Here are the League's endorsements for November. Our full voter guide that explains why we're voting this way will be posted on theballot.org soon.
State Candidates:
Governor: Jerry Brown
Lt Governor: No endorsement (Gavin came up one vote short of getting our endorsement!)
US Senator: Barbara Boxer
Sec of State: Debra Bowen
Controller: John Chiang
Treasurer Bill Lockyer
Attorney General: Kamala Harris
Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Larry Aceves
State Board of Equalization: Betty Yee
State Assembly District 12: No endorsement
State Assembly District 13: Tom Ammiano
State Senate District 18: No endorsement
Supreme Court Justices: Cantil-Sakauye, No; Chin, No; Moreno, Yes
State Props:
19: Yes - Legalize!
20: No - Expands undemocratic redistricting commission to cover congress
21: Yes - $18 vehicle fee to pay for state parks
22: No - Complicated & suspicious way to prevent state borrowing from local agencies
23: Hell No - Cold-cocks CA’s landmark anti-global-warming bill
24: Hell Yes - Repeal corporate tax breaks
25: Hell Yes - Restore majority rule for the state budget!
26: Hell No - Cripple CA’s ability to pay for services via fees
27: Yes - Eliminate that sketchy redistricting commission (see 20)
Local Props:
AA: Yes - $10 vehicle fee for roads, transit, and pedestrians
A: Yes - $46m bond to seismically retrofit affordable housing
B: No - Increase city employees pension contributions & take away health care
C: Yes - Question Time with the Mayor . . . Round 3
D: Hell Yes - Allow non-citizen public school parents to vote for school board
E: Hell Yes - Election Day voter registration for SF-only elections!
F: No - Suspicious consolidation of random Health Services Board Elections
G: No - Standardize Muni drivers’ pay formula, but add anti-worker language
H: No - Bar some SF elected officials from political party committees
I: Yes - Donation-funded Saturday voting pilot program for 2011
J: Hell Yes - Raise the hotel tax to save City services
K: Hell No - Poison pill against raising the hotel tax
L: No - Make it illegal to sit on the sidewalk anywhere in SF
M: Yes - Require police foot patrols & block Prop L
N: Hell Yes - Raise the tax on properties sold for more than $5 million
Local Candidates:
Board of Supervisors
District 2: Janet Reilly
District 4: No endorsement
District 6: 1- Jane Kim; 2- Glendon “Anna Conda” Hyde; 3- Debra Walker
District 8: Rafael Mandelman
District 10: 1- Chris Jackson; 2- Tony Kelly; 3- Ed Donaldson
BART Board: Bert Hill
Assessor: Phil Ting
Board of Education: Hydra Mendoza, Bill Barnes, Kim-Shree Maufus
Community College Board: John Rizzo
Public Defender: Jeff Adachi
Judge: Michael Nava
