Unmatched Grassroots Support

 Endorsed by over 620 Community Members 

Elected & Appointed Officials

Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, Vice Chair of the National Council on Disability (Obama Administration - 2010), U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - (Clinton Administration - 1993); and Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy at UCLA

John Leopold, former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 1

Ellen Pirie, former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 2

Randy Johnson, Mayor of Scotts Valley

Sam Storey, former Mayor of Capitola

Jacques Bertrand, former Capitola City Councilmember

Gayle Ortiz, former Capitola City Councilmember

Mick Routh, former Capitola City Councilmember

Nels Westman, former Chair of Capitola Traffic and Parking Commission, former President of Capitola Village Residents Association

Susan Westman, former Capitola City Manager, current Capitola Planning Commissioner

Abel Sanchez, Santa Cruz County Board of Education, Trustee Area 7

Reed Geisreiter, Santa Cruz Port District Trustee

Toby Goddard, Santa Cruz Port District Trustee

Jennifer Holm, Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD), Trustee Area 7

Gail Levine, retired educator, and San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District Trustee

Maria Orozco, Watsonville City Council, former PVUSD Trustee

Mark Becker, San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Trustee

Theresa Bond, Trustee, Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District and former candidate, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 5

Amanda Jackson Miller, Soquel Union Elementary School District, Trustee and former Board President

David Kong, Greenfield Union School District, Trustee

Dr. Bettye Lusk, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Trustee and California School Boards Association, President Elect

Roger Snyder, Scotts Valley Unified School District, Trustee

Patty Threet, Santa Cruz City Schools, Trustee

Dr. Nelson Yamagata, MD, Templeton Unified School District, Trustee

Jennie Anderson, former Live Oak School District Trustee

Janet Barnes, former Salinas City Councilmember

Amy Christey, retired Police Chief, Pacific Grove

Tory Del Favero, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee, former President, Capitola Junior Guard Parent Club, current President, Soquel High Fund

Pat Dellin, former Executive Director, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission

Rose Filicetti, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, former President and Trustee

Jane Barr, former PVUSD Trustee and Santa Cruz County Office of Education Trustee and retired Affordable Housing developer

Leslie DeRose, former PVUSD Trustee

Doug Keegan, former PVUSD Trustee

Karen Osmundson, former PVUSD Trustee

Jennifer Schacher, former PVUSD Trustee

Kim Turley, former PVUSD Trustee

Jeff Ursino, former PVUSD Trustee Area 7

Libby Wilson, former PVUSD Trustee Area 1

The late Willie Yahiro, former PVUSD Trustee

Judy McGooden, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee

Deb Tracy-Proulx, former Santa Cruz City Schools Trustee

Sandra Wallace, former Soquel Union Elementary School District Board Trustee

Education

James Baker, former Superintendent of PVUSD

Dr. Mary Ann Mays, former Superintendent of PVUSD

Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, former Superintendent of PVUSD, current Superintendent of Stockton Unified

Murry Schekman, former Superintendent of PVUSD

Robin Butterworth, retired PVUSD staff

Kendall Byington, PVUSD Teacher

Gina Chekouras, PVUSD Teacher

Olga De Santa Ana, former Administrator, PVUSD

Ivan DeiRossi, retired Education Administrator

Les Forster, retired School Administrator and Community Advocate

Mary Gaukel Forster, retired Teacher, Community Advocate, and 2023 Santa Cruz Sentinel County Hero

