Candidate for
Council Member; City of Oakland; District 2

Government Officials & Candidates

• Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
  
• Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Council member
  
• Peter Camejo, Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate
  
• David Cobb, Green Party Presidential Candidate
  
• Stuart Flashman, former President - East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD)
  
• Dan Hamburg, former U.S. Congressman
  
• Chris Kavanagh, Berkeley Rent Board member
  
• Pat LaMarche, Green Party Vice-Presidential Candidate 2004
  
• Bruce Mast, former Mayor of Albany
  
• Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Council member
  
• Leonard McNeil, San Pablo City Council member
  
• Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor, District 5
  
• Enrique Palacios, former President - Alameda County Board of Education
  
• John Selawsky, Berkeley School Board member
  
• Dona Spring, Berkeley City Council member
  
• Jesse Townley, Commissioner on the Berkeley Disaster Council
  
• Lew Tremaine, Mayor of Fairfax (Marin County)

• The Sierra Club
  
• Oakland Education Association (OEA)
  
• Oakland Greens
  
• Oakland Tenants Union
  
• Green Party of Alameda County
  
• Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance
  
• San Francisco Green Party

• Medea Benjamin, Founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink
  
• Clarence Thomas, Executive Board member - I.L.W.U., Local 10; Co-chair - Million Worker March
  
• George Johnson, National Board Member - Veterans for Peace
  
• Nativo Lopez, President - Mexican American Political Association (MAPA)
  
• Jan Arnold, Member (ret.) - AFGE Local 3172
  
• Victoria Ashley, Board Secretary - Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
  
• Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Founder - Queers For Peace And Justice
  
• Bill Balderston, Executive Board Member - Oakland Education Association (OEA); State Council Member - California Teachers Association (CTA)
  
• Claudette Begin, Board member - CUE Local 3; former Board member - Oakland-East Bay N.O.W.
  
• Steve Bloom, Member - Alameda County Recycling Board
  
• Leslie Bonett, Green Party National Committee
  
• Chris Cara, Youth Counselor - Filipinos for Affirmative Action
  
• Wendy Carson, Development Program Coordinator - Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
  
• Joe Crompton, Green Party Los Angeles County Council, Member 3rd Supervisorial District
  
• Kirsten Cross, former Co-Director - East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
  
• John DeMello, Ph.D., Clinical Social Worker, Member - SEIU Local 535
  
• Max Diorio, Media Coordinator - Bay Area Not In Our Name
  
• Kay Eisenhower, Chair - Vote Health
  
• Karen Engel, Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized For Peace
  
• Stephen Funk, First Conscientious Objector jailed for refusing to participate in Iraq War
  
• Judith Grant, Member - CUE, Local 3
  
• Burrill Hansen, Board Member - United Seniors
  
• Judi Hirsch, Oakland Education Association, former Oakland Library Commission Member
  
• Greg Jan, Alameda Green Party County Council member
  
• Gretchen Mackler Lipow, former State Council Member - California Teachers Association (CTA); President - East Bay Coalition of Labor Union Women
  
• Thomas Markham, member - Just Cause Oakland, member - Planet Drum
  
• Rev. Bob Matthews, Minister in Covenant - Plymouth United Church of Christ
  
• Betsy Merzenich, Community Network for Youth Development
  
• Steve Morse, Coordinator - G.I. Rights Hotline
  
• John Morton, Board Member - Burmese American Democratic Alliance
  
• Jessie Muldoon, Site Representative - Oakland Education Association
  
• Jeff Paterson, Member - Not In Out Name, former USMC Corporal
  
• Juan Reardon, County Council Member - Contra Costa Green Party; Co-founder - East Bay Progressive Roundtable
  
• Kevin Reilly, Board Member, Region 11, Alameda County - California Nurses Association (CNA)
  
• John Rizzo, Chair - Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter
  
• Michael Rubin, Asst. Regional Director - CA State Employees Assoc.- Bay Area Region
  
• Michael-David Sasson, former President - CUE Local 3
  
• Renee Saucedo, Director - San Francisco Day Laborer Program
  
• Susan Schacher, Member - Oakland Tenants Union; Member - Peralta Federation of Teachers; Delegate - Alameda County Central Labor Council
  
• Larry Shoup, Ph.D., author; Steering Committee Member - National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981; Delegate to the Central Labor Council of Alameda County
  
• James Vann, A.I.A., Architect; Co-founder - Oakland Tenants Union
  
• Kelly Virella, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District, member of Oakland Education Association
  
• Laura Wells, Membership Coordinator - SEIU United Healthcare Workers, West

Neighbors and Friends

• Ana Abrables, Oakland resident
  
• Paula Althoff
  
• Aaron Baluyot, Oakland resident
  
• Marivel Baluyot, Business Professional, Berkeley resident.
  
• David Barrows, Oakland resident
  
• Paul Berman, Oakland resident
  
• Armin Brott
  
• Andrea Chandrasekher, Oakland resident
  
• Madhav Chandrasekher, Oakland resident
  
• Chris Collins, Oakland resident
  
• Kathleen Colloton, Oakland resident
  
• Josie Crepsac
  
• Leslie Dahlgren Egashira, owner - East West Performing Arts
  
• Maxine Daniel, Oakland resident
  
• Jennifer Freitas, Oakland resident and community activist
  
• Steve Garry
  
• Valerie Garry
  
• Donald Gerard
  
• Micheas Herman
  
• Forrest Hill, Ph.D., Marine Ecologist, Oakland resident
  
• Fred Hosea, Oakland resident
  
• Bob Huff, Oakland resident
  
• Henry Hutchins, Oakland resident
  
• Steven Jimenez, Oakland resident
  
• Torger Johnson, Oakland resident
  
• Tahan Jones, Oakland resident
  
• Jeff Kross, Oakland resident
  
• Patricia Kosharek
  
• Jen MacDaniel
  
• Jim MacDaniel
  
• Brian Marr
  
• Robert & Patti Marsh
  
• Tracy Meersman
  
• Diane Merzenich
  
• Marghi Merzenich & Sean Nassiri, Oakland residents
  
• Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., Scientist, UCSF
  
• Kenny Mostern
  
• Jonathan Nack, Oakland resident
  
• Habib Ngom, Oakland resident
  
• Aaron Reaven, Oakland resident
  
• Zachary Running Wolf, Native American leader, Oakland resident
  
• Marcila Sabin
  
• Eunice Sambo-Jackson
  
• Raghu Santhanam and Chand Gidwani, Oakland residents
  
• Rajesh Shah, Oakland resident
  
• Leila & Everett Shockley, Oakland residents
  
• Joel Siegel
  
• B. Soffer, member - John Muir Greens
  
• Pamela Spevack, Oakland resident
  
• Keith Stephenson
  
• Tony Sweet, Oakland resident, community activist, business professional
  
• Kate Tanaka, Oakland resident
  
• Betty Ann Taylor, Oakland resident
  
• Janine von Furst, high school special education teacher
  
• Ronald Warren
  
• Anne Butterfield Weills, Attorney, Oakland resident
  
• Shannon Way
  
• Darin Wright
  
• Steve Wright, Oakland resident
  
• Jen Wu