GREEN PARTY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ENDORSEMENT QUESTIONNAIRES
The Green Party has now decided to post candidate’s questionnaires here on our website, so that you can access additional information about them, and their positions. Specifically, we sent questionnaires to all of the candidates for all of the races listed below where one or more candidate’s name is underlined. All of the candidates except for those that are so designated below, returned their completed questionnaires. (Note: For those who didn’t reply, we did send e-mail messages and left phone messages requesting that they return their questionnaires). We are hoping that you will find this information to be useful in making your voting decisions.
June 2022
State Offices
State Senate, District 10
Jamal Khan
Raymond Liu
Aisha Wahab
Jim Canova did not return our questionnaire
Lily Mei and Paul Pimentel did not reply to our email and phone requests
State Assembly, District 14
Buffy Wicks did not reply to our email and phone requests
State Assembly, District 18
Mia Bonta did not return our questionnaire (after a staff member emailed us that she would)
State Assembly, District 20
Jennifer Esteen
Liz Ortega (Toro)
Joe Grcar and Shawn Kumagi did not return our questionnaire
Judicial Offices
Superior Court Judge, Office #1
Tamiza Hockenhull
Superior Court Judge, Office #12
Pelayo Llamas did not return our questionnaire
Superior Court Judge, Office #21
Michael Bishay did not reply to our email and phone requests
County Offices
Superintendent of Schools
Alysse Castro
L K. Monroe did not return our questionnaire
School Board, Area 7
Cheryl Cook-Kallio
Kate Dao did not return our questionnaire
Eric Dillie did not return our questionnaire (after emailing us that he would)
Supervisor, District 2
Richard Valle did not return our questionnaire
Supervisor, District 3
Surlene Grant
David Kakishiba
Rebecca Kaplan
Lena Tam did not did not return our questionnaire (after her campaign emailed us that they would)
Assessor
Phong La did not return our questionnaire
Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Recorder
Melissa Wilk
District Attorney
Pamela Price
Seth Steward
Terry Wiley and Jimmie Wilson did not return our questionnaire
Sheriff/Coroner
Gregory Ahern
Yesenia Sanchez
JoAnn Walker
Treasurer/Tax Collector
Henry Levy
November 2020
State Offices
State Assembly, District 15 — Please see the March, 2020 questionnaires
State Assembly, District 18 — Please see the March, 2020 questionnaires
Superior Court Judge
Office #2 — Please see the March, 2020 questionnaires
Special School Districts
Peralta Community College, Area 1
Jeff Heyman
Bill Withrow
County Supervisor
District 1
Vinnie Bacon
David Haubert did not reply to our email and phone requests
City Offices
Alameda City Council
Trish Spencer
Gig Codiga
Amos White
Jim Oddie
Malia Vella did not reply to our email and phone requests
Alameda City Auditor
Kevin Kearney did not reply to our email and phone requests
Alameda City Treasurer
Kevin Kennedy
Alameda School Board
Jennifer Williams
Beth Aney
Verna Castro
Heather Little
Megan Sweet
John Casselberry and Leland Traiman did not reply to our email and phone requests
Albany City Council
Preston Jordan
Aaron Tiedemann
Tod Abbott
Ge’nell Gary
Albany School Board
Brian Beall, Melissa Boyd, and Veronica Davidson did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley Mayor
Aidan Hill
Wayne Hsiung
Jesse Arreguin and Naomi Pete did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley City Council, District 2
Cheryl Davila
Timothy Carter, Alex Sharenko and Terry Taplin did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley City Council, District 3
Ben Bartlett
Orlando Martinez
Deborah Matthews did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley City Council, District 5
Sophie Hahn
Paul Picklesimer
Todd Andrew did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley City Council, District 6
Richard Illgen
Susan Wengraf did not return our questionnaire
Berkeley School Board
Ana Vasudeo
Laura Babitt
Jose Bedolla
Norma Harrison
Esfandiar Imani
Mike Chang said that as a Federal employee he can’t participate in our process
Emeryville City Council
John Bauters
Christian Patz
Ally Medina did not reply to our email and phone requests
Emeryville School Board
Kimberly Solis and John Van Geffen did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland City Council, At Large
Rebecca Kaplan
Nancy Sidebotham
Derreck Johnson did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland City Council, District 1
Tri Ngo
Dan Kalb
Steph Walton
Oakland City Council, District 3
Carroll Fife
Seneca Scott
Lynette McElhaney
Meron Semedar, Alexus Taylor, and Faye Taylor did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland City Council, District 5
Richard Raya
Zoe Lopez-Meraz
Noel Gallo
Oakland City Council, District 7
Aaron Clay
Marchon Tatmon
Marcie Hodge
Treva Reid did not return our questionnaire
Robert Jackson did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland City Attorney
