November 4th, 2008 Endorsements

DOWNLOAD: Printable List of Endorsements

President of the United States of America

Senator Barack Obama 

United States Representatives in Congress

Congressional District 1 - Mike Thompson (D)
Congressional District 2 - Jeff Morris (D)
Congressional District 3 - Bill Durston (D)
Congressional District 4 - Charlie Brown (D)
Congressional District 5 - Doris Matsui (D)
Congressional District 6 - Lynn Woolsey (D)
Congressional District 7 - George Miller (D)
Congressional District 8 - Nancy Pelosi (D)
Congressional District 9 - Barbara Lee (D)
Congressional District 10 - Ellen Tauscher (D)
Congressional District 11 - Jerry McNerney (D)
Congressional District 12 - Jackie Speier (D)
Congressional District 13 - Pete Stark (D)
Congressional District 14 - Anna Eshoo (D)
Congressional District 15 - Mike Honda (D)
Congressional District 16 - Zoe Lofgren (D)
Congressional District 17 - Sam Farr (D)
Congressional District 18 - Dennis Cardoza (D)
Congressional District 19 - No Endorsement
Congressional District 20 - Jim Costa (D)
Congressional District 21 - Larry Johnson (D)
Congressional District 22 - No Endorsement
Congressional District 23 - Lois Capps (D)
Congressional District 24 - Marta Ann Jorgenson (D)
Congressional District 25 - Jackie Conaway (D)
Congressional District 26 - Russ Warner (D)
Congressional District 27 - Brad Sherman (D)
Congressional District 28 - Howard Berman (D)
Congressional District 29 - Adam Schiff (D)
Congressional District 30 - Henry Waxman (D)
Congressional District 31 - Xavier Becerra (D)
Congressional District 32 - Hilda Solis (D)
Congressional District 33 - Dianne Watson (D)
Congressional District 34 - Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
Congressional District 35 - Maxine Waters (D)
Congressional District 36 - Jane Harman (D)
Congressional District 37 - Laura Richardson (D)
Congressional District 38 - Grace Napolitano (D)
Congressional District 39 - Linda Sanchez (D)
Congressional District 40 - Christina Avalos (D)
Congressional District 41 - No Endorsement
Congressional District 42 - Ed Chau (D)
Congressional District 43 - Joe Baca (D)
Congressional District 44 - Bill Hedrick (D)
Congressional District 45 - Julie Bornstein (D)
Congressional District 46 - Debbie Cook (D)
Congressional District 47 - Loretta Sanchez (D)
Congressional District 48 - Steven Young (D)
Congressional District 49 - Robert Hamilton (D)
Congressional District 50 - Nick Leibham (D)
Congressional District 51 - Bob Filner (D)
Congressional District 52 - Mike Lumpkin (D)
Congressional District 53 - No Endorsement

California State Senate

State Senatorial District 1 - Anselmo Chavez (D)
State Senatorial District 3 - Mark Leno (D)
State Senatorial District 5 - Lois Wolk (D)
State Senatorial District 7 - Mark DeSaulnier (D)
State Senatorial District 9 - Loni Hancock (D)
State Senatorial District 11 - Joe Simitian (D)
State Senatorial District 13 - Elaine Alquist (D)
State Senatorial District 15 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 17 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 19 - Hannah Beth Jackson (D)
State Senatorial District 21 - Carol Liu (D)
State Senatorial District 23 - Fran Pavley (D)
State Senatorial District 25 - Rod Wright (D)
State Senatorial District 27 - Alan Lowenthal (D)
State Senatorial District 29 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 31 - No Endorsement
State Senatorial District 33 - Gary Pritchard (D)
State Senatorial District 35 - Ginny Mayer (D)
State Senatorial District 37 - Arthur Bravo Guerrero (D)
State Senatorial District 39 - Christine Kehoe (D)

