Endorsements For Kelly for Assembly

KELLY FOR ASSEMBLY IS PROUDLY ENDORSED BY:
Elected Officials | Labor | Organizations | Entertainment Activists |
Religious Leaders | Democratic Leaders | Community Leaders | Women's Leaders |
Environmental Leaders | Clean Money Campaign Leaders | Individual Supporters

*Indicates organizations listed for identification purposes only

Elected Officials
Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant Governor
Leo McCarthy, Lieutenant Governor (ret.)
Richard Alarcón, State Senator
Joe Dunn, State Senator
Deborah Ortiz, State Senator
Rudy Bermudez, Assemblymember
Jerome Horton, Assemblymember
Scott Wildman, Assemblymember (ret.)
Georgia Mercer, LA Community College Board of Trustees
Nancy Pearlman, LA Community College Board of Trustees
Larry Miller, Ventura Community College Board of Trustees
Mary Anne Rooney, Ventura County College Board of Trustees
Julie Korenstein, LAUSD Board of Education
James Conn, Mayor of Santa Monica (ret.)
Michael Feinstein, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica (ret.)
Jack Koenig, Mayor of Agoura Hills (ret.)
Gary Silbiger, Councilmember, Culver City

Labor                                                 
AFSCME, Local 164
AFT Staff Guild Local 1521-A
AFTRA President John Connolly
AFTRA Secretary Dan Navarro
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1277
Boilermakers, Local 92
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Local 4
Cement Masons, Local 600
Communication Workers of America, Southern California Council
Glaziers, Local 636
Gunite Workers, Local 345
Heat & Frost Insulators, Local 5
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 45
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 40
Iron Workers, District Council of California
Iron Workers, Local 416
Iron Workers, Local 433
Iron Workers, Local 509
Laborers, Local 220
Laborers, Local 300
Letter Carriers, Local 24
LA County Deputy Probation Officers, Local 685
LA County Deputy Probation Officers, Local 685, President Ralph Miller
LA County Deputy Probation Officers, Local 685, National Director Lee Wax
LA / Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
National Associations of Letter Carriers, Branch 1100
Painters & Allied Trades, District Council 36
Painters, Local 52
Painters, Local 95
Painters, Local 256
Painters, Local 1595
Painters, Local 1991
Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 484
Resilient Floor & Decorative Covering, Local 1247
Road Sprinkler Fitters, Local 669
SEIU, Local 347 Retiree Club, President Bob Manley
Sheet Metal Workers, Local 105
Sprinkler Fitters, Local 709
Teamsters, Joint Council 42
Teamsters, Local 63
Teamsters, Local 186, Ventura County
Teamsters, Local 399
Teamsters, Local 848
Teamsters, Local 986
Tradeshow & Sign Crafts, Local 831
Utility Workers of America, Local 132

Organizations                                     
Action for Animals
California Association For Small Business
Californians for Quality Healthcare
Clean Water Action
Democracy for America of Conejo and Simi Valleys
National Women's Political Caucus, LA and Ventura Counties
Paw PAC
Sierra Club
Southern Californian Americans for Democratic Action
Southern California for Democracy
Ventura County Grassroots
Vote the Coast

Entertainment Activists                      
Ed Begley Jr., Actor
Maria Bello, Actor
Jackson Browne, Musician
James Cromwell, Actor
John Densmore, Musician, Author
Frances Fisher, Actor
James Garner, Actor
Paul Haggis, Writer
Casey Kasem, Radio Personality
Mimi Kennedy, Actor, National Chair, Progressive Democrats of America*
Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran, Author
Richard Lewis, Comedian/Actor
Wendy Malick, Actor
Alexandra Paul, Actor/Environmental Activist
Gene Reynolds, Actor/Director/Producer
Jane Romney, Actor
Alvin Sargent, Screenwriter
Vidal Sassoon
Martin Sheen, Actor
Amber Valletta, Actor
Bradley Whitford, Actor

