Contributors

 

R. Liu, C. Liao, C. Gao, L. Liao, feebe

特别注意:毕竟选举是见仁见智的事情，如果某个Position只有一个空位但我们推荐了2个候选人，请根据自己偏好只选一个，否则选票作废，切记切记! 如果某些选项留空白，或者多个空位，只填一个候选人，是允许的。提高华人投票率，是我们努力的最高宗旨！

 State

 

Position	Recommended Candidates	Reasons
Governor 州长	Neel Kashkari(R)	RL’s recommendation: California needs a governor who understand economy and Mr. Kashkari is the most qualified.  He is republican. Good to break supermajority of Dem. party. Mei Mei Huff recommends Kashkari also.
Lieutenant Governor 副州长	Ron Nehring(R)	Multiple individual recommendations: Newsome is left extremists’ ally
Secretary of State 州务卿	Pete Peteson(R)	Multiple individual recommendations: voter system need a major reform and we need to have a Republican in that office.
Controller 审计长	Ashley Swearengin (R)	Multiple individual recommendations: We need fiscal conservative at our finance department. as Mayor of Fresno, she has first hand experience to deal with city services with a shoe-string budget and apparently our state is in the same situation.
Treasurer 财长	John Chiang (D)	I would like to pick a fiscal conservative, but the rank is really thin and Mr. Chiang is the most qualified as ex-Controller.
Attorney General 司法部长	Ronald Gold (R)	Kamala Harris (D) pushes ridiculous gun control laws. Pick a Republican.
Insurance Commissioner 保险局长	Dave Jones (D)	RL’s recommendation: Mr. Jones did a fine job as current commissioner. And there is no qualified competitor

 

State Board of Equalization加州平税局

 

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
1	George Runner (R)	RL’s recommendation: incumbent, qualified
2	Fiona Ma (D)	RL’s recommendation: Better qualification than her competitor

 

United States Representative

美国国会众议院议员

 

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
15	Hugh Bussell (R)	Liao’s recommendation: The only Republican candidate. Send a message to democratic party even though Eric Swalwell has a total upper hand in the election3.   Otherwise, you can just re-elect Swalwell.
18	Richard Fox (R)	RL’s recommendation: against SCA-5, libertarian

Member of the State Assembly

加州众议院人选

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
16	Catharine Baker (R)	SVCA’s recommendation Support Prop. 209 since 1997 and strongly against SCA 5.  Most reliable candidate on this issue.  Endorsed by Contra Costa Times, SF Chronicle, 80-20, among many others.
17	David Chiu (D)	RL’s recommendation: less of two evils. His opponent is left extremist
20	Jaime Patino (R)	RL’s recommendation: want job creation; want school reforms
25	Kansen Chu (D)	SVCA’s recommendation
28	Chuck Page (R)	SVCA’s recommendation
55	Ling-Ling Chang (R)	SVCA’s recommendation
65	Young Kim (R)	SVCA’s recommendation

 

Member of the State Senate

加州参议院人选

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
10	Peter Kuo (R)	SVCA’s recommendation
34	Janet Nguyen (R)	SVCA’s recommendation

 

Judicial法官

 

Candidates	Recommended	Reason
Goodwin Liu	No	feebe: ultra liberal
Mariaano-Florentino Cuella	No	feebe: liberal
Kathryn Werdegar	Yes	feebe: conservative
Jim Humes	No	feebe: liberal
Kathleen M. Banke	Yes	feebe: conservative
Anthony Kline	No	feebe: liberal
Therese M. Steward	No	feebe: liberal
Stuart R. Pollak	No	feebe: liberal
Martin Jenkins	Yes	feebe: centralist
Ignazio Ruvolo	Yes	feebe: conservative
Mark Simons	No	feebe: liberal
Terence L. Bruiniers	Yes	feebe: conservative

 

School

Superintendent of Public Instruction

 

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
Superintendent  of Public Instruction	Marshall Tuck	Multiple individual recommendations: If you don't like the current California public school system, you don't vote for Torlakson. as founding CEO of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools,, Mr. Tuck has first hand experience to work with low performance inner city schools.   We need a reformer who supports charter schools and teachers’ responsibilities. His opponent aligns his interest with California teacher’s union (CTA).

 

County Superintendent of Schools

 

County	Recommended Candidates	Reason
Alameda	Helen K. Foster	Foster seems to be a fresh candidate who tries to bring transparency and accountability to the position.
Contra Costa	TODO any volunteer to fill this out?

