{"id":1076,"date":"2018-06-05T23:32:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2018-06-26T23:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T06:25:27","slug":"recommendations-for-the-june-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations for the June Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BCA\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Steering Committee members met with other progressives and talked up the June Ballot\u00a0 for Berkeley voters.\u00a0 Here are their recommendations, along with links to Allies suggestions and other election information. Remember that Election Day is today, polls close at 8 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Office\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Candidate Recommended<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Governor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Delaine Eastin<br \/>\nLieutenant 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\/>\nTreasurer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kevin Akin<br \/>\nInsurance Commissioner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nathalie Hrizi<br \/>\nAttorney General\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dave Jones<br \/>\nState Board of Equalization\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No endorsement<br \/>\nSenator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kevin De Leon<br \/>\nCongresswoman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Barbara Lee<br \/>\nAssembly District 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jovanka Beckles\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Superior Court Judge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tara Flanagan<br \/>\nState Superintendant of Instruction\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tony Thurmond<br \/>\nBoard of Education\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Joaquin Rivera<br \/>\nCounty Assessor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Phong La<br \/>\nCounty Auditor Controller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Irella Blackwood<br \/>\nCounty District Attorney\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pamela Price\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\/Coroner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0write in \u201cNo Confidence\u201d<br \/>\n<em style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *Endorsed by BCA membership at February meeting\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>State Propositions\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Prop 68:\u00a0$4B Bond for Parks, Drought Protection, Climate Adaption\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prop 69:\u00a0Require Diesel Tax to Be Spent on Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prop 70:\u00a0Don&#8217;t Give Republicans &amp; Corporate Dems Power on Cap\u2019n\u2019Trade $$\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prop 71:\u00a0Delay Effective Date of Ballot Measures Until All Ballots Are Counted\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prop 72:\u00a0Rainwater Systems Won\u2019t Trigger Property Tax Assessments\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Regional Measures \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Regional Measure 3:\u00a0Raise Bridge Tolls $3 Over 7 Years to Fund Transportation\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nKriss Worthington says: \u201cRM3 has the highest percentage for transit of any omnibus transportation<\/p>\n<p>funding in California EVER in history. Getting 16 percent for transit operations and billions for Transit is phenomenal! Supported by the AC Labor Council, Bike East Bay, Save the Bay, the League of Conservation Voters and all AC Transit Board members,\u201d along with the SF League of Pissed-off Voters. Greens and the Guild of Space Cat Voters say \u201cyou decide.\u201d We were convinced by Kriss.<br \/>\n<strong>Local Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Measure A:\u00a0Alameda County Child Care and Early Education Tax<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ballot Recommendations from Allies, use links below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guild of Oakland Space Cat Voters:\u00a0<\/strong>BCA members Colin and Asa Dodsworth helped develop this guide.\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spacecatvoters\/posts\/2219817814965574\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spacecatvoters\/posts\/2219817814965574&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1528353033104000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjZtggznv4fZNx-M25Mej81MtFWQ\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spacecatvoters\/posts\/2219817814965574<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Voter Guide:\u00a0<\/strong>BCA steering committee member Phoebe Anne Sorgen helped develop this guide:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acgreens.wordpress.com\/voter-guides\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/acgreens.wordpress.com\/voter-guides\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1528353033104000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrOw7za6YszKHXBmVAjzVWzyzJQw\">https:\/\/acgreens.wordpress.com\/voter-guides\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco League Of Pissed Off Voters:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleaguesf.org\/voter_guides#top\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.theleaguesf.org\/voter_guides%23top&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1528353033104000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5wmsgXGSqexR02_VpChRBlke8CA\">http:\/\/www.theleaguesf.org\/voter_guides#top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find Your Polling Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Log on to My Voter Profile at https<u>:\/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acvote.org\/app\/voterprofile\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.acvote.org\/app\/voterprofile&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1528353033104000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzjG9bFWHdmbJPC4wYiecnwfBKcQ\">www.acvote.org\/app\/voterprofile<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ballot Drop Box:<\/strong>\u00a0It takes 2 stamps to mail your ballot. You can\u00a0drop your ballot at Berkeley\u2019s 24 hour ballot box. Sign the back of your envelope! Open until 8 p.m. on tonight at City Hall, 2180 Milvia Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BCA\u00a0Steering Committee members met with other progressives and talked up the June Ballot\u00a0 for Berkeley voters.\u00a0 Here are their recommendations, along with links to Allies suggestions and other election information. Remember that Election Day is today, polls close at 8 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/?p=1076\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recommendations for the June Ballot<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkeleycitizensaction.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}