UA Local 393 November 5 General Election Voter Guide

The general election is November 5, 2024–but ballots are out already. Please get your vote in today — and be sure to vote all the way down the ballot! Local elections are critical for our market share, and we need to elect leaders who support PLAs and high labor standards.

Federal Endorsements

U.S. President Kamala Harris
U.S. Vice President Tim Walz
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff
Congressional District 16 Evan Low
Congressional District 17 Ro Khanna (Incumbent)
Congressional District 18 Zoe Lofgren (Incumbent)
Congressional District 19 Jimmy Panetta (Incumbent)

CA State Senate & Assembly Endorsements

State Senate District 13 Josh Becker (Incumbent)
State Senate District 15 Dave Cortese (Incumbent)
State Senate District 17 John Laird (Incumbent)
State Assembly District 24 Alex Lee (Incumbent)
State Assembly District 25 Ash Kalra (Incumbent)
State Assembly District 26 DUAL ENDORSEMENT: Patrick Ahrens or Tara Sreekrishnan
State Assembly District 28 Gail Pellerin (Incumbent)
State Assembly District 29 Robert Rivas (Incumbent)

CA State Senate & Assembly Endorsements

Proposition 2: $10 billion school facilities construction bond YES
Proposition 3: Repeals ban on same-sex marriage in Constitution YES
Proposition 4: $10 billion Climate Resiliency Bond YES
Proposition 5: Lowers vote threshold to approve local bonds YES
Proposition 6: Prohibits mandatory prison labor YES
Proposition 32: $18/hr minimum wage YES
Proposition 33: Local rent control NO RECOMMENDATION
Proposition 34: Restricts spending by health care provider YES
Proposition 35: Permanent MCO tax for Medi-Cal funding YES
Proposition 36: Increase felony charge for certain crimes YES

Santa Clara County Endorsements

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors D2 Betty Duong
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors D5 DUAL ENDORSEMENT: Margaret Abe-Koga or Sally Lieber
Santa Clara County Board of Education TA 1 Jessica Speiser
Santa Clara County Board of Education TA 3 Jyl Lutes

Santa Clara County Ballot Measures

Measure A (Morgan Hill) YES
Measure B (Morgan Hill) YES
Measure C (Gilroy) YES
Measure E (Sunnyvale) YES
Measure G (Mountain View) YES
Measure I (Santa Clara) YES
Measure J (Milpitas) YES
Measure N (East Side Union High School District) YES
Measure P (Campbell Union High School District) YES
Measure Q (Milpitas Unified School District) YES
Measure R (San Jose Unified School District) YES
Measure S (Mount Pleasant Elementary School District) YES
Measure T (Mount Pleasant Elementary School District) YES
Measure W (Franklin-McKinley School District) YES
Measure X (Evergreen Elementary School District) YES
Measure AA (Mountain View Whisman School District) YES

San Benito County Ballot Measures

Measure X (County) NO
Measure A (County) NO
Measure B (County) YES
Measure L (San Benito County High School District) YES
Measure M (San Benito County High School District) YES
Measure V (Hollister) YES
Measure W (Hollister) YES

City of San Jose Endorsements

San Jose City Council District 2 Pamela Campos
San Jose City Council District 6 Olivia Navarro
San Jose City Council District 8 Domingo Candelas (Incumbent)
San Jose City Council District 10 Arjun Batra (Incumbent)
San Jose Unified School District TA 1 Teresa Castellanos
San Jose Unified School District TA 3 Carla Collins
San Jose Unified School District TA 5 Lenka Wright
San Jose-Evergreen Community College District TA 3 Tony Alexander
San Jose-Evergreen Community College District TA 5 Buu Chau Thai

Santa Clara & San Benito City Endorsements

Cupertino City Council (2 seats open) Gilbert Wong and Rod Sinks
Gilroy City Council (3 seats open) Rebeca Armendariz (Incumbent) and Zach Hilton (Incumbent)
Hollister Council District 1 Rick Perez (Incumbent)
Hollister Mayor Mia Casey (Incumbent)
Milpitas Mayor Carmen Montano (Incumbent)
Mountain View City Council (4 seats open) Emily Ann Ramos (Incumbent), Erik Poicon, and Pat Showalter (Incumbent)
Palo Alto City Council (4 seats) Katie Causey, George Lu, and Cari Templeton
Santa Clara City Council D4 Teresa O’Neill
Santa Clara City Council D5 Suds Jain (Incumbent)
Santa Clara City Council D6 DUAL ENDORSEMENT: Anthony Becker (Incumbent) and Kelly Cox
Santa Clara Valley Water District Shiloh Ballard
Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein (Incumbent)
Sunnyvale City Council D2 Alysa Cisneros
Sunnyvale City Council D6 Eileen Le

School Board Endorsements

Alum Rock Union School District Brenda Zendejas
Evergreen School District Jeremy Barousse (Incumbent) and Patti Andrade (Incumbent)
Foothill-De Anza Community College District TA 5 Forest Peterson
Franklin McKinley School District Hg Nguyen
Fremont Union High School District TA 2 Pat Carpio
Fremont Union High School District TA 5 Danny Choi
Morgan Hill Unified School District TA 5 Jennifer Marquez
Morgan Hill Unified School District TA 6 DUAL ENDORSEMENT: Rebecca Munson and Mary Patterson (Incumbent)
Oak Grove School District TA 1 Beija Gonzalez
Palo Alto School District Alison Kahmi
Santa Clara Unified School District TA 2 Kathy Watanabe
West Valley-Mission Community College District TA 2 Paul Fong
West Valley-Mission Community College District TA 6 Adrienne Grey (Incumbent)