President
Vice President

Joseph R Biden
Kamala Harris

Seriously? Biden may be too old but Kamala Harris could fill his shoes. Trump is such a walking example of fertilizer that people only vote for him because they are bound to vote Republican. Trump's failed leadership in the Corona Virus pandemic alone should be enough to deny him a single day more in the center seat.

US Representative
51st District

Juan Vargas (incumbent)

Ordinarily I would say vote out the lazy incumbents and make way for fresh faces and new ideas. But the alternative to Vargas is a Trump loving retired marine and that just won't do. If Biden is going to accomplish anything beyond general executive orders he will need a democratic majority because, as a rule, congressmen can't think for themselves.

State Assembly Member
80th District

Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher and her career politician husband Nathan Fletcher are way more controlling than San Diego and California need. They cripple us with their constant parade of legislation and devotion to Governor Newsom. It seems their sole purpose is getting more tax revenue into state and local coffers. People need to have choices and not be directed by the government for everything...Corona Virus, AB5 and Prop 22. Gonzalez needs to go on to something else.

SD Superior Court Judge Office 30

Both candidates appear to be qualified for the job - Tim Nader looks less menacing and less likely to bang his gavel and send you to prison forever.

San Diego City Mayor

Friends will criticize my choice because Todd Gloria is gay but that is hardly a reason to elect someone. Todd is a career politician who has been involved with several poor city business decisions most notably, 101 Ash Street, leased under dubious conditions and costing the tax payers $$$$$$$ for nothing. Todd advocates building thousands of new homes in SD but cannot explain where those new homes will get their water and electricity. Under the guise of humanitarian Gloria's primary motivation seems to be to raise more tax revenue for city officials to spend.

San Diego City Attorney

Like Todd Gloria, Mara Elliott's failure to prevent the 101 Ash street lemon is an example of poor leadership which is costing SD tax payers close to $300 million dollars on a building that is heretofore, unusable. She apparently didn't read the contract before approving it - and if she did, then all the more reason to send her packing.

Prop 14
$5.5 Billion in state obligation bonds for stem cell research.

Stem cell product development may become the medical panacea that many predict. This is not the time to increase the state's obligations even for something as potentially important as stem cell research. The private sector should hire the talent and do the research and pay state taxes to do it. It's the private sector that will ultimately reap the billions of dollars that may come from stem cell product development. The state can regulate it and tax it but the private sector should assume the risk and fund it.

Prop 15
Modification of Prop 13 to better tax commercial property.

This is yet another illusion of 'taxing the rich'. In today's market there are fewer and fewer commercial properties valued at less than $3 million so this tax law change will surely impact small businesses in  the form of higher rents, at a time when so many small business are struggling to keep their doors open. The 'rich' will not take a tax increase without passing it on. If this were a reasonable change, more research should have been done to find the optimum property value that will indeed tap the top 1%. $3 million is not it. Leave PROP 13 alone.

Prop 16
Fight Discrimination with Discrimination

NO - Using discrimination to fight discrimination is not the answer. Fair practice based on fair objectives is the way forward. California has constitutional limits on using race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin in public decision making. Lets not muck that up. Let our elected officials concentrate on re-engineering the policies and procedures used to make decisions with fair and equitable standards - and enforce  the behavior rather than create divisive quotas.

Prop 17
Restore Voting Rights to Felons.

Do the crime - do the time, all of it. Convicted felons who lose their right to vote should not have their voting rights restored until they have completed all of their obligations under the law. Pay your debt - get your rights back. Democrats are so amusing with this attempt to look compassionate. Do paroled felons really care about voting or is it the politicians who want their votes.

Prop 18
17 Year Olds to Vote

Lets make the voting laws even more complicated. Vote when you are 18. By law in California, 17 year olds are still considered children. Change the age of majority to 17 and let that stand as the age voting rights begin. This proposal does not do that.

Prop 19
Property Tax Break for Wildfire Disaster Victims +

Nice try. I would approve of this for victims of wildfire disaster but including anyone 55 or older to transfer their residential tax base to any property of any value. NO. To any property of equal value, yes. Let's stop trying to destroy the value of PROP 13.

