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Los Angeles County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Sandra Fluke

Candidate for
State Senator; District 26

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Sandra is proud to be endorsed by:

Newspapers

  • The Argonaut
  • Daily Breeze
  • Los Angeles Daily News

Elected Officials
  • U.S. Rep Karen Bass
  • U.S. Rep Janice Hahn
  • U.S. Rep Julia Brownley
  • U.S. Rep Tony Cardenas
  • U.S. Rep Joaquin Castro
  • U.S. Rep Dan Maffei
  • U.S. Rep Scott Peters
  • U.S. Rep Louise Slaughter
  • Former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides
  • State Senator Holly Mitchell
  • State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
  • State Senator Carol Liu
  • State Senator Jim Beall
  • Former State Senator Becky Morgan
  • Former State Senator Joe Simitian
  • Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins
  • Assemblymember Cristina Garcia
  • Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal
  • Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva
  • Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
  • Assemblymember Mark Stone
  • Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman
  • Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Emeritus Fiona Ma
  • Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin
  • Los Angeles City Councilmember Nury Martinez
  • Former Los Angeles City Controller Rick Tuttle
  • Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
  • Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Ruth Galanter
  • Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Joy Picus
  • Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Roz Wyman
  • Los Angeles Community College District Trustee, Mona Field
  • Los Angeles Community College District Trustee, Nancy Pearlman
  • Former Los Angeles Community College District President, Georgia Mercer

Local Elected and Appointed Officials
  • West Hollywood Mayor John D'Amico
  • Redondo Beach City Councilmember Steve Sammarco
  • Former Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Jeff Duclos
  • Former Hermosa Beach Mayor George Schmeltzer
  • Former Beverly Hills School Board Member, Allissa Roston
  • Former Hermosa Beach School District Trustee, Ray Waters
  • Compton Mayor Aja Brown
  • Mayor Pro Tempore Huntington Beach Joe Shaw
  • Huntington Beach Councilmember Connie Boardman
  • San Diego City Councilmember David Alvarez
  • Susan Rose, Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor
  • San Francisco County Supervisor Jane Kim
  • Joy Atkinson, Board of Neighborhood Commissioners
  • Cary Brazeman, Mid City West Community Council
  • Stephanie Cubba, West Hollywood Women's Advisory Board*
  • John Frierson, Chair, California Athletic Commission*
  • Stacey Jones, Commissioner, City of West Hollywood Business License Commission
  • Geraldine Kennedy, Former Santa Monica Planning Commissioner
  • Miriam Aroni Krinsky, Former President, LA City Ethics Commission
  • Wendy Mitchell, Commissioner, California Coastal Commission*
  • Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board*
  • Rebecca Ninburg, Vice President, City of Los Angeles Commission on Status Women**
  • Stefani Poretz, Board Member, Mid City West Neighborhood Council
  • Sandra Pressman, Chair, Beverly Hills Fine Art Commission
  • Heidi Shink, City of West Hollywood Commissioner for Human Services
  • Nadia Sutton, Member of Women's Advisory Board, City of West Hollywood*
  • Ruth Williams, Public Safety Commissioner, City of West Hollywood

Organizations
  • Americans for Democratic Action, Southern California
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • California League of Latin American Citizens/National League of Latin American Citizens
  • California List
  • California NOW
  • California Small Business Association
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
  • EMILY's List
  • Golden State Manufactured Home Owners League Political Action Committee
  • Military Mental Health Project
  • Miss Revolutionaries
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California
  • National Women's Political Caucus of California
  • Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project Los Angeles County
  • Pride PAC
  • San Fernando Valley/Northeast Los Angeles Chapter, NOW
  • Sierra Club
  • Women in Leadership
  • Women's Political Committee
  • Women Under Forty Political Action Committee
  • Women's Campaign Fund

Labor Leaders and Organizations
  • AFSCME California PEOPLE
  • AFSCME District Council 36
  • AFSCME Local 1902
  • Amalgamated Transit Union California Conference Board
  • CAL FIRE Local 2881
  • California Association of Professional Employees
  • California Conference of Machinists
  • California Federation of Teachers
  • California Nurses Association
  • California Professional Firefighters
  • Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Southern California District Council
  • Los Angeles College Faculty Guild AFT Local 1521
  • Los Angeles County Firefighters Association
  • Teamsters Joint Council 42
  • Torrance Firefighters Association
  • UC-AFT Local 1990 (UCLA)
  • Union of American Physicians and Dentists, Local 206
  • United Domestic Workers, Local 3909
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770
  • United Firefighters of Los Angeles City
  • United Steelworkers Legislative Education Committee for Los Angeles and Orange Counties
  • University Council-AFT
  • Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers
  • Raymond Cordova, Chair, South County Labor AFL CIO*
  • Betty Dukes, Plaintiff, Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Supreme Court Case
  • Carl Friedlander, President (ret.), Community College Council, California Federation of Teachers
  • Leslie Gersicoff, Executive Director, Jewish Labor Committee Western Region*
  • Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Executive Director, CLUE-LA* (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice)
  • Ai-Jen Poo, Advocate for Women and Low-Wage Workers
  • Aquilina Soriano Versoza, Executive Director, Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California*

