finding it needs to devote every penny of the hotel tax in that direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The money that we are going to collect on the now-legal short-term vacation rentals is only enough to pay for the two code people and staff analyst to do effective enforcement against the illegal ones that were doing us so much damage,\" says Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown. \"So it's probably going to be revenue-neutral for the city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb has been loath to give cities like San Francisco and Santa Monica specific data on rentals that might aid enforcement. A state bill to require the release of that information \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB593\" target=\"_blank\">stalled earlier this year in the state Senate. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Holding Off on Tax Agreement \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's largest city is taking a different approach: holding off on a tax agreement while legislation plods through the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10747654\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10747654\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.\" width=\"800\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-1180x1447.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/Garcetti-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mayor Eric Garcetti has urged the city to move ahead on a tax agreement, but some council members have expressed concern that taking the money now would muddy the waters if the city imposes regulations on short-term rentals later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think this would actually put the cart before the horse,\" said City Councilman Mitch Englander at a Budget and Finance Committee meeting over the summer. \"To go forth and say, 'Let's go ahead and look at this revenue' before we've set off a path of having the policy in place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the city will instead move ahead with committee hearings, \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/09/29/54719/city-takes-publics-pulse-on-short-term-rentals/\" target=\"_blank\">public meetings\u003c/a> and staff studies before an ordinance moves to the full council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Airbnb Stays on Message \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Lehane, head of global policy for Airbnb, says the leading short-term rental platform is comfortable reaching agreements with cities, like San Diego, in which short-term rentals are not fully legalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to pay taxes, we're happy to pay taxes, we want to contribute,\" he says. \"When we can collect and remit, it's a great thing for a city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb may have gotten a bit too excited about its willingness to fill city coffers with a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/22/airbnb-concedes-it-goofed-with-dear-san-francisco-ads\" target=\"_blank\">series of billboards\u003c/a> in San Francisco last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ads notified city and county agencies of the things they could be doing with the $12 million in tax money that Airbnb remitted on the behalf of hosts. Not mentioned was the possibility some of the money could be used to fund the Office of Short-Term Rentals, which currently is budgeted for \u003ca href=\"http://openbook.sfgov.org/openbooks/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll?b_action=cognosViewer&ui.action=run&ui.object=%2fcontent%2ffolder%5b%40name%3d%27Reports%27%5d%2freport%5b%40name%3d%27Budget%27%5d&ui.name=20Budget&run.outputFormat=&run.prompt=false\" target=\"_blank\">just $475,000\u003c/a> in the current fiscal year and $464,630 for next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ads that threatened to become a snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory marketing blunder didn't move the needle enough for voters to approve Prop. F and its increased restrictions on short-term rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airbnb has apologized for the ads, but Lehane says the company will continue to emphasize the message that it is willing to pay its fair share of taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Brenda Kett refuses to believe her son is to blame for his own death. Mark Heryer had ridden a bike for most of his life and was skilled at navigating mountain trails and chaotic city streets. But three weeks ago, the 47-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a Muni bus on Market Street -- a collision police say he caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard so many conflicting things, and you know, it’s not making sense to me,” says Kett, a 75-year-old clothing designer with short silver-gray hair and sharp blue eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in the dining room of the Mission District apartment where she has lived for 33 years, she gazes over at a table where Heryer had been standing the day of his death. He had his bike under an arm, with a helmet and cycling shoes on, ready to ride off to meet friends. It's an image she can't stop seeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232638800\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heryer, who lived in Berkeley with his wife and 8-year-old daughter, was riding westbound up Market Street just after 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, when police say he encountered a particularly dangerous piece of street infrastructure that both the city and cycling advocates warn about but which many cyclists say is all but impossible to avoid: Muni's streetcar tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco police officer who investigated the incident said in his report that Heryer’s bike got caught in the tracks and he was “thrown to the ground.” A long, articulated 38-Geary bus traveling in the lane to his right ran over him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although there are lots of unanswered questions about the tragedy, Kett says she's certain her son’s death could have been prevented had the city done more to ensure the safety of growing numbers of bicyclists on Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think he would have taken unnecessary risks because he was well aware of how inadequate the structure of the city’s streets are, in terms of taking care of the needs of bicyclists,” Kett says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants the city to act immediately to make the busy lower stretch of Market Street safer for bicyclists -- a sentiment shared by cycling advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Police Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Market St. from Sutter to Battery is shut down as police investigate a fatal collision between a bus and a bicyclist \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/qR336eT6kz\">pic.twitter.com/qR336eT6kz\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/svqjournalist/status/653341447257587712\">October 11, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What is most startling about the investigation to Heryer's family, friends and a lawyer representing the family is that police faulted him for causing the crash, citing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d11/c1/a4/21208\" target=\"_blank\">section of the vehicle code\u003c/a> that says he should have been riding in a bike lane. However, there are no bike lanes on that stretch of Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three westbound lanes: two marked with sharrows, indicating bicycles and motor vehicles are to share the lane and, to the left, an unmarked transit lane with the streetcar tracks. Kett says a police inspector told Heryer’s wife it appeared he was trying to pass the bus because it had been moving slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni buses pick up passengers on center boarding islands and curbside, so they use all lanes on Market Street. The SFMTA displays ads on the rear of buses advising cyclists to always pass a bus on the left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni's streetcar tracks are another well-known hazard. Both the SFMTA and \u003ca href=\"http://sfbike.