There’s no way to minimize the shock, horror and disbelief Donald Trump’s victory has brought to all of us who care about the environment. But in the words of Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, “This is our moment to refuse to give up. Our resolve is not diminished by the momentary victory of cynicism over hope, hate over compassion, and lies over truth. We have no intention of standing down or succumbing to hopelessness.”
Here in Redwood Chapter the results are far more encouraging. All three of our endorsed members of Congress won very handily, as did two out of three endorsed state legislators. Locally, although both endorsed supervisorial candidates lost, 13 of our 17 picks in municipal races won, and except for two sales tax measures that failed to reach the necessary two-thirds supermajority the Club position prevailed on all four statewide Propositions and local ballot measures.
President of the United States: Hillary Clinton lost
US Senate: Kamala Harris won!
CD02: Jared Huffman won!
CD03: John Garamendi won!
CD05: Mike Thompson won!
Assembly District 02: Jim Wood won!
Assembly District 10: Marc Levine won!
Assembly District 14: Mae Torlakson lost
Solano County Supervisor, District 2: Mike Ioakimedes lost
Benicia Mayor: Elizabeth Patterson leading
Benicia City Council: Tom Campbell won!
Benicia City Council: Steve Young won!
Fairfield City Council: Pam Bertani leading
Vallejo Mayor: Bob Sampayan won!
Vallejo City Council: Liat Metzenheimer lost
Sonoma County Supervisor, District 5: Noreen Evans lost
Cloverdale City Council: Melanie Bagby leading
Cotati City Council: John Dell’Osso won!
Cotati City Council: Susan Harvey won!
Healdsburg City Council: Tim Meinken lost
Petaluma City Council: Mike Healy won!
Petaluma City Council: Bill Wolpert lost
Santa Rosa City Council: Julie Combs won!
Santa Rosa City Council: Chris Rogers won!
Santa Rosa City Council: Jack Tibbetts won!
Sonoma City Council: Laurie Gallian lost
Windsor Town Council: Deb Fudge won!
Statewide Propositions
Prop 56, Cigarette tax: Support won!
Prop 58, Bilingual education: Support won!
Prop 59, Oppose Citizens United: Support won!
Prop 67, Plastic bag referendum: Support won!
Local ballot measures
Mendocino County Measure AF, marijuana regulations: oppose defeated!
Napa County Measure Z, ¼ cent sales tax for parks: support lost
Sonoma County Measure J, ½ sales tax for parks: support lost
Sonoma County Measure K, community separators: support won!
Sonoma County Measure M, genetically engineered crop ban: support won!
City of Sonoma Measure V, gas-powered leaf blower ban: support leading
Sonoma County Measure Y, 1/8 cent sales tax for libraries: support won!