Our guest Paul Circo went through the WHOLE California Voter guide, and has made his picks! We've listed those, and at the end you can see Paul's additional resources and information. Be Informed! Get out at Vote! It really does matter.
* Local elections recommendations cover San Diego County
Governor: Brian Dahle
Lt. Governor: Angela Jacobs
Secretary of State: Rob Bernosky Controller: Lanhee Chen
Treasurer: Jack M. Guerrero
Attourney General: Nathan Hochman Insurance Commissioner: Robert Howell
State Offices
Board of Equalization:
District 4: – Mike Schaefer (Both candidates are Democrats. No good choice, but Schaefer has
pledged to support Prop 13 and Dodson is endorsed by far-left groups.)
Federal Offices
United States Senator
Full term (until 2029): Mark P. Meuser Partial term (until 2023): Mark P. Meuser
United States Representatives 48th Darrell Issa
49th Brian Maryott 50th Corey Gustafson 51st Stan Caplan
52nd Tyler Geffeney
State Senators
18th Alejandro Galicia
32nd Kelly Seyarto
38th Matt Gunderson
40th Brian W. Jones—I love this guy! I already miss being in his district.
Members of the State Assembly 74th Laurie Davies
75th Marie Waldron
76th Kristie Bruce-Lane
77th Dan Downey
78th Eric E. Gonzales
79th Corbin Sabol
80th Sorry—no good choice. Alvarez is slightly better of the two.
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Chief Justice of California Patricia Guerrero: N
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Goodwin Liu: N
Martin J. Jenkins: N Joshua P. Groban: N
Presiding Justice 4th District court of Appeal, Div. 1 Judith McConnell: N
Associate Justices Court of Appeal 4th Dist., Div. 1
Truc T. Do: N
Martin N. Buchanan: N Div. 2
Manuel A. Ramirez: Yes Micheal J. Raphael: N Carol D. Codrington: Yes Frank Menetrez: N
Div. 3
Presiding Justice
Kathleen E. O’Leary: N Associate Justice
William W. Bedsworth: N Maurice Sanchez: N Eileen C. Moore: N Joanne Motoike: N
Judge of the Superior Courts Office 35: Mike Murphy
Office 36: Pete Murray
Judicial Seats
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Superintendant of Public Instruction: Lance Ray Christensen
County Board of Education:
3rd District: Marvin J. Attiq
Education
College Districts
5th District: Emily Ortiz Wichmann
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Comm. College Area 1 – Dawn Ivy
Area 2 – Megan Dunn
Palomar Community College Area 1 – Frank Xu
Area 4 – Michelle Rains Area 5 – Jacqueline Kaiser
Southwestern Comm College
Area 1 – No recommendation
Area 4 – No recommendation Area 5 – Rosemarie Ballard
Alpine Union School
Glenn Dickie, Al Guerra and Eric Wray
Bonsall Unified
Area B – Michael Gaddis
Area D – Roger Merchat
Cajon Valley Area 1 – Anthony Carnevale
Carlsbad Unified School
Area 1 – Sharon McKeeman
Area 4 – Gretchen Vurbeff Area 5 – Scott Davison
Chula Vista Elementary Seat 1 – Jesse Vigil
Seat 3 – Delia Dominguez Cervantes Seat 5 – Keren Dominguez
Coronado Unified School (Vote just for these two) – Lisa Meglioli, Scot Youngblood Coronado Unified School – Short Term – Gerri Machin
Del Mar Union School (Vote just for these two) – Danielle Roybal, Scott Wooden 3
School Boards
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Encinitas Union School
Andre Johnson (Just the one recommendation)
Escondido Union School Area 2 – Joan Gardner Area 4 – Zesty Harper
Escondido Union High Area 1 – Bob Weller
Area 5 – Jon Peterson
Fallbrook Union High
Area 1 – Courtney Hilborn
Area 3 – Paul Christensen
Fallbrook Union Elementary Area 1 – Diane Sebalj
Area 4 – Stacey McRae Area 5 – Mary McBride
Grossmont Union High
Area 3 – Dr. Gary Woods
Area 4 – Robert Shield
Area 5 – Jim Kelly
Lakeside Union School
Jim Bennett, Andrew Hayes, Ron Kasper Short term – Autumn Ellenson
La Mesa-Spring Valley
Area 1 – No recommendation
Area 2 – Myriam Moody Area 3 – Kyle Hermann
Mountain Empire Unified School District Trustee Area 1: Jeffrey Morrison
National School – No recommendation
Oceanside Unified School
Area 1 – Allyson Mineau
Area 4 – No recommendation
Poway Unified School
Area B – Ginger Couvrette
Area C – Patrick Batten Area D – Janet Bremseth
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Ramona Unified
Area 1 – Maya Phillips
Area 5 – Rodger Dohm
Rancho Santa Fe School
Jee Manghani, Kali Kim
San Diego Unified School
District B – No recommendation District C – Becca Williams
San Dieguito Union High Area 1 – Sheila King
Area 3 – David Carattini Area 5 – Phan Anderson
San Marcos Unified
Area C – Stephanie Carroll
Area E – Sharyl Cavellier
San Pasqual Union Area 1 – Kami Goe
Santee School
Seat 1 – Barbara Ryan
Seat 5 – Ken Fox
San Ysidro School
Zaccheri Brown (Sorry, no one else to reccomend.)
