Safety & Sanctuary (Criminal Legal System)
No Position
Proposition 25 – Switch Cash Bail with System Based On “Public Safety Risk”
Lost with 56.41% No 43.59% Yes
Cash bail, a horrific system that keeps people in jail only because they are poor and keeps many Black and brown people locked up, needs to end. Howev…
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Vote No
Proposition 20 – Increase the Number of People Locked Up in Prisons
Lost with 61.72% No 38.28% Yes
Vote No to protect the progress we’ve made to undo mass incarceration. This measure reverses the progress made in moving funding towards educati…
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Bay Rising Action Endorses Senator Bernie Sanders for President
December 13, 2019
Bay Area Network Behind Local Progressive Wins Votes to Endorse Vermont Senator December 13, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Irene Rojas-Carroll, irene@bayri…
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Vote Yes
Rebecca Kaplan
Won with Advancing to November Runoff: 41% Yes 58.8% Other Candidates
With two decades of experience in elected office, Rebecca Kaplan is the best choice to lead our county on issues of housing and homelessness, mental h…
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Vote Yes
Pamela Price
Won with Advance to November Runoff: 43.2% Yes 56.6 Other Candidates
District Attorneys hold one of the most critical and powerful roles in our legal system as they hold the power on who to sentence and how harsh that s…
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Vote Yes
James Coleman
Lost with 11.5% Yes 88.5% Other Candidates
James Coleman is a young, progressive champion for the working class people of South San Francisco, and the only candidate in his race from a working…
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Vote Yes
Cindy Chavez
Won with Advancing to November Runoff: 39.3% Yes 60.7% Other Candidates
Cindy Chavez is a longtime labor and community ally with a history of partnering with grassroots organizations that represent working families and has…
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Vote Yes
Aisha Wahab
Won with Advancing to November Runoff: 30% Yes 70% Other Candidates
Aisha is a fighter who takes initiative and works in tandem with community organizers across the Bay. She has built a career advocating for affordable…
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Vote Yes
Jennifer Esteen
Lost with 22.1% Yes 77.9% Other Candidates
Jennifer Esteen is a former nurse, longtime union leader, and advocate who comes from grassroots organizing. She’s also a queer Black Jewish mom: elec…
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Vote Yes
Liz Ortega
Won with Advancing to November Runoff: 32.1% Yes 67.9% Other Candidates
Liz Ortega is a longtime labor activist from an immigrant family with a proven track record of fighting for working people, and the relationships and…
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Vote Yes
Sajid Khan
Lost with 19.7% Yes 80.3% Other Candidates
District attorneys are arguably the most powerful people in the criminal legal system. We’re endorsing Sajid because we want a future where everyone,…
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