  • Democratic Party Leaders & Clubs
  • Beach Cities Democratic Club
  • Bruin Democrats
  • California State University, Northridge Democrats
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
  • Feminist Democrats
  • Gardena Valley Democratic Club
  • New Frontier Democratic Club
  • Progressive Democratic Club
  • Torrance Democratic Club
  • University of Southern California Democrats
  • West L.A. Democratic Club
  • Alex Gallardo-Rooker, Vice Chair, California Democratic Party
  • Daraka Larimore-Hall, Secretary, California Democratic Party
  • Kristen Kavanaugh, Chair, CDP Veterans' Caucus, Committee on Women Veterans*
  • Thomas Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chair, CDP Irish American Caucus
  • Darren Parker, Chair, CDP African American Caucus
  • Christine Pelosi, Chair, CDP Women's Caucus
  • Lawson Stuart, Chair, CDP Veterans' Caucus
  • Kate Weber, 2013 CDP Veteran of the Year, Cal Vet Woman Veteran Leader of the Year
  • Dante Atkins, Progressive Caucus Chair, California Young Democrats
  • David Atkins, Chair, Ventura County Democratic Party
  • Teresa Bird, Secretary, Beach Cities Democratic Club*
  • Kathryn Campbell, President, Beach Cities Democratic Club & 66th AD *Democratic Woman of the Year 2014
  • Norman Chramoff, Co-Chair, Platforms Committee, California Democratic Party
  • Becca Doten, Member, Democratic National Committee
  • Courtney Driver, National Committeewoman and Black Caucus Chair, California Young Democrats
  • Lorraine Geittmann, CDP Credentials Committee*
  • Tracy Gore!, Membership Chair, West LA Democratic Club
  • Jimmy Gow, Torrance Democratic Club*
  • David Graham-Caso, Former President, Los Angeles County Young Democrats
  • Sue Gunther, CDP Environmental Caucus Secretary
  • Tony Hale, CDP AD66 Executive Board Member, Former President, Beach Cities Democratic Club*
  • Ty Halen, Communications Director, California Young Democrats LGBTQ Caucus
  • Kaitlin Lawson, CSUN Young Democrats
  • Edna Murphy, Treasurer, Beach Cities Democratic Club*
  • Dency Nelson, Vice President, Beach Cities Democratic Club*
  • Teresa Savo, Parliamentarian, Palos Verdes Democrats*
  • Bill Roberts, CDP AD62 Delegate, 62nd AD Democratic Man of the Year 2014
  • Rochelle Schneider, CDP AD66 Delegate
  • Connie Sullivan, Past President of Palos Verdes Democrats*
  • John Vigna, President, California Young Democrats
  • Carolyn Waters, CDP AD62 Delegate
  • Ray Waters, CDP AD62 Delegate
  • Kelley Willis, Secretary, West LA Democratic Club

Environmental Leaders
  • Sierra Club
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • Ed Begley Jr., Environmental Activist
  • Bruce Campbell, Environmental Advocate
  • Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Board of Directors, National Wildlife Federation*
  • Sue Gunther, CDP Environmental Caucus Secretary
  • Wendy Mitchell, Commissioner, California Coastal Commission*
  • Stephanie Molen, Environmental Activist
  • Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board*
  • Aaron Paley, Executive Director & Co-Founder CicLAvia*
  • Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director, Climate Resolve*
  • Nancy Sutley, Former Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality*
  • Jean Watt, President, Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks

