The Albany Democratic Club endorses the following candidates & measures for the November 2024 Ballot:
School Board
Veronica Davidson
Dayna Inkeles
City Council
Preston Jordan
Peggy McQuaid
Aaron Tiedemann
State Senate
Jesse Arreguin
All city measures
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Special Parcel Tax to repair and upgrade public sidewalks and pathways, replacing existing special sidewalk repair parcel tax
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Supplemental Special Business License Tax on residential rental businesses to fund tenant rental assistance programs, residential rental code enforcement, legal assistance for tenants and landlords, and to support rental providers to avoid financial hardship
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Charter Amendment - appointment of City officers and organization of departments
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Charter Amendment - eliminating bonding requirement for City officers
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Charter Amendment - removing exception for school purpose bonds from the City's bonding limit and clarifying the City's bonding limit
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Charter Amendment - allowing youth voting on local candidates and ballot measures (16-17 year olds)
The Albany Democratic Club endorses the following candidates & measures for the March 2024 Ballot:
US Senate Race
Barbara Lee-D, CA-12 congressmember
Katie Porter-D, CA-47 congressmember
US Senate Race
Lateefah Simon for House
State Senate
Dan Kalb, Oakland City Council Member
Board of Supervisors - 5th District (Berkeley-Oakland-Emeryville-Albany)
John Bauters, Emeryville councilmember
Alameda County Superior Court Judge
Albany Measure G
Yes
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates & measures for the November, 2022 Ballot:
AC Transit At-Large
Albany City Council
John Miki and Nick Pilch
Albany School Board
Sadia Khan
Check out the recording of this meeting for more information
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates and issues for the Spring 2022 Ballot:
Alameda County Sheriff
Ysenia Sanchez
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
Alysse Castro
We also endorsed a resolution on rooftop solar to help keep rooftop solar a viable proposition for those who have it and those who want to install it.
State Controller
Malia Cohen - Democrat for Controller
Alameda County District Attorney
Terry Wiley for Alameda County DA - Terry Wiley for Alameda County DA
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates & measures for the November, 2020 Ballot:
Albany City Council, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Preston Jordan
Aaron Tiedemann
Albany School Board, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Melissa Boyd
Veronica Davidson
Measure BB:
Endorsed vote FOR
Measure CC:
No position taken
Measure DD:
Endorsed vote FOR
Measure EE:
No position taken
(You can view the recordings of the meeting here)
Superior Court Judge, Office #2,
No endorsement
AC Transit District Director, At-large
Christian Peeples
AC Transit District Director, Ward 1
Ben Fong
BART Director, District 7
Lateefah Simon
East Bay Regional Park District Director, Ward 1
Elizabeth Echols
Measure W
No position taken
Measure V
No position taken
(You can view the recordings of the meeting here)
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates & ballot measures for
March 3, 2020:
Alameda County Court Judge, Seat 2
No endorsement (Threshold not met)
Alameda County Supervisor
Nick Pilch endorsed
Albany Measure B:
Endorsement - Yes
Alameda County Democratic Party AD15, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Kathy Neal
Nick Pilch
Barbara "Bobbi" Lopez
Andy Kelley
Igor A. Tregub
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
November 6th, 2018:
California Assembly District 15
Buffy Wicks
Albany City Council:
Preston Jordan
Rochelle Nason
Albany School Board:
Sara Hinkley
Brian Doss
Charlie Blanchard
Vote "Yes" on:
Albany Measures L, M, N
East Bay Regional Parks District Measure FF
Vote "No" on:
California Proposition 6
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
June 5th, 2018:
Dan Kalb, State Assembly, District 15
Nancy O'Malley, Alameda County District Attorney
Tara Flanagan, Alameda County Superior Court #11
Irella Blackwood, Alameda County Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Recorder
Malia Cohen, State Board of Equalization District 2
Jeff Bleich, Lieutenant Governor
Other Endorsements:
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Alameda County Measure A- YES
Regional Measure 3- NO