2016 Campaign Endorsements

I am honored to be endorsed by a wide range of people from different backgrounds, organizations and geographic areas within the city.  I would appreciate your endorsement as well!

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Elected Officials

Eric Swalwell, United States Congress
Bob Wieckowski, State Senator
Bill Quirk, State Assembly Member
Barbara Halliday, Mayor of Hayward
Greg Jones, Hayward City Council
Sara Lamnin, Hayward City Council
Marvin Peixoto, Hayward City Council
Elisa Marquez, Hayward City Council
Francisco Zermeño, Hayward City Council
Mike Sweeney, former Mayor of Hayward & State Assembly
Roberta Cooper, former Mayor of Hayward
Kevin Dowling, former Hayward City Council
Larry Ratto, former Hayward City Council
Louis Andrade, HARD Board Member
Rick Hatcher, HARD Board Member
Paul Hodges, HARD Board Member
Minane Jameson, HARD Board Member
Carol Pereira, HARD Board Member
Dick Sheridan, former HARD Board Member
Dennis Waespi, East Bay Regional Parks Board Member
Fred Sims, Alameda County Board of Education
Charley Plummer, Alameda County Sheriff Emeritus
Carol Dutra-Vernaci, Mayor of Union City
Deborah Cox, San Leandro City Council
Lee Thomas, San Leandro City Council
Jim Griffith, Sunnyvale City Council
Gustav Larsson, Sunnyvale City Council
Bill Lockyer, former California Attorney General
Johan Klehs, former State Assembly Member
Sheila Jordan, former Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rocky Fernandez, former AC Transit Board Member
Kelly Fergusson, former Menlo Park Mayor
Grant Peterson, former HUSD Trustee

Community Leaders

V. Toni Adams, Personnel Commissioner
Crystal Araujo, Community Services Commission
Carl & Marilyn Baker-Madsen, owners, The Book Shop
Margaret Barton, Bailey Ranch HOA Board
Mimi Bauer, Fairway Park Neighborhoods Association
Rene Besold, Past Pres., Literacy Plus Council of Hayward
Blytha Bowers, Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force Chair
Norma Brecher, Fairway Park Townhomes HOA President
Peter Bufete, Hayward Library Commissioner
Frank Burton, Hayward Area Democratic Club
Helene Carr, Friends of the Hayward Library
Jerry Caveglia, former Hayward Planning Commissioner
Valerie Caveglia, Hayward Education Foundation
April Chan, former Citizens Advisory Commissioner
Marita & Francis Cheng, Elite Catering
Lynne Clifton, Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force
Evelyn Cormier, Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency
Launa Craig, former Citizens Advisory Commissioner
Freddye Davis, Hayward NAACP
Betty DeForest, South Hayward Parish
Morris DePreste, Twin Bridges Homeowner's Association
Dorsi Diaz, President, Sun Gallery
Joe Dolley, Twin Bridges Homeowner's Association
Heather Enders, Hayward Planning Commissioner
Diane Fagalde, Community Services Commissioner
Mercedes Faraj, President Hayward Education Association
Felson Companies
Paul Frumpkin III, Eden Youth & Family Center
Daniel Goldstein, Hayward Planning Commissioner
Ben Goulart, President, Prospect Hill Neighborhood Assoc.
Frank Goulart, Neighborhood & Business Alliance
Peggy Guernsey, former Community Services Commissioner
Darren Guillaume, owner, Doc's Wine Shop
Judy Harrison, President, Friends of the Library
Neil Hayden, Twin Bridges Homeowner's Association Board
Albert Ho, former Bailey Ranch HOA President
Pat Hodges, Hayward Area Historical Society Board
Richard Imsdahl, Past President, Hayward Literacy Plus
Antonio Isais, Community Services Commissioner
Joann Kahrnoff, owner, General Carpet
Murray Kahrnoff, owner, General Carpet
Janet Kassouf, Community Services Commission
Glenn Kirby, Sierra Club of Southern Alameda County
Richard LaPlante, fmr Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force
Mary Lavelle, former Planning Commissioner
Rodney Loche, former Planning Commissioner
Gail Lundholm, Hayward Arts Council
J.J. Mansalay, Manesco Corp.
Carol Markos, Hayward Arts Council
Glenn Martin, Bailey Ranch HOA President
Kari McAllister, Library Commission Chair
Dianne McDermott, Hayward Planning Commission Chair
Steve Miller, Stonebrae Country Club
Cecilia Miskic, Fairway Park Neighborhoods Ass. Treasurer
Marshall Mitzman, Fingerprint Services of America
John Nunes, UFCW Local 5
Laura Oliva, fmr Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force
Ernest Pacheco, Citizens Against Pollution
Al Parso, Hayward Planning Commissioner
Niken Patel, GM of National Petroleum
Sanjiv Patel, CEO of National Petroleum
Richard Patenaude, M Group & Leadership Hayward
Andrea Peixoto, Hayward Education Foundation
Thomas Piccolotti, North Coast County Water District Board
Didacus Ramos, Council Economic Development Committee
Navneet Ratti, fmr Council Economic Development Committee
Renee Rettig, Downtown Merchants Association
Heather Reyes, VP Hayward Arts Council
Bruce Roberts, Hayward Arts Council
Julie Roche, Community Services Commissioner
Twanna Rogers, Hayward Mobilehome Owners Association
Barbara Sacks, former Planning Commissioner
Muriel Sampson, Friends of the Hayward Library
Guy Sandoval, Hayward Area Historical Society
John Sands, Hayward Area Democratic Club
Diana Schaufler, former Citizens Advisory Commissioner
Harry Scott, Hayward Area Democratic Club
Barbara Stebbins, East Bay Clean Power Alliance
Amy Nelson Smith, Sun Gallery Board
Sasha Stackhouse, Waste Management
David Tucker, Waste Management
Martha Vargas, owner, Something Sweet
Julius Willis, Jr., Hayward Planning Commissioner

