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San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara Counties, CA June 22, 2010 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for John Laird

Candidate for
State Senator; District 15

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PRESS

Bay Area Reporter

Monterey County Herald

Monterey County Weekly

Morgan Hill Times

Salinas Californian

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Cruz Weekly

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Scotts Valley Press Banner

ORGANIZATIONS

Consumer

California Privacy PAC
Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League

Diversity

California Latino Legislative Caucus

Education

Cabrillo Classified Employees Union
Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers
California Faculty Association
California Federation of Teachers
California School Employees Association
California Teachers Association
Committee on Political Education
CSU Employees Union/SEIU Local 2579
Cuesta College Federation of Teachers
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers
Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers

Environmental

California League of Conservation Voters
Sierra Club
Vote the Coast

Healthcare

California Nurses Association

Labor

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265
California Association of Professional Scientists
California Association of Psychiatric Technicians
California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union
California Labor Federation
California State Council of Laborers
California State Employees Association
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action
CA-NV Conference of Operating Engineers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 234
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 413
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 639
Laborers Union Local 220
Laborers Union Local 270
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
Political Action for Classified Employees of California School Employees
Professional Engineers in California Government
San Luis Obispo City Police & Fire Association
Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building & Construction Trades Council
Service Employees International Union Local 521
Service Employees International Union State Council, AFL-CIO
South Bay Labor Council
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
State Building & Construction Trades Council of California
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union
UAW International
UFCW Region 8 State Council
United Farmworkers of America
United Transportation Union
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers

LGBT

Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)
Equality California
GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz
Victory Fund

Local Community Interest

Friends of Lighthouse Field

Public Safety

CDF Firefighters
Peace Officers Research Association of California
San Jose Police Officers' Association
San Luis Obispo City Firefighters Local 3523
Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriff's Association Board

Women's Issues

NARAL Pro-choice CA Privacy PAC
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte

Other

Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
Atascadero Democratic Club
Cabrillo College Democrats
California Democratic Party
Cambria Democratic Club of the North Coast
Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
Democratic Club at the Villages
Democratic Club of the Monterey Peninsula
Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County
East San Jose Democratic Club
El Morro Democratic Club
Freedom Democratic Club
Mission City Democratic Club
Monterey County Democratic Central Committee
Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club
Peninsula Democratic Club
People's Democratic Club
Salinas Valley Democratic Club
San Jose State Democratic Caucus
Santa Clara County Central Committee
Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee
Silicon Valley Democratic Club
South County Democratic Club
Stonewall Democratic Club Central California Coast
Sunnyvale Democratic Club
West Valley for Change

COMMUNITY LEADERS

US Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Lois Capps
Congresswoman Judy Chu
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Congressman Sam Farr
Congressman Mike Honda
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
Congressman Don Edwards (Ret.)

State Board of Equalization, Chair - Betty Yee
State Controller John Chiang
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
State Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
State Senator Elaine Alquist
State Senator Curren Price
State Senator Mark DeSaulnier
State Senator Loni Hancock
State Senator Mark Leno
State Senator Chris Keho
State Senator Alex Padilla
State Senator Joe Simitian
State Senator Lois Wolk
State Senator Leland Yee
Assembly Speaker John Pérez
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr
Assemblymember Anna Caballero
Assemblymember Joe Coto
Assemblymember Paul Fong
Assemblymember Bill Monning
Assemblymemer Nancy Skinner
Assemblymember Ira Ruskin
Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez
Former Assemblymember Sally Lieber
Former Assemblymember Dario Frommer

Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Chair - Simón Salinas
Monterey County Supervisor Dave Potter
Monterey County Supervisor Fernando Armenta
Monterey County Supervisor Jane Parker
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisor, Chair - Janet Wolf
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, President - Ken Yeager
Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese
Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa, Jr
Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss
Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Chair - Neal Coonerty
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Tony Campos
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ellen Pirie
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Mark Stone
Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold
Santa Cruz County Treasurer and former Assemblymember for the 27th District, Fred Keeley
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Phil Wowak
San Francisco County Treasurer José Cisneros
San Francisco County Supervisor Bevan Dufty
San Francisco County Supervisor David Campos
San Luis Obispo County Treasurer, Tax Collector & Public Administrator Frank Freitas
San Mateo County Supervisors, President - Rich Gordon

