SACRAMENTO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS November 3, 2020 General Election

CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION ENDORSEMENTS November 3, 2020 General Election

Joe Biden Ballot Measure Proposition 14: Authorizes Bonds to Continue Funding Stem Cell and Other President Medical Research ...... No Recommendation Proposition 15: Increases Funding for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property ...... Vote YES Proposition 16: Authorizes Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Municipal, School Board, and Special District Races Action Amendment ...... Vote YES Proposition 17: Authorizes California Voting Rights Restoration for Davis City Council District 2 ...... Will Arnold Davis City Council District 3 ...... Lucas Frerichs Persons on Parole Amendment ...... Vote YES Davis City Council District 5 ...... OPEN ENDORSEMENT Proposition 18: California Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment ....Vote YES Elk Grove Mayor ...... NO RECOMMENDATION Proposition 19: Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Elk Grove City Council District 1 ...... OPEN ENDORSEMENT Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment ...... Vote YES Elk Grove City Council District 3 ...... Maureen Craft Proposition 20: Restricts Parole for Non-violent Offenders. Authorizes Elk Grove Unified School District ...... 1 Regina Q Banks Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only Elk Grove Unified School District ...... 3 Bobby Roy as Misdemeanors ...... Vote NO Elk Grove Unified School District ...... 6 Nancy Chaires-Espinoza Proposition 21: Expands Local Government’s Authority to Enact Rent Elk Grove Unified School District ...... 7 Carmine Forcina Control on Residential Property ...... No Recommendation Los Rios Community College District 3 ...... Chris Yatooma Proposition 22: Changes Employment Classification Rules for App-based Los Rios Community College District 4 ...... Kelly Wilkerson Transportation and Delivery Drivers ...... Vote NO Los Rios Community College District 7 ...... Tami Nelson Proposition 23: Authorizes State Regulation of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Natomas Unified School District ...... Ericka Harden Establishes Minimum Staffing and Other Requirements ...... Vote YES Natomas Unified School District ...... Mariana Sabeniano Natomas Unified School District ...... NO RECOMMENDATION Proposition 24: Amends Consumer Privacy Laws ... No Recommendation Proposition 25: Referendum to Overturn 2018 Law that Replaced Money Rancho Cordova City Council ...... Donald Terry Bail System with a System Based on Public Safety Risk ...... Vote YES Rancho Cordova City Council ...... Siri Pulipati Rancho Cordova City Council ...... Jack Zwald U.S. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS Roseville City Council District 1 ...... LaMills Garrett Roseville City Council District 3 ...... Neil Pople Congressional District 1 ...... Audrey Denney (D) Roseville City Council District 5 ...... Scott Alvord Congressional District 3 ...... John Garamendi (D) Congressional District 4 ...... Brynne Kennedy (D) Roseville Joint Union High School District ...... Greg Harnage Congressional District 6 ...... Doris Matsui (D) Roseville City School District ...... Gary Miller Congressional District 7 ...... Ami Bera (D) Congressional District 9 ...... Jerry McNerney (D) Sacramento City Council District 2 ...... NO RECOMMENDATION Sacramento City Council District 4 ...... NO RECOMMENDATION California State Assembly Sacramento City Unified School District 3 ...... Jose Navarro Sacramento City Unified School District 4 ...... Nailah Pope-Hardin Assembly District 1 ...... Elizabeth Betancourt (D) Sacramento City Unified School District 5 ...... Chinua Rodes Assembly District 4 ...... Cecelia Aguiar-Curry (D) Sacramento City Unified School District 7 ...... Gracie Phillips Assembly District 5 ...... No Endorsement Assembly District 6 ...... Jackie Smith (D) Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 3 ....Gregg Fishman Assembly District 7 ...... Kevin McCarty (D) Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 4 .... NO ENDORSEMENT Assembly District 8 ...... Ken Cooley (D) Assembly District 9 ...... Jim Cooper (D) San Juan Unified School District ...... Paula Villescaz San Juan Unified School District ...... Pam Costa San Juan Unified School District ...... NO RECOMMENDATION Senate District 1 ...... Pamela Swartz (D) SMUD Ward 1 ...... Brandon Rose Senate District 3 ...... Bill Dodd (D) SMUD Ward 2 ...... Nancy Bui-Thompson Senate District 5 ...... Susan Eggman (D) SMUD Ward 5 ...... Rob Kerth

Washington Unified School District 2 ...... Danny Thirakul Washington Unified School District 3 ...... Coby Pizzoti Washington Unified School District 4 ...... Jackie Thu-Huong Wong

West Sacramento Mayor ...... Martha Guerrero West Sacramento City Council ...... Norma Alcala West Sacramento City Council ...... NO RECOMMENDATION