Kimberly Kelly Goddard, retired PVUSD Program Specialist

Kathleen Howard, former SUESD Superintendent

Sue Jackson, SLVUSD Teacher, retired

Danny Jacobsmeyer, PVUSD Teacher

Mary Ann James, former PVUSD Assistant Superintendent

Margie Jennings, retired PVUSD Teacher

Fran Jimenez, retired Teacher

Jan Jimenez, retired Teacher

Roy Johnston, retired Science Teacher

Ryan Jones, PVUSD Teacher

Susan Karz, retired PVUSD Teacher

Annemarie Lecocq, Teacher

Lauren Leff, retired Teacher

Ian MacGregor, retired School Administrator

Monica Marlatt, Santa Cruz City Schools Career Specialist

Kalae Miles, Teacher

Carol Morgan, retired Assistant Principal

Stella Moreno, retired Administrator

Casey O’Brien, School Administrator and former Principal Of Aptos High

Holly O’Brien, PVUSD Administrator and former Teacher

Susan Perez, retired Educator

Lesley Ramos, PVUSD Tech

Sue Roth, President, Santa Cruz County Office of Education Board of Trustees

Risa Schwartz, PVUSD Teacher

Eileen Shea, PVUSD Teacher

Tina Solinas, retired Educator

Barrett Vitol, PVUSD Teacher

Healthcare Professionals

Dr. Tim Allari, Physician

Kelly Forman Allari Social Worker

Josephine Arcilla, Assisted Living Administrator

Thomas Berg, LMFT, retired Behavioral Services Manager, Monterey County Department of Behavioral Health

Dr. Thomas Bush, Physician

Dr. Satish Chandra, Physician

Trevor Davis, Social Worker

Sonya Drottar, LCSW, Case Management Director, Dominican Hospital

Pat Emard, retired psychotherapist

Stephen Fehrman, DDS, retired pediatric dentist

Maria Elena Ferber, Registered Nurse

Heather Franks, Mental Health Practitioner

Leora Fromm, CNM, Dignity Health

Sarah Fulop-Furlano, Lactation Consultant, RN

Bonnie Gold, Nurse

Carla Gomez, Social Worker, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Adrienne Hagan, retired Nurse

Susan Hawley, retired Nurse

Don Hernandez, Physician

Chris Homan, CNS, Dignity Health

Saundie Isaak, Geriatric Care Manager

Dr. John Kaufman, Physician

Dr. Robert Keet, Physician, Dignity Healthcare

Janey King, Registered Nurse

Kimlin McDaniel Keith, Public Health Nurse

Casey KirkHart, Physician, Medical Director, Santa Cruz Community Health

Susan Kitchen, retired Nurse

Steven Leuck, Pharmacist

Lisa Lifrak, MFT

Jayne Lovell, Social Worker

Kathleen Lynch, LCSW, Medical Social Worker

Virginia Macneil, LCSW

Lisa Hall Magee, Social Worker

Dr. Michael McGannon, retired Emergency Room Physician

Dr. Ned McNamara, Physician

Roger McKowan, Program Coordinator, Dominican Hospital

Mikki Michaud, Registered Nurse

Margann Mentor, Certified Nurse Midwife

Dr. William Morris, Physician

Annalisse Morrison, LCSW

Maggie Muir, LMFT

Dr. Misty Navarro, Physician

Pamela Nell, Social Worker

Dr. Andrew Nevitt, Physician

Martina O’Sullivan, Dominican Hospital

Dr. Neel Palakurthy, Physician

Eleni Pappazisis, QI Program Advisor, Central California Alliance for Health

Dr. Steve Plumb, Physician

Yingwei Qi, Physician

Kristen Rice, Department Coordinator, Dominican Hospital

Dr. Lawrence Rosenbaum, Physician

Elizabeth Ruggles, Registered Nurse

Grace Sanchez, retired Dominican Hospital Occupational Therapist

Dr. Marion Santora, Physician

Dr. Richard Santora, Physician

Dr. Anisha Sarma, Physician

Francie Schusterman, retired Nurse

Julie Scurich, OTR-Caremanager A.L.S. Golden West

Dr. Rosalind Shorenstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Kathrin Sidell, Physician

Dr. Josefa Simkin, Physician

Laurie Stuart, Nurse

Dr. Michael Suval, Physician

Johna Tolch, retired Nurse

Molly Waite, Physician Assistant

Erin Watson, Registered Nurse

Dr. Jack Watson, Physician

Janet Windt, Nurse

Dr. Marc Yellin, Physician

Nancy Yellin, Registered Nurse

Non-Profit Leaders

Foster Andersen, Founder, President, and Executive Director of Shared Adventures

Lori Butterworth, Founder, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services and Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Carina Chavez, Associate Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Salud Para la Gente

Douglas Deitch, Executive Director/CEO/Founder, Pogonip Foundation, Inc.

