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Please use the Endorsement Form to add your name to this list.
Councilmember McKeown Endorses Measure R click here |
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Key Organizations Endorsing Measure R |
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| Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Santa Monica City Council League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Santa Monica Police Officers Association Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Santa Monica College Faculty Association Education Foundation of Santa Monica-Malibu Community for Excellent Public Schools Service Employees International Union – Local 99 Santa Monica Democratic Club Malibu Democratic Club Santa Monica Youth Athletic Foundation North of Montana Association Ocean Park Association Pico Neighborhood Association Friends of Sunset Park Board of Directors Santa Monica Child Care & Early Education Task Force Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City |
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Elected Leaders |
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| Sheila James Kuehl, California State Senator Julia Brownley, California State Assembly Member Herb Katz, Mayor, City of Santa Monica Jeff Jennings, Mayor, City of Malibu Richard Bloom, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Santa Monica Oscar de la Torre, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education José Escarce, Vice President, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Susan Aminoff, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees David B. Finkel, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Ken Genser, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Dr. Nancy Greenstein, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Bob Holbrook, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Louise Jaffe, Vice Chair, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Ken Kearsley, Councilmember, City of Malibu Jennifer Kennedy, Commissioner, Santa Monica Rent Control Board Maria Leon-Vasquez, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Kevin McKeown, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Ralph Mechur, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Pam O’Connor, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Kelly McMahon Pye, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Margaret Quinones-Perez, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Rob Rader, Chair, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Bobby Shriver, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica Barry Snell, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Andrew Walzer, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Marilyn Korade Wilson, Commissioner, Santa Monica Rent Control Board Kathy Wisnicki, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor |
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| School PTA/PTSA Units and Officials | |
| Child Development Services PTA Judy Abdo and Gleam Davis, Co-Presidents Edison Elementary School PTA Lisa Golden Balfus and Christopher Jimenez y West, Co- Presidents Franklin Elementary School PTA Aurélie Foucaut, President Grant Elementary School PTA Becky Turk, President John Adams Middle School PTA Mario Romero, President John Muir Elementary School PTA Marie Robinson, PTA President Juan Cabrillo Elementary School PTA Tracy Weirick, President Lincoln Middle School PTSA Lynn Leavitt, President McKinley Elementary School PTA Marie Espino and Wendy Navin, Co-Presidents Malibu High School PTSA Executive Board Sandy Thacker, President Point Dume Marine Science PTA Kelly Meyer, President Roosevelt Elementary School PTA Jon Kean, President Santa Monica Alternative School House PTA Ofer Grossman, President Santa Monica High School PTSA Judith Meister, President Webster Elementary PTA Anne Blackwood, President Will Rogers Learning Community PTA Lori Whitesell, President |
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| Senior Citizen Leaders | |
| Kit Dreyfus, Retired School Nurse Ralph Erickson, Past President, Malibu Democratic Club Maggie Hall, Associate Dean, Emeritus College Rose L. Kaufman, Chair, Santa Monica Emeritus College Executive Committee Barry Seid, AARP Tax Counseling for the Elderly, District Coordinator Nathaniel Trives, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica |
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Community Leaders/Supporters |
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| Judy Abdo, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica Ben Allen, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Financial Oversight Committee Elena Allen, Santa Monica Arts Commissioner Heather Anderson, Past President, Malibu High School PTSA Jennifer Annis Abby Arnold, Activist Corby Baumgarten Amy Bishop, President, League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Joel Brand, Chair, Friends of 415 PCH Jody Brooks, Vice President, John Adams Middle School PTA Roy Brown, Santa Monica Police Officers Association Tara R. Brown, Principal, Franklin Elementary School Judith Brunk, Executive Director, Hill & Dale Family Learning Center Colleen O’Beirne Brydon, Past President, Webster School PTA Pat Cairns, Acting Principal, Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School Keryl Cartee-McNeeley, Chief Steward, SEIU Local 99 Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, Beth Shir Sholom Temple Rev. James P. Conn, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica Phil Cott, Principal, Webster Elementary School Kacie Crane, Santa Monica High School Class of 2007 