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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2009 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Paul Koretz

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 5

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ORGANIZATIONS

Action Democrats of the San Fernando Valley
AFSCME Council 36
AFSCME Local 2626
AFSCME Local 685
AFSCME Local 800
AFSCME Local 910
AFT Local 1521 College Faculty Guild
Amalgamated Transit Union
Beverly Hills/ Greater LA Board of Realtors
California Association of Professional Employees
California Council of Laborers
California Nurses Association
California Small Business Association
Californians Against Waste
Construction Trades Council
County Building and California (PORAC)
CWA Local 9000
CWA Local 9400
CWA Local 9503
CWA Local 9586
CWA Southern California Council
Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
Engineers & Architects Assn. #8000
Heat & Frost Insulators Local 5
IATSE Local 600
IBEW Local 11
IBEW Local 18
IBEW Local 47
ILWU Local 13
ILWU Southern California District Council
Ironworkers Local 433
Laborers Local 300
Los Angeles Airport Police Association
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Loyola Law School Democrats
Operating Engineers Local 12
Painters District Council 36
Patrick Henry Democratic Club
Peace Officers Research Organization of LA/Orange
Sheetmetal Workers Local 105
Sherman Oaks Democratic Club
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council 16
Teamsters Joint Council 42
The Progressive Democratic Club
The Sierra Club
UA Local 114
UA Steamfitters & Refrigeration Local 250
UFCW Local 770
UFCW 1442 Local 1277
UNITE-HERE Local 11
United Farmworkers of America
United Steelworkers

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCILMEMBERS

Richard Alarcon
Janice Hahn
Nate Holden (ret.)
Jose Huizar
Joy Picus (ret.)
Ed Reyes
Bob Ronka (ret.)
Bill Rosendahl
Joel Wachs (ret.)
Herb Wesson
Dennis Zine

STATE OFFICIALS

Phil Angelides State Treasurer (ret.)
John Chiang State Controller
John Garamendi Lt. Governor
Betty Yee State Board of Equalization

COUNTY OFFICIALS

Rick Auerbach Los Angeles County Assessor
Lee Baca Los Angeles County Sheriff

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Mel Levine (ret.)
Brad Sherman
Jerome Waldie (ret.)
Diane Watson

LOS ANGELES EDUCATION OFFICIALS

Kelly Candaele Member, Los Angeles Community College Board
Mona Field Member, Los Angeles Community College Board
Valerie Fields Member, Los Angeles Board of Education (ret.)
Warren Furutani Member, LA Board of Education & Community College Board (ret.)
Julie Korenstein Member, Los Angeles Board of Education
Nancy Pearlman Member, Los Angeles Community College Board
Richard Vladovic Member, Los Angeles Board of Education

STATE SENATORS

Elaine Alquist State Senator
Ron Calderon State Senator
Gilbert Cedillo State Senator
Lou Correa State Senator
Joe Dunn State Senator (ret.)
Dean Florez State Senator
Loni Hancock State Senator
Christine Kehoe State Senator
Carol Liu State Senator
Gloria Negrete-McLeod State Senator
Richard Polanco State Senator (ret.)
David Roberti Pro Tem, State Senate (ret.)
Gloria Romero State Senator
Hersch Rosenthal State Senator (ret.)
Jack Scott State Senator
Darrell Steinberg Pro Tem - State Senate
Tom Torlakson State Senator
Pat Wiggins State Senator

