Meghann AdamsMeghann Adams

Meghann Addams — Running on a platform of corporate tax loopholes, divesting public pensions from war (explicitly including Israel's war on Gaza), and reinvesting in housing and green energy. She is the only candidate with an explicit Israel/Palestine stance.

Primary: Jun 2, 2026

We supported Meghann in her run for State Treasurer in 2022. When she called for more money for education and public transit by taxing the billionaires, we knew Meghann shared our values of economic justice. She’s a school bus driver and president of her union. We’re excited that Meghann’s running for office again, on the Left Unity Slate, which helps the Green Party and the Peace and Freedom Party expand their ballot access. 

We didn’t support Malia Cohen in 2022 when she climbed up from her cushy spot on the State Board of Equalization to her current position as incumbent State Controller. Cohen is another political climber who needs to keep raising money by running for barely-contested statewide offices like State Controller. Cohen has raised $1 million to defend her seat, and has spent just $270,000. That should be enough to keep her name out there while putting away a tidy sum in her campaign war chest for whatever she runs for next. Must be nice! 

Vote Meghann Adams for State Controller!

Source (https://www.theleaguesf.org/blog#Controller)

In California’s $4 trillion economy, why do millions of us live paycheck to paycheck? As president of the San Francisco school bus drivers union, SMART 1741, I have years of experience in the fscal management of the union and a track record of fighting for my members in the face of billionaire attacks on our school systems. As your Controller, I will fight to solve the affordability crisis, close corporate tax loopholes, and introduce a California Reinvestment Plan to divest public pensions from war and reinvest in housing and green energy. It’s time to put our immense wealth to work for the working people who create it. Vote Socialist—Together we can build a California for the people, not the billionaires! LeftUnitySlate.org Meghann4CA.com

A San Francisco Tenderloin resident who serves as her union's president and manages its finances. Adams, a school bus driver, seeks to investigate corporate landlords affecting housing costs, evaluate single-payer healthcare implementation expenses, and redirect state investments away from companies involved in Israel's Gaza operations.

Key endorsements: Vote Socialist California, Peace and Freedom Party.

Endorsed. School bus driver and union president; abolitionist approach to track police militarization spending and audit ICE collaboration.

VIG listing; Occupation: School Bus Driver

Green + Peace and Freedom Party endorsed

Green + Peace and Freedom Party endorsed

I will be voting for Meghann Adams. Her viability is low; however, she aligns with a lot of my views. She is pro universal healthcare, she wants to address climate change, she wants to expose corporate landlords driving up rent, and she wants to divest state investments into companies that supports Israel's genocide against Gaza. Malia Cohen will be my second choice.

Meghann is a rare third party candidate with a lot of points in her column – she’s running for a lower profile race with a small field, trying to unseat an incumbent, while offering a real vision of how she’d use her office’s powers to advance a progressive agenda. She’s also a bus driver, and I’ve actually met her and she’s cool. It’s a longshot, but gestures broadly to the world around us.