Winters Unified School District 3 ...... Stephanie Chavez

Local Ballot Measures

Washington Unified Measure Z Bond Measure ...... VOTE YES City of Sacramento Measure A ...... VOTE YES Sacramento-Sierra’s Building & Construction Trades Council ENDORSEMENTS NOVEMBER 2020

ELK GROVE MAYOR (Open Endorsement) LOS RIOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ROSEVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (Top 2) Steve Ly Area 3: Chris Yatooma Gary Miller Bobbie Singh-Allen Area 4: Kelly Wilkerson Kumi Wickramasinghe Area 5: Pamela Haynes ELK GROVE CITY COUNCIL Area 7: Tami Nelson SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL District 1: Ali Moua Sean Loloee District 3: Maureen Craft ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Area 1: Regina Banks SACRAMENTO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WEST SACRAMENTO MAYOR Area 3: Bobby Roy Gregg Fishman Martha Guerrero RANCHO CORDOVA CITY COUNCIL (Top 3) YOLO COUNTY SUPERVISOR WEST SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL David Sander Jim Provenza Norma Alcala Donald Terry Open Endorsement for Seat 2 Jack Zwald U.S. CONGRESS WOODLAND CITY COUNCIL DAVIS CITY COUNCIL U.S. District 3: John Garamendi Victoria Fernandez District 2: Will Arnold U.S. District 4: Brynne Kennedy District 3: Lucas Frerichs U.S. District 6: Doris Matsui CITRUS HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL District 5: No Endorsement U.S. District 7: Ami Bera District 1: Nicole Castor District 3 (Open Endorsement): WASHINGTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Tim Schaefer Trustee Area 2 (Open Endorsement): Thomas Goetz Danny Thirakul Jameson Parker STATE PROPOSITIONS Alvaro Venegas Prop. 16 – Vote Yes NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Top 3) Trustee Area 4: Jackie Thu-Huong Wong Scott Dosick Prop. 18 – Vote Yes Mariana Corona Sabeniano DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Prop. 19 – Vote Yes Ericka Harden Trustee Area 2: Lea Darrah Prop. 21 – Vote No Trustee Area 5: Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Prop. 22 – Vote No Area 3: Christina Pritchett ROSEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Prop. 24 – Vote Yes Area 4: Jamee Villa District 1: LaMills Garrett Area 5: Chinua Rhodes District 3: Neil People Prop. 25 – Vote Yes Area 7: Jessie Ryan District 5: Scott Alvord

