IMPORTANT: Not all of these will appear on your ballot. Ignore the races not on your ballot.
StatewideGovernor
Becerra (D) vs. Hilton (R)
Xavier Becerra
StatewideLieutenant Governor
Fiona Ma (D) vs. Gloria Romero (R)
Fiona Ma
StatewideSecretary of State
Shirley Weber (D) vs. Don Wagner (R)
Shirley N. Weber
StatewideController
Malia Cohen (D) vs. Herb Morgan (R)
Malia Cohen
StatewideTreasurer
Kounalakis (D) vs. Jennifer Hawks (R)
Eleni Kounalakis
StatewideAttorney General
Rob Bonta (D) vs. Michael Gates (R)
Rob Bonta
StatewideInsurance Commissioner
🔵🔵 Ben Allen (D) vs. Jane Kim (D)
Jane Kim
Ariel's Note: The Solano Household struggled a lot with our choice for Insurance Commissioner. Ultimately we decided to vote for Jane Kim. While her proposals seem very ambitious, we think there needs to be radical change for insurance in California, and believe Kim is the right candidate to bring such change.
LocalBoard of Equalization — District 1
Shannon Grove (R) vs. Nelson Esparza (D)
Nelson Esparza
LocalCongress — District 7
🔵🔵 Doris Matsui (D) vs. Mai Vang (D)
Mai Vang
Ariel's Note: This was a split decision in the Solano house. Ultimately I chose Mai Vang as I think we need a change from Doris Matsui who is 81 and will be 84 at the end of the next term. Vang's No-corporate-PAC pledge is also very important to me.
LocalCongress — District 3
Ami Bera (D) vs. Robb Tucker (R)
Ami Bera
LocalState Senate — District 8
Angelique Ashby (D) vs. Susan Mason (R)
Angelique Ashby
LocalState Assembly — District 10
Stephanie Nguyen (D) vs. Vinaya Singh (R)
Stephanie Nguyen
LocalState Assembly — District 7
Josh Hoover (R) vs. Amy Slavensky (D)
Amy Slavensky
JudicialSupreme Court & Court of Appeal — Retention Votes
Ariel's Note: After much research I voted YES on all the judges as I saw no major red flags or anything I felt should disqualify them from the bench. Retention votes are a YES or NO — you're not choosing between candidates.
Supreme Court — Joshua Groban✅ YES
Supreme Court — Kelli M. Evans✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Laurie Earl✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Lauri Damrell✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Stacy Boulware Eurie✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Jonathan Renner✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Aimee A. Feinberg✅ YES
Court of Appeal — Shama Mesiwala✅ YES
StatewideSuperintendent of Public Instruction
Richard Barrera (NPP/D) vs. Sonja Shaw (NPP/R)
Richard Barrera
LocalEGUSD Board — Trustee Area 2
Michael Vargas (NPP/D) vs. Kirk Thomson (NPP/R)
Michael Vargas
LocalFlorin Resource Conservation District — Director
Vote for up to 3 · Paul Lindsay · Bret Bartholomew · John Moua · Kimberly Martin
Paul Lindsay
Bret Bartholomew
John Moua
Bret Bartholomew
John Moua
Ariel's Note: The ballot says to pick no more than 3 candidates. These are my three choices.
Prop 1Housing Bonds
Borrow $11.25B for affordable housing
✅ YES
Prop 2Rainy Day Fund
Raise state reserve limit from 10% to 20%
✅ YES
Prop 3Make Education Tax Permanent
Make the higher-earner income tax permanent
✅ YES
Prop 4Public Campaign Financing
Allow public financing of political campaigns
✅ YES
Prop 5Recall Reform
Delay replacing recalled state officials to a separate election
✅ YES
Prop 37Low-Cost Mortgages
Create low-cost mortgages for new home construction
✅ YES
Prop 38Immunology Research Bond
Borrow $8.4B for cancer/heart disease/Alzheimer's research
❌ NO
Ariel's Note: While I understand this prop would give billions to medical research, a majority of this money goes to just one single research facility. This seems to be intentionally written to only give money to this specific facility. Because of this, I'm voting no.
Prop 39Voter ID
Require government-issued ID to vote in person or by mail
❌ NO
Prop 40Billionaire Tax
One-time 5% tax on ~200 CA billionaires · Connected to Props 41 & 42
✅ YES
Prop 41Audit New Tax Programs
Would nullify Prop 40 if it gets more YES votes
❌ NO
Prop 42Ban Wealth Taxes
Would nullify Prop 40 if it gets more YES votes
❌ NO
Prop 43Higher Threshold for Local Taxes
Raise citizen-driven local special tax threshold to two-thirds
❌ NO
Prop 44Community Clinic Spending
Require community clinics to spend 90% on patient care
❌ NO
Ariel's Note: There is no question that community clinics should be spending a majority of their funding on patients. After a lot of research I feel this prop will do more harm than good, especially since most community clinics already spend nearly 80% of their revenue on patient care.
Prop 45CEQA Reform
Speed up environmental reviews for housing & infrastructure
❌ NO
Ariel's Note: I do believe we need to speed up the environmental review process for numerous reasons, but the inclusion of "broadband" in this proposition I believe will lead companies to try and use this towards Data Centers. For that reason alone, I am voting no.
Measure HLos Rios Community College Bond
$1.1B bond for Los Rios facilities · Sacramento/Yolo counties
✅ YES
Measure MSacramento City USD Parcel Tax
Parcel tax for special education · Sacramento City Unified
✅ YES
AM I MISSING ONE? Something on your ballot I didnt cover? Please reach out to me!