Candidate for
Mayor; City of Oakland

Rev. Joe Smith, Bay Cities Baptist Ministers Union

Jerry Brown, Mayor of Oakland

Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles

Don Perata, President Pro Tem CA State Senate

Fabian Nunez, Speaker, CA State Assembly

ADDITIONAL ELECTED LEADERS:

Henry Chang, Oakland Councilmember

Larry Reid, Oakland Councilmember

Patricia Kernighan, Oakland Councilmember

Jane Brunner, Oakland Councilmember

Jean Quan, Vice-Mayor and Oakland Councilmember

Alice Lai-Bitker, Alameda County Supervisor

Richard Spees, former Oakland Councilmember, Piedmont Pines Homeowners Association

Danny Wan, former Oakland Councilmember

LEADERS IN EDUCATION:

Jason Hodge, former Board Member

Marcie Hodge, Peralta Community College Trustee

Dr. Frank Jennings, Principal, Montclair Elem. School

Jamie Marantz, Principal, Edna Brewer Middle School

Cherie Ivey, Principal, Fruitvale Elementary School

Mimi Rohr, PTA President, Montclair Elementary School

Patricia Gima, former PTA President, Glenview Elementary

Noel Gallo, Oakland School Board Member

Emma Paulino, Leader, small schools movement

Kerry Hamill, Oakland School Board Member

Lisa Jennings-Young, parent, Edna Brewer School and Crocker Highlands PTA

LEADERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY(NCPC = Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council)

Charlie Plummer, Alameda County Sheriff

Richard Word, Former Oakland Police Chief

Oakland Police Officers Association

International Assoc. of Firefighters, local 55

Don Link, Chair, Community Policing Advisory Board, Shattuck Corridor NCPC and North Oakland Voters Alliance (NOVA)

Hannah James, Co-Chair, Safety First, 17X NCPC chair, Highland Park/Bella Vista

Marcus Johnson, Co-Chair, Safety First, NCPC, Prescott

Nick Vigilante, Montclair Crime Prevention Council

Frank Rose, East Oakland NCPC leader

Brendan Mullholland, Comm. Policing Adv. Brd.

Colleen Brown, Burbank Millsbrae NCPC

Dean and Judith Johnson, Haddon Hill NCPC and Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation

Don Lowry, Temescal NCPC

LEADERS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

Joe Haraburda, Pres., Oakland Metro Chamber of Commerce

Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce

Jenny Ong, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce

Ron Silva, President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Robert Bobb, Oakland African Am. Chamber of Commerce

Enoch Shinn, Korean Chamber of Commerce

George Vukasin, Sr. CEO of Peerless Coffee

John Protopappas, President & CEO Madison Park REIT

Michael Ghielmetti, President Signature Properties

ORGANIZATIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES:

United Farm Workers

AFSCME, Local 3993

Carpenters, Local 713, Alameda County

Brotherhood of Teamsters, Locals 70, 78, and 853

Laborers International Union of Northern California, Local 304

Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 9415

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE), Local 2850

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), Local 870

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers Intl. Union (GMP)

COMMUNITY LEADERS:

Reverend Alan Covington, Tree of Life Baptist Church

Pastor Keith Martin, Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church

Chris Cowan, Owner, Warriors Basketball Team

Josh Matlock, co- founder, Bordertown Skate Park

Tony Mariono, co-founder, Bordertown Skatepark

Derrik Williams, Glenview Neighborhood Association

Beatris Wong, Chinatown Leader

Trung Nguyen, leader, Vietnamese community

Arabella Martinez, Former Director, Unity Council

Viola Gonzalez, leader, Latino community

Lillian Lopez, leader, Latino community, Fruitvale NCPC; Oakland Community Organization (St. Elizabeth's)

Martin Wakazoo, leader, Native American comm.

Sally Gallegos, leader, Native American comm..

