November 2026

Working on my full write-up, but here’s an initial cheat sheet.

what my vote
Governor Xavier Becerra
Lieutenant Governor Fiona Ma
Secretary of State Shirley Weber
Controller Malia Cohen
Treasurer Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner Ben Allen?
State Board of Equalization, D2 Sally Lieber!
US Representative, D12 LATEEFAH SIMON
State Assembly, D14 Buffy Wicks
Justices All yes?
State Superintendent of Public Instruction RICHARD BARRERA
Berkeley Rent Board Vylma Ortiz, Avery Arbaugh, Derek Rodriguez, Ida Martinac, Nathan Mizell
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Sandy Park, Jennifer Shanoski, Ka’dijah Brown
1 (housing bound) Yes
2 (rainy day fund) yes?
3 (renew existing income tax) YES
4 (allow the rest of CA to have public funding) YES
5 (fix recall process) YES
37 (new mortgage program) yes?
38 (immunology bonds) no?
39 (voter suppression) NO!!!
40 (one-time billionaire wealth tax) yes?
41 (poison pill to make taxes harder) NO
42 (another poison pill to make taxes harder) NO
43 (make local taxes very hard) NO!!!
44 (health clinic spending) no
45 (gut CEQA) no
Regional Transit Measure RTM YES YES YES!!!
Berkeley U (council-recommended bonds) Yes
Berkeley V (council-recommended tax) Yes
Berkeley W (modernize some processes) yes
Berkeley X (rent control changes) needs more research
Berkeley Y (performing arts tax) Yes
Berkeley Z (public bank) needs more research
Berkeley AA (more soda tax) yes
Berkeley Auditor Jenny Wong