Carl DeMaio and Reform California have released their “Plain English” voter guide to give you an easy-to-understand explanation of the ballot measures and to grade candidates.
California’s Election is underway and ballots must be returned by November 5, 2024. With a bunch of confusing ballot measures and hundreds of candidates running for office, voters can feel overwhelmed and lost.
This “Plain English” voter guide makes voting simple – especially when it comes to the ballot measures and local offices that do not allow candidates to disclose their party affiliation. Endorsements below are given only to candidates who “passed the test” on these crucial criteria: opposing taxes, fighting crime, improving schools, addressing homelessness, and securing the border!
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Contribute to Voter Guide CampaignPRIORITY STATEWIDE MEASURES
Proposition 5: NO
Plain English Title: Guts Prop 13 and Makes it Easier to Raise Taxes by Lowering Vote Required on Ad-Valorem Taxes from Two-Thirds to 55%
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Allows Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure with 55% Voter Approval. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
Description: California politicians have long sought to repeal Prop 13 and impose costly and unfair tax hikes on struggling residents. Prop 5 is another effort to chip away at Prop 13 protections and make it much easier for politicians to raise your taxes. Californians face a cost-of-living crisis and simply cannot afford higher taxes that Prop 5 would help impose.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 5
Proposition 36: YES
Plain English Title: Restores Ability for Police and Prosecutors to Arrest and Punish Criminals to Combat Crime Wave
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes. Initiative Statute.
Description: In 2014 California’s liberal politicians lied to voters on the ballot with a false title on Prop 47 – claiming the measure enhanced public safety but it actually coddled criminals by eliminating the ability of police and prosecutors to arrest and punish criminals for a wide range of crimes. Now California faces a massive crime wave with both property and violent crime spiking. Prop 36 will reverse the bad Prop 47 policies that benefit criminals and give police and prosecutors the tools they need to protect us.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 36
OTHER STATEWIDE MEASURES
Proposition 2: NO
Plain English Title: $10 Billion in More State Debt for Unspecified Expenditures in School Districts. Funds to Be Awarded Without Fair and Open Competition.
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Authorizes Bonds for Public School and Community College Facilities. Legislative Statute.
Description: Prop 2 maxes out the state’s credit card by borrowing $10 billion at high interest rates – at a time when school enrollment in California is rapidly declining and local politicians are discriminating against Charter Schools by prohibiting them from using public facilities. Prop 2 funds will likely be diverted to fill district budget deficits. Prop 2 also contains a mandatory Project Labor Agreement provision gutting fair and open competition on construction contracts at school districts so funds are diverted to politically-connected firms.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 2
Proposition 3: YES
Plain English Title: Updating State Constitution to Reflect 2015 US Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Gay Marriage
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Constitutional Right to Marriage. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
Description: There is no reason why this issue is even on the ballot in 2024 as this has been settled constitutional law since 2015.
Proposition 4: NO
Plain English Title: $10 Billion in More State Debt for Unspecified Climate Change Projects.
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Authorizes Bonds for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Protecting Communities and Natural Lands from Climate Risks. Legislative Statute.
Description: Prop 4 maxes out the state’s credit card by borrowing $10 billion at high interest rates – with no associated plan to fix the state’s water crisis and no commitment to address failures in fire risk management. The vast majority of Prop 4 funds will go to wasteful climate change projects and to backfill budget deficits.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 4
Proposition 6: NO
Plain English Title: Removes Requirement that Criminals in Prison Have to Do Work Details – Allows Prisoners to Unionize and Demand Pay Hikes from Taxpayers
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
Description: Prop 6 is being sold as a ban on “slavery and involuntary servitude” but it actually just eliminates the ability of state prisons to require criminals behind bars do work to earn their keep. Worse, taxpayers will be forced to give pay raises to prisoners for doing tasks they should be doing themselves like cleaning their cells and common areas, doing laundry, making foods, etc.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 6
Proposition 32: NO
Plain English Title: $18 Minimum Wage Increase – Can’t Be Revoked Unless Voters Vote Again
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Raises Minimum Wage. Initiative Statute.