Gender Equaity Leaders
  • California NOW
  • EMILY's List
  • Miss Revolutionaries
  • NARAL Pro-Choice California
  • National Women's Political Caucus of California
  • Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project Los Angeles County
  • San Fernando Valley/Northeast Los Angeles Chapter, NOW
  • Women in Leadership
  • Women's Political Committee
  • Women Under Forty Political Action Committee
  • Women's Campaign Fund
  • Betsy Berkemer-Credaire, Past President, National Association of Women Business Owners of CA*
  • Rebecca Blanton, former Executive Director, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls*
  • Araceli Campos, Association of California Commissions for Women*
  • Stephanie Cubba, West Hollywood Women's Advisory Board*
  • Karen DeCrow, former President of NOW
  • Jane Hasler Henick, Women's Community Activist
  • Ilyse Hogue, President, NARAL
  • Kate Karpilow, Executive Director, California Center for Research on Women*
  • Karen Mulhauser, Former National Executive Director, NARAL
  • Rebecca Ninburg, Vice President, City of Los Angeles Commission on Status Women**
  • Farrah Parker, Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women**
  • Christine Pelosi, Chair, CDP Women's Caucus
  • Ai-Jen Poo, Advocate for Women and Low-Wage Workers
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom, "Miss Representation" Filmmaker
  • Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
  • Nadia Sutton, Member of Women's Advisory Board, City of West Hollywood*
  • Cathy Unger, Women's Community Leader
  • Sarah Weddington, Attorney who won Roe v. Wade
  • Sophia Yen, Co-Founder, SheHeroes.org

Education Leaders
  • California Federation of Teachers
  • Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
  • Los Angeles College Faculty Guild AFT Local 1521
  • UC-AFT Local 1990 (UCLA)
  • University Council-AFT
  • Los Angeles Community College District Trustee, Mona Field
  • Los Angeles Community College District Trustee, Nancy Pearlman
  • Former Los Angeles Community College District President, Georgia Mercer
  • Former Beverly Hills School Board Member, Allissa Roston
  • Former Hermosa Beach School District Trustee, Ray Waters
  • Roberta Achtenberg, Former Chair, Cal State University Board of Trustees
  • Woodrow Clark, Qualitative Economist
  • Janice Eckstrand, Special Education Activist
  • Carl Friedlander, President (ret.), Community College Council, California Federation of Teachers
  • Areva Martin, Esq., Founder of Special Needs Network, Inc.*
  • Dale Petrulis, Education Advocate
  • Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code

Veteran's Advocacy Leaders
  • Military Mental Health Project
  • Jacob Angel, Executive Director, Military Mental Health Project*
  • Susan L. Burke, Attorney for Victims of Military Sexual Assault
  • Zoe Dunning, former Board Co-Chair, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network*
  • Kristen Kavanaugh, Chair, California Democratic Party Veterans' Caucus, Committee on Women Veterans*
  • Toni Reinis, Co-Founder, New Directions for Veterans
  • Lawson Stuart, Chair, CDP Veterans' Caucus
  • Kate Weber, 2013 CDP Veteran of the Year, Cal Vet Woman Veteran Leader of the Year
  • Amy Ziering, Producer, Invisible War

LGBTQ Advocacy Leaders
  • Pride PAC
  • Dustin Lance Black, Founding Board Member, American Foundation for Equal Rights
  • Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force*
  • Masen Davis, Executive Director, Transgender Law Center*
  • Ty Halen, Communications Director, California Young Democrats LGBTQ Caucus
  • Mara Keisling, Founding Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality*
  • Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights*
  • Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, Director of Client Services, Anti Violence Project*
  • Sharon Stapel, national advocate against violence affecting LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities
  • Maureen Steiner, Board President, Lambda Archives*
  • Chris Svoboda, LGBTQ Community Advocate
  • Zach Wahls, LGBT Activist

Community Leaders
  • Abby Arnold, Community Activist and Social Justice Advocate
  • Elissa Barrett, Interim CEO, Bet Tzedek Legal Services*
  • Nicole Carcel, Deputy for Community Engagement and Outreach, Office of the *Los Angeles City Attorney
  • Marta Evry, Community Leader
  • Dallas Fowler, Principal, Daltek Global Solutions, LLC
  • Larry Fox, South Bay Community Leader
  • Leslie Gersicoff, Executive Director, Jewish Labor Committee Western Region*
  • Janet Halbert , Jewish Community Leader
  • Corky Hale Stoller and Mike Stoller
  • John Healey, Executive Director, Human Rights Action Center
  • Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Executive Director, CLUE-LA* (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice)
  • Linda and Syd Leibovitch
  • Capri Maddox, MPA, Esq., Los Angeles Special Assistant City Attorney*
  • Kenneth Petrulis, Former President, Beverly Hills Bar Association
  • Sarah Pillsbury, Liberty Hill Founder*
  • Isabel Rodriguez, Hermosa Beach
  • Brent Roske, Director
  • Ed Sanders, Community Activist
  • Pastor William Smart
  • Seth Stodder, Former State Senate District 26 Candidate
  • Kathy Sutton, CEO/VP, SIERF*

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  • *Not acting on behalf of the City of Los Angeles

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