2018 BALLOT

CALIFORNIA BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

Click on an image below to select one of the propositions.

PROP 1

PROP 2

PROP 3

PROP 4

PROP 5

PROP 6

PROP 7

PROP 8

PROP 10

PROP 11

PROP 12

My recommendations (but please read the analysis and decide for yourself)—

• Proposition 1 — YES

• Proposition 2 — YES

• Proposition 3 — YES

• Proposition 4 — YES

• Proposition 5 — NO

• Proposition 6 — NO

• Proposition 7 — YES

• Proposition 8 — NO

• Proposition 9 — Eliminated from the ballot by the California State Supreme Court

• Proposition 10 — NO

• Proposition 11 — YES — Yes, I disagree with the state Democratic party

• Proposition 12 — reluctant YES

• U.S. Senate — Dianne Feinstein

• Governor — Gavin Newsom

• Lieutenant Governor — check back for a decision

• Attorney General — Xavier Becerra

• Secretary of State — Alex Padilla

• Treasurer — Fiona Ma

• Controller — Betty Yee

• Insurance Commissioner — Ricardo Lara

• Superintendent of Public Instruction — Tony Thurmond

• State Board of Equalization — Tom Hallinan

• CA-36 — Raul Ruiz

• State senate — Joy Silver, enthusiastically

• State assembly — DeniAntionette Mazingo

• Sheriff — Ugh.

• Palm Springs Unified School District — all candidates are unopposed

WHY DO YOU VOTE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR DEMOCRATS?

Three reasons. (1) California has a budget surplus and is running like a well-oiled machine, and has been ever since Democrats took over in Sacramento. Yes, we have problems, and right now based on their track record and stated policy positions, I trust Democrats to do a better job addressing those problems. (2) California is now the freest society in the world, while other democracies are eroding into fascism. Thank you, Democrats! (3) Republicans, instead of offering a new vision of the future, offer policy ideas that exacerbate hoarding, pollution, xenophobia, corruption, and debt. I eagerly await their resurrection into a party of fresh conservative ideas. I respect my conservative students and families and even if I thought I it was possible to move someone away from their family’s values, I recognize that is not my job. I want all of my students to succeed and flourish and writers and thinkers. As far as the decision not to conceal my bias, I write about that here. Students are not required to read what I have said here about the ballot. They are free to disregard it.