VOTE Nov. 2008

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Building Trades Nov. 4 Labor Endorsements

Obama-Biden
Helping the Trades Rebuild America

Obama for PresidentBuilding Trades members have the opportunity on Nov. 4 to help put America back on track to prosperity to bring back the American values of hard work and fairness that have been forgotten these past eight years of corporate giveaways and greed.

The choice couldn’t be clearer for union construction workers. We will have a friend in the White House with Barack Obama. A friend who supports prevailing wages, Project Labor Agreements, the right of workers to join a union, increases safety on job sites and hundreds of millions of dollars every year for infrastructure projects. Barack Obama sees the Building Trades as a valuable ally and resource for leading America to energy independence and combating climate chage by building alternative energy sources from solar and wind, to building the next generation of nuclear and clean coal power plants.

Be sure to get out to the polls this Nov. 4. A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for more union construction jobs.

U.S. House of Representatives

27th.......Brad Sherman (D)
28th.......Howard Berman (D)
29th.......Adam Schiff (D)
30th.......Henry Waxman (D)
31st.......Xavier Becerra (D)
32nd......Hilda Solis (D)
33rd......Diane Watson (D)
34th.......Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
35th.......Maxine Waters (D)
36th.......Jane Harman (D)
37th.......Laura Richardson (D)
38th.......Grace Napolitano (D)
39th.......Linda Sanchez (D)
40th.......Christina Avalos (D)
43rd......Joe Baca (D)
44th.......Bill Hedrick (D)
45th.......Julie Bornstein (D)
46th.......Debbie Cook (D)
47th.......Loretta Sanchez (D)
48th.......Steve Young (D)

California State Senate

19th.......Hannah Beth-Jackson (D)
21st.......Carol Liu (D)
23rd......Fran Pavley (D)
25th.......Rod Wright (D)
27th.......Alan Lowenthal (D)
29th.......No endorsement
31st.......No endorsement
33rd......Gary Pritchard (D)
35th.......Ginny Mayer (D)

California State Assembly

36th.......Linda Jones (D)
38th.......Carol Luteness (D)
39th.......Felipe Fuentes (D)
40th.......Bob Blumenfield (D)
41st.......Julia Brownley (D)
42nd......Mike Feuer (D)
43rd......Paul Krekorian (D)
44th.......Anthony Portantino (D)
45th.......Kevin De Leon (D)
46th.......John Perez (D)
47th.......Karen Bass (D)
48th.......Mike Davis (D)
49th.......Mike Eng (D)
50th.......Hector de La Torre (D)
51st.......Curren D. Price (D)
52nd......Isadore Hall (D)
53rd......Ted W. Lieu (D)
54th.......Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
55th.......Warren Furutani (D)
56th.......Tony Mendoza (D)
57th.......Edward Hernandez (D)
58th.......Charles Calderon (D)
59th.......Don Williamson (D)
60th.......No endorsement
61st.......Nell Soto (D)
67th.......Steve Blount (D)
68th.......Kenneth Arnold (D)
69th.......Jose Solorio (D)
70th.......No endorsement
71st.......No endorsement
72nd......John MacMurray (D)
73rd......Judy Jones (D)

Orange County Endorsements

Anaheim Union HS District
Carol Reinbolt

Coast CCD
Hon. Jerry Patterson
Lorraine Prinsky
Charlotte Pirch

Garden Grove USD
Kim Nyuyen-Lam
Linda Zamora

Orange USD
Florice Hoffman

No. Orange County CCD
Michael Matsuda

Orange County Superior Court
Debra Carrillo

Rancho Santiag o CCD
Brian Conley
Lynnette Verino

Santa Ana Unified School District
Valerie Amezcua
Gloria Alvarado

Santa Marga rita Water District
Gary Kephart

Westminster Unified School District
Sergio Contreras

Orange County Board of Supervisors
Dina-Linh Nguyen

City Council

City of Anaheim
Kostas “Gus” Roditis

City of Buena Park
Greg Ferguson

City of Costa Mesa
Katrina Foley

City of Fullerton
(Mayor) Sharon Quirk
(City Council) Karen Haluza

City of Garden Grove
Linh Ho

City of Huntington Beach
Keith Bohr

City of La Hab ra
Daren Nigsarian

City of Stanton
Kevin Carr

City of Santa Ana
(Mayor) Miguel Pulido
(City Council) Ward 1 Vincent F. Sarmiento
(City Council) Ward 5 Claudia Alvarez

LA County Endorsements

Chair ~ Democratic State Party
Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker

Water Board ~ San Gab riel Valley
Charles M. Trevino

Water Board ~ Central Bas in
Rudy Montalvo — #4
Mason Buchanan Inocentes — #5

Culver City ~ City Council
Loni Anderson

Santa Clarita ~ City Council
Maria Gutziet

Torrance ~ City Council
Gavin Wasserman

LACCD Board of Trus tees
Kelly Candaele
Miguel Santiago

Measures & Props

$50 Billion in Construction Funds for LA County

Measure R
Measure R is a half-cent sales tax increase that could provide as much as $40 billion for county transit projects over the next 30 years. The money would go to streets and highways as well as rail projects and the bus system.

Measure Q
Measure Q is a $7 billion bond for LAUSD school construction. The funds would be used to help the school district reach its goal of creating smaller, less-crowded school campuses

Measure J
Measure J is a $3.5 billion bond for new construction and modernization programs for the Los Angeles Community College District. Some $2 billion of the funds would go to new construction and $1.5 billion would go towards modernization and upgrades at existing facilities.

Proposition                         Yes/NO
1........................................... YES Vote
2........................................... No Recommendation
3........................................... YES Vote
4........................................... No Recommendation
5........................................... No Recommendation
6........................................... No Recommendation
7........................................... NO Vote
8........................................... No Recommendation
9........................................... No Recommendation
10......................................... NO Vote
11......................................... NO Vote
12......................................... YES Vote