Info: The mayors of Oakland & San Francisco have challenged each other to a Battle for the Bay on Creek to Bay Day, Sept. 21.
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% |