CAGOP Announces Positions on Ten State Ballot Measures
Polling Shows Propositions 5 and 33 Too Close To Call
The California Republican Party has announced its positions on the 10 propositions that voters will face in the 2024 election.
CAGOP recommends a “NO” vote on Proposition 5, which would lower the voting threshold for approval for certain local bonds. The most recent PPIC poll showed 50% of voters voting “no” and 49% voting “yes”, a statistical tie due to the margin of error. Because of a confusing ballot title and summary written by the state attorney general, voters may not understand that this measure would lower the approval requirement from two-thirds to 55% for local housing and infrastructure bonds. The two-thirds requirement has been in the California constitution since 1879 to protect against excessive borrowing.
CAGOP recommends a “NO” vote on Proposition 33 which would allow cities and counties to impose rent control on any housing and would prohibit the state from limiting the right of local communities to enact or expand rent control. Similar measures placed on the ballot twice before by the Aids Healthcare Foundation have been defeated by California voters. Many experts fear that such a measure would worsen California’s housing shortage and create long term financial incentives that discourage housing production. Alarmingly, the PPIC poll shows voters supporting this measure 51%-46%.
By contrast, CAGOP recommends a “YES” vote on Proposition 36 which would aggregate the value of thefts committed by repeat offenders and add non-prescription fentanyl to the list of hard drugs. It also creates a new class of crime called a “treatment-mandated felony” where offenders would be given a choice between treatment and jail time. The recent PPIC poll show Californians supporting this measure 71% to 26%.
Below is a chart showing both California Republican and Democratic Party positions on this fall’s 10 ballot measures. This is a unique chance for Republicans to make their voice heard in California!
Source: Swing Strategies
For a more information please see our BayAreaGOP.com ballot measure page.
CAGOP Announces Positions on Ten State Ballot Measures
Polling Shows Propositions 5 and 33 Too Close To Call
The California Republican Party has announced its positions on the 10 propositions that voters will face in the 2024 election.
CAGOP recommends a “NO” vote on Proposition 5, which would lower the voting threshold for approval for certain local bonds. The most recent PPIC poll showed 50% of voters voting “no” and 49% voting “yes”, a statistical tie due to the margin of error. Because of a confusing ballot title and summary written by the state attorney general, voters may not understand that this measure would lower the approval requirement from two-thirds to 55% for local housing and infrastructure bonds. The two-thirds requirement has been in the California constitution since 1879 to protect against excessive borrowing.
CAGOP recommends a “NO” vote on Proposition 33 which would allow cities and counties to impose rent control on any housing and would prohibit the state from limiting the right of local communities to enact or expand rent control. Similar measures placed on the ballot twice before by the Aids Healthcare Foundation have been defeated by California voters. Many experts fear that such a measure would worsen California’s housing shortage and create long term financial incentives that discourage housing production. Alarmingly, the PPIC poll shows voters supporting this measure 51%-46%.
By contrast, CAGOP recommends a “YES” vote on Proposition 36 which would aggregate the value of thefts committed by repeat offenders and add non-prescription fentanyl to the list of hard drugs. It also creates a new class of crime called a “treatment-mandated felony” where offenders would be given a choice between treatment and jail time. The recent PPIC poll show Californians supporting this measure 71% to 26%.
Below is a chart showing both California Republican and Democratic Party positions on this fall’s 10 ballot measures. This is a unique chance for Republicans to make their voice heard in California!
Source: Swing Strategies
For a more information please see our BayAreaGOP.com ballot measure page.
