List of California Proposition 11 donors and supporters

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## Contents

* 1 Supporters/endorsers of Proposition 11
* 2 Honorary Chairs
* 3 Campaign Co-Chairs
* 4 California Leaders
* 5 Steering Committee/Supporters
* 6 Organizations
* 7 Business
* 8 Elected Officials
* 9 Individuals
* 10 California Newspapers
* 11 Donors to the Proposition 11 campaign
* 12 External links
* 13 Footnotes

A list of supporters, endorsers and donors for California Proposition 11 (2008).[1]

### Supporters/endorsers of Proposition 11[edit]

* California Common Cause
* AARP
* Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
* League of Women Voters
* Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
* City of Pasadena

### Honorary Chairs[edit]

* Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Steve Westly, Former State Controller

### Campaign Co-Chairs[edit]

* Jeannine English, California State President, AARP
* Janis R. Hirohama, President, League of Women Voters of California
* Gary Toebben, President/CEO, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
* Allan Zaremberg, President/CEO, California Chamber of Commerce
* Kathay Feng, Executive Director, California Common Cause
* Zabrae Valentine, Executive Director, California Forward Action Fund
* Bill Hauck, President, California Business Roundtable

### California Leaders[edit]

* Gray Davis, Former Governor
* Jim Brulte, Former CA Senate Republican Leader
* Robert Hertzberg, Former CA Democrat Speaker of the Assembly
* Fred Keeley, Former Speaker pro Tempore, CA State Assembly; Treasurer, Santa Cruz County
* Eligio Nava, President, Central California Hispanic Chamber
* Connie Rice, Civil Rights Attorney
* Aubry Stone, President, California Black Chamber of Commerce

### Steering Committee/Supporters[edit]

* ACLU - Southern California
* Bay Area Council
* Bay Area Leadership Council
* California Black Chamber of Commerce
* California Democratic Council
* California Police Chiefs Association
* California Republican Assembly
* California Small Business Association
* California Taxpayers' Association
* Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
* National Federation of Independent Business, California
* North San Diego County NAACP
* Neighborhoods for Clean Elections
* Santa Clara Cities Association
* Silicon Valley Leadership Group
* Small Business Action Committee
* Bi-Partisan Supporters
* Anaheim Democratic Club
* Bay City Democrats
* Beach Cities Republican Club
* Bonita Democratic Council
* California Log Cabin Republicans
* Democrats of Central Orange County
* Democrats of North Orange County
* Democrats of West Orange County
* Escondido Democratic Club
* Independent Voice.org
* Lake San Marcos Democratic Club
* Los Angeles County Republican
* Los Angeles Lincoln Club
* Mesa Democrats
* Newport Bay Area Democratic Club
* Pacific Beach Democrats
* Placer County Republican Party
* Potrero Hill Democratic Club
* Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club
* Patrick Henry Democratic Club
* Pomona Valley Democratic Club
* Stanford Democrats
* Ventura County Republican Party

### Organizations[edit]

* Association of California School Administrators
* Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
* Bay Area Economic Institute
* Black Political Council
* BWOPA-PAC Black Women Organized for Political Action
* BWOPA-PAC Fresno/San Joaquin Valley
* BWOPA-PAC Oakland/Berkeley
* California Asian/Pacific Islander Peace Officer Coalition
* California Association of Health Underwriters (CAHU)
* California Black Chamber of Commerce
* California Business Roundtable
* California Church IMPACT
* California Coalition of Law Enforcement Associations (CCLEA)
* California Manufacturers & Technology Association
* California Metals Coalition
* California Mexican American Chamber
* California Police Chiefs Association
* California Reserve Peace Officers Association (CRPOA)
* California Senior Advocates League
* Carson Chamber of Commerce
* Carroll Park Neighborhood Association
* City of Gilroy
* City of Morgan Hill
* City of Pasadena
* City of Saratoga
* Corona Chamber of Commerce
* Council on Educating Black Children
* Fresno Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
* Fresno Citizens for Good Government
* Fresno Sheriff Sergeants Association
* Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
* Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce
* Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
* Hispanic 100
* Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
* Kern County Black Chamber of Commerce
* Kern County Taxpayers Association
* Lake County Branch NAACP
* Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce
* Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
* LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce
* Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
* Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
* Mabuhay Alliance
* Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce
* Murrieta Chamber of Commerce
* New America Foundation
* North San Diego County NAACP
* Oakland Branch NAACP
* Ontario Chamber of Commerce
* Orange County Professional Firefighters Association
* Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce
* Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce
* Riverside Deputy Sheriffs Association
* Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce
* San Diego Neighborhood for Clean Elections
* Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce
* Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
* Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce
* Solano County Black Chamber of Commerce
* South Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
* Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement (SCALE)
* Southwest Legislative Council
* Temecula Chamber of Commerce
* The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
* The California Taxpayer Protection Committee
* Torrance Chamber of Commerce
* Unified Grocers, Inc
* Valley Industry and Commerce Association
* Victor Valley African American Chamber of Commerce
* Visalia Chamber of Commerce

