Groups

Alameda County Democratic Party
Alameda County Labor Council
Alameda Transit Advocates
American Federation Of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 3916
Berkeley Citizens Action
Black Elected Officials and Faith Leaders of the East Bay
Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County and Contra Costa Building Trades
Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
GLOBE -- Gays and Lesbians Organized for Betterment and Equality
The League of Conservation Voters
The Sierra Club

Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club
Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus
City of Alameda Democratic Club
East Bay Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
East Bay Young Democrats
El Cerrito Democratic Club
Hayward DEMOs
John George Democratic Club
Metropolitan-Greater Oakland (MGO) Democratic Club
Oakland-East Bay Democratic Club
Tri-Cities Democratic Forum
Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

Media

Fremont Argus
Future Oakland
The Globe Newspapers
Hayward Daily Review
Jeff Hobson's Election Picks
Living In The O
Oakland Tribune
San Francisco Bay Guardian
St. Scobie's Mock Whiskey

Elected Officials

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 9th CD

Senator Ellen Corbett, 10th SD
Senator Liz Figueroa, 10th SD (Ret.)
Senator and President Pro. Tem. Don Perata, 9th SD

Assemblymember Dion Aroner, 14th AD (Ret.)
Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier, 11th AD (Chair, Transportation Committee and Democratic nominee for 7th SD)
Assemblymember Loni Hancock, 14th AD (and Democratic nominee for 9th SD)
Assemblymember Mary Hayashi, 18th AD
Assemblymember Johan Klehs, 18th AD (Ret., and Member Board of Equalization, Ret.)
Assemblymember-elect Nancy Skinner, 14th AD
Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson, 16th AD
Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, 20th AD

Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley

Alameda Superintendent of Public Instruction, Sheila Jordan
Alameda County School Board Member Gay Plair Cobb

Contra Costa Supervisor John Goia, District 1

Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson
Alameda Councilmember Doug deHaan
Alameda Councilmember Frank Matarrese
Alameda Councilmember Lena Tam

Albany Mayor Robert Cheasty (Ret.) (and President, Citizens for East Shore parks;
President, Solano Avenue Association)
Albany Mayor Robert Lieber

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (and Assemblymember 14th AD (Ret.))
Berkeley Councilmember Max Anderson
Berkeley Councilmember Darryl Moore
Berkeley Councilmember Kris Worthington
Berkeley City Auditor Ann-Marie Hogan
Berkeley Rent Board Chairperson Jesse Aneguin
Berkeley Rent Board Member Jason Overman

Dublin Mayor Linda Jeffery Sailors (Ret.)

El Cerrito Mayor William C. Jones, III
El Cerrito Councilmember Janet Abelson
El Cerrito Council candidate Greg Lyman
El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem Sandi Potter

Emeryville Mayor Ken Bukowski
Emeryville Vice Mayor Ruth Atkin
Emeryville Councilmember Nora Davis
Emeryville Councilmember John Fricke

Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman
Fremont Councilmember Steve Cho
Fremont Councilmember Anu Natarajan
Fremont Councilmember Bob Wieckowski

Hayward Councilmember Kevin Dowling
Hayward Councilmember Barbara Halliday
Hayward Councilmember Bill Quirk

Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Director Charles E. Toombr
Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Director Bill Wright

Newark Mayor David Smith
Newark Vice Mayor Ana Apodaca
Newark Councilmember Luis L. Freitas
Newark Councilmember Alberto Huezo

Oakland Councilmember Jane Brunner, District 1
Oakland Councilmember Henry Chang, At-Large
Oakland Councilmember Pat Kernighan, District 2
Oakland Councilmember Nancy Nadel, District 3
Oakland Councilmember Jean Quan, District 4
Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid, District 7
Oakland Councilmember Dick Spees, District 4 (Ret.)
Oakland City Attorney John Russo
Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby

Richmond Councilmember Jim Rogers
Richmond Councilmember Tony Thurmond

San Leandro Mayor Anthony B. (Tony) Santos
San Leandro Mayor Shelia Young (Ret.)
San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola, District 6

San Leandro School Board Member Linda Perry

Union City Mayor Mark Green
Union City Councilmember Richard Valle

AC Transit Board Member Joe (Ferman) Bishofberger, Ward 5 (Ret. and Member, MTC Elderly and Disabled Advisory Committee, Fremont Senior Citizen Commission, and AC Transit Accessability Advisory Committee)
AC Transit Board Member Jeff Davis, Ward 5
AC Transit Board Member Rocky Fernendez, Ward 4
AC Transit Board Member Clinton Killian, Ward 2 (Ret.)
AC Transit Board Member Elsa Ortez, Ward 3
AC Transit Board Member Joe Wallace, Ward 1
AC Transit Board Member Matt Williams, At-Large (Ret.)
AC Transit Board Member John Woodbery, At-Large (Ret.)