Eli Ferran
Barbara Parker
Oakland School Board, District 1
Stacy Thomas
Sam Davis
Austin Dannhaus
Oakland School Board, District 3
Cherisse Gash
VanCedric Williams
Maximo Santana
Mark Hurty
Maiya Edgerly did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland School Board, District 5
Mike Hutchinson
Jorge Lerma
Sheila Pope-Lawrence
Leroy Gaines did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland School Board, District 7
“Coach” Ben Tapscott
Kristina Molina
Clifford Thompson
Victor Valerio
Bronche Taylor did not reply to our email and phone requests
Union City Mayor
Sarabjit Cheema
Carol Dutra-Vernaci and Jaime Patino did not reply to our email and phone requests
Union City, New Haven School Board, Area 1
Jatinderpal Sahi
Lance Nishihira
Union City, New Haven School Board, Area 2
Melissa Shuen-Mallory
Michelle Parnala did not reply to our email and phone requests
Union City, New Haven School Board, Area 3
Michael Gonzales
Sharan Kaur did not reply to our email and phone requests
Special Districts
A.C. Transit, At-Large
Chris Peeples
Victoria Fierce
Dollene Jones
A.C. Transit, Ward 1
Jovanka Beckles
Ben Fong
Joe Wallace’s original questionnaire
Joe Wallace’s updated questionnaire
A.C. Transit, Ward 2
Greg Harper
Jean Walsh
BART, District 3
Rebecca Saltzman
BART, District 5
John McPartland
Steven Dunbar
Mike Wallace
BART, District 7
Lateefah Simon
Sharon Kidd did not return our questionnaire
EBMUD
Doug Linney submitted his candidate statement in lieu of our questionnaire
Bill Patterson did not reply to our email and phone requests
EBRPD, Ward 1
Norman LaForce
Elizabeth Echols
HARD
Peter Rosen
Josh Kelton
Rick Hatcher
Louis Andrade did not reply to our email and phone requests
State Senate, District 9
Nancy Skinner — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
State Assembly, District 15
Sara Brink
Jeanne Soldnordal — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Buffy Wicks — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
State Assembly, District 18
Rob Bonta
Stephen Slauson
Superior Court Judge, Office #2
Elena Condes
Mark Fickes
Lilla Szelenyi
County Supervisor, District 1
Vinnie Bacon
Bob Wieckowski
David Haubert — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Melissa Hernandez — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
County Supervisor, District 4
Esther Goolsby
Nate Miley
County Supervisor, District 5
Keith Carson
Nick Pilch
County School Board, Area 2
Angela Normand
Amber Childress — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
County School Board, Area 5
Lisa Brunner
Janevette Cole
Luis Reynoso — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
November 2018
State Executive Offices
Boycott the Following Races – see front-page article:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Insurance Commissioner
Superintendent of Public Instruction – [Don’t vote for Tuck]
Federal Offices
U.S. Senate – Boycott this race, please see write-up
U.S. Representative, District 13 – Laura Wells
Other State Offices
State Board of Equalization, District 2 – Boycott this race: see front-page article
State Assembly, District 15 – Jovanka Beckles*
*This candidate is recommended, but not endorsed (because she is a Democrat)
State Assembly, District 18 – No Endorsement, please see write-up
(Not endorsed/ranked: Rob_Bonta, Stephen Slauson)
Judicial Offices
State Supreme Court – Carol Corrigan, with reservations; and Leondra Kruger, with reservations
State Courts of Appeal, First District – No Endorsements, please see write-up
Special School Districts
Peralta Community College, Area 3 – Corean Todd (Not endorsed/ranked: Linda Handy)
Peralta Community College, Area 5 – Cindy Reiss
County Offices
Assessor – [Don’t vote for Johnson]
City Offices
Alameda
Mayor – Frank Matarrese, with reservations (Not endorsed/ranked: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Trish Spencer)
City Council – John Knox White (Not endorsed/ranked: Robert Matz, Jim Oddie, Amos White)
School Board – Gary Lym
Healthcare District, Short Term – Dennis Popalardo (Not endorsed/ranked: Mike McMahon)
Albany
City Council – Preston Jordan (Not endorsed/ranked: Rochelle Nason)
School District Board – Charles Blanchard and Ross Stapleton-Gray (Not endorsed/ranked: Brian Doss)
Berkeley
Auditor – Jenny Wong
City Council, District 1 – #1: Igor Tregub, #2: Mary Behm-Steinberg, #3: Margo Schueler, with reservations [Don’t vote for Kesarwani]
City Council, District 4 – Kate Harrison (Not endorsed/ranked: Ben Gould)
City Council, District 7 – #1: Aidan Hill, #2: Rigel Robinson, #3: No endorsement, leave blank (Not endorsed/ranked: Ces Rosales)
City Council, District 8 – #1: Mary Kay Lacey, #2: Alfred Twu, with reservations, #3: Russ Tilleman, with reservations [Don’t vote for Droste]
School District Board – Ty Alper, Ka’Dijah Brown, and Dru Howard (Not endorsed/ranked: Norma Harrison, Abdur Sikder, Julie Sinai)
Rent Stabilization Board – James Chang, Soli Alpert, Paola Laverde, Maria Poblet, John Selawsky – VOTE FOR ALL 5!
