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www.montereycountynow.com OCTOBER 17-23, 2024 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 21 Endorsements Our Editorial Board’s picks in local, state and federal elections for Nov. 5, 2024. By the Weekly Editorial Board FORUM Our endorsement process is based on interviews and written questionnaires, as well as the past records of candidates. (You can read more about our reasoning in the Oct. 10 print edition of the Weekly, or online at montereycountynow.com.)The list below is not exhaustive of our election coverage, in these races and others. Whether or not you agree with our suggestions, we encourage you to vote. To register to vote, find a list of dropbox and in-person voting locations and more, visit montereycountyelections.us. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5 and polls are open from 7am-8pm. The Weekly editorial board is Founder & CEO Bradley Zeve, Publisher Erik Cushman and Editor Sara Rubin. The judgments of our editorial board are made independently of the Weekly’s news team. CARMEL Dave Potter | Mayor Hans Buder and Bob Delves | City Council MARINA Jenny McAdams | District 3 Measure U | Yes MONTEREY Tyller Williamson | Mayor Jean Rasch | District 3 Gino Garcia | District 4 Measures W, X, Y and Z | Yes PACIFIC GROVE Nick Smith | Mayor Chaps Poduri and Tina Rau | City Council Measure Z | Yes SALINAS Chris Barrera | Mayor Alex Ayala | District 1 Jesus Valenzuela | District 3 Orlando Osornio | District 4 Anthony Rocha | District 6 SAND CITY Luke Kilpatrick and Marilee Diaz | City Council SEASIDE Ian Oglesby | Mayor Dave Pacheco and Shanda LeBoeuf | City Council Measure BB | No Measure CC | Yes COUNTY MEASURES Measure AA | Yes Measure DD | Yes MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT DISTRICT Jonathan Ahmadi | District 1 Uwe Grobecker | District 3 MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Rebecca Lindor | Division 3 Amy Anderson | Division 5 MARINA COAST WATER DISTRICT Tom Moore and Stacey Fritz-Smith HARTNELL COLLEGE Alejandra González | Area 1 MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE Chelsea Lenowska | Area 3 Celia Barberena | Area 4 CARMEL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Monica Tavakoli | at-large Rita Patel | Area 1 Jeannette Witten | Area 3 Anne-Marie Rosen | Area 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA Robert Rivas | Assembly District 29 Dawn Addis | Assembly District 30 John Laird | State Senate District 17 Prop. 2 | Yes Prop. 3 | Yes Prop. 4 | Yes Prop. 5 | Yes Prop. 6 | Yes Prop. 32 | Yes Prop. 33 | Yes Prop. 34 | No Prop. 35 | Yes Prop. 36 | No FEDERAL Zoe Lofgren | Congress District 18 Jimmy Panetta | Congress District 19 Adam Schiff | U.S. Senate Kamala Harris | President OPINION

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