Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 50

Federal Officials

• Karen Bass, Congresswoman
  
• Barney Frank, Congressman

• Richard Polanco, Former State Senate Majority Leader
  
• Julia Brownley, CA State Assemblywoman
  
• Sheila J. Kuehl, Former CA State Senator
  
• Jackie Goldberg, Former CA Assemblywoman
  
• Tom Hayden, Former CA State Senator
  
• Fred Keeley, Former CA Assemblyman, Treasurer, County of Santa Cruz
  
• Alan Sieroty, Former CA State Senator
  
• Henry AJ Ramos, CA Community Colleges Board of Governors
  
• Daniel O'Donnell, Member of the New York State Assembly, 69th District

• Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Mayor
  
• Richard Alarcon, Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council President
  
• Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles City Controller
  
• John Heilman, West Hollywood City Councilmember
  
• Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Judy Abdo, Former Mayor of Santa Monica
  
• Alan Bernstein, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce*
  
• Christopher Braun, Chair, Santa Monica Rent Control Board*; Executive Board, California Democratic Party*
  
• Linda J. Briskman, Former Beverly Hills City Councilmember
  
• Ed Corridori, Former Agoura Hills Mayor
  
• Oscar de la Torre, Santa Monica-Malibu School Board Member
  
• Donna Ellen-Garber, Former Beverly Hills Mayor
  
• David Finkel, Santa Monica Community College Board Trustee*
  
• Ruth Galanter, Former LA City Councilmember
  
• Gil Garcetti, Former LA County District Attorney
  
• Brian David Goldberg, President of the Beverly Hills Board of Education*
  
• Dan Kuperberg, Agoura Hills Mayor Pro Tem
  
• Nury Martinez, Los Angeles School Board, Exectuive Director, Pacoima Beautiful*
  
• Kathy Paspalis, Culver City School Board Member
  
• Tom Pease, Human Relations Commissioner, City of Beverly Hills*
  
• Jeff Reinhardt, Former Agoura Hills Mayor
  
• Vicki Reynolds, Former Beverly Hills Mayor
  
• Louise Rishoff, Former Agoura Hills Mayor
  
• Brian Rosenstein, Planning Commission Vice Chair, City of Beverly Hills
  
• Paul Rosenstein, Former Santa Monica Mayor
  
• Harry Schwarz, Agoura Hills Mayor
  
• Joe Shaw, Huntington Beach City Council*
  
• Rick Tuttle, Former Controller, City of Los Angeles
  
• Ilece Buckley Weber, Agoura Hills City Council*
  
• Denny Zane, Move LA Executive Director*, Former Santa Monica Mayor
  
• Missy Zeitsoff, Founding Member, Malibu City Council
  
• Steve Zimmer, Los Angeles School Board

• AFT College Staff Guild, Local 1521A
  
• California Federation of Teachers
  
• California Nurses Association
  
• Communications Workers of America (CWA) Southern California Council
  
• International Brotherhood of Electric Workers, Local 18 (IBEW 18), Brian D'Arcy, Business Manager
  
• Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521
  
• Teamsters Joint Council 42, Randy Cammack, President

• Tim Allison, Statewide Chair, Environmental Caucus, CA Democratic Party*
  
• Sean Arian, Former Director of Economic Development, City of LA and President, Eos Consulting*
  
• Lisa Boyle, Environmental Attorney & Activist
  
• Glen Dake, LA Neighborhood Land Trust*
  
• Paula Daniels, Former President, Heal the Bay*
  
• Bill Gallegos, Executive Director, Communities for a Better Environment*
  
• Robert Gottlieb, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidential College*
  
• Marlene Grossman, Co-founder, Pacoima Beautiful*
  
• Marcia Hanscom, Coastal, Endangered Species and Wetlands Protection Advocate
  
• Ruth Hunter, Past President, California League of Conservation Voters*
  
• Angelo Logan, Co-director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice*
  
• Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza, Vice-President, Los Angeles Board of Public Works*
  
• Felicia Marcus, Former USEPA Regional Administrator; NRDC*
  
• Martha Matsuoka, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidential College*
  
• Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board*
  
• Jonathan Parfrey, LA DWP Commissioner; Green LA*
  
• Romel Pascual, Deputy Mayor for the Energy and the Environment; LA Mayor's Office*
  
• Manuel Pastor, Professor, USC
  
• Michele Prichard, Steering Committee, GREEN LA Coalition; President, Venice Community Housing Corporation
  
• Joel Reynolds, Natural Resources Defense Council*

• California National Organization for Women
  
• California State University Northridge Young Democrats
  
• Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley (DPSFV)
  
• Honor PAC
  
• Los Angeles County Young Democrats (LACYD)
  
• Malibu Democratic Club
  
• Palm Springs NOW
  
• Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (PDSMM)
  
