This is a partial list of organizations and individuals who have endorsed John Russo in past elections:
*This organization is listed only so as to better identify the individual. This does not imply that this organization has taken any endorsement position.
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Bay Area Reporter Newspaper
Oakland Firefighters
Alameda County Firefighters
California Professional Firefighters
California Police Chiefs Association
Sierra Club
California League of Conservation Voters
Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club
Acorn Political Action Committee (APAC)
Professional Engineers in California Government
Senator Tom Torlakson
Assemblymember Dario Frommer
Assemblymember Canciamilla
Former Assemblymember John Dutra
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley
Alameda County Sheriff, Charles Plummer
Oakland Councilmember Patricia Kernighan
Alameda Councilmember Marie Gilmore
Former President of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, Steve Weiner
Former Member of the Alameda County Board of Education, Enrique Palacios
Oakland School Board President David Kakishiba
Oakland School Board member Kerry Hamill
Alameda School Board President Tracy Lynn Jensen
Alameda School Board member Mike McMahon
Former Peralta Community College District Trustee Amey Stone
Former Peralta Community College District Trustee Susan Duncan
East Bay Regional Park District Director Doug Siden
East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Douglas Linney
BART Director, Bob Franklin
East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Bill Patterson
East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Frank Mellon
Port Commissioner Patricia A. Scates
Port Commissioner Kenneth S. Katzoff
Port Commissioner John Protopappas
Alameda Healthcare District Director Lena Tam
Alameda Healthcare District Director Dr. Jeptha Boone
Alameda County Commission on Aging Commissioner Frank Rose
Oakland City Auditor Roland Smith
Former CEO of the Unity Council, Arabella Martinez
Robert Kidd, Jack London Aquatic Center*
Honora Murphy, Children’s Collaborative/Alameda Friends of the Library
Matt Gonzalez, former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
California Building Industry Association
Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council*
Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley Leadership Group*
