Endorsements
Prop 87 is supported by a growing coalition of public health, consumers, business, environmental, and local government leaders and organization including:
American Nurses Association of California
American Solar Energy Society
Americans for Energy Independence
American Lung Association of CA
Apollo Alliance
California Alliance for Retired Americans
California Church Impact
California Farmers Union
California Federation of Teachers
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
California League of Conservation Voters
CalPIRG
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
Coalition for Clean Air
Congress of California Seniors
Environment California
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Gray Panthers of California
Healthy African American Families II
Latino Urban Forum
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
Natural Resources Defense Council
Orange County Society of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Sierra Club, California
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Farm Workers
Utility Consumers Action Network
Madeleine Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
John Podesta, President, Center for American Progress
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Jack O'Connel, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mario Molina, UCSD Professor, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Mayor Ronald Loveridge, City of Riverside
Mayor Gavin Newsom, City of San Francisco
Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Businesses and Organizations
AGRICULTURAL GROUPS
American Soybean Association
California Farmers Union
California State Grange
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
National Corn Growers Association
AIR QUALITY GROUPS
Association of Irritated Residents
Clean Air Now
Coalition for Clean Air
BUSINESSES
Alchemy Biofuels, Inc.
American Biodiesel, Inc.
Amerigy
Baylin Publications*
Better Energy Systems
Better World Club
Biodiesel America
Blackwell Bryant and Associates, Inc.
Buel Solar
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
Clean Fuel Connection
Codding Enterprises
Community Environmental Services
Community Fuels
Desal Response Group
The Douris Corporation
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
FlexCar
GAIA Tours
Go Solar
Green Living Now, LLC*
LA Biofuel, Inc.
New Voice of Business
Open Energy Corporation
Peloton Energy, LLC
Permacity Solar
Planetary Kidz
PvH Communications*
Real Earth Inc.
Santa Barbara Electric Bicycle
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Standard Biodiesel, Inc.
The Stella Group, Ltd.*
Strategic Capital Investments LLC
SustainableBusiness.com
The Douris Corporation
The Miller Group Advertising
Thistle
Tri Star Equity Group, Inc.
UsedCardboardBoxes.com
WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO)
Working Assets
CONSUMER GROUPS
CalPIRG
Consumer Action
Consumer Federation of California
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Public Citizen's Energy Program
Utility Consumers Action Network
EDUCATION GROUP
California Federation of Teachers
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges*
Board of Education for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Environmental Charter High School
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees
Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE GROUPS
Americans for Energy Independence
Apollo Alliance
California Apollo Alliance
Energy Future Coalition
Energy Independence Now
Foreign Oil Independence League
Oil Change International
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
Ballona Wetlands Land Trust
California Coastkeeper Alliance
California Labor / Environmental Solar Energy Project
California League of Conservation Voters
Californians Against Waste
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
Center for Natural Lands Management
Citizens Awareness Network*
Citizens for a Quality Environment
Clean Water Action
Climate Protection Campaign*
Coalition for Global Warming Solutions*
Community Environmental Council
Earth Day LA
Earth Day Network
Earth Island Institute
Earth Resource Foundation
Eastern Sierra Land Trust
Education for Sustainable Living
Endangered Habitats League
Environment California
Environmental & Energy Study Institute*
Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo County
Environmental Commons
Environmental Defense
Friends of the Earth
Global Green USA
Global Possibilities
Lakeshore Environmental Action*
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education
Mono Lake Committee
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Orange County League of Conservation Voters
People for Parks
Planning and Conservation League
Rainforest Action Network
Redwood Alliance
San Diego Coastkeeper
Santa Monica Baykeeper
Sierra Club, California
Southern California Watershed Alliance
Urban Corps of San Diego
WiLDCOAST
Wild Heritage Planners
Windows on our Waters
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center
California Alliance Environmental Justice Working Group
Committee to Save Silverlake Reservoirs
Communities for a Better Environment
Environmental Health Coalition
Literacy for Environmental Justice
North American Water Office*
Pacoima Beautiful
West County Toxics Coalition
FAITH GROUPS
California Church Impact
California Interfaith Power and Light Campaign
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Jews of the Earth*
Orange County Interfaith Council for the Environment
Progressive Jewish Alliance
Lutheran Office of Public Policy
The Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life of Southern California
Interfaith Environmental Council
HI-TECH / RENEWABLES GROUPS
American Association for Fuel Cells
American Solar Energy Society
Bergey Windpower Corporation*
California Cars Initiative
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
Clean Fuel USA
Electric Auto Association
Environmental Energy Solutions*
Good Energy Engineering Inc.*
Green Depot
Los Angeles Biodiesel Co-op
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
Northern California Solar Energy Association
Plug-In America
San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association
Sciencecorps*
Southern Alliance for the Utilization of Biomass Resources
SUN DAY Campaign*
Vote Solar Initiative
World Council for Renewable Energy
LABOR GROUPS
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
California State Building & Construction Trades Council
Service Employees International Union
United Auto Workers, Region 5
United Farm Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 11