Organizations

Hayward Firefighters, Local 1909
Hayward Police Officers Association
Hayward Area Democratic Club
East Bay Times
Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
Green Party of Alameda County
League of Conservation Voters of the East Bay
South Alameda County Young Democrats
Hayward Mobilehome Owners Association
Bay East Association of REALTORS
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte
Brownie Mary Democratic Club
Building & Construction Trades Council - AlCo.
Laborers Union, Local 304
Sprinkler Fitters and Apprentices, Local 483
Carpenters Union, Local 713
Operating Engineers, Local 3
Roofers, Local 81
Teamsters Joint Council #7
Sheetmetal Workers, Local 104
UFCW Local 5
IBEW, Local 595
Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 342
GLOBE of Southern Alameda County  Communications Workers of America, Local 9412

Other Endorsers

Gina Aguinaldo
Brian Allison
Christine Ammso
Michelle Andrade
Todd Anglin
Katherine Archuletta
Yevgeniy Babichev
Diana & Donald Barbee
William Barrington
Cam Bauer
Erica Bauer
Keith Bauer
Terry Bauer
Paige Bennett
Shelby Bergeron
Andy & Allison Bethoney
Richard Brecher
Ray & Sandra Buchanan
Jean Callas
Linda Caraballo
Alfredo & MaryJane Cardenas
Josephine Chavez-Backster
Betty Clark
Paul Crockett
Sonia Dakos
Angel Dance
Sofia Daura-Alvarez
Carol Davis
Jim Demersman
Debbie Depreste
Michael Desorcie
John Durai
Relena Ellis
Louis Evans
Myra & Jerry Feiger
Renee Ferrantino
Richard Ferreira
Georgette Feutren
Patricia Folger
Jay & Jennifer Frank
Debbie Frederick
Armando & Lupe Gil
James Gilmore
Linda & Gary Gomes
Jean & Tom Gopez
Jacqueline Gossett
Sandi Halberstadt
Armaan Hameed
Monica Hanson
Richelle Hartwell
Neil Hayden
Patricia Hein
Linda Hendley
Robin Hernandez
Serena Ho
Ginger Hopkins
Frank Howell
Linda Jaster
Jeff & Linton Johnson
Allan Jones
Kirsten Keith
James Kenyon
David King
Sushma Khosla
Doug & Monica Koth
Kathryn Koth
Lucine Kroeckel
David Krug
Anita Kumari
Angie LaPlante
Michael & Nancy Legan
Wing Leung
Angelika Lewis
Glen Lombardi
Jim & Linda Loomis
Robert Lopez
April Manns
Patricia Maramonte
Felix & Karen Martinez
Jim & Mary McCrea
Richard Medeiros
Philip Meginness
Kelly & Tom Mendall
Mary Anne Mendall
Salvacion & William Meyers
Charles Miller
James & Pamela Miramontes
Donald Mitchell
Donna Morris
Fred Morrison
Gregory Mueller
Omar Ortega
Ann Racine-Bessey
Gary & Rebecca Parks
Fauzia Parviz
Urmila Patel
Ronald Pessia
Jaime Puga
Leone Rodriguez
Everardo Romo
John & Marion Sands
Monika Scott
Alberto Sequeira
Carl Solorzano
Sol Solorzano
Chanmach Sovan
Cynthia Stanton
Myrna Stephenson
Jay & Evelyn Stout
Domingo & Shalee Tan
Lisa Tellez
Evelyn Toffoloni
Kimberly Turner
Linda Valencia
Obray & Cassandra VanBuren
Debbie & Larry Vonnegut
Kim Williams
Andrew & Barbara Wilson
Christopher & Marjorie Wolosz
Reynaldo Ybarra

Paid for by Al Mendall for Hayward 2016.  FPPC ID#1340477.  30232 Brookside Lane, Hayward, CA  94544.  Labor Donated.