UNIONS and ORGANIZATIONS:

Over one hundred unions, locals, and grassroots organizations endorse Director Jovanka Beckles

• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 (ATU 192)
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 (ATU 1555)
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - Council 57 (AFSCME Council 57)
• AFSCME Local 1
• AFSCME Local 10
• AFSCME Local 101
• AFSCME Local 146
• AFSCME Local 257
• AFSCME Local 258
• AFSCME Local 315
• AFSCME Local 444
• AFSCME Local 512
• AFSCME Local 675
• AFSCME Local 829
• AFSCME Local 847
• AFSCME Local 955
• AFSCME Local 1101
• AFSCME Local 1684
• AFSCME Local 2019
• AFSCME Local 2167
• AFSCME Local 2428
• AFSCME Local 2620
• AFSCME Local 2700
• AFSCME Local 2703
• AFSCME Local 3254
• AFSCME Local 3291
• AFSCME Local 3916
• AFSCME Local 3965
• AFSCME Local 3993
• Bay Area Legal Aid Workers Union (BALAW Union of UAW Local 2320*)
• Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT - American Federation of Teachers, Local 1078 AFL-CIO)
• California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO (California Labor Federation)
• California Teachers Association (CTA)
• Engineers & Scientists of California (IFPTE Local 20 - AFL-CIO & CLC)
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Northern California District Council - (ILWU-NCDC)
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 10
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 14
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 18
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 34
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 54
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 75
• International Longshore & Warehouse Union - Local 91
• National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)
• Service Employees International Union - California (SEIU California)
• Teamsters (International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Joint Council 7)
• Teamsters Local 70
• Teamsters Local 315
• Teamsters Local 853
• Teamsters Local 856
• Teamsters Local 2010
• United Teachers of Richmond (UTR)
• UNITE HERE Local 2
• 350 Bay Area Action (350BAA)
• AAPI's For Civic Empowerment (Asian American and Pacific Islander - AAPI FORCE)
• Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Action)
• APEN Action
• AROC Action (Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action)
• Bay Area Reporter
• Bay Rising Action
• Bayard Rustin Coalition
• Berkeley Daily Planet
• Berkeley People's Alliance (BPA)
• Berkeley Tenant's Union (BTU)
• Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA)
• Black Women for Wellness Action Project (BWWAP)
• Cal Berkeley Democrats
• California Democratic Renters Council (CARENT)
• California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA Action)
• California Environmental Voters
• California Progressive Alliance (CPA)
• CBE Action
• Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund
• Clean Water Action
• Consumer Federation of California (CFC)
• Contra Costa Young Democrats (CoCo Young Dems)
• Courage California
• Diablo Valley Democratic Club (DV Dems)
• East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (DSA - East Bay)
• East Bay Our Revolution (OR-EB)
• Evolve California
• Friends of Adeline
• Green Party of Alameda County (GPCA - Alameda)
• Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
• Health Care for All - California (HCA)
• Initiate Justice Action
• Jane Fonda Climate PAC
• John George Democratic Club
• LGBTQ+ Victory Fund - Victory Fund Qualified Candidate 2024
• LPAC
• Muslim Democrats And Friends Democratic Club
• Oakland East Bay Democratic Club (OEBDC)
• Oakland Tenants Union (OTU)
• Oakland Rising Action
• Our Revolution (OR)
• Pinole Progressive Alliance (PPA)
• Progressive Democrats of America - Oakland (PDA CA - Oakland)
• Project Super Bloom
• Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA)
• The Six PAC
• Sunrise Movement Bay Area
• UC Berkeley Muslim Students Association (Berkeley MSA)
• UC Berkeley Young Democratic Socialists of America (Cal YDSA)
• Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club (WDRC)
• Women in Politics (WIP)
• Working Families Party, California (CA WFP)

ELECTED and APPOINTED OFFICIALS:

Democrats and progressives elected at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels have united to endorse Jovanka Beckles

• Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator, Vermont
• Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative, California's 17th Congressional District
• Tina McKinnor, Assemblymember, California's 61st State Assembly District
• Eduardo Martínez, Mayor of Richmond
• Devin Murphy, Mayor of Pinole
• Tamisha Torres-Walker, Mayor of Antioch (pro tem)
• Carroll Fife, Councilmember, Oakland
• Melvin Willis, Councilmember, Richmond
• R.D. López, Councilmember, Albany
• Arturo Cruz, Councilmember, San Pablo
• Sohelia Bana, Councilmember, Richmond
• Kalimah Priforce, Councilmember, Emeryville
• Cameron Sasai, Councilmember, Pinole
• Claudia Jiménez, Councilmember, Richmond
• Tiffany M. Grimsley, Councilmember, Hercules
• Doria Robinson, Councilmember, Richmond
• Cecilia Lunaparra, Councilmember, Berkeley
• Soli Alpert, Rent Board Vice Chair, Berkeley
• Xavier Johnson, Rent Board Commissioner, Berkeley
• Vanessa Danielle Marerro, Rent Board Commissioner, Berkeley
• Ida Martinac, Rent Board Commissioner, Berkeley
• Valerie Bachelor, School Boardmember District 6, Oakland
• Pamela Price, District Attorney of Alameda County
• Dean Preston, District Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• The Late, Great Gus Newport, Mayor of Berkeley, Civil Rights Activist, American Rep on World Peace Council
• Mark Leno, Former California State Senator, Former California State Assemblymember
• Sandré Swanson, Former California State Assemblymember, Former SD 7 Candidate
• Tom Ammiano, Former California State Assemblymember, Former San Francisco District Supervisor
• Nina Turner, Former Ohio State Senator
• Jean Quan, Former Mayor of Oakland
• Maria Alegria, Former Mayor of Pinole, Past President Contra Costa County Democratic Party
• Kate Harrison, Former Berkeley City Councilmember
• Cheryl Davila, Former Berkeley City Councilmember, Climate Justice Advocate
• Max Anderson, Former Berkeley City Councilmember, Former Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner
• Vinnie Bacon, Former Fremont City Councilmember
• Nancy Nadel, Retired 4-term Oakland City Councilmember, Small Business Owner, Neighborhood Activist
• Norman Laforce, Former El Cerrito City Councilmember, Founder SPRAWLDEF *, Citizens for East Shore Parks *
• Paola Laverde, Former Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner; Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Delegate *
• Harry Wiener, Director West County Wastewater District
• Sameena Usman, CADEM AD 26 Delegate, Muslim Democrats and Friends Boardmember *
• Alfred Twu, ADEM 14 Delegate, CADEM Executive Board, CADEM Delegate *
• Austin Tam, ADEM 18 Delegate *
• Consuelo Lara, CCC Board of Education Trustee, Concilio Latino Founder
• Demetrio Gonzales-Hoy, WCCUSD School Board President and Trustee (Area 4), ADEM Delegate *
• Nelson Tam, ADEM 18 Delegate *
• Lisa Stephens, Former Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner, Former Chair of Berkeley Parks and Recreation Commission
• Luis A. Zamora, Former Commissioner on Immigrant Rights, Member of California Democratic State Central Committee *, Co-Chair of California Democratic Party LGBTQ Caucus *
• Sadia Khan, Albany Unified School District Trustee, AD14 CADEM Delegate *
• Barisha Spriggs, California Democratic Party Executive Board AD20, Elected Member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee *
• Mel Shuen-Mallory, Member of Alameda County Democratic Central Committee *
• Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, CADEM Progressive Caucus Chair *
• Amar Shergill, Former CA Democratic Party Progressive Caucus Chair *
• Sultana Adams, Contra Costa Labor Council Delegate, AC Transit Bus Operator, ATU 192 member
• Gloria Berry, SF Democratic County Central Committee & Reparations Member *
• Otheree Christian, Richmond Area 2 - WCCUSD Trustee, Richmond
• Jamela Smith-Folds, Hercules Area 1 - WCCUSD Trustee, Hercules
• Myrtle Braxton, Community Leader, Richmond Commission on Aging, Advisory Commission, Richmond
• Brian Hofer, Chair of Privacy Advisory Commission in City of Oakland, Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission Executive Dir., Secure Justice *
• Tyron Jordan, Former Commissioner for the Oakland Public Library, CADEM Delegate *, Former Steward SEIU Local 100 DLC 743 *, Oakland

COMMUNITY LEADERS:

East Bay small business owners as well as trusted local activists are voting for Jovanka to represent our needs in Sacramento

• Seth Morrison, Activist, Fmr Board Member of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) *
• Diego Garcia, Community Leader, Richmond Small Business Owner
• Bill McKibben, Nationally Acclaimed Environmentalist and Author, Co-Founder of 350.org *
• Dr. Vicki Alexander, MD, Founder of Healthy Black Families, Berkeley
• Kathleen Sullivan, District Director at Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA)
• Walter Riley, Civil Rights Activist and Attorney, Oakland
• Dhaifallah Mo, Yemeni American Community Organizer and Activist, Oakland
• Avery Arbaugh, President of Cal Berkeley Democrats
• Najari Smith, Founder of Rich City Rides, Richmond
• Cat Brooks, Fmr Bay Area Director for the National Lawyers Guild *, BLM Activist, Oakland
• Elaine Brown, Former Black Panther Party Chairwoman
• Marilyn Langlois, Former Chair of Richmond Planning Commission
• Robert Coleman, President of Amalgamated Transit Union 192 (ATU 192)
• Ms. Richie Smith, South Berkeley Activist at Friends of Adeline
• Robert Cheasty, Citizens for East Shore Parks *
• B.K. White, Former USW Local 5 Negotiator *
• Nathaniel Arnold, Community Activist (ATU 192)
• Eric Swabeck, Board Member, United Teachers of Richmond
• Alfreda Wright, Progressive Activist, Oakland Resident
• Brenda Williams, Richmond Resident, RPA Co-Chair
• Sophie Van Ronselé, Access & Equity Specialist, Co-Founder of Equity Ring *
• Dr. Cecilia Cissell Lucas, Faculty Member at UC Berkeley, Member of UC-AFT *
• Jennifer Johnson, Mom's for Housing *
• Sam Greenberg, Transit Activist, Berkeley Resident
• Marisol Cantu, Reimage Richmond
• Mrs. Patricia Bolds, Richmond Resident
• Linda Jackson-Whitmore, Richmond Community Leader
• Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez, Coordinator of Bay Area Coalition for Education Justice (Bay Area PLAN, Building Blocks for Kids, and Coleman Advocates) *
• Steve Early, NewsGuild / CWA member
• Suzanne Gordon, NewsGuild / CWA member
• Parmindar Irvine, El Sobrante Resident, Grandmother of Kabir Kapur
• Schena Kinyon, El Sobrante Resident, Mother of Kabir Kapur
• Dr. Laura Mangels, Author, Sociologist, Researcher
• Denise Abersol, WCCUSD Educator *
• Claire Lau, Environmental Activist and Local Artist

* For identification purposes only