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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
San Francisco County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Eric Mar

Candidate for
Board of Education; County of San Francisco

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Organization Endorsements

United Educators of San Francisco*
San Francisco Democratic Party
San Francisco Green Party
San Francisco Labor Council
Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
SEIU Joint Council
San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
Chinese American Democratic Club
San Francisco Tenants Union
Richmond District Democratic Club
District 3 Democratic Club
Westside Chinese Democratic Club
12th Assembly District Democratic Club
Sunset Reform Democratic Club
SF for Democracy
American Federation of Teachers-Local 2121
Local 21 of Professional & Technical Engineers
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Carolene and Milton Marks Democratic Club
Sunset Reform Democratic Club
League of Pissed Off Voters
Tenant Associations Coalition of San Francisco
Chinatown Community Tenants Association

  • UESF represents more than 7,000 San Francisco Unified School District employees including teachers, counselors, security aides, psychologists, community relations specialists, instructional aides, nurses, and speech pathologists and therapists.

Elected Officials

Leland Yee, Speaker pro Tempore, California State Assembly
Carole Migden, Chairwoman, California Board of Equalization
Matt Gonzalez, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Jake McGoldrick, San Francisco District 1 Supervisor
Aaron Peskin, San Francisco District 3 Supervisor
Chris Daly, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor
Tom Ammiano, San Francisco District 9 Supervisor
Gerardo Sandoval, San Francisco District 11 Supervisor
Sue Bierman, former San Francisco Supervisor
Harry Britt, former San Francisco Supervisor
Mabel Teng, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder
Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender

Education Leaders

Sarah Lipson, Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Education
Mark Sanchez, Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Education
Alan Wong, 2003/04 Student Delegate to the Board of Education
Jason Wong, 2003/04 Student Delegate to the Board of Education
Julio Ramos, Trustee, San Francisco Community College Board
Rodel Rodis, Trustee, San Francisco Community College Board
Dennis Kelly, President, United Educators of San Francisco
Linda Plack, Vice President, United Educators of San Francisco
Jim Dierke, President, United Administrators of San Francisco**
Norman Yee, former Executive Director, Wu Yee Children's Services** and candidate for SF Board of Education
Jane Kim, Youth Education Director, Chinatown Community Development Center** and candidate for SF Board of Education

  • * organizations listed for identification purposes only

Community Leaders (partial list)

Jane Morrison, former Chair of the SF Democratic Party and longtime neighborhood leader

Yuri Kochiyama, longtime Asian American community leader

Ling-Chi Wang, founder of Chinese for Affirmative Action** and Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Ron Colthirst, African American community leader

Maria Guillen, SF Vice-President, SEIU Local 790** Service Employees Union

Van Jones, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights**

Henry Der, former Deputy Superintendent, CA Department of Education

Riva Enteen, Chairperson, KPFA Local Community Advisory Board**

Joe Julian, longtime Filipino community leader

Ben Lee, founding member of the Chinese Progressive Association**

Shirley Black, retired labor leader

Esther Marks, longtime neighborhood leader

Terry Collins, Fillmore District and African American community leader, former chair of the Third World Liberation Front at SF State College

Marie Hoemke, SF Asthma Task Force leader

Rich Wada, longtime Japanese American leader

Diane Jones, longtime public health leader

Emil DeGuzman & Bill Sorro, Manilatown Heritage Foundation** and leaders of the legendary I-Hotel Tenants Association**

Leon Chow, labor organizer for SEIU Local 250** Health Care Workers Union

Al Wong, former SF State Ethnic Studies teacher and Chairman, Third World Liberation Front** SF State College 1968/69

Richard and Shirley Hansen, longtime Richmond District leaders

Renee Saucedo, immigrant community leader

Robert Haaland, tenant rights and labor leader

Karen Kai, Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program** and Asian American community leader

Oscar Grande, community organizer with PODER** [People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights]

Will Tsukamoto, longtime Japanese American community leader

Eric Quezada, community organizer with Mission Housing Development Corporation**

Julie Hatta, arts administrator, Asian Improv Arts**

Debra Walker, community leader and former President Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

Mauricio Vela, director Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center**

Ken Tray, Lowell High School teacher and labor leader

Larry Yee, President, Chinese American Democratic Club

Stacy Kono, organizer, Asian Immigrant Women Advocates**

Warren Mar, longtime labor and community leader

Tami Bryant, labor and community leader

John Dunbar, longtime neighborhood leader

Karen Zapata, Teachers for Social Justice** and President LATA** [Latin American Teachers Association]

Clayton Mansfield, environmental leader

Nick Pagoulatos, Director, St. Peters Housing Committee**

Alexander [Sasha] Magee, filmmaker and community activist

John Avalos, labor organizer and Excelsior neighborhood leader

Gordon Mar, Executive Director, Chinese Progressive Association**

Eric Cohen, immigrant rights attorney

Susan Hall, Democratic Central Committee member and longtime Richmond District leader

Mark Norton, longtime living wage and economic justice leader

Lorraine Dong, Board President, Chinese Historical Society of America**

Greg Kamin, O.D., social justice activist

Huli Milanese, longtime labor and social justice leader

Michael Goldstein, President, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

Tony Alvite, teacher

Jim Salinas, longtime union leader

Marlena Sonn, social justice activist

Rafael Mandelman, attorney and community leader

Denise Damele, teacher

Marlon Hom, Professor of Asian American Studies, SF State University

Hope Weisman, teacher

Tracy Baxter, Democratic Central Committee member and African American community leader

Rand Quinn, educator and founder Asians and Pacific Islanders for Community Empowerment**

Amy Yuen, artist and community activist

Tom Gallagher, writer, teacher and Bernal Heights community leader

Kim Knox, educational and environmental leader

Jeremiah Jeffries, Teachers for Change and African American community leader

Lisa Lee, parent, teacher and labor leader with Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

Larissa Casillas, immigrant rights leader

Kevin Shelley, California Secretary of State

Daz Lamparas, labor leader and longtime social justice activist

Pam Coxson, parent and education leader

James Tracy, housing rights leaders and poet

Sandra Mack, retired teacher

Peter Lauterborn, former Youth Commissioner and student leader

Tracy Lerman, Public Citizen** community organizer

Hunter Cutting, parent and media analyst

Steve Shapiro, Bernal Heights community and labor leader

Saskia Traill, senior program specialist, National Economic Development and Law Center**

David Chiu, Senior Vice-President Grassroots Enterprise**

Roy Recio, community organizer and Pilipino community leader

Kimshree Maufas, African American community leader

Paul Melbostad, former Ethics Commissioner

Karl Kramer, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition** leader

Jesus Solorio, educational justice activist, California Tomorrow**

Nicole Derse, former youth empowerment coordinator, SF Youth Commission**

Robert Pender, longtime tenant leader

Peggy Koppman, neighborhood activist

Marilee Hearn, teacher

Steve Louie, longtime Asian American community and labor leader

Kimm Killebrew, administrator, Music in Schools Today**

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