I hadn’t planned to write a post with my endorsements, partly because I feel like others have that covered, and partly because a full endorsement post would take forever to write. But I realized I was going to email some of my friends with my endorsements so I figured I’d post them here too.
(Note that I’m skipping a bunch of races, either because they’re not really contested – I don’t see how Barbara Lee or Sandre Swanson could benefit from my endorsement – or because I don’t feel strongly about the race.)
California Propositions:
I agree with Calitics on the propositions so I’m just posting their endorsements here (emphasis added to the propositions I’m especially concerned about). Visit their site for a full explanation of these endorsements.
| Proposition | The Calitics Position | Calitics Tag |
| Prop 1A (High Speed Rail) | YES, YES, YES! | Prop 1A |
| Prop 2(Farm Animal Conditions) | Yes | Prop 2 |
| Prop 3 (Children’s Hospital Bonds) | Yes | Prop 3 |
| Prop 4 (Parental Notification Again) | No, NO, and NO AGAIN | Prop 4 |
| Prop 5 (Drug Rehab Programs) | Yes | Prop 5 |
| Prop 6 (Runner Anti-Gang) | NO | Prop 6 |
| Prop 7 (Renewable Power Standard) | No | Prop 7 |
| Prop 8 (Anti-Marriage) | NO! | Prop 8 |
| Prop 9 (Runner Victim’s Rights) | No | Prop 9 |
| Prop 10 (Pickens Natural Gas) | No | Prop 10 |
| Prop 11 (Redistricting) | No | Prop 11 |
| 12 (Veterans Bonds) | Yes | Prop 12 |
Oakland City Council At-Large: Rebecca Kaplan!!!
I’ve committed many hours of my time to getting Rebecca Kaplan elected so I hope you’ll join me in voting enthusiastically for her. If you need a reminder of why to vote for Rebecca, check out my initial endorsement from the June primary or my more recent explanation of why I’m voting FOR Rebecca, and not against Kerry Hamill.
Measures N, NN & OO: No!
I’m voting no on all the Oakland measures. While they might sound like they’re good ideas – increasing teacher pay, getting more police, and giving money to youth programs – they’re not!
Others have already done a great job explaining why you should vote these measures down, so go check these out:
- No on N: The Oakland Tribune had a good editorial on why Measure N is not the right choice.
- No on NN:dto510 sums up why you should vote no on NN.
- No on OO: You really MUST read V Smoothe’s blog post on this, where she explains why Measure OO is fiscally irresponsible and altogether bad news for Oakland.
Measures VV & WW: Yes!
If you appreciate buses and parks, vote yes on Measure VV & Measure WW. If you missed it, check out my full endorsement post on VV. Then, head over to A Better Oakland to read V Smoothe’s endorsement of WW, including a very detailed list of how Oakland would benefit from its passage.
AC Transit Director: Chris Peeples
Chris has been on the AC Transit Board for years and has done a great job. He thoroughly impressed me at the East Bay Young Democrats endorsement meeting. His opponent, Joyce Roy, has staked her campaign on complaining about Van Hool buses (which I love) and fighting BRT (which I cannot wait for). This choice is easy. Check out Chris Peeples’ and Joyce Roy’s answers to the East Bay Young Dems questionnaire for more reasons to vote for Chris.
Berkeley Measure KK: NO!!!!
Yeah, I know, this blog’s about Oakland, not Berkeley, but I couldn’t resist. KK’s anti-environment and anti-transit. That’s why the entire city council, the mayor, the Sierra Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Democratic Party are opposing it. If you need more reasons to vote no, check out the No on KK website or read the short opinion piece I wrote for the Daily Cal about KK.
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