Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 16

Elected Official Endorsements

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congressman Ronald V. Dellums

Congressman Pete Stark

Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante

Senator Don Perata, President Pro Tempore, California State Senate

Senator Kevin Murray, Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Senate

Assemblymember Karen Bass, Majority Whip, California State Assembly

Assemblymember Mark Ridley-Thomas, Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Assembly

Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally

Assemblymember Joe Coto

Assemblymember Loni Hancock

Assemblymember Paul Koretz

Assemblymember Johan Klehs

Assemblymember Wilma Chan

Supervisor Keith Carson, President
Alameda County Board of Supervisors (Campaign Chairman)

Supervisor Nate Miley, Alameda County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker
Alameda County Board of Supervisors

Mayor Beverly Johnson., City of Alameda

Doug deHaan, Councilmember, City of Alameda

Frank Matarrese, Councilmember, City of Alameda

Jane Brunner, Councilmember, City of Oakland

Jean Quan, Councilmember, City of Oakland

Henry Chang, Councilmember, City of Oakland

Desley Brooks, Councilmember, City of Oakland

Larry Reid, Councilmember, City of Oakland

Dennis Chaconas, Alameda County Board of Education

Gay Plair Cobb, Alameda County Board of Education

Bill Schaff, Alameda Unified School Board Member

Gregory Hodge, Oakland Unified School Board Member

Dan Siegal, Oakland Unified School Board Member

Alice Spearman, Oakland Unified School Board Member

Alona Clifton, Peralta College Trustee

Linda Handy, President, Peralta College Board of Trustees

Nicky González Yuen, Peralta College Trustee

Carol Ward Allen, President, BART Board of Directors

Chris Peeples, AC Transit Board Member

William B. Patterson
East Bay Municipal Utility District Board

Doug Siden, East Bay Regional Parks Board

Mayor Tom Bates, City of Berkeley

Maxwell Anderson, Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Linda Maio, Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Dona Spring, Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Kriss Worthington, Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Surlene Grant, Councilmember, City of San Leandro

Organizational Endorsements

California Teacher's Association

California Nurses Association

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO

California Federation of Teachers

SEIU, California State Council of Service Employees International Union

AFSCME, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

California League of Conservation Voters

Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO

Sierra Club

SEIU, Local 1000

Oakland Education Association, OEA

Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Oak Pac

SEIU, Local 616

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges

California Faculty Association

California Teamsters Public Affairs Council

John George Democratic Club

East Bay Democratic Club

Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Northern

California District Council, AFL-CIO

California State Employees Association, CSEA

California School Employees Association, AFL-CIO

East Bay Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club

Amalgamated Transit Union

Building and Construction Trades Council of California

Teamsters Joint Council No. 7

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #595

Laborers' International Union of North America

LA County Probation Officers Union

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 3

Sailors Union of the Pacific

United Automobile, Aerospace, Agricultural Implement Workers
of America -UAW Region 5

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Local 713

CDF Firefighters

National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter

California Association of Highway Patrolmen

Legislative Black Caucus, California State Legislature