 

Local School Boards各地学区委员

 

District	Recommended Candidates	Reason
Cupertino Union School District Board of Trustees (Santa Clara County)	Kristen Pan Lyn (潘欣欣）	SVCA’s recommendation
Saratoga Union School District Board of Trustees (Santa Clara County)	Yongjian Wu (吴永键）	SVCA’s recommendation
Fremont Unified School District Board of Trustees (Alameda County)	Yang Shao (邵阳）	SVCA’s recommendation
Los Altos School District Board of Trustees (Santa Clara County)	Sangeeth Peruri	RL’s recommendation: knowledgeable candidate to bring financial expertise to the board
Pleansanton School Board	Mark Miller & Paige Wright	They are not controlled by Union. Current board  (Jeff Bowser & Joan Laursen) has no transparency and accountability.
San Ramon school board	TODO
Livermore school board	TODO

 

Measures政策条款

State Measures

 

Measure	Suggested Vote	Reasons
Prop. 1	Yes or No	Water bond. Yes: Our population has doubled since we built our current state and federal water system. This bond will help fund new above-ground storage, help capture storm-water runoff, fund groundwater cleanup, and build recycling facilities.   No: too much pork. only 30% if the bond is earmarked to solve the real water crisis in California
Prop. 2	Yes	Budget Stabilization account. Reason: we do need to boost California Rainy fund to solve long term debt issue. Supported by both Dem and Republican party.
Prop. 45	No	Health Insurance rate change approval. Reason: insurance rate needs to be set by an independent commission.
Prop. 46	No	Drug and Alcohol Testing of doctors, Medical negligence Lawsuits. Reason: It is public funded plan to enrich trial lawyers.
Prop.47	No	Criminal sentences. Misdemeanor penalties. Dem. Party supports this. Republican party opposes this.
Prop. 48	No	Indian Gaming Compacts: We want No more Indian Tribe Casinos  in California, especially outside of their original reservation land.

 

County/City Measures

 

County/City	Measure	Suggested Vote	Reasons
Alameda County	BB	No	the measure would double the extra sales tax from 0.5 to 1 percent -- making it the highest local transportation sales tax in California -- and impose it for the next 30 years.
Dublin City	T	No	This measure would allow the city to add open-space land into the city limit and allow the city council to approve further development without voter approval. Very high risks of over development of the open space.
Santa Clara County	N	No	RL’s recommendation: a school bond fund without clear picture of where to put the school sites.

 

County/City Officials 县/市级官员

Santa Clara County 

 

Position	Recommended Candidates	Reason
Cupertino City Council	Barry Chang	SVCA’s recommendation
Saratoga City Council	Yan Zhao	SVCA’s recommendation
Saratoga City Council	Emily Lo	SVCA’s recommendation
San Jose City Council D1	Charles “Chappie” Jones	Liao’s recommendation: Moderate candidate supported by small business. His opponent has very bad record on Shark-Fin bill, SCA5 movement which are quite relative to Chinese American’s interest.
Palo Alto City Council	Lydia Kou	RL’s recommendation: moderate growth advocate
Cupertino Union School District Board of Trustees	Kristen Lyn Pan	SVCA’s recommendation
Saratoga Union School District Board of Trustees	Yongjian Wu	SVCA’s recommendation
Los Altos School District Board of Trustees	Sangeeth Peruri	RL’s recommendation: knowledgeable candidate to bring financial expertise to the board
El Camino Healthcare District Board	Peter Fung	SVCA’s recommendation
Measure N	No	RL’s recommendation: a school bond fund without clear picture of where to put the school sites.
Mayor of San Jose	Sam Licardo	C.Gao’s recommendation: Support pension reform; not backed by unions
Cupertino City Council	Andy Huang(R)	SVCA endorsement CG recommendation: Long history of volunteer for Cupertino community; Donated big amount of money to cure cancer.

 

Alameda County

 

City	Recommended Candidates for positions	Reasons
Fremont	Unified School District Board of Trustees: Yang Shao	SVCA’s recommendation
Dublin	Mayor: David Haubert	DCA’s recommendation
Livermore	Chung Bothwell for council
Pleansanton	* Mayor: Matt Morrison * City council: George Bowen (focus only one, leave one blank)	Thomas& Friends’ suggestions Bowen is against high density housing. Morrison’s slogan: Slow Growth

Contra Costa County

 

Position	Recommended Candidates	Reason
San Ramon	Fire Protection Director TODO

 

San Mateo County

 

Position	Recommended Candidates	Reason
	TODO

 

San Francisco County/City

 

Position	Recommended Candidates	Reason
BART Director	James Fang	BHP and 朝霞‘s recommendation: only Asian American BART director in entire bay area. James sprearhead the effort to prevent future strikes.
Board of Supervisors District 10	Marlene Tran ((陈美玲)	BHP and 朝霞‘s recommendation
SF School Board	Lee Hsu (许恒明)	BHP and 朝霞‘s recommendation
SF School Board	Dennis Yang (杨文元)	BHP and 朝霞‘s recommendation
Measure G	No	BHP and 朝霞‘s recommendation

 

Contributors

 

R. Liu, C. Liao, C. Gao, L. Liao, feebe

 

References

 

http://www.svca.me/?q=ca2014g: SVCA official endorsement for November general election

 

California 6/3 Election Cheat Sheet  http://tinyurl.com/ca63election

Mitbbs 11月4号选举，马工的选择http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/SanFrancisco/34262801.html