GENERAL ELECTION 2016 MGO ENDORSEMENTS
C I T Y O F O A K L A N D
- Dan Kalb –– District 1
- Lynette McElhaney – District 3
- Noel Gallo – District 5
- Larry Reid – District 7
Oakland City Attorney
- Barbara Parker
Oakland School Board
- Jody London – District 1
- Rosie Torres – District 5
- James Harris – District 7
S P E C I A L D I S T R I C T S
BART Board of Directors:
- Rebecca Saltzman – Ward 3
- Lateefah Simon – Ward 7
AC Transit
- Chris Peeples – At Large
- Greg Harper – Ward 2
East Bay Regional Parks
- Dionisio Rosario
M E A S U R E S
A1 – Alameda County Housing Bond – YES
- $580 million affordable housing bond
C1 – Alameda Contra Costa Transit – YES
- Parcel tax initiative
G1 – Oakland Unified School District – YES
- To provide a district wide educator salary increase designed to attract/retain teachers; provide enhanced middle school art, music, language and other programming
HH – Oakland Soda Tax – YES
- A penny-per-ounce revenue stream that could rise up to $12 million per year to aid in efforts to fight obesity
KK – City of Oakland $600 million bond – YES
- Repair local infrastructure
LL – Oakland Police Commission – YES
- Ballot measure to change the city’s charter in order to create a citizen Police Commission
RR – BART – YES
- $3.5 million capital reinvestment measure
Metropolitan Greater Oakland Democratic Club 