LIST OF UPCOMING GOP EVENTS
- Anita Chen for Congress Campaign Sprint
Saturday, October 19, 2024 / 9:00 am – Cardoza Park, 1525 Kennedy Drive, Milpitas
- Peter Hernandez for Congress: Take Back Our Country Concert with Special Guest Trey Taylor
Saturday, October 19, 2024 / 11:00 am – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , Gilroy
- Reception in Support of Yes on 36
Sunday, October 20, 2024 / 4:30 pm – Harvest Inn, 1 Main Streeet, St. Helena
- Monterey County GOP: Harvest Fest
Sunday, October 20, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Marina Library, 190 Seaside Circle, Marina
- SCRWF: October Luncheon featuring Franklin Bodine
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 / 11:30 am – Seascape Golf Club, , Aptos
- SVACR: How Important is the Second Amendment? Featuring Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 9:00 am – Three Flames, 1547 Meridian Ave, San Jose
- Marin Republican Women Federated: Male, Female, or ???? What you can and must do now! Featuring Erin Friday
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 11:30 am – The Club at McInnis, , San Rafael
- Marin GOP: Steve Hilton Live In Marin
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Avenue, Novato
- SPARC: The California Left Coast Survivor’s Guide featuring Tim Anaya
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Fremont Hills Country Club, 12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos Hills
- Log Cabin Republicans SF: State and Regional Propositions featuring Thomas Rubin and Kevin Krick
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:30 pm – Sausage Factory, , San Francisco
- Hoover Institution: Presidential Transitions – National Security featuring Condoleezza Rice and Stephen J. Hadley
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 10:00 am – Online (Via Zoom), ,
- Independent Institute: The Business of Liberty and the Liberty of Business featuring Alan Dershowitz
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Independent Institute , 100 Swan Way , Oakland
- Independent Institute: The Business of Liberty and the Liberty of Business featuring Alan Dershowitz, Gregory J. Robson and Christopher Freiman
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way, Oakland
- Assemblyman Joe Patterson: Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers Game
Sunday, October 27, 2024 / 5:20 pm – Levi Stadium, 4900 Marie P Debartolo Way, Santa Clara
- Alameda County Republican Party: Election Integrity Team (Every Wednesday via Zoom)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Online (Via Zoom), ,
- Election Day 2024
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / N/A – , ,
- SCRWF: Election Night Potluck and Watch Party
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , Santa Cruz
- San Mateo GOP: Election Night Watch Party
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , San Carlos
- Commonwealth Club: California’s Ethnic Studies Controversy – Launch of a Curricular Alternative
Thursday, November 7, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley: Behind the War on Free Speech featuring Michael Shellenberger
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / 6:15 pm – IFES Portuguese Hall, 432 Stierlin Road, Mountain View
- Mt Diablo Republican Club: How Socialism and Communism Affect Higher Education featuring Phillip Magness
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Alamo Womens Club , 1401 Danville Blvd, Danville
- Santa Cruz RWF: November Coffee Talk and Social
Thursday, November 14, 2024 / 10:00 am – California Coffee, 9105 Soquel Drive, Aptos
- East Bay Republican Club: Annual Fall Luncheon featuring Dr. Steve Camarota
Thursday, November 14, 2024 / 11:30 am – Trader Vics Restaurant, , Emeryville
- Silicon Valley Braver Angels: In-Person Families and Politics Workshop
Saturday, November 16, 2024 / 9:00 am – True Fellowship in San Jose (Odd Fellows Lodge 52), 1035 Emory Street, San Jose
- Palo Alto RWF: November Speaker Series featuring Steve Hilton – SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / 11:30 am – Baylands Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto
- American Legion Post 642: Wreaths Across America 2024
Saturday, December 14, 2024 / 10:00 am – Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 22555 Cristo Rey Dr, Los Altos
Min Chang Would Bring Business Experience to SF Unified Board
by Roger Riffenburgh
As the San Francisco Unified School District faces a fiscal crisis, it would benefit greatly from her business experience, says school board candidate Min Chang. She has extensive experience in managing and transforming businesses as a CEO, a strategist, a financial analyst, and a proven leader. She says, “Experience matters especially now for the Board of Education. I am a CEO and know how to balance budgets, turnaround organizations and manage resources effectively. We need this now more than ever.”
Chang is the CEO of a non-profit company in San Francisco which provides in-home care for individuals and caregiver training throughout California. Prior to that, she was Chief Strategy Officer at On Lok, a senior health services provider in San Francisco.
She has had a series of interesting and challenging jobs for over 35 years. They include working for Otis Elevator based in Singapore and doing management consulting for Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture in New York and Philadelphia. She led procurement for Honeywell and became a division president for the Asia Pacific Africa and Mid-East regions at Omnicom Group, working out of Shanghai. She served as CEO of Kin On Healthcare in Seattle and then as CEO of MicroSurgical Technology.