Grace Feldeisen, Board President, Coastal Kids Home Care

Buzz Gray, Vice President and Board Member, Vets 4 Vets

Arushie Nugapitiya, Associate Director, San Andreas Regional Center

Patrice Keet, Co-Founder and Board President Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery

Christy Licker

Janet Mayou, Founding Board Member, Pajaro Valley Prevention And Student Assistance, Inc.

Wayne Norton, Board Member, Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito County and former Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Kate Pavao, Executive Director, Live Like Coco Foundation

Maureen Wilmot, Nonprofit Director of Operations, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

Local Business

Paul Bailey

Robert Bailey

Brion Berkley, Esq.

Dale Berman

Berkley Brannan, Esq.

Brad Brereton, Esq.

Ray Buetens

Ted Burke

Michael Carballo

Kate Connor

Lindsay Connor

Allison Cruz, Esq.

John Fuchs

Kay Holcomb

Roy Horn

Julie Kellman Hunt

Dan Hunt

Kevin Jeffrey

Sergio King

Tiffany Ella King

Michael Lavigne

Margaret Leonard, Esq.

Richard Magnuson

Aimee Martin

Andy Martin

Candie Noel

Pam Nootbaar

Rich Novak

Joe Ortiz

Barbara Palmer

Nicola Pennebaker, Esq.

Kyla Holcomb Piramoon, Esq.

Miles Reiter

Bob Ridino

Renee Roberts

Staci Sambol

Francisco Sanchez

Alexi Sevastopoulos

Gil Stein, Esq.

Peter Testorff

Bruce Willy

Brant Wilson

Scott Wilson

Rose Wood

Community Members

Anne Aaron

Dudley Andersen

Bill Anderson

Buzz Anderson

Catherine Anderson

Claire Andrews

Diane Anest

Bruce Arthur

Dori Arthur

Silvia Austerlic

Lynette Bailey

Cheryl Ban

John Banning

Aileen Barandas

Peter Barr

Rich Beale

Tory Beale

Kevin Beattie

Greg Becker

Michelle Beckstrom

Bill Beecher

Dottie Bella

Helen Bellonzi

Patty Bernstein

Elisabeth Bertrand, former Director of Special Projects, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments

Lane Bess

Leticia Bess

Andrew Biancardi

Claire Biancalana

Donna Biancardi

Carolyn Biddick

Dawn Binder

Soren Bjorn

Jim Black

Rene Bloch, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2

Gary Bloom

Laurie Bloom Sweeney

Eric Bloom

Steve Bontadelli

Jeff Bosshard

Jeanne Boudreau

John Boulton

Wendy Bowers Gachesa

Patrice Boyle

Shannon Bradley

Danny Braga, retired Cabrillo College instructor

Beverly Brewster

Therese Briend

Jack Brown

Julie Brown

Sylvia Brown

Carmen Bryant

Teresa Buika Leopold

Brielle Bumba

Kalah Bumba

Clifford Burk

Gene Burk

Paul Burk

Julie Butchko

Julie Byrd

Marilyn Calcíano

Philipa Caldwell

Kellye Campos

Debby Carroll

Paul Carrubba

Tere Carrubba

Shanne Carvalho

Mia Chaney

Michele Chaney

Ron Chaney

Carina Chavez

Fran Church

Cheryl Cirelli Otto

Sarah Claus

Robert Cole

Keith Collins

Tamiko Collins

Phil Collyer

Harry Cominos

Cathy Conley

Bartell Cope

Gail Costello

Tony Crane, former candidate, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 2

