November 4th, 2008 Endorsements
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President of the United States of America
Senator Barack Obama
United States Representatives in Congress
Congressional District 27 - Brad Sherman (D)
Congressional District 28 - Howard Berman (D)
Congressional District 29 - Adam Schiff (D)
Congressional District 30 - Henry Waxman (D)
Congressional District 31 - Xavier Becerra (D)
Congressional District 32 - Hilda Solis (D)
Congressional District 33 - Dianne Watson (D)
Congressional District 34 - Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
Congressional District 35 - Maxine Waters (D)
Congressional District 36 - Jane Harman (D)
Congressional District 37 - Laura Richardson (D)
Congressional District 38 - Grace Napolitano (D)
Congressional District 39 - Linda Sanchez (D)
Congressional District 40 - Christina Avalos (D)
Congressional District 41 - No Endorsement
Congressional District 42 - Ed Chau (D)
Congressional District 43 - Joe Baca (D)
Congressional District 44 - Bill Hedrick (D)
Congressional District 45 - Julie Bornstein (D)
Congressional District 46 - Debbie Cook (D)
Congressional District 47 - Loretta Sanchez (D)
Congressional District 48 - Steven Young (D)
California State Senate
State Senatorial District 19 - Hannah Beth Jackson (D)
State Senatorial District 21 - Carol Liu (D)
State Senatorial District 23 - Fran Pavley (D)
State Senatorial District 25 - Rod Wright (D)
State Senatorial District 27 - Alan Lowenthal (D)
State Senatorial District 29 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 31 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 33 - Gary Pritchard (D)
State Senatorial District 35 - Ginny Mayer (D)
California State Assembly
State Assembly District 36 - Linda Jones (D)
State Assembly District 37 - Ferial Masry (D)
State Assembly District 38 - Carole Lutness (D)
State Assembly District 39 - Felipe Fuentes (D)
State Assembly District 40 - Bob Blumenfield (D)
State Assembly District 41 - Julia Brownley (D)
State Assembly District 42 - Michael Feuer (D)
State Assembly District 43 - Paul Krekorian (D)
State Assembly District 44 - Anthony Portantino (D)
State Assembly District 45 - Kevin DeLeon (D)
State Assembly District 46 - John A. Perez (D)
State Assembly District 47 - Karen Bass (D)
State Assembly District 48 - Mike Davis (D)
State Assembly District 49 - Mike Eng (D)
State Assembly District 50 - Hector De La Torre (D)
State Assembly District 51 - Curren Price (D)
State Assembly District 52 - Isadore Hall (D)
State Assembly District 53 - Ted Lieu (D)
State Assembly District 54 - Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
State Assembly District 55 - Warren Furutani (D)
State Assembly District 56 - Tony Mendoza (D)
State Assembly District 57 - Ed Hernandez (D)
State Assembly District 58 - Charles Calderon (D)
State Assembly District 59 - Don Williamson (D)
State Assembly District 60 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 61 - Norma Torres (D)
State Assembly District 62 - Wilmer Amina Carter (D)
State Assembly District 63 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 64 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 65 - Carl Wood (D)
State Assembly District 66 - Grey Frandsen (D)
State Assembly District 67 - Steve Blount (D)
State Assembly District 68 - Kenneth Arnold (D)
State Assembly District 69 - Jose Solorio (D)
State Assembly District 70 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 71 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 72 - John MacMurray (D)
State Assembly District 73 - Judy Jones (D)
Statewide Ballot Propositions
Proposition 1A - Vote YES - Californians are fed up with slow-moving traffic and high gas prices. We need high speed rail to get our families – and our economy moving!
Proposition 2 - No Recommendation
Proposition 3 - No Recommendation
Proposition 4 - Vote NO - Prop 4 is sponsored by special interests intent on taking away a woman's right to choose. This measure puts teens at risk and has been called the "most deceptive measure on the...ballot."
Proposition 5 - Vote YES - Reduces prison overcrowding by creating drug treatment programs for youth and rehabilitation for nonviolent offenders.
Proposition 6 - Vote NO - Redirects $1 billion in State funding from vital programs like education and mental health services toward "confused anti-crime spending." (LA Times)
Proposition 7 - Vote NO - So-called "renewable energy" proposition opposed by leading environmental, consumer, and taxpayer groups.
Proposition 8 - Vote NO - Discriminates against individuals seeking to commit to one another with the dignity, respect, and rights that marriage provides families.
Proposition 9 - Vote NO - Creates additional bureaucracy and duplication of existing laws in criminal justice system.
Proposition 10 - Vote NO - $5 billion in new bonds (cost taxpayers nearly $10 billion!) to fund a tax give-away to a Texas billionaire.
Proposition 11 - Vote NO - Changes the State Constitution to give the power to re-draw the state's political map to appointed bureaucrats.
Proposition 12 - Vote YES - Allows veterans of war to obtain low-interest loans for the purchase of homes.
La City Municipal Measures
Measure R - Transportation Tax - YES - Funds critical mass transit and road projects, creating more Union jobs while reducing traffic.
Measure Q - Bond - YES - Repairs and rebuilds older neighborhood schools – with Union labor – so that classrooms are safe and healthy learning environments for our children.
Measure J - Bond - YES - Builds state-of-the-art classrooms – and upgrades technology in existing classrooms – in L.A. Community Colleges so that Angelenos can train for high tech and “green” jobs. All construction uses Union workers!
County of Los Angeles
District Attorney – Steve Cooley*
Board of Supervisors 2nd District – Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles Superior Court
Office 69 – OPEN
Office 72 – Hilleri Merritt
Office 82 – Cynthia Loo
Office 84 – Lori-Ann Jones
Office 95 – Patricia Nieto
Office 119 – Jared Moses
Office 123 – Kathleen Blanchard
Office 125 – James Bianco
Office 154 – Michael Jesic
Municipal Offices
City of Alhambra – City Council
Efren Moreno
City of Carson – Recall
Oppose Recall of Jim Dear
City of Gardena – City Council
Shannon Lawrence
City of Montebello – Rescind Endorsement
Robert Urteaga
City of Pomona - Mayor
Elliot Rothman
City of Santa Monica– City Council
Richard Bloom
Ken Genser
Alhambra USD
Adele Andrade-Stradler
Santa Monica Malibu USD
Ralph Mechur
Ben Allen
Maria Leon-Vasquez
Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District #2
Charles Trevino
Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District #4
Andrew McIntyre
Central Basin Municipal Water District # 4
Rudy Montalvo
Central Basin Municipal Water District #5
Mason Buchanan Inocentes
West Basin Municipal Water District #5
Don Dear
Water Replenishment District, Division #2
Rob Katherman
Water Replenishment District, Division #5
Albert Robles
Municipal Measures
City of El Monte – City Services Protection - YES
City of Inglewood – Community Users Tax Rate Preservation - YES
City of Maywood – Transaction and Use Tax - YES
City of Pico Rivera – Services Protection - YES
Pasadena Unified School District – Bond - YESPomona Valley Unified School District – Bond - YES