Solana Beach School
Area 1 – Aubrey Huff (More conservative choice) Area 4 – No recommendation
South Bay Union School
No recommendations for any trustee areas
Sweetwater Union High
Area 3 – Rebekkah Paputi
Area 5 – No recommendation
Valley Center-Pauma Unified Area 3 – Julie Stroh
Vista Unified School
Area 2 – Debbie Morton
Area 3 – Jennifer Telles
Warner Unified School Dist: Jeannean Rombal
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Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk: Jordan Marks
District Attourney: Summer Stephan
San Diego County Sherriff: John Hemmerling
Treasurer-Tax Collector: Dan McAllister
San Diego County Board of Supervisors
District 4: Amy Reichert – Strongly Support! District 5: Jim Desmond
City Offices
Carlsbad
Mayor – Keith Blackburn
City Council, Dist 1 – Melanie Burkholder City Council, Dist 3 – Ray Pearson Treasurer – Craig Lindholm
Chula Vista
Mayor – John McCann
City Council, Dist 1 – Marco Contreras City Council, Dist 1 – Steve Stenberg City Attorney – Dan Smith
Coronado
City Council – John Duncan
Del Mar
City Council – Steve Quirk (Other two candidates are Democrat-endorsed)
El Cajon
Mayor – Bill Wells
City Council – Gary Kendrick
Encinitas
Mayor – No recommendation (Suggest NOT voting for Tony Kranz) City Council, Dist 3 – Julie Thunder
City Council, Dist 4 – Bruce Ehlers
Escondido
Mayor – Dane White
City Council, Dist 1 – Michael Johnson Palomares City Council, Dist 2 – Joe Garcia
County Offices
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Imperial Beach
Mayor – Shirley Nakawatase
City Council, District 1 – Carol Seabury City Council, District 3 – Mitch McKay
La Mesa
Mayor – Kristine Alessio
City Council – Laura Lothian and Tony Orlando Treasurer – William Exeter
Lemon Grove
City Council – No recommendation
National City
Mayor – Ron Morrison (Best choice)
City Council District 1 – No recommendation City Council District 3 – Marissa Acierto
Oceanside
City Council, Dist 1
City Council, Dist 2
Poway
Mayor – Steve Vaus
City Council, Dist 1 City Council, Dist 3
– Kori Jensen
– Rick Robinson
– Brian Pepin
– Peter De Hoff
San Diego
City Council District 2 – Linda Lukacs
City Council District 4 – Gloria Evangelista City Council
District 6 – No recommendation City Council
District 8 – No recommendation
San Marcos
Mayor – Rebecca Jones
City Council, Dist 2 – Mike Sannella
Solana Beach
City Council, Dist 2 – No recommendation City Council, Dist 4 – No recommendation
Vista
Mayor – John Franklin
City Council, Dist 1 – Leave blank – do not vote for Contreras City Council, Dist 4 – Armen Kurdian
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Special Districts
Alpine Fire Protection
Chase Cromwell, Thomas Girard, and Barry Willis
Fallbrook Community Planning
Steve Brown, Eileen Delaney, Jeniene Domercq, Kelly Hansen, Keri Ann Hoyer,
J.J. Neese and Debbie Williams
Fallbrook Regional Healthcare Zone 1 – Sydney Lay
Zone 3 – William Leach (Best option) Zone 5 – Terry Brown
Helix Water District – Jordan Lehr
Jacumba Community Services – John Hogue and Debra Yu (Suggest just those two.)
