CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION LEADERSHIP & CANDIDATE TRAINING BOOTCAMP APPLICATION

The APALF is seeking candidates who have a genuine concern for their community and would like to serve in a leadership capacity. Full Name: ______Participants will be selected based on previous community involvement, commitment to Work Address: ______public service, and their ability to seek and win public office. For applicants already serv- ing in public office, the APALF will help prepare them for greater roles and potentially Company/Organization: ______higher elected or appointed office. Furthermore, strong consideration will be given to Position/Title: ______achieve a geographic, gender, and ethnic diversity balance. ALUMNI SUCCESSES Home Address: ______

HON. BETTY YEE, candidate training Work Ph: (____)______Home Ph: (____)______Individuals should have: class of 2004, was elected California Email Address: ______n A strong desire to run for public office State Controller in November 2014. Alternate Email: ______n Public service experience within their community HON. , candidate training n A history of involvement with community or volunteer organizations class of 2004, was elected to the Party Affiliation (Optional): ______n A genuine interest and concern for the Asian Pacific American California State Assembly in 2012. Ethnicity (Optional): ______

community HON. ROBERT BONTA, candidate n Demonstrated leadership or active community involvement in their training class of 2006, was elected to professional, academic or private life. the California State Assembly in 2012. Education: COMMITMENT HON. , candidate Institution(s) Degree(s) training class of 2006, was elected to California State Assembly in 2014. ______n Participants must attend ALL of the training sessions — 100% participation is a ______must! HON. , candidate training class of 2004, was elected to the ______n APALF expects all participants to arrive on time, stay for the entire session, California State Assembly in 2014. and actively participate in all activities. ______HON. DAVID RYU, candidate ______training class of 2007, was elected to PROGRAM COST the Los Angeles City Council in 2015. Affiliations/Community Organizations:

HON. ERIC MAR, candidate training ______The cost to participate will be $500.00. Program cost will be applied to meals n class of 2004, was re-elected to the ______and meeting expenses. All participants will be expected to pay for their own San Francisco Board of Supervisors transportation costs. and was also re-elected to the San ______Francisco Board of Education. ______

“The training I received APPLICATIONS DUE HON. RAYMOND BUENAVENTURA, ______from the APALF was candidate training class of 2011, was invaluable. They bring elected to the Daly City Council in in the best consultants n Applications for the APALF Leadership and Candidate Training Bootcamp Program November 2014. ESSAY QUESTIONS - Please answer the following questions on a separate sheet/attachment in the state to serve are due on or before March 15, 2016. Applications should be mailed to: HON. MIKE FONG, candidate as trainers, and frankly 1) Please explain your motivation to run for office and why you would like to take part in this the hands-on attention training class of 2011, was elected to the Los Angeles Community College and access one receives APALF program. - Limit (350) words Board of Trustees. would be worth Attention: Gene Kim 2) Please describe your previous community/civic involvement. - Limit (500) words thousands of dollars 2275 Huntington Dr., Ste. 378 HON. LENA TAM, candidate training 3) Have you ever run for office or been involved in political campaigns? and cannot be found San Marino, CA 95814 class of 2004, was re-elected to the If so please describe your experience.- Limit (500 words) elsewhere.” Alameda City Council in November 2010. Councilmember Tam was 4) Are you planning to run, or would you consider running for office in the near future? - HON. LENA L. TAM, P.E., termed out of office in 2014. Former City of Alameda phone: (626) 300-6620 ext. 21 Limit (500 words) Vice Mayor email: [email protected] HON. PHILLIP CHEN, candidate 5) If you were to run for office what would your political platform be? - Limit (650 words) training class of 2010 was elected to Submit application and attachments to [email protected] or call (626) 300-6620 x 21 Applications can also be submitted online at apalf.org the Walnut Valley Unified School Board in March 2011. Deadline is March 15, 2016

Physical applications can be sent to: APALF, 2275 Huntington Dr., Ste. 378, San Marino, CA 95814