Editing Don Perata (section)

==Post-Senate==
[[California Proposition 93 (2008)|Proposition 93]], a term limit alteration ballot measure sponsored by Perata and [[Speaker of the California State Assembly|Assembly Speaker]] [[Fabian Núñez]], did not pass in February 2008. Perata termed out of the State Senate (and Núñez termed out of the State Assembly) in 2008.  The proposition would have allowed Perata to serve one more term in the State Senate (and Núñez three more terms in the State Assembly). Perata was a target for criticism by the opposition to Proposition 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/MNTPUGJ4S.DTL|title=Prop. 93 on Feb. 5 ballot has two faces|website=Sfgate.com|date=22 January 2008 |accessdate=10 August 2017}}</ref> One television ad included the following line: "Don Perata, whose home was raided by the FBI in the ongoing corruption probe."<ref name="ad">[http://www.knbc.com/politics/15129239/detail.html Fact Check: Ballot Proposition 93], Knbc.com, January 24, 2008.</ref>

Perata filed a "statement of intention" to run for the [[California Board of Equalization]] in 2010,<ref>[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2006-08-09/news/laundering-money-with-don-perata/ Laundering Money With Don Perata] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307013912/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2006-08-09/news/laundering-money-with-don-perata|date=March 7, 2007}}</ref> but instead decided to run for [[Mayor of Oakland]] after incumbent [[Ron Dellums]] declined to run for re-election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/BAIQ1449B3.DTL|title=Only job Perata ever wanted - Oakland mayor|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|last=Johnson|first=Chip|date=2008-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politickerca.com/jeffmitchell/3212/perata-all-officially-announces-he-will-run-oakland-mayor-2010|title=Perata all but officially announces he will run for Oakland mayor in 2010|publisher=PolitickerCA|date=2008-11-14|last=Mitchell|first=Jeff}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kcbs.com/pages/1629008.php|title=Perata Would Consider Running for Mayor of Oakland|publisher=[[KCBS (AM)|KCBS Radio]]}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120730072256/http://www.clintreilly.com/?p=153 Perata is Oakland's Hope], Clintreilly.com; accessed August 5, 2017.</ref>

In the November 2010 election, Perata ran for Mayor in a field of nine candidates. The two other major contenders were City Council members [[Jean Quan]] and [[Rebecca Kaplan]]. He led in [[Instant-runoff voting in the United States#Oakland results 2010|first-place balloting]], but came in second place following winner Quan after taking into account [[Instant-runoff voting|ranked choice balloting]] (instant runoff).<ref name="mayoralresults"/>

Perata was also the co-chair of a California campaign committee<ref>{{cite web |url=http://californiansforacure.org/supporters/steering_committee |title=CCRA Leadership Team |accessdate=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728080547/http://californiansforacure.org/supporters/steering_committee |archivedate=2012-07-28 }}</ref> to pass the [[California Cancer Research Act]], 2012's Proposition 29 a ballot measure that was defeated by California voters on June 5, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_29,_Tobacco_Tax_for_Cancer_Research_Act_(June_2012)|title=California Proposition 29, Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research Act (June 2012) |website=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=10 August 2017}}</ref> If it would have passed, the measure was projected to generate over $500 million annually for cancer research by levying a new $1-per-pack tax on tobacco products in California. Revenues would have also been spent on smoking-cessation programs, and tobacco law-enforcement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://californiansforacure.org/facts/summary |title=Prop 29 - the California Cancer Research Act |accessdate=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625061731/http://californiansforacure.org/facts/summary |archivedate=2012-06-25 }}</ref>