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October 2014
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County has finalized its endorsements for the November 4 General Election and begun its campaign to get out the vote for endorsed candidates and measures.
“These endorsements reflect those candidates and measures that the majority of our combined affiliates believe will best serve the combined interests of all our brothers and sisters that work in construction,” Andreas Cluver, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council said. “If you share the values and mission of the Building Trades, you should also support these endorsements. Most importantly, however, we ask that all union members get out and vote so that the working people’s voices will be heard. GO VOTE!”
The priorities for the BTCA include passing County Measure BB and electing Tim Sbranti in Assembly District 16.
Phone Banks and Precinct Walks for candidates and measures in Berkeley, Fremont, Oakland, and Hayward are ongoing until Election Day. Please contact Christine Garrett at 510-430-8664 x16 or [email protected] to volunteer and for more information about endorsed candidates and measures.
Building & Construction Trades Council of Alameda County Endorsements
November 4, 2014 Election
United States Representatives
District 13 – Barbara Lee
District 17 – Mike Honda
District 15 – Eric Swalwell
State Constitutional Offices
Governor – Jerry Brown
Lieutenant Governor – Gavin Newsom
Secretary of State – Alex Padilla
Controller – Betty Yee
Treasurer – John Chiang
Attorney General – Kamala Harris
Commissioner of Insurance – Dave Jones
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Tom Torlakson
Board of Equalization, District 2 – Fiona Ma
State Legislature:
State Senator District 10 – Bob Wieckowski
Assembly District 16 – Tim Sbranti
Assembly District 18 – Rob Bonta
Assembly District 20 – Bill Quirk
Assembly District 25 – Kansen Chu
State Ballot Measures
Proposition 1 – YES
Proposition 2 – YES
Proposition 47 – YES
Proposition 48 – YES
County of Alameda Ballot Measure
Measure BB: $7.7billion Transportation Sales Tax – Yes
City of Alameda
Mayor: Marie Gilmore
Council Member: Jim Oddie
Council Member: Stewart Chen
Alameda Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Solana Henneberry
City of Alameda Ballot Measures
Measure I: $179million School Bond – Yes
City of Berkeley
Council District 1: Linda Maio
Council District 4: Jesse Arreguin
Council District 7: Kriss Worthington
Council District 8: Lori Droste
Berkeley Unified School District
Member of the Board of Education 1: Karen Hemphill
Member of the Board of Education 2: Josh Daniels
Member of the Board of Education 3: Julie Sinai
City of Berkeley Ballot Measures
Measure D: Soda Tax: No
Measure R: Downtown Plan Revision: No
City of Dublin
Mayor: (Open endorsement)
Council Member 1: Abe Gupta
Council Member 2: Don Biddle
Dublin Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Sean Kenney
Governing Board Member 2: Megan Rose
City of Emeryville
Council Member 1: Dianne Martinez
Council Member 2: Scott Donahue
City of Fremont
Council Member 1: David Bonaccorsi
Council Member 2: Raj Salwan
Fremont Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Moina Shaiq
Governing Board Member 2: Larry Sweeney
Hayward Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Lisa Brunner
Governing Board Member 2: William McGee
City of Hayward Ballot Measures
Measure L: 229m School Bond: Yes
Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Efrian Meledez
Pleasanton Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Jeff Bowser
Governing Board Member 2: Joan Laursen
City of Newark
Mayor: Alan Nagy
Council Members 1: Mike Bucci
New Haven Unified School District
Governing Board Member 1: Gwen Estes
New Haven USD Ballot Measure
Measure M: 125m School Bond: Yes
City of Oakland
Mayor: Jean Quan (#2 choice – Libby Schaaf)
Council District 2: Abel Guillen
Council District 4: Annie Campbell Washington
Oakland Unified School District
School Director Districts 2: Amy Ng
School Director Districts 4: Nina Senn (#2 choice -Karl Debro)
School Director Districts 6: Shanthi Gonzales
City of Oakland Ballot Measures
Measure FF: Minimum Wage Increase: Yes
Measure N: School District Parcel Tax: Yes
Measure Z: Y renewal: Yes
City of Pleasanton
Council Member 1: Olivia Sanwong
City of San Leandro
Mayor: Pauline Cutter
Council District 1: Deborah Cox
Council District 3: Lee Thomas
Council District 5: Corina Lopez
San Leandro Unified School District
Governing Board Member, Area 2: Lance James
