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District Candidate Neutral Jared Huffman (D) Jessica Morse (D) Mike Thompson (D) Ami Bera (D) Doris Matsui (D) John Garamendi (D) Mark DeSaulnier (D) Nancy Pelosi (D) Lateefah Simon (D) Adam Gray (D) Eric Swalwell (D) Kevin Mullin (D) Joe Simitian (D) Ro Khanna (D) Zoe Lofgren (D) Jimmy Panetta (D) Jim Costa (D) Rudy Salas (D) Derek Marshall (D) Salud Carbajal (D) Raul Ruiz (D) Julia Brownley (D) George Whitesides (D) Judy Chu (D) Luz Rivas (D) Susan Rubio (D) Brad Sherman (D) Pete Aguilar (D) Jimmy Gomez (D) Norma Torres (D) Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) Linda Sanchez (D) Mark Takano (D) Allyson Damikolas (D) Will Rollins (D) Kim Nguyen (D) Dave Min (D) Mike Levin (D) Scott Peters (D) Sara Jacobs (D) Congress U.S. Senate CD 2 CD 3 CD 4 CD 6 CD 7 CD 8 CD 10 CD 11 CD 12 CD 13 CD 14 CD 15 CD 16 CD 17 CD 18 CD 19 CD 21 CD 22 CD 23 CD 24 CD 25 CD 26 CD 27 CD 28 CD 29 CD 31 CD 32 CD 33 CD 34 CD 35 CD 37 CD 38 CD 39 CD 40 CD 41 CD 45 CD 47 CD 49 CD 50 CD 51 2024 Initiative Recommendations Our Union's Recommendation Process CTA's recommendation process involves interview teams of local educators from throughout the state, who interview candidates and evaluate them on a variety of criteria, including: • Their positions on and vision for K–12, community college and higher education issues. • Their historical support for public education, students and educators, in such areas as education funding, budget stability, safe schools and campuses for all students, collective bargaining, educator professional rights, charter school accountability, and equal access to higher education. • Their viability for success in the office that they are seeking. Teams then make their recommendations to the CTA Board for discussion before being brought to CTA State Council (CTA's top policy-making body, with 800 delegates), which debates and makes final recommendations. Proposition 1 - ON THE MARCH 5 BALLOT: Gov. Newsom and the legislature placed a major transformation of the state's behavioral health care system on the March ballot as Proposition 1. Prop. 1 has a General Obligation Bond for construction of behavioral health treatment and residential care settings and permanent supportive housing. It recognizes and supports the critical need to expand a culturally competent and well-trained behavioral health care workforce to address behavioral health capacity shortages and expand access to services. Prop. 1 will promote accountability with results for people with mental health and substance use disorders, including for children, youth, veterans and unhoused people. support ACA 13/Protect and Retain the Majority Vote Act: For the reasons above and to prevent future attacks on majority rule democracy, CTA believes majority rule should be enshrined in our state Constitution. support Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act: This is an attack by wealthy corporations and real-estate developers on one of the fundamentals of our democracy. CTA believes any local, state measure or initiative should be passed by 50% plus one, not a supermajority. The measure would put vital services we all depend on at risk. oppose 17 F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 24