PDSMM's ELECTION SUGGESTIONS
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Official Endorsements for the November 4, 2008 Elections
STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 1A - YES - Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act
Proposition 2 - YES - Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Proposition 3 - YES - Children’s Hospital Bond Act
Proposition 4 - NO - Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy
Proposition 5 - YES - Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Proposition 6 - NO - Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Proposition 7 - NO - Renewable Energy Generation
Proposition 8 - NO - Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Proposition 9 - NO - Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole
Proposition 10 - NEUTRAL - Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bond
Proposition 11 - NO - Redistricting
Proposition 12 - YES - Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008
CANDIDATES (* Incumbent)
U.S. Congress
CD 25 Jackie Conaway
CD 26 Russ Warner
CD 27 Brad Sherman*
CD 28 Howard Berman*
CD 29 Adam Schiff*
CD 30 Henry Waxman*
CD 31 Xavier Becerra*
CD 32 Hilda Solis*
CD 33 Diane Watson*
CD 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard*
CD 35 Maxine Waters*
CD 36 Jane Harman*
CD 37 Laura Richardson*
CD 38 Grace Napolitano*
CD 39 Linda Sanchez*
CD 42 Edwin Chau
CD 46 Debbie Cook
State Senate
SD 17 Bruce McFarland
SD 19 Hannah-Beth Jackson
SD 21 Carol Liu
SD 23 Fran Pavley
SD 25 Rod Wright
SD 27 Alan Lowenthal*
SD 29 Joseph Lyons
State Assembly
AD 36 Linda Jones
AD 37 Ferial Masry
AD 38 Carole Lutness
AD 39 Felipe Fuentes*
AD 40 Bob Blumenfield
AD 41 Julia Brownley*
AD 42 Mike Feuer*
AD 43 Paul Krekorian*
AD 44 Anthony Portantino*
AD 45 Kevin De Leon*
AD 46 John A. Perez
AD 47 Karen Bass*
AD 48 Mike Davis*
AD 49 Mike Eng*
AD 50 Hector De La Torre*
AD 51 Curren Price*
AD 52 Isadore Hall
AD 53 Ted Lieu*
AD 54 Bonnie Lowenthal
AD 55 Warren Furutani*
AD 56 Tony Mendoza*
AD 57 Ed Hernandez*
AD 58 Charles Calderon*
AD 59 Don Williamson
AD 60 Diane Singer
AD 61 Norma Torres
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Dist. 2 Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges
Office No. 72 Hilleri Grossman Merritt
Office No. 82 Cynthia Loo
Office No. 84 Lori-Ann C. Jones
Office No. 94 C. Edward Mack
Office No. 154 Rocky L. Crabb
Alhambra City Council
Dist. 4 Efren Moreno
Beach Cities Health District Board
Marie Corr
Robert Grossman
Vanessa Poster*
Central Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 4 Rudy Montalvo*
Div. 5 Mason Buchanan Inocentes
Downey City Council
Dist. 5 Luis Marquez
Pomona Mayor and City Council
Mayor Elliott Rothman
Dist. 1 Danielle Soto
Dist. 4 Primo Castro
Dist. 6 Danilet “Dani” Querubin
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 Joseph Reichenberger
Santa Monica City Council
Richard Bloom*
Ken Genser*
Bobby Shriver*
Ted Winterer
Santa Monica Community College Board
Susan Aminoff*
Margaret Quinones-Perez*
Rob Rader*
Santa Monica School Board
Ben Allen
Chris Bley
Maria Leon-Vasquez*
Ralph Mechur*
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 2 Charles Trevino
Water Replenishment District of Southern California Board
Div. 2 Peter Manghera
Div. 5 Linda Unruh Fuentes
West Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 No Endorsement
Div. 5 Don Dear*
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
Measure CF - YES - School Improvement Bond
Alhambra Unified School District
Measure MM - YES - Neighborhood Elementary Schools Health, Safety and Repair Bond
City of Beverly Hills
Measure H - NO - Revitalization of Beverly Hilton Hotel Site
Beverly Hills Unified School District
Measure E - YES - School Safety, Security and Repair Bond
Bonita Unified School District
Measure AB - YES - Building for Student Success Improvement Bond
Centinela Valley Union High School District
