Dan's Voter Guide - Nov. 2022 | Dan Kalb CityCouncil

DAN KALB’s

Nov. 2022 Voting Recommendations

(For local Ballot Measure and State Propositions recommendations, click here!)

U.S. Senate – ALEX PADILLA – Strong voice in the U.S. Senate for Democratic values.

Secretary of State – SHIRLEY WEBER – Excellent Sec. of State and all-around strong leader.

Attorney General – ROB BONTA – Rob is doing an excellent job as our A.G., and he will continue to do so when we vote to keep him in office. From reducing gun violence and fighting human trafficking to protecting reproductive rights and holding corporate polluters accountable, Rob is and will be the strong, strategic and progressive law enforcement official we need in our state. His opponent is a staunch conservative who will take us backwards. Rob deserves re-election. See more here.

State Controller – MALIA COHEN – I have full confidence that Malia will lead the Controller’s office effectively and with proactive, strategic attention to environmental and economic justice. She has been serving as an elected member of the State Board of Equalization and is well-prepared to become our next State Controller.

State Treasurer – FIONA MA

CA Insurance Commissioner – RICARDO LARA

State Superintendent of Public Instruction – TONY THURMOND – Tony holds one of the most challenging jobs in our state. First and foremost, they don’t get sincerer and more genuine than Tony Thurmond. He has a steadfast desire to make our public education system better for all children—particularly those most in need. Check out his website for his list of accomplishments and his plan going forward.

CA State Senate:

#2 – Mike McGuire #4 – Tim Robertson

#6 – Paula Villescaz #8 – Dave Jones*

#10 – Aisha Wahab #14 – Anna Caballero

#18 – Steve Padilla #20 – Caroline Menjivar

#24 – Ben Allen #26 – Maria Elena Durazo

#28 – Lola Smallwood-Cuevas #34 – Tom Umberg

#36 – Kim Carr #38 – Catherine Blakespear*

#40 – Joseph Rocha

*Please help these strong environmental candidates with phone-banking and a donation. They are being subjected to negative campaigning from special interests (including oil companies).

CA State Assembly:

#2 – Jim Wood #6 – Kevin McCarty #10 – Eric Guerra

#11 – Lori Wilson #12 – Damon Connolly* #14 – Buffy Wicks

#15 – Tim Grayson #16 – Rebecca Bauer-Kahan #17 – Matt Haney

#18 – Mia Bonta #19 – Phil Ting #20 – Liz Ortega

#21 – Diane Papan** #22 – Jessica Self #23 – Marc Berman

#24 – Alex Lee #25 – Ash Kalra #26 – Evan Low

#27 – Esmerelda Soria #28 – Gail Pellerin #29 – Robert Rivas

#30 – Dawn Addis #35 – Leticia Perez #36 – Eduardo Garcia

#37 – Gregg Hart #38 – Steve Bennett #39 – Juan Carrillo

#40 – Pilar Schiavo #41 – Chris Holden #42 – Jacqui Irwin

#43 – Luz Rivas #44 – Laura Friedman #45 – James Ramos

#46 – Jesse Gabriel #47 – Christy Holstege #49 – Mike Fong

#50 – Eloise Gómez Reyes #51 – Rick Chavez Zbur #52 – Wendy Carrillo

#53 – Freddie Rodriguez #54 – Miguel Santiago #55 – Isaac Bryan

#56 – Lisa Calderon #57 – Reggie Jones-Sawyer #58 – Sabrina Cervantes

#60 – Corey Jackson #61 – Tina Simone McKinnor #62 – Anthony Rendon

#64 – Blanca Pacheco #66 – Al Muratsuchi #67 – Sharon Quirk-Silva

#68 – Avelino Valencia #69 – Al Austin #70 – Deidre Nguyen

#72 – Judie Mancuso #73 – Cottie Petrie-Norris #74 – Chris Duncan

#77 – Tasha Boerner Horvath #78 – Chris Ward #79 – Akilah Weber

#80 – Georgette Gómez

*Two strong environmental candidates in this race, I am supporting Damon because of his long-standing history in the district and experience as a local elected official.

**Mayor Giselle Harris, who I supported in the Primary and would’ve made a great addition to the Assembly, has withdrawn. Councilmember Papan will be the next Assemblymember here.

State Bd. of Equalization (#2) – SALLY LEIBER – The progressive choice.

