2018 Endorsements
SEIU1021 endorses candidates in statewide elections, as well as in elections in regions where our members work and live. Our endorsements include Democrats and Republicans — the main criteria is that the candidate supports policies that support working people.
U.S. Senate
Senator: Kevin de León
U.S. House of Representatives
- District 3: John Garamendi
- District 4: Jessica Morse
- District 7: Ami Bera
- District 9: Jerry McNerney
- District 10: Josh Harder
- District 12: Nancy Pelosi
- District 13: Barbara Lee
- District 14: Jackie Speier
- District 15: Eric Swalwell
- District 17: Ro Khanna
Constitutional Offices
- California Governor: Gavin Newsom
- California Lt. Governor: Ed Hernandez
- California Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
- California Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
- California Treasurer: Fiona Ma
- California Controller: Betty Yee
- California Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
- California Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
State Ballot Measures
Proposition 2: YES
Gives the state permission to borrow $2 billion to fund
supportive housing for those suffering with mental illness and to
repay the cost of that bond with money set aside for mental
health services.
Proposition 5: NO
Funded by real estate developers, Prop 5 would expand special
rules applied to existing homeowners 55 and older who buy a new
home and allow them to carry their Prop 13-assessed property
values with them across county lines. Prop 5 would result in a $1
billion hit to local and state general funds, negatively
impacting public services provided by cities, counties and
special districts. The passage of Prop 5 would also result in
funding loss of around $150 million per year in the
near term for schools, growing over time to $1 billion or more
per year.
Proposition 6: NO
Local roads, state highways, and public transportation are in
need of repairs and improvements. Passage of Prop 6 would repeal
recently enacted road repair and transportation funding by
repealing revenues dedicated for those purposes.
Proposition 8: YES
California dialysis companies charge patients with private
insurance an average of $150,000 for a year of dialysis
treatment, or 350 percent above the cost of providing care. The
“Fair Pricing for Dialysis Act” would limit dialysis
corporations from charging patients more than 15 percent above
the cost of this life-saving care.
Proposition 10: YES
Allow cities, if they desire, to introduce or expand existing
rent control policies. The passage of the “Affordable Housing
Act” would creates local control for decision-making on rent
control policies. In accordance with California law, Prop 10
provides that rent-control policies may not violate landlords’
right to a fair financial return on their rental property.
Proposition 11: NO
Backed by the private ambulance industry, Prop 11 is cynical move
to undermine basic workplace protections for emergency
responders.
California State Senate
- State Senate, District 2: Mike McGuire
- State Senate, District 6: Richard Pan
- State Senate, District 10: Bob Wieckowski
- State Senate, District 12: Ana Caballero
California State Assembly
- State Assembly, District 2: Jim Wood
- State Assembly, District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
- State Assembly, District 10: Mark Levine
- State Assembly, District 15: Jovanka Beckles
- State Assembly, District 17: David Chiu
- State Assembly, District 18: Rob Bonta
- State Assembly, District 19: Phil Ting
- State Assembly, District 20: Bill Quirk
- State Assembly, District 22: Kevin Mullin
Alameda County
County Assessor:
- Assessor: Phong La
City of alameda
- City Council, Jim Oddie
- Measure K, Alameda Rent Control Charter Amendment - NO – makes it difficult and costly to change rent protection laws and to protect tenants’ rights
City of Berkeley
- City Council, District 1: Igor Tregub
- City Council, District 4: Kate Harrison
- City Council, District 7: Rigel Robinson
- City Council, District 8: Mary Kay Lacey
- Rent Stabilization Board: Soli Alpert, James Chang, Paola Laverde, Maria Poblet, and John Selawsky
- Measure O, Affordable Housing Bond: YES - Creates permanently affordable homes for community members with low, very low, extremely low, and moderate income levels.
- Measure P, Real Estate Transfer Tax: YES - Establishes a tax only on the community’s most expensive homes, those that sell for over $1.5 million.
City of El Cerrito
- Measure V, Establishing A Charter City and Real Property Transfer Tax: YES - funds emergency services, city parks, libraries, and family programs with real estate property transfer tax
City of HAYWARD
- Mayor: Barbara Halliday
- City Council: Sara Lamnin
- City Council: Aisha Wahab
City of Oakland
- City Council, District 2: Nikki Fortunato Bas
- City Council, District 4: Sheng Thao
- City Council, District 6: Desley Brooks
- Measure AA – Children’s Initiative: YES - funds jobs and educational programs provided by Head Start and Oakland Unified School District and expands access to quality, affordable preschool for children from low-income backgrounds and increases access to 2- and 4- year colleges
- Measure W – Vacant Property Tax: YES – would generate an estimated $20 million for homelessness services and establish a “homelessness solutions” fund
- Measure X – Real Estate Transfer Tax: YES - make home ownership more accessible for working families by reducing the rate to 1% for properties selling for $300,000 or less, and increase it to 1.75% for properties selling for more than $2 million, and 2.5% for properties selling for more than $5 million.
