Hobson's recommendations for Local races in November 2008 election
Jeff Hobson
These cover everything I vote on in Berkeley (including Special
Districts), plus some races in Oakland, San Francisco, El Cerrito, and
Marin/Sonoma where I've got good background knowledge.
You can see a nicely formatted version of this recommendation, with
links to individual writeups on almost all the recommendations below,
at http://caelections.blogspot.com/2008/10/nov-2008-summary-of-local.html
If you're looking for my recommendations on State Propositions, check
out the latest summary at
http://caelections.blogspot.com/2008/10/state-props-2008-nov.html
*** East Bay districts of Federal & State Races ***
Barbara Lee for US Congress District 9
Loni Hancock for State Senate 9th District
Nancy Skinner for State Assembly 14th District
Dennis Hayashi for Superior Court Judge #9
*** East Bay Special Districts ***
H.E. Christian (Chris) Peeples for AC Transit Director, At-Large -
Lynette Sweet for BART Board District 7
Tom Radulovich for BART Board District 9
Whitney Dotson for EBRPD Director, Ward 1
Doug Linney for EBMUD Director, Ward 5
YES YES YES on V V: Keep AC Transit affordable for seniors & youth
YES on WW for East Bay parks
*** Berkeley Candidates ***
Tom Bates for Mayor
Darryl Moore for City Council District 2
Terry Doran for City Council District 4
Laurie Capitelli for City Council District 5
Rent Board: Drake, Townley, Shelton, Tregub, and Harrison
School Board: Beatriz Leyva-Cutler and probably Priscilla Myrick
*** Berkeley Measures ***
YES on FF to Upgrade Berkeley's Branch Libraries
YES on GG for Berkeley's Fire Departments
YES on HH to Raise Berkeley's spending limit
YES on II: Administrative Change
(Tentative) NO on JJ: We need reasonable regulation on Medical Marijuana
NO NO NO on KK: Anti-Transit, Anti-Environment, Anti-Government
YES on LL: A more sensible historic landmarks process
*** Oakland Candidates + Measures ***
Rebecca Kaplan for Oakland City Council At-Large
NO on N: Poorly conceived Schools Parcel Tax
NO on OO: No ballot-box budget, even for kids
*** San Francisco ***
NO on P: Don't mess up the transportation authority
- see BART Board endorsements above too!
*** El Cerrito Candidate ***
Ann Cheng for City Council
*** Sonoma/Marin ***
YES YES YES on Q for the SMART train
As usual, I encourage you to give me feedback by posting comments on
the blog, available at http://caelections.blogspot.com
Thanks for your interest, and don't forget to vote!
-- Jeff Hobson
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