November 2024 Summary

I finally finished all my election recommendation writeups. Here are links to the posts where I list how I'm voting in the November 2024 election (from least to most local):

State Propositions

Federal-State-Alameda County-District Elected Officials

Berkeley Measures

Berkeley Elected Officials

If you want the whole thing as a single document, here's a PDF -- all 25 pages of it. 

For the TLDR recommendations-only list, print pages 1-2, or read on...

State Propositions

2: YES for Bonds for Public Schools + Community Colleges

3: YES to Preserve Marriage Equality

4:YES for Natural Resources and Climate Change Bonds

5: YES YES YES to Allow Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Voter Approval

6: YES to Prohibit Involuntary Servitude

32: YES to Raise Minimum Wage to $18 by 2026

33: YES to Expand Cities’ Control of Rent Increases for Vacant Units

34: NO to Protect Non-Profit’s Abilities to Engage in Politics

35: NO NO NO to Too-Complicated Ballot-Box Budgeting that will Worsen CA’s Deficit

36: NO NO NO, don’t Reinstate Three Strikes and the War on Drugs

   

 Federal & State Elected Officials:

President/Vice-President: Kamala Harris & Tim Walz

US Senator (both races): Adam Schiff

US Congress, 12th District: Lateefah Simon

CA Senate, 7th District: Jesse Arreguin

CA Assembly, 14th District: Buffy Wicks

Alameda County Elected Officials:

Supervisor, 5th District: John Bauters

NO NO NO on the Recall of Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney

Special Districts:

*BART District 3: Barnali Ghosh

BART District 7: Victor Flores

*AC Transit, Ward 1: Christian Peeples

*AC Transit, Ward 2: Jean Walsh 

*Note: uncontested races, so they won't show up on your ballot, but you should know who's representing you!

Berkeley Measures

W: Yes to Update/Extend Berkeley’s Transfer Tax to Pay for Homelessness Services

X: Yes to Support Berkeley’s Libraries 

Y: Yes to Support Berkeley Parks

Z: Yes to Extend Sugary Beverages Tax

AA: Yes to Extend Voter-Approved Spending Limits

BB+CC: NO on two flawed Ordinances to modify Berkeley’s Rent Control system

DD: No Endorsement on Prohibition of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

EE: No to Paving-Focused Measure

FF: YES for Safer + Smoother Streets for Everyone

GG: NO on Poorly Crafted Measure for a Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Tax

HH: NO on Extremely Poorly Designed Indoor Air Quality Measure

Berkeley Elected Officials

Mayor: Adena Ishii

City Council District 2: Terry Taplin

City Council, District 3: Matthews #1, Bartlett #2

City Council, District 5: No endorsement

City Council, District 6: Andy Katz #1, Brent Blackaby #2

School Board: Corn, Vasudeo

Rent Stabilization Board: Kelley, Twu