The Election is just a few weeks away

Posted October 23, 2024

The Election is just a few weeks away. I am sure everyone is sick of hearing about it but it is crucial that we get labor friendly candidates in office to keep us working and to hold the rights that the generations before us fought so hard for us to have. Below is a complete list of Building Trades endorsed candidates. On top of the Building Trades, the Local Representative has met with most of these candidates and the Local has elected to give them 913’s endorsement as well. Aside from the Presidential race, we have some key races going on locally. The most important probably being the SF Mayor Race. If you are a SF resident we urge you to Vote for Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safai. SF does ranked choice voting so either of those candidates 1 & 2 will be good for labor. If you are not yet registered, you still have time to do so by following the link below.

Classification – Voter Registration Application – California Secretary of State

San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council’s OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS

CANDIDATES FOR CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE

CA Assemblymember, District 17…………………………… Matt Haney

CA Assemblymember, District 19……………………Catherine Stefani

CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

⮿ Yes on 2: School bond

⮿ Yes on 3: Marriage equality (constitutional amendment)

⮿ Yes on 4: Climate bond

⮿ Yes on 5: 55% approval for local affordable housing and infrastructure projects

⮿ Yes on 6: Ends involuntary servitude in prisons (constitutional amendment)

⮿ Yes on 32: Raises state minimum wage

CANDIDATES FOR SF CITY/COUNTY OFFICE

⮿ Mayor ………………………….Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell (rank both)

⮿ City Attorney ……………………………………………………. David Chiu

⮿ City Treasurer/Tax Collector ……………………………José Cisneros

⮿ BART Board of Directors………….. Joe Sangirardi, Victor Flores

⮿ City College Trustees…….. Aliya Chisti, Alan Wong, Louis Zamora

⮿ SF Board of Education…. Matt Alexander, Jaime Huling, John Jersin

⮿ District 1 Supervisor…………………………….. Connie Chan (No. 1)

⮿ District 3 Supervisor………………………………….Moe Jamil (No. 1)

⮿ District 5 Supervisor….. Dean Preston (No. 1), Bilal Mahmood (No. 2)

⮿ District 7 Supervisor…………………………….Myrna Melgar (No. 1)

⮿ District 9 Supervisor…………………… Roberto Hernandez (No. 1)

⮿ District 11 Supervisor …..Ernest Jones (No. 1), Michael Lai (No. 2)

If you’re returning your ballot by mail, it must be postmarked on or before November 5, 2024. You can return your ballot in-person to your county elections office or any polling or ballot drop-off location in California by 8 p.m. on November 5. To locate an early voting or ballot drop-off location near you, visit caearlyvoting.sos. ca.gov or contact your county elections office.

SF CITY/COUNTY QUALIFIED MEASURES

⮿ Yes on A: School bond

⮿ Yes on B: Community health

⦸ No on C: Inspector general

⮿ Yes on D: City commissions and mayoral authority

⦸ No on E: Create a task force on city commissions

⮿ Yes on F: Police staffing and deferred retirement

🞆 No position on G: Rental subsidies for affordable housing

⮿ Yes on H: Retirement for firefighters

⮿ Yes on I: Retirement for 911 operators and nurses

🞆 No position on J: Funding programs serving children, youth, and families

⦸ No on K: Permanently close Great Highway

⮿ Yes on L: Business tax on TNCs

⮿ Yes on M: Changes to business tax

⮿ Yes on N: First responder student loans and training

⮿ Yes on O: Supporting reproductive rights

San Mateo County Building Trades Endorsements.

If a candidate’s race or measure is not listed, it is because the building trades did not take a position. 

Candidates:

U.S. President 

Kamala Harris 

U.S. Congressional District 15

Kevin Mullin  

U.S. Congressional District 16

Evan Low 

CA State Senate District 13

Josh Becker 

Member of the State Assembly, 19th District

Catherine Stefani 

Member of the State Assembly, 21st District 

Diane Papan  

Member of the State Assembly, 23rd District

Marc Berman

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors District 4

Lisa Gauthier

San Mateo County Community College District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area 1.

Lisa Petrides

San Mateo County Community College District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area 3. 

Wayne J. Lee 

San Mateo County Community College District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area 5

John Pimentel  

South San Francisco Unified School District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area A

Patricia “Pat” Murray

Sequoia Union High School District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area C

Richard Ginn 

San Bruno Park School District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area 1

Jennifer Blanco 

San Mateo – Foster City School District Member, Governing Board, Trustee Area 5

Gene Kim 

City of Belmont Mayor

Julia Mates  

City of Belmont, Member, City Council, District 4 (only 1 Seat.)

Tom McCune

City of Belmont, Member, City Council, District 2 (only 1 Seat.)

Cathy Jordan 

City of Brisbane, Member, City Council (3 seats)

Cliff Lentz

City of Burlingame, Member, City Council, District 2 Full Term (1 Seat.)

Desiree Thayer

City of Burlingame, Member, City Council, District 4 Full Term (1 Seat.)

Donna Colson

City of Daly City, Member, City Council, Short Term (1 Seat.)

Teresa Proano

City of Daly City, Member, City Council, Full Term (2 seats)

Juslyn Cabrera Manalo

Glenn Sylvester 

City of East Palo Alto, Member, City Council, (3 seats)

Deborah Lewis-Virges

City of Foster City, Member, City Council, (3 seats)

Richa Awasthi

Phoebe Shin Venkat

Patrick Sullivan

City of Menlo Park, Member, City Council, District 3 

Jeff Schmidt  

City of Millbrae, Member, City Council, District 1 (1 Seat.) 

Ghassan Shamieh

City of Millbrae, Member, City Council, District 3 (1 seat)

Reuben D. Holober

City of Millbrae, Member, City Council, District 5

Anders Fung 

City of Redwood City, Member, City Council, District 1

Jeff Gee

City of Redwood City, Member, City Council, District 3 (1 seat)

OPEN

City of Redwood City, Member, City Council, District 4

Elmer Martinez Saballos  

City of Redwood City, Member, City Council, District 7 

Open

City of San Bruno Mayor

Rico E. Medina

City of San Bruno, Member, City Council, District 2 (1 seat)

Tom Hamilton

City of San Carlos, Member, City Council (2 seats)

Neil Layton – Uncontested 

City of San Mateo, Member, City Council, District 2 (1 seat)

Nicole Fernandez

City of San Mateo, Member, City Council, District 4

Danielle Cwirko-Godycki 

City of South San Francisco, Member, City Council, District 2

Mark Nagales

City of South San Francisco, Member, City Council, District 4

James Hsu Coleman

In SUPPORT of the following School Bond Measures:

Measure HH – Bayshore Elementary School District: $12.5 million construction bond – 55% threshold

Measure P – Belmont-Redwood Shores School District: $171 million construction bond – 55% threshold

Measure K – Cabrillo Unified School District: $153.4 million construction bond – 55% threshold

Measure U – Menlo Park City School District: $123.6 million construction bond – 55% threshold

Measure J – Millbrae Elementary School District: $95 million construction bond – 55% threshold

City Measures:

Measure Q – City of San Bruno: Bond Measure – $102 million infrastructure bond – 55% threshold – Support

Measure T – City of San Mateo: City General Plan Amendment Measure – allow height limit/density adjustments in targeted city areas around transit to support construction of affordable housing – Majority threshold – Support

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