Candidate for
California State Court of Appeal; District 3

The retention of Associate Justice Richard Sims is supported by law enforcement, community leaders, and civic groups, including:

LAW ENFORCEMENT

LOU BLANAS, Sheriff, Sacramento County
ED CHAVEZ, Chief of Police, City of Stockton
BAXTER DUNN, Sheriff, San Joaquin County
D.O. "SPIKE" HELMICK, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol
ARTURO VENEGAS, JR., Chief of Police, City of Sacramento

ORGANIZATIONS

CITIZENS FOR LAW AND ORDER
CRIME VICTIMS UNITED OF CALIFORNIA
DORIS TATE CRIME VICTIMS BUREAU
LABORERS LOCAL 185

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General of California

CARL ADAMS, District Attorney, Sutter County
GEORGE BOOTH, District Attorney, Mono County
ROBERT BURNS, District Attorney, Lassen County
GREGG COHEN, District Attorney, Tehama County
DAVID CROSS, District Attorney, Trinity County
BRADFORD FENOCCHIO, District Attorney, Placer County
MICHAEL FERGUSON, District Attorney, Nevada County
DAVID HENDERSON, District Attorney, Yolo County
ROBERT HOLZAPFEL, District Attorney, Glenn County
PETER KNOLL, District Attorney, Siskiyou County
PATRICK McGRATH, District Attorney, Yuba County
JOHN PHILLIPS, District Attorney, San Joaquin County
JOHN POYNER, District Attorney, Colusa County
MICHAEL RAMSEY, District Attorney, Butte County
TODD RIEBE, District Attorney, Amador County
McGREGOR SCOTT, District Attorney, Shasta County
JAN SCULLY, District Attorney, Sacramento County
ALAN TURNER, District Attorney, Alpine County

OTHER PROMINENT LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

PAULINO DURAN, Public Defender, Sacramento County
GERALD GLEESON, Public Defender, San Joaquin County
FERN LAETHEM, Former State Public Defender of California
BUNMI AWONIYI, President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association
KAREN GOODMAN, Past President, Women Lawyers of Sacramento
DIANNE ROBBINS AND JOHN BENNETT, Co-Chairs, SacLEGAL
ALBERTO ROLDAN, President, La Raza Lawyers of Sacramento
RICHARD SUEYOSHI, President, Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento

PRESIDING JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS

GEORGE ABDALLAH, JR., Presiding Judge, San Joaquin County
S. WILLIAM ABEL, Presiding Judge, Colusa County
STEPHEN BRADBURY, Presiding Judge, Lassen County
HAROLD BRADFORD, Presiding Judge, Alpine County
M. KATHLEEN BUTZ, Presiding Judge, Nevada County
JAMES CURRY, Presiding Judge, Yuba County
ROBERT DAMRON, Presiding Judge, Sutter County
LARRY DIER, Presiding Judge, Modoc County
EDWARD FORSTENZER, Presiding Judge, Mono County
MICHAEL GARCIA, Presiding Judge, Sacramento County
JAMES GARBOLINO, Presiding Judge, Placer County
SUSAN HARLAN, Past-Presiding Judge, Amador County
IRA KAUFMAN, Presiding Judge, Plumas County
THOMAS KELLY, Presiding Judge, Butte County
SUZANNE KINGSBURY, Presiding Judge, El Dorado County
ROGER KOSEL, Presiding Judge, Siskiyou County
JOHN LETTON, Presiding Judge, Trinity County
JOHN MARTIN, Presiding Judge, Calaveras County
DENNIS MURRAY, Presiding Judge, Tehama County
WILLIAM PANGMAN, Presiding Judge, Sierra County
JAMES RUGGIERO, Presiding Judge, Shasta County
ANGUS SAINT-EVENS, Presiding Judge, Glenn County
MICHAEL SWEET, Presiding Judge, Yolo County

LAW SCHOOL DEANS

ANTHONY DICCE, Lincoln Law School
NELS FRANSON, Humphreys College of Law, Stockton
ELIZABETH RINDSKOPF PARKER, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
REX PERSHBACHER, School of Law, University of California, Davis
HEMAN SMITH, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law