U.S. House of Representatives (Vote all Dems – Keep the House in Democratic hands):

#2 – Jared Huffman #4 – Mike Thompson #6 – Ami Bera

#7 – Doris Matsui #8 – John Garamendi #9 – Josh Harder

#10 – Mark DeSaulnier #11 – Nancy Pelosi #12 – Barbara Lee

#14 – Eric Swalwell #15 – Kevin Mullin #16 – Anna Eshoo

#17 – Ro Khanna #18 – Zoe Lofgren #19 – Jimmy Panetta

#20 – Marisa Wood #22 – Rudy Salas #24 – Salud Carbajal

#25 – Raul Ruiz #26 – Julia Brownley #27 – Christy Smith

#28 – Judy Chu #29 – Tony Cardenes #30 – Adam Schiff

#31 – Grace Napolitano #32 – Brad Sherman #33 – Pete Aguilar

#34 – Jimmy Gomez #35 – Norma Torres #36 – Ted Lieu

#37 – Sydney Kamlager #38 – Linda Sanchez #39 – Mark Takano

#40 – Asif Mahmood #41 – Will Rollins #42 – Robert Garcia

#43 – Maxine Waters #44 – Nanette Barragan #45 – Jay Chen

#47 – Katie Porter #49 – Mike Levin #50 – Scott Peters #51 – Sara Jacobs

Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the CA State Supreme Court – YES to all

Patricia Guerrero (Chief); Joshua Groban; Martin Jenkins; Goodwin Liu

Alameda County Board of Supervisors:

District 3 – REBECCA KAPLAN – This is the open seat that was previously held by the late Wilma Chan for many years. While Wilma is irreplaceable, I strongly recommend electing Kaplan to this seat to infuse helpful new energy into our County Board of Supervisors. Her Endorsements can be found here.

Alameda County District Attorney – no recommendation

https://www.pamelaprice4da.com https://terrywileyforda.com/

Mayor of Oakland – SHENG THAO (rank #1) – I’m looking forward to working with Sheng on matters of affordable housing and homelessness, public safety and violence prevention, climate justice and sustainability, wildfire prevention, pedestrian safety and much more. I know she has the proven ability to bring community stakeholders together in a productive fashion building consensus and achieving meaningful progress to move our city forward.

Loren Taylor (rank #2) • Treva Reid (rank #2)

Honorable Mention: Gregory Hodge

Caution: Do NOT vote for Ignacio De La Fuente – He supports and is supported by Coal interests, and he would bring back an era of back-room deals—and bad deals at that.

Oakland City Council (1st choice)

District 2 – Nikki Fortunato Bas – Nikki has been an effective and progressive Council President. She certainly deserves re-election.

District 4 – Janani Ramachandran – Smart public interest attorney with strong commitment to wildfire prevention, public safety, affordable housing, and good government.

District 6 – Kevin Jenkins – Affordable housing expert and current elected member of the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees.

Oakland City Auditor – Courtney Ruby

OUSD School Board Directors

#2 – David Kakishiba (rank 1); Jennifer Brouhard (rank 2)

#6 – Kyra Mungia (rank 1); Valarie Bachelor (rank 2)

Peralta Community College District Trustee

#5 – Cindi Reiss

#7 – Seth Steward

AC Transit Director

At-large – Alfred Twu

#3 – Sarah Syed

#4 – Barisha Spriggs

BART Director

#2 – Mark Foley #4 – Robert Raburn

#6 – Lance Nishihira #8 – Janice Li

East Bay Municipal Utility District Director

#3 – Marguerite Young – Strong environmental/water expert who deserves re-election.

#4 – Andy Katz

#7 – Corina Lopez

East Bay Regional Park District Director

#3 – Dennis Waespi

#7 – Colin Coffey

Mayor of Alameda – Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft – Marilyn is doing a good job as mayor!

