At popular demand, but without elaboration, here are my ballot recommendations:

• Governor, Gavin Newsom
• Lieutenant Governor, Eleni Kounalakis
• Secretary of State, Alex Padilla
• Controller, Betty T. Yee
• Treasurer, Fiona Ma
• Attorney General, Xavier Becerra
• Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara
• State Board of Equalization, District 2, Malia Cohen
• United States Senator, Dianne Feinstein
• United States Representative, Mark DeSaulnier
• Member State Assembly, District 15, Buffy Wicks
• State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond
• County Superintendent of Schools, Lynn Mackey
• Alameda Contra Costa Transit District, Joel B. Young
• West Contra Costa unified School District: Consuelo Lara, Madeline Kronenberg and Michael Gonzales
• Mayor: Tom Butt
• Richmond City Council: Cesar Zepeda, Demnlus Johnson III and Dave Schoenthal
• Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
• Carol A. Corrigan: No
• Leondra R. Kruger: Yes
• Sandra Margulies: Yes
• Presiding Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District Division 1
• James M. Humes: Yes
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 2
• James A. Richman: Yes
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 2
• Marla Miller: Yes
• Presiding Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 3
• Peter John Siggins: Yes
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 4
• Jon B. Streeter: Yes
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 4
• Allison M. Tucher: Yes
• Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, Division 5
• Barbara Jones: Yes
• Proposition 1: Yes
• Proposition 2: Yes
• Proposition 3: No
• Proposition 4: Yes
• Proposition 5: No
• Proposition 6: No
• Proposition 7: Yes
• Proposition 8: No
• Proposition 10: No
• Proposition 11: No
• Proposition12: Yes
• Measure R: Yes
• Measure H: Yes
• Measure T: Yes
• Measure FF: Yes