Our endorsements so far for the Nov. 3 election
To read the editorials on each race and see the latest additions to the list, go online to www.eastbaytimes.com/endorsements or www.mercurynews. 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 Dist., 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, Dist. 1 — Austin Dannhaus Oakland School Board, District 3 — Mark Hurty Oakland School Board, District 5 — Leroy Gaines Oakland School Board, Dist. 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, Dist. 2 — Ed Hernandez
San Leandro City Council, District 4 — Fred Simon
Union City mayor — Carol Dutra-vernaci
Union City City Council, Dist. 1 — Sandra HolderGrayson
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors, District 5 — Federal Glover Contra Costa Board of Ed, Area 1 — Fatima Alleyne Contra Costa Board of Ed, 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 Pittsburg City Council — Jelani Killings, Juan Banales
Richmond City Council, Dist. 1 — Eleanor Thompson Richmond City Council, Dist. 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 “Golddie” 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 Ed, Area 4 — no endorsement County Board of Education, Area 5 — Anna Song Alum Rock schooal board — 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 Unified school board, Area 1 — Teresa Castellanos
San Jose Unified 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, Dist. 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
W — Alameda County sales tax increase — No
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 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
QQ — Oakland age 16 school election vote — No S1 — Oakland police oversight — Yes
TT — Piedmont tax increase on property sales — No V V — San Leandro tax increase on property sales — No
WW — Union City utilities 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