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18
Los Angeles County Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Orange County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Tri-Counties Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
UNITE HERE, Local 11
LATINO ORGANIZATIONS
Comite Pro Uno
Latino Urban Forum
National Hispanic Environmental Council
Union de Vecinos
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUPS
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
Davis City Council
Los Angeles City Council
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
Palo Alto City Council
San Francisco County Board of Supervisors
Santa Monica City Council
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors
Yolo County Board of Supervisors
POLITICAL GROUPS
California Democratic Party
California National Organization for Women (Political Action Committee)
True Majority
Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee
Lake County Democratic Central Committee
Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee
Napa County Democratic Central Committee
Orange County Democratic Central Committee
Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee
San Diego County Democratic Central Committee
San Luis Obispo Democratic Central Committee
San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee
Trinity County Democratic Central Committee
Yolo County Democratic Central Committee
Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club
Beverly Hills Democrats
DemocracyAction
Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
Democrats Club of Nevada County
Eastlake-Bonita Democratic Club
Hayward Democratic Club
Inland Counties Stonewall Democrats
Kennedy Club of the San Joaquin Valley
Los Angeles County Young Democrats
Merced Associated Democrats
Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
San Francisco Women's Political Committee
Stonewall Democratic Club
West Hollywood Democratic Club
Women For: Orange County*
PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS
American Lung Association of California
American Nurses Association
Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center
Breathe California of the Bay Area
California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health
California Public Health Association-North
Center for Environmental Health
Children's Health Environmental Coalition
Contra Costa Asthma Coalition
Healthy African American Families II
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Nurses for Social Responsibility
Oakland Kicks Asthma
Orange County Society of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Southern California Public Health Association
SCIENTIFIC GROUPS
Union of Concerned Scientists
SENIOR GROUPS
California Alliance for Retired Americans
Congress of California Seniors
Gray Panthers of California
Senior Action Network
STUDENT GROUPS
Associated Students of the University of California, Merced
Campus Greens, Berkley Chapter
Latino Student Assembly, USC
Point Loma Nazarene University College Democrats
OTHER NOTABLE GROUPS
Action for Tomorrow's Environment*
Alliance for Affordable Energy
American Progress Action Fund
California ACORN: Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
EcoPower Programs Environmental Resources Trust*
Institute for Environmental Research and Education*
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
People's Action for Clean Energy*
Resources Unlimited, Human Development Foundation
Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
Sustainable Works
Sustainable Valley Group*
The Chewonki Foundation*
World Trust Foundation
Individuals
ACADEMICS / SCIENTISTS
A. Paul Alivisatos
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Frances Arnold
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology
Harry Atwater
Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
Robert Benson
Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Robert G. Bergman
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Woodrow W. Clark
Managing Director, Clark Strategic Partners
Author, Agile Energy Systems: Global Lessons from the California Energy Crisis
David A. Dornfeld
Professor of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Frank
Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis
Wolf Frommer
Professor of Plant Biology, Stanford School of Medicine*
David Goodstein
Vice Provost and Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
Harry B. Gray
Professor of Chemistry, Founding Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
Sossina M. Haile
Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Alan J. Heeger
Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
Daniel M. Kammen
Professor of Energy and Society, University of California, Berkeley
Jay D. Keasling
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley*
David F. Kelley
Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
Walter Kohn
Professor of Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
Clifford P. Kubiak
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Nathan S. Lewis
Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Rudy Marcus
Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Mario Molina
Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
Sherwood Rowland
Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Michael Sailor
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
Paul M. Sheldon
Sr. Consultant, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Faculty, Principles of Sustainable Managements, Presisdio School of Management
Mel Simon
Professor of Biology, Nat'l Medal of Science Winner, California Institute of Technology
Chris Somerville
Professor of Plant Biology, Stanford School of Medicine*
Jim Stewart
Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of the West
William C. Trogler
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
Ahmed Zewail
Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
BUSINESS LEADERS
Bradley E. Baker, CEO, Codding Enterprises
Thomas Baruch, Founder & Managing Director, CMEA Ventures
Rod Beckstrom, CEO, Carbon Investments
Roger Duncan, Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy
David Edwards, Managing Director, Greentech Research, ThinkEquity Partners
Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
Bob Epstein, Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Greg Farall, Financial Advisor, Lakeside Financial
Tom Faust, CEO, Redwood Renewables
Irwin Federman, General Partner, US Venture Partners
Jonathan Foster, Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Atempo, Inc.
