Midterm Madness & Municipal Moxy

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Makes pot legal, taxable, & regulated. Raises desperately-needed cash for CA and stops locking people up for weed. A no-brainer.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Adds $18 to the cost of registering a vehicle in CA. The $ goes to fund our superbroke state parks, AND everyone who pays the fee gets a pass to visit all of them.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! Repeals tax breaks that are making fatcats richer and CA poorer. Huge step forward for budget sanity in CA!

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! Changes the rules in the CA legislature so a simple majority vote can pass a budget (right now a 2/3's majority is required, so a right-wing minority clogs everything & we're deadlocked & broke). More sanity for CA!

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Eliminates that sketchy redistricting commission (see Prop 20).

Jerry Brown

Endorsed Vote: Yes

We feel the same way about Jerry Brown as we do about most mainstream Democrats: MEH. But we're *not down* with Republicans, period. So we've endorsed him, and plenty of other Democrats this time around, as a breakwater against this whole gross conservative wave thang. If CA had state-level instant-runoff voting, we could vote our values and not worry about Darth Vader Republicans winning. Until then, we're holding our nose and voting Big Dem.

Barbara Boxer

Endorsed Vote: Yes

See our endorsement of Jerry Brown for our general thoughts on endorsing Big Dems this time.

Debra Bowen

Endorsed Vote: Yes

We've always liked Debra Bowen. She's done a lot to make voting easier and elections more transparent.

John Chiang

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Bill Lockyear

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Kamala Harris

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Dave Jones

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Larry Aceves

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Betty Yee

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Tom Ammiano

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Moreno

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Endorsed Vote: Yes

$10 vehicle fee for roads, transit, and pedestrians.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

$46 Million bond to seismically retrofit affordable housing units.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Question time with the Mayor, Round 3. We keep trying to make Gavin have a regular chat with the Board of Supervisors, but he just doesn't want to.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! Prop D allows adult noncitizen parents with kids in our public schools to vote in School Board elections. That's 33% of our parents!

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! This would allow people to register on election day and vote on local measures and candidates. That would make it hella easier to vote, especially for young and virgin voters (Is this your first time?).

Endorsed Vote: Yes

This is kind of a weird trial run of Saturday voting in SF. It's funded by private donations, and if it makes it easier to vote, we say go for it!

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! Raises the hotel tax by 2% to raise $35 million per year for the city. Also closes a couple of tax loopholes.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Getting the po-po out of their cars & connecting them to the community WILL make SF safer. More trust=less crime and less police misbehavior.

Endorsed Vote: Yes

HELL YES! Raises the tax on property sales of over $5 Million, which will add up to about $36 Million per year for the city. Don't even try to tell us we should feel sorry for people buying $5 Million properties! We need all the budget help we can get.

Janet Reilly

Endorsed Vote: Yes

She wouldn't be our choice in most parts of town. But in that mysterious Pac Heights world of old money, she'll at least have an open mind on social justice & environmental issues, and other things that we care about. The other candidates are more like Republicans than torchbearers of San Francisco values.

Jane Kim

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Former School Board prez, a longtime member of the League and champion of our ideals. She's also civil right lawyer, community organizer, black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and plays bass! She's been down with the League since the start. She says the League's 2004 book, "How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office," inspired her to run for office. Run Jane Run!

Glendon "Anna Conda" Hyde

Endorsed Vote: Yes

A passionate and authentic representative of a rarely-heard community. Glendon Hyde performs as Anna Conda--one of the City's top drag queens. Anna is also a serious organizer for LGBT rights and for the District 6's low-income communities. Her campaign has brought a whole new flavor to progressive politics in the City, and a new, authentic, and sympathetic voice for the causes we believe in. Her campaign has also helped raise money to oppose Prop L and support the United Playaz.

Debra Walker

Endorsed Vote: Yes

A strong and experienced progressive leader. Debra has been on the Building Inspection Commission for 9 years. She's been a strong progressive on the Democratic County Central Committee and a big supporter of the League for years. She's also an accomplished painter and would a strong supporter of the arts.

Rafael Mandelman

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Rafael is our boy--the perfect choice to carry on Harvey Milk's legacy. He's experienced (served on the Board of Appeals), smart (housing lawyer), dedicated (former president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club), and a reasonable and cool guy.

Chris Jackson

Endorsed Vote: Yes

He's still so young, we almost forgot he was already elected to the City College Board. He's sharp, works his ass off, and has been down with the League for years.

Tony Kelly

Endorsed Vote: Yes

He has the deepest roots of any of the candidates. A white, middle-aged theater company owner who is endorsed by some of the baddest black activists in Bayview/Hunters Point (like Marie Harrison, Sharon Hewitt, and Espanola Jackson). He's been part of the fight to keep District 10 home to worker class people for years, and he's ready to take that fight to City Hall.

Ed Donaldson

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Doesn't have much campaign firepower, but he's a warrior for housing equity in BVHP.

Bert Hill

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Phil Ting

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Also has his hands in statewide efforts to reform CA's Prop 13/.

Hydra Mendoza

Endorsed Vote: Yes

We didn't endorse her four years ago, because we were concerned about her potential conflict of interest of working as Mayor Newsom's education czar. But in her first term, she's proven to be independent and she works well with the progressives on the Board.

Bill Barnes

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Bill is one of the smartest people in the City. Seriously. Dude is freaky smart. He's also one of the most unique stories in SF politics. A queer, HIV+ high school drop out who came to the City and made himself a political player. He's worked for politicians all over the SF map from Chris Daly to Fiona Ma to Michela Alioto-Pier! He doesn't have much education experience, but he would bring serious brain power to the Board and we know he would shake things up.

Kim-Shree Maufas

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Kim-Shree has been a solid president for the Board of Education. She has a long history in SF schools as a mother, a PTA member, a member of the SFUSD's Parent Advisory Council, and now as a member of the Board of Ed. She's also one of the nicest and friendliest people in town!

John Rizzo

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Jeff Adachi

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Michael Nava

Endorsed Vote: Yes