Endorsements — East Bay Young Democrats

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.

Press Release | Summary

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.

News Article

Berkeley Special Election (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)

Berkeley City Council District 4: Rubén Hernández Story (X)
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Candidates and measures with a ✓ won their race outright
Candidates with a X lost their race outright

Primary Election (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)

City of Oakland Auditor: Michael Houston (✓)
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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

Yes on California Proposition 1

Yes on Alameda County Measure A

Yes on Alameda County Measure B

Yes on City of Oakland Measure D

Yes on Berkeley Unified School District Measure H

Candidates and measures with a ✓ won their race outright
Candidates with a X lost their race outright

2023 Endorsements

Candidates and measures with a ✓ won their race outright
Candidates with a X lost their race outright

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.

News Article

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.

Press Release | Fact Sheet

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.

Press Conference | Press Release | News Article

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.

Fact Sheet | News Article One | News Article Two

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.

Press Release | Submit Letters | Contact Legislators

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

Press Release

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

Author - Traffic Violence Rapid Response
Letter | News Article | Petition

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

Author - Allyssa Victory (AD-18 CADEM Delegate)
Resolution | Info Sheet

Petition Supporting State Funding to Save California Transit

Author - Survive and Thrive Coalition
Petition | Presentation | Zoom Recording (Passcode: VR*R8%Dn)

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

Author - Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club
Letter

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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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 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 (✓)
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Berkeley Rent Board: Soli Alpert (✓)
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Berkeley School Board: Reichi Lee (X)
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Oakland City Council District 2: Nikki Fortunato Bas (✓)
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Oakland City Council District 4: Janani Ramachandran (✓)
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Oakland City Council District 6: Kevin Jenkins (✓)
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Oakland Unified School District Board of Education District 2: Jennifer Brouhard (✓)
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San Leandro City Council District 1: Celina Reynes (✓)
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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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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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Propositions: Yes On 1 | Yes On 28 | Yes On 31

Livermore VJ USD: Measure G

Oakland USD: Measure H

Pleasanton USD: Measure I

Sunol Glen USD: Measure J

City of Albany: Measure K

City of Berkeley: Measure L | Measure M | Measure N

City of Emeryville: Measure O

City of Richmond: Measure P

Union City: Measure Z

Candidates and measures with a ✓ won their race
Candidates with a X lost their race

Primary Election (Tuesday, 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 Measure B: Alameda Unified School District (✓)

Yes on Measure C: City of Oakland (✓)

Candidates and measures with a ✓ won their race outright
Candidates with a X lost their race outright

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