STATE ASSEMBLYMEMBERS

Tom Ammian - State Assembly
Juan Arambula - State Assembly
Karen Bass - Assembly Speaker
Jim Beall - State Assembly
Patty Berg - State Assembly
Rudy Bermudez - State Assembly (ret.)
Tom Calderon - State Assembly (ret.)
Joe Coto - State Assembly
Hector De La Torre - State Assembly
Kevin de Leon - State Assembly
Mark DeSaulnier - State Assembly
Manny Diaz - State Assembly (ret.)
Mervyn Dymally - State Assembly (ret.)
Dario Frommer - State Assembly (ret.)
Warren Furutani - State Assembly
Loni Hancock - State Assembly
Mary Hiyashi - State Assembly
Jerome Horton - State Assembly (ret.)
Dave Jones - State Assembly
Betty Karnette - State Assembly
Paul Krekorian - State Assembly
John Laird - State Assembly
Sally Lieber - State Assembly (ret.)
Ted Lieu - State Assembly
Bonnie Lowenthal -
Fiona Ma - State Assembly
Tony Mendoza - State Assembly
Cindy Montanez - State Assembly (ret.)
Willard Murray - State Assembly (ret.)
Fabian Nunez - Assembly Speaker (ret.)
John Perez - Assembly Speaker
Anthony Portantino -
Curren Price - State Assembly
Ira Ruskin - State Assembly
Jose Solorio - State Assembly
Sandre Swanson - State Assembly
Alberto Torrico - State Assembly
Thomas Umberg - State Assembly (ret.)
Howard Wayne - State Assembly (ret.)
Lois Wolk - State Assembly

LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS

Jim Aldinger - City Councilmember, Manhattan Beach
Adele Andrade-Stadler - Alhambra School Board
Dr. Charles Aronberg - City Councilmember, Beverly Hills (ret.)
Luis Ayala - Mayor, City of Alhambra - Director of Govt. Relations, LA County Medical Assn.
Fred Balderrama - City Councilmember, Monterrey Park (ret.)
Dr. Willie Brien - School Board Member, Beverly Hills
Linda Briskman - City Councilmember, Beverly Hills
Les Bronte - Mayor, Beverly Hills (ret.)
Barry Brucker - City Councilmember, Beverly Hills
Ed Chau - Member, Montebello School Board
Jay Chen - Hacienda LA Puente School Board
Joseph Cho - City Councilmember, Cerritos
Jim Dear - City Councilmember, Carson
Don Dear - Director, West Basin Municipal Water District
Jimmy Delshad - Mayor, Beverly Hills
Ralph Erickson - Judge (ret.), President, Malibu Democratic Club (ret.)
Judie Fenton - Member, Traffic & Parking Commission, Beverly Hills (ret)
Frank Fenton - City Councilmember, City of Beverly Hills
Ralph Franklin - City Councilmember, Inglewood
Donna Ellman Garber - City Councilmember, City of Beverly Hills (ret.)
Ken Genser - City Councilmember, Santa Monica
Gloria Gray - Director, West Basin Municipal Water District
Nancy Greenstein - Trustee, Santa Monica Community College
Barry Groveman - City Councilmember, Calabasas
Yvonne Horton - City Clerk, Inglewood
Albert Y.M. Huang - Councilmember, City of San Gabriel
Lillian Kawasaki - Director, Water Replenishment District of So. Cal., Div 3
Michael Keegan - City Councilmember, Hermosa Beach
Bonnie Lowenthal - City Councilmember, Long Beach
Myra Lurie - School Board Member, City of Beverly Hills
Paul Marchand - City Councilmember, Cathedral City
Steve Martin - City Councilmember, West Hollywood (ret.)
Nury Martinez - Mayo, City of San Fernando
Kevin McKeown - City Councilmember, Santa Monica
Greg Pettis - City Councilmember, Cathedral City
Jeffrey Prang - Mayor Pro Tem, West Hollywood
Jim Prola - City Councilmember, San Leandro
Joe Reichman - Judge (ret.)
Maxwell Salter - Mayor, Beverly Hills (ret).
Sheldon Sloan - Judge (ret), Immediate Past President, California State Bar Assn.
Richard Stone - Mayor, Beverly Hills (ret.); President, Beverly Hills School Board (ret).
Scott Svonkin - Member, San Gabriel Board of Education
John Tran - Mayor, City of Rosemead
Alan Viterbi - City Councilmember, West Hollywood (ret.)
Andrew Walzer - Trustee, Santa Monica Community College
Steven Webb - City Councilmember, City of Beverly Hills (ret.)
Harold Williams - City Councilmember, Carson
Denny Zane - City Councilmember, Santa Monica (ret.) - Exec. Dir., Coalition for Clear Air (ret.)