California State Assembly

State Assembly District 1 - Wesley Chesbro (D)
State Assembly District 2 - Paul Singh (D)
State Assembly District 3 - Mickey Harrington (D)
State Assembly District 4 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 5 - Dan Leahy (D)
State Assembly District 6 - Jared Huffman (D)
State Assembly District 7 - Noreen Evans (D)
State Assembly District 8 - Mariko Yamada (D)
State Assembly District 9 - Dave Jones (D)
State Assembly District 10 - Alyson Huber (D)
State Assembly District 11 - Tom Torlakson (D)
State Assembly District 12 - Fiona Ma (D)
State Assembly District 13 - Tom Ammiano (D)
State Assembly District 14 - Nancy Skinner (D)
State Assembly District 15 - Joan Buchanan (D)
State Assembly District 16 - Sandre Swanson (D)
State Assembly District 17 - Cathleen Galgiani (D)
State Assembly District 18 - Mary Hayashi (D)
State Assembly District 19 - Jerry Hill (D)
State Assembly District 20 - Alberto Torrico (D)
State Assembly District 21 - Ira Ruskin (D)
State Assembly District 22 - Paul Fong (D)
State Assembly District 23 - Joe Coto (D)
State Assembly District 24 - Jim Beall (D)
State Assembly District 25 - Taylor White (D)
State Assembly District 26 - John Eisenhut (D)
State Assembly District 27 - Bill Monning (D)
State Assembly District 28 - Anna Caballero (D)
State Assembly District 29 - Humberto Avila (D)
State Assembly District 30 - Fran Florez (D)
State Assembly District 31 - Juan Arambula (D)
State Assembly District 32 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 33 - Robert Cuthbert (D)
State Assembly District 34 - Desmond Farrelly (D)
State Assembly District 35 - Pedro Nava (D)
State Assembly District 36 - Linda Jones (D)
State Assembly District 37 - Ferial Masry (D)
State Assembly District 38 - Carole Lutness (D)
State Assembly District 39 - Felipe Fuentes (D)
State Assembly District 40 - Bob Blumenfield (D)
State Assembly District 41 - Julia Brownley (D)
State Assembly District 42 - Michael Feuer (D)
State Assembly District 43 - Paul Krekorian (D)
State Assembly District 44 - Anthony Portantino (D)
State Assembly District 45 - Kevin DeLeon (D)
State Assembly District 46 - John A. Perez (D)
State Assembly District 47 - Karen Bass (D)
State Assembly District 48 - Mike Davis (D)
State Assembly District 49 - Mike Eng (D)
State Assembly District 50 - Hector De La Torre (D)
State Assembly District 51 - Curren Price (D)
State Assembly District 52 - Isadore Hall (D)
State Assembly District 53 - Ted  Lieu (D)
State Assembly District 54 - Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
State Assembly District 55 - Warren Furutani (D)
State Assembly District 56 - Tony Mendoza (D)
State Assembly District 57 - Ed Hernandez (D)
State Assembly District 58 - Charles Calderon (D)
State Assembly District 59 - Don Williamson (D)
State Assembly District 60 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 61 - Norma Torres (D)
State Assembly District 62 - Wilmer Amina Carter (D)
State Assembly District 63 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 64 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 65 - Carl Wood (D)
State Assembly District 66 - Grey Frandsen (D)
State Assembly District 67 - Steve Blount (D)
State Assembly District 68 - Kenneth Arnold (D)
State Assembly District 69 - Jose Solorio (D)
State Assembly District 70 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 71 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 72 - John MacMurray (D)
State Assembly District 73 - Judy Jones (D)
State Assembly District 74 - Brett Maxfield (D)
State Assembly District 75 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 76 - Lori Saldana (D)
State Assembly District 77 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 78 - Marty Block (D)
State Assembly District 79 - No Endorsement
State Assembly District 80 - Manuel Perez (D)

Ballot Propositions

Proposition 1A - Vote YES - Californians are fed up with slow-moving traffic and high gas prices. We need high speed rail to get our families – and our economy moving!

Proposition 2 - No Recommendation
Proposition 3 - No Recommendation

Proposition 4 - Vote NO - Prop 4 is sponsored by special interests intent on taking away a woman's right to choose. This measure puts teens at risk and has been called the "most deceptive measure on the...ballot."

Proposition 5 - Vote YES - Reduces prison overcrowding by creating drug treatment programs for youth and rehabilitation for nonviolent offenders.

Proposition 6 - Vote NO - Redirects $1 billion in State funding from vital programs like education and mental health services toward "confused anti-crime spending." (LA Times)

Proposition 7 - Vote NO - So-called "renewable energy" proposition opposed by leading environmental, consumer, and taxpayer groups.

Proposition 8 - Vote NO - Discriminates against individuals seeking to commit to one another with the dignity, respect, and rights that marriage provides families.

Proposition 9 - Vote NO - Creates additional bureaucracy and duplication of existing laws in criminal justice system.

Proposition 10 - Vote NO - $5 billion in new bonds (cost taxpayers nearly $10 billion!) to fund a tax give-away to a Texas billionaire.

Proposition 11 - Vote NO - Changes the State Constitution to give the power to re-draw the state's political map to appointed bureaucrats.

Proposition 12 - Vote YES - Allows veterans of war to obtain low-interest loans for the purchase of homes.

County of Los Angeles

District Attorney – Steve Cooley*
Board of Supervisors 2nd District – Mark Ridley-Thomas 

Los Angeles Superior Court

Office 69 – OPEN
Office 72 – Hilleri Merritt
Office 82 – Cynthia Loo
Office 84 – Lori-Ann Jones
Office 95 – Patricia Nieto
Office 119 – Jared Moses
Office 123 – Kathleen Blanchard
Office 125 – James Bianco
Office 154 – Michael Jesic

Municipal Offices

City of Alhambra – City Council
Efren Moreno

City of Carson – Recall
Oppose Recall of Jim Dear

City of Gardena – City Council
Shannon Lawrence

City of Montebello – Rescind Endorsement
Robert Urteaga

City of Pomona - Mayor
Elliot Rothman

City of Santa Monica– City Council
Richard Bloom
Ken Genser

Alhambra USD
Adele Andrade-Stradler

Santa Monica Malibu USD
Ralph Mechur
Ben Allen
Maria Leon-Vasquez

Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District #2
Charles Trevino

Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District #4
Andrew McIntyre

Central Basin Municipal Water District # 4
Rudy Montalvo

Central Basin Municipal Water District #5
Mason Buchanan Inocentes

West Basin Municipal Water District #5
Don Dear

Water Replenishment District, Division #2
Rob Katherman

Water Replenishment District, Division #5
Albert Robles

Municipal Measures

Measure R - Transportation Tax - YES - Funds critical mass transit and road projects, creating more Union jobs while reducing traffic.

Measure Q - Bond - YES - Repairs and rebuilds older neighborhood schools – with Union labor – so that classrooms are safe and healthy learning environments for our children.

Measure J - Bond - YES - Builds state-of-the-art classrooms – and upgrades technology in existing classrooms – in L.A. Community Colleges so that Angelenos can train for high tech and “green” jobs. All construction uses Union workers!

City of El Monte – City Services Protection - YES

City of Inglewood – Community Users Tax Rate Preservation - YES

City of Maywood – Transaction and Use Tax - YES

City of Pico Rivera – Services Protection - YES

Pasadena Unified School District – Bond - YES

Pomona Valley Unified School District – Bond - YES