Religious Leaders                               
Rev. James Conn, United Methodist Urban Ministry*
Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Temple Kol Tikvah*
Sr. Pat Krommer
Rev. Floyd McKeithen, United Methodist Church*
Rev. Judith Meyer, Santa Monica Unitarian Church*
Rev. Cecil Murray, First AME Church*
Rev. Larry Peacock, United Methodist Church*
Rev. George Regas, National Council of Churches*
Dr. David Wheeler

Democratic Leaders                            
Democracy for America of Conejo and Simi Valleys
Southern Californian Americans for Democratic Action
Southern California for Democracy
Ventura County Grassroots
Aris Anagnos, Southern California Americans for Democratic Action*
Wayne Bauer, Board Member (ret.), Santa Monica Rent Control*
Theresa and Blase Bonpane, Office of the Americas*
Susan Broidy, Democratic Club of Conejo Valley*
Ellen Bruck, Chair, 41st AD Committee,*
Tom Camarella, President Culver City Democratic Club*
Rebecca Carey, 33rd Assembly District Chair,*
Tim Carpenter, National Director, Progressive Democrats of America*
Edward M. Castillo, Chair, Greater Oxnard Organization of Democrats*
Jim Clarke, California Democratic Party, former Secretary,* and California Democratic Council, former Chair*
Tad Daley, Senior Policy Advisor, Progressive Democrats of America*
Douglas Drenkow, Editor, Progressive Thinking*
Mary Ellen Early, The Action Democrats*
Ralph Fertig, Southern California Americans for Democratic Action*
Joan Gallagher, Membership Committee Chair, West LA Democratic Club*
Lila Garrett, Progressive Democrats of America*
Jan Goodman, Southern Californians for Democratic Action*
Frank Harper, Topanga Democratic Club*
Griffen Herrera, State Central Committee Member*, Secretary, West LA Democratic Club*
Mike Hickerson, Democracy for America*
Dr. Bill Honigman, Southern California State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America*
Michele Hutchins, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles*, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley,* Valley Grassroots for Democracy*
Jay Kapitz, Ventura County Grassroots
Jerry Manpearl, Southern Californians for Democratic Action*
Margery Murray, Valley Democrats United*
Tom Mullens, Ventura County Grassroots
Mary Pallant, President, Valley Democrats United*
Chris Robson, California Democratic Party Central Committee Member*
Viginia Rogalsky, President, Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley*
Mustapha Sesay, Chair, 53rd Assembly District Committee*
Ann Solomon, Co-Chair, Southern Californians for Democratic Action*,  Democracy for America*
Peggy Stroger, Alternate member, Ventura County Democratic Central Committee*
Clifford Tasner, Southern California Americans for Democratic Action*
Dan Wallace, Malibu Democratic Club*
Zach Webber, Valley Democrats United*, Democrats For Change*
Laura Winchester, Vice President, Democratic Club of Conejo Valley*, Ventura County Grassroots

Community Leaders                           
California Association For Small Business
Californians for Quality Healthcare
Joanne Berlin, LA Coalition Against the Death Penalty*
Nancy Berlin, Director, California Partnership*
Jim Bright, Gold Star Families*
Louise Frankel, Community Activist
Rick Jacobs, Chair, CA Courage Campaign*
Barbara Kimmel, Executive Vice President, Oxnard Federation of Teachers*, Chair of State Special Education Committee for OFT*
Virginia Palmer, Resources Unlimited Foundation*
William Powers, Congress of California Seniors*
Stephen Rohde, President, ACLU Southern California Chapter*
Harvey Rosenfield, Founder, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights*
Irv Sarnoff, Founder, Friends of the United Nations*
Richard and Pauline Saxon, Physicians for Social Responsibility*
Marvin and Esther Schachter, Commissioner, California Commission for Older Americans*
Rosemary Shahan, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety*
Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum, Economist
Doris Sosin, Board Member, North of Montana Neighborhood Association*
Dwight Stone, Palisadians For Peace*
Rodger Talbott, CEO, Cedarhouse Rehabilitation Center*
Robert M. Taylor, California Peace Action*
M.C. Townsend, President/CEO, Regional-Black Chamber of Commerce, San Fernando Valley*


