San Francisco Bay Chapter Sierra Club

2012 Endorsements - November 6th election

Local endorsements by the Sierra Club are listed by geographic area. The endorsements on this page are for Bay Chapter (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco counties) elections only. For information on other chapters' endorsements, follow this link.

The Sierra Club has endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States.

The Club's endorsements on state ballot measures are:

  • YES on Proposition 30. Prop 30, "Raising Revenues to Protect Education and the Environment" would stop serious cuts to the budgets of environmental agencies and agency services.

    NO on Proposition 31. This constitutional amendment tinkers with the state budget process to allow local government to overrule important state regulations.
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  • NO on Proposition 32. Prop 32, "the Billionaires' Bill of Rights", would cripple political action by organized labor, which typically supports environmental protection and clean energy.
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  • YES on Proposition 37. Prop 37 will require labeling of food with genetically modified organisms, food with risks to consumer health and the environment.
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  • YES on Proposition 39. Prop 39, the California Clean Energy Jobs Act, will close a tax loophole for multistate businesses and direct new revenues to energy-efficiency programs, creating green jobs.

Legislative districts have changed. To find out how, consult your Voter Information Pamphlet. Alameda County registered voters may also look up the changes here.

San Francisco registered voters may also look up the changes here.

Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

National


U.S. House of Representatives

State


State Senate

State Assembly

special district elections


Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)

  • at-large: H.E. Christian (Chris) Peeples
  • Ward 1: Joe Wallace

BART

EBMUD Ward 5: Doug Linney

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD): Dennis Waespi

city races


Alameda City Council:

Albany City Council

Berkeley, Mayor: Tom Bates

Berkeley City Council

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board:

Fremont City Council: Vinton (Vinnie) Bacon

Moraga Town Council: Roger Wykle

Oakland City Council

Oakland Unified School District Board, District 1: Jody London

Pleasanton City Council: Karla Brown

Richmond City Council

Richmond: YES on Proposition N! Tax on sugary drinks.

San Leandro City Council

  • District 6: Jim Prola
  • District 2: Ursula Reed
  • District 4: Darlene Daevu

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Marin County

U.S. Congress District 2: Jared Huffman

California Assembly District 10: Michael Allen

Yes on Measure A! Bond for parks and open space.

 

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San Francisco, City and County

U.S. House of Representatives

State Senate:

State Assembly:

San Francisco Board of Supervisors

BART

YES on Proposition C! Housing trust fund.

Proposition F, "The Water and Environment Plan": neutral (more information)

 

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Sierra Club 2012 Web Voter Guide: www.sierraclub.org/voterguide, your “go-to” source for information on candidates for activists, the media and the public. This guide allows voters to see the choice between the candidates the Sierra Club endorses and their challengers. The Voter Guide will not cover every candidate in every state, but when complete, will include approximately 150 federal races from 31 states.