Measure CV - YES - Centinela High School Improvement Bond
City of Commerce
Recall - NO - Recall of Mayor Tina Baca Del Rio and Councilmember Robert Fierro
City of El Monte
Measure GG - NO - Essential City Services Preservation and Protection Sales and Use Tax
El Monte City Elementary School District
Measure KC - YES - El Monte Elementary School Repair and Upgrade Measure Bond
El Monte Union High School District
Measure D - NEUTRAL - School Improvement Bond
El Segundo Unified School District
Measure M - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of Hawthorne
Measure V - YES - Communication Users Tax
City of Inglewood
Measure UUT - YES - Communications Users Tax Rate Reduction and Modernization
City of Lakewood
Measure L - YES - Telephone Users Tax Update
City of Long Beach
Measure G - YES - Telephone Users Tax Update
Measure I - YES - Funding for Bond Repayment
Long Beach Unified School District
Measure K - YES - Classroom Repair, Student Safety Bond
City of Los Angeles
Proposition A - YES - Gang & Youth Violence Prevention, After-School and Job Training Programs Parcel Tax
Proposition B - YES - Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization
Los Angeles Community College District
Measure J - YES - Local Community College Classroom Repair, Public Safety, Nursing and Job Training Bond
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Measure R - YES - Traffic Relief, Rail Extensions, Reduction of Foreign Oil Dependence Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase
Los Angeles County - Unincorporated Areas
Measure U - YES - Utility Users’ Tax Continuation
Los Angeles Unified School District
Measure Q - YES - Safe, Healthy Neighborhood Schools Bond
City of Lynwood
Measure C - NO - Term Limits
Measure II - YES - Ratification of Existing Utility User’s Tax
Manhattan Beach Unified School District
Measure BB - YES - Mira Costa High School Rehabilitation Bond
City of Maywood
Measure MC - NO - Transactions and Use Tax
Mt. San Antonio Community College District
Measure RR - YES - Classroom Repair, Education Improvement, Public Safety, Job Training
Pasadena Unified School District
Measure TT - YES - School Improvements Bond
City of Pico Rivera
Measure P - YES - The Pico Rivera City Services Protection Measure (Sales Tax Increase)
City of Pomona
Measure PC - YES - Temporary Utility User Tax Increase
Pomona Unified School District
Measure PS - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of Redondo Beach
Measure DD - NEUTRAL - Voter Approval of Specified Changes in Allowable Land Use
Measure EE - NEUTRAL - VOter Approval for Changes in Land Use/Development Standards
City of Rosemead
Measure CC - NO - City Charter Adoption
Rosemead Elementary School District
Measure O - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of San Gabriel
Measure SG - NO - Utility Users Tax Amendment
Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District
Measure S - YES - Removal of “Salt-Based” Water Softeners
City of Santa Monica
Proposition T - YES - Commercial Development Limits
Proposition SM - YES - Telecommunications Tax
Santa Monica Community College District
Measure AA - YES - Santa Monica College Career and Educational Improvements Bond
City of South Pasadena
Measure SP - YES - Amended Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Revitalization
Torrance Unified School District
Measure Y - YES - School Safety and Core Academic Facilities Bond
Measure Z - YES - Education Upgrades Bond
Victor Valley Community College District
Measure JJ - YES - Victor Valley College Public Safety, Health Care Job Training Bond
Westside Union Elementary School District
Measure WS - YES - School Improvement Bond
Whittier Union High School District
Measure W - YES - School Improvement Bond
William S. Hart Union High School District
Measure SA - YES - County & Local Ballot Measures Bond
Please contact clarklee@lacdp.org if you have any questions.
