We proudly endorse Nikki Fortunato Bas for Oakland City Council, District 2!

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Organizations

• ACCE Action
• Alameda County Democratic Party
• Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
• Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Action
• Block By Block Organizing Network
• Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 3
• Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County
• California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
• California Working Families Party
• Communications Workers of America Local 9415
• East Bay Democratic Socialists of America
• East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club
• East Bay Young Democrats
• EBASE Action
• Evolve
• Green Party of Alameda County
• International Association of Firefighters Local 55
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees (IFPTE) Local 20
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees (IFPTE) Local 21
• John George Democratic Club
• Laborers Local 304
• Latine Young Democrats of the East Bay
• Latino Task Force 
• Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club (MGO)
• National Union of Healthcare Workers
• Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
• Oakland Rising Action
• Oakland Tenants Union
• Our Revolution East Bay
• Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte (PPAMM)
• Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 342
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - United Healthcare Workers
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - United Service Workers West
• Sheetmetal Workers Local 104
• Sierra Club
• Sprinkler Fitters & Apprentices Local 483
• Teamsters Joint Council 7
• Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO
• UNITE HERE Local 2
• United Food & Commercial Workers Local 5
• Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

Elected Leaders *

• California Attorney General Rob Bonta
• California Senator Nancy Skinner
• California Assemblymember Mia Bonta
• California Assemblymember Ash Kalra
• California Assemblymember Alex Lee
• California Assemblymember Phil Ting
• California State Controller Betty Yee
• California State Treasurer Fiona Ma
• California State Board of Equalization Member Malia Cohen
• Oakland Vice Mayor & Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan
• Oakland President Pro Tempore & Councilmember Sheng Thao
• Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife
• Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo
• Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb
• Oakland Mayor Emeritus Elihu Harris
• Oakland Mayor Emeritus Jean Quan
• Oakland Councilmember Henry Chang, Jr. (Ret.)
• Oakland Councilmember Nancy Nadel (Ret.)
• OUSD Board Director Aimee Eng
• Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin
• Berkeley Mayor Emeritus Gus Newport
• Alameda County Supervisor & President Keith Carson
• Alameda County Supervisor Dave Brown
• Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle
• Alameda County Tax Assessor Phong La
• BART Board Director Lateefah Simon
• East Bay Regional Parks District Director Dee Rosario
• San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim (Ret.)

Appointed Leaders *

• Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland Poet Laureate
• Michelle “Mush” Lee, Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission
• Andreas Cluver, Oakland Port Commission
• Michael Colbruno, Oakland Port Commission
• Vince Sugrue, Oakland Planning Commission
• Jahmese Myres, former Chair, Oakland Planning Commission
• ​​Ellen Wu, Chair, Affordable Housing & Infrastructure Bond Public Oversight Committee
• Gary Jimenez,  Affordable Housing & Infrastructure Bond Public Oversight Committee
• Saabir Lockett, Oakland Army Base Jobs Oversight Commission
• Kate O’Hara, Oakland Army Base Jobs Oversight Commission
• Jim Chanin, Police Commission Selection Panel
• Omar Farmer, Safety & Services Oversight Commission
• Mike Nisperos, former Oakland Police Commissioner
• Brian Hofer, Chair, Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission
• Jinhee Ha, Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission 
• Isaac Kos-Read, Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission 
• David Ralston, Oakland Bike & Pedestrian Advisory Commission
• Kimberly Aceves-Iñiguez, Oakland Fund for Children & Youth Planning & Oversight Committee
• Pecolia Hudson-Manigo, Oakland Fund for Children & Youth Planning & Oversight Committee
• Lisa Herrinton, Oakland Sugar Sweetened Beverages Community Advisory Board
• Brooke Levin, Oakland Civil Service Board

Community Leaders *

• Geraldine Alcid, Filipino Advocates for Justice 
• Aimee Allison, founder She the People
• Angela Blackwell, founder PolicyLink
• Ray Bobbitt, African American community leader
• Keith Brown, Alameda Labor Council President, OEA President
• Josie Camacho, Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
• Dave Campbell, bike advocate
• Dr. Art Chen
• Pamela Drake, Drake Talk Oakland
• Kin Folkz, East Bay Queer Arts Center
• lora jo foo, No Coal in Oakland
• Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement
• Joe Hawkins, LGBTQ community advocate
• Sherry Hirota, founder Asian Health Services
• Dr. Floyd Huen 
• Lailan Huen, OUSD Director of Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement
• Ken Jacobs, Chair of the University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
• Russell Jeung, Stop AAPI Hate
• Ginger Jui, bike advocate
• David Kakishiba, founder East Bay Asian Youth Center
• Ken Katz, Splash Pad News
• Dana King, sculptor
• Kimi Lee, Bay Rising Action
• Anne Marks, Youth ALIVE
• Marily Mondejar, Filipina Women’s Network
• Greg Morozumi, EastSide Arts Alliance
• Kate O’Hara, East Bay Action
• Andrew Park, founder Trybe
• Arnold Perkins
• Steven Pitts, Black Work Talk podcast
• Pamela Price, civil rights attorney
• Ces Rosales, California Democratic Party Women's Caucus, Policy Issues Chair
• Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
• Elena Serrano, EastSide Arts Alliance 
• Rebecca Solnit, writer, historian and activist
• George Spies, bike advocate
• Miya Yoshitani, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action
• Renia Webb, community organizer
• Billy Wilkes, past President of the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club
• Brooklyn Williams, youth advocate

