DPSC announces its local endorsements for the November 8, 2016 General Election:
City Offices
City of Elk Grove
Mayor – Steve Ly
City Council, District 1 – Darren Suen*
City Council, District 3 – Maureen Craft
City of Rancho Cordova
City Council – Donald Terry*
School Districts
Elk Grove Unified School District
Area 6 – Nancy Chaires Espinoza*
Area 7 – Carmine S. Forcina*
Natomas Unified School District
At-Large – Reichel Everhart
At-Large – Susan Heredia*
Los Rios Community College District
Area 5 – Pamela Haynes*
Area 7 – Valarie Jean Martin
Special Districts
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
Ward 1 – Brandon D. Rose
Cosumnes Community Services District
Director – Orlando Fuentes
Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District
Director – Brandon D. Rose*
Local Ballot Measures
County of Sacramento
Measure B – Vote YES
Invests in fixing roads and streets in need of repair, and funds further expansion of light rail.
City of Sacramento
Measure L – Vote YES
Establishes an independent redistricting commission to take the politics out of redrawing city council districts.
Elk Grove Unified School District
Measure M – Vote YES
Repairs and upgrades older schools, and relieves classroom overcrowding so all children can learn in safe schools.
San Juan Unified School District
Measure P – Vote YES
Repairs and upgrades older schools, and relieves classroom overcrowding so all children can learn in safe schools.
Arden Manor Park and Recreation District
Measure Q – Vote YES
Restores park maintenance and security services to ensure that neighborhood parks maintain a high quality.
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The following are California Democratic Party endorsements for federal and state offices in Sacramento County:
Federal Offices
President/Vice President
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representative
District 3 – John Garamendi*
District 6 – Doris Matsui*
District 7 – Ami Bera*
District 9 – Jerry McNerney*
State Offices
State Senate
District 1 – Rob Rowen
District 3 – Bill Dodd
District 5 – Cathleen Galgiani*
State Assembly
District 6 – Brian Caples
District 7 – Kevin McCarty*
District 8 – Ken Cooley*
District 9 – Jim Cooper*
District 11 – Jim Frazier*
Statewide Ballot Measures
State Propositions
Proposition 51 – Vote YES
Repairs and upgrades older schools, and relieves classroom overcrowding so all children can learn in safe schools.
Proposition 52 – Vote YES
Ensures continued access to Medi-Cal healthcare for children, seniors, the disabled, and working families.
Proposition 53 – Vote NO
Stop right-wing millionaire’s attack on the local control and infrastructure repairs your community needs.
Proposition 54 – Vote NO
Don’t give Special Interests the power to block needed and timely legislation on key issues facing California.
Proposition 55 – Vote YES
Maintains tax rates on the wealthiest Californians to prevent $4 billion in cuts to public education.
Proposition 56 – Vote YES
Increases cigarette tax by $2/pack to keep children from smoking, improve healthcare, and save lives.
Proposition 57 – Vote YES
Authorizes parole consideration for nonviolent inmates for good behavior, education and rehab achievement.
Proposition 58 – Vote YES
Helps students learn English as quickly as possible and allows for all students to learn a second language.
Proposition 59 – Vote YES
Asks lawmakers to overturn Citizen’s United and stop the flood of secret corporate money into our elections.
Proposition 60 – Vote NO
This measure gives every person in California the authority to sue adult film performers and other workers, violates their privacy and reduces workplace safety.
Proposition 61 – **
Would change the standards by which state agencies negotiate the prices of, and pay for, prescription drugs.
Proposition 62 – Vote YES
Will replace Califoria’s outdated, costly, and failed death penalty system with life in prison without parole.
Proposition 63 – Vote YES
The “Safety for All Act” will keep our communities safe with common sense laws to curb gun violence.
Proposition 64 – Vote YES
Controls, regulates, and taxes adult use of marijuana, ends criminalization of responsible adult use.
Proposition 65 – **
Revenue from carry-out bags would go into a new state environmental fund instead of the state’s General Fund.
Proposition 66 – Vote NO
Increases risk that California executes an innocent person.
Proposition 67 – Vote YES
Protects our state ban on plastic grocery bags, reducing plastic pollution, protecting wildlife and the ocean.
* Incumbent
**No position