A mayoral candidate scorecard
How the candidates lined up on 10 key votes

Newsom Ammiano Alioto Leal Gonzalez Hall Peskin

1. Put district elections on ballot (July 1996) NA Y Y N NA NA NA

2. Support Mayor Brown's veto of campaign-consultant disclosure (Oct. 1996) NA N N Y NA NA NA

3. Pass cost of bonds to tenants (May 1998) Y N NA Y NA NA NA

4. Urge state legislature to limit Ellis Act evictions (April 2001) N Y NA Y Y N Y

5. Stop capital improvement pass-throughs (Feb. 2001) N Y NA NA Y N Y

6. Put MUD on Nov. 2001 ballot (Feb. 2001) N Y NA NA Y N Y

7. Put Prop. D (energy plan) on Nov. 2002 ballot (July 2002) N Y NA NA Y N Y

8. Give supes appointments to land-use bodies (Nov. 2001) N Y NA NA Y Y Y

9. Moratorium on live-work development (April 2002) R Y NA NA Y N Y

10. Give city authority to take over PG&E (July 2002) Y N NA NA Y Y N

Bay Guardian positions: 1. Y; 2. N; 3. N; 4. Y; 5. Y; 6. Y; 7. Y; 8. Y; 9. Y; 10. Y

Total percent agreement with Bay Guardian: Newsom 12.5; Ammiano 90; Alioto 100; Leal 0; Gonzalez 100; Hall 14.2; Peskin 85.7

This chart shows how the announced and potential mayoral candidates who have served on the Board of Supervisors voted on 10 key issues. (Not all candidates were on the board for all votes.) The upshot: Newsom has a terrible record.