Here are our endorsements for the Nov. 4 special statewide election and the Dec. 30 Santa Clara County runoff. To read the full editorials, click on the links below.
Fligor is ready to be Santa Clara County assessor. Her opponent is not.
Neysa Fligor is, far and away, the best candidate to lead the office responsible for setting tax values for more than 500,000 properties assessed at more than $750 billion. Currently second in command, Fligor is responsible for the 250-person office’s day-to-day operations. Our editorial board endorsed Fligor in the special election. The seriousness of this job and the unseriousness of her opponent compel us to weigh in again for the runoff.
Kumar vs. Fligor: Santa Clara County assessor candidates make final pitches for Dec. 30 runoff
We asked the two remaining candidates to articulate why they deserve your vote. Here are the commentaries by Rishi Kumar and Neysa Fligor.
Opinion: Current Santa Clara County holiday season election wasteful and avoidable
Ranked choice voting could have saved taxpayers the $13 million cost of the Dec. 30 assessor race runoff
Yes on Proposition 50
California redistricting: Republican legislators in Texas, North Carolina and other states are redrawing their congressional district maps to deliver President Trump more seats. No state has more to lose than California if Trump gets away with manufacturing a House majority.
Borenstein: Proposition 50 provides California’s only hope to rein in Trump.
Gov. Newsom’s measure on Nov. 4 ballot, responding to Texas redistricting, aims to stop president from stealing an election
No on Santa Clara County Measure A
Sales tax increase: The Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will squeeze Santa Clara County health care funding. But raising local taxes is not the solution. County supervisors should first stem their rapidly escalating spending, which has doubled in the past eight years and ranks highest per capita by far of the 10 largest California counties.
PRO/CON: Measure A would increase Santa Clara County sales tax. Is it worth it?
Adding another five-eighths cent levy to purchases would push the rate to at least 9.75% with San Jose higher at 10%.
No on Alameda County Measure B
Parcel tax: In Fremont, Newark, Union City and a small part of South Hayward a tax of $5 per 100 square feet of building area would help fund the Washington Township Health Care District. But the district’s arguments for the measure are misleading, and officials are unwilling to discuss specifics of how they plan to address their financial shortfall.
News coverage of the Nov. 4 election
Click here to read the Mercury News and East Bay Times news coverage of election.
