Election 2016 Recommendations: California San Jose Mercury News

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Following are the recommendations of the Mercury News editorial board for California, Santa Clara County and San Jose races and measures, November 2016. Click on the links to find the editorial for each issue.

The list will be updated as more editorials are published.

National seats
President: Hillary Clinton

U.S. Senate: Kamala Harris

17th Congressional District: Ro Khanna

California legislative seats

State Senate District 15: Jim Beall

Assembly District 27: Madison Nguyen

California propositions

Prop 51 — School construction bonds. No

Prop 52 — Hospital fees. Yes

Prop 53 — Voter approval for bonds $2 billion and more. No

Prop 54 — Transparency, publish bills 72 hours in advance. Yes

Prop 55 — Extend Prop 30 income tax surcharge. Yes

Prop 56 — Raise tobacco tax by $2 a pack. Yes

Prop 57 — Sentencing, earlier parole for nonviolent offenders. No

Prop 58 — Bilingual education. No

Prop 59 — Citizens’ United advisory vote. Yes

Prop 60 — Requires adult film actors to wear condoms during sex. No

Prop 61 — Limit prices on prescription drugs. No

Prop 62 — End death penalty in favor of life without parole. Yes

Prop 63 — Gun control. Tightens weapons restrictions. Yes

Prop 64 — Legalize marijuana. Yes

Prop 65 — Plastic bags. Requires proceeds to go to environmental fund. No

Prop 66 — Speeds up death penalty proceedings. No

Prop 67 — Makes plastic bag ban permanent. Yes

Local races
San Jose City Council: Sergio Jimenez, Dev Davis, Jimmy Nguyen

Santa Clara City Council: Raj Chahal, Mohammed Nadeem, Teresa O’Neill, John McLemore

Cupertino City Council: Rod Sinks, David Fung

Sunnyvale City Council: Larry Klein, Russ Melton, Nancy Smith, Tara Martin-Milius

Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority: Dorsey Moore

South Bay measures

Santa Clara County Measure A — Bond for homelessness projects. Yes

Santa Clara County Measure B — Sales tax for roads and transit. Yes

San Jose Measure F — Ratifies pension settlement with unions. Yes

San Jose Measure G — Business tax update. Yes

San Jose Unified Measure Y — Parcel tax for school funding. Yes

Santa Clara Measure R — Parkland protection. Yes

Cupertino Measure C— Limits Vallco and other development. No

Cupertino Measure D— Hills at Vallco plan. Yes

Sunnyvale Measure M — Protection of publicly owned land. No

Milpitas Measure K — Parkland protection. Yes