Here’s my research and voting process in Oakland. Maybe it’ll help in other parts of California.
I start with the CalMatters voter guide, a non-profit non-partisan news site. In addition to explaining issues, it lists funders and external endorsers of candidates and measures. Some of those grifter groups are easy to flag and vote against.
https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2024/
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Often linked at the local level on CalMatters pages, I check out Oaklandside. This is another non-partisan site that isn’t making direct endorsements but covers candidates. They have tons of local interviews.
https://oaklandside.org/oakland-election-2024/
For endorsements, first, Oaklandside links to a bunch of partisan organizations you can browse off their site.
https://oaklandside.org/2024/10/10/oakland-voter-guide-2024-election/
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I also read what is applicable at SFBG and SF League of Pissed Off Voters.
https://www.sfbg.com/2024/09/28/endorsements-for-the-fall-2024-election/
https://www.theleaguesf.org/voter_guides
A friend shared a personal guide from a Berkeley resident with a personal statement and (most) endorsements sounding good to me.
https://vote.davidglasser.net/post/202411-cheat-sheet/
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I’m also skeptical of group that invokes esteemed Minnesota Senator, Paul Wellstone, for whom I once attended a DFL fish fry. I don’t see anything explaining a direct connection, just that they liked him and Sheila Welllstone. …but I’m aligned with most of the endorsements.
https://wellstoneclub.org/endorsements/
The East Bay DSA endorsements are disappointing their limited scope. But the California DSA has more endorsements to consider.
https://www.eastbaydsa.org/electoral/november-2024/
https://www.californiadsa.org/news/2024-voter-guide
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Zack Stern
Deborah Yoon Zacharias