Who else is on the team?
Loraine is endorsed and supported by a wide range of leaders in the northwest valley.
*Organizations and titles are given for identification purposes only and do not represent endorsements on behalf of the organization.
Elected Officials
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
California State Controller Betty Yee
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
Congressmember Nanette Barragan
Congressmember Julia Brownley
Congressmember Katie Hill
Congressmember Mike Levin
Congressmember Brad Sherman
Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
State Senator Ben Allen
State Senator Anthony Portantino
State Senator Henry Stern
State Senator Fran Pavley (ret.)
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assemblymember Richard Bloom
Assemblymember Laura Friedman
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia
Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin
Assemblymember Ash Kalra
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian
Assemblymember Christy Smith
Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield
Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin
Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian
Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu
Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Farrell (ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilmember Joy Picus (ret.)
Calabasas City Councilmember Mary Sue Maurer
Lancaster City Councilmember Ismail Smith-Wade-El
Saugus Union School District Board Member Julie Olsen
Fresno Mayor Karen Humphrey (ret.)
CLIMATE & SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS
The Sierra Club
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
314 Action - National
Food & Water Action
Sunrise Movement - Los Angeles Hub
Labor
AFSCME, District Council 36
California Faculty Association - Northridge Chapter
Communications Workers of America – Southern California Council
National Union of Healthcare Workers
SEIU 121RN
SEIU 721
SEIU 2015
SEIU - USWW
UNITE-HERE, Local 11
Women Advocacy Groups
EMILY’s List
National Women’s Political Caucus California
National Organization of Women - Hollywood Chapter
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project Los Angeles County Action
Women’s Political Committee - Los Angeles
Women’s Alliance Los Angeles
Momtivist
Vote Mama
Press
Grassroots Organizations
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
Democrats for Israel - Los Angeles
East Area Progressive Democrats
Feel the Bern Democratic Club
Heart of LA Democratic Club
Los Angeles County Young Democrats
New Frontier Democratic Club
North Valley Democratic Club of Los Angeles
Progressive Democrats of America - CA
Progressive Democrats of America - San Fernando Valley
Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains
San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
Stonewall Democratic Club
Valley Grassroots for Democracy
West LA Democratic Club
West Valley Democratic Club
Americans for Democratic Action - SoCal Chapter
Animal PAC
DSA-LA
Green Party of Los Angeles County
The Greenest Generation
Ground Game Los Angeles
Indivisible 30 / Keep Sherman Accountable
Indivisible CA-29
Indivisible CA-43
Indivisibles of Sherman Oaks
Monthly Democratic Luncheon
Our Revolution - National
Our Revolution LA FTB
Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
Our Revolution San Fernando Valley
Progressive Asian Network for Action
The Resistance Northridge / Indivisible
Stand Strong LA Indivisible
Trojan Advocates for Political Progress
West Valley Resistance
Civic Leaders
Scott Abrams, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Carlos Amador, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Annie Cho, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Jeff Daar, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Stella Maloyan, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Serena Oberstein, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 12
Eli Lipmen, Vice President, Neighborhood Councils Commission*
Issam Najm, President, Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council*
Susan Gorman-Chang, Vice President, Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council*
Andrew Krowne, Treasurer, Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council*
Don Dwiggins, First Vice President, Northridge East Neighborhood Council*
Stephanie Mills, Secretary, Northridge East Neighborhood Council*
Michael Benedetto, Vice President, Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council *
CR Cochrane, Former President, Reseda Neighborhood Council*
Michelle Miranda, President, Canoga Park Neighborhood Council*
Tom Booth, Co-Chair, Homelessness Committee, West Hills Neighborhood Council*
John ‘Mike’ Kaiser, Northridge East Neighborhood Council*
Philip Dagort, Northridge East Neighborhood Council*
Joseph Seoane, Northridge East Neighborhood Council*
Mark Morris, Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council*
Margery Brown, West Hills Neighborhood Council*
Steve Ducey, Chair, Legislative Action Committee, Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council*
Dan McNamara, VP of Administration, Los Feliz Neighborhood Council*
Nello DiGiandomenico, Los Feliz Neighborhood Council*
Joe Murphy, Venice Community Council*
Sarah Roos, Mar Vista Neighborhood Council*
Judith Hirshberg, Former Candidate for LA City Council, District 3
Ankur Patel, Former Candidate for State Assembly, District 45
Darrell Park, Former Candidate for LA County Supervisor, District 5
Angelica Dueñas, Former Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 29
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan, Former Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 40
Aura Vasquez, LADWP Commissioner (ret.)
