{"id":31542,"date":"2024-02-07T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31542"},"modified":"2024-02-07T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:01:50","slug":"our-revolution-endorsements-for-california-primary-on-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/our-revolution-endorsements-for-california-primary-on-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Our Revolution’ endorsements for California primary on March 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
At the federal level, Our Revolution has already endorsed Barbara Lee<\/strong> for U.S. Senate, and we\u2019re committed to electing the progressives from Congress to the local level.Barbara Lee<\/strong> is the most effective progressive in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in California, and we need her to join Bernie Sanders in the upper chamber. Barbara has been one of the strongest voices for peace in Congress – standing alone to vote against a blank check for the War in Afghanistan. She is the only California U.S. Senate candidate calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.Learn more about Barbara Lee and why Our Revolution is behind her 100 percent in this race here.<\/strong><\/a> \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\"\"Sean Frame<\/strong> for CA Assembly (District 6)
Dr. Flo Cofer<\/strong> for Sacramento Mayor
Katie Valenzuela<\/strong> for Sacramento City Council
(District 4)
Mai Vang<\/strong> for Sacramento City Council (District 8)
Roger Dickinson<\/strong> for Sacramento City Council
(District 2)
Murad \u201cMoe\u201d Sarama<\/strong> for Sacramento County Office of Education (Area 4)In Sacramento, our endorsed champions are taking on anti-union and pro-school privatization opponents and running on strong platforms of progressive change. Click here to visit our website to learn more about our Sacramento Progressive Power slate!<\/strong><\/a>\"\"In addition to growing progressive influence on the California Assembly and building a progressive majority on Sacramento City Council, we are endorsing 13 progressives running for important seats on the Democratic Party of Sacramento County Central Committee:District 1 – Andr\u00e9s Ramos, David Lee Mandel, Mohammad \u201cMo\u201d Kashmiri, Shirley Toy, Fatima Malik,<\/strong> and Tamika L\u2019Ecluse<\/strong>
District 2 – Justin \u201cJ.D.\u201d Garcia<\/strong>
District 3 – John D. Kincaid<\/strong>
District 4 – Chris Yatooma<\/strong>
District 5 – Lee \u201cMarsha\u201d Miller, Monica Madrid, Randa Allathkani,<\/strong> and Yassar Dahbour<\/strong> \u2605 \u2605 \u2605\"\"Assembly District 19:<\/strong> Sandra Lee Fewer, Greg Hardeman, Natalie Gee, Connie Chan, Frances Hsieh, Gordon Mar, Leah LaCroix, Queena Chen, Hene Kelly, and Mano RajuAssembly District 17:<\/strong> Sydney Simpson, John Avalos, Michael Nguyen, Jeremy Lee, Peter Gallotta, Anita Martinez, Jane Kim, Joshua Rudy Ochoa, Sal Rosselli, Gloria Berry, Vick Chung, Patrick Bell, Adolfo Velasquez, and Kristin HardyIn San Francisco, a group funded by corporate billionaires has raised over one million dollars in the Democratic Party of San Francisco County Central Committee<\/strong> elections to oppose our slate of diverse, progressive leaders. Click here for more info about this slate on our new web page!<\/strong><\/a>We are pleased to announce endorsements for Judges Michael Begert<\/strong> and Patrick Thompson<\/strong> of the San Francisco Superior Court.\u2605 \u2605 \u2605US House of Representatives, District 12: <\/strong>Lateefah SimonCalifornia Senate, District 9: <\/strong>Marisol RubioCalifornia Senate, District 7<\/strong>: Jovanka BecklesCounty Board of Supervisors, District 4:<\/strong> Jennifer Esteen In Alameda County, we have exciting candidates who have taken on Big Oil and won, who have fought for equal rights for all, and worked to put people over profits. Lateefah Simon on this slate has been endorsed by Barbara Lee to succeed her for the U.S. House seat in District 12 when we send Barbara Lee to the U.S. Senate! Check out Our Revolution\u2019s Alameda County Progressive Power Slate here!