November 3, 2026, Sierra Club California and Loma Prieta Chapter General Election Endorsements

Statewide Offices

Attorney General: Rob Bonta (D) incumbent (I)

Controller: Malia Cohen (DI)

Secretary of State: Shirley Webber (DI)

Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen (D)

Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis (D)

Board of Equalization, District 2: Sally Lieber (DI)


Congress

CD 15: Kevin Mullin (DI)

CD 16: Sam Liccardo (DI)

CD 17: Ro Khanna (DI)

CD 18: Zoe Lofgren (DI)

CD 19: Jimmy Panetta (DI)


California Legislature

AD 21: Diane Papan (DI)

AD 23: Marc Berman (DI)

AD 25: Ash Kalra (DI)

AD 26: Patrick Ahrens (DI)

AD 28: Gail Pellerin (DI)


Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen)

Ward 5: Karen Holman

Ward 2: Yoriko Kishimoto

Ward 1: Craig Gleason


Local Elections

Foothill-DeAnza Community College District

Trustee Area 4 - Liangfang “Liang” Chao 

Grenada Community Services District

Barbara Dye
Matt Allen
Patrick Tierney

Pacifica City Council 

District 2 - Christine Boles
District 3 - Cindy Abbott
District 5 - Margo Meiman

Half Moon Bay City Council

District 1 - David Gorn
District 4 - Debbie Ruddock

Millbrae City Council

District 3 - Ann Schneider

San Mateo City Council

District 1 - Lisa Diaz Nash
District 3 - Rob Newsom Jr.

East Palo Alto City Council

Ruben Abrica

Palo Alto City Council

Ed Lauing
Vicki Veenker
Bryna Chang

Los Altos City Council

District 2 - Lynette Eng

Mountain View City Council

Robert Cox
Silja Paymer
IdaRose Sylvester

City of Santa Clara Mayor

Kathy Watanabe

Cupertino City Council

Tracy Kosolcharoen

Saratoga City Council

Ping Li
Jeri Bromley

Los Gatos City Council

Rob Moore

Menlo Park City Council

Drew Combs


Statewide Ballot Measures for General Election November 3

Proposition 1 - Authorizes Bonds for Housing Affordability Programs. Legislative Statute. Support - Vote YES 

Proposition 4 - Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute. Support - Vote YES

Proposition 5 - Changes Recall Election Process for Statewide Officers. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Support - Vote YES

Proposition 39 - Prohibits Citizens from Voting Unless They Present Government-Issued Identification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Oppose - Vote NO

Proposition 43 - Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Oppose - Vote NO

Proposition 45 - Modifies Environmental Review for Certain Projects. Initiative Statute. Oppose - Vote NO