Description: At a time when Californians are suffering under high inflation and previous minimum wage hikes have spiked prices and destroyed entry-level jobs, Prop 32 would codify a massive wage hike through a voter initiative.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 32
Proposition 33: NO
Plain English Title: Expands Local Governments’ Ability to Pass Rent Control Laws and Restrict Other Private Property Rights
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. Initiative Statute.
Description: Californians are suffering under high housing and rent prices, but rent control would actually make housing substantially more expensive. Rent control has never worked – just ask renters in San Francisco and Los Angeles that both have the most aggressive rent control laws. If Prop 33 passes, rent control will choke supply of rental units and lead to a massive price spike.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 33
Proposition 34: YES
Plain English Title: Campaign Finance Reform – Preventing Use of Taxpayer Money in Politics
Politicians’ Deceptive Title on Ballot: Restricts Spending by Health Care Providers Meeting Specified Criteria. Initiative Statute.
Description: Prop 34 was put on the ballot because a so-called non-profit (The AIDS Healthcare Foundation) has received hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds for their programs through government contracts and has used those funds to engage in ballot measure campaigns to advance liberal policies. Prop 34 would end that scheme.
>> Watch Short Video Explaining Prop 34
Proposition 35: NO
Plain English Title: Health Care Tax Increase
Politicians’ Deceptive Title: Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services. Initiative Statute.
Description: Prop 35 permanently imposes a tax on health care – specifically managed care organizations (MCOs) that offer health insurance coverage. For this reason we recommend a NO vote. However, there are a number of worthy provisions in this initiative to hold state politicians accountable for spending health care funds on health care and for ensuring that reimbursement rates to struggling health care providers are made more sustainable. We hope to see those good provisions in a future initiative presented to voters.
Measure G: NO
Rancho Santiago Community College District
Official Title: Affordable Education, Career, Repair, Safety Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure G is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure H: NO
Brea Olinda Unified School District
Official Title: Improvement Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure H is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure I: NO
Santa Ana Unified School District
Official Title: Classroom Improvement Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure I is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure J – NO
Tustin Unified School District
Official Title: Classroom Repair/Safety/Quality Education Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure J is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure K – NO
Anaheim Union High School District
Official Title: Anaheim Union High school District Bond Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure K is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure L - NO
Fullerton Joint Union High School District
Official Title: Fullerton Joint Union High School District Bond Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure L is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure M - NO
Buena Park School District
Official Title: Buena Park School District, School Safety, Renovation and Construction Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure M is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure N - NO
Fullerton School District
Official Title: Fullerton School District Bond Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure N is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure O - NO
La Habra City School District
Official Title: La Habra City School District Bond Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure M is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure P - NO
Lowell Joint School District
Official Title: Safe and Modern Schools Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Property Taxes and Authorizes More Debt Through Bonds
Measure P is a massive property tax increase and authorization to allow the district to go further into debt by issuing more bonds. With Orange County families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis, now is simply not the time to be raising taxes and going deeper into debt.
Measure R - NO
City of Buena Park
Official Title: Buena Park Public Safety/Essential Services Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Sales Tax in Buena Park
Measure R is a massive tax increase that will cost you hundreds more per year and increase your sales tax! Politicians say this tax hike will fund specific areas such as “roads” and “parks” — but they use these words only because they polled these terms, and they think they will entice you into supporting the measure. In fact, the city’s own budget and fiscal forecast proves these claims to be completely false. In fact, this measure does NOT require politicians to spend the new tax on the services claimed. Instead, the city’s own financial plans have the proceeds being diverted to cover salary hikes and overly generous pension payouts to city workers. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure S – Neutral
City of Cypress
Official Title: Cypress Housing Element Implementation
Plain English Translation: Increases the number of housing units at the Los Alamitos Race Course property.
