Candidates

2018 Voting Guide

California Candidates

Info from votersedge.org

Candidates

“Position”

priorities:

Read more at votersedge.org & CALmatters.org

CA “Party”

Kevin de León

Senator

priorities: Move comprehensive immigration reform Pass Medicare for All Move a national clean energy plan

CA Democratic

Dianne Feinstein

Senator

priorities: Universal health care Ending gun violence DACA and immigration reform

CA Democratic

Jared Huffman

District 2 — House of Reps.

priorities:Protecting environment, confronting climate change

Better jobs, wages, universal healthcare & fair and responsible tax reform

Protecting Democratic institutions & rule of law against unprecedented threats from the Trump administration

CA Democratic

Dale K. Mensing

District 2 — House of Reps

priorities: Defend the Second Amendment Eliminate the Federal Reserve Eiminate chemtrails

CA Republican

Anthony Mills

District 5 — House of Reps.

priorities:

Campaign reform, National Debt, IRS, Street and Internet Preditors

The Military Industrial Waste, Agriculture subsidies, Goverment finance of sports stadiums

Stopping the search for extra—terrestrial life

CA No Party

Mike Thopmson

District 5 — House of Reps.

priorities:

Ensure criminals and the dangerously mentally ill don’t have easy access to guns, protect 2nd Amendment rights of law—abiding citizens

Protect Social Security and Medicare and fight for comprehensive immigration reform

Support our veterans and their families

CA Democratic

John H. Cox

Governor

priorities:

Affordability — Bringing down cost of living for all Californians including housing, food and gas prices

Housing — Reducing the cost of housing & making it easier for people to afford their rent/mortgage

Transportation — Easing traffic & reducing commute times, building & improving roads and highways

CARepublican

Gavin Newsom

Governor

priorities:

Defend CA’s leadership on LGBT/immigrant/worker rights, climate change, and sensible gun/marijuana laws & fight back against President Trump

Increase investment in public schools, implement a new job—training system to equip workers for the 21st century & push forward to reform CA criminal justice system

Invest in affordable housing and other job—creating infrastructure

DemocraticCA

Ed Hernandez

Lieutenant Governor

priorities:

Debt—free college for all students. Reinvesting in our K—12 public schools, community colleges, public universities, and our vocational/ career tech programs.

Expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare, and I will continue fighting for universal healthcare.

Ensure that California embraces policies that protect local and state agencies, including law enforcement, from becoming de facto immigration agents for the federal government. I fully support the reinstatement of DACA.

DemocraticCA

Eleni Kounalakis

Lieutenant Governor

priorities:

Advance policies to build more affordable housing, reform healthcare, and prepare California’s economy for the 21st Century as the chair of the Commission for Economic Development.

Work tirelessly to lower the cost of a UC and CSU education as a member of those important boards.

Fight any expansion of offshore oil drilling as a member of the State Lands Commission.

DemocraticCA

Mark P. Meuser

Secretary of State

priorities:

Clean up California’s bloated voter rolls. California has 11 counties with over 100% voter registration

Cancel from the voter rolls those who are not eligible to vote like those who have passed away, have moved, or are non—citizens

Update California’s business registration system so it does not take 3 weeks to register a business

RepublicanCA

Alex Padilla

Secretary of State

priorities: Protecting voting rights Supporting California jobs and small businesses Increasing campaign finance transparency

CADemocratic

Betty T. Yee

Controller

priorities:

Maintain high levels of accountability and oversight of the state’s finances.

Address the changing nature of work with the growth of the gig economy and its impacts on state revenues.

Address the effects of global climate change with respect to the risks and the opportunities they pose for California’s economy.

DemocraticCA

Konstantinos Roditis

Controller

priorities:

Use the authority of the Controller’s office to root out waste, fraud, and abuse.

Audit and use all legal authority to cut funding to government waste like the high—speed rail.

Remove excess authority and ability to tax from Sacramento and bring it to the local level by implementing my tax plan called Trickle—up— Taxation. Creates local control over overbearing centralize government

RepublicanCA

Fiona Ma

Treasurer

priorities:

Manage/safeguard our state’s assets by investing wisely in sound investments vehicles with full transparency and accountability.

Promote good corporate governance models and hold corporations accountable for their actions and don’t gouge/take advantage of people to meet their bottom lines or to make excessive profits.

