ENDORSEMENTS 2020
Updated 10-30-20
-PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT-
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
-US CONGRESS, DISTRICT 24-
Salud Carbajal
-STATE SENATE, DISTRICT 19-
Monique Limon
-STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 37-
Steve Bennett
www.stevebennettforassembly.com
-STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 35-
Dawn Addis
-GOLETA WATER BOARD-
Farfalla Borah
Lauren Hanson
Bill Rosen
-GOLETA MAYOR-
Paula Perotte
-GOLETA CITY COUNCIL-
Stuart Kasdin
Kyle Richards
-ISLA VISTA COMMUNITY COUNCIL-
Ethan Bertrand
-CARPINTERIA CITY COUNCIL-
Natalia Alarcon
https://natalia4carpinteriacitycouncil.com/
-SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD-
Virginia Alvarez
Laura Capps
Wendy Sims-Moten
-SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES-
Erin Guerena
Anna Everett
Robert Miller
https://www.sbcc.edu/boardoftrustees/robertmiller.php
-GOLETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOARD-
Vicki Chen Ben-Yaacov
Sholeh Jahangir
LOCAL AND STATE PROPOSITIONS
GOLETA MEASURE M: SUPPORT
Approves bond measure to upgrade and repair Goleta Union Elementary School classrooms.
GOLETA MEASURE O: SUPPORT
Increases Goleta mayoral term from 2 to 4 years.
Proposition 14 Bond: SUPPORT
Allows State to borrow $5.5 billion for stem cell research.
Proposition 15: NEUTRAL
Increases funding for schools, etc. by taxing commercial and industrial property (valued over $3M) on current value and limits Jarvis (old "Prop 13") tax breaks there.
Proposition 16: SUPPORT
Repeals "Prop 209"; ends ban on Affirmative Action.
Proposition 17: SUPPORT
Grants those on parole the right to vote.
Proposition 18: SUPPORT
Gives citizens who are age 18 at General Election the right to vote in Primary Election at age 17.
Proposition 19: NEUTRAL
Expands the property tax rules for people over 55, people who are disabled, and people affected by a natural disaster, who would be allowed to keep their lower property taxes, when moving to a new home anywhere in the state, such as the Santa Barbara area, up to three times.
Proposition 20: OPPOSE
Imposes tougher sentences for parole violations and property crimes.
Proposition 21: SUPPORT
Expands local governments’ ability to impose rent control.
Proposition 22: OPPOSE
Exempts Uber and Lyft from providing benefits to drivers.
Proposition 23: SUPPORT
Regulates dialysis clinics.
Proposition 24: SUPPORT
Strengthens consumer privacy laws.
Proposition 25: SUPPORT
Ends cash bail.
