Statewide Offices

Governor: Steve Hilton

Lieutenant Governor: Gloria Romero

Attorney General: Michael Gates
Controller: Herb Morgan
Insurance Commissioner: No endorsement
Secretary of State: Donald Wagner
State Board of Equalization, 4th District: Denis Bilodeau
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw
Treasurer: Jennifer Hawks

Countywide 

Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk: Jordan Marks
Treasurer/Tax Collector: Shirley Nakawatase

Measure A — NO!
Extends Term Limits for Current Politicians

Measure A is falsely being sold as an “ethics” measure. Don’t fall for it.

All it really does is repeal voter-imposed term limits and give current county Supervisors another possible 3 terms in office. Imagine the 3 queens destroying the county and raiding the reserves for bonuses for the next decade.

MEASURE B — NO!

Sales Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly sales tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition. Sales tax revenue goes to welfare for people not in the country legally.

EAST COUNTY

Congressional & State Legislative Races

U.S. Representative, 48th Congressional District: Jim Desmond
U.S. Representative, 50th Congressional District: Steve Cohen
U.S. Representative, 51st Congressional District: Ricardo Cabrera
State Senate, 40th District: Kristie Bruce-Lane
State Assembly, 75th District: No endorsement at all
State Assembly, 78th District: Payton Galvez
State Assembly, 79th District: Andrew Lawson

County Races

Board of Supervisors, District 4: Kristine Alessio
County Board of Education, 3rd District: Cory Brown

City Races

El Cajon City Council, District 1: Chuck Kaye
El Cajon Mayor: Bill Wells

La Mesa Mayor: Laura Lothian
La Mesa Treasurer: Bill Exeter

La Mesa City Council: No endorsement

Lemon Grove City Council:
Yasmin Mendoza

Santee City Council, District 1: Rob McNelis
Santee City Council, District 2: Co Endorse: Ronn Hall; Eddie Vandiver

School & College Boards

Alpine Union School:
Glenn Dickie
Angela May
Eric Wray

Cajon Valley Union School, Trustee Area 1: Anthony Carnevale
Cajon Valley Union School, Trustee Area 2: Co-Endorse: Dana Covell; Jolyana Jirjees
Cajon Valley Union School, Trustee Area 3: Emily “Lily” Schworm

Dehesa School: Paul Healy

La Mesa-Spring Valley School, Trustee Area 1: No endorsement
La Mesa-Spring Valley School, Trustee Area 2: Myriam S. Moody
La Mesa-Spring Valley School, Trustee Area 3: No endorsement

Ramona Unified School, Trustee Area 1: Maya Phillips
Ramona Unified School, Trustee Area 2: Dan Summers
Ramona Unified School, Trustee Area 5: Rodger Dohm

Santee School, Seat 1: Cindy Petretta
Santee School, Seat 5: Steven Dobesh

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College, Trustee Area 5: Rosangela Cribbs

Grossmont Union High School, Trustee Area 3: Gary Woods
Grossmont Union High School, Trustee Area 4: Charissa “Chrissy” McCullough
Grossmont Union High School, Trustee Area 5: Jim Kelly

Planning Groups

Lakeside Community Planning Group:
Richard Abraham
Ashley Carnevale
Kristen Everhart
Oleksandra Reva
Steve Robak

Ramona Community Planning Group:
Casey Lynch
Kristi Mansolf
Robin Joy Maxson
Dawn Perfect
Lauren Elyse Welty

Special Districts

Grossmont Healthcare, Zone 2: Randy Lenac
Grossmont Healthcare, Zone 4: Maggie T. Watkins
Helix Water, Division 2: Lawrence Powers
Helix Water, Division 4: Kathleen Hedberg
Padre Dam Municipal Water, Division 1: Brian Fordyce
Ramona Municipal Water, Division 2: Jim Hickle
San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection, Division 7: Edward Woodruff

GROSSMONT-CUYAMACA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

MEASURE G — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

JAMUL-DULZURA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE H — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

JULIAN UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE J — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

LA MESA-SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE AA — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

MOUNTAIN EMPIRE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE K — NEUTRAL

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

RAMONA MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

MEASURE P — YES

Modernization of Project Approval Rules

Currently, voters have to approve any contract or project of $1 million or more. This measure would adjust that outdated amount to $10 million and achieve cost efficiencies.

