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“Councilmember Kalb is a hard-working leader with a deep understanding of the ways public policy and budget decisions make a difference in people’s lives. When I look at what he’s accomplished for the people of Oakland, from securing dedicated funding for affordable housing to helping lead an effort to keep our kids in school to supporting improvements in public safety and police oversight, and much more, Dan has always delivered.

"There’s no one better to represent the people of District One than Dan Kalb.”

                                                                                 – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf  

Organizations:

California Nurses Association
SIERRA CLUB
Alameda County DEMOCRATIC Party

Alameda County Labor Council

League of Conservation Voters of the East Bay

350 Bay Area Action

Oakland Tenants Union

California Democratic Renters Council

Oakland Rising Action

Metropolitan Greater Oakland (MGO) Democratic Club

Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

Black Young Democrats, East Bay

John George Democratic Club

Oakland East Bay Democratic Club

Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club

Oakland Firefighters (IAFF) Local 55

National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)

Teamsters Joint Council 7

UNITE HERE! (hotel & restaurant workers) Local 2850

Int'l Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers Local 21

Service Employees Int'l Union (SEIU) Local 1021

Int'l Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Nor. Cal. District Council

Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595

I.U.E.C. Local 8

Our Revolution East Bay

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action

East Bay Animal PAC

Block By Block Organizing Network (BBBON)

3.14 Action 

Sunflower Alliance

Alameda County Green Party (rank #2)

Bay Rising Action

Forever Oakland

Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte (rank #2)

The Oakland Post

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Oakland Elected Officials:

Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland
Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council President

Noel Gallo, Oakland City Councilmember

Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland City Councilmember

Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Oakland City Councilmember

Loren Taylor, Oakland City Councilmember

Sheila Jordan, former Oakland D-1 City Councilmember & County Superintendent of Schools (ret.)

Abel Guillén, former Oakland City Councilmember

Pat Kernighan, former Oakland City Councilmember

Jean Quan, former Oakland Mayor, Councilmember and School Board member

John Sutter, retired Judge, former Oakland Councilmember & past East Bay Regional Parks Director

Henry Chang jr., former Oakland City Councilmember

Jody London, Oakland School Board President

Aimee Eng, Oakland School Board member

Shanthi Gonzales, Oakland School Board member

James Harris, Oakland School Board member

Rosie Torres, Oakland School Board member

Gary Yee, Oakland School Board member
Kerry Hamill, former D-1 Oakland School Board member 

Carol Lee Tolbert, former D-1 Oakland School Board member

David Kakishiba, former Oakland School Board member 
Chris Dobbins, former Oakland School Board member

Nina Senn, former Oakland School Board member

Robert Spencer, former Oakland School Board member

Federal and State Elected Officials:

Nancy Skinner, State Senator

Rob Bonta, State Assemblymember

Betty Yee, California State Controller

Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and past Assemblymember
Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer 

Jerry McNerney, Member of Congress
Malia Cohen, Chair, CA Board of Equalization

John Chiang, former CA State Treasurer and CA State Controller

Dave Jones, former State Insurance Commissioner and State Assemblymember

Kevin de León, former CA State Senate President Pro Tem

Bob Wieckowski, State Senator

Loni Hancock, State Senator (ret.)
Mark Leno, State Senator (ret.)

Sandré Swanson, State Assemblymember (ret.)

Tom Bates, State Assemblymember (ret.) and former County Supervisor

Alberto Torrico, State Assemblymember (ret.)

Tom Ammiano, State Assemblymember (ret.)