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition\u003c/a> advise cyclists to pay special attention to the tracks and surrounding pavement and to cross at a 90-degree angle if possible. In a 2006 guide, the SFBC cautions, \"It is easy to lose control as your wheel slides into a parallel track groove, and you will fall quickly and hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the collision, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/12/berkeley-cyclist-killed-in-market-street-collision-with-s-f-muni-bus\" target=\"_blank\">media reports\u003c/a> quoted police and transportation officials as saying Heryer “lost control and collided with the bus.” The police report says investigators came to their conclusions about the cause of the crash based on the account of one witness -- the bus driver -- and video evidence that has not been released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report includes several grim details, including the discovery of a handprint near the front of the Muni bus that may have been left by Heryer as he fell. One set of the vehicle's wheels on the driver's side came to rest on Heryer, who died of trauma to the head and body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report identifies the Muni driver as Douglas Bonilla, 46, of Tracy. It said he was “visibly upset” after the crash and was treated by a medic at the scene. However, the report does not disclose what the driver told police about the collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonilla started driving for Muni in March, according to SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose. He said drivers are required to complete nine weeks of training. The program includes a partnership with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition that instructs drivers how to operate buses alongside cyclists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most telling evidence from that day could be video from the Muni bus and two other coaches that may have been in the vicinity when the collision happened. But so far the family’s lawyer has not been able to get the video from either the SFMTA or San Francisco police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Experienced Cyclist\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10738854\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10738854\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Family and friends say Mark Heryer was a skilled cyclist who would have never put himself in harm's way. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family and friends say Mark Heryer was a skilled cyclist who would have never put himself in harm's way. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Mark Heryer was 8 years old, and the family lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brenda Kett had no hesitation about letting him ride his bicycle into the traffic chaos of Harvard Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can tell you that back in the '70s, that traffic was pure anarchy,” she remembers. “Most parents, particularly helicopter parents, wouldn’t go anywhere near that. He was capable of doing that as an 8-year-old. He was a competent bike rider.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heryer was born in San Francisco but didn’t live there until he was a teenager. Trained as a chef, he had a deep passion for food and was funny, opinionated and talkative, says Kett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would have given you anything you wanted if you needed it,” says Kett. “He was a very generous, wonderful person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Skilbeck, a friend of the family who used to rent a room from Kett, is a former cycling journalist who first met Heryer when he moved to San Francisco in 1997. When Heryer found out Skilbeck was a cyclist, he took him on a tour of the Marin Headlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just a warm, interesting, enjoyable person, and everybody is really devastated that he’s gone, that’s he’s not going to be around anymore,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skilbeck, who worked as a bike messenger in London, said Heryer had urban bicycling skills comparable to a messenger. \"That's the scary thing about it,\" he said. \"That somebody with his level of experience can fall victim.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10742483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10742483 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1440x1061.jpg\" alt='Brenda Kett looks at photos of her late son. \"I had no idea how many people he influenced until we lost him,\" she said. ' width=\"640\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1440x1061.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-400x295.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1180x869.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-960x707.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Kett looks at photos of her late son. 'I had no idea how many people he influenced until we lost him,' she said. \u003ccite>((Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Police Mistakes in Earlier Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police have a troubling history investigating collisions that injure people who bike and walk, according to safe streets advocates. But after a series of blunders \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/13/no-charges-for-driver-in-death-of-bicyclist-amelie-le-moullac\" target=\"_blank\">in the case of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac\u003c/a>, who was killed when she was hit by a truck at Sixth and Folsom streets in 2013, Police Chief Greg Suhr pledged to reform the department's investigations. He also made it policy to stop referring to collisions as “accidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the attorneys who represented Le Moullac's family, Anthony Label, now represents the Heryer family. He helped win a $4 million \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/15/verdict-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-driver-who-killed-bicyclist\" target=\"_blank\">judgment against the driver\u003c/a> who killed Le Moullac for negligence, along with the company he worked for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial police report in the Le Moullac case concluded the cyclist was at fault, but police reversed that finding and blamed the driver after a bike advocate uncovered surveillance video of the crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nine-page traffic collision report in Heryer’s case, Label says, doesn't contain much detail. The report says investigators canvassed the area for witnesses and video, and left a phone message for a potential witness but were \"unable to make contact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Label is particularly concerned about what he says appears to be a clear misinterpretation of the vehicle code that applies to marked bike lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Police Department is going to document and officially memorialize the cause of a cyclist’s death as being the fault of the cyclist for violating the law, at a minimum they should get it right,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by phone, Inspector Lori Cadigan, who signed off on the report, would not comment, and referred calls to the department’s public affairs spokespeople. So far, they have not returned our phone calls and emails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors' Bicycle Advisory Committee, Label suggested looking into having the California Highway Patrol investigate collisions where a Muni vehicle is involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That would essentially involve an independent agency that isn't a police department investigating a co-worker, essentially, a Muni driver, whose employer is also the city and county of San Francisco,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Safer Market Street \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10742484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10742484 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1440x960.