Here are my current recommendations.
For more details, read my full posts on propositions and on candidates.
| what | my vote |
|---|---|
| President and Vice President | KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ |
| Senator (full term) | Adam Schiff |
| Senator (partial term) | Adam Schiff |
| US Representative, D13 | LATEEFAH SIMON |
| State Senate, D7 | JOVANKA BECKLES |
| State Assembly, D15 | Buffy Wicks |
| Supervisor, D5 | Nikki Fortunato Bas? |
| District Attorney Recall | NO |
| Berkeley Rent Board | Alfred Twu, Dominique Walker, Xavier Johnson, Avery Arbaugh |
| Berkeley School Directors | Ana Vasudeo and Jen Corn |
| BART Director, D7 | Victor Flores |
| 2 (school facilities bond) | Yes |
| 3 (repeal prop 8! protect marriage from SCOTUS!) | YES!!! |
| 4 (water and wildfire bond) | Yes |
| 5 (make local housing/infra bonds require smaller supermajority) | YES |
| 6 (stop prison slavery) | Yes |
| 32 (increase minimum wage) | Yes |
| 33 (repeal costa-hawkins to allow more rent control) | Yes |
| 34 (prevent one particular nonprofit from funding ballot measures) | No |
| 35 (make existing health care tax permanent) | Yes? |
| 36 (more incarceration for smaller crimes) | NO!!! |
| Berkeley W (maintain and increase high-end real estate transfer tax) | Yes |
| Berkeley X (library tax) | YES |
| Berkeley Y (parks and trees tax) | Yes |
| Berkeley Z (continue soda tax) | YES |
| Berkeley AA (let us spend our budget) | YES |
| Berkeley BB (strengthen rent control) | Yes |
| Berkeley CC (weaken rent control) | No |
| Berkeley DD (symbolic factory farm ban) | No |
| Berkeley EE (poison pill anti-street-safety trick) | NO!!! |
| Berkeley FF (pave streets and make them safer) | YES!!! |
| Berkeley GG (natural gas tax) | No |
| Berkeley HH (municipal building indoor air quality standards) | No? |
| Berkeley Mayor | Adena Ishii #1, Kate Harrison (distant) #2 |
| Berkeley City Council, D3 | Ben Bartlett, I guess |
Bonus would-be endorsement: Congratulations to Jean Walsh, running unopposed for re-election as AC Transit Ward 2 director (not on the ballot).