Atascadero City Council Member Ellen Beraud
Campbell Mayor Evan Low
Campbell Vice Mayor Jason Baker
Campbell Council Member Dan Furtado
Carmel-by-the-Sea Mayor Sue McCloud
Carmel-by-the-Sea Council Member Jason Burnett
Cupertino Mayor Kris Wang
Cupertino Council Vice Mayor Gilbert Wong
Cupertino Mayor Dolly Sandoval (Former)
Cupertino Mayor Michael Chang (Former)
Gilroy Council Member Cat Tucker
Gilroy Council Member Perry Woodward
Gilroy Council Member Pete Arellano
Gonzales Mayor Maria Orozco
Greenfield Mayor John Huerta Jr
Los Angeles City Council Member Herb J. Wesson Jr
Los Angeles City Council Member Paul Koretz
Los Gatos Mayor Diane McNutt
Los Gatos Vice Mayor Joe Pirzynski
Los Gatos City Council Member Barbara Spector
Marina Mayor Pro-Tem Ken Gray
Marina Council Member Jim Ford
Milpitas Mayor Bob Livengood
Monte Sereno Mayor Don Perry
Monterey City Council Member Jeff Haferman
Monterey City Council Member Libby Downey
Monterey City Council Member Nancy Selfridge
Morgan Hill Mayor Steve Tate
Morgan Hill Council Member Larry Carr
Morgan Hill Council Member Greg Sellers
Morro Bay City Council Member Noah Smukler
Mountain View Council Member Margaret Abe-Koga
Mountain View Council Member Laura Macias
Pacific Grove Council Member Ken Cuneo
Pacific Grove Council Mayor, Dan Cort (Former)
Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier (Former)
Salinas City Council Member Jyl Lutes
Seaside Council Member Ian Oglesby
Seaside Mayor Don Jordan (Former)
San Diego City Council Member Toni Atkins
San Jose Council Member Ash Kalra
San Jose Council Member Nora Campos
San Jose Council Member Rose Herrera
San Jose Council Member Sam Liccardo
San Jose Council Member Madison Nguyen
San Jose Council Member Nancy Pyle
San Jose Council Member Pierluigi Oliverio
San José Mayor Susan Hammer (Former)
San Luis Obispo City Council Member John Ashbaugh
San Luis Obispo City Council Member Jan Marx
San Luis Obispo City Council Member Andrew Carter
Saratoga Mayor Kathleen King
Saratoga Vice Mayor Jill Hunter
Santa Clara Council Member Jamie McLeod
Santa Clara Council Member Jamie Matthews
Santa Clara Council Member Alydth Parle (Former)
Santa Cruz City Council Mayor Mike Rotkin
Santa Cruz Council Vice Mayor Ryan Coonerty
Santa Cruz City Council Member Katherine Beiers
Santa Cruz City Council Member Don Lane
Santa Cruz City Council Member Tony Madrigal
Santa Cruz City Council Member Lynn Robinson
Santa Cruz City Council Member Cynthia Mathews
Santa Maria City Council Member Hilda Zacarias
Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio
Sunnyvale Mayor Dean Chu
Sunnyvale Vice Mayor Chris Moylan
Sunnyvale Council Member Otto Lee
Sunnyvale City Council Member Jim Griffith
Watsonville Mayor Luis Alejo
Watsonville City Council Member Manuel Bersamin
Watsonville City Council Member Kimberly Petersen
Watsonville City Council Member Antonio Rivas
Watsonville City Council Mayor Todd McFarren (Former)

Cabrillo College Trustee Claudine Wildman
Cabrillo College Trustee Rebecca Garcia
Cabrillo College Trustee Katy Stonebloom
Cabrillo College Trustee Susan True
Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee Laura Casas Frier
Hartnell Community College Trustee Erica Padilla-Chavez
Monterey County Board of Education Trustee Barbara Cornett
Monterey Peninsula Community College Trustee Loren Steck
Monterey Peninsula Community College Trustee Charles Page
San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee Mayra Cruz
San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee Randy Okamura
San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee Ron Lind
West Valley/Mission Community College Trustee Chris Stampolis

Berryessa School District Trustee David Cohen
Campbell Union High School District Trustee Margie Mitchell (Former)
Carmel Unified School District Board Member Annette Yee Steck
Carmel Unified School District Board Member Mathew Fuzie
Carmel Unified School District Board President Amy Funt
East Side Union High School District Trustee Frank Biehl
Franklin-McKinley School Board Trustee John Linder
Live Oak Unified School District Trustee Bernard Bricmont
Lucia Mar School District Trustee Erik Howell
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board President Regena Lauterbach
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Trustee Elizabeth Panetta
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Trustee Helen Rucker
Morgan Hill Union School District Trustee Kathy Sullivan
Mountain View Whisman School District Trustee Rose Fillicetti (Former)
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Doug Keegan
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Karen Osmundson
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Pastor Ruben F. Tate, Jr
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Tim Gearhart
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Jeanne Dugger
Salinas Union High School District, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fernando Elizondo (Ret.)
San Jose Unified School District Superintendent Don Iglesias
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Superintendent Edward Valentine
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Chris Ungar
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Ellen Sheffer
San Luis Obispo County Superintendent of Schools Julian Crocker
Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Teresa O'Neill (Former)
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Claudia Vestal
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Don Maxwell
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Ken Wagman
Santa Cruz City School Trustee Wendy Strimling
Santa Cruz City Schools Board President Rachel Dewey Thorsett
Santa Cruz City Schools Board Vice President Cynthia Hawthorne
Santa Cruz City Schools Superintendent Gary Bloom
Santa Cruz County Board of Education Trustee Arnold Levine
Santa Cruz County Board of Education Trustee Dana Sales
Santa Cruz County Office of Education Superintendent Michael Watkins
Scotts Valley Unified School District Trustee Allison Niday
Scotts Valley Unified School District Trustee Sue Roth
Soquel Union Elementary School District Board President Lynette Hamby
Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee Judy McGooden

Carmel Area Wastewater District Board Member Charlotte Townsend
Carmel Valley Recreation and Park District President Randy Horace Randazzo
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Board Member John Dalessio
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board Member Judi Lehman
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board Member Kristi Markey
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Board Chair - Regina Doyle
Open Space Authority Director Alex Kennett
Open Space Authority Vice Chair Mike Potter
Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Board Member & former Watsonville Mayor Dennis Osmer
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member Larry Wilson
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member Rosemary Kamei
Saratoga Planning Commissioner Zhao Yan
Watsonville Planning Commission Member Daniel Dodge
Watsonville Planning Commission Member Rhea DeHart

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