California Prop. 1
Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (2022)
Vote YES
A YES vote on this measure means: The California Constitution would be changed to expressly include existing rights to reproductive freedom—such as the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion and use contraceptives.
California Prop. 26
Legalize Sports Betting on American Indian Lands Initiative (2022)
Vote NO
To keep sports betting in person illegal in California. Tribal casinos would continue to be unable to offer roulette and games played with dice. No changes would be made to the way state gambling laws are enforced.
California Prop. 27
Legalize Sports Betting and Revenue for Homelessness Prevention Fund Initiative (2022)
Vote NO
To keep sports betting online illegal in California. No changes would be made to the way state gambling laws are enforced.
California Prop. 28
Art and Music K-12 Education Funding Initiative (2022).
Vote YES
A YES vote would provide additional state funding specifically for arts education in public schools. This amount would be above the constitutionally required amount of funding for public schools and community colleges.
*California Prop. 29
Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative (2022)
Vote YES
Two companies, DaVita Dialysis and Fresenius, makeup about 80% of the dialysis clinics in California and nationwide. They have a monopoly on a procedure that mimics the function of healthy kidneys for people with renal failure and is medically necessary anywhere from several times a week to several times a day.
Because of this monopoly, they can charge exorbitant rates for people with private insurance (in some cases over $1,000 per treatment). To make matters worse, these for-profit companies with enormous power and little oversight are often accused of using shoddy practices to increase their profits at the expense of patient care. They’re also often accused of dangerous understaffing and using aggressive anti-union tactics against their healthcare worker employees.
Prop 29 prevents these companies from discriminating against patients who are supported by less-profitable Medicare insurance, implements minimum staffing requirements, and creates broad new disclosure requirements for what might be the biggest scam going in modern medicine. Voting yes would bring much-needed regulation to a vital procedure.
California Proposition 30,
Tax on Income Above $2 Million for Zero-Emissions Vehicles and Wildfire Prevention Initiative (2022).
Vote NO
Proposition 30 sounds really good on its surface. It would impose an additional annual 1.75% tax on individual income over $2 million, with 80% of the resulting revenue going toward funding zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) programs (like state-funded electric vehicle charging stations and funding for households to buy ZEVs), and 20% toward wildfire prevention and response programs. The state estimates that Prop 30 would generate $3.5–$5 billion annually.
The catch? While this proposition is supported by several environmental and public health groups, its largest proponent by far is tech mega-giant Lyft. Lyft has spent $25 million in support of the proposition, as highlighted by Governor Newsom in his aggressive “No on Prop 30” campaign. Currently, Lyft reimburses drivers for charging EVs out of its own pocket. And since the state will require Lyft to transition 90% of its fleet to zero-emission vehicles by 2030, the cost of that reimbursement will only go up.
If this proposition passes, Lyft will pass that cost on to state-funded charging stations, allowing it to pay drivers less and make more money. Proposition 30 is, in essence, a corporate cash grab disguised in the trappings of environmental activism. California, and the rest of the country, badly need to reduce their emissions to keep our planet livable. This, however, is not the way to do it.
California Proposition 31
Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum (2022)
Vote NO
A NO vote on this measure means: In-person stores and vending machines could continue to sell flavored tobacco products and tobacco product flavor enhancers, as allowed under other federal, state, and local rules.
Los Angeles County
Measure A
Removal of Sheriff for Cause Amendment (November 2022)
Vote YES
A YES vote supports allowing the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, to remove the sheriff from office for cause, which is defined to include: violation of laws related to the sheriff’s duties; repeated neglect of the sheriff’s duties; misuse of public funds or properties; willful falsification of documents; or obstruction of an investigation into the department’s conduct.
Los Angeles County
Measure C
Marijuana Tax for Unincorporated Areas Measure (November 2022)
Vote NO
To oppose enacting taxes on marijuana businesses in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
City of Los Angeles
Proposition LH
Low-Income Rental Housing Measure (November 2022)
Vote YES
To authorize the city to develop up to an additional 5,000 low-income rental housing units per city council district for a total of 75,000 additional units.
Proposition SP
Measure SP would generate $6.8 billion for the city’s parks and recreational facilities through a real estate parcel tax set at 8.4 cents per square foot. While it seems like a good idea on the surface, there’s more going on. This measure, rushed through city council by Councilmember Joe Buscaino, appears to be a disguised attempt to tax the people of LA to fund the 2028 Olympics.
In 2021, Buscaino filed a motion for a similar tax that was explicitly meant to fund the Olympics. The text of this current initiative specifically references the “improvement” of multiple sites associated with the 2028 Olympic Games, including the LA Zoo and the Sepulveda Basin. Even more suspicious, the proposed funds raised, $6.8 billion, is the exact proposed budget for the “privately funded LA Olympics.” Even the city’s own Department of Recreation and Parks could only identify $4.6 billion worth of proposed park improvements and new developments. This is an Olympic slush fund.
Remember, with the Olympics, displacement is built in. The official lead argument for this proposition specifically spells out the need to remove unhoused people from the city’s parks. Given how “parks improvements” were weaponized at Echo Park Lake, we are very concerned.
Vote NO
To authorizing an annual parcel tax of $0.084 per square foot on improved parcels to fund parks and recreational facilities for 30 years. A two-thirds (66.67 percent) supermajority vote is required for the approval of Proposition SP.