Women's Leaders                               
National Women's Political Caucus, LA and Ventura Counties
Marguerite Cooper, Vice President, NWPC
Amy Exelby
Pauline Field, Commissioner, Glendale Commission on the Status of Women*
Terry Gibson, PAC Treasurer, NWPC
Lyn Hilfenhaus, Chair, CA Democratic Party Women's Caucus*
Andrea Lipton, Vice Chair, Santa Monica Com mission on the Status of Women*
Rita Lowenthal, Former Commissioner, Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women*
Meredith McKenzie, PAC Vice President, NWPC
Georgia Mercer, Former President, Planned Parenthood*
Paula Petrotta, Executive Director, LA City Commission on the Status of Women*
Betsy Reifsnider, Former Executive Director, Friends of the River
Elizabeth Riel, Commissioner, Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women*
Catherine Smith, President, NWPC, Ventura
Tia Skulski, Chair, Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women*
Jeri Starr, Commissioner, Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women*
Sarah Stegemoeller, Commissioner, Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women*
Mary Jane Wagle


Environmental Leaders                       
Action for Animals
Clean Water Action
Paw PAC
Sierra Club
Vote the Coast
Andrew Beath, Executive Director, Earthways*
Rachel Binah, Former Chair, Environmental Caucus,* California Democratic Party*
Dave Breliant, Save Oak Savanna, Executive Committee Chair*
Janet Bridgers, Ventura County Costal Activist, Founder, Earth Alert
Garry Brown, Chair of Vote the Coast and Executive Director of the Orange County Coastkeepers*
Tsilah Burman, Executive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust*
Todd Campbell, Former Director of Policy and Science, Coalition for Clean Air*
Warner Chabot, Oceans Conservancy*
Richard Charter, Co-Chair, National OCS Coalition*
Peggy Forster, Founding Director, The Environmental Relief Foundation*
Leslie Gainer, Former Legal Council, American Oceans Campaign*
Dorothy Green, Founder, Heal the Bay*
Marlene Grossman, Director, Pacoima Beautiful*
Virginia Handley, Legislative Chair, Paw PAC*
Marcia Hanscom, Coastal, Wildlife & Wetlands Advocate
Bob Hattoy, Commissioner, California Fish & Game Commission*
Patt Healy, Malibu Coalition for Slow Growth
Arlene Hopkins, Former Santa Monica Planning Commissioner*
Steve Hoye, Executive Director, Access for All*
Ruth Lansford, Friends of Ballona Wetlands*
Adi Liberman, Former Executive Director, Heal the Bay*
Joe Lyou, CA Environmental Rights Alliance*
Marc and Nina Merson, Founders, Eco-Expo*
Al Meyerhoff, Environmental Advocate
Eric Mills, Coordinator, Action for Animals*
Nancy Pearlman, Founder, Ecology Center of Southern California*
Erich Pfuehler, Executive Director, Clean Water Action
Martin Schlageter, Campagin and Advocacy
Director, Coalition for Clean Air*
Ozzie Silna, Treasurer, Malibu Land Conservancy*
Dan Silver, Director, Endangered Habitats League,* Director, LA CLV*
Gurminder Singh, CEO Earthnetworks Television
Trevor Smith, anti-LNG activist
Ryan Snyder, co-founder, California Bicycle Coalition
Frances Spivy-Weber, Executive Director for Policy,
Mono Lake Committee*
Gary Steinberg, National Canvass Coordinator, Clean Water Action
Kent Strumpell, Board Member, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition*
Larry Wan, Founder, Western Alliance for Nature Conservancy*
Sara Wan, Founder, Vote the Coast

Clean Money Campaign Leaders       
Ted Williams, Chairman of the Board of Directors, CA Clean Money Campaigns*
Aris Anagnos, Board Member, CA Clean Money Campaigns*
Lila Garrett, Board Member, CA Clean Money Campaigns*

