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

• Richard Alarcon + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Lee Baca + Los Angeles County Sheriff
  
• Joe Buscaino + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Betsy Butler + Member, California State Assembly (ret.)
  
• Chuck Calderon + Majority Leader, California State Assembly (ret.)
  
• Tony Cardenas + Member of Congress
  
• Gil Cedillo + Member, California State Assembly (ret.)
  
• John Chiang + State Controller * Don Dear + Former Mayor, City of Gardena
  
• Mitch Englander + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Fred Gaines + Mayor Pro Tem, City of Calabasas
  
• Eric Garcetti + Former President, Los Angeles City Council
  
• Mike Feuer + Member, California State Assembly (ret.)
  
• Dario Frommer + Member, California State Assembly (ret.) * Mike Gatto + Member, California State Assembly
  
• Wendy Greuel + Los Angeles City Controller
  
• Janice Hahn - Member of Congress
  
• Bob Hertzberg - Speaker, California State Assembly (ret.) * Jerome Horton + Chairman, California State Board of Equalization
  
• Yvonne Horton, - City Clerk, Inglewood
  
• Jose Huizar - Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Paul Krekorian + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Tom LaBonge + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Rich Leib + Vice President, Solana Beach School Board; Past President, Board of Governors, California Community Colleges
  
• Carol Liu + California State Senator
  
• Nury Martinez + Member, Los Angeles Board of Education
  
• Adrin Nazarian + Member, California State Assembly
  
• Fran Pavley + California State Senator
  
• Nancy Pearlman + Member, Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
  
• Anthony Portantino + Member, California State Assembly (ret.)
  
• Jeff Prang + Mayor, West Hollywood
  
• Ed Reyes -- Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Bill Rosendahl + Los Angeles City Councilmember
  
• Miguel Santiago+ Member, Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
  
• Brad Sherman + Member of Congress
  
• Scott Svonkin + Member, Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
  
• Steve Veres+ Member, Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
  
• Maxine Waters + Member of Congress
  
• Henry Waxman + Member of Congress
  
• Herb Wesson + Los Angeles City Council President; former Speaker, California State Assembly
  
• Zev Yaroslavsky + Los Angeles County Supervisor
  
• Steve Zimmer + Member, Los Angeles Board of Education
  Organizations
  
• AFSCME Council 36
  
• Central City Association
  
• Community Research & Information Center
  
• Communication Workers Southern California Council
  
• Ironworkers Local 433
  
• LA County Federation of Labor - COPE
  
• Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
  
• IATSE
  
• SEIU
  
• Sierra Club
  
• United Firefighters of Los Angeles (UFLAC)

• Dr. Ken Alpern + Board Member, Mar Vista Community Council
  
• Evelyn Jerome Alexander - Past President, LA County Young Democrats
  
• Berhanu Asfaw + President, Little Ethiopia Business Association
  
• Dr. Marlene Bane + Secretary, American Jewish Committee
  
• Jill Barad + President, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council; Chair, Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils
  
• Ed Begley, Jr. - Environmental leader, actor
  
• Constance Boukidis + Chair, Land Use Committee, Westwood Neighborhood Council
  
• Dr. Jerry Brown, - President, Westwood Neighborhood Council
  
• Sandy Brown - President, Holmby-Westwood Property Owners Association
  
• Susan Bursk - Founder, South Robertson Neighborhoods Council; Board Member, Westside Neighborhood Council
  
• Scott Campbell + President, Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council
  
• Miriam Scharf Cherner
  
• Robert Cohen,DDS + President, Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce
  
• Marilyn Cohon + Vice President, Westwood South of Santa Monica
  
• Valerie Cohen + Board Member, Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
  
• Brian Considine + Westside Village community leader
  
• Bruce Corwin + Chairman, Metropolitan Theatres; Member, American Jewish Committee National Leadership Council
  
• David Crew + Board Member, Westwood Neighborhood Council * Scott Diamond + President, Beverlywood Homes Association * Susan Du Brin + Encino business leader
  