Official Endorsements for the November 4, 2008 Elections
STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 1A - YES - Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act
Proposition 2 - YES - Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Proposition 3 - YES - Children’s Hospital Bond Act
Proposition 4 - NO - Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy
Proposition 5 - YES - Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Proposition 6 - NO - Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Proposition 7 - NO - Renewable Energy Generation
Proposition 8 - NO - Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Proposition 9 - NO - Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole
Proposition 10 - NEUTRAL - Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bond
Proposition 11 - NO - Redistricting
Proposition 12 - YES - Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008
CANDIDATES (* Incumbent)
U.S. Congress
CD 25 Jackie Conaway
CD 26 Russ Warner
CD 27 Brad Sherman*
CD 28 Howard Berman*
CD 29 Adam Schiff*
CD 30 Henry Waxman*
CD 31 Xavier Becerra*
CD 32 Hilda Solis*
CD 33 Diane Watson*
CD 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard*
CD 35 Maxine Waters*
CD 36 Jane Harman*
CD 37 Laura Richardson*
CD 38 Grace Napolitano*
CD 39 Linda Sanchez*
CD 42 Edwin Chau
CD 46 Debbie Cook
State Senate
SD 17 Bruce McFarland
SD 19 Hannah-Beth Jackson
SD 21 Carol Liu
SD 23 Fran Pavley
SD 25 Rod Wright
SD 27 Alan Lowenthal*
SD 29 Joseph Lyons
State Assembly
AD 36 Linda Jones
AD 37 Ferial Masry
AD 38 Carole Lutness
AD 39 Felipe Fuentes*
AD 40 Bob Blumenfield
AD 41 Julia Brownley*
AD 42 Mike Feuer*
AD 43 Paul Krekorian*
AD 44 Anthony Portantino*
AD 45 Kevin De Leon*
AD 46 John A. Perez
AD 47 Karen Bass*
AD 48 Mike Davis*
AD 49 Mike Eng*
AD 50 Hector De La Torre*
AD 51 Curren Price*
AD 52 Isadore Hall
AD 53 Ted Lieu*
AD 54 Bonnie Lowenthal
AD 55 Warren Furutani*
AD 56 Tony Mendoza*
AD 57 Ed Hernandez*
AD 58 Charles Calderon*
AD 59 Don Williamson
AD 60 Diane Singer
AD 61 Norma Torres
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Dist. 2 Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges
Office No. 72 Hilleri Grossman Merritt
Office No. 82 Cynthia Loo
Office No. 84 Lori-Ann C. Jones
Office No. 94 C. Edward Mack
Office No. 154 Rocky L. Crabb
Alhambra City Council
Dist. 4 Efren Moreno
Beach Cities Health District Board
Marie Corr
Robert Grossman
Vanessa Poster*
Central Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 4 Rudy Montalvo*
Div. 5 Mason Buchanan Inocentes
Downey City Council
Dist. 5 Luis Marquez
Pomona Mayor and City Council
Mayor Elliott Rothman
Dist. 1 Danielle Soto
Dist. 4 Primo Castro
Dist. 6 Danilet “Dani” Querubin
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 Joseph Reichenberger
Santa Monica City Council
Richard Bloom*
Ken Genser*
Bobby Shriver*
Ted Winterer
Santa Monica Community College Board
Susan Aminoff*
Margaret Quinones-Perez*
Rob Rader*
Santa Monica School Board
Ben Allen
Chris Bley
Maria Leon-Vasquez*
Ralph Mechur*
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 2 Charles Trevino
Water Replenishment District of Southern California Board
Div. 2 Peter Manghera
Div. 5 Linda Unruh Fuentes
West Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 No Endorsement
Div. 5 Don Dear*
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
Measure CF - YES - School Improvement Bond
Alhambra Unified School District
Measure MM - YES - Neighborhood Elementary Schools Health, Safety and Repair Bond
City of Beverly Hills
Measure H - NO - Revitalization of Beverly Hilton Hotel Site
Beverly Hills Unified School District
Measure E - YES - School Safety, Security and Repair Bond
Bonita Unified School District
Measure AB - YES - Building for Student Success Improvement Bond
Centinela Valley Union High School District
Measure CV - YES - Centinela High School Improvement Bond