Individuals                                        
Linda Abrams
Dr. Martin Ahmad
C. Michael Alder
Mary Alexander
Patrick Allen
Celeste Allegrea Adams
Adrienne Anderson
Clayton Anderson
Marsha Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Cynthia Anderson-Barker
Joyce Appleby
Charles Ara
Yigal Arens
Sehba Arif
Sharon Arkin
Robert Arns
Joan Avery-Smith
Tony Avila
Donna Bader
Elizabeth Badger
Janet Baker
Judith Balcerzak
Chuck Bartlett
Carol Bartlett
Wayne Bauer
Jerold Beckerman
Jonathan Berg
Sanford Berlin
James Bickhart Jr.
Deborah Birenbaum
John Bisnar
Marylin Bitner
Anne Marie Blakey
Anita Bloom
Patrick Bonner
Jay Boyland
Marlene Boyland
Kevin Boyle
Marcus Bradley
David Bramson
Judy Branfman
Gerald Breslauer
James Bright
Bruce Broillet
Norah Broillet
Wendy Gladney Brooks
Ellen Brown
J. Russell Brown
Katherine Browning
Bruce Brusavich
Paul Brynen
Voren Buchbinder
Gregory Byberg
Kevin Calcagnie
Harveth Cameron
Toby Caro
Scott Carr
Joe Carter
Robert Cartwright
Dave Casey
Philip Chandler
Malinda Pennoyer Chouinard
Walter Clark
Jacqueline Cochrane
Jeff Cohen
Connie Cole
Frances Collette
Scott Corwin
Kate Crandall
Lynn Crandall
Sean Crowley
Elizabeth D'Amico
William Daniels
Janice Daugherty
Fred Davis
Suzanne De Benedittis
Pamela De Maigret
Thomas Dempsey
Jack Denove
Lloyd Dent
Marjorie Determan
Maria Di Damo
Timothy Dillon
Stephen Dombrowski
Donald Doner
Nava Dordick
Gary Dordick
Carl Douglas
Martha Dresher
David Drexler
Phil Dunn
Ricardo Echeverria
Iris Edinger
Glenn Ehlers
Sandy Emberland
Jack Engberg
Don Ernst
Stuart Esner
Hassan Essayli
Cheryl Faris
Marylou Faris
Marjorie Fasman
Casimir Felcyn
Merrilee Fellows
A.R. Ferrara
Christopher Fields
Michael Fields
Robert Fink
Debra Fitzgerald
Diane Fletcher-Hoppe
Todd Flora
Janice Folick
Stephen Foitle
Dale Frank
Laurence Frank
Perry Fredgant
Alan Freedman
Elizabeth Fritz
Sherry Frumkin
Leo Frumkin
Sanford & Patricia Gage
Philip Ganong
Stephen Garcia
Gerlinde Gautrey
Helen Gelsomino
Marci Gelsomino
Todd Gelsomino
Elizabeth Levy George
Victor George
Jack Girardi
Tom Girardi
Steven Glickman
Leo Golberg
Steve Goldberg
James Grant Golden
John Goldenring
John Gomez
Madeline Goodwin
Valerie Gorman
Brenda & Hugh Gottfried
Cat Grant
Gary Gray
Juliette Gray
Joshua Green 
Jeffrey Greenapple
Lynn Greenburg
Browne Greene
Douglas Grinnell
David Grunwald
Marilyn Grunwald
Dianne Gubin
Suzanne Gunther
Gary Gwilliam
Eric Hacopian
Barbara Hadsell
Theodore Hajjar
Paul Hamingson
Carlos Haro
Franklin Harper
Ronald Hartmann
Robert Havens
Irene Henry
Walt Henry
Steven Heimberg
Gloria Herrera
Dr. Edward Hernandez
Richard Hersel
Elaine Herzog
Wendy Herzog
Daniel Hodes
David Hoffman
Chris Holburt
Melvin Horowitz
Jeff Horton
Jim Horwitz
Melvin Horowitz
Richard Huver
Irina Irvine
Sam Israel
Betty Jane Israel
Dr. Raymond Jallow
John Janofsky
Bonnie Johnstone
Stephen Joyce
Dean Jubas
Raouf Kahlil
Kurt Kananen
