2016 General Election San Diego County
The San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council and its delegates have met with, interviewed, discussed, and endorsed key candidates and ballot initiatives for the next election. You can be certain that these candidates and ballot initiatives are important to the success of our unions, and the work we are able to do here in San Diego County. Please remember to VOTE on November 8, 2016!
If you need to register to vote, you can do it here: registertovote.ca.gov
Working Families Endorse:*
United States President Hillary Clinton United States Senator Kamala Harris 49th Congressional District Doug Applegate ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! 50th Congressional District Patrick Malloy 51st Congressional District Juan Vargas 52nd Congressional District Scott Peters State Senate, 39th District Toni Atkins State Assembly, 78th District Todd Gloria State Assembly, 79th District Shirley Weber State Assembly, 80th District Lorena Gonzalez San Diego County Board of Education, District 5 Rick Shea Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Elena Adams ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Palomar Community College District Nina Deerfield, John Halcon, Nancyann Hensch San Diego Community College District, Seat A Bernie Rhinerson San Diego Community College District, Seat D Mary Graham Southwestern Community College, Seat 1 Griselda Delgado Southwestern Community College, Seat 3 Roberto Alcantar Oceanside Unified School District Eleanor Juanita Evans Poway Unified School District Kimberley Beatty San Diego Unified School District, District A John Lee Evans San Diego Unified School District, District D Richard Barrera San Diego Unified School District, District E Sharon Whitehurst-Payne Escondido Union High, Trustee Area 4 Cesar Serrano Grossmont Union High School District, Area 1 Chris Fite Grossmont Union High School District, Area 2 Elva Salinas Sweetwater Union High School District, Area 2 Kevin Pike Sweetwater Union High School District, Area 4 Nicholas J. Segura, Jr. Chula Vista Elementary School, Seat 2 Michael Deangelo Jackson Chula Vista Elementary School, Seat 4 Glendora M. Tremper San Ysidro School District, Full Term Antonio Martinez San Ysidro School District, Short Term Irene Lopez City of Carlsbad, City Council Bill Fowler, Cori Schumacher City of Chula Vista, District 3 Steve Padilla ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! City of Chula Vista, District 4 Rudy Ramirez ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! City of El Cajon, City Council Vickie Butcher, Stephanie Harper, Ben Kalasho City of Encinitas, Mayor Catherine S. Blakespear City of Escondido, City Council District 3 Olga Diaz City of Imperial Beach, City Council Mark West City of Lemon Grove, City Council David Arambula City of Lemon Grove, Mayor George Gastil City of National City, City Council Jose Rodriguez, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis City of Oceanside, City Council Victor Roy, Esther Sanchez City of Oceanside, Treasurer Nadine Scott City of San Diego, City Attorney Mara Elliot ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! City of San Diego, District 1 Barbara Bry City of San Diego, District 9 Multiple Endorsements:
Ricardo Flores or Georgette GomezCity of Vista, City Council Cody Campbell, Erubey Lopez Helix Water District, Division 3 Mark Gracyk Otay Water District, Division 2 Mitch Thompson Otay Water District, Division 4 Jose Lopez Palomar Health District Board Dale Bardin, Jeff Griffith South Bay Irrigation, Division 2 Jose Cerda South Bay Irrigation, Division 3 Jose Preciado South Bay Irrigation, Division 5 Josie Calderon Scott Tri-City Healthcare Marggie Castellano, Leigh Anne Grass, Donna Rencsak
California State Propositions
Proposition 51 (School Bonds. Funding for K-12 school and Community College facilities) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Proposition 52 (State Fees on Hospitals. Federal Medi-Cal Matching Funds) YES Proposition 53 (Revenue Bonds. Statewide Voter Approval) NO ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Proposition 54 (Legislature. Legislation and Proceedings - Munger 72-hr Rule) NO Proposition 55 (Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Proposition 56 (Cigarette Tax to Fund Healthcare, Tobacco Use Prevention, Law Enforcement) YES Proposition 57 (Criminal Sentences. Juvenile Sentencing: Governor's Measure) YES Proposition 58 (California Education for a Global Economy: Repeal Prop 227) YES Proposition 59 (Campaign Finance: voter instruction. Citizens United, non-binding) YES Propositions 60-61 No recommendation Proposition 62 (Death Penalty. Repeal) YES Propositions 63-65 No recommendation Proposition 66 (Death Penalty. Procedures) NO
San Diego County Ballot Propositions
Measure A (SANDAG 1/2 cent sales tax for transportation projects) NO Measure B (Lilac Hills, County Plan Zoning Amendment) No recommendation Measure C (Chargers Stadium and Convention Center Initiative) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Measure D (Citizens Plan for non-contiguous Convention Center, etc.) No recommendation Measures E-H No recommendation Measure I (Charter Amendment, preserve San Diego High School campus in Balboa Park) YES Measure J No recommendation Measure K (Charter Amendment, requiring run-off election for the offices of Mayor, City Attorney, and Councilmember) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Measure L (Charter Amendment, requiring ballot measures be placed on November General Election ballots) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Measures M-R No recommendation Measure S (City of El Cajon Charter Amendment, requiring election of City Councilmembers by geographic districts) YES Measures T-W No recommendation Measure X (Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Facilities Bond) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Measure MM (Miracosta College Facilities Bond) NO Measure Z (Southwestern Community College District Facilities Bond) YES ⇐ KEY CAMPAIGN! Measures AA-BB No recommendation Measure CC (Term limits for Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees) YES Measures DD-KK No recommendation
*If there is a race or issue that does not appear on this webpage but is on your ballot, it means that the candidates or advocates for the issue did not seek an endorsement from the San Diego Building Trades Council or the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council.
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