<\/strong><\/a> We can grow progressive influence with these candidates for Democratic Party of Alameda County Central Committee<\/strong>:Assembly District 14 –<\/strong> Alfred Twu, Avery Arbaugh, Carol Coyote, Chip Moore, Michael Cheng, Paola Laverde, Sadia KhanAssembly District 16 – <\/strong>Seema Badar Assembly District 18<\/strong> – Andrea Luna Bocanegra, Austin Tam, Chaney Turner, Desmond Jeffries, Howard Egerman, Iris Merrouns, Kalimah Priforce, Royl Roberts, Pamela Price, Yoana Tchoukleva, Sean Dugar Assembly District 20 –<\/strong> Anish Mohanty, Austin Bruckner Carillo, Barisha Spriggs, Dolly Adams, Joey Mauro, Jatinder \u201cJP\u201d K. Sahi, Victor AguilarAssembly District 24 –<\/strong> Kelsey Pressnall, Vinnie Bacon, Mel Sheun-Mallory, Victoria Birbeck-Herrera \u2605 \u2605 \u2605US House of Representatives, District 12:<\/strong> Lateefah SimonCalifornia Senate, District 7<\/strong>:<\/strong> Jovanka BecklesCalifornia Senate, District 9: <\/strong>Marisol RubioCalifornia Assembly District 15:<\/strong> Monica WilsonOur Revolution is proud to endorse these candidates who value education for all, healthcare for all, and justice for all. We know we can make a difference in people\u2019s lives by building power from the bottom up. Check out Our Revolution\u2019s Contra Costa County Progressive Power Slate here!<\/a><\/strong>  Democratic Party of Contra Costa County Central Committee Candidates:<\/strong>District 1:<\/strong> Cameron Sasai, Jamin Pursell, Devin T. MurphyDistrict 2:<\/strong> Marisol Rubio, \u200bAlexandria Marisol Rubio-Talavera District 4:<\/strong> Leslie Baxter, Michelle Simone, Ena Silva, Laura Patch\u2605 \u2605 \u2605Alex Mohajer<\/strong> is running for California State Senate in the 37th Senate District<\/a>, representing his hometown in Orange County, CA. An Irvine native and LGBTQ+ civic leader, Alex will make history as the first openly gay legislator elected from Orange County and the first openly gay Iranian man elected anywhere in the world.\"\"Our Revolution is endorsing Sade Elhawary<\/strong> for CA State Assembly (District 57). An educator, organizer, and foster parent, Sade is the eldest daughter of immigrants who is deeply committed to transforming underserved communities.\"\"
Our Revolution supports Tina McKinnor<\/strong> for CA State Assembly (District 61). She has served as Chief of Staff to several Assembly members and led the passage of over 100 bills, including historic legislation that gave the California legislative staff the right to unionize and collectively bargain for the first time in the state’s history.\"\"Nithya Raman<\/strong> is the most progressive choice for LA City Council (District 4). Nithya has worked to remedy extreme poverty in India and started a grassroots volunteer program in her community in Los Angeles which brought down the number of unsheltered homeless individuals in her district for the first time in years.\"\"For Pasadena City Council, we\u2019re proud to back Jonathan Horton<\/strong> (District 3) and  Brandon Lamar <\/strong>(District 4), the former 3rd VP of the Pasadena NAACP and Chair of the Human Relations Commission of Pasadena.\u2605 \u2605 \u2605VOTING ENDS MARCH 5TH IN CALIFORNIA<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/a>How to vote:<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/a>Vote By Mail <\/strong>\u2013 Ballots will begin arriving by mail around Feb 5th. To be counted, ballots must be dropped off at drop boxes no later than 8 pm on March 5th or sent via U.S. mail and postmarked no later than March 5th.Vote Early In Person<\/strong> \u2013 Begins Feb 24th at Vote Centers.Election Day<\/strong> \u2013 The last day to return your ballots or vote in person. All Vote Center locations are open on Election Day March 5th from 7am to 8pm.More information about voting is available here<\/a>.\u2605 \u2605 \u2605<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the federal level, Our Revolution has already endorsed Barbara Lee for U.S. Senate, and we\u2019re committed to electing the progressives from Congress to the local level.Barbara Lee is the most effective progressive in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in California, and we need her to join Bernie Sanders in the… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31543,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31542\/revisions\/31543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}