Over 350 Endorsers of AB 249, the California DISCLOSE Act (Mullin-Levine)* More than 160,000 Californians have signed petitions urging the legislature to pass the California DISCLOSE Act, with 100,000 signing petitions specifically for AB 249 or this year’s original version AB 14.
SPONSOR Authors California Clean Money Campaign Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin Assemblymember Marc Levine EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS San Francisco Chronicle Principal Coauthors Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León CONGRESSIONAL & OTHER ENDORSERS Senator Ben Allen Senator Jerry Hill House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Senator Henry Stern Congressmember Anna Eshoo Assemblymember Marc Berman Congressmember Jimmy Gomez Assemblymember Matthew Dababneh Congressmember Ro Khanna Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian Congressmember Zoe Lofgren Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Coauthors Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma Senator Jim Beall Secretary of State Alex Padilla Senator Bill Dodd Assembly Majority Floor Leader Ian Calderon Senator Cathleen Galgiani Eric Bauman, Chair of the California Democratic Party Senator Connie Leyva Senator Josh Newman Kimberly Ellis, Former Executive Director of Emerge California Senator Anthony Portantino Senator Scott Wiener CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Judge Quentin Kopp, San Francisco Ethics Commission Assemblymember Rob Bonta Bob Stern, Principal co-author of 1974 Political Reform Act Assemblymember David Chiu Assemblymember Kansen Chu REFORM ORGANIZATIONS Assemblymember Laura Friedman Assemblymember Todd Gloria California Common Cause Assemblymember Tim Grayson California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Assemblymember Ash Kalra Citizens Oversight.org Assemblymember Kevin McCarty Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi CounterPAC Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva End Citizens United Fight for Reform Free Speech for People League of Women Voters of California FAITH ORGANIZATIONS LegitAction California Church IMPACT Money Out People In Lutheran Office of Public Policy Money Out Voters In People for the American Way LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS Public Citizen Communications Workers of Americas – District 9 Represent.Us International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Take Back Our Republic Southern District Council Voices for Progress Education Fund UDW/AFSCME Local 3930, the Homecare Providers Union Workers United Local 50 TRANSPARENCY ORGANIZATIONS Javad Ayala, Vice President, NABET - CWA Local 53 Maplight
Page 1 of 5 *Some of the endorsements listed are for AB 14 (Gomez-Levine) earlier this year, which is essentially the same as AB 249 except for amendments to address stakeholder concerns. This is a partial listing of endorsers - more are being added regularly. Contact us at [email protected] to add your organization or name.
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Michael Evans, President, California State American Postal California Democratic Party African American Caucus* Workers Union California Democratic Party Business & Professions Caucus* Cheryll Grover, Vice President, AFSCME Local 2700 California Democratic Party Chicano-Latino Caucus* Gary Herrera, Vice President, International Longshore and California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus* Warehouse Union (ILWU) California Democratic Party Rural Caucus* California Democratic Party Senior Caucus* BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS El Dorado County Democratic Party California Broadcasters Association Green Party of Orange County DisruptDC Green Party of Santa Clara County Madera County Democratic Party CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS Los Angeles County Democratic Party Consumer Watchdog Orange County Democratic Party GMO Free California San Benito County Democratic Party San Joaquin County Democratic Party SENIORS ORGANIZATIONS Santa Clara County Democratic Party Santa Cruz County Democratic Party California Alliance of Retired Americans Sonoma County Democratic Party Social Security Works Iyad Afalqa, Chair, CDP Arab American Caucus† Carlos Alcala, Chair, CDP Chicano Latino