Lakeside Community Planning
Spencer Hancock, Morgan Magill, Oleksandra Reva, Steve Robak, Robert Rutledge
Lakeside Fire Protection, Div 5 – Robert Peterson
Olivenhain Municipal Water,
Div 1 – Marco San Antonio
Div 4 – Matthew Hahn
Otay Water District, Div 3 – Hector Gastelum
Padre Dam Municipal Water, Div. 3 – Bill Pommering
Palomar Health Div. 1 – Div. 3 – Div. 5 – Div. 7 –
Robin Joy Maxson Laurie Edwards-Tate John Clark
Carol Ware (Best option)
Pauma Valley Community Services – Richard Collins, Jodie Lawston and Beth Potalivo
Rainbow Community Planning Group
– Erin Maturo and Guy Maturo are the only two candidates not Democrat-endorsed.
Rainbow Municipal Water Div 3 – Miguel Gasca
Div 4 – Bill Stewart
Ramona Community Planning Group – Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, Janelle Clark
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Ramona Municipal Water Div 2 – James Hickle
Div 4 – Jacob Zoria
Rincon Del Diablo Water Div 1 – Greg Quist
Div 3 – James Murtland Div 4 – Ronald Naves, Jr
Spring Valley Community Planning
– John Eugenio, Lora Lowes, Heaven Morgan and Christopher Pierce
Tri-City Healthcare, Zone 6 – Richard Truchinski
Vallecitos Water
Div 2 – Jim Hernandez
Div 3 – No recommendation Vista Irrigation Dist – Richard Alvarez
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State Propositions
Prop 1: Abortion constitutional amendment – NO
I know that this makes little difference to our laws, as abortion is framed as reproductive rights elsewhere and protected, but we need to protect the lives of the unborn, and not make it part of our highest law in the state.
Furthermore, this is a very simple and undefined abortion right—with no limitations except what exists in other laws, but the other laws can be redefined in light of this consitutional right—and recently have been amended to include perinatal (around birth) abortions. Note, this is not just PRE natal (before birth), but PERI natal, including after birth. They will be allowed to deliver a healthy baby, and decide afterwards to kill it because it is unwanted. This is downright EVIL.
Prop 26: Broadens Tribal gambling rights – NO
While most of this proposition is about what kinds of gambling can be allowed (which I’m not in favor of, but also one of the few profitable industries that most tribes engage in) there is a phrase in article 18 that says: “Any person or entity that becomes aware of any person engaging in any conduct made unlawful by Chapter 10...may file a civil action...” This broadens the definition of who can enforce the law by lawsuit, making it easy to create “enforcers” of this law that are not with the Attourney General’s office.
Prop 27: Broadens online gambling – NO
Sorry, but gambling by phone opens up a whole new dimension to what parents will have to patrol. Also, this takes out a $30 Million dollar loan to start a new government division, and then raises taxes to repay the loan. Do we need more government?
Prop 28: $1,000,000,000 per year for arts in schools (Earmark) – No.
This takes money out of the budget for all the rest of the classes in schools to put towards Arts. While I am all for art, the fundamentals need to stay covered.
Prop 29: Dialysis restrictions – Still NO Prop 30: Tax the rich! Cleaner Air! – NO Prop 31: Flavored Tobacco prohibition – NO
There’s some weird loopholes for Hookah and Cigar lounges, but overall this is a bill making it illegal to have flavored tobacco products because kids might like them, when it is already illegal to sell to minors. Government does not need to be more involved in the business of what parents should be teaching their kids.
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Measure A: Tax Cannabis – NO
City of San Diego
County Proposition City Propositions
Measure B: Garbage Bill – NO.
