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.

Los Angeles County

No on Los Angeles County Measure A

No on Los Angeles County Measure G

No on Los Angeles Unified School District Measure US

Nathan Hochman for Los Angeles County District Attorney

Mike Garcia for Congress in the 27th 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

Steven Choi for California State Senate in the 37th District

Janet Nguyen for Orange County supervisor

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 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 state Senate in the 19th District

Greg Wallis for Assembly

Bill Essayli for Assembly

Leticia Castillo for Assembly

Treasure Ortiz for San Bernardino City Council

Henry Nickel for San Bernardino City Council