Over the course of this year, our editorial board has surveyed hundreds of candidates, conducted several dozen interviews and issued dozens of endorsements in races across Southern California. Here are our endorsements to date for the November 2024 elections. You can read full endorsements on our website in the Opinion section to understand our reasons for our decisions.
State ballot measures
No on Proposition 2: A highly expensive, poorly designed state bond for schools.
Yes on Proposition 3: Secure the rights of same-sex couples to marry.
No on Proposition 4: A grab-bag of pork in the name of climate change.
No on Proposition 5: This measure will make it easier for cities to ram through bonds and thereby raise property taxes.
No on Proposition 6: There’s nothing wrong with requiring prisoners convicted of crimes to work.
No on Proposition 32: Minimum wage hikes won’t make California more affordable.
No on Proposition 33: Rent control doesn’t work and it will never work.
Yes on Proposition 34: The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has abused our democratic system and must be stopped.
No on Proposition 35: Medi-Cal funding shouldn’t be up to voters to figure out.
No Proposition 36: Don’t buy the hype. This measure will imprison petty criminals, not make us safer.
Los Angeles County
No on Los Angeles County Measure A
No on Los Angeles County Measure E
No on Los Angeles County Measure G
No on Pomona Measure Y
No on Torrance Measure TC
No on Los Angeles Charter Amendment FF
No on LAUSD Measure US
Nathan Hochman for Los Angeles County District Attorney
Mike Garcia for Congress in the 27th District
Robert Garcia for Congress in thr 42nd District
Suzette Martinez Valladares for state Senate in the 23rd District
Patrick Lee Gipson in the 40th District
Dan Chang for Los Angeles Unified school board in District 3
Orange County
Young Kim for Congress in the 40th District
Michelle Steel for Congress in the 45th District
Scott Baugh for Congress in the 47th District
Matt Gunderson for Congress in the 49th District
Steven Choi for California State Senate in the 37th District
Janet Nguyen for Orange County supervisor
Tri Ta for Assembly in the 70th District
Diane Dixon for Assembly in the 72nd District
Laurie Davies for Assembly in the 74th District
Fred Jung, Nicholas Dunlap and Jamie Valencia for Fullerton City Council
Rhonda Bolton, Dan Kalmick and Natalie Moser for Huntington Beach City Council
No on Huntington Beach Measure U
No on Measure FF, Measure CC and Measure DD in Santa Ana
No on all the bonds, from Measure G through P
Inland Empire
No on San Bernardino County Measure L
Elizabeth Tucker for Riverside County Superior Court judge
Jose Medina for Riverside County supervisor
Jay Obernolte for Congress in the 23rd District
Ken Calvert for Congress in the 41st District
Norma Torres for Congress in the 35th District
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh for Senate in the 19th District
Greg Wallis for Assembly in the 47th District
Bill Essayli for Assembly in the 63rd District
Leticia Castillo for Assembly in the 58th District
James Ramos for Assembly in the 45th District
Treasure Ortiz for San Bernardino City Council
Henry Nickel for San Bernardino City Council
Lynne Kennedy for Rancho Cucamonga City Council
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