What's on Oakland's Ballot?
Check out who's running for office in Oakland as well as what the local ballot measures are for the November 6, 2018 General Election.
Qualified Candidates
Mayor
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Cat |
Brooks |
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Ken |
Houston |
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Saied R. |
Karamooz |
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Peter Y. |
Liu |
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Pamela |
Price |
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Libby |
Schaaf |
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Nancy |
Sidebotham |
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Jesse A.J. |
Smith |
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Marchon |
Tatmon |
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Cedric Anthony |
Troupe |
District Two
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Nikki Fortunato |
Bas |
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Abel |
Guillen |
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Donte Kenzie |
Smith |
District Four
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Pamela |
Harris |
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Francis M. |
Hummel |
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Nayeli M. |
Maxson |
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Charlie M. |
Michelson |
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Joseph E. |
Simmons |
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Joseph E. |
Tanios |
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Sheng |
Thao |
District Six
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Desley |
Brooks |
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Maria L. "Marlo" |
Rodriguez |
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Natasha |
Middleton |
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Loren M. |
Taylor |
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Mya |
Whitaker |
City Auditor
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Brenda D. |
Roberts |
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Courtney |
Ruby |
School Board - District Two
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Aimee |
Eng |
School Board - District Four
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Clarissa |
Doutherd |
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Gary |
Yee |
School Board - District Six
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Shanthi |
Gonzales |
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*Anthony |
Wilson |
*Write-In Candidate
Candidates are selected by Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). For more information about RCV please visit - http://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv/.
Qualified Ballot Measures
| CITY OF OAKLAND 2018 BALLOT MEASURES | |||
| Assigned Letter | Keyword(s) | Ballot Question | Voting Threshold |
| V | Cannabis | Shall the Measure: (1) allowing cannabis businesses to pay business taxes quarterly; (2) allowing cannabis manufacturing and/or cultivation businesses to deduct the value of raw materials from gross receipts in calculating business taxes in the manner applicable to manufacturing businesses; and (3) authorizing the City Council, without returning to the voters, to amend medical or non-medical cannabis businesses taxes in any manner that does not increase the tax rate, be adopted? | 50% + one |
| W | Parcel Tax - Vacant Properties | Shall the Measure, to fund homeless services and resources to address illegal dumping, and discourage vacant properties, by enacting a Vacant Property Tax on parcels used less than 50 days per year, at annual rates of $6,000 per parcel, $3,000 for condominium units, and other specified rates; raising about $10,000,000 annually for 20 years; with community oversight and exemptions for very low income, low-income seniors and hardship, be adopted? | 2/3rd or 66% |
| X | Real Property Transfer Tax | Shall the Measure graduating the real estate transfer tax as follows: 1% up to $300,000; 1.5% over $300,000 - 2,000,000; 1.75% over $2,000,000 - 5,000,000; and 2.5% over $5,000,000; a lower rate for low-moderate income first-time homebuyers; and reducing the tax up to 1/3 for seismic retrofit or solar energy work costs incurred by low-moderate income homebuyers; raising approximately $9,000,000 annually, until repealed, be adopted? | 50% + one |
| Y | Eviction Ordinance | Shall the Measure amending Oakland’s Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (“Ordinance”) to: (1) remove the exemption for owner occupied duplexes and triplexes; and (2) allow the City Council, without returning to the voters, to add limitations on a landlord’s right to evict under the Ordinance, be adopted? | 50% + one |
| Z | Hotel Employees | Shall the measure to amend Oakland’s Municipal Code to: (1) establish workplace protections and minimum hourly wage of $15 with benefits or $20 without benefits, increasing annually with inflation, for employees of Oakland hotels with 50 or more guest rooms; (2) authorize administrative enforcement of Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers; and (3) create City department to administratively enforce Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers, be adopted? | 50% + one |
| AA | Children's Initiative | Shall the measure amending Oakland’s Charter for the purposes of funding services to: expand access to early childhood and preschool education; improve high school and college graduation and career readiness; provide mentoring and college financial assistance; by establishing a $198, 30-year parcel tax for single-family parcels and specified rates for other parcel types, raising approximately $25,000,000-30,000,000 annually, with citizen’s oversight, and exemptions for low-income households and others, be adopted? | 2/3rd or 66% |