My November 2026 ‘Deep Slate

LAST UPDATED: 9AM, 10/28/2026

Hi everyone!

It’s a big election for the country, the state, and locally. I’m hopeful about the midterms, but still… 🤞🏽🫪

Everyone wants to talk about the Billionaire Tax, and I get it: it’s great and terrible and confusing and obvious all at once. It was easily the toughest call on this ballot.

The races nearest and dearest to my 💙, though, are all San Francisco ones:

• It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Regional Transit Measure and Prop H.
• We have a BIG congressional contest that’s unbelievably INANE. There’s a GREAT candidate and… well, I’m sure she has her good qualities, but they aren’t apparent in her work.
• The never-ending Sunset Dunes fight gave me one of my all-time favorite Deep Slate write-ups (💔 is hard), but my wife says Prop 44 is better.

Also, this is the biggest ’Deep Slate ever, more than 1.5x the size of my previous longest 😳. And I think it’s the best researched ever, and it took the longest to write. The reason: AI for research is amazing (but fear not: 100% of the writing and thinking is me).

That said, I worry it’s too much of a good thing 🤔: too long for you to read, and too much work for me to keep doing. I’ll discuss more in the post’s comments, but it would mean a lot to hear what you think: Is all this a better ’DeepSlate?

Thank you for caring by voting,
‘deep
 
And if you like this, please forward it to anyone who might care!

(Thank-yous, #votingstickerselfie and the email list are at the bottom now.)

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The latest edition of my San Francisco & California Voter Guide.

Ok. Let’s all take a deep breath. I know I need one. No one can say who’s gonna win next week and the stress of it all is nearly killing me.

Like all times of stress, I spend a lot of time trying to do something about it.

If you’re in a place where you can do something, PLEASE DO. The best would be to go to a swing state this weekend and knock doors! (SF Dems and Manny’s are taking groups to Reno!)

Kimberly and I are going to Pennsylvania this weekend, to spend more time knocking doors. I was there for 2 weeks earlier this month and it was incredibly rewarding and felt like one of the best ways I could make a difference (other than donate $$$). Then Kimberly, Aja and I all went to Reno with Manny’s to knock more doors.

If you want to do something closer to home, Kimberly’s been writing letters with VoteFoward and Manny’s and SF Dems are phonebanking as well!

Ping me if you want any details on that sort of stuff! And big shout out to everyone who’s already out there doing THE WORK in whatever capacity you can!

Anyway, regardless of the national scene, we have to take care of business here in the Bay Area and CA (every trip to a swing state makes me more and more thankful for our home – warts and all!). So here’s my voting advice, as usual….

If you want me to email you this (no spam!), every SF election cycle, send me an email and I’ll add you to my email list.

GO VOTE!

Thx
‘deep

.ps Wondering things like: What is this? How did I come up with these? Click here. Wanna know where to vote? Or stuff about Oakland or San Jose? Click here.

.pps BIG THANKS to all of you who asked for my recommendations over the years. I’m truly honored by your interest! And HUGE thanks to Kimberly, my lovely wife, for proofreading this and also for being so supportive of all my meetings and involvements!

.pps: Don’t forget to #votingstickerselfie AFTER YOU VOTE! (Take a pic with your voting sticker on your nose and hashtag it as #votingstickerselfie everywhere you can!)

UPDATE 11/1: Here’s our #votingstickerselfie from the plane to PA!

OK – let’s do this!

THE LIST:

Notes:

• If you just want this list as a handy, printable text version, just click here.
• The more CAPITALS, the more strongly I feel about it – especially on ballot measures.
• Click the title link to jump to the details for that item.
• Click here to download plain text version.

FEDERAL:

President: Kamala Harris/Tim Walz
Senate: (Next term): Adam Schiff
Senate: (Current term): Adam Schiff
House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi

STATE:

State Senator: Scott Wiener
State Assembly D17: Matt Haney
State Assembly D19: Catherine Stefani

Prop 2: California School Facilities Bond: Yes
Prop 3: Protect Marriage Equality: Yes
Prop 4: Climate Risk Mitigation Bond: YES
Prop 5: Voter Approval Reform for Affordable Housing & Public Infrastructure: yes
Prop 6: Ban Forced Prison Labor: YES
Prop 32: Raise CA Minimum Wage: Yes
Prop 33: Local Control of Rent Control: No
Prop 34: Revenge Ballot Measure for Prop 33: NO
Prop 35: Medical Funding Tax on Managed Care: no
Prop 36: Increase Sentencing for Certain Offenses: No

SAN FRANCISCO:

School Board:
Parag Gupta
Jaime Huling
John Jersin
Supryia Ray

Community College Board:
Ruth Ferguson
Heather McCarty
Luis Zamora

BART Board D7: Dana Lang
BART Board D9: Edward Wright

Mayor: London Breed (#1), Aaron Peskin (#2)