“Because I am not from the educational system, I can bring an outside voice, best practices from the business world like fiscal responsibility and operational excellence as well as different perspectives to challenge the norm and find unique solutions to our problems.”
Min Chang says, “I am running to be part of the San Francisco Board of Education because I want to do for public schools, what public schools did for me.” Her family came to the United States as immigrants when she was a child; she received encouragement and support from public school teachers and ultimately earned graduate degrees from top universities. She believes every child should have the kind of support that she had.
Min Chang was born in Taiwan and then lived in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where her father was working in agriculture for the Taiwanese government, and the local language was French. After her family immigrated to the United States, she started second grade in a public school in Maryland. She is very proud to have attended public schools and appreciates the encouragement that she received from her teachers.
After her family moved to Pennsylvania, Chang attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in both economics and finance. She subsequently earned a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More recently she also earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in international affairs at Johns Hopkins University.
Min Chang speaks English, French, and Chinese. For fun she has been learning ballet at the SF Ballet. She and her husband live in Rincon Hill and are very proud of their two daughters, a journalist and a law student. You can learn more about Min Chang on her campaign website, VoteforMin.com . You can watch her campaign video here.
Virtual CAGOP Election Integrity Trainings
Voter Education Trainings
Ballot Harvesting & Curing Trainings
Poll Observer Trainings
Applying to Become a Poll Worker Trainings
California Citizens Redistricting Commission – District Viewer
The Commission has developed a district viewer that allows you to more easily navigate visualizations and zoom in and out of geographic areas while layering congressional, State Senate and Assembly boundaries.
Min Chang Would Bring Business Experience to SF Unified Board
by Roger Riffenburgh
As the San Francisco Unified School District faces a fiscal crisis, it would benefit greatly from her business experience, says school board candidate Min Chang. She has extensive experience in managing and transforming businesses as a CEO, a strategist, a financial analyst, and a proven leader. She says, “Experience matters especially now for the Board of Education. I am a CEO and know how to balance budgets, turnaround organizations and manage resources effectively. We need this now more than ever.”
Chang is the CEO of a non-profit company in San Francisco which provides in-home care for individuals and caregiver training throughout California. Prior to that, she was Chief Strategy Officer at On Lok, a senior health services provider in San Francisco.
She has had a series of interesting and challenging jobs for over 35 years. They include working for Otis Elevator based in Singapore and doing management consulting for Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture in New York and Philadelphia. She led procurement for Honeywell and became a division president for the Asia Pacific Africa and Mid-East regions at Omnicom Group, working out of Shanghai. She served as CEO of Kin On Healthcare in Seattle and then as CEO of MicroSurgical Technology.
“Because I am not from the educational system, I can bring an outside voice, best practices from the business world like fiscal responsibility and operational excellence as well as different perspectives to challenge the norm and find unique solutions to our problems.”
Min Chang says, “I am running to be part of the San Francisco Board of Education because I want to do for public schools, what public schools did for me.” Her family came to the United States as immigrants when she was a child; she received encouragement and support from public school teachers and ultimately earned graduate degrees from top universities. She believes every child should have the kind of support that she had.
Min Chang was born in Taiwan and then lived in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where her father was working in agriculture for the Taiwanese government, and the local language was French. After her family immigrated to the United States, she started second grade in a public school in Maryland. She is very proud to have attended public schools and appreciates the encouragement that she received from her teachers.
After her family moved to Pennsylvania, Chang attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in both economics and finance. She subsequently earned a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More recently she also earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in international affairs at Johns Hopkins University.
Min Chang speaks English, French, and Chinese. For fun she has been learning ballet at the SF Ballet. She and her husband live in Rincon Hill and are very proud of their two daughters, a journalist and a law student. You can learn more about Min Chang on her campaign website, VoteforMin.com . You can watch her campaign video here.