CITY OF SANTEE

MEASURE Y — NO

Sales Tax Increase

Imposes a costly sales tax hike at a time when we face a cost-of-living crisis.

SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE BB — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

NORTH COUNTY

Congressional & State Legislative Races

U.S. Representative, 48th Congressional District: Jim Desmond
U.S. Representative, 49th Congressional District: Armen Kurdian
U.S. Representative, 50th Congressional District: Steve Cohen
State Senate, 32nd District: Kelly Seyarto
State Senate, 38th District: Laura Bassett
State Senate, 40th District: Kristie Bruce-Lane
State Assembly, 74th District: Laurie Davies
State Assembly, 75th District: No endorsement at all
State Assembly, 76th District: Carrie Espinoza Villanueva

County Races

Board of Supervisors, District 5: Rebecca Jones
County Board of Education, 5th District: No endorsement

City Races

Carlsbad Mayor: Keith Blackburn
Carlsbad City Council, District 1: Melanie Burkholder
Carlsbad City Council, District 3: No endorsement
Carlsbad City Clerk: Sherry A. Freisinger
Carlsbad Treasurer: Thomas Krouse

Del Mar City Council: Jeff Sturgis

Encinitas Mayor: Bruce Ehlers
Encinitas City Council, District 3: Ed Sprague
Encinitas City Council, District 4: Marco San Antonio

Escondido Mayor: Dane White
Escondido City Council, District 1: Tanner Horsley
Escondido City Council, District 2: Joe Garcia

Oceanside City Council, District 1: Michael Cline
Oceanside City Council, District 2: Richard Robinson

Poway Mayor: Steve Vaus
Poway City Council, District 1: Chris Pikus
Poway City Council, District 3: Peter De Hoff

San Marcos Mayor: Mike Sannella
San Marcos City Council, District 1: Thomas Gabriele
San Marcos City Council, District 2: Lindsey Smith

Solana Beach City Council, District 2: No endorsement
Solana Beach City Council, District 4: No endorsement

Vista Mayor: Joe Green
Vista City Council, District 1: Frank Nunez
Vista City Council, District 4: No endorsement

School & College Boards

Palomar Community College, Trustee Area 1: Frank Xu
Palomar Community College, Trustee Area 5: Michelle Moore

Bonsall Unified School, Trustee Area B: Michael Gaddis

Carlsbad Unified School, Trustee Area 1: Amber Martinez
Carlsbad Unified School, Trustee Area 4: Gretchen Vurbeff
Carlsbad Unified School, Trustee Area 5: Joel Gutierrez

Del Mar Union School: Stephen Cochrane

Encinitas Union School:
Marika Dixon
Jorge Sanchez

Escondido Union School, Trustee Area 2: Chris Ranglas
Escondido Union School, Trustee Area 4: Zesty Harper
Escondido Union School, Trustee Area 5: Frank Huston

Fallbrook Union Elementary School, Trustee Area 4: Maria Moran

Oceanside Unified School, Trustee Area 1: No endorsement
Oceanside Unified School, Trustee Area 3: Nicole Watson
Oceanside Unified School, Trustee Area 4: Jason Bethurum

Poway Unified School, Trustee Area B: Brett Davis
Poway Unified School, Trustee Area C: Jason Bennett
Poway Unified School, Trustee Area D: Daniela Darling

Rancho Santa Fe School: Jee Manghani

Vista Unified School, Trustee Area 3: Jon Moffat

Escondido Union High School, Trustee Area 1: Bob Weller
Escondido Union High School, Trustee Area 2: Joe Hinrichs
Escondido Union High School, Trustee Area 5: David Vincent

