Prop A for Affordable Homes won with 74% of the vote, surpassing the 2/3 voter threshold required for a bond measure and gathering the most votes on the entire ballot.
Prop K (Surplus Lands for Affordable Homes) won with 73.28% of the vote.
“Great team, great campaign! Thanks to Amie and NPH for field efforts! We are leading the way for other cities and counties!”
— Cynthia Parker, President and CEO of BRIDGE Housing
Through presentations, phone banks, and literature distribution, NPH reached 6,000 likely voters who are residents of affordable homes. We applaud NPH members for this collective accomplishment! Once the election is certified in early December, it will be possible to match our database and determine the impact of this pilot program. Stay tuned.
“We want to say thank you to everyone who contributed, organized, turned out, and responded!” said executive director Amie Fishman. “Leadership from NPH members, who coordinated and provided access to voter education and information activities, made the difference in helping residents exercise their voting rights. We appreciate the fantastic work of Maryann Leshin, who served as field director for NPH efforts.”
None of this would have been possible without the support of our major donors, Mithun I Solomon, Silicon Valley Bank, Merritt Community Capital Corporation and BRIDGE Housing, as well as the many individual contributions made by NPH members and supporters.
We’d like to acknowledge Gail Gilman, executive director of Community Housing Partnership and NPH Board member, for her tremendous leadership representing the affordable housing community as one of the three co-chairs of the Prop A campaign. We also want to celebrate the efforts of CCHO, our San Francisco partner, who led the Prop K campaign and mobilized its members for this election.