* Too Close to Call

BOLD is an endorsed candidate that won or a measure that turned out the way the club endorsed

Strike Through is an endorsed candidate that did not succeed or a measure that did not go as endorsed

 Statewide Democratic Candidates:

• U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein
• Governor Gavin Newsom
• Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
• Secretary of State Alex Padilla
• Treasurer Betty Yee
• Controller Fiona Ma
• Superintendent of Schools *Tony Thurmond
• Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
• Board of Equalization Malia Cohen
• Attorney General Xavier Becerra

City of El Cerrito Candidates and Measures:

• El Cerrito City Council Gabe Quinto
• El Cerrito City Council Janet Abelson
• Stege Sanitary District Al Miller
• Stege Sanitary District Dwight Merrill
• Stege Sanitary District Juliet Christian-Smith

Measure V

El Cerrito Charter City

YES

Contra Costa County Candidates:

• U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier
• County Superintendent of Schools Lynn Mackey
• West Contra Costa County School District Consuelo Lara
• West Contra Costa County School District Madeline Kronenberg
• West Contra Costa County School District Stephanie Hernandez-Jarvis

Regional Candidates and Measures:

• AC Transit Dollene Jones

Measure FF

Extends existing $12/year parcel tax for wildfire protection, public safety and habitat enhancement

YES

Statewide Ballot Measures:

Prop. 1	Issue $4 billion in bonds for housing programs and veterans’ home loans	YES
Prop. 2	Authorize $2 billion of millionaire’s tax for homelessness prevention housing	YES
Prop. 3	Issue $8.9 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure and environmental projects	no decision
Prop. 4	Issue $1.5 billion in bonds for children’s hospitals	YES
Prop. 5	Revise process for homebuyers who are age 55 or older or severely disabled to transfer their tax assessments	NO
Prop. 6	Repeal 2017 fuel tax and vehicle fee	NO
Prop. 7	Authorize legislature to provide permanent daylight savings time if federal government allows	no decision
Prop. 8	Requires dialysis clinics to issue refunds for revenue above specified amount	YES
Prop. 10	Allows local government to regulate rent	no decision
Prop. 11	Allow ambulance providers to require workers to remain on-call during paid breaks	NO
Prop. 12	Bans sale of meat from animals confined in spaces below specified sizes	YES

Propositions 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 were defeated with a NO vote.

PREVIEW OF UPCOMING BUSINESS MEETING

– November 27, 2018

Upcoming regular Membership Meeting will be held on November 27, 2018 at the Presbyterian Church at 545 Ashbury Ave, El Cerrito 94530. Meeting will start at 6:30 pm.

Agenda (Janet Abelson)

6:00 Doors Open:  Pizza available ($5)

6:30  Call to Order

6:35 Minutes

6:40 Treasurer’s Report

6:45 January Elections of Officers

6:50 Recap of Precinct Walking and Suggestions for Next Year

6:55 Holiday Party notice (on December 11 at 7 – 9 PM at 7 Pomona Avenue in El Cerrito, bring casserole or dessert to share, wine if you want it.)

7:00  Announcements

• No Meeting in December. Next meeting on January 22.
• Other

7:10 Program Presentations

• Talks by Speakers – Elected Legislators
• Election Results vs Endorsements

8:30 Adjourn

Program Details for November 27, 2018 Meeting (Paul Fadelli)

Speakers – Elected Legislator(s)

The General Election on November 6, brought some surprises and some disappointments which will result in many changes of policy and personnel at the federal, state and local levels of government in the coming year.

As is custom, the November meeting for ECDC will focus on a review of the recent election and allow discussion of the ramifications and what may lie ahead.

The ECDC endorsement list (included here) will be updated with final results for candidates and propositions. Let’s see how well we did!

At the time of this publication (soon after the election) the Club has invited our State Senator Nancy Skinner to either speak at this month’s meeting, or a subsequent one, to give her views on the election results and what priorities she may have in the new state legislative session beginning in January 2019.

If the Senator’s schedule will not permit her to attend this next meeting, ECDC will reach out to other local elected officials who can attend  to give their view on the General Election and the political year ahead.

As of this article, we have assigned about two-thirds of the walks to volunteers.  We are using walks developed by Rose Lernberg, refined by Yvonne Stefan and now curated by Scott Lyons.  Each walk is designed to be a small enough area to be accomplished in about one hour.  The club has 120 walks and needs about 120 hours of volunteer-time to deliver our endorsements.  Thanks to members that have literally stepped up – Al, Juliet, Dwight and Gloria, Ruby and Bob, Marlene, Marty, Linda C., Linda G., Jonee, Hari, Paul, Janet, Jan and others.  If you can, please consider going by 7 Pomona Ave and seeing if there are any materials left on the porch for delivery!