Measure S increases the number of permitted housing units on the Los Alamitos Race Course property. We believe this issue should be left to the immediate residents in the area of this development.
Measure T – Neutral
City of Dana Point
Title: An Initiative to Repeal and Replace the City’s Existing Short Term Rental Ordinance
Measure T eliminates the current cap of 115 on short-term rentals and instead allows a cap of 1% of total units in the coastal area and .5% in all other areas – adjusted every three years. The initial replaces the “first come, first served” approach to permitting in favor of a criteria-based approach. We believe this issue should be left to the immediate residents in the area of this development.
Measure U – YES
City of Huntington Beach
Official Title: Environmental Protection – Charter Amendment
Plain English Translation: Requires voter approval of any general fund or zoning changes that has “significant” environmental impact
Measure U would create an added layer of public participation and transparency for land use decisions where the project in question has been found to have a “significant environmental” impact.
Measure V – NO
City of La Habra
Official Title: La Habra Emergency Services/Neighborhood Safety/Community Protection Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Sales Tax in Buena Park
Measure V is a massive tax increase that will cost you hundreds more per year and increase your sales tax! Politicians say this tax hike will fund specific areas such as “roads” and “parks” — but they use these words only because they polled these terms, and they think they will entice you into supporting the measure. In fact, the city’s own budget and fiscal forecast proves these claims to be completely false. In fact, this measure does NOT require politicians to spend the new tax on the services claimed. Instead, the city’s own financial plans have the proceeds being diverted to cover salary hikes and overly generous pension payouts to city workers. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure W – NO
City of La Palma
Official Title: La Palma Election Reform and Voter Choice Measure
Plain English Translation: Weakens Term Limits for City Politicians
Measure W would reset term limits for the current politicians in office and increase term limits from two consecutive terms to three terms. Term limits work – it's time for new blood!
Measure X - YES
City of Los Alamitos
Official Title: City Government Accountability, Transparency, Charter Reform Measure
Plain English Translation: Imposes Term Limits and Campaign Contribution Limits While Raising Threshold for Competitive Bidding on Public Works Projects
Measure X does a lot of things – and city politicians should not be combining so many different changes into one measure. That said, Measure X does a lot of good by establishing campaign contribution limits and term limits for politicians while updating the trigger for competitive bidding on public works projects to more manageable levels.
Measure Y – NO
City of Mission Viejo
Official Title: City of Mission Viejo Transient Occupancy Tax Increase
Plain English Translation: Increases Hotel Sales Tax in Mission Viejo
Measure Y is a massive tax increase that will make Mission Viejo a more expensive place to do business in. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure Z – NO
City of Orange
Official Title: City of Orange Public Safety/City Services Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Sales Tax in Orange
Measure Z is a massive tax increase that will cost you hundreds more per year and increase your sales tax to 8.25% on your purchases! Politicians say this tax hike will fund specific areas such as “roads” and “parks” — but they use these words only because they polled these terms, and they think they will entice you into supporting the measure. In fact, the city’s own budget and fiscal forecast proves these claims to be completely false. In fact, this measure does NOT require politicians to spend the new tax on the services claimed. Instead, the city’s own financial plans have the proceeds being diverted to cover salary hikes and overly generous pension payouts to city workers. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure AA - YES
City of Orange
Official Title: Fireworks Measure
Plain English Translation: Allows Sale of Fireworks
Measure AA would overturn the current ban on sale of fireworks in Orange. The measure still requires regulation and safeguards.
Measure BB – NO
City of San Clemente
Official Title: San Clemente Beach Protection, Restoration, Clean Ocean Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Sales Tax in San Clemente
Measure BB is a massive tax increase that will cost you hundreds more per year and increase your sales tax to 8.25%! Politicians say this tax hike will fund specific areas such as “roads” and “parks” — but they use these words only because they polled these terms, and they think they will entice you into supporting the measure. In fact, the city’s own budget and fiscal forecast proves these claims to be completely false. In fact, this measure does NOT require politicians to spend the new tax on the services claimed. Instead, the city’s own financial plans have the proceeds being diverted to cover salary hikes and overly generous pension payouts to city workers. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure CC – NO
City of Santa Ana
Official Title: Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance Adoption
Plain English Translation: Discourages Rental Housing Investment and Prevents Eviction of Bad Tenants
Measure CC not only violates private property rights, it will backfire and increase the cost of rent and housing in Santa Ana. All economic studies show rent control is a complete failure. Worse, Measure CC will protect bad tenants while hurting good tenants.
