2024 Endorsements

All candidates took our Candidate Pledge and received the support of at least 60% of votes cast during our endorsement process.

"I pledge to support the enactment or expansion of rent control including Costa-Hawkins repeal, tenant protections from eviction, the right of legal representation for tenants, other tenant protections such as limiting when the Ellis Act can be used, the preserving of existing housing and the production of new affordable housing."

Local Endorsements

Northern California

AC Transit Ward 6: Jesse Gunn

Berkeley Mayor: Kate Harrison

Berkeley City Council District 2: Jenny Guarino

Berkeley Rent Board: Avery Arbaugh, Xavier Johnson, Alfred Twu, Dominique Walker

Emeryville City Council: Sukhdeep Kaur


Fairfax Town Council: Chance Cutrano

Foothill-De Anza College Board Area 5: Forest Peterson

Fremont Mayor: Vinnie Bacon

Hayward Unified School Board: Austin Bruckner Carrillo, Sara Prada

Mountain View City Council: IdaRose Sylvester 


New Haven Unified School Board: Jatinder (JP) Sahi

Oakland City Council D3: Carroll Fife

Oakland City Attorney: Ryan Richardson 

Palo Alto City Council: Cari Templeton & George Lu


Richmond City Council District 1: Melvin Lee Willis, Jr

Richmond City Council District 5: Sue Wilson

Richmond City Council District 6: Claudia Jimenez


Santa Clara County Supervisor: Sally Lieber

San Leandro City Council D6: Robert Aguilar Bulatao

San Francisco Supervisor D3: Danny Sauter

San Francisco Supervisor D5: Dean Preston

San Mateo City Council D2: Charles Hansen

Vallejo City Council D3: Tonia Lediju


Central California

Marina City Council District 3: Mike Moeller

Monterey City Council  D3: Eric Palmer

Monterey City Council D4: Gino Garcia

Pacific Grove Mayor: Dionne Ybara

Salinas Mayor: Chris Berrera

Salinas City Council D3: Cary Swensen


Southern California

Alhambra City Council D4: Katie Chan

Burbank City Council: Konstantine Anthony, Mike Van Gorder

Culver City Council: Bryan "Bubba" Fish, Nancy Barba

Los Angeles City Council D2: No Consensus

Los Angeles City Council D14 - Ysabel Jurado 

Pasadena Unified School District D6: Tina Wu Fredericks


San Diego City Council D3: Coleen Cusack 

Santa Ana Mayor: Benjamin Vazquez

Santa Monica City Council: Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell, Natalya Zernitskaya

Santa Monica College Board: Anastasia Foster

Santa Monica Rent Control Board: Phillis Dudick, Kay Ambriz

West Hollywood City Council: John Erickson, Danny Hang

2024 Primary Local Endorsements

County Supervisors

Alameda County D4 - Jennifer Esteen

Kern County D4 -  Veronica Vasquez, MSW

LA County D5 - Konstantine Anthony

Monterey County D5 - No Consensus

Sacramento County D4 - Braden Murphy

Santa Clara County D5 - Sally J. Lieber

Solano County D1 - Cassandra James


City Councils

LA City Council D2 - No Consensus

LA City Council D14 - Ysabel Jurado

Pasadena City Council D3 - Brandon Lamar

Sacramento City Council D4 - Katie Valenzuela

San Diego City Council D3 - Coleen Cusack

Santa Cruz City Council D5 - Joe Thompson


The following candidates were previously endorsed prior to the 2024 Primary / California Democratic Party Post-Primary Endorsement Process
AD6 - Evan Minton
AD41 - Phlunte Riddle
SD7 - Jovanka Beckles

The following candidates were previously endorsed prior to the November 19, 2023 California Democratic Party Endorsing Convention.
AD48 - Brian Calderon Tabatabai
AD53 - Carlos Goytia
SD3 - Jackie Elward
SD37 - Alex Mohajer