Lauri Crane, Executive Committee Member, Community for Excellent Public Schools Paul Cummins, Co-Founder, Crossroads School and New Roads School Gleam Davis, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Shari Davis, Chair, Community for Excellent Public Schools Kasey de Varennes, Vice President, Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School PTA Matt Dinolfo, M.D., Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine Melissa Dinolfo, Past Chair, Franklin Elementary School Site Governance Council Liz Dubelman, Executive Board Member, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Michael Dubin, President, Dubin & Associates Martha Duran-Contreras, Principal, John Muir Elementary School Dorothy Ehrhart-Morrison, Former Member, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees Cindy Emminger, Activist Karen Farrer, Executive Committee Member, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Bruria Finkel, Former Member, Santa Monica Rent Control Board Rich Fox, Activist and Businessman Alan Friedenberg, Principal, Grant Elementary School Julie Friedman Todd Gelfand, President, Santa Monica Little League Susan Giesberg, Past President, California Consumer Affairs Association Ed Gillespie, 2007 President, Malibu Chamber of Commerce Michael Gisser, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Jean T. Goodman, President, Malibu Democratic Club Chuck and Dorothy Green, Educators Ann Greenspun, Past Chair, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Dr. Michael E. Gruning, Past Chair, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Paul Haggis, Writer/Producer Craig Hamilton, Co-Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Facilities Committee Christopher Harding, Past Chair, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Patricia Hoffman, Chair, Community Corporation of Santa Monica Barbara Inatsugu, Past President, League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Thelma Jarman-Felstiner, Esq. Connie Jenkins, Past President, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education Jay Johnson, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Zina Josephs, Chair, Friends of Sunset Park Harry M. Keiley, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association Mark Kelly, Principal, Malibu High School David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Prize Recipient Rebecca Kennerly, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Chi Kim, Principal, Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School Tristan Komlos, Principal, Lincoln Middle School Hank Koning, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner David Kramer, Special Education Volunteer Deborah La Gorce Kramer, Executive Committee Member, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Lou Lamonte, Producer Tom Larmore, Founder, Concerned Homeowners of Santa Monica Joanne Leavitt, Past President, Santa Monica Malibu Council of PTAs Rochelle Lewis-Fanali, Co-Chair, Roosevelt Elementary School PTA Legislative Committee Maria Loya, Chair, Pico Neighborhood Association Rev. Janet Gollery McKeithen, Minister, The Church in Ocean Park Kelly Meyer, President, Point Dume Elementary School PTA Martha Monahan, Assistant Principal, Grant Elementary School Debbie Mulvaney, Executive Committee Member, Community for Excellent Public Schools Mary Anna Noveck, Assistant Principal, Will Rogers Learning Community Terry O’Day, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Cheri Orgel, Past President, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Fran Pavley, Former California State Assembly Representative John Petz, Activist Gwynne Pugh, Chair, Santa Monica Planning Commission Sigal Redfield Norma Payton Reid Jim Ries, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Maria Rodriguez, Past President, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Deirdre Roney, Activist Laurel Rosen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Laura L. Rosenbaum, President Emeritus, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Paul Rosenstein, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica Rick and Robyn Ross Martha Shaw, Principal, John Adams Middle School Paul Silvern, Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Financial Oversight Committee Wendy Sidley, Executive Board, Webster Elementary PTA Deanna Sinfield, Assistant Principal, Franklin Elementary School Maryanne Solomon, Executive Committee Member, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Marilyn Speakman Zach Staenberg Elizabeth Stearns, Executive Committee Member, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Ph.D., President, Santa Monica College Academic Senate Dianne Talarico, Superintendent, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Sandy Thacker, Malibu High School PTSA President Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson, Pastor, St. Monica’s Church Cynthia Torres, Vice Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Financial Oversight Committee Frank Torres, SEIU Local 99 Nathaniel Trives, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica Dr. Chui Tsang, Superintendent/President, Santa Monica College Dan Wallace, Activist Lori Whitesell, President, Will Rogers Learning Community PTA Ted Winterer, President, Ocean Park Association Rev. Bill Wood, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica Laurie Yehia, Legislation Co-Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs Dennis Zane, Founder & Co-Chair, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights Helen and Art Zoloth |
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(as of 01/23/08) |
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