Emeryville
City Council – Scott Donahue, with reservations; and Dianne Martinez, with reservations (Not endorsed/ranked: Ken Bukowski)
School District Board – No endorsement, see information on our website: Brynnda Collins, Susan Donaldson, Sarah Nguyen
Hayward
Mayor – Barbara Halliday (Not endorsed/ranked: Mark Salinas)
City Council – Aisha Wahab and Sara Lamnin (Not endorsed/ranked: Mekia Fields, Marvin Peixoto) [Don’t vote for Joe Ramos]
School District Board – Todd E. Davis and April Oquenda
Oakland
Mayor – #1: Saied Karamooz; Sharing #2 & #3: Cat Brooks* and Pamela Price* (Not endorsed/ranked: Ken Houston, Peter Liu, Nancy Sidebotham, Jesse Smith, Marchon Tatmon) [Don’t vote for Schaaf]
Auditor – Courtney Ruby (Not endorsed/ranked: Brenda Roberts)
City Council, District 2 – Sharing #1 & #2: Nikki Fortunato Bas* and Kenzie Donte Smith* [Don’t vote for Guillén]
City Council, District 4 – #1: Sheng Thao, #2: Pam Harris, #3: Nayeli Maxson*, with reservations [Don’t vote for Michelson] (Not endorsed/ranked: Matt Hummel)
City Council, District 6 – Sharing #1 and #2: Marlo Rodriguez* and Mya Whitaker* [Don’t vote for Brooks, Middleton, or Taylor]
School Board, District 2 – [Don’t vote for Eng]
School Board, District 4 – Clarissa Doutherd (Not endorsed/ranked: Gary Yee)
School Board, District 6 – [Don’t vote for Gonzales] (Not endorsed/ranked: Shanthi Gonzales)*This candidate has been ranked, but not endorsed
Union City
New Haven School Board – Sarabjit Kaur Cheema
Special Districts:
A.C. Transit, At-Large – Dollene Jones
A.C. Transit, Ward 4 – Nicholas Harvey (Not endorsed/ranked: Mark Williams)
A.C. Transit, Ward 5 – Diane Shaw, with reservations (Not endorsed/ranked: Kewal Singh)
BART, District 4 – No Endorsement, please see write-up (Not endorsed/ranked: Robert Raburn)
BART, District 6 – No Endorsement, please see write-up (Not endorsed/ranked: Liz Ames, Anu Natarajan)
EBMUD, Ward 7 – No Endorsement, please see write-up (Not endorsed/ranked: Frank Mellon)
EBRPD, Ward 5 – No Endorsement, please see write-up (Not endorsed/ranked: Ayn Wieskamp)
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June 2018
State Assembly, District 15
Jovanka Beckles
Ben Bartlett
Cheryl Sidduth
Dan Kalb
Andy Katz
Owen Poindexter
Raquella Thaman
Sergey Piterman
State Assembly, District 18
No Endorsement. [[Rob Bonta, the incumbent, didn’t return our questionnaire, and the only other candidate on the ballot is a Republican]].
Stephen Slauson
County Offices
Superior Court Judge
No Endorsement [[Karen Katz is challenging the incumbent, Tara Flanagan]].
County Superintendent of Schools
No Endorsement [[Karen Monroe is the unopposed incumbent]]
County School Board, Area 1
Joaquin Rivera [[He is being challenged by Abdur Sikdur]].
County Supervisor, Districts 2 & 3
No Endorsement [[Richard Valle (Dist. 2) and Wilma Chan (3) are the unopposed incumbents.]]
Assessor
Don’t vote for James Johnson or Kevin Lopez [[The other candidates are Phong La and John Weed.]].
Auditor/Controller-Clerk/Recorder
Melissa Wilk [[The other candidate is Irella Blackwood.]].
District Attorney
Pamela Price [[The incumbent is Nancy O’Malley.]]
Sheriff/Coroner
Don’t vote for Ahern [[Greg Ahern is the unopposed incumbent.]]
Treasurer/Tax Collector
No Endorsement [[Henry Levy, who didn’t return our questionnaire, is the (appointed) unopposed incumbent.]]