Alameda City Council - Hannah Groce; Tracy Jensen

Albany City Council (rank choice voting)

Robin López

Nick Pilch

John A. Miki

Albany School Board

Ron Rosenbaum

Sadia Khan

Emeryville City Council (vote for 2)

Kalimah Priforce

David Mourra

Brooke Westling (I’m only endorsing the 2 candidates above, but Brooke deserves an honorable mention)

Piedmont City Council

Jennifer Long

Betsy Smegal Anderson

Tom Ramsey

Mayor of San Leandro

Lee Thomas (rank 1); Bryan Azevedo (rank 2)

San Leandro City Council

#3 – Victor Aguilar

Berkeley City Auditor – Jenny Wong

Berkeley City Council

#1 – Rashi Kaeserwani (rank 1); Elisa Mikiten (rank 2)

#4 – Kate Harrison

#7 – Rigel Robinson

Berkeley Rent Board

Ida Martinac; Vanessa Danielle Marrero; Nathan Mizel; Soli Alper; Negeene Mosaed

Berkeley School Board

Jennifer Shanoski; Ka’Dijah Brown

Dublin Mayor – Melissa Hernandez

Fremont City Council

#3 – Jenny Kassan

Hayward Area Recreation District – Sara Lamnin

Pleasanton City Council

#1 - Dean Wallace

Union City City Council

#2 – Jaime Patino

Contra Costa County Supervisor (#4) – Ken Carlson

Antioch City Council

#4 – Monica Wilson

El Cerrito City Council

Gabe Quinto

Carolyn Wysinger

honorable mention: Vanessa Warheit

Hercules City Council

Dion Bailey

Chris Kelley

Moraga Town Council

Kerry Hillis

Pinole City Council

Cameron Sasai

Anthony Tave

Norma Martinez-Rubin

Pittsburg City Council

Shanelle Scales-Preston

Richmond Mayor – Eduardo Martinez

Richmond City Council

#2 – Cesar Zepeda

#3 – Doria Robinson

#4 – Jamin Pursell

San Pablo City Council

Rita Xavier

San Ramon Mayor

Sabina Zafar

San Ramon City Council

#4 – Marisol Rubio

Orinda-Moraga Fire Protection District

Steven Danziger (#3)

Michael Donner (#4)

West County Wastewater District

#5 – Cheryl Sudduth

Stege Sanitary District

Juliet Christian Smith

Contra Costa Community College District

#1 – John Márquez

#3 – Rebecca Barrett

Contra Costa Bd. of Education

#2 – Sarah Butler

Los Angeles Mayor – KAREN BASS has the relevant public and NGO sector experience to be a strong, progressive mayor of L.A. who can make progress on the challenges facing the city. Unfortunately, a billionaire developer—who supports Republican candidates—is spending tens of millions of dollars trying to buy this election.

Los Angeles County Supervisor

#3 – Lindsey Horvath – Lindsey would be an excellent Supervisor. Check out her website and, if your live in L.A. County, please help her campaign.

Los Angeles City Controller – Paul Koretz

Los Angeles City Councilmember (#5) – Katy Yaroslavsky

L.A. Community College District (#7) – Nancy Pearlman

Mayor of San Jose – Cindy Chavez

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

#4 - Derek Cressman

San Diego County Supervisor

#5 – Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson

San Francisco Bd. of Supervisors

#4 – Gordon Mar

#6 – Honey Mahogany

#8 – Rafael Mandelman

San Francisco District Attorney

Joe Alioto Veronese and John Hamasaki

San Francisco Community College Board of Trustees

John Rizzo; Thea Selby; Vick Chung

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***One of the most important things you can do for your city and for the entire country is to help keep the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in Democratic hands. Our democracy is under threat. Here are key Senate races that are very tight. Please consider volunteering remotely.

Thank you!

Key U.S. Senate contests:

Nevada – Catherine Cortez Masto - https://catherinecortezmasto.com/get-involved/

Wisconsin – Mandela Barnes - https://www.mobilize.us/mandelabarnesforussenate/
Georgia – Rev. Raphael Warnock - https://secure.ngpvan.com/okWijBNa7kiWFyngCpBGsQ2

Arizona – Mark Kelly - https://markkelly.com/get-involved/

Ohio – Tim Ryan - https://act.timforoh.com/signup/volunteer/

Florida – Val Demings - https://valdemings.com/get-involved/

Pennsylvania – John Fetterman - https://johnfetterman.com/volunteer/

North Carolina – Cheri Beasley - https://cheribeasley.com

Here are other avenues to engage in electing and re-electing Democrats in key states/districts throughout the country...

Activate America – https://www.activateamerica.vote

League of Conservation Voters (LCV) – https://www.lcvvictoryfund.org/climatevote22/

See Ballot Measure voting recommendations here!

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[Disclaimer: These are Dan Kalb’s voting recommendations. No campaign committee, candidate or anyone else paid to be included on this voter guide.]