Candidate for
Council Member; City of Cupertino

The San Jose Mercury News and The Cupertino Courier both endorse Richard!

Regional Mayors and Councilmembers Support Richard

Dave Baxter - Mayor of Monte Sereno
Sandy Decker - Mayor of Los Gatos
Jose Esteves - Mayor of Milpitas
Dan Furtado - Mayor of Campbell
Ron Gonzales - Mayor of San Jose
Sandra James - Vice Mayor of Cupertino
Michael Kasperzak - Mayor of Mountain View
Dennis Kennedy - Mayor of Morgan Hill
Patrick Kwok - Cupertino Councilmember
Julia Miller - Mayor of Sunnyvale
Joe Perzinski - Los Gatos Councilmember
Tim Risch - Sunnyvale Councilmember
Dolly Sandoval - Cupertino Councilmember
Tom Springer - Mayor of Gilroy
Nick Streit - Mayor of Saratoga

Cupertino's Commissioners Support Richard

Rich Abdalah - Chair, Housing Commission
Sal Algeri - Cupertino Telecommunications Commissioner
Jeanne Bradford - Chair, Cupertino Parks and Recreation Commission
Ernest Chui - Chair, Telecommunications Commission
Angela Chen - Chair, Planning Commission
David Greenstein - Bike and Ped Commissioner
Shirley Lin Kinoshita - Chair, Cupertino Fine Arts Commission
Taghi Saadati - Vice Chair, Cupertino Planning Commission
Eno Schmidt - Chair, Library Commission
Steve Ting - Telecommunications Commissioner
Joe Walton - Chair, Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission
Kris Wang - Parks and Recreation Commissioner

Cupertino's Former Mayors Support Richard

Don Burnett - Former Mayor of Cupertino
John Gatto - Former Mayor of Cupertino
Jim Jackson - Former Mayor of Cupertino
Sandy James - Former Mayor of Cupertino
Phil Johnson - Former Mayor of Cupertino
Barbara Rogers - Former Mayor of Cupertino
Lauralee Sorensen - Former Mayor of Cupertino

Public Safety Supports Richard

Captain John Hirokawa - Cupertino's Chief of Police
Art Marshall, President - Santa Clara County Firefighters
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
Santa Clara County Firefighters Association

Cupertino Business Leaders Support Richard

Don Allen - Chair, Cupertino National Bank
Tom Hall - Tom Hall, CPA
David Hood - President, Cupertino National Bank
Lisa Kershner - General Manager, Cypress Hotel
John Kolski - Stevens Creek Quarry
Hsing Kung - CEO, Luxnet
Vardy Shtein - Shtein's Jewelry
John M. Sobrato - Sobrato Development
Pankaj Patel - VP, Cisco Systems

Non-profit Leaders Support Richard
(Non-profits do not endorse candidates, these are individual endorsements only)

Melinda Cervantes - Santa Clara County Libraries
Jaclyn Fabre - Executive Director, Cupertino Community Services
John Giovanola - President, Cupertino Rotary
Christine Jeffers - Cupertino Historical Society
Barbara Juhl - President, Fremont Union High Schools Foundation
Eleanor Watanabe - Executive Director, Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation
Pei Pei Yow - Parent Leader, Monta Vista High School
Sandie Zander - Executive Director, Fremont Union High Schools Foundation

Environmentalists Support Richard

Craig Breon - Executive Director, Santa Clara County Audubon (For identification only, the Audubon has not endorsed)
Debi Jamison - Naturalist and Environmentalist

California State Officials Support Richard

Elaine Alquist - Former Assembly Member
Jim Cunneen - Former Assembly Member
Sally Lieber - California Assembly Member
Abel Maldonado - California Assembly Member
Joe Simitian - California Assembly Member

Santa Clara County Officials Support Richard

Don Gage - Santa Clara County Supervisor
Liz Kniss - Santa Clara County Supervisor
Jim Beall - Santa Clara County Supervisor

Schools Support Richard

Bill Bragg - Superintendent, Cupertino Union School District
Pearl Cheng - Board Member, Cupertino Union School District
Kathryn Ho - President, Fremont Union High School District Board
T.N. Ho - Board Member, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Avie Katz - Board Member, Fremont Union High School District
Ben Liao - President, Cupertino Union School District Board
Jo Lucey - Board Member, Cupertino Union School District
Gary McCue - Board Member, Cupertino Union School District
Nancy Newton - Board Member, Fremont Union High School District
Barbara Nunes - Board member, Fremont Union High School District
Steve Rowley - Superintendent, Fremont Union High School District

Community Leaders Support Richard

Steve Andrews - Community Leader
Arvind Agarwal - Community Leader
Harvey Barnett - Community Leader
Leslie Burnell - Community Leader
Andy Chung - Community Leader
Lee Cunningham - Community Leader
Emma Darknell - Community Leader
Angira Dey - Community Leader
Rani Goel - Community Leader
Michael Gottwald - Community Leader
Michelle Hu - Community Leader
Pat Jackson - Community Leader
Kareen Lambert - Community Leader
Dick Lohmiller - Community Leader
Kay Lohmiller - Community Leader
Orrin Mahoney - Community Leader
Fariba Nejat - Community Leader
Lavi Noor - Community Leader
Roberta Pabst - Community Leader
Dave Peng - Community Leader
Tommy Shwe - Community Leader
Diane Snow - Senior Citizen Advocate
Darryl Stow - Community Leader
Dorothy Stow - Community Leader
Jim Triolo - Community Leader
Its Uenaka - Community Leader
Jim Walker - Community Leader
Linda Walker - Community Leader
Kris Wang - Community Leader

Organization Support Richard

Santa Clara County Firefighters
California League of Conservation Voters
Tri-County Apartments Association
Silicon Valley Association of Realtors (Silvar)
Santa Clara County Association of Realtors (SCCAOR)
Lincoln Club of Northern California