Here are my current recommendations in ballot order.
For more details, read my full posts on local propositions (Berkeley, East Bay regional, and BART), on state-wide propositions and on candidates.
| what | my vote |
|---|---|
| President and Vice President | HILLARY CLINTON AND TIM KAINE |
| US Senator | KAMALA HARRIS |
| US Representative, D13 | BARBARA LEE |
| State Senator, D9 | Nancy Skinner? |
| State Assembly, D15 | Tony Thurmond |
| Superior Court Judge, Office 1 | Scott Jackson |
| Berkeley Rent Board | Christina Murphy, Alejandro Soto-Vigil, Leah Simon-Weisberg |
| Berkeley School Directors | Judy Appel, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler? |
| AC Transit Director (at-large) | Chris Peeples? |
| BART Director, D7 | Lateefah Simon |
| 51 (school construction bond) | Yes? |
| 52 (hospital funding) | No? |
| 53 (more propositions) | NO |
| 54 (legislative transparency) | Abstained |
| 55 (no tax cut for the rich) | YES |
| 56 (tobacco tax) | YES |
| 57 (more parole) | YES |
| 58 (language immersion) | YES |
| 59 (citizen’s united poll) | Yes ☹ |
| 60 (condoms in porn) | NO |
| 61 (drug pricing) | Torn, voted no |
| 62 (repeal death penalty) | YES |
| 63 (ammo control) | YES |
| 64 (legalize marijuana) | YES |
| 65 (anti-67 poison pill) | NO |
| 66 (sloppier death penalty) | NO |
| 67 (plastic bag ban) | YES |
| A1 (affordable housing bond) | Yes |
| E1 (renew school tax) | YES |
| T1 (infrastructure bond) | YES |
| U1 (city council’s rental tax) | Yes |
| DD (big landlord’s rental tax) | No |
| V1 (let us spend our budget) | YES |
| W1 (redistricting commission) | Yes? |
| X1 (election financing) | YES |
| Y1 (teens vote for school board) | YES |
| Z1 (allow more affordable housing) | YES |
| AA (owner move-ins) | YES |
| BB (redundant minimum wage) | NO |
| CC (redundant minimum wage) | NO |
| C1 (renew ACTransit funding) | YES |
| RR (BART bond) | YES |
| Berkeley Mayor | Ben Gould #1, Laurie Capitelli #2 |
| Berkeley City Council, D3 | Deborah Matthews #1, Ben Bartlett #2 |