City of Commerce
Recall - NO - Recall of Mayor Tina Baca Del Rio and Councilmember Robert Fierro
City of El Monte
Measure GG - NO - Essential City Services Preservation and Protection Sales and Use Tax
El Monte City Elementary School District
Measure KC - YES - El Monte Elementary School Repair and Upgrade Measure Bond
El Monte Union High School District
Measure D - NEUTRAL - School Improvement Bond
El Segundo Unified School District
Measure M - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of Hawthorne
Measure V - YES - Communication Users Tax
City of Inglewood
Measure UUT - YES - Communications Users Tax Rate Reduction and Modernization
City of Lakewood
Measure L - YES - Telephone Users Tax Update
City of Long Beach
Measure G - YES - Telephone Users Tax Update
Measure I - YES - Funding for Bond Repayment
Long Beach Unified School District
Measure K - YES - Classroom Repair, Student Safety Bond
City of Los Angeles
Proposition A - YES - Gang & Youth Violence Prevention, After-School and Job Training Programs Parcel Tax
Proposition B - YES - Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization
Los Angeles Community College District
Measure J - YES - Local Community College Classroom Repair, Public Safety, Nursing and Job Training Bond
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Measure R - YES - Traffic Relief, Rail Extensions, Reduction of Foreign Oil Dependence Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase
Los Angeles County - Unincorporated Areas
Measure U - YES - Utility Users’ Tax Continuation
Los Angeles Unified School District
Measure Q - YES - Safe, Healthy Neighborhood Schools Bond
City of Lynwood
Measure C - NO - Term Limits
Measure II - YES - Ratification of Existing Utility User’s Tax
Manhattan Beach Unified School District
Measure BB - YES - Mira Costa High School Rehabilitation Bond
City of Maywood
Measure MC - NO - Transactions and Use Tax
Mt. San Antonio Community College District
Measure RR - YES - Classroom Repair, Education Improvement, Public Safety, Job Training
Pasadena Unified School District
Measure TT - YES - School Improvements Bond
City of Pico Rivera
Measure P - YES - The Pico Rivera City Services Protection Measure (Sales Tax Increase)
City of Pomona
Measure PC - YES - Temporary Utility User Tax Increase
Pomona Unified School District
Measure PS - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of Redondo Beach
Measure DD - NEUTRAL - Voter Approval of Specified Changes in Allowable Land Use
Measure EE - NEUTRAL - VOter Approval for Changes in Land Use/Development Standards
City of Rosemead
Measure CC - NO - City Charter Adoption
Rosemead Elementary School District
Measure O - YES - School Improvement Bond
City of San Gabriel
Measure SG - NO - Utility Users Tax Amendment
Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District
Measure S - YES - Removal of “Salt-Based” Water Softeners
City of Santa Monica
Proposition T - YES - Commercial Development Limits
Proposition SM - YES - Telecommunications Tax
Santa Monica Community College District
Measure AA - YES - Santa Monica College Career and Educational Improvements Bond
City of South Pasadena
Measure SP - YES - Amended Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Revitalization
Torrance Unified School District
Measure Y - YES - School Safety and Core Academic Facilities Bond
Measure Z - YES - Education Upgrades Bond
Victor Valley Community College District
Measure JJ - YES - Victor Valley College Public Safety, Health Care Job Training Bond
Westside Union Elementary School District
Measure WS - YES - School Improvement Bond
Whittier Union High School District
Measure W - YES - School Improvement Bond
William S. Hart Union High School District
Measure SA - YES - County & Local Ballot Measures Bond
Please contact clarklee@lacdp.org if you have any questions.