David Stein, board, Friends of Oakland Parks

Mike McDonald, Rockridge Community Planning Council

Carolyn Vallerga, Dimond Improvement Association

Joe DeCredico, Howeowners of Crestmont Association

Darby and Bruno Brandli, Brooklyn Block Club

Brendan Mulholland Latham Terrace Homeowners Association

Barry Pilger, North Hills Phoenix Association

Don Davenport, Executive Director, San Antonio CDC

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Judith Alper

Janis Anton

Melissa Barnes-Dholakia

Melissa Barns-Dholakia

Bruce Beasley

Donna Bersaglieri

Ron Bersaglieri

Jack Brenneman

Bill Brown

Fred Brown

Meredith Brown

Guy Bryant

Kevin Cardenas

Elsa Cardona

David Carlson

Madeline Celoni

Raymond Chan

Jimmy Chang

Chris Collard

Steve Collier

Glen Dahlbacka

Rich DePalma

Sanjay Dholakia

Matt Dibble

Marianne Dreisbach

Ron Dreisbach

Merlin Edwards

Sal Fahey

Natalie Figueroa

Paul Figueroa

Jonathan Fleming

Melinda Yee Franklin

Colleen Gallagher

Victor Gee

Agnes Grace-Ramirez

Betty Gray

Bob Gray

Alan Green

Teresa Guerrero

Mike Gurmu

Guillermina Gutierrez

Michael Hardie

C.J. Hirschfield

Dan Holden

Reed Holderman

Mike Hughes

Silvia Hughes

Dean H. Iwasa

Bonnie Jameson

Corrine Jan

Colland Jang

Perry Johnson

Jenny Kassan

Susan Keefe-Kabir

Joan Kidd

Robert Kidd

Doug Kolozsvari

Isaac Kos-Read

Jerry Kram

Cheryl Latimer

Tim Latimer

Harold Lawrence

Suzie Lee

Yui Hay Lee

Brooke Levin

Lori Lieneke

Tim Little

Daphne Markham

Ron McClain

Lenore McCracker

Laura McGowan

Tracy & Robert McKean, Oakland Magazine

Hilda Menjivar

Martha A Menjivar

Pedro A Menjivar

Peter Meyers

Jim Mittelberger, MD

Michael Monroe

Annie Mudge

Sam Nassif

Charles Nelson

Dana Nelson

Mary Ann Nichelini

Svea O'Banion

Jose Patino, DDS

Lindsay Pedersen

Aracely Perez

Sue Piper

Randi Protopappas

Kim Ramirez

Crystal Reiss

Otto Rodriguez

Otto Rodriguez

Sonia Rodriguez

Peter Roos

Abe Rueles

Pat Rueles

Nay Saechao

Maria Sanchez

Alex Sasayama

Roosevelt Scates

Libby Schaaf

Don Schnard

Barbara Schaaf Schock

Bob Schock

Benjamin Scott

Jennifer Scott

Paul Scott

Steve Sexton

Ellen Sirbu

Gary Sirbu

Curtis Smoothers

Michelle Snoddy

Aaron Staines

Jenna Stauffer

Carrie Steffey

Cindy Stewart

Ray Telles

William R. Thomas

Sonny Tran

George Turnball

Sandy Turnball

Michael Sam Vargas

Craig Vega

Jon & Joan Wactor

Michelle Walker

Alana Ross

Angel Valle

Barbara Kong-Brown

Ken Lupoff

Jimmy Grogg

Dwane Jensen

Michael Colbruno

Carlos Plazola

Emma Roos

Edward Chiera

Munson Fong

Joseph S. Martinez

Hugo T. Guerrero

Jay Dodson

Lily Hu

Michael E. Baumer

Laurence Kenelm Pelosi

Darlene Ayers-Johnson

Steve Grossman

Barbara Leslie

Mike Plumer

Cuauhtemoc Jimenez

Roy Alper

Patricia Scates

Matthew Hulse

Bruno Brandli

Darby Brandli

Laura Blair

Wan Koon Chow

Brian Lee

Benyam Mulugeta

Katy Seid

Hae Young Yoon

Doug Boxer