Here are my current recommendations in ballot order.
For more details, read my full posts on propositions and on candidates.
| what | my vote |
|---|---|
| Governor | Gavin Newsom ☹ |
| Lieutenant Governor | Ed Hernandez |
| Secretary of State | Alex Padilla |
| Controller | Betty Yee |
| Treasurer | Fiona Ma |
| Attorney General | Xavier Becerra |
| Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara |
| State Board of Equalization, D2 | Malia Cohen |
| US Senator | KEVIN DE LEON |
| US Representative, D13 | BARBARA LEE |
| State Assembly, D15 | Jovanka Beckles? |
| Judges | No on Carol Corrigan, yes on everyone else? |
| State Superintendent of Public Instruction | TONY THURMOND |
| County Assessor | Phong La |
| 1 (housing bonds) | Yes |
| 2 (allow mental health funds to be used for housing) | Yes |
| 3 (non-legislative water bond) | No? |
| 4 (children’s hospital bond) | Yes? |
| 5 (lower property taxes for old rich people) | NO! |
| 6 (repeal car-related taxes, stop legislature from ever passing more) | NO! |
| 7 (let legislature decide about daylight savings) | Yes |
| 8 (cap dialysis center profits) | Yes |
| 9 (literally destroy California) | not on the ballot! |
| 10 (local power over rent control) | Yes |
| 11 (let ambulance companies off the hook for past labor abuses) | No |
| 12 (high standards for animal confinement) | Yes |
| Berkeley Rent Board | María Poblet, James Chang, Paola Laverde, John Selawsky, and Soli Alpert |
| Berkeley School Board | Ty Alper, Julie Sinai, Ka’dijah Brown |
| AC Transit Director (at-large) | Dollene Jones |
| Peralta E (renew a community college parcel tax) | YES |
| Peralta G (community college bonds) | Yes |
| Berkeley O (affordable housing bonds) | YES |
| Berkeley P (raise transfer tax to help homeless) | YES |
| Berkeley Q (ensure Berkeley isn’t broken if 10 passes) | YES! |
| Berkeley R (non-binding resolution about the future) | Yes? |
| East Bay Regional Park District FF (renew parcel tax) | YES |
| Berkeley Auditor | JENNY WONG |