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November 2016
State Races
State Senate
State Senate, District 9
Nancy_Skinner (Nancy_Skinner_Endorsements)
Sandre_Swanson
State Assembly
State Assembly, District 15
Tony_Thurmond
State Assembly, District 18
Rob_Bonta
County Races
Superior Court Judge
Scott Jackson
Special District Races
AC Transit Director, At-large
Dollene Jones
Chris Peeples
AC Transit Director, Ward 2
Russ Tilleman
Greg Harper
BART Director, District 3
Rebecca Saltzman
Ken Chew — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Worth Freeman — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
BART Director, District 5
Jennifer Hosterman — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
John McPartland — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
BART Director, District 7
Lateefah Simon
Roland Emerson
Will Roscoe
Zakhary Mallett — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
EBRPD Director, Ward 2
Audree Jones-Taylor
Dee Rosario
John Roberts
Kent Fickett
EBRPD Director, Ward 4
Daniel Chesmore
Otis Lee Sanders
Ellen Corbett
Peralta Community College Trustee, Area 6
Karen Weinstein Karen Weinstein – Endorsements
Nick Resnick — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
City Races
Alameda Auditor
Kevin Kearney
Mike McMahon
Alameda City Council
Lena Tam
Tony Daysog
Jennifer Roloff
Marilyn Ashcraft
Malia (Mary) Vella — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Alameda Treasurer
Kevin Kennedy
Jeff Bratzler — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Alameda USD Governing Board Member
Gray Harris
Matt Hettich
Ardella Dailey
Dennis Popalardo
Jennifer Williams
Anne McKereghan — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Albany Board of Education
Clementina Duron
Jon Raj Destin
Kim Trutane
Jacob Clark — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Albany City Council
Nick Pilch
Erik Giesen-Fields
Amber Whitson
Peter Maass
Michael Barnes — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley City Council, District 2
Cheryl Davila
Nanci Armstrong-Temple
Darryl Moore — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley City Council, District 3
Al Murray
Mark Coplan
Ben Bartlett
Deborah Matthews — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley City Council, District 5
Sophie Hahn
Stephen Murphy — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley City Council, District 6
Fred Dodsworth
Isabelle Gaston — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley Mayor
Jesse_Arreguin
Ben Gould
Mike Lee action-book-by-mike-lee
Naomi D. Pete — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Bernt Wahl — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Kriss Worthington — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Zachary RunningWolf — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Berkeley School Board Director
Abdur Sikder
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Judith Appel — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Emeryville City Council
John Bauters
Ally Medina
Brynnda Collins
John van Geffen
Christian Patz
Louise Engel — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Emery USD Governing Board Member
Barbara Inch
Ken Bukowski
Cruz J. Vargas — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Fremont City Council
Cullen Tiernan
Oakland City Attorney
Barbara Parker
Oakland City Council, At-Large
Rebecca Kaplan
Bruce Quan
Matt Hummel
Margaret Moore
Nancy Sidebotham
Oakland City Council, Dist 1
Dan Kalb
Kevin Corbett
Oakland City Council, Dist 3
Lynette Gibson McElhaney
Noni Session
Oakland City Council, Dist 5
Viola Gonzales
Noel Gallo1
Oakland City Council, Dist 7
Nehanda Imara
Marcie Hodge
Larry Reid — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland School Board, D1
Jody London
Don Macleay
Oakland School Board, D3
Benjamin Lang
Jumoke Hinton Hodge — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Kharyshi Wiginton — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Lucky Narain — Replied that he is out of the country and will not be submitting a questionnaire
Oakland School Board, D5
Roseann Torres
Mike Hutchinson
Huber Trendado — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Michael Hassid — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
Oakland School Board, D7
Chris R. Jackson — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
James Harris — Did not reply to our email and phone requests
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June 2016
State Races
State Senate
State Senate, District 9
Nancy_Skinner (Nancy_Skinner_Endorsements)
Sandre_Swanson
Katherine Welch (Katherine_Welch_Endorsements)
State Assembly
State Assembly, District 15
Tony_Thurmond
Claire Chiara – Did not reply to our e-mail and phone requests
State Assembly, District 18
Rob_Bonta
Roseann_Slonsky-Breault
County Races
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 4
Nate_Miley
Bryan Parker – Did not return our questionnaire
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 5
Keith_Carson
Alameda County Board of Education, District 2
Marlon_McWilson
Amber_Childress
Alameda County Board of Education, District 3
Ken_Berrick
Randy_Menjivar
City Races: Hayward
City of Hayward
Hayward City Council
Al_Mendall
Elisa_Márquez
Francisco_Zermeno
Matt McGrath
Mark_Salinas
John_Taylor
Wynn_Grcich
Leo_Ram
Brian M. Schott – Did not seek GPAC endorsement
Kenneth Rollins- Did not return our questionnaire
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