Caucus† WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS Aref Aziz, Northern Chair, CDP Asia Pacific Islander Caucus† California National Organization of Women Arnel Dino, Chair, CDP Filipino American Caucus† Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Brigette Hunley, CDP Computer and Internet Caucus† Judy Jacobs, CDP Children’s Caucus† ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Hene Kelly, CDP Disabilities Caucus† California League of Conservation Voters RL Miller, Chair, CDP Environmental Caucus† Coalition for Clean Air Evan Minton, Co-Chair, CDP LGBT Caucus† Endangered Habitats League Thomas Patrick O'Shaughnessy, CDP Irish American Caucus† Friends of the Earth Christine Pelosi, Chair, CDP Women’s Caucus† Mothers Out Front Denise Penn, Co-Chair, CDP LGBT Caucus† Melissa Ramosa, Chair, CDP Asian Pacific Islander Caucus† DISABILITY AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS Robert Rowen III, Chair, CDP Rural Caucus† Californians for Disability Rights California Physicians Alliance LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS 350 Silicon Valley POLITICAL ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS Acterra Courage Campaign Black Women Organized for Political Action CREDO California Interfaith Power and Light DailyKos Carbon Free Palo Alto Democracy for America Carbon Free Silicon Valley New Progressive Alliance Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame Our Revolution California Citizens Take Action -Los Angeles People Demanding Action Dream Menders -Los Gatos Progressive Vietnamese American Organization (PIVOT) Indivisible South Bay JusticeUS for All LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Los Altos Voices for Peace City of Santa Cruz Los Amigos of Orange County County of Santa Cruz Local Berniecrats - East Bay County of Ventura Move To Amend, Santa Clara County Older Women’s League San Francisco POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA) Peninsula Peace and Justice Center California Democratic Party Green Party of California * Justice Party of California Can't officially endorse, but passed resolutions urging the Peace and Freedom Party of California California Democratic Party to endorse AB 14. † Affiliation for identification purposes only. Caucus hasn’t taken an official position on AB 249 yet. Page 2 of 5
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Santa Cruz Women’s International League for Peace and LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS Freedom (Affiliations listed for identification purposes only) Secular Humanists of El Dorado Newell Arnerich, Mayor, City of Danville Sunnyvale Cool Patricia Showalter, Mayor, City of Mountain View Sustainable San Mateo County Marian Washburn, Mayor, City of Placerville Sustainable Silicon Valley Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, City of Richmond Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Heidi Harmon, Mayor, City of San Luis Obispo East Bay Branch
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Steve Young, Vice Mayor, City of Benicia San Francisco Branch Gabriel Quinto, Mayor Pro Tem, City of El Cerrito Lenny Siegel, Vice Mayor, City of Mountain View LOCAL POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATIONS David Terrazas, Vice Mayor, City of Santa Cruz Anaheim Democrats Gustav Larsson, Vice Mayor, City of Sunnyvale Beach Cities Democrats Burbank Democratic Club Luis Alejo, Supervisor, Monterey County Canyon Democrats Rosemarie Smallcombe, Supervisor, Mariposa County Chino Valley Democratic Club Adam Hill, Supervisor, San Luis Obispo County Clairemont Democratic Club of San Diego L Manuel Ruiz, Supervisor, Santa Cruz County Clovis Democratic Club Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley Jose Moreno, Councilmember, City of Anaheim Democracy for America -Orange County Nestor Valencia, Councilmember, City of Bell Democratic Club at the Villages Jim Clarke, Councilmember, City of Culver City Democratic Club of West Orange County Gabriel Quinto, Councilmember, City of El Cerrito Democratic Club of Sunnyvale Vinnie Bacon, Councilmember, City of Fremont Democratic Club of Vista Jeff Lee, Councilmember, City of Grover Beach Democrats of Greater Irvine Harvey Rarback, Councilmember, City of Half Moon Bay East Bay Young Democrats Shari Horne, Councilmember, City of Laguna Woods Encinitas and North Coast Democratic Club Bob