Editorials |

Our endorsements for 163 races and ballot measures

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Here are our recommendations for Tuesday’s election. Click on the links to read the full editorials. 

Statewide

U.S. Senate – Dianne Feinstein

Governor – Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor – Eleni Kounalakis

Treasurer – Fiona Ma

Controller – Betty Yee

Attorney general – Xavier Becerra

Insurance commissioner – Steve Poizner

Secretary of State – Alex Padilla

Superintendent of public instruction – Marshall Tuck

Board of Equalization, District 2 – Malia Cohen

U.S. House

District 15 – Eric Swalwell

District 17 – Ro Khanna

State Assembly

District 15 – Buffy Wicks

District 16 – Catharine Baker

Regional

AC Transit, at-large – No recommendation

AC Transit, Ward 4 – No recommendation

AC Transit, Ward 5 – Diane Shaw

BART, Dist. 2 – Joel Keller

BART, Dist. 4 – Paul Cummings

BART, Dist. 6 – Anu Natarajan

Alameda County

County Assessor – Phong La

Alameda mayor – Marilyn Ashcraft

Alameda City Council – Tony Daysog, Robert Matz

Albany City Council – Preston Jordan, Rochelle Nason

Berkeley City Council, Dist. 1 – Rashi Kesarwani

Berkeley City Council, Dist. 4 – Ben Gould

Berkeley City Council, Dist. 7 – Rigel Robinson

Berkeley City Council, Dist. 8 – Lori Droste

Dublin Mayor – David Haubert

Dublin City Council – Jean Josey, Shawn Kumagai

Emeryville City Council – Dianne Martinez, Scott Donahue

Fremont City Council, Dist. 1 – Teresa Keng

Fremont City Council, Dist. 2 – Rick Jones

Fremont City Council, Dist. 3 – David Bonaccorsi

Fremont City Council, Dist. 4 – Yang Shao

Hayward Mayor – Barbara Halliday

Hayward City Council – Sara Lamnin, Marvin Peixoto

Livermore Mayor – John Marchand

Livermore City Council –  Bob Woerner, Trish Munro

Oakland Mayor – Libby Schaaf

Oakland City Council, Dist. 2 – Abel Guillén

Oakland City Council, Dist. 4 – Pamela Harris

Oakland City Council, Dist. 6 – Loren Taylor

Oakland city auditor – Courtney Ruby

Oakland school district, Dist. 4 – Gary Yee

Peralta Community College, Area 3 – Corean Todd

Peralta Community College, Area 5 – Cindi Reiss

Piedmont City Council – Tim Rood,Teddy Gray King, Betsy Smegal Andersen

Pleasanton City Council – Kathy Narum, Joe Streng

San Leandro Mayor – Benny Lee

San Leandro City Council, Dist. 1 – Kenneth Pon

San Leandro City Council, Dist. 3 – Lee Thomas

San Leandro City Council, Dist. 5 – Corina Lopez

Union City City Council – Lorrin Ellis, Vipan Bajwa, Emily Duncan

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa Board of Education, Area 2 – Sarah Butler

Contra Costa Board of Education, Area 4 – Mike Maxwell

Contra Costa Board of Education, Area 5 – Annette Lewis

Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 3 – No recommendation

Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 4 – Andy Li

Contra Costa Superintendent of Schools – Lynn Mackey

Antioch City Council – Joy Motts

Brentwood City Council – Joel Bryant, John Fink

Clayton City Council – David Shuey, Carl Wolfe

Concord City Council, Dist. 1 – Laura Hoffmeister

Concord City Council, Dist. 3 – Kenji Yamada

Danville City Council – Karen Stepper, Robert Storer

Hercules City Council – Chris Kelley, Dion Bailey

Kensington Police District. – Rachelle Sherris-Watt, Christopher Deppe, Mike Logan

Lafayette City Council – Ivor Samson, Susan Candell

Martinez City Council – Debbie McKillop

Martinez Mayor – Rob Schroder

Moraga Orinda Fire District, Division 1 – Nathan Bell

Moraga Orinda Fire District, Division 3 – Red Smith

Moraga Orinda Fire District, Division 4 – Lucy Talbot

Moraga City Council – Dave Trotter, Michael McCluer

Oakley City Council – Randy Pope, Sue Higgins

Orinda City Council – Eve Phillips, Amy Worth, Dennis Fay

Pinole City Council – Maureen Toms, Timothy Banuelos, Norma Martinez-Rubin

Pittsburg City Council – Shanelle Scales-Preston, Merl Craft, Durie Foster Jr.

