Proposition 6 will lower the voter threshold required to pass local affordable housing and transportation bond measures.
Proposition 5 aims to make it easier to pass local bond measures for affordable housing, transportation, parks and other infrastructure. Currently, most local bond proposals require a two-thirds vote of the public to be approved. If voters pass Proposition 5, this threshold will be lowered to 55% for bonds supporting low-income housing, road and transit expansions, parks, wildfire resilience and other public infrastructure projects.
Proposition 5's approval would mean that the Bay Area measure would need the support of only 55% of voters to pass rather than two-thirds. Backers of Proposition 5 include labor, affordable housing and local government interests among others. Principal supporters are labor groups representing firefighters and construction workers. These organizations contend that it should be easier for voters to approve government financing for needed housing and other public projects.
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