General Election Local Endorsements 2026

LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES

Yes on Measure RTM (Connect Bay Area Transit)

Yes on Measure EE  (Oakland Charter Reform)

Yes on Measures U and V (Berkeley sales tax/bond) 

Yes on Measure G(Sutter County sales  tax)

SANTA CLARA / SOUTH BAY

Gordon Chester for San Jose City Council

Gary Ferraris for Mayor of Santa Clara

Kyle Madej for Santa Clara City Council

Cheryl Adams for San Lorenzo Water District 

Peter Dailey for Santa Clara Valley Water District

Meredith Curry Nunez for East Side Union High School District

SAN MATEO

Mark Nagales for San Mateo County Supervisor  

Vamsi Velagapudi for Menlo Park City Council 

Wonmon Lee for Menlo Park City Council

Charlotte Reed for Menlo Park City Council

Pranita Venkatesh for San Carlos City Council  

Sara McDowell for San Carlos City Council

Adam Rak for San Carlos City Council.  

Melanie Olson for South San Francisco City Council

Eddie Flores for South San Francisco City Council  

Phoebe Shin Venkat for Foster City Council.

Stacy Jimenez for Foster City Council 

Pam DiGiovanni for Daly City Council 

Dr. Rod Daus-Magbual for Daly City Council 

Teresa Proano for Daly City Council.

Rob Newsom Jr. for San Mateo City Council

Jennifer Faber for Burlingame City Council D3

Howard Wettan for Burlingame City Council D3

Jason Holt for San Mateo Community College District.

Richard Holober for San Mateo Community College District.  

ALAMEDA / East Bay

Barbara Lee for Oakland Mayor

Charlene Wang for Oakland City Council 

Luz Gomez for East Bay Municipal Utilities District Director - Ward 2

Marguerite Young for East Bay Municipal Utilities District Director - Ward 3

Andy Katz for East Bay Municipal Utilities District Director - Ward 4

Olivia Sanwong for East Bay Regional Parks District 

Rebecca Lewington for East Bay Regional Parks District

Jennifer Brouhard for Oakland Unified School Board.

Valarie Bachelor for Oakland Unified School Board.

Sarah Syed for AC Transit Board of Directors. 

Joel Young for AC Transit Board of Directors

Igor A. Tregub for Berkeley City Council 

Daria Wrubel for Berkeley City Council

Michael Syrak for Berkeley City Council 

Robert Raburn for BART Board of Directors 

Jack Balch for Mayor of Pleasanton

Kathy Narum for Pleasanton City Council 

Jamie Yee for Pleasanton City Council

Yes on Measure RTM (Connect Bay Area)

Yes on Measure EE  (Oakland Charter Reform)

Yes on Measures U and V (Berkeley sales tax/bond) 

CONTRA COSTA

Christy Lam-Julian for Pinole City Council

Matt Avery for Pinole City Council

Laura Nakamura for Concord City Council 

Marisol Rubio for San Ramon City Council

SACRAMENTO

Eric Guerra for Sacramento County Supervisor  

Delia Baulwin for Elk Grove Unified School District 

Michael Vargas for Elk Grove Unified School District 

MADERA

Lisa Edelheit for Madera County Board of Supervisors

STANISLAUS

Gaby Hernandez for Patterson City Council

STANISLAUS

Yes on Measure G(Sutter County sales  tax)