Fallbrook Union High School, Trustee Area 1: Stacey Max Nijst
Fallbrook Union High School, Trustee Area 3: Tracy Daniel

San Dieguito Union High School, Trustee Area 1: No endorsement
San Dieguito Union High School, Trustee Area 3: Summer Boger
San Dieguito Union High School, Trustee Area 5: Ginny Merrifield

San Marcos Unified, Trustee Area E: Derrick Davis
Valley Center-Pauma Unified School, Trustee Area 4: Michael Caputto

Planning Groups

Valley Center Community Planning Group:
Vlad Anthony Ciupitu
James Garritson
Matt Matthews
Lavonne Norwood

Special Districts

Deer Springs Fire Protection: Steve Kerrin
North County Fire Protection, Division 2: Cole Marting
North County Fire Protection, Division 3: Kenneth Munson
Palomar Health, Division 3: Laurie Edwards-Tate
Palomar Health, Division 5: John Clark
Palomar Health, Division 7: Ian Butler
Rainbow Municipal Water, Division 3: Greg Irvine
Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water, Division 3: Kenneth Hoving
Tri-City Healthcare, Zone 2: Jerome M. Kern
Valley Center Fire Protection, Division 3: John Yeager
Fallbrook Public Utility, Division 2: Kenneth Endter

HARRIS ANNEX PRD ZONE NO. 9B
Rancho Santa Fe

MEASURE Q — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE N — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

CITY OF SOLANA BEACH

MEASURE C — NO

Business Tax

Imposes a new costly business tax that will destroy jobs simply to support more massive levels of wasteful spending by the city.

CITY OF OCEANSIDE

Measure R — NO

City of Oceanside Forces Costly Union Only Contracts

This will cost the city 15-20% more for projects because it requires the city to give contracts to unions only. This is unfair to 90% of businesses who are not unions.

MEASURE S — NO

Sales Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly sales tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

PALA MESA ZONE A PRD ZONE 13A

MEASURE T — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

CITY OF SANTEE

SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE

Fiscal concern: Raises property taxes while taxpayers are already facing a high cost of living. Critics argue the district should address wasteful spending, rising salaries and pension costs, and contracting practices before asking taxpayers for more money.

SOUTH COUNTY

Congressional & State Legislative Races

U.S. Representative, 51st Congressional District: Ricardo Cabrera
U.S. Representative, 52nd Congressional District: No endorsement
State Senate, 18th District: Art Hodges
State Assembly, 79th District: Andrew Lawson
State Assembly, 80th District: Alejandro Galicia

City Races

Chula Vista Mayor: John McCann
Chula Vista City Attorney: No endorsement
Chula Vista City Council, District 1: Greg Martinez
Chula Vista City Council, District 2: Angelica Martinez

Coronado City Council:
Ricky Hoyt
Kelly Purvis

Imperial Beach Mayor: Mitchell “Mitch” McKay
Imperial Beach City Council, District 1: Steve Berry
Imperial Beach City Council, District 3: Mariko Nakawatase

National City Mayor: Marcus Bush (lesser of 2 horrible choices)
National City City Council, District 1: No endorsement
National City City Council, District 3: No endorsement

School & College Boards

Southwestern Community College, Trustee Area 1: No endorsement
Southwestern Community College, Trustee Area 4: No endorsement

Chula Vista Elementary School, Seat 1: Jorge Balvaneda
Chula Vista Elementary School, Seat 3: Norma Lozoya Toothman
Chula Vista Elementary School, Seat 5: Delia Dominguez Cervantes

Coronado Unified School:
Peggy Duncan
Kaye Schneider

National School, Trustee Area B: No endorsement
National School, Trustee Area C: No endorsement
National School, Trustee Area E: No endorsement

San Ysidro School:
Miguel “Mike” Ochoa
Roxane Palestino
Brandon Plascencia

South Bay Union School, Trustee Area 1: Erika Lowery
South Bay Union School, Trustee Area 4: Manuel “Manny” Esparza

