So, I'm from New York originally, and we don't do the direct democracy. But now, according to my voter registration, I'm officially Californian, and San Franciscan at that. I'm too ADHD to read the proposition booklet that arrived in the meal. Here's my simplistic thinking. Please review if you're inclined and give me your feedback:

-I'm voting yes on K (provided my whore friends can clarify the trafficking clause, which is too vague)
-I'm voting no on 8, 'cause 'mos should marry whomever they choose
-I'm voting yes on the historical preservation thingie, because I like old buildings
-I'm voting no on the GWB sewage treatment plant, because it makes San Franciscans look really stupid and if it passes every turd processing plant in Texas will be named after Barack Obama
-I'm voting no on everything else because they all involve the state spending more money and until California can solve its budget problems I don't think we're in a position to talk about allocating more funds.

Yea? Nay?

Being a Cal native I can't disagree with any of the above and those will be my votes as well, mostly for the same reasons you mentioned. If the "yes on 8" people really wanted my yes vote, they should extend the proposition to outlaw marriage altogether. Either everyone have an equal right to be miserable or else no one.

To my friends that don't bother to read up on the issues but go and vote anyway, I tell to vote NO when they can't understand it because its a vote for no-change / status quo. Silly, I know, but better than voting Yes on something they don't understand. TV ads and billboards for both the Yes and No sides always talk in purely misleading 'positives', intended to confuse and stun the masses that won't bother to do their own research before voting.

Oh, for Prop K, on the surface it sounds fine to decriminalize prostitution, but I can see the other side of the argument that people don't want home prices driven down by any increase in streetwalkers. If Prop K could somehow put cheap laptops in the hands of whores so they could hop on to city wide Wifi and post a craigslist ad rather than hang around in dark doorways, that might make some people happier.

I'd take that early ballot to Cha Cha Cha on Haight & Shrader, find a small table with a window facing south onto Haight, let the enormously hot French/Veitnamese bartendress serve you a pitcher of sangria and cajun shrimp.

Or take it to Alioto's on Pier 45, get a seat by the window on a Monday night, order the cioppino, and bring the appropriate voting instrument. MMM-mmm.

when teh gheys are finally allowed to marry from coast to coast, as they should be able to, they're going to soon realize how good they had it prior and rue their success on the issue

@Willie - you made that sound downright romantic. *taking notes* I'm actually going to be there in a few weeks on biz!