KamaAina's coveted endorsements for the June 5 primary.

First, get out there and vote (if you haven't already; what do you think this is, Chicago? )!

Next:

U.S. Senate. The huge field of 24 makes this open primary more like French-style first-round voting. DiFi doesn't need your vote, nor has she earned it. I'm going with Democrat David Levitt:

http://www.levitt2012.org

Prop 28: A qualified Yes. I dislike the reduction from 14 years to 12 years total, but do like removing the further restrictions on Assembly vs. Senate, making it less likely that Assemblymembers will be jockeying for Senate seats when they're termed out.

Prop 29: A reluctant No. I fully support taxing cigarettes, as well as alcohol, etc. What I cannot support is dedicating all that revenue to research at a time when people are facing cuts to their health care needs in the here and now.

U.S. House District 18. Incumbent (from the old 14th) Anna Eshoo is a lot better than DiFi (then again, so is the checkout guy at Safeway ), so I'm undecided between her and Green Carole Brouillet.

State Senate District 15. Jim Beall over Joe Coto by a mile. As a progressive who seeks racial justice, I would tend to favor the Latino candidate -- but not when his campaign is bankrolled by insurance interests, and he misrepresents himself as a "former teacher" when he's been in school administration for decades, and has failed rather spectacularly at it to boot. Beall, on the other hand, has been people with disabilities' staunchest ally in the Assembly. Sorry, but I'm going with the white guy.

State Assembly District 28. Paul Fong over Chad Walsh by, let's say, three-quarters of a mile. While I wish Fong had been more vocal in opposing cuts to community colleges, where his background lies, he's the clear choice over a former (?) repuke who thought Rudy Nineleven Giuliani would have made a dandy Presdient.

San Jose Measure B: Why does Mayor Chuck Reed (D-But Is A Bigot About Marriage Equality) hate unions so much? His own city attorneys have advised him that Measure B is too far-reaching and may well be struck down in court. Yet he not only rammed it thorugh the council, he did so in time to get it on a low-turnout primary ballot. These kinds of underhanded tactics are only okay when our side employs them. Vote NO.

San Jose City Council District 6: Steve Kline over Pierluigi Oliverio. Any time a council vote goes 8-2, I automatically know who the two are going to be: registered repuke Pete Constant, and his ventriloquist's dummy, Oliverio.

District 10: Brian O'Neill's the candidate who opposes Measure B (see above).

Okay, people, fire away!