June 2026 California Primary Election Voter Guide

SF YIMBY is proud to endorse Scott Wiener in his historic Congressional bid. The YIMBY movement would not be anywhere near where it is today if not for the work and influence of Scott Wiener. In his nine years as a State Senator, he has worked tirelessly on impactful legislation that has ignited the YIMBY movement nationwide and inspired countless other legislators throughout the country. We have no doubt he can have the same impact in Congress.

Highlights of his long legislative record include:

SB 35: one of his first bills, removed needless roadblocks and sped up the production thousands of affordable homes across California and over 3,400 in just San Francisco alone.

SB 828: reformed state planning law and actually provided a real path to require San Francisco to produce the homes it desperately needs

SB 423: permanently codified SB 35 and added provisions to make it stronger

SB 79: his most recent achievement, legalized multi-family housing near major transit hubs throughout the state

Scott has been unwavering in his commitment to building more housing, even when it was politically difficult. He has been the YIMBY movement's most important champion in elected office, and we stand with the leader who has stood with us from the beginning. As the YIMBY movement goes nationwide, we can't think of a better champion to represent us in Washington.

Steyer's range of housing policies set him apart from the rest of the field. He has committed to eliminating single-family zoning statewide, expanding by-right approvals, and upzoning around transit. He has publicly backed SB 79 and a range of other landmark housing legislation, and his co-founding of Beneficial State Bank has financed more than 17,000 affordable housing units.

His housing plan also takes on the structural forces that make building so expensive in California. Steyer has committed to closing the commercial property tax loophole that forces cities to backfill their budgets with developer fees, and to require localities to cap those fees in exchange for new state revenue. He would hold noncompliant cities accountable under state housing law while offering full state support to jurisdictions acting in good faith. 

Michael Tubbs has spent his career fighting for the kind of abundant, equitable California that YIMBYs believe in. As an early supporter of SB 79, Tubbs understands that California cannot solve its affordability crisis without building far more homes in every community. YIMBY Action endorsed Tubbs for Lieutenant Governor because he brings bold leadership, a commitment to abundance over scarcity, and a clear vision for an affordable California.

California's insurance industry has been decimated by insurance commissions that micromanage insurers' risk models, and respond to political pressure to artificially reduce insurance rates in high risk areas and for high risk structures.

Patrick has the experience and temperament to effectively return real competition to the insurance markets. He will ensure that insurers are accurately able to price risk. He will also fight insurers who lobby to keep their payout data secret to ensure that consumers have the data they need to shop for the best insurance. He will work with insurers and the legislature to create programs that help homeowners and cities reduce fire risk.

Patrick is a genuine technocrat, insurance professional and former hedge fund manager. For too long, the Insurance Commissioner has been a position held by a politician without any interest or expertise in insurance or economics who is merely seeking a statewide office and a paycheck. We have to do something different. 

YIMBY Los Angeles proudly endorses John Erickson for State Senate because he brings a clear, actionable housing agenda backed by a proven record of pro-housing leadership. As a West Hollywood City Councilmember, John cut permitting delays, championed mixed-use and infill housing, and supported new affordable homes that strengthened walkability and transit access. He knows what it takes to move housing from idea to approval to built.

John is running on statewide reforms that matter to YIMBYs, including:
• Removing red tape that blocks new housing
• Scaling affordable and workforce housing across thriving job centers
• Ensuring mixed-income, transit-oriented growth rather than sprawl
• Investing in infrastructure that supports dense, sustainable communities

While he also advocates for climate resilience and economic equity, housing is central to his vision: California must build more homes in the places where people want and need to live. John has already shown he can deliver results locally, and he’s ready to do the same at the state level to make housing abundance and affordability real.

YIMBY Los Angeles proudly endorses Sara Hernandez for State Senate because she has the hands-on housing expertise and coalition-building experience California needs right now. As a land-use and housing attorney and LACCD trustee, Sara helped secure approvals for transit-oriented developments and delivered more than 300 homes for formerly unhoused Angelenos — demonstrating that she not only supports housing, she gets it built.

Sara’s platform directly advances core YIMBY priorities:
• Streamlining approvals to end endless delays
• Legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in high-opportunity neighborhoods
• Expanding social housing and community land trusts to ensure affordability long-term
• Converting existing buildings into housing rather than leaving them vacant
• Creating walkable, transit-connected neighborhoods where people can live near jobs and schools

Her lived experience, immigrant roots, and career in public service show she understands why housing stability is foundational to economic opportunity. Sara has the policy depth and political courage to deliver housing at scale, prevent displacement, and build the equitable, abundant Los Angeles we know is possible.