Sierra Club California’s tax exemption status – 501(c)(4) – allows us to make endorsements for candidates and ballot measures.
For Sierra Club’s endorsements for federal offices, click here.
For Sierra Club’s endorsements of local candidates or measures, please check your local chapter’s website. You can find a link to your local chapter’s website here.
Below you will find our 2018 endorsements. Please check back here for frequent updates.
Endorsements for Statewide Offices:
Office | Candidate |
Governor | Gavin Newsom | Press Release | Why Sierra Club Endorses Newsom |
Lieutenant Governor | Jeff Bleich | Press Release |
Attorney General | Xavier Becerra | Press Release |
Secretary of State | Alex Padilla | Press Release |
Controller | Betty Yee | Press Release |
Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara |
Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | Press Release |
Assembly Endorsements:
District | Candidate | Main City | Chapter |
AD 2 | Jim Wood | Santa Rosa | Redwood |
AD 7 | Kevin McCarty | Sacramento | Mother Lode |
AD 13 | Susan Talamantes Eggman | Stockton | Mother Lode |
AD 15 | Dan Kalb | Richmond/Berkeley | San Francisco Bay |
AD 16 | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | Tri-Valley | San Francisco Bay |
AD 17 | David Chiu | San Francisco | San Francisco Bay |
AD 18 | Rob Bonta | Oakland/Alameda | San Francisco Bay |
AD 19 | Phil Ting | San Francisco/Daly City | San Francisco Bay |
AD 22 | Kevin Mullin | San Mateo | Loma Prieta |
AD 24 | Marc Berman | Palo Alto/Mountain View | Loma Prieta |
AD 25 | Kansen Chu | Fremont/San Jose | Loma Prieta |
AD 27 | Ash Kalra | San Jose | Loma Prieta |
AD 29 | Mark Stone | Monterey | Ventana |
AD 30 | Robert Rivas | Hollister | Ventana |
AD 37 | Monique Limón | Santa Barbara | Los Padres |
AD 38 | Christy Smith | Santa Clarita Valley | Angeles |
AD 41 | Chris Holden | Pasadena | Angeles |
AD 43 | Laura Friedman | Burbank | Angeles |
AD 46 | Adrin Nazarian | Van Nuys | Angeles |
AD 47 | Eloise Gomez Reyes | San Bernardino | San Gorgonio |
AD 49 | Ed Chau | San Gabriel | Angeles |
AD 50 | Richard Bloom | Agoura Hills/Hollywood | Angeles |
AD 51 | Wendy Carrillo | East Los Angeles | Angeles |
AD 53 | Miguel Santiago | Huntington Park | Angeles |
AD 54 | Sydney Kamlager | Los Angeles | Angeles |
AD 56 | Eduardo Garcia | Coachella | San Gorgonio |
AD 57 | Ian Calderon | Whittier | Angeles |
AD 58 | Cristina Garcia | Bell Gardens | Angeles |
AD 59 | Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer | Los Angeles | Angeles |
AD 62 | Autumn Burke | Inglewood/Hawthorne | Angeles |
AD 63 | Anthony Rendon | South Gate | Angeles |
AD 66 | Al Muratsuchi | Torrance | Angeles |
AD 72 | Josh Lowenthal | Huntington Beach | Angeles |
AD 76 | Tasha Boerner Horvath | Encinitas | San Diego |
AD 78 | Todd Gloria | San Diego | San Diego |
AD 80 | Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher | San Diego | San Diego |
State Senate Endorsements:
District | Candidate | Main City | Chapter |
SD 02 | Mike McGuire | San Rafael | San Francisco Bay |
SD 18 | Bob Hertzberg | Van Nuys | Angeles |
SD 20 | Connie Leyva | San Bernardino | San Gorgonio |
SD 22 | Mike Eng | El Monte/West Covina | Angeles |
SD 24 | Maria Elena Durazo | Los Angeles | Angeles |
SD 26 | Ben Allen | Los Angeles | Angeles |
SD 28 | Joy Silver | Palm Springs | San Gorgonio |
SD 30 | Holly Mitchell | Culver City | Angeles |
SD 34 | Tom Umberg | Huntington Beach | Angeles |
June Ballot Measures:
Measure | Summary | Sierra Club CA Recommends: |
Proposition 68 – California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018. | California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 would authorize $4 billion in general obligation bonds for state and local parks, environmental protection and restoration projects, water infrastructure projects, and flood protection projects.
To see our press release on supporting the measure, click here.
For the full text of the measure, click here. |
Support. |
Proposition 70 – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund | The measure would require a one-time, two-thirds vote of the legislature in 2024 on the distribution of greenhouse gas reduction funds generated by the cap-and-trade program For more information, click here.
The policy will empower a small set of legislators to extract significant policy concessions in exchange for their votes. It will postpone urgent expenditures for climate, air quality, and other statewide and local priorities, including expenditures in environmental justice communities.
For the full text of the measure, click here. |
Oppose |
November Ballot Measures:
Measure | Summary | Sierra Club CA Recommends: |
Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018 | The bond would provide $8.877 billion for various water projects and programs.
The flaws in the bond will enable certain dams and other infrastructure we have opposed. It also directs to unspecified water projects a specific category of funds collected through the state’s cap-and-trade program that should be used to efficiently cut climate emissions.
To see our detailed list of concerns about the water bond, click here.
For the full text of the measure, click here. |
Oppose. |