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 |