Measures Guide MEASURE K- To upgrade schools, retain/ YOLO COUNTY $100,000 of assessed valuation while bonds attract quality teachers by repairing leaky roofs; are outstanding, with citizen oversight, audits, removing asbestos/mold; keeping schools safe; MEASURE K- BOND MEASURE RIVER no money for administrators, and all funds SACRAMENTO COUNTY updating technology, fire/drinking water safety; DELTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT staying local? YES MEASURE A- Shall the measure known as the repairing, constructing, equipping/acquiring SCHOOL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ‘Sacramento Mayoral Accountability and Commu- educational facilities to prepare students for college/ DISTRICT No. 2 RIVER DELTA UNIFIED MEASURE Y- BOND MEASURE WOOD- nity Equity Act’ – which amends the City of Sacra- jobs/careers, shall River Delta Unified School SCHOOL DISTRICT SFID NO. 2 REPAIR LAND JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT mento charter to establish a mayor-council form of District issue $14,600,000 in bonds at legal rates MEASURE To upgrade schools, retain/attract With no increase in estimated tax rates, shall government; establish participatory budgeting for levying an estimated 6¢/$100 of assessed value, quality teachers by repairing leaky roofs; re- Woodland Joint Unified School District’s mea- citizens’ direct input; require analysis of impacts of averaging $845,000 raised annually while bonds are moving asbestos/mold; keeping schools safe; sure to expand vocational education facilities for certain council decisions on racial, ethnic, LGBTQ, outstanding, requiring audits, citizens’ oversight/all updating technology, fire/drinking water safety; programs including automotive engineering/con- and gender groups; require a specified portion funds used locally, be adopted? YES repairing, constructing, equipping/acquiring struction trades; improve classroom technology/ of the budget be invested in inclusive economic educational facilities to prepare students for internet access; repair classrooms/schools; and development and youth services; makes perma- MEASURE M- To protect local control with fund- college/jobs/careers, shall River Delta Unified replace roofs, HVAC, wiring and plumbing be nent the city’s ethics commission; and make other ing that cannot be taken by the State; maintain 911 School District issue $14,600,000 in bonds at adopted, authorizing $44.205 million of bonds, changes – be adopted? YES emergency response times; crime investigation/pre- legal rates levying an estimated 6¢/$100 of extending current levies (averaging less than vention; well-trained community police officers; school assessed value, averaging $845,000 raised $24/$100,000/year of assessed valuation while MEASURE B- Shall the measure amending safety/security; pothole/street repair; homelessness annually while bonds are outstanding, requir- bonds are outstanding), raising on average section 171 of the City of Sacramento Charter, to reduction programs; local business/jobs support; and ing audits, citizens’ oversight/all funds used $3.23 million/year, with legal interest rates, an- have the Sacramento Independent Redistricting other city services, shall a measure to establish a locally, be adopted? YES nual audits and independent oversight? YES Commission establish the next council district Citrus Heights 1¢ sales tax generating $12,000,000 boundaries map no later than 130 days before the annually until ended by voters be adopted, with MEASURE W- BOND MEASURE WIN- MEASURE Z- BOND MEASURE WASHING- 2022 primary city election so that the map could be independent annual audits and citizen oversight, and TERS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT To protect used for the 2022 elections, be adopted? YES all funds spent in Citrus Heights? YES To improve the quality of education and quality education with local school improvement complete improvement projects at Winters funding, shall Washington Unified School District MEASURE C- Shall the measure adding MEASURE R- To support City of Rancho High and Waggoner Elementary; repair/ adopt a measure: • upgrading classrooms/ inter- an article to the City of Sacramento Charter to Cordova through relief/recovery including: replace leaky roofs; and modernize outdated net access for science, technology, engineering, (i) create a new elected body (Rental Housing repairing streets/potholes; keeping public areas classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; arts, math instruction; • upgrade schools to Board) with powers that include setting rents, healthy, clean/safe; maintaining neighborhood shall Winters Joint Unified School District is- meet academic, safety, disabled accessibility establishing regulations, establishing its own public safety; supporting/attracting new and local sue $19,000,000 of bonds, raising on average standards; • bring all schools up to the same budget, charging fees to finance its operations, businesses/jobs; preparing for any natural disas- $1,000,000 annually as long as bonds are standard; and repairing/ upgrading deterio- establishing penalties, conducting investigations, ter/health emergency; addressing homelessness; outstanding at a rate of 4.9 cents per $100 rating roofs, plumbing, electrical; by issuing and adjudicating rent adjustments; (ii) set a base other general city services; shall the Rancho of assessed valuation, have an independent $150,000,000 in bonds, $8,500,000 annually, rent for all covered rental units within the city and Cordova measure be adopted levying a ½¢ sales citizens’ oversight committee and have NO 6 cents/ $100 assessed value while bonds are cap annual rent increases; and (iii) limit landlords’ tax, until ended by voters, raising $8,000,000 money used for administrative salaries and all outstanding, with citizen oversight, funds used ability to terminate tenancies, be adopted? NO annually, with yearly audits, citizen oversight, money staying local? YES only to improve local schools? YES local control/investment during uncertain times, MEASURE J- To upgrade schools, retain/ no money for administrator salaries? YES MEASURE X- BOND MEASURE MEASURE B- CITY OF DAVIS Shall attract quality teachers by repairing leaky roofs; ESPARTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Resolution 20-110 be adopted to amend the removing asbestos/mold; building science labs; up- PLACER COUNTY To update and expand science, technology, Davis General Plan to approve a mixed-use dating aging technology, fire/drinking water safety; engineering, arts, math classrooms/ labs; im- development comprised of innovation center, repairing, constructing, equipping/acquiring edu- MEASURE O- (City of Roseville) prove school safety/ security; replace aging housing, and retail uses, by changing the land cational facilities to prepare students for college/ Requires Simple Majority to pass heating, cooling, plumbing systems; improve use designations for the Davis Innovation & careers, shall River Delta Unified School District Shall Section 7.21 of the City Charter be amended access for students with disabilities; con- Sustainability Campus and Mace Triangle prop- issue $45,700,000 in bonds at legal rates levying to: (1) raise the sealed bid limit from $19,500 to struct, repair, equip sites/ classrooms, shall erties from Agriculture and Public/Quasi-Public an estimated 6¢/$100 of assessed value, averag- $75,000; (2) eliminate the annual inflationary or the Esparto Unified School District measure to Innovation Center, Urban Agriculture Tran- ing $2,600,000 raised annually while bonds are deflationary adjustment to the bid limit; and (3) authorizing $19,900,000 in bonds at legal sition Area, General Commercial and Public/ outstanding, requiring audits, citizens’ oversight/ all allow bids to be published on-line consistent with rates be adopted, raising approximately Semi-Public, and by establishing the Baseline funds used locally, be adopted? YES the City’s existing practices? NO $1,200,000 annually at an estimated $60 per Project Features? YES