Carol Crisman

Cristina Cristofano

David Cristofano

Shan Crockett

David Cronin

Allison Cruz

John Cutler

Jerrol Dangers

Rob Darrow

Carmella Dautoff

Steve Dautoff

Dinah Davis

Trevor Davis

Dan De Serpa

Kristi De Serpa

Nancy De Serpa

Nicholas De Sieyes

Sonia Deetz

Tom Deetz

Sacha Defoy

Michelle Dennis

Nicole Dennis

Erika Descutner

William Desler

Debbie Diersch

Yvonne Doerre

George Dohrmann

Jaleh Doran

Suzanne Doty

Mary Doyle

Sally Dyrdahl

Jack Eldredge

Jen Eldredge

Megan Eldredge

Tim Eldredge

Peter Emanuel

Linda English

Tracy Enzweiler

Doug Erickson

Margie Erickson

Alex Ferber

Joan Filice

Lindsey Fish

Melanie Fishbin

Patrick Fitz

David Flores

Rose Flores

Steve Forer

Shamim Formoso

Travis Fox

Thomas Freeman

Cindy Frost

Carol Fuller, former President, Democratic Women’s Club

Dori Galster

Gabe Galster

Ofelia Garcia

Adele Gardner, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2

Laura Garnette, retired Chief Probation Officer, Santa Clara County

Jaime Gerigk, Chief Program Officer

Allen Ginzburg

Shirley Ginzburg

Maria Gitin Torres

David Godley

Jane Godley

Daniel Gomez

Victor Gomez

Violetta Gomez

Jane Grady, retired Pastor, La Selva Beach Community Church

Karen Grellas

Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Santa Cruz

Beverly Grova

Irina Guerrero Pappazisis

Senani Gunaratna

Lesley Gunnells-Ramos

Jeremy Hadland

Tymothie Hale

Conrad Hamako

Diane Hamako

Susan Hammer

Teri Handzel

Mary Hart

Julie Harvill

C.K. Haun

Chuck Hawley

Reuben Helick

Casey Hemard

Coni Hendry

Adam Hensleigh

Joe Hood

Dan Hoppenfeld

Mike Hopper

Kevin Huber

Sandy Huber

Mark Hucklebridge

Jack Hunt

Joe Hutchins

Cindy Jackson

Mary Jo Morris

Kay Johnson

Neal Johnson

Bill Johnston

Jacklyn Johnston

Sally Jones

Doug Kaplan

Gwen Kaplan

Paul Karz

Dean Kashino

Phyllis Katz

Guy Kawasaki

Gigi Kelbert, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2

John Kelbert

Bill Kelsay

Karin Kerber

Patrice Kinion

Jennifer Klinger

Purea Koenig

Jeanne Koploy, D.V.M.

