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H Presidential Endorsement »» President Barack Obama* “Here’s what’s at risk if Prop. 32 “Don’t be fooled. Prop. 32 passes — RN ratios, oversight is designed to silence the E Ballot Measures »» on hospital abuses, and our voices of the most trusted health benefits, pensions, and respected professions — C PROP. 30: YES Temporary taxes to fund education, healthcare. overtime protections, and nurses, teachers, and firefight - N PROP. 31: NO Takes away funding from schools. meal and rest breaks.” ers. Vote No on 32.” A PROP. 32: NO Silences the voice of nurses in Sacramento. — Zenei Cortez, RN — Malinda Markowitz, RN CNA Co-President CNA Co-President V PROP. 33: NO Mercury Insurance bid to raise auto rates. O PROP. 34: YES Death penalty repeal. T

E PROP. 35: YES Human trafficking penalties.

R PROP. 36: YES Revise three strikes law.

G PROP. 37: YES Genetically engineered food labeling. CALIFORNIA NURSES 2012 VOTING GUIDE

U PROP. 38: NO Flawed school tax measure. I

D PROP. 39: YES Close corporate loophole for out of state firms. On Nov. 6 Join California Nurses in Voting E PROP. 40: YES State Senate redistricting. YES on 30 and NO on 32 Congressional Endorsements »» Abel Guillen, District 18; Rob Bonta, Christina Olague, San Francisco Board Jared Huffman, District 2 District 18 – DUAL of Supervisors, District 5* and Supporting the Full Slate Ami Bera, District 7 Phil Ting, District 19 David Campos, San Francisco Board Rep. Barbara Lee, District 9* Bill Quirk, District 20 of Supervisors, District 9* Rep. George Miller, District 11* Adam Gray, District 21 John Avalos, San Francisco Board of CNA Endorsements Rep. Pete Stark, District 15* , District 22 of Supervisors, District 11* Asm. Bob Wieckowski, District 25* Rhodesia Ransom, San Joaquin Board California State Senate »» Asm. Nora Campos, District 27* of Supervisors, District 5 Asm. Cathleen Galgiani, District 5 Asm. Paul Fong, District 28* Jim Prola, San Leandro City Council “Vote as if your life depends Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, District 7* Mark Stone, District 29 District 6* Sen. Loni Hancock, District 9* Asm. Luis Alejo, District 30* Kim Griffin, RN, Sequoia Healthcare on it, because it does. Sen. Mark Leno, District 11* District Board* “Without Prop. 30, we’ll Please vote Yes on 30 California Local Candidates »» Asm. Jerry Hill, District 13 Kathleen Kane, Sequoia Healthcare see devastating cuts for our and No on 32 for our Richard Valle, Alameda Board Asm. Jim Beall, District 15 District Board schools and our children, and patients, our families, of Supervisors, District 2* Robert Lieber, BART Board District 3 California State Assembly »» Joseph Michael McCormick, Alameda the further shredding of our jobs, and Asm. Wesley Chesbro, District 2* Healthcare District Board* California Local Ballot Measures »» basic health services our future.” Asm. Mariko Yamada, District 4* Jordan Battani, Alameda Healthcare Alameda County, Measure B – YES for the most vulnerable — DeAnn McEwen, RN Reginald Bronner, District 6 District Board* San Francisco County, Proposition A – YES Californians.” Asm. Roger Dickinson, District 7* Darryl Moore, Berkeley City Council 2* San Mateo County, Measure A – YES CNA Co-President Ken Cooley, District 8 Max Anderson, RN, Berkeley City — Deborah Burger, RN Asm. Richard Pan, District 9* Council 3* * indicates incumbent candidates CNA Co-President Asm. Michael Allen, District 10* Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council, Jim Frazier, District 11 at-large seat* Asm Susan Bonilla, District 14* Eric Mar, San Francisco Board Asm. Nancy Skinner, District 15* of Supervisors, District 1* Asm. Tom Ammiano, District 17* David Chiu, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 3* www.calnurses.org/endorsements This November 6, Join the California Nurses Association Board of Directors in Voting YES on 30 and NO on 32

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Tam Nguyen, RN David Welch, RN Kathy Dennis, RN Catherine Kennedy, RN Lauri Hoagland, RN Gina Macalino, RN Trande Phillips, RN Kathryn Donahue, RN John Trites, RN Patty Esteves, RN YE S NO on on 30 32 Lorna Grundeman, RN Robert Marth, RN Michelle Gutierrez-Vo, RN Kathleen Donohue, RN Allen Fitzpatrick, RN Jane Sandoval, RN Diane Koorsones, RN Maureen Dugan, RN

Prop. 30 begins to restore the billions in cuts that have If Prop. 32 passes, the big hospitals and their allies will seen California fall to 47th in funding for our schools. have virtually no opposition in their efforts to overturn RN Prop. 30 is critical to protecting healthcare services, staffing ratios, oversight on hospital, nursing home and especially those that serve the most vulnerable. Up to insurance abuses, workplace safety rules, guaranteed $15 billion has been cut in health and social services meal and rest breaks, limits on forced overtime, and because of budget deficits the past three years. other protections we have long fought for.