Governing Board Member, At-Large: Evelyn Gonzalez
San Leandro Ballot Measure
Measure HH: Yes
Union City
Council Members 1: Emily Duncan
Union City Ballot Measure
Measure KK: General Plan Amendment: Yes
Alameda – Contra Costa Transit District
District Directors, Wards 3: Elsa Ortiz
District Directors, Ward 4: Mark Williams
District Directors, Ward 5: Jeff Davis
District Directors, At-Large: Joel Young
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
District Directors, Ward 4: Robert Raburn
District Directors, Ward 6: Tom Blalock
East Bay Municipal Utility District
District Directors, Ward 4: Andy Katz
District Directors, Ward 7: Frank Mellon
District Directors, Ward 3: Katy Foulkes
Chabot – Las Positas Community College District
Trustee Area 2: Isobel Dvorsky
Trustee Area 4: Dobie Gelles
Trustee Area 6: Hal Gin
Ohlone Community College District
Trustee, Area 1: Vivian Larsen
Trustee, Area 1: Rich Waters
Trustee, Area 2: Jan Giovanni-Hill
Trustee, Area 2: Garrett Yee
Peralta Community College District
Trustee Area 3: Linda Handy
Trustee Area 5: Bill Riley
Trustee Area 7: Julina Bonilla
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Statewide Ballot Measures
The State Building Trades Council has endorsed four of the State Propositions on the November 4 ballot.
Prop. 1 – Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act – YES
Prop. 1 authorizes $7.1 billion in general obligation bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. The final bond was a compromise between a wide array of interest groups, geographical areas, and political parties, and was ultimately passed by overwhelming majorities in the Legislature and then signed by the Governor. It is the culmination of a lengthy and difficult process, but was necessary to replace a bond issue previously placed on the ballot that was considered flawed, with an improved measure that has a much stronger chance of passage. It will provide crucial funding for new water storage, regional projects, groundwater cleanup and management, recycling projects, and delta restoration and protection. Vote YES.
Prop. 2 – State Reserve Policy – Yes
Prop. 2 requires the annual transfer of 1.5 percent of general fund revenues to state budget stabilization account. It requires additional transfer of personal capital gains tax revenues exceeding 8 percent of general fund revenues to a budget stabilization account and, under certain conditions, a dedicated K-14 school reserve fund. Prop. 2 requires that half the budget stabilization account revenues be used to repay state debts and unfunded liabilities, allows limited use of funds in case of emergency or if there is a state budget deficit, caps budget stabilization account at 10 percent of general fund revenues, and directs remainder to infrastructure. Vote YES.
Prop. 47 – Criminal Sentences, Misdemeanor Penalties – YES
Prop. 47 requires a misdemeanor sentence instead of felony for non-violent crimes that now can be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors. These include certain drug possession offenses and crimes of petty theft, receiving stolen property, and forging/writing bad checks when the amount involved is $950 or less. It allows felony sentence for these offenses if person has previous conviction for crimes such as rape, murder, or child molestation or is registered sex offender; requires re-sentencing for persons serving felony sentences for these offenses unless court finds an unreasonable public safety risk. It could reduce sentences for numerous incarcerated people and potentially result in the release of thousands of people from prison. A report by the Sentencing Project recently found that the prison population reductions that were forced by budget cuts or court orders have resulted in crime rate declines rather than the increases.
Prop 47 would save taxpayers money, and would redirect funds spent on prisons to other services: 25 percent for programs aimed at reducing truancy and drop-outs among K-12 students, 10 percent for victim services, and 65 percent to support mental health and drug abuse treatment services designed to help keep individuals out of prison and jail. Vote YES.
Prop. 48 – Referendum to Overturn Indian Gaming Compacts – YES
A yes vote approves a statute that ratifies tribal gaming compacts between the state and the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and the Wiyot Tribe, and omits certain projects related to executing the compacts or amendments to the compacts from scope of the California Environmental Quality Act. Vote YES.
