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Sonoma County Board of Supervisors

1st District - No Endorsement (Due to lack of concensus)

The Sonoma County Democratic Party bylaws require a two-thirds vote to endorse a candidate for election to a local non-partisan office. Five Democratic candidates sought endorsement for the 1st District seat, and no single candidate achieved the two-thirds vote required for endorsement.

3rd District - Shirlee Zane (Incumbant) 

5th District - No Endorsement (Due to lack of concensus)

The Sonoma County Democratic Party bylaws require a two-thirds vote to endorse a candidate for election to a local non-partisan office. Three Democratic candidates sought endorsement for the 5th-District seat, and no single candidate achieved the two-thirds vote required for endorsement.

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State Assembly

District 2 - Wes Chesbro (Incumbent)

District 4 - Mariko Yamada (Incumbent)

District 10 - Michael Allen (Incumbent)

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State Senate

3rd District - Lois Wolk (Incumbent)

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U.S. Congress 

2nd District - No Endorsement (Due to lack of consensus)

The Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee is prohibited from endorsing a candidate running for statewide or federal office unless that candidate has been endorsed by the California Democratic Party. The CDP bylaws require a 50% vote of members of the State Democratic Central Committee at the party’s Pre-Endorsement Caucus (held January 21, 2012) to qualify a candidate for endorsement in an open Congressional race. With four Democratic candidates seeking endorsement for this seat, no single candidate reached the 50% threshold required for endorsement.

5th District - Mike Thompson (Incumbent)

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Statewide Ballot Measures 

Prop 28 - YES: Limits on legislators’ terms in office 

Prop 29 - YES: Imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research

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Local Ballot Measures 

Measure D - YES – Cotati-Rohnert Park schools tax

Measure E - YES – Healdsburg school bond

Measure F - YES – Guerneville school bond

Measure G - YES – Old Adobe school bond

Measure H - YES – Sebastopol school bond

Measure I - YES – Wright school bond

Measure J - YES – City of Sonoma sales tax

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Early Endorsements - November 6, 2012 Election

Santa Rosa City Council:

Caroline Banuelos

Erin Carlstrom

Julie Combs

Gary Wysocky

 

WHEREAS the biologically productive Sonoma and Southern Mendocino Coast deserves similar protection from oil spills and land-based pollution including protection of the rich estuaries of the Russian and Gualala Rivers, and

WHEREAS adjusting the northern boundary for Cordell Bank will add an area called the Bodega Canyon, the vortex for much of the nutrient-rich upwelling along the Northern California Coast, that also deserves similar protection,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Democratic Party (SCDP) supports the passage of H.R. 192, authored by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and supported by Congressman Mike Thompson to extend the boundaries to afford beneficial protections to the Sonoma and Southern Mendocino Coast, at the earliest possible date, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Democratic Party will advise Democratic members of Congress representing Northern California districts to urge their support and will seek support for this important legislation from the California Democratic Party.

Resolution offered by Stephen Gale, Chair, SCDP, April 14, 2012 and adopted by the Sonoma County Democratic Party on May 8, 2012

 

WHEREAS, the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District is committed to offering a high quality educational program to all students in the District; and,

WHEREAS, in the last 4 years, the State has cut $8.4 million (27%) from the District schools, causing drastic reductions to teachers and academic programs, and the Cotati-Rohnert Park schools may lose another $2 million dollars in this year’s State budget; and,

WHEREAS, due to these cuts the District has been forced to close two elementary and one middle school, lay off more than 75 teaching positions, reduce salaries and benefits of all staff, increase class sizes and shorten the school year, close school libraries, cut programs and eliminate maintenance and administrative staff, and, 

WHEREAS, having already made such deep cuts, this leaves further cuts to core academic instruction unavoidable; and,

 

WHEREAS, the top one percent of the wealthiest Californians have doubled their share of California’s income while paying even lower tax rates than they once did, and the state’s financial plight can be remedied by requiring these Californians ($250,000 per year income and more) to pay their fair share, and

WHEREAS, a broad coalition of labor and grassroots organizations have come together and negotiated an agreement with Governor Brown to each set aside their separate ballot measures and join forces on a new initiative which, if passed, will raise $9 billion in the first year, $8 billion of which will be achieved through a progressive income tax increase for individual Californians making more than $250,000 a year, or households making more than $500,000 a year, and

WHEREAS, no one making less than $250,000 will see an income tax increase, and a sales tax increase, affecting all Californians, will be just 1/4 cent, representing approximately 15% of the new tax measure’s revenue;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Democratic Party endorses the initiative, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Democratic Party urges an unprecedented effort be made over the next 3 weeks to place this initiative on the ballot, and a sustained effort thereafter be made to pass this compromise measure to ensure that funding for public education, vital services, and public safety is restored.

Adopted by Sonoma County Democratic Party Central Committee on April 10, 2012

 

May 7       Voting by mail opens

May 21    Voter registration deadline

May 29    Deadline to request ballot by mail

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