Our Clean Slate Voters’ Guide for the November 2018 election
Print this guide out here. Read our endorsements here.
BAY GUARDIAN ENDORSEMENTS
Governor: No endorsement
Lt. Governor: No endorsements
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty Yee
Treasurer: No endorsement
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
US Senator: Kevin De Leon
Congress, District 12: Nancy Pelosi
State Assembly, District 17: No endorsement
State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting
STATE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 1: Yes
Proposition 2: Yes
Proposition 3: No
Proposition 4:...
ENDORSEMENTS: ADEM Districts 17 and 19
The people who set policy for the California Democratic Party are elected as delegates. Not all of them – the Democrats who hold public office get to be delegates automatically, which means it’s harder to move the party in a progressive direction. But every two years, in a genuine nod to democracy (which sometimes seems like a...
ENDORSEMENTS Fall 2022
Hamasaki for DA. Mahogany and Mar for Supe. No on D, Yes on E—complete endorsements for the Nov. 8 election.
Guardian endorsements: A quick guide
For a full explanation of Guardian endorsements, see here. For an easily printable, PDF version of this guide, click here.
President: Bernie Sanders
US Senate: Kamala Harris
Congress, D 12: Nancy Pelosi
State Senate, D 11: Jane Kim
Superior Court Judge: Victor Hwang
State Assembly, District 17: No endorsement
State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting
Prop. 50: Yes
Prop. AA: No
Prop. A: Yes
Prop. B: No
Prop C: Yes, yes, yes
Prop....
Opinion: The progressive case for Measure AA
Editor's note: The Bay Guardian endorsed against Measure AA. You can read our argument here.
This is a response by Supervisors John Avalos, David Campos, and Aaron Peskin
San Francisco progressives stand united in our commitment to protect and restore San Francisco Bay, the Bay Area’s defining feature and greatest natural treasure. That’s why we strongly support Measure AA, our region’s...
Bay Guardian endorsement interview: Jane Kim
As part of our endorsement process, we are posting interviews with all of the mayoral candidates. The interviews are unedited.
Kim talked to us about the Twitter tax break and said that at the time, it was important to encourage investment in the city, and she has no regrets. But she is concerned about the way the tech boom impacted...
Guardian endorsement interviews: Mark Leno
As part of our endorsement process, we have been interviewing the candidates for mayor. The interviews are unedited, presented in their entirety.
Mark Leno told us that he would never have supported the Twitter tax break the way it was approved, and would have demanded more community benefits. He talked about his plan for housing and homelessness.
We will be publishing...
ENDORSEMENTS 2018
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The two most important things on the November ballot are state Proposition 10 and San Francisco Proposition C. Both would address the housing crisis; both are desperately needed.
Prop. 10 would overturn one of the worst examples of a bad trend in California: The state Legislature likes to...
ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE MARCH 5, 2024 ELECTION
Barbara Lee for Senate, Working Families Slate for DCCC, YES on Prop A and D, NO on Props C, E, and F.
EDITORIAL: Vote for Kim and Leno (or Leno and Kim) to save San Francisco
The early indications are that turnout in the June 5 election will be low. According to Joe Eskenazi, who has a daily text-message service, as of May 27, 43,000 ballots have been returned; at that point in June 2016, 63,500 ballots had been turned in.
So every single vote is going to matter. You can vote this weekend at City...