Measure DD – NO
City of Santa Ana
Official Title: Proposed Amendment to Section 1203 of the City Charter
Plain English Translation: Allows Illegal Immigrants and Non-Citizens to Vote in Local Elections
Measure DD is unconstitutional and offensive – and a good justification to recall all the Santa Ana city politicians from office.
Measure EE – NO
City of Santa Ana
Official Title: Proposed Amendments to Sections 401.05, 611, 702, 703, 1002, and 1103 of the City Charter
Plain English Translation: Removal of a number of accountability requirements on city officials
Measure EE is a hodge-podge of changes that city politicians hope you don’t read carefully – but significantly reduce the ability of the public to hold city officials accountable. Ethics investigations will be weakened, professional qualifications for city officials weakened, and the requirement of posting bond for city officials will be eliminated.
Measure FF – NO
City of Santa Ana
Official Title: Proposed Amendment to Section 402 of the City Charter
Plain English Translation: Massive Pay HIke for City Politicians
Measure FF is a laughable and offensive proposal to hike the pay of city politicians by 600%.
Measure GG - NO
City of Seal Beach
Official Title: City of Seal Beach Services Measure
Plain English Translation: Increases Sales Tax in Seal Beach
Measure GG is a massive tax increase that will cost you hundreds more per year and increase your sales tax to 9.25% - the highest in Orange County! Politicians say this tax hike will fund specific areas such as “roads” and “parks” — but they use these words only because they polled these terms, and they think they will entice you into supporting the measure. In fact, the city’s own budget and fiscal forecast proves these claims to be completely false. In fact, this measure does NOT require politicians to spend the new tax on the services claimed. Instead, the city’s own financial plans have the proceeds being diverted to cover salary hikes and overly generous pension payouts to city workers. The cost of living is already too high and this tax hike would make that crisis much worse. A NO vote blocks this tax hike.
Measure HH - YES
City of Stanton
Official Title: Stanton Mayoral Term Limits
Plain English Translation: Imposes 2 Term Limit on Mayor
Measure HH clarifies that the term limit applied to the City Councilmembers is separate than the term limit that applies the role of Mayor.
Measure II - NEUTRAL
City of Tustin
Official Title: City of Tustin Term Limits Revisions
Plain English Translation: Adjusts Term Limits for City Politicians
Measure II adds a term limit provision for the office of Mayor to align with members of the City Council. It would also allow for current officials in elected office to serve for a longer period of time — but also extend the period in which elected officials cannot run again for office from 2 to 8 years.
Measure JJ - NEUTRAL
City of Yorba Linda
Official Title: Yorba Linda Local Control, Residential Neighborhood, Open Space Protection Measure
Plain English Translation: Makes various changes in land use policies, including approval of specific housing and retail projects
Measure JJ should be left to those directly impacted from the land use changes being proposed.
Measure KK - NEUTRAL
City of Yorba Linda
Official Title: Bryant Ranch Shopping Center High Density Residential and Mixed-Use Measure
Plain English Translation: Makes various changes in land use policies, including approval of specific housing and retail projects
Measure KK should be left to those directly impacted from the land use changes being proposed.
