Samuel P. SukatonSamuel P. Sukaton

Recommended; DSA-LA member and union organizer; platform focuses on tax fairness and accountability; endorsed by Working Families Party

We were chatting on threads and he impressed me. I really like that he wants to focus on closing tax loopholes. I know very little about this position, but he sounds like someone that will make it matter in a way it hasn’t before.

This candidate is running in district 3 of State board of equalization, which covers of LA County; it may not be on your ballot.

Primary: Jun 2, 2026

Elect Sam Sukaton to the Board of Equalization to keep California on the right track for progress. Sam Sukaton is lead organizer for AFT Local 1521, the LA Community College Faculty Guild, organizing students and faculty in the largest community college in the district. He previously led climate budget investment and redistricting campaigns with California Environmental Voters, directed Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign in the inland southern region of the state, and worked with the California Public Utilities Commission, Energy Commission, Air Resources Board, and Natural Resources Agency. Sukaton’s top priorities are ensuring tax fairness and uniform assessments; modernizing the system for efficiency and accountability; protecting local schools, cities, and counties; and fairness for working families and small businesses. He has the endorsement of the California Working Families Party.

The frontrunner in this race is Assemblymember Mike Gipson who has taken over $180,0000 from the oil and gas industry during his time in public office. Fortunately there is a progressive alternative, Sam Sukaton. Sukaton is a California Working Families Party endorsed candidate and currently works as Lead Organizer for AFT Local 1521, the LA Community College Faculty Guild. He formerly directed Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign in Inland Southern California and worked at California Environmental Voters . Sukaton hasmade transparency, equity and fiscal responsibility the centerpiece of his campaign.