2016 East Bay Candidates List and Ballot Measures

• Nick Resnick, educator
• Karen Weinstein, college advisory boardmember

• Scott Jackson, discrimination attorney/professor
• Barbara Thomas, victim’s rights attorney

• Ardella Dailey, college professor
• *Gray Harris, appointed board member, Alameda
• Matt Hettich, flight attendant/parent
• Anne McKereghan, businessperson
• Dennis Popalardo, attorney/parent
• Jennifer Williams, attorney/parent

• *Judy Appel, school board member, Berkeley
• *Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, school board member, Berkeley
• Abdul Sikder, scientist/entrepreneur

• *Daniel Akagi, member, CVSan Board
• John Maher, retired BART mechanic
• *Timothy McGowan, member, CVSan Board
• *Dave Sadoff, member, CVSan Board

School Board (Choose 3) 

• Suresh Gupta, retired nuclear engineer
• Monica Lee, attorney
• *Jo A.S. Loss, member, CVUSD Board
• Tojo Thomas, deputy probation officer
• Lavender Whitaker, parent/environmental supervisor

• Shawn Costello, unemployed
• *David Haubert, mayor, Dublin

• MonaLisa Ballesteros. administrative technician
• Arun Goel, engineer
• Melissa Hernandez Strah, financial administrator
• *Doreen Wehrenberg, appointed councilmember, Dublin

• *Michele Berke, appointed school board member, Fremont
• *Desrie Campbell, school board member, Fremont
• Dax Choksi, parent/technology manager
• *Ann Crosbie, school board member, Fremont
• Hiu Ng, retired technology executive

• Robert Coomber Jr., director, Livermore Area Recreation and Park Dist
• Chester Moore, retired physicist
• John Stein, engineer
• *Gary Stewart, councilmember, Livermore
• *Laureen Turner, councilmember, Livermore

• *Jody London, school board member, Oakland
• Don Macleay

District 3

• *Jumoke Hinton Hodge, school board member, Oakland
• Benjamin Lang
• Lucky Narain
• Kharyshi Wiginton

District 5

• Michael Hassid
• Michael Hutchinson
• *Roseann Torres, school board member, Oakland
• Huber Trenado

District 7

• *James Harris, school board member, Oakland
• Chris Jackson

• Julie Testa, small business owner
• *Jerry Thorne, mayor, Pleasanton

• *Karla Brown, councilmember, Pleasanton
• *Jerry Pentin, councilemember, Pleasanton
• Herb Ritter, businessman

AC Transit
MEASURE C1 – Extend for another 20 years the existing $8 per month parcel tax; generating about $30 million annually. (2/3 majority to pass)

BART
MEASURE RR – $3.5 billion bond measure for upgrades to its infrastructure (2/3 majority to pass)

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
MEASURE F1 – $250 million bond measure to maintain, repair and improve existing parks and facilities (2/3 majority to pass)

Alameda
MEASURE B1- School district $12 million parcel tax renewal; continued for 7 years at $0.32 per building square foot, not to exceed $7,999 per parcel; exemption for seniors (2/3rds majority to pass)

MEASURE M1 – Charter amendment adding rent control; limits annual rent increases to 65% of CPI; just cause eviction; create elected rent board (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE L1 – Affirms City Council’s rent stabilization ordinance requiring mediation for rent increases above 5%; requires landlords to pay relocation fees when terminating certain tenancies (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE  K1 – Utility Modernization Act, update of Utility Users Tax (UUT); confirms $3.7 million annual allocation from Alameda Municipal Power to the city’s general fund (50%+1 to pass)

Berkeley
MEASURE E1 – Replaces expiring special tax for public education to $0.37 per square foot for taxable building over the next 8 years. (2/3 majority to pass)

MEASURE T1 – $100 million general obligation bond to repair, renovate, repair or replace instrastructure, including streets and sidewalks. (2/3 majority to pass)

MEASURE U1 – Increases gross receipts tax on owners of five or more residential units from 1.081% to 2.880%; prohibits passing on tax to sitting tenants. (50+1 to pass)

MEASURE V1 – Allows appropriation limit under the state Constitution to be increased to allow expenditure of proceeds from city taxes and income from the investment of those taxes for FY 2017-2020. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE W1 – Amends charter to include City Council redistricting following the federal Census be conducted by a citizens redistricting commission. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE X1 – Allocates $2 million over four years to fund mayoral and council candidates campaigns provided they accept a $50 cap on individual contributions. City matches donation with six times the amount (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE Y1 – Would allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote for the office of school director. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE Z1 – Asks whether any federal, state or local public entity be empowered to develop, construct, acquire an additional 500 units of low-rent housing in Berkeley. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE AA – Amends Rent Stabilization Ordinance to include prohibition on owner move-in evictions of families with chidlren during the academic year; increases relocation assistance for such move-ins to $15,000, with additional $5,000 for certain types of tenants. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE BB – Increases Berkeley’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by Oct. 1, 2019. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE CC – Increases minimum wage to $15 an hour by Oct. 1, 2017; increases tied to Consumer Price Index plus 3% starting on Jan. 1, 2019. (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE DD – Increases gross receipts tax on owners of 3 or more residential rental units from 1.081% to 1.5%; prohibits landlords passing on tax to existing tenants. (50%+1 to pass)

Hayward
MEASURE EE – Approve Cannabis Transaction and Use Tax not to exceed 15% of gross receipts. (50%+1 to pass)

Newark
MEASURE GG – Half-cent sales tax increase for public safety, library and other city facilities; lasts for 25 years. (50%+1 to pass)

Oakland
MEASURE G1 – School district $120 parcel tax; generates $12.4 million annually over 12 years for teacher salary increases, school programs, increase academic achievement (2/3rds majority to pass)

MEASURE HH – Soda tax; imposes 1 cent per ounce general tax on sugary drinks.

MEASURE II- Charter amendment increasing maximum lease term of city-owned real properties from 66 years to 99 years.

MEASURE JJ –  Amends Just Cause and Rent Adjustment Ordinance to extend for units offered for rent before Oct. 14, 1980 to those approved for occupancy before Dec. 31, 1995; requires landlords request approved before raising rents more than COLA allowed by city.

MEASURE KK – $600 million street and pedestrian infrastructure bond

MEASURE LL – Charter amendment establishing a civilian police commission to oversee OPD; forms Community Police Review Agency to investigate police misconduct, recommend discipline

Pleasanton
MEASURE I1 – $270 million school bond for upgrading facilities, including construction of a new elementary school. (55% to pass)

MEASURE MM – Amends general plan to prohibit retail use of 50,000 sq ft or more in the Johnson Drive Economic Development zone (50%+1 to pass)

San Leandro
MEASURE NN – Cannabis tax on gross receipts (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE OO – Increases taxes on parking lots/warehouse space (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE PP – Increase city’s hotel tax from 10% to 14%, generating $200,000 annually (50%+1 to pass)

MEASURE J1 –  School district’s $104 million infrastructure bond. (55% to pass)

Union City
MEASURE QQ – Extend existing public safety parcel tax, averaging $123 per residential parcel, for an additional 4 years. (2/3rds majority to pass)