Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Common-sense, family-value recommendations from our trusted election experts!
Santa Monicans actually have an option other than SMRR
October 27, 2024 - The following are our common-sense, law-and-order, family-value recommendations for how to fill out your Santa Monica ballot before election day, November 5, 2024:
Santa Monica Member of the City Council (4 votes):
Oscar de la Torre
Vivian A. Roknian
John Putnam
Phil Brock
The Safer Santa Monica slate are the only candidates who have all the correct answers to questions about funding the police, getting rid of needle distribution to addicts, keeping our neighborhoods intact AND maintaining rent control.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board (3 votes)
Anyone but Jon Kean. He claims that in his 8 years on the board, he has "invigorated transformative approaches to academic programs." Do I need to say any more? His values do not overlap with ours on a single issue we know of.
Member of the State Assembly 31st District
Stephan Hohil
United States Representative 36th District
Melissa Toomim
She works hard to meet people and show them what she's about, and what she's about is common-sense solutions. Also, Ted Lieu is a hypocrite who votes wrong on almost every single issue.
Measure F
No
Too many moving parts. This should be broken up into pieces the public can accept or reject.
Measure K
No
Hell, no. Parking is already too expensive and our retail is suffering. Besides, we all know the city will waste the additional revenue - should there even be any revenue after the last shoppers desert Santa Monica.
Measure PSK
It doesn't matter how you vote. This is advisory only and even a "yes" vote won't necessarily get us more police officers.
Measure QS
No
As shrewd a numbers guy as Marc Verville says "no," and that's good enough for us. This is a blank check for a school district that has already gone hog wild building new construction for schools with diminishing enrollment. We need accountability.
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Measure MM
No
Same as above.
District Attorney
Nathan Hochman
If you don't already know Gascon has been an unmitigated disaster, we can't help you.
Judge of the Superior Court Office 39
Steve Napolitano
Judge of the Superior Court Office 48
Renee Rose
Judge of the Superior Court Office 97
Sharon Ransom
Judge of the Superior Court Office 135
Georgia Huerta
Judge of the Superior Court Office 137
Tracey M. Blount
Judges are based on recommendations by former Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley and Craig Huey
County Measure G
No
While it might be a good idea in theory to increase the number of county supervisors, this is absolutely NOT the way to go about it. This gives unlimited power and unlimited years in office for a county "CEO." Sounds like "pass the buck" and "keep the bucks" built into one.
County Measure A
No
We've already flushed the ¼-cent sales tax on Measure H down the drain. The last thing we want to do is replace it with a ½-cent sales tax.
State Measure 2
No
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers says no. More taxes, not enough gain
State Measure 3
No
Gives opportunities to discriminate based on religious practice.
State Measure 4
No
Authorizes additional property tax for god-knows-what special interest groups.
State Measure 5
No
Another hell, no. New bonds should require a significant majority of the public to be on board.
State Measure 6
No
Ties the hands of prison officials. Will prisoners even have to clean up after themselves like your children do?
State Measure 32
No
Raising the minimum wage increases unemployment. Period.
State Measure 33
No
True affordable housing advocates oppose this measure
State Measure 34
Yes
Forces accountability on healthcare corporations
State Measure 35
Yes
Requires this tax to go to low-income residents in need of healthcare instead of going to close gaps in the state budget
State Measure 36
Yes
This basically repeals the godawful, disaster of Proposition 47, which decriminalized crime.
President
If you don't know who you're voting for, we can't help you.
Same goes for U.S. Senator
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