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2026 Endorsements

TBD

2025 Endorsements

California Special Election (November 4, 2025)

Yes on California Proposition 50 (✓)
- California Democratic Party FAQs

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Oakland Special Election (April 15, 2025)

Oakland Mayor: No Endorsement
- No candidate met our voting threshold (60% of club votes).

Oakland City Council District 2:
Rank #1 Charlene Wang (Young Democrat) (✓)
- Questionnaire

Oakland City Council District 2:
Rank #2 Kara Murray-Badal (Young Democrat) (X)
- Questionnaire

Yes on Oakland Measure A (✓)
- SPUR article

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

2024 Endorsements

General Election (November 5, 2024)

Congressional District 8: John Garamendi (✓)

Congressional District 12: Lateefah Simon (✓)

California State Senate District 5: Jerry McNerney (✓)

California State Senate District 7: Jesse Arreguín (✓)

California State Senate District 9: Marisol Rubio (X)

California State Assembly District 14: Buffy Wicks (✓)

California State Assembly District 18: Mia Bonta (✓)

California State Assembly District 20: Liz Ortega (✓)

California State Assembly District 24: Alex Lee (Young Democrat) (✓)

AC Transit Ward 6: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

NO POSITION on Alameda County District Attorney Recall (✓)

Albany City Council: Preston Jordan (✓)

Albany City Council: Peggy McQuaid (✓)

Albany City Council: Aaron Tiedemann (Young Democrat) (X)

BART Board of Directors District 5: No Candidate Submitted Questionnaire

BART Board of Directors District 7: Victor Flores (Young Democrat) (✓)

Berkeley Mayor: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Berkeley Rent Board: Xavier Johnson (Young Democrat) (✓)

Berkeley Rent Board: Andy Kelley (✓)

Berkeley Rent Board: Alfred Twu (✓)

Berkeley School Board: Laura Babitt (X)

Berkeley School Board: Jennifer Corn (✓)

Berkeley City Council District 2: Terry Taplin (Young Democrat) (✓)

Berkeley City Council District 3: Ben Bartlett (✓)

Berkeley City Council District 5: Shoshana O’Keefe (✓)

Berkeley City Council District 6: Brent Blackaby (✓)

East Bay Regional Parks District 2: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

East Bay Regional Parks District 4: Luana España (✓)

El Cerrito City Council: Rebecca Saltzman (✓)

Emeryville City Council: Courtney Welch (✓)

Hayward School Board: Austin Bruckner Carrillo (Young Democrat) (✓)

Hayward School Board: Sara Prada (✓)

Oakland City Attorney: Ryan Richardson (✓)

Oakland City Council At-Large: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

NO on Oakland Mayor Recall (✓)

Oakland City Council District 1: Zac Unger (✓)

Oakland City Council District 3: Warren Logan (Young Democrat) (X)

Oakland City Council District 5: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Oakland City Council District 7: Iris Merriouns (X)

Oakland School Board District 1: Rachel Latta (✓)

Oakland School Board District 3: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Oakland School Board District 5: Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez (Young Democrat) (X)

Oakland School Board District 7: No Candidate Submitted Questionnaire

Pinole City Council: Devin Murphy (Young Democrat) (✓)

Pleasanton School Board: Charlie Jones (Young Democrat) (✓)

San Leandro City Council District 2: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

San Leandro City Council District 6: Dylan Boldt (✓)

Sunol Glen School Board: No Candidate Submitted Questionnaire

Union City Mayor: No Candidate Submitted Questionnaire

Union City Council District 1: No Candidate Submitted Questionnaire

YES on California Prop 2 (✓)

YES on California Prop 3 (✓)

YES on California Prop 4 (✓)

YES on California Prop 5 (X)

YES on California Prop 6 (X)

YES on California Prop 32 (X)

YES on California Prop 33 (X)

NO on California Prop 34 (✓)

YES on California Prop 35 (✓)

NO on California Prop 36 (✓)

YES on Albany Measure R (X)

YES on Albany Measure V (✓)

YES on Albany Unified School District Measure L (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure X (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure Y (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure Z (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure BB (✓)