Supervisor D1: Jen Nossokoff
Supervisor D3: Danny Sauter
Supervisor D5: Bilal Mahmood
Supervisor D7: Myrna Melgar
Supervisor D9: Trevor Chandler (UPDATED see below)
Supervisor D11: EJ Jones (#1), Michael Lai (#2)

City Attorney: David Chiu
District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh
Sheriff: Paul Miyamoto
Treasurer: Jose Cisneros

Prop A: Local School Facilities Bond: YES
Prop B: SF Public Infrastructure: YES
Prop C: Inspector General: YES
Prop D: Arbitrary Commission Reform: NO
Prop E: Better Commission Reform: Yes
Prop F: Bad Police Retirement Scheme: NO
Prop G: Budget Set-aside for Super Low Income Housing: yes
Prop H: Bad Firefighter Retirement Scheme: NO
Prop I: Meh Nurse Recruitment Plan: no
Prop J: Oversight for Children’s Fund Spending: yes
Prop K: Great Highway Park: YES-YES-YES
Prop L: Ride Hail Tax for Muni: YES
Prop M: Gross Receipts Tax Update: Yes
Prop N: Needless Ballot Measure for First Responders: no
Prop O: Reaffirm Abortion Rights (in case of Project 2025): Yes

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The latest edition of my San Francisco & California Voter Guide.

Howdy campers! It’s that time again: Election time!

There are numerous important ballot measures on the ballot, affecting housing, policing & the mental health/homeless crisis, so please vote!

As if that were not enough, the political war between SF “moderates” and “progressives” is in full swing, in leading up to the November presidential election, to secure power and shape the course of that heavy-turnout election.

If you want me to email you this (no spam!), every SF election cycle, send me an email & I’ll add you to my email list.

GO VOTE!

Thx
‘deep

.ps Wondering things like: What is this? How did I come up with these? Click here. Wanna know where to vote? Or stuff about Oakland or San Jose? Click here.

.pps BIG THANKS to all of you who asked for my recommendations over the years. I’m truly honored by your interest! And HUGE thanks to Kimberly, my lovely wife, for proofreading this and also for being so supportive of all my meetings and involvements!

.pps: Don’t forget to #votingstickerselfie AFTER YOU VOTE! (Take a pic with your voting sticker on your nose & hashtag it as #votingstickerselfie everywhere you can!)

OK – let’s do this!

THE LIST:

Notes:

• If you just want this list as a handy, printable text version, just click here.
• The more CAPITALS, the more strongly I feel about it – especially on ballot measures.
• Click the title link to jump to the details for that item.
• Click here to download plain text version.

FEDERAL:

President: Joe Biden

DCCC 17: (14 open seats):

• Carrie Barnes
• Trevor Chandler
• Emma Heiken
• Michael Lai
• Jane Kim
• Bilal Mahmood
• Michael Nguyen
• Joe Sangirardi
• Frank Tizedes
• Lyn Werbach
• Luis Zamora

DCCC 19: (10 open seats):

• Sara Barz
• Daniel Calamuci
• Mike Chen
• Jen Nossokoff
• Brian Quan

US Senate Full Term: Barbara Lee
US Senate Partial Term: Barbara Lee
Congress D11: Nancy Pelosi

STATE:

State Senator D11: Scott Wiener
State Assembly D17: Matt Haney
State Assembly D19: Catherine Stefani

Prop 1: Mental Health Bonds Authorization: YES

JUDICIAL:

Superior Court, Seat 1: Michael Isaku Begert
Superior Court, Seat 13: Patrick S. Thompson

Prop A: San Francisco Affordable Housing Bonds: YES
Prop B: Police Staffing: NO
Prop C: Temporary Transfer Tax Exemption for Office to Residential Conversions: YES
Prop D: Ethics Policy Changes: Yes
Prop E: Policing Policy Changes & Meeting Requirements: NO
Prop F: Drug Screening for CAAP Benefits: NO
Prop G: Teaching Algebra in 8th Grade: no/yes doesn’t matter

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The latest edition of my San Francisco & California Voter Guide…

Yep. Two San Francisco elections down this year and 2 more to go, including this one. Yeah, it’s a lot – we had a special election for the School Board recall, then an April election, now this primary election & finally, in November, there will be the general election. And yes – you did vote for some of these folks already this year because of the primaries. ¯\_(?)_/¯ 

Nonetheless, there are numerous important things on the ballot – so…

GO VOTE!

Thx
‘deep

.ps Wondering things like: What is this? How did I come up with these? Click here. Wanna know where to vote? Or stuff about Oakland or San Jose? Click here.

.pps BIG THANKS to all of you who asked for my recommendations over the years. I’m truly honored by your interest! And HUGE thanks for Kimberly, my lovely wife, for proofreading this and also for being so supportive of all my meetings and involvements!