Blumenfield, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles Feel the Bern Democratic Club Jenevieve Kenoyer, Councilmember, City of Modesto Glendale Democratic Club Alan Haffa, Councilmember, City of Monterey La Jolla Democratic Club R Kasperzak, Councilmember, City of Mountain View LAX-AREA Democratic Club Lenny Siegel, Councilmember, City of Mountain View North East Democratic Club Sue Digre, Councilmember, City of Pacifica Pacific Palisades Democratic Club Erik Howell, Councilmember, City of Pismo Beach Progressive Democrats of America - Los Angeles Richelle Noroyan, Councilmember, City of Santa Cruz Progressive Democratic Club of Carson Ron Rodarte, Councilmember, City of San Clemente Progressive Democratic Club -Wilmington Arturo Cruz, Councilmember, City of San Pablo People’s Democratic Club of Santa Cruz County Julie Combs, Councilmember, City of Santa Rosa San Ramon Valley Democratic Club Kayla Jones, Councilmember, City of Seaside Santa Clara County Democratic Club Diana Carey, Councilmember, City of Westminster Santa Clarita Valley Young Democrats Josue Alvarado, Councilmember, City of Whittier Santa Monica Democratic Club Santa Rosa Democratic Club Aziz Akbari, Board of Directors, Alameda County Water Sierra Foothills Democratic Club District Simi Valley Democratic Club Norma Alcala, Trustee, Washington Unified School District SF District 11 Democratic Club Margaret Bove Lamonica, Board Member, Hermosa Beach Sonoma Valley Democrats City School District South Beach District 6 Democratic Club of San Francisco Sabrina Brennan, Harbor Commissioner, San Mateo County Torrance Democratic Club Matthew Campos, Director/Fire Commissioner, Morongo Ukiah Valley Democratic Club Valley Community Services District Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club Elena Christopoulos, Commissioner, Santa Monica Yes We Can Democratic Club Commission on the Status of Women Veterans Democratic Club of Los Angeles County Thida Cornes, Commissioner, Mountain View Parks and Recreation Commission Annette Crosbie, Trustee, Fremont Unified School District James Dear, City Clerk, City of Carson
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Susan Ellenberg, Trustee, San Jose Unified School District Richard Holober, Executive Director, Consumer Federation Elliot Gonzales, Commissioner, Sustainable City Commission, of California City of Long Beach Val Muchowski, Chair, Mendocino Women's Political Adrienne Grey, President, West Valley-Mission Community Coalition College District Governing Board Nancy Price, Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy Dan Haggerty, Midcoast Community Council, City of Half David Smernoff, Board Member of Acterra Moon Bay Dezie Woods-Jones, PhD, State President, Black Women Anita Herrmann, Board Member, Sunnyvale School District Organized for Political Action Ann-Marie Hogan, Auditor, City of Berkeley Vladimir Ivanovic, Trustee, Los Altos School District Lori Anzini, Chair, El Dorado County Democratic Party Bennett Kayser, Board Member, Los Angeles Unified School Christina Billeci, Chair, Yuba County Democratic Party District Cynthia Ellsmore, Chair, Sierra County Democratic Party Erica Martenson, Trustee, Napa Valley College William Fjellbo, Vice Chair, Madera County Democratic Catherine Mathis, Trustee, San Joaquin Delta College Party Pamela Mirabella, Trustee, Contra Costa County Office of Sharon Foote, Chair, Sutter County Democratic Party Education Laurie Gallian, Chair, Sonoma County Democratic Party Peter Ortiz, Trustee, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District Richard Greene, Vice Chair, Siskiyou County Democratic Thomas Pratt, Trustee, Vallecito Union School District Party Andres Ramos, Trustee, Compton Community College John Griffin, Chair, Ventura County Democratic Party Board Alan Haffa, Chair, Monterey County Democratic Party Patricia Ramos-Anderson, Board of Director SNCWD, City of Jessica Hayes, Chair, San Diego County Democratic Party Merced William James, Chair, Santa Clara County Democratic Party Roy Rocklin, Board Member, Fremont Union High School Laura Lowell, Chair, Calaveras County Democratic Party District Ruth McKee, Chair, Tulare County Democratic Party Kalimah Salahuddin, Trustee, Jefferson Union High School Dianna Mitzner, Chair, Alpine County Democratic Party District, City of Daly Tomas Oliva, Chair, Imperial County Democratic Party Christy Smith, Board Member, New Hall School Board John Phillips, Controller, Ventura County Democratic Party Cipriano Vargas, Board Member, Vista Unified School Coco Rener-Walter, Chair, Santa Cruz County Democratic District Party Debra Vinson, Trustee, Antioch Unified School Board Susan Rowe, Chair, Madera County Democratic Party Mark Williams, Board of Directors, AC Transit, City of Castro Fran Sdao, Chair, Orange County Democratic Party Valley Lynne Standard-Nightengale, Chair, Amador County Democratic Party
