The "Green Voter Guide", published by the Green Party of Alameda County

For a quick summary, please see the "Green Voter Card" copied below.

Please note: Many of the links to websites in the online Voter Guide are “clickable”.


"Green Voter Card"

State Executive Offices:
Boycott the Following Races — see front-page article:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, and Attorney General

Insurance Commissioner — Jane Kim (Recommended, but not endorsed)

Superintendent of Public Instruction — Richard Barrera (Don’t vote for Shaw)


Federal Offices:

U.S. Representative, District 12 — Jamie Joyce (Recommended, but not endorsed)
U.S. Representative, District 14 — Aisha Wahab (Recommended, but not endorsed)


Other State Offices:

State Board of Equalization, District 2 — Sally Lieber (Recommended, but not endorsed)
State Assembly, District 14 — Mark Rendon**
State Assembly, District 18 — Andre Sandford (Recommended, but not endorsed)


Judicial Offices:

State Supreme Court — Kelli Evans and Joshua Groban
State Courts of Appeal, First District — No endorsements, please see article


Special School Districts:

Peralta Community College, Area 5 — Cindi Reiss


City Offices:

Albany:
City Council — #1 (or #2): Aaron Tiedemann, #2 (or #1): Robin D. Lopez

Berkeley:
Auditor — Jenny Wong, with misgivings
City Council, District 1 — #1: Moni Gangopadhyay, #2: Daria Wrubel, #3: Laura Babitt, with strong reservations
City Council, District 4 — Majdi “Gaith” Abuhamdieh
City Council, District 7 — Aidan Hill and Syrak Micael (both endorsed with no preference)
City Council, District 8 — #1: Mari Mendonca, #2: Michael Wallman (reluctantly ranked, but not endorsed)
School Board — Ka’Dijah Brown and Jennifer Shanoski
Rent Stabilization Board — Avery Arbaugh, Ida Martinac, Nathan Mizell, Vylma Ortiz, and Derek Rodriguez

Dublin:
City Council, District 2 — Daniel Hor**

Emeryville:
City Council — Kalimah Priforce – and Brandon Soublet, with reservations
School Board — Skip this race, please see article

Oakland:
Mayor — No endorsement, please see article
City Auditor — Michael Houston
City Council, District 2 — Nate Adams
City Council, District 4 — No endorsement, please see article
City Council, District 6 — No endorsement, please see article
School Board, District 2 — Jennifer Brouhard, with qualifications
School Board, District 4 — No endorsement, please see article
School Board, District 6 — Valarie Bachelor, with qualifications


Special Districts:

AC Transit, Ward 3 — No endorsement, please see article
AC Transit, Ward 4 — No endorsement, please see article
AC Transit, Ward 5 — No endorsement, please see article

BART, District 4 — Robert Raburn
BART, District 6 — No endorsement, please see article (Not on the ballot)

EBMUD, Ward 3 — Marguerite Young
EBMUD, Ward 4 — Andy Katz, (Unopposed, not on the ballot)
EBMUD, Ward 7 — Gary Wolff

EBRPD, Ward 3 — William Yragui
EBRPD, Ward 5 — Olivia Sanwong


Statewide Propositions:

1 — Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond — Yes, with standard bond reservations
2 — Expansion of California’s “Rainy Day Fund” — Yes
3 — Extend Tax on High Incomes for Schools and Health Care — Yes
4 — Allows for fairer elections by permitting certain public funding of campaigns — Yes
5 — Eliminates State Officer Recall Successor Elections — Yes
37 — Loan Program for Middle-Income Buyers of Qualified New Homes — No, with reservations
38 — Bond for Immunology Research — No
39 — Vote-suppressing voter identification — No
40 — One-time tax on Billionaires — Yes, Yes, Yes!
41 — Prohibits some new taxes and stops Prop. 40 — No, No, No!
42 — Prohibits some property taxes and stops Prop. 40 — No, No, No!
43 — Handicaps raising revenues for local services — No
44 — Community health clinics: More money for patients, less for CEOs — Yes
45 — Guts many environmental reviews — No


Local Measures:

RTM — Regional Tax Measure — Yes, with sales tax reservations
O — Albany Requirements for Zoning Changes — No
P — Albany Street Paving and Storm Drain Parcel Tax — Yes, with reservations
Q — Albany EMS, ALS and Fire Protection Parcel Tax — Yes, with reservations
R — Albany Business License Tax Measure — Yes, with reservations
S — Albany Real Property Transfer Tax Measure — Yes
T — Albany Street Trees & Streetlighting Parcel Tax — Yes
U — Berkeley $300M General Obligation Bond — Yes, with bond reservations
V — Berkeley Half-Cent Sales Tax Measure — No position, please see article
W — Berkeley Tax – Charter Amendment Measure — Yes
X — Berkeley Tax – Rent Ordinance Amendment Measure — Yes
Y — Berkeley Initiative: Arts Tax Measure — No position, please see article
Z — Berkeley Initiative: Public Bank Measure — Yes, yes, yes!
AA — Berkeley Initiative: Soda Tax Measure — Yes
BB — Emeryville Business Tax Measure — Yes
EE — Oakland Strong Mayor — No
FF — Oakland Real Property Tax Measure — Yes

** These 2 candidates are Green Party members

The full voter guide is here: https://acgreens.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/gpac_vg_november26_final_web-1.pdf


The Green Party of Contra Costa County has endorsed Mark Rendón for State Assembly, District 14 -- see: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1530899329080402&set=pb.100064810476472.-2207520000

For San Francisco endorsements, please see: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/123-november-2026-endorsements

For Santa Clara county endorsements, please see: https://sccgreens.org/elections/2026-november-voting-guide

And for Sonoma county endorsements, please see: https://socogreen.org/