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Los Angeles County, CA June 5, 2012 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Torie Osborn

Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 50

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Federal Officials

  • Karen Bass, Congresswoman
  • Barney Frank, Congressman

State Officials
  • 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

Local Officials
  • 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

Labor
  • 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

Environmentalists
  • 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*

Community Groups
  • 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

Community Leaders
  • 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

(*organizations listed for identification purposes only)

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