November 24, 20144 Comments on Change petition for California 3 feet passing law
When California Assembly Member Steven Bradford originally authored the 3 foot bill that is now on the books as California Vehicle Code 21760, he included a provision to allow motorists to cross the double yellow line when passing cyclists.
November 3, 20145 Comments on Your Last Minute California Bicycle Voting Guide 2014
For the 30% of voters who will vote on Election Day tomorrow versus the rest of us who mailed our ballots in, here are some candidate issue guides and endorsements available from around the state of California. I focus mostly on local races and issues and mostly on Northern California in this this guide.
October 27, 2014Leave a Comment
September 30, 20142 Comments on California Governor to handicapped: “Get a car, you moron”
Governor Jerry Brown issued his final legislative update for the 2014 season. Everything related to cyclist and pedestrian safety was vetoed.
June 12, 2014Leave a Comment
Newly elected Mayor Filippo Nogarin of Livorno, Italy (aka “Leghorn”) rides his bicycle away from the Town Hall after election results were announced on June 10, 2014.
June 4, 2014Leave a Comment
Santa Clara County has completed their vote counts and the results are in. I compare my predictions versus the results. Under California’s open primary system, the top two voters are placed on the general election ballot this November. If any candidate gets a majority in the primary, that person is the immediate winner with no run off election.
Mayor
Dave Cortese won with 34% of the votes, with Sam Liccardo in second place at 25%, which is what I predicted. Both will appear on the November ballot. Madison Nguyen in third place won 21% of the votes.
I support Liccardo, although Cortese is not a horrible choice. I’m gonna go out on a limb now and predict Cortese will win this November.
District 1
I endorsed Susan Marsland, who took third place in this race with 17% of the vote. The two winners — Paul Fong (29%) and Chappie Jones (23%) — matches my predictions. My guess for November: Fong will win.
District 3
I predicted Gagliardi and Sutherland and completely missed: the winners are San Jose police officer Raul Perelez and Don Gagliardi. Gagliardi just eeked ahead of Sutherland by 110 votes.
I continue to endorse Gagliardi for the November race. Both Perelez and Gagliardi will have a lot of money behind each of their campaigns.
District 5
I predicted incumbent Xavier Campos would take the top spot, with Magdalena Carrasco winning enough to appear on the November ballot with him. It turns out D-5 voters are sick of Campos’s shenanigans and voted his tail out of office. The results are not yet official, but it appears Carrasco won a majority.
District 7
I made no prediction for this District. Tam Nyugen and Maya Esparza will appear on the November ballot.
District 9
I predicted a win for incumbent Donald Rocha; he bagged it at 74%.