• Santa Monica Democratic Club
  
• Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR)
  
• Southern California Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA)
  
• Stonewall Democratic Club
  
• Valley Grassroots for Democracy Club
  
• Victory Fund
  
• West Hollywood-Beverly Hills Democratic Club

• Aileen Adams, LA Deputy Mayor for Strategic Partnerships*
  
• David Ambroz
  
• Lester Aponte, Board Member, Latino Equality Alliance*
  
• Dante Atkins, Regional Vice-Chair, Los Angeles County *Democratic Party
  
• Gwen Baba, Human Rights Campaign Board Co-Chair*
  
• Gioconda Belli, Global Feminist Leader
  
• Roberta Bennett, Partner, Bennett & Erdman & LGBT Community Leader
  
• Rabbi Amy Bernstein
  
• Elizabeth Birch, Former Executive Director, Human Rights Campaign*
  
• Kafi D. Blumenfield
  
• David C. Bohnett, Baroda Ventures
  
• Donna Bojarsky
  
• Mike Bonin, Co-Founder, Camp Courage
  
• Ivy Bottini
  
• Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd
  
• Gary Briskman
  
• Karen Brodkin, Professor Emerita, Anthropolgy, UCLA*
  
• E. Richard Brown, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Santa Monica Airport Commissioner*
  
• Marianne Parker Brown
  
• Charlotte Bunch
  
• Angelina Burnett, TV Writer & Producer
  
• Cynthia Cannady
  
• David Card, Pacific Palisades Community Activist
  
• Sergio Carillo, Regional Director District 12, CA Democratic Party*
  
• Samuel Chu, President, One LA-Industrial Areas Foundation*
  
• John M. Cleary, Immediate Past President, Stonewall Democratic Club*
  
• Bruce Cohen, Film Producer
  
• Rev. Jim Conn
  
• Roberta Conroy, Former President, Board of Administration of Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System*
  
• Jeanne Cordova
  
• Kate Clinton, Feminist Humorist
  
• Bruce C. Corwin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Theatres Corporation*
  
• Geoffrey Cowan, Professor and Dean, Annenberg School of Communications, USC*
  
• Dennis Crane, Education Activist
  
• Lauri Crane, CEPS Executive Committee Member*
  
• Jeffery J. Daar, Chairperson, Rent Adjustment Commission of the City of Los Angeles*
  
• Terry DeCrecenzo, Founder Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services *
  
• Allison Diamant, M.D.
  
• Becca Doten, Member, DNC; Treasurer, Women's Caucus, CA Dem Party (CDP)
  
• Peter Dreier, Professor of Politics; Department Chair of *Urban and Environmental Policy*
  
• Alice Echols, Cultural Critic and Historian
  
• Willis Edwards, NAACP*
  
• Barbara Ehrenreich, Author and Activist
  
• Jeffrey Erdman, President, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives Inc.*
  
• Cecilia Estolano, Partner, Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors, LLC
  
• Debra Evans, Board Member Stonewall Democratic Club and Latino Equality Alliance*
  
• Jodie Evans, Code Pink*
  
• Marta Evry, Founder, Venice For Change
  
• Martha Figueroa, Mobilizing the Immigrant Vote*
  
• Richard Foos, President, Shout Factory
  
• Devin Ford, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Board Director*
  
• William N. Fordes, Writer/Producer
  
• Taryn Watanabe Fordes, Fundraising Consultant
  
• Dale Franzen
  
• Shirley Fredericks
  
• Patti Giggans, Executive Director, Peace Over Violence*
  
• John L. Gile
  
• Lenny Goldberg, Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association
  
• Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein
  
• Sara K. Gould, Former President, Ms. Foundation*
  
• Chad Griffin, President, American Foundation for Equal Rights*
  
• Marilyn Grunwald, Chair, Disabilities Caucus, CA Democratic Party*
  
• Stephen Gutwillig, California State Director, Drug Policy Alliance*
  
• Ty Halen, DSCC Delegate for Assembly District 46 and Cal State Northridge Young Democrats President*
  
• Dean Hansell, Partner, Dewey & Leboef; Former LA Police Commissioner
  
• Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Executive Director, Community Coalition*
  
• Joseph Hawkins, Director ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC
  
• Quay Hays, GROW Holdings, LLC*
  
• Patricia Hoffman, Co-chair, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR)*
  
• Lindsey Horvath, President Emerita, Hollywood N.O.W.*
  
• Carollee Howes, Professor, Education, UCLA*
  
• Dolores Huerta, Founder United Farm Workers*, Board Member Feminist Majority Foundation*
  
