11/02/2024
LAST MINUTE CLIMATE-CENTRIC VOTING GUIDE
(these are my recommendations, not a debate and I will delete any)
President – Kamala Harris.
US Senator – Full Term – Adam Schiff
US Senator – Partial/Unexpired Term – Adam Schiff
LOS ANGELES
Senate District 27 - my favorite CA State Senator, Henry Stern
Congressional District 30 - my favorite CA State Assemblymember getting a well-deserved promotion (though we will miss her desperately in the Assembly) - Laura Friedman
Assembly District 46: Jesse Gabriel, excellent work as Assembly Budget Chair
Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan, serious and effective changemaker in environmental justice/health and nature-based solutions
IRVINE CITY COUNCIL: Ayn Craciun, effective climate and children's health activist
SONOMA COUNTY & PETALUMA
US Representative – Congressman Jared Huffman, our climate and environmental champ
Assemblymember 12th District – Damon Connolly, our rising star North Bay Assemblymember, who, self-reportedly, will be chairing the joint Assembly/Senate Climate Committee.
Petaluma City Council
District 6: Brian Barnacle
District 5: Blake Hooper
District 4: Frank Quint
Petaluma School District Governing Board Member – Ellen Webster
STATE OF CALIFORNIA MEASURES
2 – Bonds for Public School and Community College – YES
3 – Constitutional Right to Marriage - YES
4 – Authorizes Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Protecting Communities and Natural Lands from Climate Risks - YES!!!
5 – Allows Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Vote Approval – YES
6 – Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons – YES
32 – Raises Minimum Wage to $17 or $18 per hour – YES
33 – Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control – YES
34 – Restricts Spending of Prescription Drug Revenues By Certain Health Care Providers – No
35 – Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services – No
36 – Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes – No
SONOMA COUNTY MEASURES
Measure I – To Improve the health and well-being of Sonoma County children, including increasing access to child care and early childhood education. - YES
Measure J – Sonoma County Prohibition on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – NO (it will take out the industry-leading organic dairies as well)
Measure W – Renew 1/8 cent sales tax to fund county library services - YES
PETALUMA CITY MEASURE
Measure Y – Shall an ordinance be adopted to extend the term of Petaluma’s Urban Growth Boundary through December 31, 2050 and to modify UGB provisions concerning transit oriented development - YES
PETALUMA SCHOOL MEASURES
Measure AA – Local High/Junior High School Improvement Measure – YES
Measure Z - Petaluma Elementary School Improvement Measure – YES
