California's leaders know who can get the job done. They’re backing Sion.
Endorsements
CHECK OUT WHO IS ENDORSING SION
Organizations and Labor Unions
- California Democratic Party
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- California Medical Association
- Los Angeles County Medical Association
- California Primary Care Association Advocates
- Sierra Club California
- SEIU California
- AFSCME California People
- AFSCME Local 1902
- Santa Monica Firefighters Local 1109
- IBEW Local 40
- Union of American Physicians and Dentists Local 206
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 36
- Indian American Impact (IAIMPACT)
- Santa Monica Democratic Club
- Malbu Democratic Club
- Palos Verdes Democrats
- Democrats for Israel
- San Francisco Marin Medical Society
- Westchester Playa Democratic Club
- Progressive Democrats of Santa Monica Mountains
- 314 Action Fund
- Barrington Plaza Association of Tenants
Federal Elected Officials
- Dave Min, Congressmember, CA 47
- Ami Bera, Congressmember, CA 06
- Maxine Waters, Congressmember, CA 43
- Julia Brownley, Congressmember, CA 26
State Elected Officials
- Fiona Ma, CPA, California State Treasurer
- Rob Bonta, California Attorney General
- Antonio Vasquez, California Board of Equalization, District 3
- California Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC)
- Henry Stern, State Senator, SD27
- Bob Archuleta, State Senator, SD30
- Akilah Weber Pierson, M.D., State Senator, SD39
- Hon. Richard Polanco, State Senate Majority Leader (ret.)
- Hon. Richard Pan, State Senator, SD06 (ret.)
- Stephanie Nguyen, Assemblymember, AD10
- Ash Kalra, Assemblymember, AD25
- Patrick Ahrens, Assemblymember, AD26
- Dr. Jasmeet Bains, Assemblymember, AD35
- Juan Carrillo, Assemblymember, AD39
- Mike Fong, Assemblymember, AD49
- Rick Zbur Chavez, Assemblymember, AD51
- Sade Elhawary, Assemblymember, AD57
- Tina McKinnor, Assemblymember, AD61
- Mike Gipson, Assemblymember, AD65
- Dr. Darshana Patel, Assemblymember, AD76
- Hon. Richard Bloom, Assemblymember, AD50 (ret.)
- Hon. Betsy Butler, Assemblymember, AD53 (ret.)
- Hon. Warren Furutani, Assemblymember, AD55 (ret.)
- Megan Srinivas, Iowa House of Representatives, 30th District
Local Elected Officials
- Penny Sylvester, Mayor, Agoura Hills
- Jeremy Wolf, Mayor Pro Tem, Agoura Hills
- Chris Anstead, Councilmember, Agoura Hills
- Jack Koenig, Former Mayor, Agoura Hills
- Michael Harrison, Former Mayor, Calabasas
- Wanda Love, Councilmember, Gardena
- Barry Waite, Mayor Pro Tem, Lomita
- Caroline Torosis, Mayor, Santa Monica
- Dan Hall, Councilmember, Santa Monica
- Ellis Raskin, Councilmember, Santa Monica
- Barry Snell, Councilmember, Santa Monica
- Sue Himmelrich, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
- Ted Winterer, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
- Paul Rosenstein, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
- Jim Conn, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
- Denny Zane, Former Mayor, Santa Monica; Co-chair, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR)
- Danny Ivanov, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- Kay Ambriz, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- Kurt Gonska, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- Ericka Lesley, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- Phillis Dudick, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
- Rob Rader, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Anastasia Foster, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Nancy Greenstein, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Luis Castañón, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Tom Peters, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Sophia Manavi, Student Trustee, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
- Louise Jaffe, Former Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Chair
- Jennifer Smith, President, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Stacy Rouse, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Maria Leon-Vazquez, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Alicia Mignano, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Jon Kean, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Craig Foster, Former Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District School Board of Education
- Patricia Hoffman, Former Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Ralph Mechur, Former Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
- Bruce Silverstein, Mayor, City of Malibu
- Doug Stewart, Councilmember, City of Malibu
- Haylynn Conrad, Councilmember, City of Malibu
- Laura Rosenthal, Former Mayor, Malibu
- Lou Lamonte, Former Mayor, Malibu
- Paul Grisanti, Former Mayor, Malibu
- Karen Farrer, Former Mayor, Malibu
- Andy Coradeschi, President, Los Virgenes Municipal Water District Board
- Jay Lewitt, Los Virgenes Municipal Water District Board
- Susan Aminoff, Former Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Chair
- Dr. Alex McDonald, Claremont Unified School District Board Trustee, Area No.4