Donald J Trump
U.S. Senate
Steve Garvey
U.S. House of Representatives
38th District: Eric Ching
District 40: Young Kim
District 45: Michelle Steel
District 46: Definitely NOT Lou Correa
District 47: Scott Baugh
District 49: Matt Gunderson
Senate
District 37: Steven Choi
Assembly
District 59: Phil Chen
District 67: Elizabeth "Beth" Culver
District 68: Mike Tardif
District 70: Tri Ta
District 71: Kate Sanchez
District 72: Diane Dixon
District 73: Scott Peotter
District 74: Laurie Davies
County Board of Supervisors
District 1: Janet Nguyen
Aliso Viejo
City Council
District 1: Tim Zandbergen
District 5: Mike Munzing
Costa Mesa
Mayor: James Peters
City Council
District 1: Mike Buley
District 2: You’re Doomed
District 6: Jeff Pettis
Cypress
City Council
District 3: Mark H. Plager
District 4: Glenn Button
Dana Point
City Council
District 4: Mike Frost
District 5: You’re Doomed
Fountain Valley
City Council (Vote For 2): Ted Bui, Katy V. Wright
Fullerton
City Council
District 1: Matthew "Matt" Truxaw
District 2: Nick Dunlap
District 4: Linda Whitaker
Garden Grove
Mayor: Phat Bui
City Council
District 2: NOT Phillip Nguyen
District 5: NOT Yesenia Muneton or Mariyan Bahadarakhann
District 6: Tri Lam
Huntington Beach
City Clerk: Lisa Lane Barnes
City Treasurer: Alisa Backstrom
City Council (Vote For 3): Don Kennedy, Edward Butch Twining, Chad Williams
Irvine
Mayor: Ron Scolesdang
City Council
District 1: John Park
District 2: Gang Chen
District 3: James Mai
District 4: Mike Carroll
Laguna Beach
City Clerk: You’re Doomed
City Treasurer: No Endorsement
City Council (Vote For 2): You’re Doomed
Laguna Hills
City Council (Vote For 2): Don Caskey, Jared Mathis
Laguna Woods
City Council (Vote For 3): NOT Cynthia S. Conners or Shari L. Horne
La Habra
City Council (Vote For 3): Susan Pritchard
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 3 candidates in this race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Lake Forest
City Council
District 1: Doug Cirbo
District 5: Rob Pequeno
La Palma
City Council
District 1: Debbie Baker
District 3: You’re Doomed
District 5: Mark Waldman
Los Alamitos
City Council
District 1: Tanya Doby
District 2: Trisha Murphy
District 3: No Endorsement
Newport Beach
City Council
District 2: Michelle Barto
District 5: Noah Blom
District 7: Sara Weber
Orange
Mayor: No Endorsement
City Clerk: You’re Doomed
City Treasurer: Not Eugene Fields
City Council
District 2: Jon Dumitru
District 3: Kathy Tavoularis
District 5: No Endorsement
Placentia
City Treasurer: No Endorsement
City Council
District 1: Thomas Hummer
District 3: Jeremy Yamaguchi
District 5: Ward Smith
Rancho Santa Margarita
Mayor: Tony Beall
City Council
District 3: Carol Gamble
San Clemente
City Council
District 3: NOT Angela Watts
District 4: Zhen Wu
San Juan Capistrano
City Council
District 1: Jesse "Chip" Nelson
Santa Ana
Mayor: NOT Benjamin Vazquez
City Council
District 1: Julie Tran
District 3: NOT Jessie Lopez
District 5: You’re Doomed
Seal Beach
City Council
District 2: Ben Wong
District 4: Patty Senecal
Stanton
City Council
District 2: Victor Barrios
District 4: John Douglas Warren
Tustin
City Council
District 1: Tanner Douthit
District 2: Not Nathan Yeargin
District 4: Ryan Gallagher
Villa Park
City Council (Vote For 2): Robert Frackelton, Yan Killy
Westminster
City Council
District 2: NOT Carlos Manzo
District 3: K.C. Wolbert
Yorba Linda
City Council (Vote For 3): Peggy Huang, Tara Campbell, Anthony Johnson
Anaheim Elementary School District
Area 1: No Endorsement
Area 3: Julie Diep
Anaheim Union High School District
Area 3: NOT Jose Paolo Magcalas
Area 4: Henry Charoen
Area 5: Ron Hoshi
Buena Park School District
Area 3: No Endorsement
Capistrano Unified School District
Area 1: Jennifer Adnams
Area 2: Lisa Zollinger
Area 3: Lisa Davis
Area 5: Sonia Terwiske
Centralia School District
Area 3: You’re Doomed
Coast Comm College District