• Rebecca Isaacs, Executive Director, Equality Federation*
  
• Sandra M. Itkoff, BYD America
  
• Suzy Jack, Liaison to City Council, Office of the Mayor, City of Los Angeles*
  
• Rick Jacobs, Founder and President, Courage Campaign*
  
• Madeline Janis, Executive Director LA Alliance for a New Economy*
  
• Lucas John, Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board Member*
  
• Constance Jolcuvar, Cultural Arts Consultant + Agoura Hills
  
• Chad Jones, First Vice Chair, Democratic Party of San Fernando*
  
• Cleve Jones
  
• Vincent Jones, Liberty Hill Foundation*
  
• Connie Jolcuvar, Agoura Hills Community Activist
  
• Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Executive Officer DPS Health
  
• Francine Kaufman, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Communications at USC, The Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  
• Agi Kessler, Chair, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley (DPSFV)*
  
• Linda Ketner, President, KSI Leadership and Management Development*
  
• Robin M. Kramer
  
• Hank Lacayo, CEO, Congress of California Seniors*
  
• Rod Lane, Commissioner and Chair, Disabled Access Commission, City of LA*
  
• Abby J. Liebman, Founder, California Women's Law Center*
  
• Joan Ling, Former Executive Director, Community Corporation of Santa Monica*
  
• Barry Litt, Civil Rights Lawyer
  
• Paula Litt, Liberty Hill Foundation*
  
• Kerman Maddox, Dakota Communications
  
• John Manulis, Chief Executive Officer, Visionbox Media Group
  
• Amber Martinez, President, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network*
  
• Kanchan Mattoo, Commissioner, LA Convention Center*
  
• David M. Mixner
  
• Yvonne Moore, President, Long Beach-South Bay NOW*
  
• Kerry Morrison, Executive Director, Hollywood Property Owners Alliance*
  
• Zoe Nicholson, President Pacific Shore NOW*
  
• Linda Northrup, Agoura Hills Planning Commission*
  
• Andrew Oldershaw, Digital Strategist & Community Activist
  
• Thomas Patrick O'Shaughnessy, DPSFV; Region 3 Vice Chair, LACDP*
  
• Matt Palazzolo, LGBT Community Activist
  
• Roland Palencia
  
• Dana Perlman, Board of Transportation Commissioners*
  
• Troy Perry, Founder, Metropolitan Community Church*
  
• Jenny Pizer, Legal Director, The Williams Institute*
  
• Lisa Powell, Founder, Black Lesbians United*
  
• Dolores Press, Santa Monica Community Activist
  
• Frank Quevedo
  
• Deborah S. Ramo, President, Mondiale
  
• Jaime Regalado, Executive Director, Pat Brown Institute/Cal State LA*
  
• Dorothy Reik, President of Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains*
  
• Keith Rohman, Commissioner of the LA City Human Relations Commission
  
• Bamby Salcedo, HIV Youth Educator
  
• Rodney Scott, President, Christopher Street West*
  
• Brad Sears, Executive Director, Williams Institute*
  
• Sue Sexton, Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, City of West Hollywood
  
• Susie Shannon, Anti-Poverty Activist
  
• Garry S. Shay, Lead Chair Rules Committee, California Democratic Party*
  
• Stanley K. Sheinbaum
  
• Curtis F. Shepard, Board Chair, California Council for the Humanities*
  
• Robyn Ritter Simon, Community Activist
  
• Genise Schnitman, Steering Committee Member Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR)*
  
• Bill Skeen, MD/MPH, Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program, CA*
  
• Maryanne Solomon, Webmaster, Santa Monica-Malibu School District
  
• Andy Spahn, Andy Spahn and Associates
  
• Gary Stewart, Chief Music Officer, Apple Inc.
  
• Daniel Stone, MD, Internal Medicine, Beverly Hills
  
• Matt Szabo, Deputy Mayor, City of Los Angeles*
  
• Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Co-Chair, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights*
  
• Terry Tamminen, Former Secretary of California EPA*
  
• Roz Teller, Member, CA State Central Committee, Democratic Party*
  
• Anthony Thigpenn, President, SCOPE* and California Calls*
  
• Mark Thompson
  
• Alan Toy, Former Chair, Santa Monica Rent Control Board*
  
• Melinda Tremaglio, President, PSNOW*
  
• Darrell Tucci, Liberty Hill Foundation*
  
• Urvashi Vaid
  
• Laura Velkei, LA Grassroots for Obama (LAG4O)*
  
• Bruce Vilanch, Comedian/Entertainer
  
• Vallerie Wagner, AIDS Project Los Angeles*
  
• Tom Watson, Co-founder, Love Honor Cherish*
  
• Chuck Williams, Founder, Williams Institute, UCLA Law School*
  
• Marie C. Wilson, Founder, The White House Project*
  
• Phill Wilson, Black AIDS Institute*
  
• Jane Wishon, Marriage Equality USA*
  
• Doreena Wong, Co-Founder, API Equality-LA*
  
• Jill Black Zalben