Virtual CAGOP Election Integrity Trainings
Voter Education Trainings
Ballot Harvesting & Curing Trainings
Poll Observer Trainings
Applying to Become a Poll Worker Trainings
California Citizens Redistricting Commission – District Viewer
The Commission has developed a district viewer that allows you to more easily navigate visualizations and zoom in and out of geographic areas while layering congressional, State Senate and Assembly boundaries.
LIST OF UPCOMING GOP EVENTS
- Anita Chen for Congress Campaign Sprint
Saturday, October 19, 2024 / 9:00 am – Cardoza Park, 1525 Kennedy Drive, Milpitas
- Peter Hernandez for Congress: Take Back Our Country Concert with Special Guest Trey Taylor
Saturday, October 19, 2024 / 11:00 am – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , Gilroy
- Reception in Support of Yes on 36
Sunday, October 20, 2024 / 4:30 pm – Harvest Inn, 1 Main Streeet, St. Helena
- Monterey County GOP: Harvest Fest
Sunday, October 20, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Marina Library, 190 Seaside Circle, Marina
- SCRWF: October Luncheon featuring Franklin Bodine
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 / 11:30 am – Seascape Golf Club, , Aptos
- SVACR: How Important is the Second Amendment? Featuring Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 9:00 am – Three Flames, 1547 Meridian Ave, San Jose
- Marin Republican Women Federated: Male, Female, or ???? What you can and must do now! Featuring Erin Friday
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 11:30 am – The Club at McInnis, , San Rafael
- Marin GOP: Steve Hilton Live In Marin
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Avenue, Novato
- SPARC: The California Left Coast Survivor’s Guide featuring Tim Anaya
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Fremont Hills Country Club, 12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos Hills
- Log Cabin Republicans SF: State and Regional Propositions featuring Thomas Rubin and Kevin Krick
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / 6:30 pm – Sausage Factory, , San Francisco
- Hoover Institution: Presidential Transitions – National Security featuring Condoleezza Rice and Stephen J. Hadley
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 10:00 am – Online (Via Zoom), ,
- Independent Institute: The Business of Liberty and the Liberty of Business featuring Alan Dershowitz
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Independent Institute , 100 Swan Way , Oakland
- Independent Institute: The Business of Liberty and the Liberty of Business featuring Alan Dershowitz, Gregory J. Robson and Christopher Freiman
Thursday, October 24, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way, Oakland
- Assemblyman Joe Patterson: Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers Game
Sunday, October 27, 2024 / 5:20 pm – Levi Stadium, 4900 Marie P Debartolo Way, Santa Clara
- Alameda County Republican Party: Election Integrity Team (Every Wednesday via Zoom)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Online (Via Zoom), ,
- Election Day 2024
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / N/A – , ,
- SCRWF: Election Night Potluck and Watch Party
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , Santa Cruz
- San Mateo GOP: Election Night Watch Party
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Location Provided Upon RSVP, , San Carlos
- Commonwealth Club: California’s Ethnic Studies Controversy – Launch of a Curricular Alternative
Thursday, November 7, 2024 / 6:00 pm – Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley: Behind the War on Free Speech featuring Michael Shellenberger
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / 6:15 pm – IFES Portuguese Hall, 432 Stierlin Road, Mountain View
- Mt Diablo Republican Club: How Socialism and Communism Affect Higher Education featuring Phillip Magness
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / 5:30 pm – Alamo Womens Club , 1401 Danville Blvd, Danville
- Santa Cruz RWF: November Coffee Talk and Social
Thursday, November 14, 2024 / 10:00 am – California Coffee, 9105 Soquel Drive, Aptos
- East Bay Republican Club: Annual Fall Luncheon featuring Dr. Steve Camarota
Thursday, November 14, 2024 / 11:30 am – Trader Vics Restaurant, , Emeryville
- Silicon Valley Braver Angels: In-Person Families and Politics Workshop
Saturday, November 16, 2024 / 9:00 am – True Fellowship in San Jose (Odd Fellows Lodge 52), 1035 Emory Street, San Jose
- Palo Alto RWF: November Speaker Series featuring Steve Hilton – SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / 11:30 am – Baylands Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto
- American Legion Post 642: Wreaths Across America 2024
Saturday, December 14, 2024 / 10:00 am – Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 22555 Cristo Rey Dr, Los Altos