How I'm voting, November 2024 Summary

[Jeff Hobson]

Dear fellow voters,

We're in the home stretch. Last week I finished all my election recommendation writeups. I've filled out my ballot and am returning it today. And now here's one last post with my November 2024 Summary. 

If you want it all in one document, see this PDF -- 24 freaking pages! For the TLDR list of recommendations only, print the first 2 pages of the PDF or the bottom of this email :-)

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And of course, all views in this email and on the blog are my own and are not those of my workplace or any organization I'm involved in.

Best,

Jeff

Here's the TLDR list, from least to most local: 

State Propositions

2: YES for Bonds for Public Schools + Community Colleges

3: YES to Preserve Marriage Equality

4:YES for Natural Resources and Climate Change Bonds

5: YES YES YES to Allow Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Voter Approval

6: YES to Prohibit Involuntary Servitude

32: YES to Raise Minimum Wage to $18 by 2026

33: YES to Expand Cities’ Control of Rent Increases for Vacant Units

34: NO to Protect Non-Profit’s Abilities to Engage in Politics

35: NO NO NO to Too-Complicated Ballot-Box Budgeting that will Worsen CA’s Deficit

36: NO NO NO, don’t Reinstate Three Strikes and the War on Drugs

   

 Federal & State Elected Officials:

President/Vice-President: Kamala Harris & Tim Walz

US Senator (both races): Adam Schiff

US Congress, 12th District: Lateefah Simon

CA Senate, 7th District: Jesse Arreguin

CA Assembly, 14th District: Buffy Wicks

Alameda County Elected Officials:

Supervisor, 5th District: John Bauters

NO NO NO on the Recall of Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney

Special Districts:

*BART District 3: Barnali Ghosh

BART District 7: Victor Flores

*AC Transit, Ward 1: Christian Peeples

*AC Transit, Ward 2: Jean Walsh 

*Note: uncontested races, so they won't show up on your ballot, but you should know who's representing you!

Berkeley 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: NO on Extremely Poorly Designed 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

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