IFPTE Local 21 Endorsements

The people we elect to public office and which ballot measures win or lose has a direct impact on our jobs and our ability to provide the communities we serve with high-quality, public services. Below are the official endorsements of our union, IFPTE Local 21. Our endorsement process is democratic, nonpartisan, and member-driven.

Visit our Endorsements Process & Criteria page for more information about how we make endorsements. 

Click here to see our past endorsements.

Please note that these are endorsements our members have made in each of the regions where we work, but this does not represent the full scope of candidates and measures on the ballot. For recommendations on races that are not listed below, please consider the California Labor Federation’s recommendations

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2024 Primary Election — March 5

State

U.S. Senate

  • Barbara Lee
 

State Senate

  • Kathryn Lybarger, District 7
 

State Assembly

  • Buffy Wicks, District 14
  • Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, District 16
  • Matt Haney, District 17
  • Mia Bonta, District 18
  • Liz Ortega, District 20
  • Alex Lee, District 24
  • Ash Kalra, District 25

East Bay

Alameda County Board of Supervisors

  • Nate Miley, District 4
  • Nikki Fortunato Bas, District 5

Alameda County Democratic Central Committee

  • Sarah Price*, Assembly District 14
  • Iris Merriouns*, Assembly District 18
 
* = former/current Local 21 member

Contra County Board of Supervisors

  • Diane Burgis, District 3
  • Shanelle Scales-Preston, District 5

Oakland City Auditor

  • Michael Houston

YES on Measure H: Berkeley Unified School District Parcel Tax 

San Francisco

YES on Proposition A: Affordable Housing Bond

YES on Proposition B: Police Officer Staffing Levels Conditioned on Amending Existing or Future Tax Funding

NO on Proposition C: Transfer Tax Exemption 

YES on Proposition D: Changes to Local Ethics Laws

NO on Proposition F: Welfare Drug Testing

San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee – Labor and Working Families Slate (Assembly District 17): John Avalos*, Patrick Bell, Gloria Berry, Vick Chung, Peter Gallotta*, Kristen Hardy, Jane Kim, Jeremy Lee, Anita Martinez, Michael Nguyen, Joshua Rudy Ochoa, Sal Rosselli, Sydney Simpson, Adolfo Velasquez

San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee – Labor and Working Families Slate (Assembly District 19): Connie Chan*, Queena Chen, Sandra Lee Fewer, Natalie Gee*, Greg Hardeman, Frances Hsieh*, Hene Kelly, Leah LaCroix*, Gordon Mar, Mano Raju

 

* = former/current Local 21 member

South Bay

San Jose City Council

  • Babu Prasad, District 2
  • Domingo Candelas, District 8
  • Lenka Wright, District 10

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors 

  • Betty Duong, District 2
  • Otto Lee, District 3


2024 General Election — November 5

East Bay

Oakland City Attorney

  • Ryan Richardson 

Oakland City Council 

  • Zach Unger, District 1
  • Carroll Fife, District 3

Richmond City Council

  • Claudia Jimenez, District 6

San Francisco

Board of Supervisors

  • Connie Chan, District 1
  • Dean Preston, District 5
  • Myrna Melgar, District 7
  • Jackie Fielder, District 9