Making Sense of Bay Area Ballots

Residents of the tech industry’s Bay Area hub will face a dizzying array of ballot measures next month—everything from legalizing marijuana to abolishing the death penalty. But it’s the measures on how to fix crumbling public transportation and runaway housing costs that are likely of most concern to tech.

To help sort through the mix, The Information talked to local business and policy leaders about the issues. Some measures serve as referenda on how much voters want to accept the economic growth of the tech industry—and the consequences that come with it for cities wanting to stay the same. Outcomes that veer anti-tech could chip away at the industry’s entrenchment in the Bay Area.