Christine Kang
Art Karno
Kenneth Kasdan
Ilene Kasdan
Rob Katherman
Andrew Kaufman
Douglas Keller
Debra Cole Kelner
Janet King
Eric Kingsley
John Khoury
Steve Koeppe
Roberta Kramer
Jan Krelle
Jeffrey Krivis
Walter Lack
Lawrence Lallande
Marvin Lanter
Jon Lappen
Barbara Lawless
Beth Leder-Pack
Deborah Levin
Julie Levine
Lynne Levine
Scott Levine
Michael Lewis
Carol Frances Likins
Tera Little
Susan Lovell-McLaughlin
Jack Lucas
Victor Ludwig
Miriam Ludwig
David Lumian
Brian Magana
Judith Magee
Lucille Malvani
Lorenza Manley
Mohinder Mann
Gerard Mannion
Penny Manship
Steven C. Markoff
Wally Marks
Suzanne Marks
Paul Martin
Amarjit Marwah
Ed Maschke
Maria Mayer
Faye Mayo
Wayne McClean
Niall McCarthy
Jill McDonell
John McLaughlin
Terrence McNally
Isa-Kae Meksin
Marc Merson
Nina Merson
Philip Michels
Elizabeth Miller
Dr. John Miller
Larry Miller
Mark Milstein
John Montevideo
Monte Montgomery
Dr. Stanley Moore
Sandy Moring
David Moring
Lawrence Mutz
Faramarz Nabavi
Hani Naser
Gretchen Nelson
William Newkirk
Tina Nieves
Ralph Charles Odierna III
David Olan
William Osak Dorothy Osak
Maynard Ostrow
Sheila Ostrow
John Owen
Susan Packer-Davis
Maryana Palmer
Marie Panec
Philip Parker
Melissa Pasek
Jolie Peaks
Thom Peters
Linda Piera-Avila
Steven Pingel
David Pisarra
Frank Pitre
Ray Pizarro
Susan Pizarro
Jeanne Polak-Recht
Alice Powell
Adrienne Prince
Mark Quigley
Judith Rafael
Hashmat Rahimtoola
Tina Rasnow
John Reiter
Ilene Resnick
Kurt Rice
Linda Fermoyle Rice
John Ridgway
Richard Riley
Anthony Rinaldi
Jerome Ringler
Sandra Roberts
Mark Robinson Jr.
Laurel Roennau
Virginia Rogalsky
David Rosen
Nina Green Rosenfield
Jean Rountree
Paul Rubell
Michael Rutman
Rania Sabty-Daily
Joe Saenz
Anthony Saidy
Sasoon Sales
Cathy Salser
Alvin Sargent
Steven Scandura
Richard Schmorleitz
Linda Schriever
Arnold Schwartz
Michael Scranton
Joel Selik
Susan Shannon
Adam Shea
Al Sheahen
Brent Sheldon
Kenneth Sigelman
Ozzie & Wendy Silna
Rick Simons
Vance Simonds Jr.
Sean Simpson
Lesa Slaughter
Kathy Smiley
Annette Smith
Carolyn Smith
Steve A. Smith
Wanda Smolarski
Terri Smooke
Ryan Snyder
Amy Fisch Solomon
Christine Spagnoli
Leslie Spirson
Richard Squire
Heather Sroufe
Martin Stanley
Edward Steinbrecher
Steven Stevens
John Stewart
Robert Stoll
Max Stollman
Thomas Stolpman
Dr. Armar Strauss
Elaine Strong
Antony Stuart
Karen Stuart
Jim Sturdevant
Michael Sullivan
Julie Summers
Peter Szego
Jack Taylor
John Taylor
Jill Teitelbaum
Robert Tessier
Terri Tessier
Glenn Susan Thomas
Josephine Tong
John Torjesen
Eric Traut
David Vahedi
Vivienne Wagner
Hugh Wallace
Eileen Walsh
Stacy Wasserman
Grace Weaver
Beverly Weil
Carol Wells
Jeff Westerman
M. Gwin Wheatley
Frank Wilkinson
Donna Wilkinson
Joanne Willens Widzer
William Winslow
Rosalind Wolf
Werner F. Wolfen
Chic Wolk
David E. Wood
Fabiola L. Wright
Thomas Zaret
Jamie R. Zazow

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