This claims to increase coverage without raising prices, but long ago the city put the cost of this
service into property taxes. This would essentially charge all residents twice for the same service. Measure C: Special height exemption for development area by Sports Arena – No
Measure D: PLA use expansion – NO
Measure H: Park Childcare – NO
This would set an uneasy precedent to occupy designated park public areas with other,
permanent uses. There are many other areas that can be designated for child care, but leave the parks unencumbered!
Measure U: School Bonds for maintenance – NO
I think I have said this for a few of these newer school bonds. It doesn’t make sense to borrow
twice as much money, paying it back over 30 years, to do repairs that we already pay taxes to fix. The school district must manage it’s money better, and not pretend this isn’t raising tax rates and city debt for the next 30 years.
City of Carlsbad
Measure J: Pool Renovation funds – No
City of Chula Vista
Measure K: Charter cleanup – Yes
This cleans up a lot of language in the charter for the city. I read that Carl DeMaio said they were
removing the citizen requirement for city council, but after reading through all the struck-through language, it never was spelled out—maybe it should be. There is a resident and registered voter requirement, but no US Citizen requirement. If you live in Chula Vista, bring this up to the City Council!!
City of El Cajon
Measure P: 0.5% to 1% Tax increase – Yes
The city has been very strategic in their spending and has actually increased the number of police
and fire personnel they hired over the last few years. While there is a reserve in place, this tax increase allows the city to continue to do the best for it’s citizens without running dry. Costs for everyone are up. My only complaint about this is that it will need repealed, there is no sunset date in place.
City of Encinitas
Measure L: Tax Cannibas – NO
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City of Escondido
Measure E: Tax increase of 0.75% – NO
Measure F: Term Limits – NO
These term limit bills often are aimed at dislodging a politician who has been in office for a
while. However, these are usually starting with the next term elected, which means it only keeps new people from enjoying as long a tenure as those currently in office. It is much better to allow the voters to determine who should stay and who should go.
Measure G: Reduce pay rate of treasurer – Yes
This will cut the pay rate from $150K to about $50K. It also allows for the council to fill a
vacancy by either appointment or special election.
City of Imperial Beach
Measure R: Tax the guests – NO
The city needs to control it’s budget by regular means, not cause the cost of tourism in their city
to go up, and count on that for income.
City of National City
Measure M: Appoint City Clerk? – NO
While this may save on election costs, this also becomes an issue if the council is corrupt,
allowing them more control of the election process.
Measure N: Appoint City Treasurer? – NO
This is a clearer case of the importance of the public accountability to elect a treasurer. If the
council appoints the treasurer, their job will be tied to whether they please the council, rather than the taxpayers whose money goes through their hands.
City of Solana Beach
Measure S: Tax increase – NO
Another tax increase to cover essential services. Why is current revenue not enough? Where is
the money going? By the way, in order to bring about an end date to this tax, the voters have to bring it to ballot and pass the decrease.
Lemon Grove School District
Measure Q: School Bonds – NO
This is a tax increase for 30 years to cover technology that will be outdated in 10, among other
things. That’s not what bonds are for—and even if they decided to use some funds to build actual buildings, this is a long-term burden, costing twice over what it would take to build.
Lower Sweetwater Fire Protection District
Measure T: Add two more seats to the board – YES
When the work gets too heavy, get more people to share the load. 3 to 5 isn’t bad!
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For more information, or if you are curious about where I get information, check out these websites:
https://www.biblicalvoter.com/california-voter-guides https://www.electionforum.org/california-voter-guide-2022/ https://www.familyvoterinfo.org/app/upcoming-voter-guide/ https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/
https://ballotpedia.org/California_state_executive_official_elections,_2022 https://kogo.iheart.com/featured/california-election-guide/content/san-diego-county-voting-guide/
https://judgevoterguide.com/candidate-endorsement-questionnaire-for-judicial-races/ https://robynnordell.com/content/static/pennys_picks-2022_recommendations_221007.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c38de381137a62fe355722b/t/6340408b72c9ff68e70cf890/16651 55211319/Kacer+Call+SD+Measures+%28Nov+2022%29.pdf
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