“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
–Thomas Jefferson
SSV Recommends:
YES on Proposition 1
Establishing the State Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom.
(Legislative Constitutional Amendment)
NO on Proposition 26
Allowing expanded in-person tribal casino gambling.
NO on Proposition 27
Allowing online and mobile sports gambling.
NO on Proposition 30
Bad tax and budget policy with a clean energy facade
YES on Proposition 31
Ban kidee candy and fruit-flavored tobacco products. (Again)
San Francisco
NO on Proposition I
Keep cars off JFK Drive
YES on Propositions J
Keep JFK Drive a Safe Street
City of Menlo Park
NO on Measure V
“It kills development.”
City of Santa Cruz
NO on Measure O
Don’t Block Affordable Housing and New Library
City of Watsonville
YES on Measure Q
Continue the Watsonville Planned Growth and Farmland Protection Initiative
NO on Measure S
Replaces Measure O with Myriad “Exceptions” Version
Allied Org Voter Guides
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