Prop. ULA
Prop. ULA provides funding for affordable housing and tenant assistance programs through a tax on real property transfers over $5 million. initiative ordinance ULA.
Vote YES
To enact a 4% tax on the sale or transfer of properties in Los Angeles valued at more than $5 million and a 5.5% tax on the sale or transfer of properties valued at more than $10 million; establish the House LA fund within the city treasury to collect additional tax revenue; and allocate revenue to projects that address housing availability at certain income thresholds and prevent homelessness.
Los Angeles Community College District
Proposition LA is a $5.3 billion bond measure to repair/upgrade local community colleges, classrooms, water pipes, sewer/gas lines, technology, and science labs for nurses, paramedics, firefighters, and veterans; prepare students for jobs/university transfer; remove asbestos, lead paint; acquire, construct, repair facilities, sites, equipment.
Vote NO
To oppose authorizing the Los Angeles Community College District to issue $5.3 billion in bonds to fund facility renovations and job training programs and authorizing the district to levy a tax at a rate of $25 per $100,000 of assessed value to repay the bonds.
The Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District are seeking approval of a new bond to upgrade campus facilities. However, a similar $3.3 billion construction bond program approved by voters in 2016 has faced repeated accusations of corruption and fraud, including recent accusations related to a new theater at LA Valley College, which is four years behind schedule.
The Board of Trustees of LACCD needs to root out the fraud, waste, and corruption for good before asking voters for any more money.
CONGRESS
U.S. House California District 44
Nanette Barragán (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
U.S. Senate California
Alex Padilla (Incumbent) X
Democratic Party
U.S. Senate California (special election)
Alex Padilla (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
STATEWIDE OFFICES
Governor of California
Gavin Newsom (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
Lieutenant Governor of California
Eleni Kounalakis (Incumbent) X
Democratic Party
Attorney General of California
Rob Bonta (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
California Secretary of State
Shirley Weber (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
California Treasurer
Fiona Ma (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
California Controller
Malia Cohen
Democratic Party
California Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tony Thurmond (Incumbent)
California Commissioner of Insurance
Ricardo Lara (Incumbent)
California Supreme Court (Jenkins’ seat)
Martin J. Jenkins (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California Supreme Court (Groban’s seat)
Joshua Groban (Incumbent
California Supreme Court (Goodwin Liu’s seat)
Goodwin Liu (Incumbent)
California Supreme Court (Guerrero’s seat)
Patricia Guerrero (Incumbent)
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 65
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Los Angeles County Sheriff
Robert Luna
West Basin Municipal Water District District 1
Harold Williams (Incumbent) X
West Basin Municipal Water District District 4
Scott Houston (Incumbent)
LOS ANGELES
Mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Bass
Los Angeles City Attorney
Faisal M. Gill
Los Angeles City Controller
Kenneth Mejia
Los Angeles City Council District 5 (No recommendation)
Sam Yebri
Katy Young Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles City Council District 11
Erin Darling
Los Angeles City Council District 13
Hugo Soto-Martinez
Los Angeles City Council District 15
Danielle Sandoval
CALIFORNIA SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 2 (Ashmann-Gerst’s seat)
Judith Ashmann-Gerst (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4 (Currey’s seat)
Brian S. Currey (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 5 (Rubin’s seat)
Laurence Rubin (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 8 (Grimes’ seat)
Elizabeth A. Grimes (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 8 (Stratton’s seat)
Maria E. Stratton (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 8 (Wiley’s seat)
John Shepard Wiley Jr. (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 1 (Frances Rothschild’s seat)
Frances Rothschild (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 3 (Luis A. Lavin’s seat)
Luis A. Lavin (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 4 (Audrey Collins’ seat)
Audrey Collins (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 5 (Lamar W. Baker’s seat)
Lamar W. Baker (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 7 (John Segal’s seat)
John Segal (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 6 (Baltodano’s seat)
Hernaldo Baltodano (Incumben
SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 60)
Anna Slotky Reitan
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 67)
Elizabeth Lashley-Hayne
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 70)
Holly Hancoc
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 90)
Melissa Lyons (has labor endorsements, opponent endorsed by police)
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 118)
Carolyn Park
Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Office 151)
Patrick Hare
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 2
Glenn Bailey
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 4
Christine Lamonica
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 6 (No recommendation)
Gabriel Buelna (Incumbent)
Robert Payne
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat No. 7 (special election)
Nancy Pearlman
WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 1
Joy Langford (Incumbent)
Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 3
John Allen (Incumbent)
Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 4
Jose Gonzalez
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DISTRICT 3
Tony Vazquez (Incumbent)
Democratic Party
Long Beach (No recommendation)
MAYOR
Rex Richardson
Suzie Price
COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
Kristina Duggan
Kailee Caruso
COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 (No recommendation)
Megan Kerr
Ian Patton
COUNCIL DISTRICT 9
Joni Ricks-Oddie
City of Carson
Treasurer (No recommendation)
Monica Cooper
Isaias Pulido
City Clerk (No recommendation)
Dr. Khaleah Bradshaw
Yolanda Chavez
Vera Robles DeWitt
Sharma Henderson
City Council District 2
Jim Dear
City Council District 4 (No recommendation)
Frederick Docdocil
Arleen Rojas