- Measure Y – Eviction Ordinance - YES: closes a loophole that allows displacement of long-term tenants and protects all renters, no matter the size of the building they live in.
- Measure Z: Protect Workers in Oakland - YES – establishes workplace protections with enforcement procedures and increases the minimum wage for hotel workers from $13.23 to $15 with healthcare benefits or $20 without healthcare benefits
oakland unified school district board
- Board of Education, District 4: Clarissa Doutherd
peralta community college board
- Trustee, Area 3: Corean Todd
- Trustee, Area 5: Cindi Reiss
BART (Bay area rapid transit)
- District 6: Director: Anu Natarajan
Calaveras County
- Board of Supervisors, District 3: Mike Oliveira
- Board of Supervisors, District 5: Ben Stopper (1021 Member)
Contra Costa County
City of Richmond
- Mayor: Melvin Wills
- City Council: Eduardo Martinez
- City Council: Ada Recinos
- Measure H, Real Estate Transfer Tax: YES - increase the rate for properties selling between $1 million to $3 million to 1.25%; the rate for properties between $3 million to $10 million to 2.5%; and the rate for properties over $10 million increases to 3.0%
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
- District 2: Director: Mark Foley
Marin County
- Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors, Division I: Jack Gibson
- Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors, Division IV: Cynthia Koehler
Mendocino County
- Board of Supervisors, District 3: John Haschak
- Board of Supervisors, District 5: Chris Skyhawk
Napa County
City of Napa
- City Council: Mary Luros
- City Council: Liz Alessio
napa valley college board of trustees
- Trustee, Area 2: Jeff Dodd
- Trustee, Area 3: Mary Ann Mancuso
- Trustee, Area 4: Kyle Iverson
Sacramento County
Sacramento
Sacramento city Unified school district
- Area 1: Anna Molander
- Area 2: Ellen Cochrane
- Area 6: Darrel Woo
los rios community college district
- Deborah Ortiz
- Robert Jones
- Dustin Johnson
San Francisco County
- Board of Supervisors, District 2: Schuyler Hudak
- Board of Supervisors, District 4: Gordon Mar
- Board of Supervisors, District 6: Matt Haney
- Board of Supervisors, District 8: Rafael Mandelman
- Board of Supervisors, District 10: Shamann Walton
- Measure A: YES – the Embarcadero Seawall Earthquake Safety Bond finances the construction, reconstruction, acquisition, improvement, and seismic strengthening of the Embarcadero Seawall
- Measure B: NO - limits our ability to monitor potentially discriminatory employment practices by the City
- Measure C: YES - creates the “Our City, Our Home Fund” to house 4,000 homeless people, expand shelter beds by 1,000 in five years, and fund intensive mental health and substance abuse services to move the City’s most severely impaired individuals off the streets by enacting a Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax on businesses making more than $50 Million a year.
- Measure D: No Endorsement - places a gross receipts tax on cannabis businesses
- Measure E: YES - directs a portion of the funds generated by the existing hotel tax to arts and cultural organizations and projects
san francisco unified school district (SFUSD)
- SFUSD Trustee: Alison Collins
- SFUSD Trustee: Monica Chinchilla
- SFUSD Trustee: Faauuga Moliga
BART (Bay area rapid transit)
- District 8 Director: Jonathan Lyens
Solano County
City of fairfield
- City Council: Catherine Moy
City of vallejo
- City Council: Katie Miessner
- City Council: Hakeem Brown
Dixon Unified School District BOARD
- Board Officer: John Gabby
- Board Officer: Caitlin O’Halloran
- Board Officer: Lloyd McCabe
Sonoma County
city of petalumA
- Mayor: Teresa Barrett
- City Council: D’Lynda Fischer
- City Council: Dennis Pocekay
- City Council: Scott Alonso
city of Santa Rosa
- City Council, District 4: Victoria Fleming
- Measure M: YES – “Parks for All” raises funds that would go to county parks and cities for neighborhood parks, expanding and enhancing parks for all Sonoma County residents
city of sonoma
- City Council: Rachel Hundley
- City Council: Chris Petlock
- City Council: Jack Ding