Our endorsements so far for the Nov. 3 election
We will continue updating the list in the upcoming two weeks. To read the editorials on each race and see the latest additions to the list, go online to www.eastbaytimes.com/ endorsements.
President
Joe Biden
State Senate
District 7 — Steve Glazer District 13 — Josh Becker District 15 — Ann Ravel
Assembly
District 25 — Alex Lee District 27 — Ash Kalra District 28 — Evan Low
Regional
AC Transit, Ward 1 — Joe Wallace
AC Transit, Ward 2 — Greg Harper
AC Transit, at-large — Chris Peeples
BART, District 1 — Debora Allen
BART, District 5 — Mike Wallace
BART, District 7 — No endorsement
East Bay Regional Park District, Ward 1 — Elizabeth Echols
Alameda County
Board of Supervisors, District 1 — Vinnie Bacon Superior Court judge — Elena Condes Alameda City Council — Amos White, Gig Codiga Berkeley mayor — Jesse Arreguin
Berkeley City Council, District 2 — Alex Sharenko Berkeley City Council, District 3 — Ben Bartlett Berkeley City Council, District 5 — Sophie Hahn Berkeley City Council, District 6 — Susan Wengraf Fremont mayor — Lily Mei
Fremont City Council, District 5 — Raj Salwan Fremont City Council, District 6 — Yogi Chugh Hayward City Council — Elisa Márquez, Mark Salinas, Francisco Zermeño, Angela Andrews Livermore mayor — Bob Woerner
Livermore City Council, District 3 — Brittni Kiick Oakland City Attorney — Barbara Parker Oakland City Council, at-large — Derrick Johnson Oakland City Council, District 1 — Steph Dominguez Walton
Oakland City Council, District 3 — Lynette Gibson McElhaney
Oakland City Council, District 5 — Noel Gallo Oakland City Council, District 7 — Treva Reid Oakland School Board, District 1 — Austin Dannhaus Oakland School Board, District 3 — Mark Hurty Oakland School Board, District 5 — Leroy Gaines Oakland School Board, District 7 — Clifford Thompson Peralta college board, Area 1 — Jeff Heyman
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors, District 5 — Federal Glover Contra Costa Board of Education, Area 1 — Fatima Alleyne Contra Costa Board of Education, Area 3 — Vikki Chavez Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 2 — Vicki Gordon
Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 5 — Fernando Sandoval
Antioch mayor — Lamar Thorpe
Antioch City Council, District 1 — Joy Motts
Antioch City Council, District 2 — Michael Barbanica Antioch City Council, District 3 — Nichole Gardner Antioch City Council, District 4 — Monica Wilson Central Contra Costa Sanitary District — Paul Causey, Tad Pilecki, James Nejedly
Concord City Council, District 2 — Hope Johnson
Mt. Diablo schools, Area 3 — Keisha Nzewi
Mt. Diablo schools, Area 5 — Erin McFerrin Richmond City Council, District 1 — Eleanor Thompson Richmond City Council, District 5 — Ahmad Anderson Richmond City Council, District 6 — Vinay Pimplé Walnut Creek City Council — Kurtis Reese, Kevin Wilk, Loella Haskew
West Contra Costa schools, Area 1 — Estela DePaz
West Contra Costa schools, Area 2 — Audra “Golddie” Williams
West Contra Costa schools, Area 4 — Y’Anad Burrell
West Contra Costa schools, Area 5 — Tom Panas
Ballot Measures
Statewide
14 — Stem-cell research bonds — No
15 — Split-roll property tax — No
16 — Reinstate affirmative action — Yes
17 — Allowing parolees to vote — Yes
18 — Allowing 17-year-olds to vote — No
19 — Property tax transfers — No
20 — Criminal justice reform rollback — No
21 — Tougher rent control — No
22 — Gig-worker requirements — Yes
23 — Kidney dialysis regulation — No
24 — Online privacy — No
25 — Ending cash bail — Yes
Alameda County
Y — Oakland school construction bond — No
Z — Alameda lift ban on multi-family housing — Yes AA — Alameda council-meddling prohibition — Yes BB — Albany ranked-choice voting — Yes
CC — Albany tax increase on property sales — No NN — Hayward hotel tax increase — No
QQ — Oakland age 16 school election vote — No
S1 — Oakland police oversight — Yes
TT — Piedmont tax increase on property sales — No VV — San Leandro tax increase on property sales — No Contra Costa County
T — Antioch growth boundaries — Yes
Q — Pittsburg appointed city clerk — Yes
R — Orinda sales tax doubling — No
S — San Pablo sales tax extensin — Yes
U — Richmond business tax — No
V — Concord sales tax doubling — No
X — Countywide half-cent sales tax — Yes