Here are my final recommendations on local candidates and measures. These cover everything I vote on in Berkeley (including Special Districts), plus some races in Oakland, El Cerrito, and Marin/Sonoma where I've got good background knowledge.
If you're looking for my recommendations on State Propositions, click here.
Comments are welcome.
Federal & State Races
Barbara Lee for US Congress District 9
Loni Hancock for State Senate 9th District
Nancy Skinner for State Assembly 14th District
Dennis Hayashi for Superior Court Judge #9
East Bay Special Districts
H.E. Christian (Chris) Peeples for AC Transit Director, At-Large
Lynette Sweet for BART Board District 7
Tom Radulovich for BART Board District 9
Whitney Dotson for EBRPD Director, Ward 1
Doug Linney for EBMUD Director, Ward 5
YES YES YES on V V: Keep AC Transit affordable for seniors & youth
YES on WW for East Bay parks
Berkeley Candidates
Tom Bates for Mayor
Darryl Moore for City Council District 2
Terry Doran for City Council District 4
Laurie Capitelli for City Council District 5
- no endorsement for City Council District 6
Rent Board: Drake, Townley, Shelton, Tregub, and Harrison
School Board: Beatriz Leyva-Cutler and probably Priscilla Myrick
Berkeley Measures
YES on FF to Upgrade Berkeley's Branch Libraries
YES on GG for Berkeley's Fire Departments
YES on HH to Raise Berkeley's spending limit
YES on II: Administrative Change
(Tentative) NO on JJ: We need reasonable regulation on Medical Marijuana
NO NO NO on KK: Anti-Transit, Anti-Environment, Anti-Government
YES on LL: A more sensible historic landmarks process
Oakland Candidates + Measures
Rebecca Kaplan for Oakland City Council At-Large
NO on N: Poorly conceived Schools Parcel Tax
NO on OO: No ballot-box budget, even for kids
San Francisco
No on P: Don't mess up the transportation authority
El Cerrito Candidate
Ann Cheng for City Council
Sonoma/Marin
YES YES YES on Q for the SMART train
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Definite no on Oakland Measure OO - it is an increase in an unfunded set aside - bad public policy and taking away the little discretionary $$ Oakland has for libraries, parks etc.
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