• Jeff Ebenstein - Vice President, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council
  
• Mike Eveloff -- President, Tract 7260
  
• Doug Fitzsimmons + President, South Robertson Neighborhoods Council
  
• Sherman Gamson - Secretary, Encino Community Council
  
• Rickey Gelb + Encino business leader; President, West Valley LAPD Boosters
  
• Rob Glushon, Past President, Encino Neighborhood Council * James Goodman + President, Friends of WLA
  
• Alex Helmi + former member, Interim Steering Committee, Westwood Neighborhood Council; "unofficial" Persian Mayor of Westwood
  
• Brad Kane + President, South Carthay Neighborhood Association
  
• Joyce Kleifield - President, Fairfax Business Association * Vahid Khorsand + Encino business leader
  
• Nareg Kitsinian + Chairman, Armenian National Committee of the San Fernando Valley- West; former Planning and Land Use Representative, Encino Neighborhood Council
  
• Louis Krokover - Past President, Encino Neighborhood Council
  
• Gene LaPietra + Owner, Circus Disco
  
• Dr. Laura Lake -- Co-President, Save Westwood Village
  
• Mindy Lake + Co-founder, Mid-City West Community Council * Paul Lerner + Co-founder, Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch
  
• Carole Magnuson - Vice President, Westwood Hills Property Owners Association
  
• Greg Martayan + former Board Member, Encino Neighborhood Council
  
• Neal Miller - Past President, Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce
  
• Nikki Miner + President, Benedict Canyon Association
  
• Gary Minzer + Civilian Chair, Hollywood Community Police Advisory Board
  
• Marilouise Morgan + Carthay Square neighborhood activist * Lisa Morocco + Treasurer, Westside Neighborhood Council * Renee Nahum + Co-founder, Silverlake Neighborhood Council * Paul Neuman - Member, Silverlake Neighborhood Council Board
  
• Peter Nichols + Co-founder, Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch
  
• Jeanne Parker + Westside Village community leader
  
• Diana Plotkin + President, Beverly Wilshire Homes Association
  
• Jan Reichmann + President, Comstock Hills Homeowners Association
  
• Stephen Resnick - President, Westwood Homeowners Association
  
• Walter Renzi + Westside Village community leader
  
• Robert Ringler - President, Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council; Board Member, Residents of Beverly Glen
  
• Diane Rosen + Encino Neighborhood Council Land Use Chair * Mark Rogo - President-elect, Westwood Village Rotary Club; President, Blair House HOA; Board member, Westwood Neighborhood Council
  
• Wendy-Sue Rosen - Chair Emeritus, Brentwood Community Council
  
• Susan Reuben - Vice-President, Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association
  
• Rabbi Chaim Boruch Ruvin
  
• Beth Ryan + President, Crestview Neighborhood Association * Steve Saltzman - Past President, Tract 7260
  
• Steven Sann + Chair, Westwood Community Council
  
• Joe Shooshani + Former Beverly Hills City Commissioner
  
• Robyn Ritter Simon - community activist
  
• Joel Simon + Encino business leader; Board Member, Encino Neighborhood Council
  
• Roxanne Stern + Co-founder, Westwood Neighborhood Council * Ron Stone + Past President, Temple Isaiah; Former Board Member, Westside Neighborhood Council
  
• Terry Tegnazian + President, Westwood Hills Property Owners Association
  
• Terri Tippit + Chair and Co-Founder, Westside Neighborhood Council; President and co- Founder, West of Westwood Home Owners Association
  
• Stan Treitel - Jewish Community Leader
  
• Wolfgang Veith + Founder/President, North Westwood Village Residents' Association
  
• Lee Wallach - President, Motor Avenue Improvement Association; Chair, Faith2Green
  
• Peter Weinberger - Former Board Member + Crestview Neighborhood Association
  
• Laura Winikow - President, Friends of Westwood Library
  
• Howard Winkler + LA County Commissioner
  
• Lou Woolf + Encino business leader