BART Board Member Howard Ableson, District 7 (Ret. and El Cerrito Mayor, Ret.)
BART Board Member Carole Ward Allen, District 4
BART Board Member Thomas Blalock, District 6 (Board Vice President)
BART Board Member Bob Franklin, District 3
BART Board Member Sherman Lewis, District 4 (Ret.) (and many other hats)
BART Board Member Gail Murray, District 1 (Board President)
BART Board Member Roy Nakadegawa, District 3 (Ret.)

Democratic Committee Member Karen Weinstein, 14th AD
Democratic Committee Member Elizabeth Echols, 14th AD

East Bay Parks Board Member Harlan Kessel, Ward 2 (Ret.)
East Bay Parks Board Member Doug Siden, Ward 4

EBMUD Director Andy Katz, Ward 4
EBMUD Director Doug Linney, Ward 5
EBMUD Director William B. (Bill) Patterson, Ward 3

Ohlone Community College District Trustee Bill McMillin (Board Vice-Chair)

Peralta Community College District Trustee Alona Clifton (Ret.)
Peralta Community College District Trustee Nicky González Yuen (Board Vice-President)
Peralta Community College District Trustee Abel Guillen
Peralta Community College District Trustee Cy Gulassa (Board President)
Peralta Community College District Trustee Bill Withrow (and Alameda Mayor (Ret.))
Peralta Community College District Chancellor Elihu Harris (and Oakland Mayor (Ret.) and Assemblymember 16th AD (Ret.))

Transportation Leaders*

Jonathan Bair, Chair, Oakland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Irvin Dawid, Bay Area Transportation Committee, Sierra Club
Douglas J. Cross, Principal, D. J. Cross Transportation Consulting
Professor Elizabeth Deakin, Transportation Planning, U. C. Berkeley
Susan Decker, Alameda Transit Advocates
Doug Faunt, Transit, Bicycle and Emergency Preparedness Activist
Jerry Grace, Transportation Activist, People First
John Holtzclaw, Chair, Transportation Subcommittee, Sierra Club Livable Communities Issue Team and RAFT
Michael Kiesling. Transbay Joint Powers Authority CAC, Transbay Redevelopment CAC, Caltrain CAC
Audrey A. LePell, Citizens For Alternative Transportation Solutions ("CATS")
David Longa, S.F. Municipal Railway Bus Roadeo Organizer
Richard Mlynarik, RAFT and BATN Editor
Margaret Okuzmi, Executive Director, BayRail Alliance
David Pilpel, Transit Activist
Robert Piper, Berkeley Transportation Manager (Ret.) and RAFT Activist
Robert Rayburn, East Bay Bicycle Coalition
Norman Rolf, Transportation Chair, San Francisco Tomorrow and RAFT
David Schonbrunn, Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund
Lee Schipper, Phd, UC Berkeley
Dr. Berverly Scott, Chair, APTA (American Public Transportation Association) 2008-09
Phil Tagami, California Capital Group & California Transportation Commission Member
David Isaac Tam, Transportation and Recycling Activist
Michael S. Townes, Chair, APTA (American Public Transportation Association) 2007-08
Zac Wasserman, Esq., Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean
John Knox White, Alameda Resident and Transportation Commission Member

Disability Advocates*

Janet Abelson, Chair, AC Transit Accisability Advisery Committee (and El Cerrito councilmember)
Lawrence (Larry) Buchalter, Co-chair, Democrats With Disabilities
Mary Marshall Fowler, BART Elderly and Disabled Task Force, Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD), Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Council
Jan Garrrett, Disability Advocate, Executive Director, Berkeley CIL
Jim Gonsalves, AC Transit Accessibility Advosory Committee, TASH, CalTASH, Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Council, Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD)
Deborah Kaplan, Director, Accessible Technology Initiative, Cal. State University
John Partridge, AC Transit Accessibility Advisory Committee, BART Accessibility Task Force, Alameda County Paratransit Advisory & Planning Committee

