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Statewide Contests

Governor: Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty T. Yee
Treasurer: No vote
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara

Federal Contests

United States Representative: Jimmy Panetta
United States Senator: Kevin De Leon

State Ballot Measures

1. Y: Issues $4 billion in bonds for housing programs and veterans' home loans
2. Y: Authorizes state to use revenue from millionaire's tax for $2 billion in bonds for homelessness prevention housing
3. N: Issues $8.877 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure and environmental projects
4. Y: Issues $1.5 billion in bonds for children's hospitals
5. N: Revises process for homebuyers who are age 55 or older or severely disabled to transfer their tax assessments
6. N: Repeals 2017's fuel tax and vehicle fee increases and requires public vote on future increases
7. Y: Authorizes legislature to provide for permanent daylight saving time if federal government allows
8. Y: Requires dialysis clinics to issue refunds for revenue above a certain amount
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10. Y: Allows local governments to regulate rent on any type of housing
11. N: Allow ambulance providers to require workers to remain on call during breaks paid
12. Y: Bans sale of meat from animals confined in spaces below specific sizes

District Contests
Member, State Board of Equalization, 2nd District: Malia Cohen
Member of the State Assembly, 29th District: Mark Stone
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony K. Thurmond

Judicial
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Carol A. Corrigan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Leondra R. Kruger

Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Mary J. Greenwood

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Allison Marston Danner

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Nathan D. Mihara

County
Y: Measure G
Y: Measure H

Santa Cruz City School District
Governing Board Member, Area 1 (Inside City): Deb Tracy-Proulx
Governing Board Member, Area 3 (At Large): Cindy Ranii

City
Member of City Council:

1. Justin Cummings
2. Cynthia Hawthorne
3. Drew Glover

Y: Measure M

RESOURCES

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/10/lyft-drops-100k-against-sf-tax-to-fund-housing-for-homeless/
https://brokeassstuart.com/2018/10/09/the-november-2018-bas-voter-guide/
City on a Hill Press
Good Times newspaper