2020 Endorsements
FALL 2020 ENDORSEMENTS
Our candidate and ballot measure endorsements are here!
To read the full questionairre responses: Candidate Questionairre Responses
SOUTHERN REGION
San Diego County
City of San Diego - Yes on Measure A
Affordable Housing Bond
Santee - No on N
Measure N would require future increases in residential density to be voted on at the ballot. This would make it difficult to build affordable housing.
Orange County
La Habra - No on X
Measure X would prevent a closed golf course from being redeveloped into housing.
Santa Ana
Jessie Lopez for City Council Ward 3
Inland Empire
Hesperia - No on N
Measure N would reduce the maximum density of apartment buildings to 8 units per acre and also require single family homes to be on 1/3-acre or larger lots.
Palm Springs
Christy Gilbert Holstege for Palm Springs City Council District 4
Los Angeles County
Burbank
Konstantine Anthony for City Council
Yes on RC - Measure RC would create rent control to limit annual rent increases
Culver City
No on B - Measure B would repeal Culver City's rent control
Yes on RE - Real Property Transfer Tax for Essential Services
Yasmine-Imani McMorrin for City Council
Kelly Kent for School Board
Downey
Alexandria Contreras for City Council District 1
El Monte - Yes on HN - Measure HN would authorize the city to access state and federal funds to build up to 500 units of affordable housing each year for the next 17 years.
Monterey Park - Yes on JJ - Measure JJ would approve the updated General Plan Land Use Element, to allow more housing downtown.
Santa Monica
Anastasia Foster for Rent Board
Caroline M. Torosis for Rent Board
CENTRAL REGION
Tulare, Kings, & Kern Counties
Delano
Salvador Solorio-Ruiz for City Council
Veronica Vasquez for City Council
We are also giving special thanks to Delano Councilmember Bryan Osorio-Trujillo, who has been a strong supporter of tenants and will be running for re-election in 2022.
Kaweah Delta Hospital Board
Ambar Rodriguez for Hospital Board Zone 5
Porterville
Josh Sulier for City Council D5
Terra Bella School District
Rachel J. Eala for Terra Bella School Board
Visalia Unified School District
Colijia Feliz for School Board
Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, & San Joaquin Counties
Fresno
David Paredes for Fresno Unified School District Area 5
Modesto
Jennifer Hidalgo for City Council District 1
Oakdale
Marco Camacho Jr. for Oakdale City Council
Stockton
Kimberly Warmsley for City Council District 6
Tracy
William Muetzenberg for City Council
Yes on Y - Measure Y would allow housing in downtown at the future Valley Link train station.
Central Coast
Marina
Gail Morton for Marina City Council - District 3
Monterey
Alan Haffa for Monterey City Council
Monterey Peninsula Airport Board
Jean Rasch for Monterey Peninsula Airport Board, District 3
Salinas
Scott Davis for Salinas City Council, District 1
Anthony Rocha for Salinas City Council, District 6
San Luis Obispo
Kelly Evans for City Council
Seaside
Jon Wizard for Seaside Mayor
Alexis Garcia-Arrazola for Seaside City Council
Soledad Unified School District
Yes on N - Teacher housing bond
NORTHERN REGION
Sacramento Valley
Davis
Dillan Horton for City Council District 2
Yes on B - Measure B would create a new neighborhood with 850 homes, including 150 affordable housing apartments.
Elk Grove
Ali Moua for City Council District 1
Regina Q. Banks for School Board Area 1
Sacramento
Yes on C- Measure C would create rent control to limit annual rent increases
North Coast
Arcata
Yes on B - Measure B would authorize the city to access state and federal funds to build affordable housing.
Humboldt County
Yes on I - Measure I would authorize the county to access state and federal funds to build affordable housing.
North Bay
Fairfax
Chance Cutrano for Town Council
Rohnert Park
Jackie Elward for City Council District 4
San Francisco, San Mateo, & Santa Clara Counties
Alex Lee for State Assembly District 25
Mountain View
Sally Lieber for City Council
Lenny Siegel for City Council
Alex Núñez for City Council
John Lashlee for City Council
No on C - Measure C would ban the parking of RVs
Palo Alto
Cari Templeton for City Council
Raven Malone for City Council
Steven Lee for City Council
San Francisco
Connie Chan for Board of Supervisors District 1
Aaron Peskin for Board of Supervisors District 3
Vilaska Nguyen for Board of Supervisors District 7
Yes on A - Health, homelessness, parks, and streets bond.
Yes on G - Lowers voting age to 16 for city elections.
Yes on I - Increases transfer tax on property sales worth more than $10 million.
Yes on K - Measure K would authorize the city to access state and federal funds to build 10,000 units of affordable housing.
San Jose Evergreen Community College District
Omar Torres for Community College Board Area 7
City of San Mateo
Amourence Lee for City Council
No on Y - Measure Y would prevent the city from raising height limits until 2030, making it difficult to build affordable housing.
City of Santa Clara
Anthony Becker for City Council District 6
South San Francisco
James Coleman for City Council District 4
East Bay
Rob Bonta for Assembly District 18
AC Transit
Jovanka Beckles for AC Transit Ward 1
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Vinnie Bacon for District 1 Supervisor
Alameda County unincorporated areas
Yes on X - bond measure for fire stations
City of Alameda
Malia Vella for City Council
Jim Oddie for City Council
Verna Castro for School Board
John Casselbery for School Board
Yes on Z - ends ban on apartment buildings
Berkeley
Jesse Arreguin for Berkeley Mayor
Ben Bartlett for City Council District 3
Sophie Hahn for City Council District 5
Richard Illgen for City Council District 6
Andy Kelley for Rent Board
Xavier Johnson for Rent Board
Mari Mendonca for Rent Board
Leah Simon-Weisberg for Rent Board
Dominique Walker for Rent Board
Yes on JJ - raises City Council salaries to a full time living wage.
Yes on MM -expand registration to partially exempt units and preserve COVID tenant protections while continuing to encourage the construction of new accessory dwelling units.
Contra Costa Community College
Fernando Sandoval for Contra Costa Community Colleges Trustee, Ward 5
Fremont
Yogi Chugh for Fremont City Council District 6
Hayward
Elisha Crader for City Council
Lacei Amodei for City Council
Nestor Castillo for City Council
Francisco Zermeno for City Council
New Haven Unified School District
Melissa Shuen-Mallory for School Board Area 2
Oakland
Dan Kalb for City Council District 1
Carroll Fife for City Council District 3
Rebecca Kaplan for City Council At-Large
Yes on RR - removes cap on code enforcement fines.
Richmond
Melvin Willis for City Council District 1
Claudia Jimenez for City Council District 6
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