How I'm voting, Berkeley Measures + Elected Officials

[Jeff Hobson]

Dear fellow voters,
Here's the first of my summary emails with links to my blog posts about how I'm voting in the November election. This one covers Berkeley's 12 (!!) ballot measures and Berkeley's elected officials. Separate emails and posts will come soon for other elected officials (from President to local districts + Alameda County) and the state propositions. 

Here's the summary, with links to individual writeups where I've written them. As usual, boldface indicates the races I feel most strongly about:

Berkeley Ballot Measures:

W: Yes to Update/Extend Berkeley’s Transfer Tax to Pay for Homelessness Services

X: Yes to Support Berkeley’s Libraries

Y: Yes to Support Berkeley Parks

Z: Yes to Extend Sugary Beverages Tax

AA: Yes to Extend Voter-Approved Spending Limits

BB+CC: NO on two flawed Ordinances to modify Berkeley’s Rent Control system

DD: No Endorsement on Prohibition of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

EE: No to Paving-Focused Measure

FF: YES for Safer + Smoother Streets for Everyone

GG: NO on Poorly Crafted Measure for a Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Tax

HH: Leaning No on Indoor Air Quality Measure

Berkeley Elected Officials:

Mayor: Adena Ishii

City Council District 2: Terry Taplin

City Council, District 3: Matthews #1, Bartlett #2

City Council, District 5: No endorsement

City Council, District 6: Andy Katz #1, Brent Blackaby #2

School Board: Corn, Vasudeo

Rent Stabilization Board: Kelley, Twu, Marosavic, Johnson

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If you have feedback, please comment on the blog -- I answer blog comments before I answer individual emails. As usual, all views in this email and on the blog are entirely my own and are not those of my workplace or any organization I'm involved in.

-- Jeff

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