Bill Quirk, State Assemblymember

Phil Ting, State Assemblymember

Marc Levine, State Assemblymember

Laura Friedman, State Assemblymember

Kansen Chu, State Assemblymember

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County and Regional Elected Officials:

Keith Carson, Alameda County Supervisor

Wilma Chan, Alameda County Supervisor and former State Assemblymember

Nate Miley, Alameda County Supervisor and former Oakland Councilmember

Phong La, Alameda County Assessor

Henry ‘Hank’ Levy, Alameda County Treasurer 

L. Karen Monroe, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools

Joaquin Rivera, Alameda County Board of Education Trustee

Ken Berrick, Alameda County Board of Education Trustee
Cynthia Reiss, Peralta Community College Trustee
Karen Weinstein, Peralta Community College Trustee
Jesse Arreguín, Mayor of Berkeley

Ben Bartlett, Berkeley City Councilmember

Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Councilmember & Vice-mayor

Kate Harrison, Berkeley City Councilmember

Rigel Robinson, Berkeley City Councilmember

Judy Appel, Berkeley School Board Member 

Igor Tregub, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner

Jovanka Beckles, former Richmond City Councilmember
Dianne Martinez, Emeryville City Councilmember and former Mayor

Scott Donahue, Emeryville City Councilmember and former Mayor

Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mayor of Alameda

Pauline Russo Cutter, Mayor of San Leandro 

Stephen Cassidy, former Mayor of San Leandro

Corina Lopez, San Leandro City Councilmember

Victor Aguilar, San Leandro City Councilmember

Teddy Gray King, Piedmont Vice-mayor

Jen Cavenaugh, Piedmont City Councilmember

Vinnie Bacon, Fremont City Councilmember

Raj Salwan, Fremont City Councilmember

Leah Simon-Weisberg, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner

Soli Alpert, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner

Lateefah Simon, BART Board President

Rebecca Saltzman, BART Board Director

Robert Raburn, BART Board Director
Greg Harper, AC Transit Director
Elsa Ortiz, AC Transit Director
Chris Peeples, AC Transit Director
Dee Rosario, East Bay Regional Parks Director

Elizabeth Echols, East Bay Regional Parks Director

Colin Coffey, East Bay Regional Parks Director

Marguerite Young, East Bay MUD President

Bill Patterson, East Bay MUD Director

Doug Linney, East Bay MUD Director

Andy Katz, East Bay MUD Director

Sarah Butler, Contra Costa County Board of Education Trustee

Gabe Quinto, El Cerrito Councilmember and former Mayor

Paul Fadelli, El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem

Aaron Peskin, San Francisco County Supervisor

Jane Kim, San Francisco County Supervisor (ret.)

(partial list)

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Neighborhood and Community Supporters (partial list):

