That's why Mark Ridley-Thomas is endorsed by:

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES
Congressman Howard Berman
Congresswoman Jane Harman
Congresswoman Hilda Solis
Congressman Brad Sherman
Congresswoman Diane E. Watson

STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
Lt. Governor John Garamendi
Treasurer Bill Lockyer
Controller John Chiang
Board of Equalization Member Judy Chu
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata
Senate President Pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg
Senator Elaine Alquist
Senator Ron Calderon
Senator Gil Cedillo
Senator Ellen Corbett
Senator Lou Correa
Senator Dean Florez
Senator Sheila Kuehl
Senator Alan Lowenthal
Senator Christine Kehoe
Senator Mike Machado
Senator Carole Migden
Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny
Senator Gloria Negrette McCleod
Senator Alex Padilla
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Senator Gloria Romero
Senator Joe Simitian
Senator Jack Scott
Senator Tom Torlakson
Senator Edward Vincent
Senator Patricia Wiggins
Senator Leland Yee
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nuñez
Assemblymember Patty Berg
Assemblymember Julia Brownley
Assemblymember Anna M. Caballero
Assemblymember Chuck Calderon
Assemblymember Wilma Amina Carter
Assemblymember Joe Coto
Assemblymember Kevin De Leon
Assemblymember Hector De la Torre
Assemblymember Mike Eng
Assemblymember Warren Furutani
Assemblymember Mary Hayashi
Assemblymember Betty Karnette
Assemblymember Ted Lieu
Assemblymember Pedro Nava
Assemblymember Nicole Parra
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino
Assemblymember Curren Price
Assemblymember Sandre Swanson

NEWSPAPERS
LaOpinión
Our Weekly
Los Angeles Downtown News
Wave Newspapers

L.A. COUNTY LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Carson Mayor Jim Dear
Carson Councilmember Mike Gipson
Carson Councilmember Harold Williams
Cerritos Councilmember Joseph Cho
Compton Mayor Eric J. Perrodin
Compton City Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux
Compton Councilwoman Barbara Calhoun
Compton City Attorney Legrand Clegg
Compton School Board Member Micah Ali
Culver City Mayor Scott Malsin
Culver City Vice Mayor Gary Silbiger
Culver City Councilman Chris Armenta
Culver City Councilman Micheál O'Leary
Culver City Councilman Andy Weissman
Culver City School Board Member Saundra Davis
Gardena Mayor Pro Tem Rachel Johnson
Gardena Councilman Steve Bradford
Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi
Hawthorne Councilman Pablo Catano
Hawthorne Councilman Daniel D. Juarez
Inglewood Councilman Ralph Franklin
Inglewood Councilman Danny Tabor
Lawndale Councilman Robert Pullen-Miles
Lawndale Councilman Larry Rudolph
Lawndale School Dist. Trustee Shirley Rudolph
Lynwood Mayor Pro Tem Aide Castro
Los Angeles School Board President Monica Garcia
LAUSD Board Member Yolie Flores Aguilar
LAUSD Board Member Marlene Canter
LAUSD Board Member Marguerite Poindexter-LaMotte
Los Angeles Community College Board Trustee Georgia Mercer
Maywood Vice Mayor Veronica Guardado
Maywood Councilwoman Ana Rosa Rizo
LA Community College Board Trustee Angela J. Reddock
Water Replenishment Board Member Lillian Kawasaki
West Basin Water District Board Member Gloria Gray

FORMER STATE & LOCAL OFFICIALS
Treasurer Phil Angelides (Ret.)
Attorney General John Van de Kamp (Ret.)
San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (Ret.)
Senator Martha Escutia (Ret.)
Senator Richard Polanco (Ret.)
Senator Alan Sieroty
Assembly Speaker Robert M. Hertzberg (Ret.)
Judge Kenneth Lee Chotiner, L.A. County Superior Court (Ret.)
Culver City Mayor Ed Wolkowitz (Ret.)
Culver City Mayor David Hauptman (Ret.)
Julie Lugo Cerra, Culver City Scholl Board Member (Ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski (Ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs (Ret.)
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Rita Walters (Ret.)
Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Genethia Hudley-Hayes (Ret.)

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
ACORN Political Action Committee
AFSCME-Council 36
AFSCME-Local 685
California Assn. of Professional Employees
California Nurses Association
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 13
Los Angeles County Education Association
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - AFT 1521
SEIU State Council
SEIU-Local 721
SEIU-UHW
SEIU-United Long Term Care Workers Union
Teamsters Joint Council 42
United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 770
United Teachers Los Angeles

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton
Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys
Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
Los Angeles County Firefighters-Local 1014
Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Latin American Law Enforcement Association
Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation
Peace Officers Research Assoc. of California
Professional Peace Officers Association
Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement
Supervising Deputy Probation Officers Assn.