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclist wobbles over streetcar rails at the corner of Market and Sutter streets in the Financial District. Bike advocates say city officials need to immediately make this stretch of Market safer for bicyclists.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclist wobbles over streetcar rails at the corner of Market and Sutter streets in the Financial District. Bike advocates say city officials need to immediately make this stretch of Market safer for bicyclists. \u003ccite>((Alan Toth/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco city officials have been working to improve safety on Market Street, most recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-s-motley-Market-Street-tamed-so-far-by-6585427.php\" target=\"_blank\">restricting private autos\u003c/a> from turning onto the city's main thoroughfare, identified as a high-injury corridor under \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/06/sf-takes-step-toward-goal-of-zero-traffic-deaths-in-10-years/\">the Vision Zero program\u003c/a>. SFMTA officials are also planning to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/19/san-francisco-gets-ready-for-its-first-raised-bikeway\" target=\"_blank\">test a raised bike lane\u003c/a>, which is now being built on Market just west of Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a permanent safety fix is still years away. City agencies have been working on a long-term vision known as the Better Market Street plan, but construction is not expected to begin until sometime in 2018. A final design has not been determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates have long been calling for a continuous protected bike lane from Octavia Boulevard to the Embarcadero, a distance of about 2.25 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Continued inaction by city officials towards that goal on our city's most biked corridor looks increasingly irresponsible,\" said Chris Cassidy, the bike coalition's communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other \u003ca href=\"http://bettermarketstreetsf.org/about-reports-docs.html#design-options\" target=\"_blank\">designs being considered \u003c/a>include a shared lane and building a bikeway on Mission Street, instead of Market, from South Van Ness Avenue to the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from the SFMTA and Department of Public Works, which is overseeing the long-term vision, say they are not planning any interim measures on Market in the wake of Heryer’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But both Kett and the bike coalition say they plan to continue pressing for immediate action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe it takes a serious or fatal accident close to home to change people’s minds,” Kett said in a statement to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. “I know if I could wind back the clock, I would have been advocating for safe streets long go, and I urge other families not to wait until one of their loved ones becomes a victim.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Brenda Kett refuses to believe her son is to blame for his own death. Mark Heryer had ridden a bike for most of his life and was skilled at navigating mountain trails and chaotic city streets. But three weeks ago, the 47-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a Muni bus on Market Street -- a collision police say he caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve heard so many conflicting things, and you know, it’s not making sense to me,” says Kett, a 75-year-old clothing designer with short silver-gray hair and sharp blue eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in the dining room of the Mission District apartment where she has lived for 33 years, she gazes over at a table where Heryer had been standing the day of his death. He had his bike under an arm, with a helmet and cycling shoes on, ready to ride off to meet friends. It's an image she can't stop seeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232638800&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232638800'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heryer, who lived in Berkeley with his wife and 8-year-old daughter, was riding westbound up Market Street just after 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, when police say he encountered a particularly dangerous piece of street infrastructure that both the city and cycling advocates warn about but which many cyclists say is all but impossible to avoid: Muni's streetcar tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco police officer who investigated the incident said in his report that Heryer’s bike got caught in the tracks and he was “thrown to the ground.” A long, articulated 38-Geary bus traveling in the lane to his right ran over him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although there are lots of unanswered questions about the tragedy, Kett says she's certain her son’s death could have been prevented had the city done more to ensure the safety of growing numbers of bicyclists on Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think he would have taken unnecessary risks because he was well aware of how inadequate the structure of the city’s streets are, in terms of taking care of the needs of bicyclists,” Kett says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants the city to act immediately to make the busy lower stretch of Market Street safer for bicyclists -- a sentiment shared by cycling advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Police Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Market St. from Sutter to Battery is shut down as police investigate a fatal collision between a bus and a bicyclist \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/qR336eT6kz\">pic.twitter.com/qR336eT6kz\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/svqjournalist/status/653341447257587712\">October 11, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What is most startling about the investigation to Heryer's family, friends and a lawyer representing the family is that police faulted him for causing the crash, citing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d11/c1/a4/21208\" target=\"_blank\">section of the vehicle code\u003c/a> that says he should have been riding in a bike lane. However, there are no bike lanes on that stretch of Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three westbound lanes: two marked with sharrows, indicating bicycles and motor vehicles are to share the lane and, to the left, an unmarked transit lane with the streetcar tracks. Kett says a police inspector told Heryer’s wife it appeared he was trying to pass the bus because it had been moving slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni buses pick up passengers on center boarding islands and curbside, so they use all lanes on Market Street. The SFMTA displays ads on the rear of buses advising cyclists to always pass a bus on the left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni's streetcar tracks are another well-known hazard. Both the SFMTA and \u003ca href=\"http://sfbike.