ENDORSEMENTS

The Los Angeles Times

Elected Leaders

  • Congressmember Adam Schiff

  • Congressmember Brad Sherman

  • State Senator Ben Allen

  • State Senator Henry Stern

  • Assemblymember Laura Friedman

  • Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel

  • Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo

  • Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur

  • Agoura Hills Councilmember Debbie Klein Lopez

  • Glendale Councilmember Ardashes "Ardy" Kassakhian

  • Burbank School Board Member Emily Weisberg

  • LAUSD School Board Member Nick Melvoin

  • Los Angeles Community College Board Trustee Andra Hoffman

Labor

  • Communications Workers of America Locals 9003, 9400, 9505, 9586, 9588, 9119, 39000, 14904, 89850, 9510, 951, 9509, 9504, 9575, and 59054

  • The 9,000 proud nurses of SEIU Local 121RN

  • International Longshore And Warehouse Union Southern California District Council

  • National Union of Healthcare Workers

  • Roofers and Waterproofers Local 36

  • The 100,000 healthcare workers, patients, and healthcare consumers of SEIU United Healthcare Workers (SEIU-UHW)

Organizations

  • Avance Democratic Club

  • California Women’s List

  • Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley

  • Democrats for Israel-Los Angeles

  • L.A. Forward

  • Los Angeles County Democratic Party

  • North Valley Democratic Club

  • San Fernando Valley Young Democrats

  • Southern California Armenian Democrats

  • Stonewall Democratic Club

  • Stonewall Young Democrats

  • Streets for All

  • Unite HERE Local 11

  • Valley Grassroots for Democracy

Community Leaders

  • State Controller Betty Yee (ret.)

  • Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (ret.)

  • Congressmember Howard Berman (ret.)

  • Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin (ret.)

  • Richard Katz, State Assemblymember (ret.)

  • Los Angeles City Controller Rick Tuttle (ret.)

  • Past Chair of the CSUN President’s Advisory Council Lee Alpert and Arlene Alpert, past LA City Anti Abuse Commissioner.

  • Loraine Lundquist,  Former CD12 Candidate

  • Damian Carroll, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley Member*

  • Yi Ding, L.A. County Commission for Women Commissioner and former V.P. at Northridge West Neighborhood Council

  • Michelle Fowle, Founder and Chair of Northridge Indivisible*

  • Naomi Goldman, National Women’s Political Caucus & CA Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Board Member*

  • Renay Grace Rodriguez, Treasurer of the Chatsworth Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce, President of the Stonewall Democratic Club and Administrator of the Chatsworth Business Improvement District*

  • Michael Menjivar, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats President Emeritus*

  • Victor Narro, Professor, Immigrant Rights and Labor Activist

  • Jonah Platt, Actor, Community advocate

  • Adam Sieff, Constitutional Rights Attorney and Board Member of Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California

  • Brad Smith, Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council member*

  • Kevin Taylor, Founder and Past President, West Valley Democratic Club, DPSFV Executive Board Member, West Hills resident.

    San Fernando Valley Neighbors

  • John Beyer, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Leighton Bowers, Northridge resident

  • John Bowers, VFX Artist, Northridge Resident

  • Alicia Cohen, West Hills resident

  • Jill Delaney, LAUSD Teacher (fmr), North Hills resident

  • Skyler Edberg, West Hills resident

  • Jacqueline Evans, Porter Ranch resident

  • Harry Evans, Porter Ranch resident

  • Steven Goldstein, Entrepreneur

  • Maury Gomberg, Porter Ranch resident

  • Barry Greene, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Tomas Gutierrez Hachard, Northridge resident

  • Angela Liao, TV Producer, Northridge resident

  • Ally Mansky, Porter Ranch resident

  • Neal Mansky, Porter Ranch resident

  • Allison Mertzman, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Leanne Mertzman, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Mariano Morua, Teacher, Veteran

  • Rachael Morua, Small business owner

  • Olivia Naturman, LAUSD Teacher and 20-year+ West Hills resident

  • Julian Parness, Former Department Chair and Teacher at Granada Hills Charter High School*

  • Sandra Parness, Chatsworth resident

  • Kasia Smetham, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Thomas Smetham, Producer, San Fernando Valley resident

  • Katherine Squires, LAUSD Asst. Principal (fmr.), Granada Hills resident

  • Joannie Summers, LAUSD Teacher (fmr.), Porter Ranch resident

  • Fred Summers, Porter Ranch resident

  • Hannah Villhauer, Northridge resident

  • Eric Villhauer, Northridge resident

  • Dr. Guy Weiss, MD

  • Dr. Morani Kornberg-Weiss, PhD

  • Adam Zeise, LAUSD Teacher, Northridge resident

*Titles for identification purposes only