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In addition to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the following elected officials and community leaders support the struggle of UHW Sutter members -- including those currently on strike at Sutter CPMC in San Francisco -- to achieve a contract that reaches industry standards already in effect at Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, and other California hospitals:

ELECTED OFFICIALS
National & Statewide

Members of Congress
Lynn Woolsey, U.S. Representative, CA 6
George Miller, U.S. Representative, CA 7
Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative, CA 9
Tom Lantos, U.S. Representative, CA 12
Pete Stark, U.S. Representative, CA 13

Members of the California State Senate & Assembly
Carole Migden, Senator, Dist. 3
Don Perata, State Senate President Pro Tem, Dist. 9
Noreen Evans, Assemblymember, Dist. 7
Dave Jones, Assemblymember, Dist. 9
Joe Canciamilla, Assemblymember, Dist. 11
Leland Yee, Assemblymember, Dist. 12
Mark Leno, Assemblymember, Dist. 13
Loni Hancock, Assemblymember, Dist. 14
Wilma Chan, Assemblymember, Dist. 16
Johan Klehs, Assemblymember, Dist. 18
Alberto Torrico, Assemblymember Dist. 20


ELECTED OFFICIALS
County & Municipal

Alameda County
Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor
Alice Lai Bitker, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 3
Nate Miley, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 4
Linda Maio, Berkeley City Council, Dist. 1
Max Anderson, Berkeley City Council, Dist. 3
Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council, Dist. 7
Tony Santos, San Leandro City Council, Dist. 6
Nancy Nadel, Oakland City Council, Dist. 3

Contra Costa County
John Gioia, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 1
Mark DeSaulnier, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 4
Federal Glover, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 5
Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Council (at large)
Robert Liber III, Albany City Council (at large)

Marin County
Frank Egger, Fairfax Town Council (at large)

Sacramento County
Kevin McCarty, Sacramento City Council, Dist. 6

San Francisco City/County
Jeff Adachi, Public Defender
Kamala Harris, District Attorney
Aaron Peskin, President, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 3
Jake McGoldrick, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 1
Fiona Ma, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 4
Ross Mirkarimi, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 5
Chris Daly, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 6
Bevan Dufty, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 8
Tom Ammiano, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 9
Sophie Maxwell, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 10
Gerardo Sandoval, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 11
Eric Mar, President, School Board
Mark Sanchez, School Board Member
Natalie Berg, Community College Board Member

Sonoma County
Marsha Vas Dupre, PhD, Trustee, Santa Rosa Junior College
Sam Pierce, Sebastopol City Council (at large)