COMMUNITY LEADERS

Paul Ahrens - Assistant Business Agent, IATSE Local 44
Leeor Alpern - Director, Democrats for Israel
Honey Kessler Amado - Executive Board Member, Temple Isaiah
Aris Anagnos - Executive VP, Southern California Americans for Democratic Action (ret.)
David Anawalt - President, Anawalt Lumber
Michael Andraychak - Past President, Stonewall Democratic Club
Ed Asner - Actor, Progressive Activist
Marlene Bane
Jill Barad - Chair, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council
Raymond J. Barry - Actor
Eric Bauman - Chair, LA County Democratic Party
Ed Begley Jr. - Actor, Environmentalist
Rabbi Haim Beliak - Executive Director, HaMifgash; Co-Director, JewsOnFirst
Michael Bell - Actor, Animal Welfare Activist
Stanley Black - President, Black Equities
Tony Blain - Deputy Los Angeles City Attorney (ret.)
Rabbi Zvi Block - Director, Toras Hashem Jewish Educational Workshop
Maureen Blum - Past President, Sherman Oaks Democratic Club
Chris Bonbright - President, Board of Directors, Institute of Cinema and Television Production
Thomas Brandlin - MNA
Zvi Brenner - President, Hatzolah of Los Angeles
Betsy Butler
Tom Camarella
Rick Chertoff - Executive Director, Jewish Labor Committee (ret.)
Norman Chramoff - Board Member, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
Darrell Clarke - co-chair, Global Warming & Energy Committee, Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter
Ben Clavan - Former Member, Mid-City Neighborhood Council
David Codell - Civil Rights Attorney
Roger Coggan
Rudy Cole
Jennifer Conrad - Founder & Director, The Paw Project
Pam Cooke - Past President, Stonewall Democratic Club
Bruce Corwin - President, Metropolitan Theatres
Jeff Daar - Member, LA City Rent Adjustment Commission - President, Dem. Party of the San Fernando Valley (ret.)
Jim Dantona - Founder, Baseballers Against Drugs
David Dayen
Teresa DeCrescenzo - Executive Director, GLASS
Rev. Howard Dotson - Presbyterian Church
Sam Edelman - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, American Jewish University
Michael Eisenberg - Estate Director, Keller Williams Beverly Hills
Mary Ellen-Early - President, Action Democrats
Todd Elliott - Board Member, West Hollywood Community Housing Corp.
Joshua Englander - VP, LA County Young Democrats; Executive Board Member, DP/SFV (ret.)
Jake Farber - Past President, Jewish Federation
Nancy Felixson
Anne Finn
Woody Fleming
Ira Freeman - Owner, Key Pharmacy
Rabbi Y.A. Gabay - Or Hachaim Academy, Adat Yeshurun Congregation
Myra Gabbay
Lila Garrett - Progressive radio talk show host
Rosaline George - Member, California Arts Council (ret.)
Ken Gersten - Chair, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council (ret.)
John & Judith Glass
Stephen Goldberg
Sam Goldman - Executive Car Leasing
Jona Goldrich - Board Member, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Boris Gorbis
Eric Gordon - Executive Director, Southern California Workmens Circle/Arbeter Ring
Melrose Larry Green
Joe Halper - Past President, Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
Francine Hanberg - Past President, Democrats for Israel; HIV and infectious disease specialist
Jay Handal - Chair, Greater West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce - Chair West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council
Marcia Hanscom - Director, Sierra Club National (ret.)
Estelle Harris - Actress
Linda Harris-Forster
Laurette Healey - former Board Member, CLCV
Esther Hersch - Board Member, Democrats for Israel
Leah Herzberg - VP, Valley Democrats United
Barbara Hewitt - West Hollywood Planning Commissioner (ret.)
Michael Hirschfeld - President, Jewish Community Professionals of Southern California
Dr. Julian & Eva Huebscher - 50+ yr. residents of 5th Council District
Lorri Jean - Executive Director, LA Gay & Lesbian Center
Step Jones
Sheldon Kadish
Robert Kaplan - President, Fund Raising, Inc.
Naomi Karz-Jacobs - Founder, West Coast Jewish Theatre
Ron Kates - LA County Rent Stabilization Commissioner (ret.)
Rabbi Yitzchak Kaufman - Director of Campus Life, Mashgiach Ruchani (ret.)
Dr. Neal Kaufman