NO on Berkeley Measure CC (X)

YES on Berkeley Measure FF (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure GG (X)

YES on Berkeley Measure HH (X)

YES on Fremont Unified School District Measure M (✓)

YES on New Haven Unified School Measure N (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure MM (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure NN (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure OO (✓)

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Berkeley Special Election (May 28, 2024)

Berkeley City Council District 4: Rubén Hernández Story (X)
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | X

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Primary Election (March 5, 2024)

US Senate: Barbara Lee (X)
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok | X

California State Senate District 7: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 4: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5: No Candidate or Option Met 60% Voting Threshold

Oakland City Auditor: Michael Houston (✓)
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YES on California Proposition 1 (✓)

YES on Alameda County Measure A (✓)

YES on Alameda County Measure B (✓)

YES on Berkeley Unified School District Measure H (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure D (✓)

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Legislation

US House of Representatives Bill 7039 - “Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act” (Johnson et al. including Lee, Swalwell, DeSaulnier, and Khanna)
This bill would authorize $20 billion annually for four years ($80 billion total) to transit systems for their operating budgets, provide more frequent service on bus and rail lines, and prioritize that service to places with existing poor service, disadvantaged communities, and areas of persistent poverty.

Coalition Sign Ons

DECLINE TO SIGN the “Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth” Ballot Initiative
This measure would ban gender-affirming care for minors, require school faculty to out students to parents, and repeal pre-existing protections for trans students.

2023 Endorsements

Oakland Unified School District Special Election (November 7, 2023)

Oakland Unified School District 5: Sasha Ritzie-Hernández (Young Democrat) (X)
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok | X

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Legislation

California State Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (Bryan et al. including Bonta and Lee)
This bill would repeal that requirement regarding the disqualification of electors incarcerated for felony convictions, thereby authorizing an otherwise qualified elector serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony to vote.

California State Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (Haney et al. including Lee, Ortega, Bonta, and Wahab)
This bill would require individuals who perform work for the Regents of the University of California to have the right to, and be covered by, certain basic state labor standards, as provided. The measure would authorize the Legislature to enact laws that further these rights, define the basic state labor standards, or establish other health, safety, and labor protections for individuals performing work for the regents to the same extent as for other California workers.

California State Senate Bill 252 (Gonzalez et al.)
This bill prohibits the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) from investing in fossil fuel companies, and provides they divest any current holdings in these companies by 2031, with an additional 5-year off-ramp should the funds encounter specified market conditions.

California State Senate Bill 403 (Wahab and Bains)
This bill clarifies California civil rights law to explicitly include protection against discrimination based on a person’s perceived position in a caste.

California State Senate Bill 423 (Wiener et al. including Wicks)
This bill removes the sunset of California State Senate Bill 35 (Wiener, 2017) and makes the law permanent, thus providing streamlined, ministerial approval of projects in cities that have not met their Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) goals or adopted a compliant housing element.

California State Senate Bill 532 (Wiener et al. including Bonta and Wicks)
This bill removes the sunset of California State Senate Bill 35 (Wiener, 2017) and makes the law permanent, thus providing streamlined, ministerial approval of projects in cities that have not met their Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) goals or adopted a compliant housing element.

California State Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 (Stern et al.)
This bill reduces the minimum voting age to 17.

Coalition Sign Ons

Letter Asking the Oakland Mayor and City Council to Reallocate $20M from the Police Department to the Transportation Department to Address Street Safety Infrastructure

Resolution in Support of Creation of an Independent Sheriff Oversight Board and Office of Inspector General By Supervisor Resolution

Petition Supporting State Funding to Save California Transit

Letter Asking Alameda County Officials to Hire a Full-Time, Responsive Registrar

2022 Endorsements

General Election (November 8, 2022)