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Bicycle Coalition\u003c/a> advise cyclists to pay special attention to the tracks and surrounding pavement and to cross at a 90-degree angle if possible. In a 2006 guide, the SFBC cautions, \"It is easy to lose control as your wheel slides into a parallel track groove, and you will fall quickly and hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the collision, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/12/berkeley-cyclist-killed-in-market-street-collision-with-s-f-muni-bus\" target=\"_blank\">media reports\u003c/a> quoted police and transportation officials as saying Heryer “lost control and collided with the bus.” The police report says investigators came to their conclusions about the cause of the crash based on the account of one witness -- the bus driver -- and video evidence that has not been released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report includes several grim details, including the discovery of a handprint near the front of the Muni bus that may have been left by Heryer as he fell. One set of the vehicle's wheels on the driver's side came to rest on Heryer, who died of trauma to the head and body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report identifies the Muni driver as Douglas Bonilla, 46, of Tracy. It said he was “visibly upset” after the crash and was treated by a medic at the scene. However, the report does not disclose what the driver told police about the collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonilla started driving for Muni in March, according to SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose. He said drivers are required to complete nine weeks of training. The program includes a partnership with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition that instructs drivers how to operate buses alongside cyclists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most telling evidence from that day could be video from the Muni bus and two other coaches that may have been in the vicinity when the collision happened. But so far the family’s lawyer has not been able to get the video from either the SFMTA or San Francisco police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Experienced Cyclist\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10738854\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10738854\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Family and friends say Mark Heryer was a skilled cyclist who would have never put himself in harm's way. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/P1000474-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family and friends say Mark Heryer was a skilled cyclist who would have never put himself in harm's way. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Mark Heryer was 8 years old, and the family lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brenda Kett had no hesitation about letting him ride his bicycle into the traffic chaos of Harvard Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can tell you that back in the '70s, that traffic was pure anarchy,” she remembers. “Most parents, particularly helicopter parents, wouldn’t go anywhere near that. He was capable of doing that as an 8-year-old. He was a competent bike rider.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heryer was born in San Francisco but didn’t live there until he was a teenager. Trained as a chef, he had a deep passion for food and was funny, opinionated and talkative, says Kett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would have given you anything you wanted if you needed it,” says Kett. “He was a very generous, wonderful person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Skilbeck, a friend of the family who used to rent a room from Kett, is a former cycling journalist who first met Heryer when he moved to San Francisco in 1997. When Heryer found out Skilbeck was a cyclist, he took him on a tour of the Marin Headlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just a warm, interesting, enjoyable person, and everybody is really devastated that he’s gone, that’s he’s not going to be around anymore,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skilbeck, who worked as a bike messenger in London, said Heryer had urban bicycling skills comparable to a messenger. \"That's the scary thing about it,\" he said. \"That somebody with his level of experience can fall victim.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10742483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10742483 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1440x1061.jpg\" alt='Brenda Kett looks at photos of her late son. \"I had no idea how many people he influenced until we lost him,\" she said. ' width=\"640\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1440x1061.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-400x295.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-1180x869.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17224_IMG_9370.JPG-qut-960x707.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Kett looks at photos of her late son. 'I had no idea how many people he influenced until we lost him,' she said. \u003ccite>((Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Police Mistakes in Earlier Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police have a troubling history investigating collisions that injure people who bike and walk, according to safe streets advocates. But after a series of blunders \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/13/no-charges-for-driver-in-death-of-bicyclist-amelie-le-moullac\" target=\"_blank\">in the case of cyclist Amelie Le Moullac\u003c/a>, who was killed when she was hit by a truck at Sixth and Folsom streets in 2013, Police Chief Greg Suhr pledged to reform the department's investigations. He also made it policy to stop referring to collisions as “accidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the attorneys who represented Le Moullac's family, Anthony Label, now represents the Heryer family. He helped win a $4 million \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/01/15/verdict-in-wrongful-death-suit-against-driver-who-killed-bicyclist\" target=\"_blank\">judgment against the driver\u003c/a> who killed Le Moullac for negligence, along with the company he worked for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial police report in the Le Moullac case concluded the cyclist was at fault, but police reversed that finding and blamed the driver after a bike advocate uncovered surveillance video of the crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nine-page traffic collision report in Heryer’s case, Label says, doesn't contain much detail. The report says investigators canvassed the area for witnesses and video, and left a phone message for a potential witness but were \"unable to make contact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Label is particularly concerned about what he says appears to be a clear misinterpretation of the vehicle code that applies to marked bike lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Police Department is going to document and officially memorialize the cause of a cyclist’s death as being the fault of the cyclist for violating the law, at a minimum they should get it right,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by phone, Inspector Lori Cadigan, who signed off on the report, would not comment, and referred calls to the department’s public affairs spokespeople. So far, they have not returned our phone calls and emails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors' Bicycle Advisory Committee, Label suggested looking into having the California Highway Patrol investigate collisions where a Muni vehicle is involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That would essentially involve an independent agency that isn't a police department investigating a co-worker, essentially, a Muni driver, whose employer is also the city and county of San Francisco,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Safer Market Street \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10742484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10742484 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1440x960.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclist wobbles over streetcar rails at the corner of Market and Sutter streets in the Financial District. Bike advocates say city officials need to immediately make this stretch of Market safer for bicyclists.