Bill Funderburk, LADWP Commissioner (ret.)
Democratic Party Leaders
RL Miller, Chair, Environmental Caucus, California Democratic Party*
Deana Igelsrud, Legislative Committee, California Democratic Party*
Marlin Medrano, Treasurer, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party*
Katrina Bergstrom, Parliamentarian, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party*
Joshua Baum, Chair, Jewish Caucus, California Young Democrats*
Michael Barth, President, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
Cindy Kalman, President, Valley Grassroots for Democracy*
Richard Matthews, President, North Valley Democratic Club of Los Angeles
Jessica Yas, President Emeritus, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
Damian Carroll, E-Board Member, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley*
Emily Weisberg, E-Board Member, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley*
Michael Goldman, Co-Chapter Leader, Progressive Democrats of America-San Fernando Valley*
Teresa Priem, Co-Chapter Leader, Progressive Democrats of America-San Fernando Valley*
Michelle Kampbell, President, Democratic Alliance for Action of Santa Clarita*
Andrew Taban, Vice President, Democratic Alliance for Action of Santa Clarita*
Jon Katz, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club*
Ross Erlich, RFK-Co-Chair, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats (ret.)
Lauren Gallant, Communications Director, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats (ret.)
Michael Barnett, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee*
Ryan Skolnick, Executive Board Representative, Assembly District 38
Cary Brown, Executive Board Representative, Assembly District 45
Shawnee Badger, Delegate, Assembly District 38 & Leader of Our Revolution SCV*
Logan Smith, Delegate, Assembly District 38
Jenni Chang, Delegate, Assembly District 43
CJ Berina, Delegate, Assembly District 45
Dan McCrory, Delegate, Assembly District 45
Micha Liberman, Delegate, Assembly District 45
Rachel Rosen, Delegate, Assembly District 45
Renay Grace Rodriguez, Delegate, Assembly District 45
Colleen Evanson, Delegate, Assembly District 46
Lauren Perotti, Delegate, Assembly District 46
Suju Vijayan, Delegate, Assembly District 46
Jeanine Rohn, Delegate, Assembly District 51
Jonah d’Alessio, Founder of Kids Go Blue* (and also Loraine’s 10-year-old son)
Environmental Leaders
Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org*
David Allgood, Political Director, California League of Conservation Voters* (ret.)
Alexandra Nagy, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch*
Sandra Cattell, Executive Boardmember, Sierra Club - Angeles Chapter*
Juana Torres, Development Director, Sierra Club* (ret.)
Andrew Ellis, Chair, LA Chapter Climate Reality Project* (ret.)
Russell Greene, Advisory Board Chair, The Climate Mobilization*
Julie Jacobson, Renewable Energy Sales & US Green Building Council*
Kyoko Hibino, Co-Founder, Save Porter Ranch*
Matt Pakucko, Co-Founder, Save Porter Ranch*
Patty Crost Glueck, Member, Save Porter Ranch*
Helen Hoorfar Attai, Member, Save Porter Ranch*
Elise Eberhard, Project Coordinator, Council for Watershed Health*
Helen Cox, Sustainability Manager, City of Thousand Oaks*
Trinity Tran, Co-founder, Divest LA*
Veronica Becerra, System Change Not Climate Change, San Fernando Chapter*
Mark Morris, Steering Committee, SoCal350*
Steve Pierson, Swing Left Southern California Field Director
Carol Kravetz, SoCal350, Citizens Climate Lobby* & Climate Reality Project*
Dan Brotman, SoCal 350* & Citizens Climate Lobby*
Brenna Norton, Environmental Activist
Education Leaders
Vicki Addley, Los Angeles Public Library Adult Literacy Project*
Carl Peterson, Change The LAUSD*
Dr. Michael Neubauer, Vice Provost, CSUN (ret.)
