It’s that time again! Our CA Prop Guide is here! It covers all seven state-wide props with our usual mix of panache and…mild irritation. Feel free to share this guide far and wide because, look, nobody has time to research all the motherf*ing props this state throws at us.
If you’re looking for our full ballot guide and/or a preview of our props guide, keep scrolling!
Happy Voting!
Thanks to the jungle primary system, all general elections in CA are runoffs with only two candidates. Because of that, we haven’t bothered to make recommendations in some races. If your race isn’t here, just vote for the Dem or, if you hate both candidates, leave that race blank. Sometimes our choices in the general suck and that’s just life in the fast lane.
We go into much more detail about many of these races on our most recent podcast, which you can find here and wherever you get your podcasts.
STATEWIDE RACES
State Offices:
Governor: Gavin Newsom (ugh)
Lieutenant governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Controller: Malia M. Cohen
Secretary of State: Shirley N. Weber
Treasurer: Fiona Ma (ugh)
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (ugh)
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Board of Equalization, District 3 (LA County): Tony Vasquez
Supreme Court: Honestly these people run unopposed and win every time. Vote for them or not. It doesn’t actually matter. Sorry about it.
US Senate:
Alex Padilla
US House Races:
District 27: Christy Smith
District 29: Angélica María Dueñas (Progressive running against incumbent Tony Cardenas)
District 30: Maebe A. Girl Pudlo (Progressive running against incumbent Adam Schiff)
District 34: David Kim - (Progressive against incumbent Jimmy Gomez)
District 37: Jan C. Perry (Karen Bass’ vacated seat)
State Senate:
SD 20: Caroline Menjivar
SD 24: Ben Allen
SD 26: Maria Elena Durazo
SD 28: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
SD 36: Kim Carr
State Assembly:
AD 39: Juan Carrillo
AD 40: Pilar Schiavo
AD 44: Laura Friedman
AD 46: Jesse Gabriel
AD 51: Louis Abramson
AD 52: Mia Livas Porter
AD 55: Isaac Bryan
AD 61: Tina McKinnor
AD 65: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
COUNTY / CITY RACES
LA County:
Sheriff: Robert Luna
County Supervisor, 3rd district: Lindsey Horvath
LA County Props:
County Measure A: YES
County Measure C: YES-ish
West Hollywood City Council (At Large Seats):
Chelsea Byers
Zekiah Wright
Robert Oliver (Ugh, but there aren’t good third options here)
Do NOT vote for:
Ben Savage because you think it would be funny
John Duran (or probably any of the other incumbents, truth be told)
LA City:
LA Mayor: Karen Bass
LA City Attorney: Faisal Gill
LA Controller: Kenneth Mejia
Los Angeles City Council:
District 5: Katy Young Yaroslavsky
District 11: Erin Darling
District 13: Hugo Soto-Martinez
District 15: Danielle Sandoval (big ugh)
LA City Props:
Measure ULA - YES
Measure LH - YES
Measure SP - NO
Superior Court Judges:
UGH x 1000. There is no meaningful way for random people to research these effectively. Certainly not while we’re out here trying to work to pay our LA rents. We are going with Knock LA’s recommendations on these. We generally trust their analysis and you can read their breakdowns here: https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-progressive-voter-guide-november-midterm-election-2022/#judge-of-the-superior-court
Seat 60: Anna Slotky Reitano
Seat 67: Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes
Seat 70: Holly Hancock
Seat 90: Melissa Lyons
Seat 118: Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park
Seat 151: Patrick Hare
LAUSD:
Ditto above. Here’s Knock LA’s breakdown: https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-progressive-voter-guide-november-midterm-election-2022/#lausd
District 2: Dr. Rocío Rivas
District 6: Marvin A. Rodríguez
LACCD:
Ditto above. Here’s Knock LA’s breakdown: https://knock-la.com/los-angeles-progressive-voter-guide-november-midterm-election-2022/#laccd
Seat 2: Glenn Bailey
Seat 4: Christine T. LaMonica
Seat 6: both suck
Seat 7: Kelsey Iino
LACCD / Measure LA - NO
Water District:
District 4: Scott Houston