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
National Organization for Women, L.A. Chapter
National Association of Women Business
Owners, L.A. Chapter
Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Culver City Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Women Business Owners/LA
South Bay Latino Chamber of Commerce

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sierra Club
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
Martha Dina Argüello, Physicians for Social Responsibility - LA*
Elsa Barboza. LA Apollo Alliance *
Ed Begley, Jr., Actor and Environmentalist
Tim Carmichael, Coalition for Clean Air *
Jose Carmona, Verde Group *
Glen Dake, LA Community Garden Council*
Bill Gallegos, Communities for a Better Environment *
Robert Gottlieb, Urban & Environmental Policy Institute*
Kelly Hayes-Raitt, Peace Path Foundation*
Joe Linton, Livable Places *
Mary Luevano, Global Green USA *
Joseph K. Lyou, Ph.D., California Environmental Rights Alliance*
Lewis MacAdams, L.A. River activist
Rhonda Mills, Clean Power Campaign *
Mary Nichol, UCLA Institute of the Environment*
Terry O'Day, Environment Now *
Susana Reyes, Sierra Club
Joel Reynolds, Natural Resources Defense Council *
Rick Ruiz, TLS Enterprises *
Martin Schlageter, Coalition for Clean Air *
Tom Soto, Mono Lake Committee *
V. John White, Clean Power Campaign *
Denny Zane, Move LA *
Gary Gero
Angela Johnson Meszaros
Michele Prichard
Charles Stringer
Teresa Villegas

POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
L.A. County Democratic Party
Lawndale Democratic Club
Northeast Democratic Club
Culver City Democtratic Club
Southern Californians for Democratic Action
Gardena Valley Democratic Club
Stonewall Democratic Club
West L.A. Democratic Club
Wilmington Progressive Democratic Club
Inglewood Democratic Club

ATTORNEY ORGANIZATIONS
Mexican American Bar Association

HEALTH SERVICES LEADERS
David Aizuss, M.D., L.A County Medical Association*
Jim Lott, Hospital Association of So. Calif.*
Dr. Keith Black, Cedars Sinai*
Sylvia Drew-Ivie, Esq.
Dr. James Futrell, Los Angeles County Physicians Committee*
Lark Galloway-Gilliam, Community Health Councils*
Dr. Clyde Oden, Jr.
Dr. Vanessa D. Ussery
Billie Weiss, MPH, Violence Prevention Coalition*

BUSINESS LEADERS
Arnie Berghoff
Debbie Allen, Businesswoman/Actress
Helen Han-NAWBO-LA*
Diana Hauptman, D. Hauptman Co. Inc.
Fran Inman, Majestic Realty*
Keyshawn Johnson, Businessman/NFL (Ret.)
David Louie, CB Richard Ellis*
Sheryl Lee-Ralph, Businesswoman/Actress
Tim McCallion, Verizon*
Cynthia McClain-Hill, Esq., Strategic Counsel
Frank McCourt, Los Angeles Dodgers*
Rodney Peete, Businessman/NFL (Ret.)
Mark J. Robertson, Sr.
Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation*
Ed Roski, Majestic Realty*
Tom S. Sayles, Rentech, Inc.*
John Semcken, Majestic Realty*
Maria Contrares-Sweet, PROMERICA Bank*
Matthew A. Toledo, Publisher, L.A Business Journal*
Renee White Fraser, Ph.D., Fraser Communications*
Ida Yarbrough, CPA*
Laura Yamanaka, TeamCFO, Inc.*

COMMUNITY LEADERS
Joy P. Atkinson
Grace Cainoy, Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles*
Charles Chang, Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center*
Susan Ahn Cuddy, Korean American Pioneer
Dr. Denise Fairchild, Community Development Technology Centers*
Patti Giggans, Peace Over Violence*
Sally Hampton, Windsor Hills Block Club
Hyepin Im, Korean Churches for Community Development*
Dora Leong Gallo, A Community of Friends*
Do Kim, KW Lee Center for Leadership*
Eunsook Lee, National Korean American Service and Education Consortium*
Guy Leemhuis, Esq.
Paula and Barry Litt
John Mack, Los Angeles Police Commission*
Rev. Peter Park, Koreatown Senior Center*
Connie Rice, Esq., Civil Rights Attorney
Danny Park, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance*
Rev. John Park, Council of Korean Churches - Southern California*
Anthony Samaad, Author/Commentator
Bill & Sheila Smith, Overhill Summerhill Block Club
Joe Scott, Political Blogger
Carmen Warschaw, Philanthropist
Connie Watson, People Who Care*
Dr. Johnny J. Young, Inglewood Unified School District

RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Dr. Michael Beckwith
Bishop Charles E. Blake
Reverend Richard Bolin
Pastor Oliver Buie
Reverend Billy Curtis
Rev. Marvis Davis
Rev. Lonnie Dawson
Bishop G.L Dixon
Reverend Charles E. Dorsey
Reverend M.W. Eagle
Reverend William Epps
Rev. Jerome Fisher
Reverend Mark Garcia
Reveren Antoine Garrett
Pastor Sherman Gordon
Rev. Dr. J. Benjamin Hardwick
Reverend Paul Hill
Reverend Ronald C. Hill
Rev. Aaron Iverson
Dr. Norman S. Johnson
Reverend R. Johnson
Bishop Noel E. Jones
Reverend L. Kessee
Reverend Brenda Lamont
Reverend Reginald Leffall
Reverend Paris Lester
Dr. Lewis Logan II
Reverend Henry L. Masters
Bishop Clarence McClendon
Pastor William Monroe Campbell
Dr. Fredrick O. Murph
Reverend B.T. Newman
Reverend Altagracia Perez
Bishop Roy Pettitt
Bishop Welton Pleasant III
Bishop Richard Sanders
Rev. George Thomas
Rev. Williams Thurman
Rev. Alvin Tunstill
Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry
Bishop Kenneth Ulmer
Reverend Sylvester Washington
Reverend Leslie White
Reverend Austin F. Williams
Reverend D.L. Wilson
Reverend W. Keith Woods
Reverend Ron Wright
Bishop Johnny Young