Sweetwater Union High School, Trustee Area 1: No endorsement

Planning Groups

Sweetwater Community Planning Group:
Craig Allen
Daniel Burow
Luis Rafael De La Rosa
Carri Jo Fernandez
Susan Heavilin
Donna Hodge

Special Districts

Otay Water, Division 3: Gary Croucher

CENTRAL SAN DIEGO

Congressional & State Legislative Races

U.S. Representative, 50th Congressional District: Steve Cohen
U.S. Representative, 51st Congressional District: Ricardo Cabrera
U.S. Representative, 52nd Congressional District: No endorsement
State Assembly, 77th District: No endorsement
State Assembly, 78th District: Payton Galvez
State Assembly, 79th District: Andrew Lawson

County Races

Board of Supervisors, District 4: Kristine Alessio

City Races

San Diego City Council, District 2: Richard Bailey
San Diego City Council, District 4: No endorsement
San Diego City Council, District 6: Mark Powell
San Diego City Council, District 8: Gerardo Ramirez

School & College Boards

San Diego Community College, District A: No endorsement
San Diego Community College, District C: Samantha Ely
San Diego Unified School, District B: No endorsement
San Diego Unified School, District C: No endorsement

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEASURE M — NO

Property Tax Increase

Imposes a new costly property tax despite massive levels of wasteful spending, giving government workers massive salary hikes and pension spikes, and awarding contracts to political supporters without fair and open competition.

PROP 1

NO!

Borrows $11.25 Billion for Costly Housing Projects

Politicians want to borrow $10 BILLION on the taxpayers’ credit card, and you’ll pay back more than $17 billion with interest.

Prop 1 provides taxpayer-funded subsidies to developers without reforming the costly mandates that make housing so expensive in the first place. It does NOTHING to make housing more affordable. Many of the boondoggle projects supported by this bond will cost more than $1 MILLION per unit.

Campaign contributors to politicians also get special contracts under Prop 1.

PROP 2

NO!

Guts State Budget Spending Limit and Cancels Tax Rebates

MISINFORMATION ALERT: This appears on your ballot with the politicians’ FALSE ballot title of “Increases State’s Rainy Day Fund.”

Prop 2 claims to create a bigger rainy day fund, but in reality it creates a new slush fund for politicians to engage in even more wasteful spending.

Prop 2 eviscerates the current voter-imposed spending limit on state politicians. Worse, it virtually eliminates the requirement that taxpayers receive tax rebates when revenues exceed the spending limit.

Bottom line: Politicians get to keep more of your money so they can spend more of your money.

PROP 3

NO!

Income Tax Increase

MISINFORMATION ALERT: The ballot title plays up funding for schools and health care without accountability for how the money is actually spent.

California already has the highest income tax rates in the nation. Prop 3 makes them permanent.

This tax was sold to voters as “temporary” in 2012. Then it was extended in 2016. Now, before it even expires, politicians want to make it permanent.

Prop 3 does NOTHING to reform wasteful spending in the programs it claims to fund, so taxpayers pay more without any guarantee of better services.

PROP 4

NO!

Gives Your Tax Dollars to Politicians’ Campaigns

MISINFORMATION ALERT: The cost estimate claims only a “few hundred thousand dollars each year” when it could cost MILLIONS.

Prop 4 repeals a previously approved ban on public financing of politicians’ campaigns.

Voters already decided their tax dollars should NEVER be used to fund politicians’ campaigns. They tried to get this through the legislature in 2016. The courts threw it out and ruled that voters must decide.

Ten years later, they’re back, asking to spend your tax dollars on their campaign ads.

PROP 5

NO!

Weakens Citizens’ Right to Recall Politicians from Office

Prop 5 makes it harder to recall a politician AND replace that politician with a candidate chosen by voters.

Under Prop 5, if voters recall the Governor, voters don’t get to choose the replacement. The office automatically goes to the political machine’s second-in-command.

The decision is taken completely out of the voters’ hands.