Continue to aggressively combat the Underground Economy to ensure everyone pays their fair share of taxes to fulfill our commitment to our retirees & provide quality/accessible education, healthcare, affordable housing to all.

DemocraticCA

Greg Conlon

Treasurer

priorities:

Reform Public Pension Unfunded Liabilities of over $300 billion by starting a new Defined Benefit Pension plan for new employees only.

Improve the State’s Credit Rating from fourth to last to an acceptable rating of AA or above by addressing the unfunded pension liabilities problem.

Work to eliminate the $800 minimum State income tax to help start—up companies get on their feet.

RepublicanCA

Xavier Becerra

Attorney General

priorities:

Taking on sex traffickers, the NRA, Big Oil, Big Banks and the Trump Administration.

Prosecuting violent street gangs and taking thousands of guns off our streets. Fighting predatory for—profit colleges and suing Trump— and won—to stop him from gutting our air quality protections and restricting women’s access to birth control.

Protecting the Dreamers—immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children. And, I’m in court protecting Californians’ right to health care.

DemocraticCA

Steven C. Bailey

Attorney General

priorities:

Restore the rule of law and enforce the law fairly and equally for all persons

Reverse past soft—on—crime policies that have led to a rise in crime across California

Stop the continued dismantlement of California’s criminal justice and public safety institutions such as the ‘sanctuary state’ charade and the elimination of cash bail

RepublicanCA

Ricardo Lara

Insurance Comissioner

priorities:

Protecting homeowners whose property survives a wildfile from cancellation and nonrenewal of home insurance for one year — closing a major loophole in law.

Using insurance to protect our forests and wetlands that guard communities from impacts of climate change.

Single—payer, universal healthcare. Through his Health for All Kids Act, 250,000 low—income California children receive full—scope Medi—Cal regardless of immigration status.

DemocraticCA

Steve Poizner

Insurance Comissioner

priorities: No priorities listed

Read more at votersedge.org & CALmatters.org

CANo Party

Tony K. Thurmond

Superintendent of Public Instruction

priorities:

Leading fight against Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’s anti—education agenda. Keeping public schools public, protect California’s ban on school vouchers, & eliminate for—profit charter schools.

Believes schools should teach students creativity and critical thinking skills, including improved arts and music education.

Ensure every California student has the resources they need to develop their capabilities in science, technology, engineering, and math to succeed in the 21st century economy.

No party listedCA

Marshall Tuck

Superintendent ofPublic Instruction

priorities:Prioritizing educators to stop our teacher shortage.

Reduce bureaucracy to spur innovation and creativity and to get more money into our classrooms.

Address inequity in our schools by differentiating support for our most vulnerable students (i.e., low— income, English Learners, students with disabilities, etc.)

No party listedCA

Malia Cohen

District 2 — Boardof Equalization

priorities:

Prioritize holding special interests accountable, ensuring the newly created Department of Tax and Fee Administration collects and distributes taxes equally

Increase public input in how taxpayer dollars are spent, for instance by advocating to make the Tax Payer Bill of Rights hearing occur quarterly

Ensure all individuals and businesses, regardless of which county they’re in, are guaranteed an equitable tax rate

DemocraticCA

Mark Burns

District 2 — Boardof Equalization

priorities:

Ensure that all Californians receive fair and equal treatment under our current tax laws.

Protect property tax benefits under Prop 13, 60, 90, and 110

Restore the functionality and purpose of the Board of Equalization

CA Republican

Veronica Jacobi

District 2 — CaliforniaState Senate

priorities:

Addressing Climate Disruption at the speed and scale needed while multi-solving our other challenges.

Creating affordable housing near mass transit and very efficiently built and all electric, designed with non flammable materials, and edible gardens and sprinklers to withstand fires from high heat wildfires.

Creating plans and incentives for business and individual rainwater storage, gray-water reuse, food forests and permaculture systems.

DemocraticCA

Mike McGuire

District 2 — California State Senate

priorities: No priorities listed

Read more at votersedge.org & CALmatters.org

CADemocratic

Matt Heath

District 2 — CaliforniaState Assembly

priorities:

Heavy CA Gas tax burden cripples the middle class and drives businesses and jobs to neighboring states.

California ranks near the bottom for road conditions, yet we have the highest Gas Tax in the country.

