Day: May 23, 2018

Whew! My analysis of the Sample Ballot is done. Over six posts on this subject, I have gone through the sample ballot for the “Statewide Direct Primary Election” on June 5. This post provides a summary of my conclusions. For some positions, there are a number of good candidates and I couldn’t strongly settle on a particular one. In that case, the choice order will be indicated by numeric notations ①, ②, ③, ④, and so on. Click on the header for each section of the ballot to go to the detailed analysis post that supports these selections.

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (I): Introduction and Gubernatorial

• Governor: ① John Chiang (FB) (D); ② Delaine Eastin (FB) (D)

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (II): Other Statewide State Offices

• Lt. Governor: ① Ed Hernandez (FB) (D); ② Eleni Kounalakis (FB) (D); ③ Jeff Bleich (FB) (D)
• Secretary of State: Ruben Major (FB) (D).
• Controller: Betty T. Yee (FB) (D) (Inc.)
• Treasurer: Fiona Ma (FB) (D). For Republicans, Jack M. Guerrero (FB) (R)  is an acceptable option.
• Attorney General: Xavier Becerra (FB) (D) (Acting Inc.)
• Insurance Commissioner: Steve Poizner (FB) (None)
• Superintendent of Public Instruction: ① Tony K. Thurmond (FB); ② Lily (Espinoza) Ploski

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (III): District-Based State Offices

• State Board of Equalization, 3^rd District: Scott Svonkin (FB) Ben Pak (FB)
• Assembly District 45 – Full Term: ① Ankur Patel (FB) (D); ② Jesse Gabriel (FB) (D)
• Assembly District 45 – Short Term: Jesse Gabriel (FB) (D)

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (IV): US Senate and House

• U.S. Representative, 30^th District: Brad Sherman (FB) (D) (Inc)
• U.S. Senate: ① Dianne Feinstein (FB) (D) (Inc). If you can’t stomach Feinstein, then ② Kevin de Leon (FB), with ③ Pat Harris (FB) (D) and ④ David Hildebrand (FB) (D) close behind.

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (V): Judicial and County

• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 4: Alfred A. Coletta (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 16: ① Sydne Jane Michel (FB), ② Patricia (Patti) Hunter
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 20: Wendy Segall (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 60: Tony J. Cho (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 63: Malcolm H. Mackey (Inc.)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 67: Dennis P. Vincent (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 71: David A. Berger (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 113: Steven Schreiner (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 118: Troy Davis (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 126: ① Ken Fuller, followed closely by ②Rene Caldwell Gilbertson (FB)
• Judge of the Superior Court – Office № 126: Emily Theresa Spear (FB)
• Los Angeles County Assessor: Jeffrey Prang (FB) (Inc.)
• Los Angeles County Sheriff: Alex Villanueva (FB)
• Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3^rd District: Sheila Kuehl (FB) (Inc.)

June 2018 California Primary Analysis (VI): State Measures

Note: 📜 indicates Legislative Constitutional Amendments.

• Prop 68: Parks, Natural Resources, and Water Bonds: [✓] Yes
• Prop 69: 📜 Requires Vehicle License Fee and Diesel Sales Tax go to Transportation: [✓] Yes
• Prop 70: 📜 2/3^rds Vote to use Cap-and-Trade Funds: [✗] No
• Prop 71: 📜 Sets Effective Date for Ballot Measures: [✓] Yes
• Prop 72: 📜 Exempts Rainwater Capture Systems from Triggering Property Tax Reassessment: [✓] Yes

I just got recently sample ballot for the “Statewide Direct Primary Election” on June 5, and boy, is it going to be a confusing election for people. We have two contests with enough candidates to take two pages (27 candidates for Governor, 32 for Senator, and two contests for our assembly district: one for the “short term” because the previous assemblycritter left early thanks to #metoo, and one for the “full term”, with the same candidates).There are going to be a lot of posts as I work through this. Here’s the sequence as I see it (note: links to articles not yet posted will not work or may be incomplete):

• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (I): Introduction and Gubernatorial
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (II): Other Statewide State Offices
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (III): District-Based State Offices
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (IV): US Senate and House
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (V): Judicial and County
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (VI): State Measures (this post)
• June 2018 California Primary Analysis (VI): Recap and Summary

This post will cover the 5 propositions: Prop 68, Prop 69, Prop 70, Prop 71, and Prop 72. Note: All of these were placed on the ballot by the legislature. Initiatives will return with the Fall TV season for the November election. That’s how we do it now in California. Also note: There’s an error in the Printed and Online voter guide: for any references to www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov, omit the leading “www.” (sigh). Lastly, 📜 indicates Legislative Constitutional Amendments.

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