Area 2: NOT Joe Dovinh or Linda R. Zamora
Cypress School District
Area A: Carrie Hayashida
Area E: NOT Candi Kern
Fountain Valley School District (Vote For 2)
Ashley Ramirez
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 2 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Fullerton School District
Area 2: Hilda Sugarman
Area 5: You’re Doomed
Garden Grove Unified School District
Area 1: You’re Doomed
Area 5: Dina Nguyen
Huntington Beach Union High School District
Area 3: Susan Henry
Huntington Beach City School District
Area 1: Brian Burley
Laguna Beach Unified School District (Vote For 2)
Lauren Boeck, Margaret Mary Warder
La Habra City School District, Full Term (Vote For 2)
Bertha Manzanares
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 2 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
La Habra City School District, Short Term (Vote For 1)
Barbara Gastelum
Los Alamitos Unified School District
Area 4: L. Bobby Papoulias
Area 5: Perla Mendoza
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Area 1: Robin Mensinger
Area 3: Philip Stemler
Area 6: No Endorsement
North OC College District
Area 2: Jack Daniel Fennell
Area 5: Steve Slawson
Area 7: Ryan Bent
Ocean View School District (Vote For 2)
David Clifford
Keith Jorgensen
Orange Unified School District
Area 3: Not Ana Page
Area 4: You’re Doomed
Area 7: NOT Stephen Glass
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Area 1: Ryan James Miller
Area 2: Maria Stubbs
Area 3: Leandra Blades
Rancho Santiago College District
Area 3: Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias
Area 5: Not David Crockett
Area 7: You’re Doomed
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Area 2: Scott Miller
Area 3: Michelle O’brien
Area 4: Michael Stannard
Santa Ana Unified School District
Area 1: Brenda Lebsack
Area 2: Lloyd Boucher-Reyes
Area 3: Tamiko Anderson
South OC College District
Area 1: Not Carolyn Inmon
Area 3: Lisa Bartlett
Area 6: Not Ryan Dack
Area 7: Lt. Col. Carl David
Tustin Unified School District
Area 1: Joe Portera
Area 2: Kathy Copeland
Area 4: Not Jonathan Stone
Rossmoor Community Services District (Vote For 3)
Konya Vivanti
Tony Demarco
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 3 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Serrano Water District
Division 2: Robert "Robbie" Pitts
Costa Mesa Sanitary District
Division 2: Mark Shaffer
Midway City Sanitary District (Vote For 2)
Namquan Nguyen
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 2 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Sunset Beach Sanitary District (Vote For 4)
Peter Amundson
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 4 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Irvine Ranch Water District
Division 4: Daniel R. Ferons
Moulton Niguel Water District (Vote For 4)
Duane Cave
Brian Probolsky
Richard S. "Dick" Fiore
*Strategic Voting: While you may vote for up to 4 candidates in each race, please do not vote for any other candidate or candidates than those listed, as you may inadvertently knock recommended candidates out of the race. We need to spike the votes for our reform-minded candidates and let other voters split their votes for the remaining candidates.
Santa Margarita Water District
Division 3: Gretha Solórzano
East OC Water District
Division 1: John L. Sears
Orange County Water District
Division 2: Denis Bilodeau
Division 3: Roger Yoh
Division 6: Cathy Green
Division 7: Erik Weigand
Trabuco Canyon Water District (Vote For 2)
NOT John Horst
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Division 4: Pano Frousiakis
Division 6: Jeff Thomas
NOTE: If we do not make a recommendation on a candidate or ballot measure, we either could not support the measure or candidates running in that race, or do not have enough information to make an informed recommendation.
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