- David Newman, Mayor, City of Thousand Oaks
- Bobbi Singh Allen, Mayor, Elk Grove
- Allyson Damikoulas, Tustin Unified School District Board of Education Trustee
- Aaruni Thakur, Fullerton Elementary School District Board of Education Trustee
- Megan Srinivas, Iowa House of Representatives for the 30th district
- Gary Burns, Las Virgines Municipal Water District Board of Directors
- Lesli Stein, Vice President, Las Virgines Unified School District
- Linda Menges, Las Virgines Unified School Board Trustee
- Brad Waller, Councilmember, Redondo Beach
- Chadwick Castle, Councilmember, Redondo Beach
- Paige Kaduveric, Councilmember, Redondo Beach
- Zein Obagi, Jr., Councilmember, Redondo Beach
- Bridgett Lewis, Councilmember, City of Torrance
- Nilo Michelin, President, El Camino Community College Board
- Barbi Appelquist, Former Co-chair Santa Monica Child Care and Early Education Task Force
- Dr. Sabrina Bazzo, San Diego Unified School District boardmember
- Raymur Flinn, Redondo Beach Unified School District Boardmember
- John Duran, Former West Hollywood mayor
- Brett Roberts, El Camino Community College Trustee
- Dr. Vito Imbasciani, former Secretary of CA Department of Veterans Affairs
- Daniel Andalon, Commissioner, LA County Consumer Affairs Advisory Commission
Local Leaders and Activists
- Jon Katz, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
- Derek Devermont, DNC Member
- Gina Muscatel, Co-President, Malibu Democratic Club
- Howard Mandel, President, Los Angeles City Health Commission
- Maryanne Solomon, former President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
- Dorothy Reik, President, Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Crystal Litz, Community leader; President/founder LP campaigns
- Harini Krishnan, National Organizing Chair for South Asians for America (SAFA), DNC Member
- Susie Shannon, Los Angeles City Health Commissioner, District 14
- Deepa Sharma, Vice-Chair, California Democratic Party, former Chair of CADEM API Caucus
- Jimmie Woods Gray, Los Angeles Fire Commissioner, former Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair
- Maliha Williamson, South Asians for America (SAFA) Co-Chair
- Domi Pitturo, former California Democratic Party delegate
- Angela Scott, California Democratic Party delegate
- Susan Sheu, Los Angeles County Democratic Party Central Committee AD51 delegate
- Avinder Chowla, Democratic National Committee Finance Council member
- Tim Harter Defuria, former senior field representative for Assemblymember Richard Bloom, Santa Monica resident
- Johnnie Adams, Police Chief, Santa Monica College
- Mike Soloff, co-chair, Santa Monicans for Renters Rights
- Chris Bowen, Vice President of Communications, Stonewall Democratic Club
- Cindy Bendat, Boardmember, North of Montana Neighborhood Association
- Todd Flora, Boardmember, Santa Monica Rent Control Board and former Heal the Bay boardmember
- Debbie Paperman, Democrats for Israel, executive boardmember
- Erika Bell, Co-Chair, Early Childhood Task Force
- Patti Braun, Arts and Education Advocate
- Robb Brown, Community Leader and Music Advocate
- Neil Carrey, President, Airport2Park Foundation
- Julia Carnahan, Santa Monica Arts Commission
- Janie Docter, Community Leader and Music Advocate
- Andrew Gledhill, Chair, Santa Monica Urban Forest Task Force
- Matt Goldenberg, Vice-Chair, North of Montana Neighborhood Association
- Frank Gruber, Board of Directors, Santa Monica Great Park Coalition
- Cris Gutierrez, Chair, Santa Monica Community Gardens Advisory Committee
- Ann Hoover, former Santa Monica Parks and Recreation Commission
- Susan Jain, Chair, Santa Monica Arts Commission
- Zina Josephs, former Santa Monica Arts Commission
- Bruce Malarky, former Santa Monica Airport Commission
- Joseph Pertel, Santa Monica Airport Commission
- Bob Ramirez, Santa Monica Arts Commission
- Dianne Reynolds, Chair, Santa Monica Airport Commission
- Cynthia Rose, Community Leader and Advisor, Santa Monica Great Park Coalition
- Jerry Rubin, Santa Monica Urban Forest Task Force
- John C. Smith, Santa Monica Parks and Recreation Commission
- Elizabeth Van Denburgh, Chair, Wilshire-Montana (Wilmont) Neighborhood Coalition
- Jennifer Kennedy, Santa Monica leader, former Respiratory Care Board boardmember
- Morgan Roth, Chair of Agoura Hills Planning Commission
- Ted Vaill, Malibu Democratic Club Vice President/Secretary
- Naomi Goldman, Legislative Chair, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus, Executive Board California Jewish Democrats
- Sarah Pillsbury, Emeritus Board member, Liberty Hill Foundation
- Sarah Roos, CADEM Children's Caucus Chair
- Brittany Mckinley, President Emeritus, Los Angeles Human Rights Commission, former Senate candidate for SD24
- Erin Darling, Civil Rights Attorney
- Teddy Kapur, Attorney
- Susan Haskell, Pacific Palisades Democratic Club Vice-President (former)
- Trisha Murakawa, El Camino Community College Vice Presiden
- Tim Dixon, PV Democrats President, CADEM Finance Committee Vice Chair
* All titles are used for identification purposes only and do not imply organizational endorsements.