This is a guide to Oakland’s District 4 ballot. This year, voters living in this part of Oakland will vote on four ballot measures as well as for the following positions:
To find out more about a candidate or ballot measure, click on the name or title in the card.
Entitled career politician whose main move is asking, “How are we going to pay for that?”
Energetic challenger with a lot of endorsements who wants the bus to work as reliably as a water utility
A former bus driver who’s run multiple times trying to give drivers a voice on AC Transit’s Board
A well-known YIMBY activist with a large, sometimes-antagonistic social media presence who’s making a lot of promises about the bus
The lesbian latinx criminal defense candidate endorsed by the trailblazing retiring incumbent
Good on tenant protections, horrible on police accountability, better than the alternative.
Youth Voting in School Board Elections
Remove cap on fines for municipal ordinance violations
Police Commission Ballot Measure
Renewing Alameda County's Unincorporated Areas' Utility Tax
Alameda County sales tax for essential services
Alameda County Fire Department Fire Safety Bond
Oakland Unified School District Bond for School Repairs