Toni Alexander

Tim Anderson

Theresa Anderson

Shona Armstrong

Jay Ashford

Jonathan Bair

Amy Baker

Davis Baltz

Michael Barnett

Jon Bauer

Arlinda Befort

Judy Belcher

Jim Bergdoll

Margit Birge

John Bliss

Wendy Bloom

Arthur Boone

Carolyn Bowden

Robert Boyd

Craig Brandt

Jean Brown

Adam Browning

Gloria Bruce

Carolyn Burgess

Jerome Buttrick

Marguerite Buttrick

Zoe Chafe

Larry Chaset

John Cheney

Ener Chiu

Jennine Cohen

Janet Cox

Margaret Cunningham

Glen Dahlbacka

Chris Davis

Ilana DeBare

Pamela Drake

Rafael Ebron

Anne Olivia Eldred

Tiffany Eng

Jonathan Fearn

Betsy/Jim Ferguson

Amie Fishman

Stuart Flashman

Chione Flegal

Mony Flores-Bauer

Lora Jo Foo

Batya & David Forsyth

Emily Fox

Aileen Frankel

Steve Freedkin

Robin Freeman

Margitta Gardner

Ed Gerber

Elizabeth Gessel

Dale Gieringer

Raphael Gilbert

Amy Golden

Zach Goldman

Foster Goldstrom

Margaret Gordon

Claire Greensfelder

Nori Grossmann

Earl Hamlin

Sam Harrison

Ann Harvey

Paula Hawthorn

Barbara Haya

Brian Hofer

John Holme

Anne Hoskins

Laura Ingram

Edie Irons

John Jones III

Susan JunFish

Joanne Karchmer

Jon Kaufman

Danny Kennedy

David Kessler

Tal Klement

Jeff Kobrick

Karen Kramer

Lisa Kramer

Andrea L. Dooley

Ronile Lahti

Emily Laskin

Carter Lavin

Jessica Lehman

Cathy Leonard

Brooke Levin

Eleanor Levine

Mike Levy

Kent Lewandowski

Don Link

Suzanne Loosen

Bobbi Lopez

Darin Lounds

Oliver Luby

Joel Makower

Anne Marks

Christie McCarthy

Patricia McBride

Kim McCoy Wade

Teron McGrew

Rebecca Medcalf

Roger Mendelson

L. Kirk Miller

Laura Mitchel Guevara

Tomiquia Moss

Tom Murphy

Katie Myszka

Adhi Nagraj

Daniel Newbrun

Ortrun Niesar

Subodh Nijsure

Bruce Nilles

Wayne Nishioka

Wes 'Scoop' Nisker

Bruce Nye

Victor Ochoa

John Olmsted

David Pepper

Howard Perlin

Sue Piper

Jessica Pitt

Janis Plotkin

Judy Pope

Robert Prinz

Hannah Pritchett

Josh Quigley

Wilma Rader

Len Raphael

Jill Ratner

Tim Reagan

Jacqueline Richter

Rena Rickles

Will Rogan

Avi Rose  

Spreck Rosekrans

Margaret Rossoff

Naomi Schiff

Laura Schlichtmann

Sam Schuchat

Leonora Sea

Jody Seltzer

Ingrid Severson-Tondre

Gary Sirbu

Jerry Skomer

Richard Speiglman

Chris Specker

Ronnie Spitzer

Elizabeth Stage

Susan Stephenson

Kathryn Sterbenc

Don Stone

Ruth Stroup

Susan Stutzman

Jacob Sytsma

Lauri Tanner

Dolores Tejada

Sydney Thomas

Shannon Tracey

Joe Trapp

Mike Ubell

Zac Unger

James Vann

Jennifer Vetter

Alix Wall

Robert Warwick

Mary Virginia Watson

Alice Webber

Jennifer West

James Wheaton

Larry White

Emily Wick

Patrick Wilder

Valerie Winemiller

Jack Woodruff

Moe Wright

Steve Zatkin

Stephen Zavell

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"...based on your stated and proven commitment to our mission and your 100% score... Thank you, again... for your stated supportive positions on issues important to reproductive freedom."  

  -Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte

"Dan is a principled voice of action on the City Council, and someone we've partnered with on affordable housing and homeless-ness, as well as violence prevention. He's strategic, smart, and an effective leader for Oakland."

    -Keith Carson, County Supervisor

"Dan Kalb knows how to turn big ideas into big results. And Dan's focused on what important like our housing affordability crisis, climate justice, the pandemic and wildfire risk."

    -State Senator Nancy Skinner

"Oakland renters trust Dan Kalb. He wrote the law that earmarked millions of dollars for affordable housing in Oakland. Dan also authored Oakland's groundbreaking Tenant Protection Ordinance together with multiple laws to strengthen the rights of renters. Top help tenants survive the pandemic, dan was a leader in the city's moratorium actions to prevent evictions. We need to keep a friend like Dan on the City Council."

    -James Vann, Oakland Tenants Union

"As a former District 1 Councilmember, I've seen Dan in action as a passionate and thoughtful leader on housing affordability, police oversight, and engaging with Oakland public schools. I appreciate his leadership and hard work on creating Oakland's Police Commission, standing up to fossil fuel interests and supporting public libraries. He has my full support for re-election."

  - Sheila Jordan, former D-1 City Councilmember and past County Superintendent of Schools