Our list of endorsements for Tuesday’s election
Here are our recommendations for Tuesday’s election. To read the editorials on each race, go online to www.eastbaytimes.com/endorsements or www. mercurynews.com/endorsements.
President
Joe Biden
Congress
District 14 — Jackie Speier District 17 — Ro Khanna District 18 — Anna Eshoo District 19 — Zoe Lofgren
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 Parks, 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 Dublin mayor — Arun Goel
Dublin City Council — Sri Muppidi, Samir Qureshi 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 Newark mayor — Alan Nagy
Oakland City Attorney — Barbara Parker Oakland Council, at-large — Derrick Johnson Oakland Council, Dist. 1 — Steph Dominguez Walton Oakland Council, Dist. 3 — Lynette Gibson McElhaney Oakland Council, Dist. 5 — Noel Gallo
Oakland Council, Dist. 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 Pleasanton mayor — Jerry Pentin
Pleasanton City Council — Jack Balch, Nancy Allen San Leandro City Council, District 2 — Ed Hernandez San Leandro City Council, District 4 — Fred Simon
Union City mayor — Carol Dutra-Vernaci
Union City council, District 1 — Sandra Holder- Grayson
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors, District 5 — Federal Glover Central Contra Costa Sanitary District — Paul Causey, Tad Pilecki, James Nejedly
County Board of Education, Area 1 — Fatima Alleyne County Board of Education, Area 3 — Vikki Chavez Contra Costa College District, Ward 2 — Vicki Gordon Contra Costa College District, Ward 5 — F. 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 Brentwood mayor — Karen Rarey
Brentwood City Council, District 1 — Jovita Mendoza Brentwood City Council, District 3 — Susannah Meyer Concord City Council, District 2 — Hope Johnson Danville City Council — Newell Arnerich, Renee Morgan, Dave Fong
El Cerrito City Council — William Ktsanes, Lisa Motoyama, Paul Fadelli
Mt. Diablo schools, Area 3 — Keisha Nzewi
Mt. Diablo schools, Area 5 — Erin McFerrin Pittsburg City Council — Jelani Killings, Juan Banales Richmond City Council, District 1 — Eleanor Thompson Richmond City Council, District 5 — Ahmad Anderson Richmond City Council, District 6 — Vinay Pimplé San Ramon mayor — Sabina Zafar
San Ramon City Council, District 1 —Scott Perkins San Ramon City Council, District 3 — Sridhar Verose 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 Williams West Contra Costa schools, Area 4 — Y’Anad Burrell West Contra Costa schools, Area 5 — Tom Panas
Santa Clara County
Board of Supervisors, District 3 — Otto Lee County Board of Education, Area 1 — Grace Mah County Board of Education, Area 4 — no endorsement County Board of Education, Area 5 — Anna Song Alum Rock schools — Corina Herrera-Loera, Joe Corona Cupertino City Council — Hung Wei, J.R. Fruen
Los Gatos City Council, full terms — Michael Kane, Matthew Hudes
Los Gatos City Council, short term — Mary Badame Milpitas mayor — Rich Tran
Milpitas City Council — Anthony Phan, Evelyn Chua Mountain View City Council — Margaret Abe-Koga, Lisa Matichak, Pat Showater, Jose Gutierrez
Palo Alto City Council — Pat Burt, Cari Templeton, Ed Lauing, Greer Stone
San Jose City Council, District 4 — Lan Diep
San Jose City Council, District 6 — Dev Davis
San Jose school board, Area 1 — Teresa Castellanos San Jose school board, Area 3 — Carla Drina Collins Santa Clara City Council, District 1 — Harbir Bhatia Santa Clara City Council, District 4 — Kevin Park Santa Clara City Council, District 5 — Suds Jain Santa Clara City Council, District 6 — Anthony Becker Sunnyvale mayor — Larry Klein
Sunnyvale City Council, District 2 — Alysa Cisneros Sunnyvale City Council, District 4 — Russ Melton Sunnyvale City Council, District 6 — Omar Din
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
V — Alameda County utility tax extension — Yes W — Alameda County sales tax increase — No
X — Alameda County fire bond and tax — Yes
Y — Oakland school construction bond — No
Z — Alameda lift ban on multifamily housing — Yes AA — Alameda council-meddling prohibition — Yes BB — Albany ranked-choice voting — Yes
CC — Albany tax increase on property sales — No DD — Albany utility and water tax increase — No EE — Albany ambulance tax increase — No
FF — Berkeley parcel tax — No
GG — Berkeley rideshare tax — Yes
HH — Berkeley utility tax — No
II — Berkeley police accountability board — Yes
JJ — Berkeley council salary increase — No
KK — Berkeley charter changes — No
MM — Berkeley rent provisions — No
NN — Hayward hotel tax increase — No
PP — Newark utility tax extension — Yes
QQ — Oakland age 16 school election vote — No
S1 — Oakland police oversight — Yes
TT — Piedmont tax increase on property sales — No UU — Piedmont community pools — No
VV — San Leandro property sales tax increase — No WW — Union City utility tax — Yes
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 extension — Yes U — Richmond business tax — No
V — Concord sales tax doubling — No
X — Countywide half-cent sales tax — Yes
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
A — Los Gatos finance commission — No
B — Los Gatos term limits — No
E — Santa Clara hotel tax increase — Yes
F — Milpitas sales tax increase — No
G — San Jose police, Planning Commission — Yes H — San Jose cardroom tax, expansion — No
I — San Jose-Evergreen College parcel tax — Yes J — San Jose-Evergreen College bond — No
K — Franklin-McKinley school parcel tax — Yes L — Campbell Union school parcel tax — No
M — Fremont Union school parcel tax — Yes
O — Palo Alto school parcel tax — Yes
S — Valley Water District parcel tax — Yes
T — Open space parcel tax — Yes
RR — Caltrain sales tax — Yes