Board of Directors, California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)
Thomas Jacoby, Vice Chairman, Klipsch Group, Organizing Member, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Director, California Clean Energy Fund
Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Founder, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Kimberly Kovacs, CEO, OptionEase
Nicole Lederer, Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Maryline Lewett, CEO, FAST: French After-School Tutoring
James Lyons, Software Engineer, Google
Cleo Malone, Ph. D., Executive Director, The Palavra Tree, Inc.
Amit Master, Sr. Financial Analyst, Cresa Partners
Audrey Philpot, Multi Media Communications, Transformedia
David P. Saltman, President & CEO, Open Energy Corporation
Christine Kimball Shewmaker, Ph. D., Principal Consultant and Plant Biologist, Blugoose Consulting
Tom Soto, Founder & President, Paladin Private Equity Partners
Former President, Coalition for Clean Air
Karl Susman, Owner, Susman Insurance Agency
Josh Tickell, President, Biodiesel America
Sheela Toor, Marketing Communications Manager, Raza Microelectonics
Daniel Weiss, Managing Partner, The Angeleno Group
Dr. Rob Wilder, CEO, Wilder Shares, LLC, President, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Initiative
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Phil P. Bacerra, Executive Director, Democratic Foundation of Orange County
Julie Bear, Executive Director, Eastern Sierra Land Trust
Elaine Booth, President, Women for: Orange County
Ana Unruh-Cohen, Associate Director, Center for American Progress
Owen Carder, Fleet Manager, City of Banning
Sam Duran, CEO, Urban Corps of San Diego
Mike Feuer, Former City Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Sandy Grant, Chair, Santa Monica Sustainable City Task Force
Roger H. Gray, Director, Pasadena Walks
Tom Hayden, Former Senator, California State Senate
Greg Johnson, Community Services Director, City of Westminster
Jay Levin, Founder of LA Weekly
Mark Paul, Former Deputy Treasurer, State of California
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Krishna Rallapalli, President, Huguenin Rallapalli Foundation
Alexia Salvatierra, Pastor and Executive Director of Laity United for Economic Justice
Irving Sarnoff, Founding Director, Friends of One United Nation
Wendy Schmidt, Non-Profit Director, 11th Hour Project
EDUCATION LEADERS
Jack O'Connel, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Julia Brownley, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Mona Field, Trustee of Los Angeles Community College
Eric Mar, Commissioner of SFUSD, Board of Education SFSU
ELECTED OFFFICIALS - FEDERAL
Barbara Boxer, United States Senator
Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Howard L. Berman, Member, United States House of Representatives
Anna Eshoo, Member, United States House of Representatives
Mike Honda, Member, United States House of Representatives
Doris O. Matsui, Member, United States House of Representatives
Linda T. Sanchez, Member, United States House of Representatives
Loretta Sanchez, Member, United States House of Representatives
Brad Sherman, Member, United States House of Representatives
Hilda L. Solis, Member, United States House of Representatives
Hon. Henry A. Waxman, Member, United States House of Representatives
ELECTED OFFICIALS - STATE
Phil Angelides, Treasurer, State of California
Don Perata, President Pro Tem, California State Senate
Gloria Romero, Majority Leader, California State Senate
Richard Alarcón, California State Senator
Liz Figueroa, California State Senator
Sheila Kuehl, California State Senator
Fabian Nunez, Speaker, California State Assembly
Karen Bass, California State Assemblymember
Wilma Chan, California State Assemblymember
Judy Chu, California State Assemblymember
Dave Jones, California State Assemblymember
John Laird, California State Assemblymember
Lloyd Levine, California State Assemblymember
Joe Nation, California State Assemblymember
Jenny Oropeza, California State Assemblymember
Fran Pavley, California State Assemblymember
Lori Saldana, California State Assemblymember
ELECTED OFFICIALS - COUNTY
Aaron Peskin, Board of Supervisors President, San Francisco County
Fred Keeley, County Treasurer, County of Santa Cruz
Keith Carson, County Supervisor, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Alice Lai-Bitker, County Supervisor, Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Chris Daly, County Supervisor, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors
Victor Mow, County Supervisor, San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors
Blanca Alvarado, County Supervisor, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Helen Thomson, County Supervisor, Yolo County Board of Supervisors
Mardi Wourmhoudt, County Supervisor, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
ELECTED OFFICIALS - CITY
Ruth Atkin, Mayor, City of Emeryville
Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
Jane Bender, Mayor, City of Santa Rosa
Marty Blum, Mayor, City of Santa Barbara
Woody Fridae, Mayor, City of Winters
Beth Ingalls, Mayor, City of Truckee
Bill Judge, Mayor, City of Orinda
Dennis Kennedy, Mayor, City of Morgan Hill
Judy Kleinberg, Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Ronald Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside
Nury Martinez, Mayor, City of San Fernando
Gavin Newsom, Mayor, City of San Francisco
Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Bobby Shriver, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Santa Monica