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/RS17120_102015_bus_cyclist_6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclist wobbles over streetcar rails at the corner of Market and Sutter streets in the Financial District. Bike advocates say city officials need to immediately make this stretch of Market safer for bicyclists. \u003ccite>((Alan Toth/KQED))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco city officials have been working to improve safety on Market Street, most recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-s-motley-Market-Street-tamed-so-far-by-6585427.php\" target=\"_blank\">restricting private autos\u003c/a> from turning onto the city's main thoroughfare, identified as a high-injury corridor under \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/06/sf-takes-step-toward-goal-of-zero-traffic-deaths-in-10-years/\">the Vision Zero program\u003c/a>. SFMTA officials are also planning to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/19/san-francisco-gets-ready-for-its-first-raised-bikeway\" target=\"_blank\">test a raised bike lane\u003c/a>, which is now being built on Market just west of Van Ness Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a permanent safety fix is still years away. City agencies have been working on a long-term vision known as the Better Market Street plan, but construction is not expected to begin until sometime in 2018. A final design has not been determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates have long been calling for a continuous protected bike lane from Octavia Boulevard to the Embarcadero, a distance of about 2.25 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Continued inaction by city officials towards that goal on our city's most biked corridor looks increasingly irresponsible,\" said Chris Cassidy, the bike coalition's communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other \u003ca href=\"http://bettermarketstreetsf.org/about-reports-docs.html#design-options\" target=\"_blank\">designs being considered \u003c/a>include a shared lane and building a bikeway on Mission Street, instead of Market, from South Van Ness Avenue to the Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from the SFMTA and Department of Public Works, which is overseeing the long-term vision, say they are not planning any interim measures on Market in the wake of Heryer’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But both Kett and the bike coalition say they plan to continue pressing for immediate action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco voters will be asked to decide on a number of ballot measures pertaining to the city’s affordable housing crisis. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/03/san-francisco-2015-election-results\" target=\"_blank\">View results here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find your \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">polling place\u003c/a> and complete voting information at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\" target=\"_blank\">City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"a\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition A - Affordable Housing Bond\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QaJ3F2KANtWcLnxWzYE1muAwneOZSMwU\"]\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To finance the construction, development, acquisition, and preservation of housing affordable to low- and middle-income households through programs that will prioritize vulnerable populations such as San Francisco’s working families, veterans, seniors, disabled persons; to assist in the acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable rental apartment buildings to prevent the eviction of long-term residents; to repair and reconstruct dilapidated public housing; to fund a middle-income rental program; and to provide for home ownership down payment assistance opportunities for educators and middle-income households; shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $310 million in general obligation bonds, subject to independent citizen oversight and regular audits?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Proposition A is a $310 million general obligation bond that’s being floated to finance the construction or rehabilitation of 30,000 affordable housing units. The bond measure requires two-thirds majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/30/s-f-voters-to-decide-on-airbnb-rentals-mission-moratorium-and-other-housing-measures\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Proposition A from KQED's News Fix.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468286-san-francisco-proposition-a\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"b\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition B - Paid Parental Leave for City Employees\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City amend the Charter to allow parents who are both City employees to each take the maximum amount of paid parental leave for which they qualify for the birth, adoption or foster parenting of the same child, if both parents are City employees; and to provide each parent the opportunity to keep up to 40 hours of sick leave at the end of paid parental leave?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition B would allow both parents, if they are city employees, to take the maximum paid parental leave. Both parents could also keep up to 40 hours of paid sick leave at the end of paid parental leave. Proposition B requires majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468287-san-francisco-proposition-b\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition C - Expenditure Lobbyists\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City regulate expenditure lobbyists by requiring them to register with the Ethics Commission, pay a $500 registration fee, and file monthly disclosures regarding their lobbying activities?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition C would define an expenditure lobbyist as any person or business who pays $2,500 or more in a calendar month to solicit, request or urge others to directly lobby city officers. Prop. C requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468288-san-francisco-proposition-c\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"d\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition D - Mission Rock Development\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City increase the height limit for 10 of the 28 acres of the Mission Rock site from one story to height limits ranging from 40 to 240 feet and make it City policy to encourage the development on the Mission Rock site provided that it includes eight acres of parks and open space and housing of which at least 33% is affordable for low- and middle-income households?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition D would allow changes to building height limits at 10 of 24 acres at Mission Rock. The Mission Rock development plan includes 1,000 to 1,950 residential units, most of which are rentals. At least 33 percent of the units must be affordable to low- and middle-income households. Prop. D requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468289-san-francisco-proposition-d\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition E - Requirements for Public Meetings\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City broadcast all City meetings live on the Internet; allow members of the public to submit electronically during the meeting live, written, video, or audio comments from any location and require those comments be played; require pre-recorded video testimony to be played during a meeting; and allow the public or board, commission, or committee members to request that discussion of a particular agenda item begin at a specific time?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Prop. E would amend San Francisco's Sunshine Ordinance to require the city to broadcast all city meetings live on the Internet. The public would also be able to submit written, video or audio to those meetings from anywhere. Prop. E requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468290-san-francisco-proposition-e\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"f\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition F - Short-Term Residential Rentals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City limit short-term rentals of a housing unit to 75 days per year regardless of whether the rental is hosted or unhosted; require owners to provide proof that they authorize the unit as a short-term rental; require residents who offer short-term rentals to submit quarterly reports on the number of days they live in the unit and the number of days the unit is rented; prohibit short-term rentals of in-law units; allow interested parties to sue hosting platforms; and make it a misdemeanor for a hosting platform to unlawfully list a unit as a short-term rental?