Some of John's Supporters

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*