PROP 37

NO!

Borrows $25 Billion for Costly Housing Projects

Prop 37 provides taxpayer-funded subsidies to developers without reforming the costly mandates that make housing so expensive in the first place.

Prop 37 would also make the State of California one of the biggest mortgage lenders in America overnight, leaving taxpayers holding the bag for any losses. Many of these projects will cost more than $1 MILLION per unit.

Campaign contributors to politicians also get special contracts under Prop 37.

PROP 38

NO!

Public-Private Partnership Bonds for Immunology Research

Fiscal concern: Prop 38 borrows $8.4 billion for medical research, with taxpayers paying an estimated 500–600 million annually for about 20 years.

Half goes to a single UC-affiliated nonprofit, while any financial return to taxpayers is uncertain.

PROP 39

YES!

Voter ID to Improve Trust in Elections

MISINFORMATION ALERT: This appears on your ballot with the politicians’ FALSE ballot title of “Prohibits Citizens From Voting.”

Prop 39 requires cleaning up and auditing voter rolls and citizenship verification for anyone registering to vote.

Voting remains simple while adding integrity reforms designed to make elections more secure.

Prop 39 is designed to prevent non-citizens and other ineligible individuals from voting while protecting the right of eligible citizens to cast their ballots.

PROP 40

NO!

“Billionaire” Tax That Is Really an “Everybody” Tax

Prop 40 is being sold as the “Billionaire’s Tax,” but it creates the first-in-the-nation Wealth Tax, or what amounts to a Savings Tax, on Californians.

Prop 40 contains a provision allowing state politicians to expand the Wealth Tax to everyone without another vote of the public.

Your savings. Your checking account. Your 401(k). Your stock portfolio. Even the current equity in your home.

If you don’t have enough cash to pay the Wealth Tax, you could be forced to sell some of what you own.

PROP 41

YES!

Audit Special Taxes

Prop 41 requires special taxes to include audits of the revenue raised and the programs funded by those taxes to help prevent waste, fraud, abuse and diversion of taxpayer money.

Prop 41 also requires these special taxes to adhere to the state’s constitutionally mandated spending limit.

Under California law, when two conflicting measures pass, the one receiving more votes wins. Even if Prop 40 passes, a bigger Yes vote on Prop 41 cancels it.

PROP 42

YES!

Stop the Savings Tax

Prop 42 prohibits state and local politicians from imposing a Savings Tax on Californians.

That means politicians cannot tax the value of your savings, checking account, 401(k), stock portfolio or the current equity in your home.

If Prop 42 receives more votes than Prop 40, the Wealth Tax dies even if Prop 40 passes. Every YES on 42 is effectively a second NO on 40.

PROP 43

YES!

Local Taxpayer Protection Initiative (Saves Prop 13)

MISINFORMATION ALERT: This appears on your ballot with the FALSE title of “Limits Voters Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services.”

Prop 43 is known as the Save Prop 13 Local Taxpayer Protection Initiative.

It restores the two-thirds vote requirement for local tax measures and closes loopholes politicians have created in Prop 13 to get around the property tax caps voters originally imposed.

Prop 43 is designed to restore those taxpayer protections and make it harder for local government to increase taxes.

PROP 44

NO!

Imposes Costly Mandates on Community Health Clinics

Prop 44 increases mandates and costs on community health clinics, threatening their ability to provide patient care.

Clinics that miss the 90% mandate face penalties paid into a government account tied to a narrow special interest group that is also one of the politicians’ biggest campaign contributors.

Trusted healthcare experts warn Prop 44 could trigger $1.7 BILLION in penalties in the first year alone and force clinics across California to close their doors.

PROP 45

YES!

Reduce Housing Costs by Cutting Red Tape

Prop 45 reduces regulation and combats frivolous lawsuits that have increased the cost of housing projects.

California’s environmental review law, CEQA, has been used to block and delay housing, adding years and millions of dollars to projects.

Prop 45 gives California voters the chance to reform CEQA at the ballot box.