Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Recommendations for SF, Oakland, etc.

Statewide, see my friend Dan Kalb's recommendations.
San Francisco: check out SPUR's analysis of SF propositions.

June 2010 voting summary

Here's how I'm voting today (on the Democratic Party ballot in 14th AD):

Partisan Offices:
  • Governor: Jerry Brown
  • Lt. Gov: Gavin Newsom (mostly out of Northern CA bias)
  • Secretary of State: Debra Bowen
  • Controller: John Chiang
  • Treasurer: Bill Lockyer
  • Attorney General: Kamala Harris
  • Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones
  • Member, State Board of Equalization, 1st District: Betty Yee
  • US Senator, CA: Barbara Boxer
  • US Representative, 9th District: Barbara Lee
  • CA State Assembly, 14th District: Nancy Skinner
  • County Central Committee, 14th Assembly District (vote for 6 of 7): first 5 were Marge Atkinson, Edie Irons, Beverly Greene, Andrew Kelley, & Elizabeth Echols. My 6th vote went to Maggie Gee.
Non-Partisan Offices:
  • Superior Court Judge, Office #9: Victoria Kolakowski
  • State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tom Torlakson
  • County Superintendent of Schools: Sheila Jordan
  • Member, Board of Education, 1st Trustee area: Joaquin Rivera
  • Since there's no competition on the 5 county non-partisan offices, I didn't pay any attention to them. I'll probably vote for them.
State Propositions: See my lengthier writeup on these. My votes are:
  • 13: Yes
  • 14: No
  • 15: Yes
  • 16: NO NO NO
  • 17: NO
Berkeley Propositions:
  • C: Yes to repair and refurbish our pools