STOP UNFAIR HEALTH CARE CUTS “JOIN ME IN SAYING NO TO UNFAIR CUTS TO HEALTH CARE, IT’S THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR .”

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Author of San Francisco’s Universal PROPOSITION B: Healthcare Ordinance n Increases family health care costs for low- wage workers and their children

n Penalizes teachers, police and firefighters but “Taking away healthcare doesn’t even touch the politician who wrote it from children and families already n Ignores that city employees have taken struggling to make ends meet is the bad voluntary pay cuts of over $250 million already to help balance the budget medicine to address our budget crisis. Proposition B hurts our efforts to provide n Doesn’t distinguish between low-wage and high-paid city workers, and even cuts health care benefits for widows and children of police officers or firefighters who are killed in universal healthcare to every the line of duty. San Franciscan.” n Is opposed by San Francisco’s Democratic leaders including Mayor , State - Assemblyman Tom Ammiano Senator , District Attorney Kamala Harris and Board President .

Mayor State Senator District Attorney Board President Supervisor Gavin Newsom Mark Leno Kamala Harris David Chiu Sophie Maxwell “Please Vote NO on Proposition B.” ✁ CLIP AND RETURN YES! I will support the San Francisco Labor Council’s campaigns to protect health, working families and vital city services. I will:

r Tell ten friends and family about these measures r Get ten unregistered supporters to register to vote r Sign up to hand out flyers at endorsement meetings and community events r Sign up to phone bank Name Email Address Phone (day) (evening) Address IT TAKES THREE VOTES

MUNI SCHOOLS HEALTH CARE TO SAVE VITAL SERVICES PROP J PROP N PROP K

HOTEL FAIRNESS REAL ESTATE THE INITAITIVE TRANSFER TAX POISON PILL YES YES NO Raises up to $30 million for Raises up to $25 million per year Watch out for the big Hotel vital services without costing for vital services when the largest downtown Owners’ Poison Pill! San Francisco residents a penny. office buildings are sold.

✓ A wolf in sheep’s clothing. The ✓ Stops internet hotel companies from ✓ Increases real estate transfer tax on poison pill looks innocent, but in evading taxes. This measure ensures internet hotel booking buildings sold for over $5 million. This fact will kill the Hotel Fairness sites pay the full amount of hotel surcharge they owe – bring- measure will increase the tax rate by 0.5% for buildings Initiative if it receives more votes ing millions of dollars each year into the city. between $5 million and $10 million. It will increase the rate by – even if the Hotel Tax passes! 1% on buildings sold for over $10 million. ✓ Ensures airlines pay their fair share. This measure ends a practice by which airlines are attempting to not pay ✓ Does not raise taxes for homeowners and small ✓ Will block revenue for vital hotel room taxes they legally owe. property owners. The real estate services. If it kills the Hotel Fairness transfer tax increase will not apply to any Initiative, the poison pill will kill up to ✓ Imposes temporary 2% visitor surcharge on hotel property that is sold for less than $5 million. $30 million annually for health care, rooms. The measure imposes a three-year visitor surcharge children, youth and other vital city services. of 2%, costing the average visitor $3 per night, to pay for ✓ Applies only at time of sale. The real services tourists use during their stay. estate transfer tax only applies when a large downtown office building is bought and sold. ✁ CLIP AND RETURN STAND UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO. JOIN THE CAMPAIGN.

San Francisco Labor Council AFL-CIO Fill out the volunteer card on the back, 1188 Franklin Street put it in an envelope, and mail to: San Francisco, CA 94109-6852