Prop 20
Parole and Sentencing 'Reforms'

The cost of this proposed change doesn't even come close to any value to society. This is an attempt at prison reform at a time when we can barely afford the prison system we have. Non-violent offenders should not go to prison... period. If this were to have any value it would first be necessary to more clearly define what is a violent crime and better differentiate misdemeanor from felony. This proposal does not really do that. Somewhat arbitrary decisions to revoke or deny parole options and reducing funds for rehabilitation smother hope for the long incarcerated.

Prop 21
Local Rent Control Boards

We are a market economy here in capitalist America and we should allow the markets to 'drive' or 'control' rental costs. If I owned 5 or 5000 apartments and could get people to rent all of them for some exorbitant amount I should have the right to do that. Governor Newsom signed a bill last year that caps the rate of rent increase to 5% plus inflation...  which actually does little rent control as landlords can now increase rents 8-9% annually. We certainly don't need the burdensome bureaucracy of more rental control boards.

Prop 22
App Based Drivers - Independent Contractors

The government doesn't have to decide everything. Seems to me that drivers for Uber, DoorDash and Lyft should decide for themselves whether the value of working whatever schedule you desire and as often or as little as you want outweighs the 'employee' paradigm of earning the minimum wage for all hours worked, social security, normal reimbursements for their costs, overtime pay, and the right to organize. AB5 failed to allow an exemption for app based drivers and those drivers want it. Prop 22 adds it.

Prop 23
Tighter Requirements for Dialysis Centers

Back in 1973, fresh out of the Navy, I worked as a dialysis technician for 6 years while I went to college for my nursing degree. I can tell you that having a 'physician' on-site at all times while dialysis is underway is a big waste of money. Nothing in this provision says the 'physician' has to do anything, just be present on site. There is no way the cost can justify the benefit. Dialysis clinics are already heavily regulated and ridiculously expensive. This provision may very well cause some clinics to close because of the added and unnecessary expense.

Prop 24
Consumer Privacy Laws Expanded

Vote No on spending millions of tax payer dollars to establish yet another 'Privacy Protection Agency' that has no hope of doing anything more than spending your hard earned tax dollars. This law will encourage companies to provide different levels of 'privacy protection' depending on how much you want to pay. Ever fully read the 'terms of service' or 'privacy statement' provided and often required for Online transactions? Of course not - they are usually scores of pages long and it's in the fine print that you give away your privacy rights. This law won't change that.

Prop 25
Money Bail System Replacement

Another reason to vote out Lorena Gonzalez, she supports this premature measure. While our California bail system certainly needs an enema Prop 25 is too expensive and risky to enact without having first been properly developed. SB 10 would not itself mandate what factors the assessment tools need to consider, but states that "tools shall be demonstrated by scientific research to be accurate and reliable". What does that mean? Let the proposed computer based algorithms or whatever tools will determine a defendants risk level be vetted by the ACLU and NAACP for starters to ensure they are unbiased before changing the bail system. Nothing in this proposal suggests this has been done. The prospect of this major change to our bail system is promising but clearly unproven and premature.

Measure A
Property Tax Hike - Affordable Housing

Mid-pandemic is not the time to issue $900 million in general obligation bonds for 'high risk individuals and families'. The City of San Diego can't manage the property they already own let alone add x number of new assets. Look at 101 Ash Street, the East Village Indoor Skydiving building 'Homeless Navigation Center' and so on... This sounds like another rush to spend my tax dollars that hasn't been properly planned and evaluated. Great fodder for politicians to run against - high risk to tax payers.

Measure B
Another Police Oversight Commission

This measure is woefully short on details and is most likely designed to allow politicians to claim they supported changes following the George Floyd travesty. So they want to replace the current over-site committee with a commission of X appointed by the San Diego City Counsel. How many people = X and at what cost? When they report to the city counsel how will that report get to the people? Sounds like a lot of money for little value. The police have their own over-site processes. Why can't the city counsel over-see that instead of creating yet another expensive bureaucracy. And if there are discrepancies found in the police oversight procedures, replace their leadership.

Measure E
Midway District 30 ft Height Limit Exemption

There is not enough detail in this proposal to vote YES. If there is a plan to develop this area, and it certainly needs development, then lets hear the specific plan. Removing the current 30 foot height restriction, given that the existing sports arena is 77 feet high, seems reasonable if we knew how many buildings would be built at what specific heights. Without specific language the Midway District could end up with multiple 30 plus story buildings. Vote NO and force developers and the city to first present a specific plan.