Pleasant Hill City Council – Michael Harris, Susan Noack

Richmond Mayor – Tom Butt

Richmond City Council – Vinay Pimplé, Cesar Zepeda, Demnlus Johnson III

Rodeo Hercules fire board – Bill Prather, Steve Hill

San Pablo City Council – Paul Morris, Rita Xavier

San Ramon Mayor – Bill Clarkson

San Ramon City Council – Sridhar Verose, Aparna Madireddi

Walnut Creek City Council – Cindy Silva, Matt Francois

West Contra Costa school board – Valerie Cuevas, Elizabeth Block, Stephanie Hernandez-Jarvis

Santa Clara County

County Board of Education, Area 2 – Kathleen King

County Board of Education, Area 6 – Peter Ortiz

County Board of Education, Area 7 – Claudia Rossi

County Board of Supervisors, Dist. 4 – Susan Ellenberg

County Sheriff – John Hirokawa

Alum Rock School District – Andres Quintero, Ernesto Bejarano, Ray Mueller

Cupertino City Council – Savita Vaidhyanathan, Orrin Mahoney, Hung Wei

Evergreen Elementary school board –  Jim Zito, Balaji Venkatraman, Marisa Hanson

Mountain View City Council – Pat Showalter,  Lenny Siegel, Lucas Ramirez

Palo Alto City Council – Eric Filseth, Tom DuBois, Alison Cormack

San Jose City Council, Dist. 7 – Maya Esparza

San Jose City Council, Dist. 9 – Pam Foley

San Jose Unified School District, Area 2 – Jose Magana

San Jose Unified School District, Area 4 – Michael Melillo

Santa Clara mayor – No recommendation

Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 2 – Raj Chahal

Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 3 – Karen Hardy

Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 1 – Gustav Larsson

Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 2 – Glenn Hendricks

Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 3 – Mason Fong

Ballot measures

Statewide

1 – Housing bond – Yes

2 – Housing mentally ill – Yes

3 – Water bond – No   PRO/CON

4 – Children’s hospital bonds – Yes

5 – Property tax transfer – No   PRO/CON

6 – Gas tax repeal – No   PRO/CON

7 – Year-round daylight-saving time – No

8 – Kidney dialysis clinics – No   PRO/CON

10 – Rent control – No   PRO/CON

11 – Ambulance worker breaks – Yes

12 – Cage-free farm animals – Yes   PRO/CON

Regional

FF – East Bay parks tax extension – Yes

Alameda County

E – Peralta parcel tax – Yes

F – Alameda sales tax – No

G – Peralta construction bonds – No

H – Hayward school bond – Yes

I – San Leandro school parcel tax – Yes

J – San Lorenzo school parcel tax – Yes

L – Albany sales tax – No

M – Albany parcel tax – No

P – Berkeley tax on property sales – No

S – Emeryville marijuana tax – No

T – Hayward tax on property sales – No

U – Livermore health care costs – No

W – Oakland vacant property tax – No

X – Oakland tax on property sales – No

AA – Oakland education parcel tax – No

DD – Union City marijuana tax – No

EE – Union City tax on property sales – No

Contra Costa County

E – Orinda $50 million school bond – Yes

H – Richmond tax on property sales – No

I – Orinda $55 million school bond – No

J – Mt. Diablo school bond – Yes

P – Pittsburg school bond – Yes

Q – Martinez school parcel tax – Yes

R – Contra Costa marijuana tax – No

T – Richmond vacant property tax – No

V – El Cerrito tax on property sales – No

W – Antioch sales tax – No

X – Martinez sales tax – Yes

Santa Clara County

A – Countywide sales tax extension – Yes

C – Los Altos open space – No

F – Palo Alto health care costs – No

S – San Jose contracting – Yes

T – San Jose infrastructure bond – Yes

U – San Jose council salaries – Yes

V – San Jose housing bond – Yes

AA – Milpitas Unified school bond – Yes

CC – Fremont Union school bond – Yes

EE – Evergreen school parcel tax – Yes

GG – Sunnyvale school bond – Yes

HH – Luther Burbank school bond – Yes

JJ – Mt. Pleasant Elementary school bond – Yes