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Prop. F seeks to impose tougher restrictions on short-term rentals by limiting them to 75 days per year across the board, requiring property owners to provide proof that they authorize short-term rentals and imposing provisions to ensure that private rentals are paying hotel taxes and complying with city codes, among other things. Prop. F requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/06/how-san-franciscos-prop-f-would-change-airbnb-rentals\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's News Fix: How San Francisco’s Prop. F Would Change Airbnb Rentals\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201510050900\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to a debate about Proposition F from KQED's Forum.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468291-san-francisco-proposition-f\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"g\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Propositions G and H -- Definitions of Renewable Electricity Sources for CleanPowerSF\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We need to break from our guide format a little to describe the unusual circumstances surrounding Prop. G and Prop. H. Both measures treat the same subject: Precisely what sources of power may be termed renewable or \"green\" for San Francisco's planned CleanPowerSF program and what disclosures the program will make to consumers about where it gets its electricity. CleanPowerSF, scheduled to launch in early 2016, aims to offer city residents cleaner energy (less dependent on non-renewable sources, mainly fossil fuels) than currently available through PG&E. Similar programs are already operating in Marin and Sonoma counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition G was launched by IBEW Local 1245, a union that represents line and clerical workers at PG&E (and many other companies). Prop. G, positioned partly as a local jobs issue, would narrow the kinds of electricity that CleanPowerSF could call green by excluding potentially \"dirty\" power procured through the use of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Renewables/FAQs/05REcertificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">unbundled renewable energy credits\u003c/a>. The measure would also have barred power produced by rooftop solar arrays, an increasingly important source, from being classified as \"renewable greenhouse-gas free electricity.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of CleanPowerSF, including both moderates and progressives on the Board of Supervisors, attacked Prop. G as a tactic to undermine the new alternative power program. They produced Proposition H, which would allow the city to use the state's definition of renewable energy sources any time it officially uses terms like \"clean energy\" or \"green energy.\" By using the state's definition, CleanPowerSF may take advantage of unbundled renewable energy credits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the twist: Confronted with Proposition H, the backers of Proposition G reconsidered. They agreed to abandon Prop. G in exchange for a compromise: The Prop. H authors, led by Supervisor London Breed, would include provisions a) requiring the city to try to limit the use of the unbundled renewable energy credits for CleanPowerSF and b) urging the city to inform consumers of the composition of CleanPowerSF's energy portfolio in upcoming mailings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that deal in place, IBEW 1245 joined Breed, Mayor Ed Lee and most of the Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.truthinenergysf.com/recs-truth/\" target=\"_blank\">in support of Prop. H\u003c/a> and against Prop. G. That means there is no ballot argument in favor of Prop. G. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition H will go into effect if it gets more than 50 percent of the vote and gets more votes than Prop. G.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More details on G and H as they appear on the ballot:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition G: How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City define “renewable, greenhouse-gas free electricity” to mean electricity derived exclusively from certain renewable resources located within or adjacent to the California border or electricity derived from Hetch Hetchy, except for electricity from other types of resources such as rooftop solar and other large hydroelectric facilities; require CleanPowerSF to inform customers and potential customers of the planned percentage of “renewable, greenhouse-gas free electricity” to be provided; and prohibit CleanPowerSF from marketing, advertising or making any public statement that its electricity is “clean” or “green” unless the electricity is “renewable, greenhouse gas-free electricity” as defined in this measure?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468292-san-francisco-proposition-g\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with argument against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition H: How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City use the State definition of “eligible renewable energy resources” when referring to terms such as “clean energy,” “green energy,” and “renewable Greenhouse Gas-free Energy”; and shall CleanPowerSF be urged to inform customers and potential customers of the planned percentage of types of renewable energy to be supplied in each communication; and shall it be City policy for CleanPowerSF to use electricity generated within California and San Francisco when possible?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468293-san-francisco-proposition-h\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/post/sfs-prop-g-authors-say-vote-competing-measure-prop-h\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>KALW:\u003c/strong> S.F.'s Prop. G authors say vote for competing measure, Prop. H\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/election2015/propGH\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>S.F. Public Press:\u003c/strong> Propositions G and H: Defining 'Clean' or 'Green' Energy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"i\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition I - Suspension of Market-Rate Housing in the Mission District\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City suspend the issuance of permits on certain types of housing and business development projects in the Mission District for at least 18 months; and develop a Neighborhood Stabilization Plan for the Mission District by January 31, 2017?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Proposition I seeks to impose a temporary moratorium on luxury housing construction in San Francisco’s Mission District for at least 18 months, halting the construction of market-rate housing and any project larger than five units. It would also develop a stabilization plan to preserve land that could be used for affordable housing in the area, which has been impacted by gentrification and displacement of long-time residents. Prop. 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J would create the Legacy Business Historic Legacy Fund. Legacy businesses would be granted $500 per full-time employee. Building owners who lease to legacy businesses for at least 10 years could also receive an annual grant of $4.50 per square foot of leased space. Prop. J expands the definition of a legacy business to include businesses and nonprofits that have been in the city for over 20 years, have contributed to the history or identity of a neighborhood, or face risk of displacement because of rent increases or lease termination. Prop. J requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468295-san-francisco-proposition-j\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"k\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition K - Surplus Public Lands\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City expand the allowable uses of surplus property to include building affordable housing for a range of households from those who are homeless or those with very low income to those with incomes up to 120% of the area median income; and, for projects of more than 200 units, make some housing available for households earning up to 150% or more of the area median income?