Dr. Cheryl Spector, Director, Academic First Year Experience, CSUN
Dr. Erica Wohldmann, Interim Director, Institute for Sustainability, CSUN
Dr. Rosa Rivera Furumoto, Professor of Chicana/o Studies, CSUN
Dr. Edie Pistolesi, Professor of Art, CSUN
Dr. Erin Bray, Asst. Professor of Geography, CSUN
Dr. Justin Kantner, Assistant Professor of Psychology, CSUN
Priya Ganguli, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, CSUN
Sarah Johnson, Institute for Sustainability, CSUN
Doug Yule, Professor, CSUN
Kayla Kaiser, Lecturer, CSUN
Amy Franzen, Researcher, UCLA
Corey Hollis, Administrator, UCLA
David Cornell, UC Berkeley Professor of Physics (ret.)
Deidre Bologna, Behaviorist, LAUSD
Nikki Maxwell, Educator
Elizabeth Tracton, Librarian
Aaron Sikes, Tutor
Andrea Reuter, Teacher
Beth Ortega, Teacher
Diane Ortega, Teacher
Helen Ritenour, Teacher
Sarah Maun, Teacher
Terry Whitney, Teacher
Alice McGee, Teacher (ret.)
Jan McQuain, Teacher (ret.)
Public Health & Disability Rights Advocates
Daniel Garcia, Former Candidate, CD12 & Disability Rights Advocate
Dina Garcia, Transportation & Mobility Advocate
Kristy Madden, Activist & Disability Rights Advocate
Susie Shannon, Executive Director, Poverty Matters & President, LA City Health Commission*
Betty Toto Doumas, Healthcare for All - SFV
Kate Peeler, Member, Women in Healthcare Administration - So Cal*
Betsy Manchester, RN/Nurse Educator
Dr. Tina Wang, Emergency Room Physician
Dr. Christian Herrera, Physician
Elise Levine, Healthcare Administrator
Business Leaders
Michael Benedetto, President, Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce*
Jaclyn Bernstein, Writer, Founder of Matriarch Films
Lurene Leidholt, Entrepreneur and Mom
Tauby Ross, Small Business Owner
Vikki Salmela, Small Business Owner
Talin Topjian, Small Business Owner
Martina Turner, Small Business Owner
Jon Teboe, TV Producer
Nurha Hindi Chahayed, Marketing and Public Relations Specialist
Todd Szahun, Marketing Executive
Community Leaders
Alicia Silverstone. Actress, Author & Activist
Laura Rathbone, Founder, Sisters on the Streets*
Hollye Dexter, Women Against Gun Violence*
Mel Tillekaratne, Founder, #SheDoes Movement*
Bella Robakowski, President, Never Again SoCal*
Rabbi Jonathan Hanish, Senior Rabbi, Temple Kol Tikvah*
Monica Mansouri, Immigration Attorney
Ace Katana, Ground Game LA*, LA Public Defenders Union*
Ellen Brown, The Public Banking Institute*
Phoenix Goodman, Co-founder, Public Bank LA*
Marcy Rothenberg, Freelance Writer, Author & Activist
Addy Gonzalez Renteria, Co-Founder & Co-Director, 11:11 A Creative Collective*
Jody Green, Co-chair, Indivisible CA-30 Keep Sherman Accountable*
Colleen Toumayan, The Resistance Northridge, Indivisible*
Carolyn Chriss, Indivisibles of Sherman Oaks
Teresa Peters, Artist
Sharon Lord Greenspan, Woke AF*
Lia Cohen, UCLA Student
Angela Delp, Student
Mayzie Angel, Student
Leslie Simon, Co-Chair, Our Revolution West San Fernando Valley
Janeen Rae, Stand Strong LA Indivisible
Carlos Marroquin, Bernie Sanders Brigade*
Michael Dieffenbach, Writer
Stephen Peters, Writer
Bill Maxwell, Writer
Jodi Targon, Coach/Writer
Erin Riley, Landscaper
Alan Schiff, Software Engineer
Kristi Fisher, Administrative Assistant
Kayla Owens, Attorney
Carolina Larrea, Graphic Designer
Jane & Bernard Fowler, Community Activist & Musician
Lori Aivazian
Marcia Belsh
Priyaanka Chatham
Alisa Davies
Duski Wanamaker