State Controller: Malia Cohen (✓)
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California State Senate District 10: Aisha Wahab (✓)
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California State Assembly District 20: Liz Ortega-Toro (✓)
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AC Transit Board of Directors At-Large: Alfred Twu (X)
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AC Transit Board of Directors Ward 3: Sarah Syed (✓)
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AC Transit Board of Directors Ward 4: Barisha Spriggs (X)
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Alameda County District Attorney: Pamela Price (✓)
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Alameda County Supervisor District 3: Rebecca Kaplan (X)
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Berkeley City Auditor: Jenny Wong (✓)
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Berkeley Rent Board: Soli Alpert (Young Democrat) (✓)
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Berkeley School Board: Reichi Lee (X)
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Berkeley City Council District 1: Rashi Kesarwani (✓)
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Berkeley City Council District 4: Kate Harrison (✓)
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Berkeley City Council District 7: Rigel Robinson (Young Democrat) (✓)
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Oakland City Council District 2: Nikki Fortunato Bas (✓)
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Oakland City Council District 4: Janani Ramachandran (Young Democrat) (✓)
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Oakland City Council District 6: Kevin Jenkins (Young Democrat) (✓)
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Oakland School Board District 2: Jennifer Brouhard (✓)
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San Leandro City Council District 1: Celina Reynes (Young Democrat) (✓)
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San Leandro City Council District 3: Victor Aguilar Jr. (✓)
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San Leandro City Council District 5: Xouhoa Bowen (✓)
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YES on California Propostion 1 (✓)

YES on California Proposition 28 (✓)

YES on California Proposition 31 (✓)

YES on Albany Measure K (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure L (X)

YES on Berkeley Measure M (✓)

YES on Berkeley Measure N (✓)

YES on Emeryville Measure O (✓)

YES on Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Measure G (X)

YES on Oakland Measure Q (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure R (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure S (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure T (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure U (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure V (✓)

YES on Oakland Unified School District Measure H (✓)

YES on Pleasanton Unified School District Measure I (✓)

YES on Richmond Measure P (✓)

YES on Sunol Glen Unified School District Measure J (✓)

YES on Union City Measure Z (✓)

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Primary Election (June 7, 2022)

Alameda County Sheriff-Coroner: Yesenia Sanchez (✓)
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Alameda County Superintendent of Schools: L. K. Monroe (X)
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YES on Alameda Unified School District Measure B (✓)

YES on Oakland Measure C (✓)

Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates, propositions, and ballot measures with a X lost their race

Legislation

California State Assembly Bill 587 (Gabriel, Cunningham, Bauer-Kahan, Lee, McCarty, Rivas, Ward, Wicks, Wiener)
This bill requires social media companies to post their terms of service and submit quarterly reports to the Attorney General on their terms of service and content moderation policies and outcomes (press release)

California State Assembly Bill 2063 (Berman)
This bill prohibits affordable housing impact fees, including inclusionary zoning fees, in-lieu fees, and public benefit fees, from being imposed on a housing development’s density bonus units (press release)

California State Assembly Bill 2097 (Friedman, Lee, Skinner, Wiener)
This bill reduces housing costs and slashes climate and air pollution by eliminating expensive parking mandates on new homes built near high-quality transit (article)

California State Assembly Bill 2234 (Rivas, Grayson)
This bill creates a framework for local governments to process residential building permits more efficiently and cost-effectively across the state (press release)

California State Assembly Bill 2873 (Jones-Sawyer)
This bill advances diversity, equity, and inclusion by requiring developers that receive state affordable housing dollars to report if the firms they contract with are owned and operated by people of color, women, or LGBTQ+ people

California State Senate Bill 649 (Cortese)
This bill creates a state policy supporting local tenant preferences for lower income households that are subject to displacement risk and authorizes local governments and developers in receipt of specified affordable housing funds to restrict occupancy to those at risk of displacement (press release)

California State Senate Bill 886 (Wiener, Hueso, Rivas)
This bill help universities build student housing faster and at lower cost by streamlining the environmental review process for housing on university-owned land that is neither at risk of fire nor in a sensitive habitat (press release)

California State Senate Bill 1364 (Durazo, Caballero, Kalra, Rivas, Cortese, Leyva, Pan, Stern, Bryan, Jones-Sawyer)
This bill allows company employees to enforce the University of California's Equal Pay for Equal Work policy by requiring a vendor to supply to UC and any joint labor-management committee the basic payroll information necessary to know if a vendor is abiding by UC policy