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Prop. K would permit San Francisco \"to expand the allowable uses of surplus property to include building affordable housing for a range of households from those who are homeless or those with very low income to those with incomes up to 120 percent of the area median income. For projects of more than 200 units, some housing would be available for households earning up to 150 percent or more of the median income.\" Prop. K requires majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468296-san-francisco-proposition-k\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco voters will be asked to decide on a number of ballot measures pertaining to the city’s affordable housing crisis. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/03/san-francisco-2015-election-results\" target=\"_blank\">View results here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find your \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">polling place\u003c/a> and complete voting information at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599\" target=\"_blank\">City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"a\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition A - Affordable Housing Bond\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To finance the construction, development, acquisition, and preservation of housing affordable to low- and middle-income households through programs that will prioritize vulnerable populations such as San Francisco’s working families, veterans, seniors, disabled persons; to assist in the acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable rental apartment buildings to prevent the eviction of long-term residents; to repair and reconstruct dilapidated public housing; to fund a middle-income rental program; and to provide for home ownership down payment assistance opportunities for educators and middle-income households; shall the City and County of San Francisco issue $310 million in general obligation bonds, subject to independent citizen oversight and regular audits?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Proposition A is a $310 million general obligation bond that’s being floated to finance the construction or rehabilitation of 30,000 affordable housing units. The bond measure requires two-thirds majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/30/s-f-voters-to-decide-on-airbnb-rentals-mission-moratorium-and-other-housing-measures\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Proposition A from KQED's News Fix.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468286-san-francisco-proposition-a\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"b\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition B - Paid Parental Leave for City Employees\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City amend the Charter to allow parents who are both City employees to each take the maximum amount of paid parental leave for which they qualify for the birth, adoption or foster parenting of the same child, if both parents are City employees; and to provide each parent the opportunity to keep up to 40 hours of sick leave at the end of paid parental leave?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition B would allow both parents, if they are city employees, to take the maximum paid parental leave. Both parents could also keep up to 40 hours of paid sick leave at the end of paid parental leave. Proposition B requires majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468287-san-francisco-proposition-b\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition C - Expenditure Lobbyists\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City regulate expenditure lobbyists by requiring them to register with the Ethics Commission, pay a $500 registration fee, and file monthly disclosures regarding their lobbying activities?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition C would define an expenditure lobbyist as any person or business who pays $2,500 or more in a calendar month to solicit, request or urge others to directly lobby city officers. Prop. C requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468288-san-francisco-proposition-c\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"d\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition D - Mission Rock Development\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City increase the height limit for 10 of the 28 acres of the Mission Rock site from one story to height limits ranging from 40 to 240 feet and make it City policy to encourage the development on the Mission Rock site provided that it includes eight acres of parks and open space and housing of which at least 33% is affordable for low- and middle-income households?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Proposition D would allow changes to building height limits at 10 of 24 acres at Mission Rock. The Mission Rock development plan includes 1,000 to 1,950 residential units, most of which are rentals. At least 33 percent of the units must be affordable to low- and middle-income households. Prop. D requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468289-san-francisco-proposition-d\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition E - Requirements for Public Meetings\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City broadcast all City meetings live on the Internet; allow members of the public to submit electronically during the meeting live, written, video, or audio comments from any location and require those comments be played; require pre-recorded video testimony to be played during a meeting; and allow the public or board, commission, or committee members to request that discussion of a particular agenda item begin at a specific time?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Prop. E would amend San Francisco's Sunshine Ordinance to require the city to broadcast all city meetings live on the Internet. The public would also be able to submit written, video or audio to those meetings from anywhere. Prop. E requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468290-san-francisco-proposition-e\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"f\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition F - Short-Term Residential Rentals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City limit short-term rentals of a housing unit to 75 days per year regardless of whether the rental is hosted or unhosted; require owners to provide proof that they authorize the unit as a short-term rental; require residents who offer short-term rentals to submit quarterly reports on the number of days they live in the unit and the number of days the unit is rented; prohibit short-term rentals of in-law units; allow interested parties to sue hosting platforms; and make it a misdemeanor for a hosting platform to unlawfully list a unit as a short-term rental?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Prop. F seeks to impose tougher restrictions on short-term rentals by limiting them to 75 days per year across the board, requiring property owners to provide proof that they authorize short-term rentals and imposing provisions to ensure that private rentals are paying hotel taxes and complying with city codes, among other things. Prop. F requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/06/how-san-franciscos-prop-f-would-change-airbnb-rentals\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's News Fix: How San Francisco’s Prop. F Would Change Airbnb Rentals\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201510050900\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to a debate about Proposition F from KQED's Forum.