Each election I prepare a slate card for my friends so we can debate how to vote here in San Francisco (and beyond). Here\u2019s what I have so far\u2026 I\u2019d love your input (I\u2019ll post comments people submit to me below)\u2013<\/p>\n
Elected Offices<\/em><\/p>\n California Governor: Gavin Newsom (despite Newsom’s stance in favor of charter schools and against helping the homeless)<\/p>\n California Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis<\/p>\n California Secretary of State: Alex Padilla<\/p>\n California Controller: Betty Yee<\/p>\n California Treasurer: Fiona Ma (supports public bank) California Attorney General: Xavier Becerra<\/p>\n California Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara<\/p>\n California Board of Equalization, District 2: Malia Cohen<\/p>\n United States Senate: Kevin De Leon<\/p>\n United States Representative, District 12: Nancy Pelosi<\/p>\n California State Assembly, District 17: No one (I feel like David Chiu’s political tactics border on the unethical)<\/p>\n California State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting<\/p>\n For all of the Justices, there is no choice, so vote yes or no as you wish. However, a friend points out that: “When gay marriage was legalized in California in 2008, it was by a 4-3 vote of the California Supreme Court.One of the three justices who voted against it, Carol A. Corrigan, is on the CA ballot Nov. 7. Please vote NO on Justice Corrigan, and spread the word.”<\/p>\n Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond<\/p>\n Community College Board: Thea Selby, Brigitte Davila, John Rizzo (vote for up to 3)<\/p>\n San Francisco Supervisor District 2: Catherine Stefani<\/p>\n San Francisco Supervisor District 4: Gordon Mar<\/p>\n San Francisco Supervisor District 6: Matt Haney<\/p>\n San Francisco Supervisor District 8: *not* Rafael Mandelman due to long record of poor decision making on the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees<\/p>\n San Francisco Supervisor District 10: Tony Kelly<\/p>\n Board of Education: Alison Collins, Faauuga Molina, Gabriela Lopez (or Li Miao Lovett) (vote for up to 3)<\/p>\n California Propositions<\/em><\/p>\n 1: Yes<\/p>\n 2: Yes<\/p>\n 3: Yes<\/p>\n 4: Yes<\/p>\n 5: No<\/p>\n 6: No [Friend Alice Chan mentions: “For what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m voting yes on Prop 6 because I vote against sales taxes on principle, since they are regressive taxes that disproportionately impact those of lower income. California\u2019s budget is loaded with pork, because of obligations to the big money interests that control prisons, etc. We need legislators that will off-load the pork so that regular income tax revenues can be spent on things that really matter, like road repairs, instead of those things being funded by sales taxes.”]<\/p>\n 7: Undecided<\/p>\n 8: Yes<\/p>\n 9: Removed by CA Supreme Court – you won’t be able to vote on splitting the state into 3 parts<\/p>\n 10: YES (the most important item on the ballot)<\/p>\n 11: No<\/p>\n 12: Yes (better to ban factory farms altogether, but a good first step)<\/p>\n San Francisco Propositions<\/em><\/p>\n A: Yes<\/p>\n B: Yes<\/p>\n C: YES<\/p>\n D: Yes<\/p>\n E: Yes<\/p>\n More Elected Offices<\/em><\/p>\n Assessor-Recorder: Paul Bellar<\/p>\n Public Defender: Jeff Adachi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each election I prepare a slate card for my friends so we can debate how to vote here in San Francisco (and beyond). Here\u2019s what I have so far\u2026 I\u2019d love your input (I\u2019ll post comments people submit to me … Continue reading
\n[Friend’s comment: “Fiona Ma is not a good choice for Treasurer. She has been an ineffective SF Supervisor and State Legislator, and is without a backbone or independent thought. I agree with the Bay Guardian that she will do what she is told by the rich and powerful. I approached her about the plight of women prisoners at Valley State Prison for Women some years ago and she couldn\u2019t have been less interested, and offered that she join a delegation of women legislators to investigate which she declined. I don\u2019t think there is an excellent candidate for that position. She may say she is for a public bank, but I don\u2019t think she could actually ever do anything about that\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026all the best, Corey”]<\/p>\n