### Business[edit]

* AGF Media Services
* American Capital Markets Group
* Brewer Insurance Service
* Byrd Development
* Chef Eric's Culinary Classroom
* Dave Pierce and Associates
* Edwin Lombard Management
* Garcia Gallery, Inc.
* Ginochio Engineering Contractors
* Greene Engineers
* Hannah Construction
* James Ziegler Insurance Agency, Inc.
* Kleine Editorial Services
* KV Company, Inc.
* LibraryWorld, Inc.
* Lucky Productions/Csitos Enterprises
* McDonald Medical Consultants
* Parnell Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
* Polenzani Benefits & Insurance Services, LL
* Ron Grauer Studio
* Southern California Strategic Research
* Stirnaman Insurance
* Trimax Capital Group, Inc.

### Elected Officials[edit]

Titles and organizations listed for identifications purposes only

* Walt Allen, Councilmember, City of Covina
* Gus Ayers, Councilmember, City of Fountain Valley
* Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
* Lee Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County
* Bern Beecham, Former Mayor, City of Palo Alto
* Bill Bogaard, Mayor City of Pasadena
* Mark Bowen, Trustee, Long Beach Community College District
* Laurie Capitelli, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
* Duane Chamberlain, County Supervisor, Yolo County
* Jay Chen, Board Member, hacienda La-Puente Unified School District
* Laura Chick, City Controller, City of Los Angeles
* Duane Chamberlain, County Supervisor, Yolo County
* Alona Clifton, Trustee, Peralta Community College District
* Pete Constant, Councilmember, San Jose City Council
* Chief Jerry Dyer, President, California Police Chiefs Association
* Doug Dehaan, Councilmember, City of Alameda
* Gary DeLong, Councilmember, City of Long Beach
* Rose Espinoza, Mayor City of La Habra
* David Flory, Mayor, City of Woodland
* Donna Frye, Councilmember, City of San Diego
* Scott Haggerty, President of the Board of Supervisors, Alameda County
* Kurt Hahn, North Sonoma County Hospital District Board Member
* Chris Holden, Councilmember, City of Pasadena
* Ardy Kassakhian, City Clerk, City of Glendale
* Janice Keating, Councilmember, City of Modesto
* Aaron Klein, Sierra College Trustee, Sierra Joint Community College District
* Frank Matarrese, Councilmember, City of Alameda
* Ken Maddox, School Board Trustee, Capistrano Unified School District
* Chad Mayes, Councilmember, Yucca Valley City
* Margaret McAustin, Councilmember, City of Pasadena
* Richard P. Montgomery, Mayor, City of Manhattan Beach
* Teri Murrison, County Supervisor, Tuolumne County
* Nancy Nadel, Councilmember, City of Oakland
* Owen Newcomer, Councilmember, City of Whittier
* Kristin Olsen, Councilmember, City of Modesto
* Mike Preston, City Councilmember, City of San Marcos
* Bill Quirk, Councilmember, City of Hayward
* Steve Remige, President, Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
* Jacque Robinson, Councilmember, City of Pasadena
* Anthony Santos, Mayor City of San Leandro
* Jack Scott, State Senator, California Senate District 21
* Arne Simonsen, Councilmember, City of Antioch
* Richard Spees, Former Oakland City Council Member
* John S. Stammreich, Chairman, 54th Assembly District Republican Central Committee
* Michael Sweeny, Mayor, City of Hayward
* Lena Tam, Vice Mayor, City of Alameda
* Paul K. Tanaka, Mayor, City of Gardena, Assistant Sheriff, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
* Sid Tyler, Councilmember, City of Pasadena
* Paul Walters, Chief of Police, Santa Ana
* Lara Weisiger, City Clerk, City of Alameda
* Barbra Williamson, Councilmember, City of Simi Valley