.pps: Don’t forget to #votingstickerselfie AFTER YOU VOTE! (Take a pic with your voting sticker on your nose & hashtag it as #votingstickerselfie everywhere you can!)

OK – let’s do this!

THE LIST:

(Click the title for details on each endorsement)

FEDERAL:

Senate (Full Term): Alex Padilla
Senate (Partial Term): Alex Padilla
House of Representatives (D11): Nancy Pelosi
House of Representatives (D15): Kevin Mullin

STATE:

Governor: Gavin Newsom
Lt. Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State: Shirley Weber
Controller: Ron Galperin
Treasurer: Ugh No.
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner: Marc Levine
Board of Equalization District 2: Abstain
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
CA Assembly (D17): Matt Haney
CA Assembly (D19): Phil Ting

SAN FRANCISCO:

City Attorney: David Chiu

Prop A: Muni Reliability and Street Safety Bond: YES
Prop B: Building Inspection Commission Reform: Yes
Prop C: Recall Reform: YES
Prop D: Duplicative Office of Victims Rights: No
Prop E: Behested Payments Limits: Yes
Prop F: Garbage and Disposal Contract Oversight: Yes
Prop G: Public Health Emergency Leave: no
Prop H: YASR (Yet Another Stupid Recall): NO

Notes:

• If you just want this list as a handy, printable text version, just click here.
• The more CAPITALS, the more strongly I feel about it – especially on ballot measures.
• Click the title link to jump to the details for that item.

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Wow. This feels like the election of my lifetime… and maybe of my 5 year old’s lifetime too. And that would be true even if 2020 had been a *normal* year.

Be strong. Be safe. Be kind. Let’s get this done. GO VOTE!

‘deep

.ps: Continue the tradition: #votingstickerselfie AFTER YOU VOTE: Take a pic with your voting sticker on your nose and hashtag it as #votingstickerselfie!

.pps: If you…

• Like what you read, please do let me know! Questions, criticisms, comments welcome!
• Want to know where to vote, am I registered?, has my ballot been counted? etc, jump to the Extras below.
• Want to get an email when I post the next ‘Deep Slate, just email me!

.ppps: Oakland? or San Jose? check out the Extras section.

WHAT IS THIS?:

Every San Francisco election cycle, I put out my “‘Deep Slate” voter guide. This post is my guide for this election!

The format of this post is:

1. The LIST: the simple list of my endorsements for this election.
2. The DETAILS: the whys and wherefores of each endorsement. This is how I arrived at each position.
3. My VALUES: a brief explanation of my values and sources, to help make sense of my opinions.
4. Sources: a collection of my sources and a tiny bit about how I arrive at my endorsements.
5. Extras: If you want to know where to vote, or want to find older ‘Deep Slates, or some Oakland/San Jose stuff…

Also note that a few days after the election, you can come back and check the RESULTS by clicking here.

THANKS:

Thanks, as always, to the number of folks who have asked me for my opinions. I say it every time but it is quite true: I really am honored by your interest.

And big props to my lovely wife, for proofreading this and also for being so supportive of all my meetings and involvements!

So without further preamble, let’s dive in! (damn, that was a lot of preamble)

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Wow. It’s finally time. With any luck, tomorrow will be the beginning of the end of the most disastrous presidency ever (probably – but certainly in my lifetime.) I’m sure most folks are totally focused on the California Presidential Primary race and I get it! but there are also other important races so please vote for them too!

Seriously – GO VOTE!

‘deep

.ps: Let’s continue the tradition: #votingstickerselfie. AFTER YOU VOTE: Take a pic with your voting sticker on your nose and hashtag it as #votingstickerselfie!

.pps: If you:

• Like what you read, please do let me know! Also questions, criticisms, comments welcome!
• Want to know where to vote, jump to the Extras below.
• Want to get an email when I post the next ‘Deep Slate, just email me!

.ppps: Oakland? or San Jose? check out the Extras section.

WHAT IS THIS?:

Every San Francisco election cycle, I put out my “‘Deep Slate” voter guide. Here is my guide for this election!

The format of this post is as follows:

1. The LIST: the simple list of my endorsements for this election.
2. The DETAILS: the whys and wherefores of each endorsement. This is how I arrived at each position.
3. My VALUES: a brief explanation of my values and sources, to help make sense of my opinions.
4. Sources: a collection of my sources and a tiny bit about how I arrive at my endorsements.
5. Extras: If you want to know where to vote, or want to find older ‘Deep Slates, or some Oakland/San Jose stuff.

Also note that a few days after the election, you can come back and check the RESULTS by clicking here.

THANKS:

Thanks, as always, to the folks who asked for my opinions: I really am honored by your interest.

And big props to my lovely wife, for proofreading this and also for being so supportive of all my meetings and involvements!

So without further preamble, let’s dive in! (damn, that was a lot of preamble…)

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