Endorsements List: Wilma Chan for California State Senate

Hon. Mike Honda, Member of Congress, Chair, Asian Pacific American Congressional Caucus, Chair, Ethiopian American Caucus*, Vice Chair* Democratic National Committee
Hon. David Wu, Member of Congress
California State Council of Laborers, AFL-CIO, Labor
UNITE HERE (needle trades, hotel/restaurant workers), Labor
AFSCME Local 3299 - University of California, Labor
Capital Political Action Committee, Leader in LGBT Equality and rights
Hon. John Chiang, Controller, State of California
Hon. Delaine Easton, California Superintendent of Public Education (ret.)
Hon. John Burton, Senate President (ret.)
Hon. Christine Kehoe, Senator
Hon. Gibert Cedillo, Senator
Hon. Jenny Oropeza, Senator
Hon. Mark Ridley-Thomas, Senator, Chair, Black Legislative Caucus*
Hon. Darrell Steinberg, Senate President designee
Hon. Gloria Negrete McLeod, Senator
Hon. Karen Bass, Speaker, CA Assembly
Hon. Alberto Torrico, Assemblyman
Hon. Joe Coto, Assemblyman, Chair, Latino Legislative Caucus*, former Member, Oakland City Council
Hon. Richard Alarcon, Senator and Assemblyman (ret.)
Hon. Michael Eng, Assemblyman and Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
Hon. Jim Beall, Assemblyman
Hon. Fiona Ma, Assemblywoman
Hon. Fran Pavley, Assemblywoman (ret.)
Hon. Herb Wesson, Speaker Emeritus California Assembly
Hon. Robert Campbell, Assemblyman (ret.)
Hon. Robert Hertzberg, Speaker Emeritus California Assembly
Hon. Betty Yee, Member, State Board of Equalization
Hon. Judy Chu, Member, State Board of Equalization
Hon. Keith Carson, Member, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Hon. Alice Lai Bitker, Member, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Hon. Charles Plummer, Sheriff, Alameda County (ret.)
Hon. Lena Tam, Vice Mayor Alameda
Hon. Jerry Brown, CA Attorney General, Former Mayor of Oakland
Hon. Elihu Harris, Mayor (ret.), Oakland
Hon. Gus Newport, Mayor, Berkeley (fmr.)
Hon. Kathy Brown, Mayor, Livermore (fmr.)
Hon. Shirley Dean, Mayor, Berkeley (fmr.)
Hon. Dean Barbieri, Vice Mayor, Piedmont
Hon. Nancy McEnroe, City Councilwoman, Piedmont
Hon. Jean Quan, Vice Mayor, Oakland
Hon. Henry Chang, City Councilman, Oakland
Hon. Patricia Kernighan, City Councilwoman, Oakland
Hon. Larry Reid, City Councilman, Oakland
Hon. Doug DeHaan, City Councilman, Alameda
Hon. Marie Gilmore, City Councilwoman, Alameda
Hon. Frank Materesse, City Councilman, Alameda
Hon. Donna Spring, City Councilwoman, Berkeley
Hon. Kriss Worthington, City Councilman, Berkeley
Hon. Maudelle Shirek, City Councilwoman (ret.), Berkeley
Hon. Leonard McNeil, City Councilman, San Pablo
Hon. Genoveva Garcia Calloway, City Councilwoman, San Pablo
Hon. Desley Brooks, City Councilwoman, Oakland
Hon. Dave Blake, Commissioner, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley
Hon. Jesse Arreguin, Chair, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley
Hon. John Russo, Oakland City Attorney
Hon. Nathaniel 'Nat' Bates, City Councilman and former Mayor, Richmond
Hon. Margaret Fujioka, City Counilwoman, Piedmont
Hon. Betty Olds, City Councilwoman. Berkeley
Hon. Joyce Starosciak, Councilwoman, San Leandro
Hon. David Kakishiba, President, Oakland School Board
Hon. Kerry Hammill, Vice President, Oakland School Board
Hon. Noel Gallo, Member, Oakland School Board
Hon. Gary Yee, Member, Oakland School Board
Hon. Chris Dobbins, Member, Oakland School Board
Hon. David Forbes, Vice President, Alameda School Board
Hon. Janet Gibson, Member, Alameda School Board
Hon. Mike McMahon, Member, Alameda School Board
Hon. William Schaff, Member, Alameda School Board
Hon. Joaquin Rivera, Vice President, Berkeley School Board
Hon. John Selawsky, Member, Berkeley School Board
Hon. Shirley Issel, Member, Berkeley School Board
Hon. Ward Lindenmayer, President, Piedmont School Board
Hon. Nicky Gonzalez Yuen, Trustee, Peralta Community College District
Hon. Alona Clifton, Trustee, Peralta Community College District (ret.)
Hon. Sheila Jordan, Superintendent, Alameda County Office of Education
Hon. Cy Gulassa, President, Peralta Community Colleges
Hon. Linda Handy, Trustee, Peralta Community College District
Hon. Patricia Kohnen, Member, Dublin School Board
Dr. Joe Ovick, Superintendent, Contra Costa County Office of Education
Hon. Alice Spearman, Member, Oakland School Board
Hon. Owen Jones, Member, Albany School Board (ret.)
Hon. William Patterson, Director, East Bay Municipal Water District
Hon. Doug Siden, Board Member, East Bay Regional Park District
Hon. Timothy McGowan, Director, Castro Valley Sanitary District Board
Hon. Mary Warren, Member, SF Regional Water Board (ret.)
Rob Reiner, Childrens Advocate, Actor and Director
Mark Friedman, Director, First 5 Every Child Counts Commission*
Dave Kears, Director, Alameda County Health Services*
Gilda Gonzales, CEO, Unity Council*
Alameda County Central Labor Council,
Asian Pacific Islander CA Legislative Caucus,
Service Employees International Union – CA,
California State Council of Laborers, AFL-CIO,
Firefighters Local 55 (Oakland, Alameda County, Emeryville),
Teamsters Joint Council 7, Labor
Contra Costa Central Labor Council, Labor
Engineers and Scientists of California, Local 20 (IFPTE), Labor
California Association of Nurse Practitioners, Labor
UNITE HERE (needle trades, hotel/restaurant workers), Labor
East Bay Young Democrats, Democrats
Berkeley Democratic Club, Democrats
Alameda Democratic Club, Democrats
AFSCME - California, Labor
Asian American Action Fund PAC, Leaders
Asian Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus of Alameda County, Leaders
California League of Conservation Voters, Political Action for Environmental Protection
California List, Supporter of women running for office
Jason Crouch, Board Chair, Emeryville Chamber of Commerce*
Laborer's Union, Local 304, Labor
Mark Allen, Acting Director Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
National Organization for Women (NOW) - California,
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California Optometric Association, Eye health
Oakland Tribune-Contra Costa Times, Newspaper editorials
Berkeley Daily Planet, Newspaper endorsement
Calitics, On-line news editorial


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