The AFSCME Council 57 Political Action Committee has announced our endorsements for state and local races for the November 6, 2018, general election.

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California Statewide Offices:

• Governor: Gavin Newsom
• Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
• State Controller: Betty Yee
• Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
• Board of Equalization, Dist. 2: Malia Cohen

Statewide Ballot Measure:

• Proposition 5: Req's for property tax base transfers. Recommend: Oppose
• Proposition 6: Repeal of gas tax. Recommend: Oppose
• Proposition 7: Re: Daylight Savings Time. Recommend: Support
• Proposition 10: Rent control. Recommend: Support

State Senate:

• District 2: Mike McGuire
• District 6: Dr. Richard Pan
• District 10: Bob Wieckowski
• District 20: Connie Leyva
• District 30: Holly Mitchell

State Assembly:

• District 2: Jim Wood
• District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
• District 7: Kevin McCarty
• District 8: Ken Cooley
• District 10: Marc Levine
• District 15: Jovanka Beckles
• District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
• District 17: David Chiu
• District 18: Rob Bonta
• District 19: Phil Ting
• District 20: Bill Quirk
• District 21: Adam Gray
• District 22: Kevin Mullin
• District 24: Marc Berman
• District 25: Kansen Chu
• District 27: Ash Kalra
• District 28: Evan Low
• District 29: Mark Stone
• District 31: Joaquin Arambula
• District 43: Laura Friedman
• District 52: Freddie Rodriguez
• District 59: Reggie Jones-Sawyer
• District 63: Anthony Rendon
• District 65: Sharon Quirk-Silva
• District 72: Josh Lowenthal
• District 78: Todd Gloria
• District 79: Shirley Weber
• District 80: Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

Local Government, Special District & Local Ballot Measures:

AC Transit Board of Directors:

• At-large: Joel Young
• Ward 4: Mark Williams

Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors:

• District 2: Mark Foley
• District 6: Anu Natarajan
• District 8: Jonathan Lyens

CITY OF Alameda:

• John Knox White

City of Belmont City Council (3 seats):

• Charles Stone
• Warren Lieberman
• Julia Mates

City of Concord:

• City Council, Dist. 1: Judi Herman

City of Daly City City Council (3 seats):

• Pamela DiGiovanni
• Ray Buenaventura
• Rod Daus-Magbual

City of Lodi:

• Measure L: general sales tax. Recommend: Support

CITY OF Los Angeles:

• Charter Amendment B. public bank. Recommend: Support

City of Milpitas:

• City Council: Karina Dominguez

City of Pleasant Hill:

• City Council: Dennis Lytton

CITY OF San Carlos:

• City Council: Laura Parmer-Lohan

City of San Jose:

• City Council, District 7: Maya Esparza

East Bay Regional Parks:

• Measure FF: extension of existing parcel tax. Recommend: Support

Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District:

• 4th Division: Richard Mark

Oak Grove School District:

• Board of Directors: Brian LoBue

SANTA CLARA County:

• Measure A: extension of sales tax. Recommend: Support

Santa Clara Valley Water District:

• District 6: Tony Estremera