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468291-san-francisco-proposition-f\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"g\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Propositions G and H -- Definitions of Renewable Electricity Sources for CleanPowerSF\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We need to break from our guide format a little to describe the unusual circumstances surrounding Prop. G and Prop. H. Both measures treat the same subject: Precisely what sources of power may be termed renewable or \"green\" for San Francisco's planned CleanPowerSF program and what disclosures the program will make to consumers about where it gets its electricity. CleanPowerSF, scheduled to launch in early 2016, aims to offer city residents cleaner energy (less dependent on non-renewable sources, mainly fossil fuels) than currently available through PG&E. Similar programs are already operating in Marin and Sonoma counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition G was launched by IBEW Local 1245, a union that represents line and clerical workers at PG&E (and many other companies). Prop. G, positioned partly as a local jobs issue, would narrow the kinds of electricity that CleanPowerSF could call green by excluding potentially \"dirty\" power procured through the use of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Renewables/FAQs/05REcertificates.htm\" target=\"_blank\">unbundled renewable energy credits\u003c/a>. The measure would also have barred power produced by rooftop solar arrays, an increasingly important source, from being classified as \"renewable greenhouse-gas free electricity.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of CleanPowerSF, including both moderates and progressives on the Board of Supervisors, attacked Prop. G as a tactic to undermine the new alternative power program. They produced Proposition H, which would allow the city to use the state's definition of renewable energy sources any time it officially uses terms like \"clean energy\" or \"green energy.\" By using the state's definition, CleanPowerSF may take advantage of unbundled renewable energy credits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the twist: Confronted with Proposition H, the backers of Proposition G reconsidered. They agreed to abandon Prop. G in exchange for a compromise: The Prop. H authors, led by Supervisor London Breed, would include provisions a) requiring the city to try to limit the use of the unbundled renewable energy credits for CleanPowerSF and b) urging the city to inform consumers of the composition of CleanPowerSF's energy portfolio in upcoming mailings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that deal in place, IBEW 1245 joined Breed, Mayor Ed Lee and most of the Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.truthinenergysf.com/recs-truth/\" target=\"_blank\">in support of Prop. H\u003c/a> and against Prop. G. That means there is no ballot argument in favor of Prop. G. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition H will go into effect if it gets more than 50 percent of the vote and gets more votes than Prop. G.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More details on G and H as they appear on the ballot:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition G: How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City define “renewable, greenhouse-gas free electricity” to mean electricity derived exclusively from certain renewable resources located within or adjacent to the California border or electricity derived from Hetch Hetchy, except for electricity from other types of resources such as rooftop solar and other large hydroelectric facilities; require CleanPowerSF to inform customers and potential customers of the planned percentage of “renewable, greenhouse-gas free electricity” to be provided; and prohibit CleanPowerSF from marketing, advertising or making any public statement that its electricity is “clean” or “green” unless the electricity is “renewable, greenhouse gas-free electricity” as defined in this measure?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468292-san-francisco-proposition-g\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with argument against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition H: How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City use the State definition of “eligible renewable energy resources” when referring to terms such as “clean energy,” “green energy,” and “renewable Greenhouse Gas-free Energy”; and shall CleanPowerSF be urged to inform customers and potential customers of the planned percentage of types of renewable energy to be supplied in each communication; and shall it be City policy for CleanPowerSF to use electricity generated within California and San Francisco when possible?\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468293-san-francisco-proposition-h\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/post/sfs-prop-g-authors-say-vote-competing-measure-prop-h\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>KALW:\u003c/strong> S.F.'s Prop. G authors say vote for competing measure, Prop. H\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/election2015/propGH\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>S.F. Public Press:\u003c/strong> Propositions G and H: Defining 'Clean' or 'Green' Energy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"i\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition I - Suspension of Market-Rate Housing in the Mission District\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City suspend the issuance of permits on certain types of housing and business development projects in the Mission District for at least 18 months; and develop a Neighborhood Stabilization Plan for the Mission District by January 31, 2017?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Proposition I seeks to impose a temporary moratorium on luxury housing construction in San Francisco’s Mission District for at least 18 months, halting the construction of market-rate housing and any project larger than five units. It would also develop a stabilization plan to preserve land that could be used for affordable housing in the area, which has been impacted by gentrification and displacement of long-time residents. Prop. I requires majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/01/san-francisco-supervisors-debate-proposed-market-rate-housing-moratorium\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's News Fix: San Francisco Supervisors Debate Proposed Market-Rate Housing Moratorium\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468294-san-francisco-proposition-i\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition J - Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City establish a Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund, which would give grants to Legacy Businesses and to building owners who lease space to those businesses for terms of at least 10 years; and expand the definition of a Legacy Business to include those that have operated in San Francisco for more than 20 years, are at risk of displacement and meet the other requirements of the Registry?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Prop. J would create the Legacy Business Historic Legacy Fund. Legacy businesses would be granted $500 per full-time employee. Building owners who lease to legacy businesses for at least 10 years could also receive an annual grant of $4.50 per square foot of leased space. Prop. J expands the definition of a legacy business to include businesses and nonprofits that have been in the city for over 20 years, have contributed to the history or identity of a neighborhood, or face risk of displacement because of rent increases or lease termination. Prop. J requires majority voter approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=2468295-san-francisco-proposition-j\" target=\"_blank\">Read the ballot guide summary with arguments for and against\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"k\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proposition K - Surplus Public Lands\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Shall the City expand the allowable uses of surplus property to include building affordable housing for a range of households from those who are homeless or those with very low income to those with incomes up to 120% of the area median income; and, for projects of more than 200 units, make some housing available for households earning up to 150% or more of the area median income?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> If approved, Prop. 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