Sierra Club 2018 Endorsements

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.
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