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Ballot Recommendations for California, Los Angeles County and Santa Monica Elections, November 2024

Common-sense, family-value recommendations from our trusted election experts!

David Ganezer

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.

David Ganezer

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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.

David Ganezer

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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