Yolo County
Mariko Yamada, Bd. of Supervisors, Dist. 4

COMMUNITY LEADERS
Angela Alioto, civil rights attorney, former President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Michael Allen, President, North Bay Central Labor Council
Caroline Banuelos, President, Santa Rosa Latino Democratic Club
Bill Barnes, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Member
Marty Bennett, Co-Chair, Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County
Rabbi Allen Bennett, Temple Israel of Alameda*
Sue Bierman, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee member, former San Francisco Supervisor
Esther Blau, RN, Marin Safe Healthcare Coalition *
Michael Bornstein, Executive Director, Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter
Rosemary Brennan, Associate, Sisters of the Holy Name Community, East Bay
Rev. Amos Brown, Third Baptist Church, San Francisco *
James Bryant, President, A. Philip Randolph Inst.
Rev. Dewayne Byrdsong, First Union Baptist Church, San Francisco *
Brian Cahill, Executive Director, Catholic Charities CYO
David Campos, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee member
Rev. Jeremiah Captain, (Galatians Baptist Church), Bay Cities Baptist Ministers Union*
Mike Casey, President, UNITE HERE Local 2
Rev. Alexandra Childs,* Skyline Community Church, Oakland
Michele Chouinard, RN, BSN, Marin Safe Healthcare Coalition *
Leon Chow, Chair, Chinese Progressive Assoc.
Rev. Dr. Steve Churchill, Epiphany Lutheran, San Leandro*
Guy Conner, Coal. for a Better Sonoma County *
Bruce Copeland, Co-Chair, Outreach, Mission and Service Ministry of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley*
Rabbi David J. Cooper, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Oakland*
Rev. John E. Cooper, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Oakland *
Gerry Crowley, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee member
Rev. Jesse Davis, Shiloh Baptist Church, Hayward*
Mary Doyle, M.Div., Director of Social Justice, Diocese of Oakland*
John Dutra, former Assemblymember, Dist. 20
Ellen Corbett, former Assemblymember, Dist. 18
Will Easton, President, Democracy for San Francisco
Rev. Edgard Boyd, Bethel AME Church, SF *
Sadie Ferguson, President, National Women's Political Committee, San Francisco Chapter
Kyle Fiori, Director, Mission Community Council
Conny Ford, Secretary-Treasurer, Office & Professional Employees International Union Local 3
Sister Bernie Galvin, Religious Witness
Mike Goldstein, former President, Harvey Milk Democratic Club
Matt Gonzalez, former President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 5
Sister Stella Goodpastor, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose*
Frances Gracechild, Executive Director, Resources for Independent Living *
Robert Haaland, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Member, LGBTQ Activist
Susan Hall, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Member
John Hanley, President, San Francisco Firefighters Union, Local 798
Eileen Hansen, Community/LGBT Activist
Amy Harrington, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Member
Rev. Albert Harris Jr., First Morning Star Baptist, Oakland*
George Harris, III, Chair, Contra Costa County Democratic County Central Committee*
Francisco Herrerra, Mission Community Council *
Rev. Tyrone Hicks, Parks Chapel AME Church, Oakland*
Catherine V. Houston, United Steel Workers of America, Local 1304
Rev. Jeff Johnson, University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley*
Rev. Judith Jones, First Christian Church, Vallejo *
Rev. Lucy Kolin, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oakland*
Mary Francis Kelly-Poh, President, Carquinez Democratic Club
Karl Kramer, Co-Director, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition
Rev. Jayson Landeza, St. Columba Catholic Church, Oakland*
Larry Lattimore, Co-Director, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition
Rev. Philip Lawson, Easter Hill Methodist Church, Richmond *
Joan Lee, President, Gray Panthers California
Randy LeMoine, Laborers Union, Local 324
Ted Lempert, former Assemblymember, Dist. 21
Jonee Levy, Past-President, San Francisco District 3 Democratic Club
Rev. Ama Zenya Lewis,* First Congregational Church of Oakland
Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman, Congregation Beth El, Berkeley*
Bruce Livingston, Executive Director, Senior Action Network
Rev. Odette Lockwood-Steward, Epworth UMC, Berkeley*
Anne Marie Loya, Executive Director, La Raza Centro Legal
Julio Loyola, San Francisco Day Labor Program *
Michael Lyon, Convener, San Francisco Gray Panthers
Douglas MacDonald, Organizer, Vallejo Community Labor Alliance
Alex Mallonee, Secretary-Treasurer, North Bay Central Labor Council
Rafael Mandelman, President, Noe Valley Democratic Club
Frank Martin Del Campo, San Francisco Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Rev. Michael Pasley, Church of the Good Shepherd, Oakland*
Rev. Dr. Marvis V. Peoples, Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Berkeley*
Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jones Methodist Church, San Francisco*
Rev. Veola Nation, Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Berkeley*
SueAnne McNeil, President, San Francisco Women's Political Committee
Rev. George Metanic, St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, Berkeley*
Jane Morrison, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Member and Chair
Rev. Scott Mueller, East Hills Community Church, Oakland*
Rev. Lois Mueller, Plymouth UCC, Oakland*
Rev. John Nasstrom, Retired Lutheran Pastor, ELCA*
Connie O'Connor, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee member
Rev. Eloise Oliver, East Bay Church of Religious Science, Oakland*
Anes Lewis Partridge, Solano County Democratic Central Committee member*
Gary Passmore, Executive Director, Congress for California Seniors
Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council
Rev. James Payton, New Greater Faith Baptist, Oakland*
Rev. Frank Pinkard, Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland*
Bill Price, President, Senior Action Network
Christopher Punonghayan, Advocacy Director, Filipinos for Affirmative Action
Linda Remy, PhD, UCSF Health Policy Analyst*
Rev. Lynn Rubin, Shiloh Baptist Church, Hayward*
Rev. Richard Rubio-Bowley, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Oakland*
Renee Saucedo, Coordinator, La Raza Centro Legal
Eloise Escano Scott, Vice President Filipino-American Democratic Club of Vallejo
Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Temple Sinai, Oakland*
Rev. Harvey Smith
Rev. Joe Smith, Bay City Baptist Ministers Union *
Rev. Joe Smith, Good Hope Missionary Baptist, Oakland*
Carla Surber, Solano Peace and Justice Coalition*
June Swan, Gray Panthers of Marin County*
Barbara E. Sykes, Director, Social Justice Center of Marin*
Holli Thier, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Member
Cindy Thomas, Coalition for a Better Sonoma County*
Mauricio Vela, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth*
Father Louis Vitale, Pastor, St. Boniface Church
Howard Wallace, Vice-President for Political Affairs, Harvey Milk
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Democratic Club
Rev. John Wichman, Westminster
Hills Presbyterian, Hayward*
Pat Wiggins, former Assemblymember, Dist. 7
Roger Wilson, President, Napa-Solano Central Labor Council
Kay Woodson, President Democrats United of Vallejo
Rev. Michael Yoshii, Buena Vista UMC, Alameda*
Pastor Shakir Zaid, Millennium Int. Ministries, Rapture Church*


COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

A. Philip Randolph Institute
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Contra Costa County
Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club
American Postal Workers Union, Local 47, Contra Costa County
Berkeley Gray Panthers
Bernal Heights Democratic Club
California Federation of Teachers, Contra Costa County
Californians for Justice
Carpenters Local 152
Center for Third World Organizing
Carquinez Democratic Club
Central Contra Costa County Gray Panthers
The Central Labor Council of Alameda County
The Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County
Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco
Coalition on Homelessness, SF
Communication Workers of America, Local 9404
Democrats United of Vallejo
District 3 Democratic Club, San Francisco
California District Council of Iron Workers
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Faith Works, Contra Costa County
Filipino-American Democratic Club of Vallejo
Gray Panthers of Contra Costa County
Greater Richmond Interfaith Project
Harvey Milk Democratic Club, San Francisco
Health Care for All, San Francisco Chapter
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Contra Costa County
Just Cause, Oakland
La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco
Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County
Loaves and Fishes, Sacramento
Machinist Union Local 1173, Contra Costa County
National Association for for the Advancement of Colored People, San Francisco
National Association for for the Advancement of Colored People, Santa Rosa-Sonoma County
Napa-Solano Central Labor Council
National Women's Political Committee, San Francisco Chapter
Noe Valley Democratic Club, San Francisco
North Bay Central Labor Council
Pride at Work, San Francisco
Richmond District Democratic Club, SF
Richmond Vision 2000, Richmond
Sacramento Central Labor Council
San Francisco Firefighters Union, Local 798
San Francisco Labor Council
Senior Action Network, San Francisco
San Francisco Democratic Central Committee (12th and 13th Assembly Districts)
San Francisco Women's Political Committee
San Francisco Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter
Solano County Democratic Central Committee
Solano County Green Party
Survive AIDS, San Francisco
United Educators of San Francisco
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1179, Contra Costa County
United Steelworkers of America, Local 144
Urban Habitat - Oakland
Vallejo Community Labor Alliance
Vote Health, Alameda County




* Organization listed for identification purposes only.


Resolution passed by the California Democratic Party


Letter supporting mediator's proposal from U.S. Senator
Barbara Boxer


Statement supporting mediator's proposal from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi



Letter supporting mediator's proposal from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee



Letter supporting mediator's proposal from U.S. Representative Pete Stark



 Comments from U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee and Pete Stark


Letter supporting mediator's proposal from Assemblymember Johan Klehs