Endorsements

Congressmember Mike Honda, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Congressmember Doris Matsui
Board of Equalization Member John Chiang, Democratic Nominee for State Controller
Board of Equalization Member Betty Yee
Assemblymember Wilma Chan, Past Co-Chair of the California API Legislative Caucus
Assemblymember Judy Chu, Democratic Nominee for Board of Equalization
Assemblymember Carol Liu
Assemblymember Leland Yee, Immediate Past Co-Chair of the California API Legislative Caucus and Democratic Nominee, Senate District 8
Assemblymember Ted Lieu
Assemblymember Albert TorricoFormer Assemblymember George Nakano
Mike Eng, Councilmember, City of Monterey Park and Democratic Nominee Assembly, District 49
Van Tamom, Community Activist and Democratic Nominee, Assembly District 60
Alice Lai-Bitker, Supervisor, Alameda County
Fiona Ma, Supervisor, City and County of San Francisco and Democratic Nominee, Assembly District 12
Mariko Yamada, Supervisor, Yolo County
Pablo Catano, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Hawthorne
Dean Chu, Councilmember, City of Sunnyvale
Robert Fong, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
Sukhee Kang, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Irvine
Otto Lee, Vice Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
Chi-Wei Lin, Mayor, City of Trinidad
Suja Lowenthal, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
Madison Nguyen, Councilmember, City of San Jose
Jerry Kaneko, Former Councilmember, City of Davis
Dan Nguyen-Tan, Former Councilmember, City of Chico
Michael Woo, Former Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Kamala Harris, District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco

Education

Carl Wong, Superintendent, Sonoma County Schools
Pearl Cheng, Trustee, Cupertino Unified School District
Warren Furutani, Trustee, Los Angeles Community College
Harold Fong, Vice President, Sacramento County Board of Education
Melodie Lew, President, Board of Trustees, San Mateo Foster City School District
Henry Lo, Vice President, Garvey School District Board of Education
Margie Mitchell, Member, Campbell Union High School District Board of Education
Eric Mar, Past President, San Francisco Board of Education
Randal Okamura, Trustee, San Jose Evergreen Community College District
Mark Pulido, Member, ABC Unified School District Board of Education
Anna E. Song, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education
Bob Suzuki, President Emeritus, Cal Poly Pomona
Buu Thai, Member, Franklin McKinley School District Board of Education
Mark Takano, President, Riverside Community College
Gene Wong, Trustee, City College of San Francisco
Nicholas Gonzalez Yuen, Board Member, Peralta Community College Board Trustees

Asian American Pacific Islander Groups, Leaders and Activists

Asian American Action Fund
Asian Pacific American Democratic Club of Los Angeles
Asian Pacific American Democratic Club of San Francisco
California Democratic Party Asian Pacific Islander Caucus
Peninsula Asian Pacific American Democratic Club
LA 80-20
Grace Chee, President, Korean American Democratic Club
Midori Kamei, Founder, Asian Pacific Democratic Club
Jolyn Liaw, Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
Evan Low, President, Peninsula Asian Pacific American Democratic Club
Brad Lyau, Asian Pacific Democratic Club of San Mateo*
Stacey Fong Toda, President, Asian Pacific American Democratic Club*
Jason Wong, President, Asian Pacific American Democratic Club of San Francisco
Crystal Mariko Strait, President, California Young DemocratsAlex de Ocampo, Former President, California Young Democrats
Dennis Arguelles, Executive Director, AP3CON*
Sandeep Baweja, President-Elect, APA Bar Association of Greater LA*
Ash Bhatt, Indian-American Business Leader
Betty Chim, City of Torrance Environmental Quality Commission*
Curtis Chin, Chair, APAs for Progress*
Peter Corpus, Acting Co-Executive Director, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans*
Paula Daniels, Past President, Heal the Bay*
Kerry Doi, President, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment*
Gautum Dutta, PAC Chair, AAA-Fund, Los Angeles
Aristotle Evia, Co-Chair, National APA Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee*
Monica Flores Lodise, Governing Board Member, APA for Progress and Founder, PowerPAC
Lillian Galedo, Executive Director, Filipinos for Affirmative Action*
Rod Hsiao, Chief Operating Officer, Natural Heritage Institute*
Christopher Kakimi, Vice Chair, Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus National Education Association*
Darren Kameya, Trustee, Greater L.A. County Vector Control District*
Judy Ki, AAPI Community Advocate
John Leng, Co-Chair, API Committee SEIU 1000
Polly Low, Community Activist & City Council Candidate
Ferial Masry, Saudi-American Civic Leader & Assembly Candidate
Aiha Nguyen, Vietnamese American Community Advocate
Lam Nguyen, Vietnamese American Community Advocate
Angela Oh, Nationally Recognized Civil Rights Leader
Courtni Pugh, Political Director, LA County Federation of Labor
Amy Rao, Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Archive Systems*
Harpreet Sanong, Chairman, Multilingual District Advisory Committee, West Contra Costa Unified School District*
Myung-Soo Seok, Advisory Board, Korean American Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles*
Dale Shimasaki, Education Consultant
Faalagigaolealataua Taofi Smith, Great Great Granddaughter, High Chief Penitila Toomata Tuitele and Tuitagivale Faiivae from Leone, American Samoa
Dave Wong, President, San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Center for Labor Research & Education*
Vivian Yoshioka, Secretary, AFSCME Council 36, Local 575*
Alice Bulos, Founder, Filipino-American Caucus, California Democratic Party
David Chiu, Chair, Assembly District 13, California Democratic Party
Robert Dawa, Former Chair, Filipino-American Caucus, California Democratic Party
Lynna Do, Vice Chair, Assembly District 20, California Democratic Party
JoAnn Fields, Chair, Assembly District 78, California Democratic Party
Mike Fong, So Cal Treasurer, API Caucus, California Democratic Party
Sumi Haru, Chair, Filipino-American Caucus, California Democratic Party
Melissa Hilario, Past 2nd Vice-Chair, Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Mary Jung, First Vice Chair, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Clark Lee, Chair, Assembly District 60, California Democratic Party
G. Nanjundappa, Former Chair, Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
Rima Nashashibi, Former Chair, Arab-American Caucus, California Democratic Party
Elena Ong, Vice Chair, Women’s Caucus & SoCal Chair, API Caucus, CA Democratic Party
Nagaraja Rao, Chair, Contra Costa County Democratic Central Committee
Julie Soo, Chair, Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus, California Democratic Party
Alicia Wang, Vice Chair, California Democratic Party

* Organization names are for identification purposes only.