Community Leaders*

Carl N. Anderson, Progressive Activist
Lorri R. Arazi, Oakland Neighborhood Activist
Jesus Armus, Hayward City Manager (Ret.), Candadate for Chabot Community College Board
John M. Artim, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Paul C. Bailey Gates, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Michael Bass, Piedmont Avenue and Progressive Latin American Activist
Paul Z. Berman, Piedmont Neighborhood Activist and Rugby Coach
Adel Louise Bertraud, Emergency Preparedness Activist and Moulage Expert
Herbert T. C. Bowen, Emergency Preparedniss Activist
Elizabeth Brashers, Oakland Emergency Service and CORE Acvitist
Pat Brashers, Emergency Preparedniss Activist
Harry Brill, Progressive Political and Labor Activist
Jean Brown, Democratic Activist
Michael J. Cassidy, Emergency Preparedness Activist
George W. Cflonz, Emergency Preparedness Activist
William Chornean, Progressive Activest
Phil Cohen, Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Activist and Photographer
Helga Cohen, Piedmont Avenue Neighborhood Activist
Vickie Cosgrove, Progressive Activist and Political Organizer
Richard Cowan, Oakland Activist
Margaret Cunningham, Progressive Democratic Activist and Labor Organizer
Kate Dobbins, Piedmont Avenue Activist
Joan Dark, Pleasant Valley Court Activist, Oakland Heritage Alliance Board
Terry Doren, Progressive Activist
Cliff Falloon, Pleasant Valley Court Activist
Stuart Flashman, Esq., Rockridge Neighborhood Activist and Environmental Attorney
Harry Francis, Castro Valley Demlcratic Activist
Paramjil Lingh Gahra, Richmond Activist and Translator
Jennie E. Gerard, Oakland Neighborhood Activist
Paul Gordan, Oakland Attorney
Jim Green, Jr., Emergency Preparedniss Activist
Bruce Gillis, Emergency Preparedniss Activist
Judy Grether, Progressive Activist
Tom Guarino, PG&E
Matthew B. Hallinan, Progressive Activist
Charles Hahn, Oakland Community Developer
Harry Hartman, Democratic Activist
David A. Haycock, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Alan J. Horn. Emergency Preparedness Activist
George Horton, Piedmont Nieghborhood Activist
Lucia Hwang, Richmond Boulevard Activist
Dr. Romesh K. Japra, Pacific Cardiology Associates
Jack Kurzwal, Progressive Activist and Engineering Professor (Ret.)
Charles Legigr, Richmond Activist and Translator
Harold Logwood, Education Consultant
Sharon Maldonado, Progressive Political and Voting Rights Activist
Arthur W. McLaughlin, Oakland Emergency Service Activist
Jessie McPhail, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Gregory S. Mina, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Phillip Mineart, Cerrito Neighborhood (Oakland) Activist
Margaret R. (Peggy) Moore, Oakland Rainbow Chamber
Kathy Neal, Alameda Democratic Central Committee, BART candidate 2004
George J. Nesbitt, STAND
Judith Newton, Progressive Activist
Susan Piper, Education and Emergency Preparedness Activist
Mike Pompa, Emergency Preparedness and Education Activist
Judy Pope, Progressive Political and Voting Rights Activist
John C. Rabold, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Robert Raich, Esq., Oakland Attorney
Pat Rayburn, Oakland Neighborhood Activist and NCPC Board Member
Susan Rosenthal, Oakland Political and Womans' Rights Activist
Naomi Schiff, Oakland Preservation Activist, Oakland Heritage Alliance Board
Myrna Schnyr, Progressive Activist
Lucy W. Sells, Democratic Activist and Democratic Party Regional Director,
Regon 6 (Ret.)
Colman Snaith, P.E., Oakland Neighborhood Activist
David A. Stein, Esq., Stein, Rudser, Cohen & Magid LLP
Becky Taylor, Legal Employment Expert
Thomas A. Torfclaar, Emergency Preparedness Activist
Michael John Torrey, Emergency Preparedness Activist
James A. Tiemstra, Oakland Attorney, ARRL Officer and Emergency Preparedness Activist
Richard Trulluger, Hayward Democratic Acitvist
Mark Violet, ARRL Officer and Emergency Preparedness Activist
John Wagers, STAND
Mary Wilson, Progressive Activist
Valerie Winemiller, Piedmont Avenue Activist

• (Organizations for identification purposes only.)