More efficient and effective water transport & new water storage are critical in conserving water. Developing new technology that benefits our agricultural economy while protecting habitats.

RepublicanCA

Jim Wood

District 2 — CaliforniaState Assembly

priorities:

Fire Recovery/Rebuilding. Prioritizing fire victims w/ insurance reform, rebuild protections, price gouging prevention, supplemental funding for affected schools, improving/replacing communication systems

Reforming prescribing practices; automatic prescribing of naloxone, to immediately reverse effect of overdose

Improving healthcare quality and access is my top priority. Working to achieve universal health coverage for all Californians

DemocraticCA

Pia Banerjea

Board Member —Healdsburg UnifiedSchool District

priorities:

Improve access to educational opportunities for all students by implementing research-based programs.

Maintain fiscal accountablity by prioritizing those expenditures which improve student success.

Communicate with teachers, busy parents, and students consistently so that I can best represent their concerns and ideas.

CA No Party Listed

Rose McAllister Mike Potmesil Donna Del Ray

Board Member — Healdsburg Unified School District

priorities:No priorities listed

Read more at votersedge.org & CALmatters.org

CA No Party Listed

Sandy Dobbins

Board Member — WindsorUnified School District

priorities:

Use extensive knowledge of District finances and budgeting process to provide rich and diverse educational opportunities for ALL students, whether they are on a college or career track

Provide resources in support of enhanced socioemotional learning opportunities so students are better prepared socially and emotionally as well as academically to pursue their life goals

Shepherd through the roll-out process for our Visual and Performing Arts plan, ensuring access to music and the arts for every Windsor student

No Party ListedCA

Rich Carnation

Board Member — WindsorUnified School District

priorities:

Attract and retain high-quality teachers to educate our youth.

Manage school finances and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability in light of $2 million projected deficit for Windsor Unified School District (WUSD).

Engage with students and school administrators to enhance programs focused on academics, STEM, the arts, athletics and career-ready mathematics and finance.

No Party ListedCA

Eric Heitz

Board Member — WindsorUnified School District

priorities:Maintain fiscal accountability and balanced budgets

Ensure safe schools, education excellence, and quality student enrichment opportunities

Promote and support alternative education and dual immersion charter school options.

No Party ListedCA

Warin J. Parker

Stephanie Ahmad

Board Member — Windsor Unified School District

priorities:No priorities listed

Read more at votersedge.org & CALmatters.org

CANo Party Listed

Rosa Reynoza

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:

Increase the Towns transparency by creating a user friendly website and being more proactive on social media.

Create an environment where residents are empowered to participate in the community building process.

Build housing for all.

No Party ListedCA

Dominic Foppoli

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:

Emergency preparedness/public safety. Help Windsor become more fully prepared for any natural disaster it might face in the future.

Managing growth. Will only approve projects that add value to current Windsor residents, with emphasis on only local high-quality development & reducing traffic congestion.

Continuing support to keep Windsor’s per capita lowest crime rate, best roads, some of the lowest rates of homelessness, & the strongest local economy with healthiest budget/reserves in county

No Party ListedCA

William Forrest

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:

Provide affordable housing while maintaining and improving our infrastructure.

Ensure safe vibrant neighborhoods, maintain and enhance our existing parks and provide quality public services to all members of our community.

The housing crises was worsened by the recent fires. It is imperative that we provide resilient affordable well planned housing immediately.

No Party ListedCA

Esther Lemus

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:

Addressing the community’s affordable and workforce housing concerns.

Alleviating traffic congestion and parking issues.

Working with law enforcement to promote and enhance public safety.

No Party ListedCA

Gina Fortino Dickson

City Council — Town of Windsor

priorities:

Public Safety; community policing, solvent fire department, emergency response planning

Collaboration with School District; as two of the largest employers in Windsor, these two entities can work together to provide more effective, seamless services to the community.

Equity Balance; We need a council that equitably represents the community. More women and minority representation is integral to that end.

No Party ListedCA

Mark Millan

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:

Strengthening our local economy and creating good-paying jobs.

Supporting efforts to provide more workforce housing and investing in our future.

Managing growth and protecting our small-town character.

No Party ListedCA

Sam Salmon Dylan Harper Tari Nix Luis M. Diaz

City Council —Town of Windsor

priorities:No priorities listed

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CANo Party Listed

There’s nothing here.