Peter Kelly - President, California Democratic Party (ret.)
Steve Krantz - Founder, Jews for Marriage Equality
Andrew Lachman - President, Democrats for Israel - Chair, Mid-City West Community Council
Eugene Lapietra - Owner, Circus Disco
Allen Lawrence - Past President, VALPAC
Irving Lebovics - Chair, Agudath Israel
Anita Lee
Richard Leib - Member, California Community College Board (ret.)
Stephen Leidner
Chuck Levin
Sylvia Levin - Record-setting 90-yeay-old volunteer voter registrar
Barry Levine - Board Member, South Robertson Neighborhood Council
Issac Lieberman - Member, Sierra Club Political Action Committee
Lorin Lindner - President/Founder, Association for Parrot C.A.R.E.
Carole Lutness - Member, LACDP; Shop Steward, AFSCME Local 2712
Dr. Howard Mandel - Board Member, LA Free Clinic (ret.)
Bruce Margolin - Attorney; Director, LA NORML
Ferial Masry
Neal Miller - Past President, Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce; Acupuncturist
Bill Mundell - Economist - Businessman
Robert A. Mundell - 1999 Nobel Prize Winner, Economics
Robyn Mundell - Author
Margie Murray - VP, Valley Democrats United
Renee Nahum - Member, Silverlake Neighborhood Council Board
Paul Neuman - Member, Silverlake Neighborhood Council Board
Len Nguyen - President, Stonewall Young Dems; Founding President, Palms Neighborhood Council
Don Norte - Member, Governor's Committee on Labor For People With Disabilities
Kevin Norte - Treasurer, AFSCME Local 910; Chair, West Hollywood Rent Stabilization Comm.
Michael Nye - Past President, Jewish Labor Committee
Mary Pallant - Executive Board Member, Valley Democrats United
Brad Parker - President, Valley Democrats United
Darren Parker - Chair, African American Caucus, CA Democratic Party
Rabbi Aaron Parry - Associate Rabbi, Toras Hashem; Mashiach Ruchani, Shalhevet School
Rabbi Moshe Parry - Director, Eshel Avraham
Alexandra Paul - Actress
Rev. Troy Perry - Founder, Metropolitan Community Churches
Christy Pokarney
Matt Polsky - Teacher, Hamilton High School
Cantor Steven Puzarne - Executive Director, Breeyah
David Rankell - Member, Board of Directors Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.
Alton Reed - Legislative/Political Chair, CWA Local 9503
Ray Reynolds
Chris Robert
Cara Robin - Vice President, WLA Democratic Club
Stephen Rohde - Attorney
Brad Rosemheim - President, Rosenheim & Associates
Wendy-Sue Rosen - Chairwoman, Brentwood Community Council
Gail Rosenfeld - Director, Democrats for Israel
Irv Rosenfeld - Director, Democrats for Israel
Pat Rosenthal
Scott Roth
Rich Ryan
Bonnie Shatun - Member, Board of Directors California Teachers Assn.
Jim & Lyn Shaw-Hilfenhaus
Joe Shooshani - Member Public Works Commission, City of Beverly Hills
Ken Silk - Secretary, Democrats for Israel
Dan Silver - Executive Director, Endangered Habitats League
Randy Steinberg
Andrew Stevens
Dr. Daniel Stone - Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA Medical School
Julie Summers - Board Member, P.A.T.H. (People Assisting the Homeless)
Linda Sutton - Endorsement Committee Chair, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles
Ethel Taft - Executive Director, Jewish Vocational Services (ret.) & Martin Taft
George Takei - Actor (Star Trek, Heroes)
Bill Taxerman - Political Director, Federation of Retired Union Employees (FORUM)
Stanley Treitel - Executive Director, United Housing and Community Services
Fred Vanacore - Founding Member, West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau
Don Wallace
Lenore & Jack Wax
Michael Weinstein - President, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Ruth Williams - Chair, Public Safety Commission, West Hollywood
Wayne Williams - Member, Board of Directors, Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.
Kelley Willis - President, WLA Democratic Club
Howard Winkler - County Drug Commissioner
Marcy Winograd - Chair, Progressive Democrats of America (ret.) - Founder of L.A. Jews for Peace
Lawrence Zakson - Past President, West Hollywood Democratic Club
Stanley Zimmerman - Member, Little Hoover Commission (ret.)

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