INDIVIDUALS Faith Strailey, Chair, Plumas County Democratic Party
(Affiliations listed for identification purposes only) Omar Torres, Director, California Democratic Party Region 7 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin Judy Turner, Chair, Tehama County Democratic Party (retired), Candidate for Governor Max Vargas, Chair, San Joaquin County Democratic Party Harmesh Kumar, Candidate for Governor Dolly Verrue, Chair, Siskiyou County Democratic Party Mark Westwood, Vice Chair, San Bernardino County Assemblymember Sally Lieber (retired Speaker Pro Tem) Central Committee Wilma Wheeler, Chair, Mono County Democratic Party Pat Harris, Candidate, California Senate Ammar Campa-Najjar, Candidate, Congressional District 50 Marian Arguello, Chair, Chino Valley Democratic Club Kia Hamadanchy, Candidate, Congressional District 48 Sue Alderson, President, Democratic Club of Vista Laura Oatman, Candidate, Congressional District 45 Caro Avanessian, President, Glendale Democratic Club Emory Rodgers, Candidate, Congressional District 10 Judith Boylan, Secretary, El Dorado County Democratic Ron Varasteh, Candidate, Congressional District 45 Central Committee Matt Woody, Candidate, Congressional District 42 Bobbi Buescher, President, Beach Cities Democrats Caney Arnold, Candidate, Assembly District 66 Julian Burger, President, Progressive Democratic Club Ron Birnbaum MD, Candidate, Assembly District 51 Jennifer Campbell, President, Clairemont Democratic Club Ammar Campa-Najjar, Candidate, Assembly District 50 of San Diego Gregg Fritchle, Candidate, Assembly District 55 Maya Wax Cavallaro, VP Communications, Miracle Mile Michelle Gomez, Candidate, Assembly District 76 Democratic Club Linda Anderson, Candidate, Senate District 6 John Comiskey, Co-Chair, Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley David Burke, President, Citizens Take Action Maureen Cruise, Director, Health Care for All Los Angeles Chapter
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Derek Csady, President, La Jolla Democratic Club Carole Dorshkind, Co-Chair, San Mateo County Democracy for America Nikkie Dubose, Author, Advocate, Ambassador Stephen Early, President, NE Democratic Club Nelso Enos, President, Secular Humanists of El Dorado Ashleigh Evans, Co-Chair, San Mateo County Democracy for America Eitan Fenson, Co-Director, Indivisible South Bay Joshua Goodman, President, Burbank Democratic Club Jimmy Gow, President, Torrance Democratic Club Beth Hadley, President, Sonoma Valley Democratic Club Roger Hart, Vice President, Santa Maria Valley Democratic Club Marcia Heath, Chair, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Santa Cruz Stephan Jaffe, President, South Beach Democratic Club Arthelma Johnson, President Emeritus, Fresno Chapter BWOPA Tamar Kaye, Vice President, Ukiah Valley Democratic Club Carol Keavney, President Democratic Women's Council of the Conejo Valley Gary Kephart, Chair, Canyon Democrats Susan Kopicki, Coordinator, Democracy for America Orange County Jeni-Ann Kren, President, Clovis Democratic Club Barbara Kyser, Coordinator, Los Altos Voices For Peace Robert Leahy, President, Veterans Democratic Club of Los Angele County Dionne Lignan, Co-Founder, Progressive Action for Glendale Martin Lopez, Recording Secretary, Unite Here Local 11 Jose Moreno, President, Los Amigos of Orange County Michael Orlinsky, Co-Chair, Local Berniecrats East Bay Carolyn Phinney, Executive Director, CoCo San Sustainable Farm Christopher Robson, President, YES WE CAN Democratic Club David Stevens, President, Democratic Club of Orange Claudia Strauss, Co-Organizer, Claremont Council of MoveOn.Org Marian Washburn, Former Councilmember and Mayor, City of Placerville
Jordan Beane, Candidate, San Diego City Council Jose Caballero, Candidate, San Diego City Council
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