Elected Officials
Hon. Maxine Waters – Congresswoman 43rd District
Hon. Jeffrey Prang - Los Angeles County Assessor
Hon. Rodney Tanaka - Councilmember Gardena City Council
Hon. Barbara Calhoun - Compton Community College District Board of Trustees
Hon. Linda Wah – President, California Community College Trustees, Pasadena City College Trustee
Hon. Vanessa Delgado - Former CA State Senator, Affordable Housing Advocate
Honorable Gloria Molina - Los Angeles County Supervisor (Ret.)
Hon. Bernard Parks - LA City Councilmember (Ret.) LAPD Chief (Ret.)
Hon. Greig Smith - LA City Councilmember (Ret.)
Hon. Jim Clark - Mayor of Culver City (Ret.)
Hon. Georgia Mercer – Los Angeles Community College Trustee (Ret.)
Hon. Genethia Hayes - LAUSD Board Member and Educator (Ret.)
Organizations
United Homeowners Association II
National Political Women’s Caucus (NWPC) Los Angeles County Coordinating Council
Black Women for Positive Change
East Area Progressive Democrats
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
MLK Democratic Club
Gardena Valley Democratic Club
Downtown LA Strong
Gardena Valley Democratic Club
Education
Dr. Christopher Arellano - Education Advocate
Kim Chestnut - Educator, Inglewood Unified School District
Paul de la Cerda – Educator, East Los Angeles Community College*
Roella Hsieh Louie - Arts Educator
Kimlin Johnson – B-Relyt*
Estella Lee - Head Start Educator, (Ret.)
Faith Community
Pastor E. Wayne Gaddis
Pastor Edward Jenkins
Rabbi Neil Weinberg
Community Advocates
George Takei - Actor, Community Activist
Mablean Ephriam - Justice with Judge Mablean
Belinda Allen - Non-Profit Executive Director, Windsor Hills
Annette Austin - Former President, Upper Ladera Block Club
Charles Austin - Member Upper Ladera Block Club
Malcom Bennett - Minority Apartment Owners Association
Ruthie Bolton- Two Time Olympic Gold Medalist, WNBA Player and Community Activist
Vivian Bowers - Family Business Owner
Daphne Brogdon - Member, Longwood Heights Neighborhood Council
Florence Brogdon - Community Activist, Culver City
Renee Calvin – Policy Expert/Staffer California State Legislature (Ret.)
Kay Briggs Calvin – Policy Expert/Staffer California State Legislature (Ret)
Marc Carrel - Clean Air Advocate
Shaun Chestnut - Banker, Old Ladera
Royce W. Esters – Businessman Community Advocate Compton
Debbie Ching - Non-Profit Housing Director (Ret.)
Jackie Hawthorne – Women’s Advocate and Activist
John Heath – Homeowner’s and Community Advocate
Marcia Herman – Women’s Advocate and Activist
Karriann Farrell Hinds - Women’s Rights Advocate
Joann Fountain - Community Activist, View Park
Gerard Fukui - Family Business Owner
John Harriel - Leader of Reentry Program, Job Generator
John Heath - Community Activist, View Park
Mildred House - Community Activist, Delta Sigma Theta and HBCU
Ron Jackson – Realtor, Small Business Owner
Richard L. Kennedy Sr. – Executive Board Member, LA South Chamber of Commerce*
Sue Laris – Publisher Emeritus, The Downtown News, Businesswoman
Thomasina Lawrence – Small Business Owner
Bonnie Levin - Advocate for Reproductive Rights
Brad Luster - Family Business Owner
Kevin McKesson, Lawyer, Advocate, Business Owner
Robert Meneses - President, LA County Hispanic Manager’s Association*
Gloria Moore – Workforce Development Expert, Job Generator
Maxine Moshay - Advocate for Children with Special Needs
Mohammed Mubarak - Community Advocate
Irma Muñoz, President, Murejes de la Tierra*
Gerald C. Riberio - Small Business Owner, Lower Ladera
Grant Rivers – Actor/Writer
Luis Rodriguez - Past President, California State Bar*
Darlene Ross – Small Business Owner, Member, LA South Chamber of Commerce*
Bruce Saito - Environmentalist and Job Creator
Dr. Carmen Estrada Schaye – NWPC National Vice President Diversity, Owner Historic Homes
Ruth Schwartz - Founder/Executive Director, Shelter Partnership*
Barbara Scott – Probation Officer
Nilza Serrano - CEO Latino Heritage Month, Board of Trustees California State University Los Angeles
Valerie Shaw - Public Works Commissioner (Ret.), Community Advocate
Alicia Shinn - Community Activist, Hawthorne
Tanya Tull - Founder, Para los Niños*
David Turkell - Community Advocate Mid-City/West LA
Linda Wah – PAC Chair, NWPC for San Gabriel Valley, NWPC Los Angeles Coordinating Chair
Orlando Ward - Executive Director of External Affairs, Volunteers of America Los Angeles*
Mark Wilson - Community Activist and Job Generator
Tony Zapata – Veteran, Affordable Housing Advocate
Media
The Neighborhood News
*Organization name appears for identification purposes only