R. Scott Hunter, Mayor-Pro Tempore, Town of Ross
William Broderick-Villa, Vice-Mayor, City of Waterford
Kelly Fergusson, Vice-Mayor, City of Menlo Park
Otto Lee, Vice-Mayor of Sunnyvale
Ron Orenstein, Vice-Mayor of Willits
Sam Pierce, Vice-Mayor, City of Sebastopol
Pete Sanchez, Vice-Mayor, City of Suisun City
Karl P. Warkomski, Councilmember, City of Aliso Viejo
David Meserve, Councilmember, City of Arcata
Maxwell G. Anderson, Jr., Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Linda Maio, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Frank A. Tierney, Councilmember, City of Coronado
Isadore Hall, III, Councilmember, City of Compton
Josve Barrios, Planning Commissioner, City of Cudahy
Juan Romo, Councilmember, City of Cudahy
Stephen Souza, Councilmember, City of Davis
David Weinsoff, Councilmember, City of Fairfax
Bob Wieckowski, Councilmember, City of Fremont
Dean Williams, Councilmember, City of Grass Valley
Christine Krolik, Councilmember City of Hillsborough
Louie A. Lujan M.Ed., Councilmember, City of La Puente
Jane Egly, Councilmember, City of Laguna Beach
Floyd Peterson, Councilmember, City of Loma Linda
Janice Keller, Councilmember, City of Lompoc
Gerrie Schipske, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
Eric Garcetti, President, Los Angeles City Council
Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
Wendy Greuel, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Janice Hahn, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Alex Padilla, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Jan Perry, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Ed. P. Reyes, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Herb Wesson, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
Jim Aldinger, Councilmember, City of Manhattan Beach
Esther Sanchez, Councilmember, City of Oceanside
Peter Drekmeier, Councilmember, City of Palo Alto
Dr. Michael G. Harris, Councilmember, City of Pleasant Hill
Jim Rogers, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Sanmukh Bhakta, Councilmember, City of Rio Vista
Kevin McCarty, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
Judy Chirco, Councilmember, City of San Jose
Linda J. Lezotte, Councilmember, City of San Jose
John B. Ewan, Councilmember, City of San Luis Obispo
Jan Epstein, Councilmember, City of San Mateo
Das Williams, Councilmember, City of Santa Barbara
Dominic J Caserta, Councilmember, City of Santa Clara
Mike Rotkin, Councilmember, City of Santa Cruz
Kevin Mckeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica
Cliff Barrett, Councilmember, City of ScottsValley
David W. Roberts, Councilmember, City of Solana Beach
Joseph J. Gonzales, Councilmember, City of South El Monte
Mari Rodin, Councilmember, City of Ukiah
Abbe Land, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
John J. Duran, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
Jeffrey Prang, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
Carol M. Browner, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1993-2001)
Board Member, Center for American Progress
Winston Hickox, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Alan Lloyd, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Former Chairman, California Air Resources Board
James Strock, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Terry Tamminen, Former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Founder, Santa Monica Baykeeper
Irvin David, Air Quality Committee Co-Chair, Sierra Club California
Roland Hwang, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
John A. Knox, Executive Director, Earth Island Institute
Peter Meisen, President, Global Energy Network Institute
Mary Nichols, Director, UCLA Institute of Environment
Jerome Ringo, Chairman of the Board, National Wildlife Federation
Nadine Weil, Global Green
Diane Wittenberg, President, California Climate Action Registry
FAITH LEADERS
Michael Beckwith, Founder and Spiritual Director, Agape International Spiritual Center
Rev. Kelvin T. Calloway, Senior Pastor, Second African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Brian Cochran, Reverend, Anointed Christian Ministries, COGIC
Paul A. Hill, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church
Tyrone Skinner, Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church
LABOR LEADERS
Charles A. Bucks, Vice President, U.S. Postal Service
John Connolly, President, AFTRA, AFL-CIO
Ron Garcias, IA Representative, IATSE Union
Danny Ramos, Political Director, SEIU Local-535
Tom Walsh, Secretary-Treasurer, UNITE HERE Local 11
LATINO LEADERS
Jennie Carreón de Lacey, Director of Governmental and Public Relations, Soledad Enrichment Action
Alexandra Gallardo Rooker., 1st Vice-Chair, California Democratic Party
Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
NATIONAL LEADERS
Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States
Al Gore, Former Vice President
Madeleine Albight, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Richard Holbrooke, Former US Ambassador to the UN
PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS
Robert H. Friis, President, Southern California Public Health Association
Linda Rosenstock, Dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
Vincent Tubiolo, President, California Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
All titles and affiliations are for identification purposes only
* indicates recent addition to list as of 10/24/06
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