Faith Leaders *

• Rev. Ken Chambers, Interfaith Council of Alameda County
• Rabbi David Cooper
• Rev. Sandhya Jha, Oakland Peace Center
• Rev. Kurt Kuhwald
• Saabir Lockett, Faith Alliance for A Moral Economy
• Minister Cherri Murphy
• Liza Rankow, Minister, One Life Institute
• Nicola Torbett, founder of Seminary of the Street
• Servant Brian K. Woodson, Sr., pastor/founder of the Bay Area Christian Connection

Business Leaders *

• Reem Assil, Reem’s California
• Penny Baldado, Cafe Gabriela
• Dr. Stewart Chen, Chiropractor
• Sandra Davis, Oeste
• Jose Dorado, Dorado Tax & Bookkeeping Services
• Joyce Gordon, Joyce Gordon Gallery
• Carol Knight, Lakeshore Avenue Business Improvement District
• Carol Liao, Chinatown business owner
• Allen Michaan, Grand Lake Theatre
• Tim Nugent, Shakewell
• Geoffrey Pete, Geoffrey’s Inner Circle
• Kori Saika Chen, Alkali Rye
• Rick da Silva, Board Member, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
• Ari Takata-Vasquez, Chair, Blue Ribbon Equitable Business Tax Task Force
• August Varlack

*All titles and organizations for identification purposes only.

District 2 Neighbors & Leaders (partial list)

Chinatown/Gold Coast/Jack London

• Sejal Babaria
• Dave Campbell
• Taylor Chambers
• Dr. Stewart Chen, Chiropractor
• James Chiong 
• Sean Dugar
• Dr. Hal Gin
• Lailan Huen
• Rev. Sandhya Jha
• Rich Johnson
• Rabia Keeble
• Dylan Kievit
• Jennifer Li
• Carol Liao, business owner
• Linna Lin
• Arlene Lum
• Mr. Joseph Ma, Toisan Benevolent Association
• Jonathan Melvin
• Mark Miles
• Elaine Peng, Mental Health Association For Chinese Communities
• Alvina Wong, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Action
• Doug Wong, Chinese American Citizens Alliance

Cleveland Heights/Haddon Hill

• Janice Alpert
• Melanie Berzon 
• Mylene Cahambing
• Lorenzo Canlas
• Lisa Castellanos 
• Mike Chung
• Mike Flynn
• Tina Garcia
• Jinhee Ha
• Selam Haile
• Asha Hannah
• Lisa Herrinton
• Vivian Huang
• Navina Khanna 
• Gala King
• Howard Kirsch
• Lori Kodama
• Sujin Le
• Aaron Lehmer
• Richelle Lieberman
• Ethan Long
• Maria Nakae
• Serene Ngin
• Dang Nguyen
• Dr. Mychi Nguyen
• Alicia Prilla
• Jim Ratliff 
• Carol Shepherd
• Sarah Hines Stephens
• Anya Svanoe
• Julie Tinker
• Alex Tom 
• Jeremy Wolff
• Jenn-Mei Wu

Bella Vista/Ivy Hill

• Nathan Benzschawel
• Diana Casanova
• Kitty Kelly Epstein
• Nischit Hegde
• Mimi Ho
• Roseli Ilano
• David Kakishiba
• Cliff Lau
• Tom Manley
• Andrew Park
• Cinthya Munoz Ramos
• Sandra Padilla
• Liza Rankow
• María Schindler
• Donna Willmott
• Doug Zhang
• Rui Bing Zheng

Eastlake/Lake Merritt/Clinton

• Amanda Amato
• Matt Chapman
• Quade Gallagher
• Monica Garcia
• Candida Haynes
• Josephine Hui
• Galen Mancino
• Christine Miller
• Daniela Nomura
• Christopher Rieder
• Kiernan Rok
• Ravahn Samati
• Anola Price Small
• Mari Rose Taruc
• Danny Thongsy
• Jesse Turner
• August Varlack
• Emily Wheeler
• David Wofford

San Antonio/Highland Park

• Russell Jeung, Stop AAPI Hate
• Timothy Huey
• David Kakishiba, East Bay Asian Youth Center
• Dana King
• Trinh Le
• Kent Lewandowski
• Sherri Liang
• Cecilia Lopez
• Mira Manickham-Shirley
• Greg Morozumi, Eastside Arts Alliance
• Andrew Park, Trybe
• Raymond Pisano, neighborhood safety leader
• Bruce Quan
• Laura Rivas, Garfield Elementary
• Elena Serrano, Eastside Arts Alliance
• Tac Song

Crocker Highlands/Trestle Glen

• Nilofer Ahsan
• Carol Campbell
• Dr. Arthur Chen 
• Kori Saika Chen
• Miya Saika Chen 
• Cristin Cooper
• Pamela Drake 
• Mary Fierro
• Michael Hammond
• Liz Jacobs
• Kate Johnson
• Ken Katz, Splash Pad News
• Kathy Ko
• Emmanuel Medina
• Linnea Nelson
• Denise Nelson
• David Ralston
• Dee Rosario
• Shane Safir
• Peggy Saika
• Pat Sax 
• Amado Uno
• Arlene Zuckerberg

Grand Lake/Lakeshore

• Madeleine Adkins
• Sandra Davis
• Kit Decker
• Andrea Dehlendorf
• Suzi Goldmacher
• Eric Hughes, neighborhood safety leader
• Eddie Iny
• Angelica Jongco
• Andrea Lee
• Nathaly Moreno
• Andrew Nichols
• Geoffrey Pete
• Seph Petta
• Shamieka Preston
• Linda Roman
• Lisa Russ 
• Adam Weiss

*All titles and organizations for identification purposes only.