Drew Lanza

Kathy Lathrop

Jim LaTorre

David LaVelle

Janice LaVelle

J Scott Lawson

Sue Lawson

Robin Leidenthal

Patricia Lerman

Carolyn Lewis

Johanna Lighthill

Mark Linder

Marq Lipton

Rick Litvak, Rabbi

Carolyn Livingston

Elizabeth Lo Bue

Hollie Locatelli

Pat Lordan

Julia Lorraine

Steve Luckenbach

Jesse Luis

Kevin Maguire

Janna Malizia

Shila Malizia

Steve Mandel

Dave Mann

Pat Manning, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 2 alternate

Natalie Manning

Richard Manning

Rose Marie McNair

Barry Marks

George Marovic

Jeanell Martin

Ellen Martinez

Jose Martinez

Juana Martinez

John Martorella

Marie Martorella

Wendy Mathias

Martha Matson

Judith Maxfield

Terri Mayall

Will Mayall

Christine McBroom

Rory McBroom

Steve McCarthy

Maureen McCarty

Alison McClure

Brett McFadden

Marci McFadden

William McFarland

Kip McGooden

Mary McKenna

Phil McLennan

Tim McNamara

Lynn McNussen

Luzareli Medina Sotelo

Susan Megorden

Bill Merkalio

Rich Metiver

Patrick Meyer

Andrea Miller

Joey Miller

Willow Miller

Lee Mitchell

David Moir

Jamie Molinar

Esther Morillo

Meghan Morrissey

Heather Morse

Patricia Morse

Robert Morse

Butch Mudgett

Jesse Mudgett

Amy Munger

Mark Munger

Carol Murphy

Ken Nakamura

Nancy Napoli

Laurie Negro

Elias Nepa

Sarah Newhouse

Suzanne Nickel

Leslie Nielsen

Kenneth Norton

Michael O’Boy

Tara O’Boy

Randi O’Brien

Eileen O’Connor

Christina O’Halloran

Tad Olson

Terry Olson

Vibeke Orsini

Earleen Overend

Anita Painchaud

Dave Painchaud

Carol Painter

Joe Palandrani

Mara Palandrani

Wayne Palmer

Stephen Pappas

Susanne Paradis

Katharine Parker

Tom Parker

Neil Pearlberg, Off the Lip Radio Host

Lisa Pepperdine

Maxwell Pepperdine

Deborah Peronto

Paul Peterson

MariJo Pezzi

Nehal Pfeiffer

John Pickart

Liz Pickart

Carey Pico

Christian Plue

Greg Poncetta

Sonal Puri

Janet Quinn

Marilyn Radisch

Madhu Raghavan

Anne Ratto

Suzanne Redfield

Maryanne Rehberg

Rosanne Reiter

Delia Rey

Benjamin Ridino

Nick Rivera

Scott Roseman

Jennifer Rosenbaum

Larry Rosenbaum

Shana Ross

Sheree Roth

Luanne Rotticci

Patty Routh

Cindy Rubin

Tony Russomanno, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 1

Kim Saldavia

Paul Sampson

Sylvia Sandoval

Gene Sawyer

Jeff Scaletti

Larissa Schaffer

Matt Schaffer

Donna Schipper

Muriel Schlichting

Rochelle Schneider

Nancy Schultz

Susan Sebring

Mona Shams

Clare Sheils

Lisa Sheridan

Joanna Sherman

Sandie Shoemaker

Mary Sibert

Charlie Singer

Gaurav Singh

Anthony Skelton

Susan Skotzke

Brie Smith

Bruce Smith

Kristin Smith

Lisa Smith

Steve Smith

Renee Soppet

Luz Sotelo

Shawna Spaulding

Ed Spurr

William Stauble

Walter Stauss

Dan Steele

Joni Steele

Annette Steiner

Lila Steiner

Robert Stephens

Suzy Stevens

Wendy Stevens

Alan Strassberg

Pam Swarzenski

Peter Swarzenski

Crystal Swink

Christy Tall

Scott Tall

Darcy Thole

Robert Thompson

Nadene Thorne

Anastasia Torres Gil

Robert Torres

Jackie Tucker

Suzanne Tuescher

Carol Turley

Jenni Veitch-Olsen, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee — District 4 and Vice Chair

Mel Vento

Bettina Vinson

Christopher Vinson

Jed Virts

Peter Vizzusi

Dee Vogel

Howard Waage

Paul Ware

Carl Washburn

Sheri Watson-Riley

Michael Weatherford

Sonja Weeks

Coni Welch

TJ Welch

Tracie White

Jennifer Whittle

Jill Wiechman

Priscilla Williams

Jim Williamson

Andrea Willy

Ashley Winn

Susan Wright

Andrew Wulf

Tricia Wynne

Bryn Young

Charlotte Zajac

Marc Zammit

Randy Zar

Patricia Zerounian

Jonathan Zinnanti

Judy Zscheile

The late Chris Hogeland

The late Glen Schaller


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