### Individuals[edit]

Titles and organizations listed for identifications purposes only

* Ken Arnold, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 68
* Bob Bueke, CEO, Bob Bueke and Companies
* Jeff Baker, President, AGF Media Services
* Faith Bautista, Executive Director, Mabuhay Alliance, Inc.
* Steve Blount, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 67
* Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Irvine School of Law
* Shane Connolly, CRP Nominee, State Senate District 13
* Leslie Cornejo, Chairman, CA Association of Political Centrists
* Daniel Curtin, Director of the California Conference of Carpenters
* Robert Cuthbert, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 33
* Herb Engstrom, Treasurer, California Democratic Council
* Walter Hill, Jr., President/CEO, Icon Blue
* John B. Gatlin, Senior Vice President, Nestle USA
* Loretta Hanson, Vice President, Banger Harley Davidson
* Judith Hess, Leader, Progressive Democrats of America
* Dr. Bill Honigman, CA State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America
* Barbara Inatsugu, Former President, League of Women Voters of California
* Hannah-Beth Jackson, Former Member, CA Assembly
* Jacqueline Jacobberger, Former President, League of Women Voters of California
* Judy Jones, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 73
* Tom Jones, Former Chairman, Placer County Rep. Party
* Lucy L. Killea, Retired State Legislator
* Norman Kline, Former Mayor, City of Saratoga
* Emie Konnyu, Former Member, US Congress
* Susan Kopicki, Coordinator, Democracy for America
* David Leonard, Liberty Program Coordinator, Salvation Army
* Carol Lugo, Vice President, Barlow Foundation
* Joe Lyons, CDP Nominee, State Senate District 29
* Andrae Macapiniac, Historian, Democratic Caucus at San Jose State University
* John MacMurray, Candidate for Assembly
* Nancy Mahr, LWV/LA County
* Doug McCarron, General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
* Molly McClanahan, Former Mayor, City of Fullerton
* Robert Melsh, CDP Region 19 Director
* Jim Moreno, California Democratic Party, Region 18
* Joe Nation, Former Assemblymember, 6th District
* Eligio Nava, President, Central Valley Hispanic Chamber
* Ralph Pesquiera, Former Chair, San Diego Commission
* Sarah Pillsbury, Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
* Charlotte Pirch, League of Women Voters of Orange Coast
* Alfred Plamann, President and CEO, Unified Grocers
* Tim Prince, CDP Nominee, Congressional District 41
* James P. Preusch, CFO, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority JPA
* Sharon Rubalcava, Partner, Weston, Benshoof, Rocherfort, Rubalcava and MacCuish, LLP
* David Schecter, California State University Fresno
* Marvin Schachter, Senior Advocacy Council of Pasadena
* Diane Singer, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 60
* John A. Smith, Director, CDP Region 16
* Miguel Ucovich, Councilmember, Town of Loomis
* Meg Whitman, Former President & CEO eBay
* Jon Wellinger, Senior Vice President, AT&T
* Carl Wood, CDP Nominee, Assembly District 65
* Steve Young, Democratic Candidate for Congress, CA 48

### California Newspapers[edit]

* San Jose Mercury
* Fresno Bee
* The Torrance Daily Breeze
* San Diego Union Tribune
* Pasadena Now
* LA Daily News
* North County Times
* Stockton Record
* San Gabriel Valley Tribune
* Santa Cruz Sentinel
* Lompoc Record

### Donors to the Proposition 11 campaign[edit]

Three officially filed committees expended funds supporting Proposition 11. They were the "Schwarzenegger's California Dream Team," "California Voters First," and "Yes on Prop 11."[2][3][4][5]

Altogether, $16,279,892 was contributed to the campaign in favor of a "yes" vote on Proposition 11.[6]

Donors of $100,000 or more were:

Donor  |  Amount

|

California Dream Team  |  $3,027,287
Charles Munger |  $1,250,000
Brian L. Harvey  |  $600,000
Jerrold Perenchio |  $525,000
New Majority California  |  $377,500
Reed Hastings |  $353,595
Michael Bloomberg (Mayor of New York City)[7] |  $250,000
Lester Howard (of Williams-Sonoma)  |  $250,000
California Dental Association |  $250,000
Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler  |  $250,000
Margaret Whitman |  $200,000
Zenith Insurance  |  $200,000
Haim Saban |  $200,000
California Chamber of Commerce |  $160,000
Donald G. Fisher  |  $150,000
T. Gary Rogers  |  $150,000
Eli Broad |  $150,000
Chevron Corp.  |  $150,000
Rick J. Caruso  |  $150,000
Beny Alagem  |  $128,126
Elliott B. Broidy  |  $100,000
California Forward Action Issues Fund  |  $100,000
Robert Day  |  $100,000
Boone Pickens  |  $100,000
William C. Powers  |  $100,000
Charles Schwab  |  $100,000
California Association of Health Underwriters  |  $100,000
Autonation  |  $100,000

## External links[edit]

* Common Cause for Fair Re-Districting
* Yes on 11; Hold Politicians Accountable
* California Voters First

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ yes on 2 supporters list, Yes on 2, September. 19, 2008
2. ↑ California Dream Team committee filing
3. ↑ California Voters First committee filing
4. ↑ Yes on Prop 11 committee filing
5. ↑ The governor, the money, and Prop 11
6. ↑ Follow the Money, Donors to "Yes on Proposition 11"
7. ↑ Mercury News, Mercury News, "Fundraising, alliances on agenda during Schwarzenegger trip," April 16, 2008 (dead link)

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