At our October meeting, the Pasadena Young Democrats made the following endorsements for the 2006 election. While as individuals we generally support all the Democratic candidates in this election, we wanted to make our strong feelings as a group known about these candidates and ballot propositions in particular.

Candidates:

State Assembly (44th): Anthony Portantino
Lt. Governor: John Garamendi
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen
Controller: John Chiang
Los Angeles County Superior Court (seat 144): Janis Levart Barquist

Ballot Measures:

Proposition 1A: No
Proposition 84: Yes
Proposition 85: No
Proposition 87: Yes
Proposition 89: Yes
Proposition 90: No
Pasadena Measure A: No