Clean Up
City Hall
End the excuses.
Make government work.
Vote YES to match authority with responsibility—so San Francisco can finally deliver.
The problem
Who's responsible
when things fail?
No one—and that's by design.
San Francisco's charter scatters power across commissions and veto points until finger-pointing replaces delivery. Housing stalls. Homelessness stays fragmented. Permitting crawls. Bureaucracy wins.
Housing
Diffused authority slows every project that should move.
Homelessness
No single point of accountability across agencies that must act together.
Services
A quiet tax on progress—process before people, every time.
Proven elsewhere
San Francisco is an outlier in dysfunction
Share of departments locked into the city charter—where change requires a ballot fight instead of competent management.
Boston
10%
Los Angeles
17%
San Diego
19%
Seattle
20%
San Francisco
88%
NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, and D.C. give mayors the tools to lead. San Francisco asks voters to hold a mayor accountable—then ties their hands.
The fix
Accountability
+ results
This charter amendment gives the Mayor modern tools to lead—while keeping real oversight strong. Not ideology. Delivery.
Clear executive authority
The Mayor appoints and removes most department heads—so voters know exactly who owns results on planning, public works, homelessness, and more.
Deputy mayors who coordinate
Restore a COO-like structure. End the artificial ban that blocks the Mayor from putting real supervisors over policy areas that must move together.
Agility without chaos
Expand reorganization power to cut silos and consolidate for efficiency—while preserving core duties and leaving independent watchdogs untouched.
Real oversight stays
This isn't about eliminating checks— it's about eliminating excuses.
Independent watchdogs remain protected. Ethics. Elections. Core police accountability. The measure is surgical: clearer executive responsibility where delivery matters—not a blank check.
Ethics Commission
Elections Commission
Police Commission
Dept. of Police Accountability
Civil Service Commission
Sheriff's Oversight
Status quo
Diffused blame.
Slow results.
Process first.
Special interests hide behind commissions. No one owns the outcome. Crises wait while City Hall argues about who's in charge.
With this reform
Clear ownership.
Faster delivery.
Voters first.
You already fire mayors who fail. This measure gives them a chance to succeed—or fail—visibly. That's democracy with teeth.
Giving the Mayor tools to succeed isn't a power grab. It's basic management.
Built on expert consensus · SPUR Charter for Change · Charter Reform Working Group · Mayor Daniel Lurie · Board President Rafael Mandelman
November 3, 2026
Vote Yes
End the excuses. Make City Hall work. Strengthen executive accountability—and demand results San Francisco can see.
Clean Up City Hall · Charter Amendment · Accountability + Results