Author Directory
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Jenna Abbott
Jenna Abbott is Director of Protect CRV, a coalition of local recycling center owners and customers that works to protect our state’s neighborhood recycling infrastructure.
David Abel
Publisher of the Planning Report
Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian
California State Assembly, 35th District, and Candidate for 24th Congressional District
Assemblymembers Kristin Olsen and Katcho Achadjian
California State Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen, 12th District. California State Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian, 35th District.
Dr. Justin L. Adams
President and Chief Economist of Encina Advisors, LLC, a Davis-based research and analysis firm.
Ian Adams
Associate vice president of government affairs for the R Street Institute.
Lovester Adams
Bishop of Greater New St. Matthew M.B.C., Los Angeles CA.
Elizabeth Aguilera
CALmatters Health and Welfare Reporter
Michael Feinstein, Kevin Takenaga and Kevin Akin
Michael Feinstein, Spokesperson, Green Party of California; Kevin Takenaga, Chair, Libertarian Party of California and Kevin Akin, Chair, Peace & Freedom Party
Tina Aldatz
Tina Aldatz, a native Californian from a Mexican-American immigrant family, is an entrepreneur, Founder of Foot Petals, and CEO of Savvy Traveler.
Ava Alexander
Project Manager at the Center for Governmental Studies and Principal Author of Citizen Legislators or Political Musical Chairs? Term Limits in California
Kim Alexander
President and Founder of the California Voter Foundation
Alex Aliferis
Executive Director, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association
Assemblyman Travis Allen
California State Assemblyman, 72nd District
Bill Allen
President and Chief Executive of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
Kathryn Phillips and Bill Allen
Kathryn Phillips is director of the California Transportation and Air Initiative for Environmental Defense Fund. Bill Allen is president and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.
Travis Allen
California Assemblyman, 72nd District
Luis Alvarado
President of Familas Unidas de California
Roger Alves
Co-founder and CEO, Scosche Industries
Johnny Amaral
Deputy General Manager of External Affairs, Westlands Water District
Todd Ament
President and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce
Gary Aminoff
Founder of the San Fernando Valley Republican Club, and is the Chairman of the Board of the American Freedom Alliance
Joel Anderson
California State Senator, 36th District
Leigh Anderson
Leigh Anderson is President of Performance Services at Premier Inc., a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems and more than 175,000 other…
Mark Anderson
Staff Writer, Sacramento Business Journal
Matthew Grant Anson
Staff Reporter, California Forward
Michael Antonopoulos
Guest Author and Chairman of California Students for McCain
Michael D. Antonovich
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Herman Gallegos, John Gamboa, and Robert Apodaca
The authors are each distinguished veteran civil rights leaders and members of The 200, which was founded to restore home ownership to California’s minority communities. (http://www.thetwohundred.org/)
Byron de Arakal
Byron de Arakal is Vice Chairman of the Costa Mesa Planning Commission
Teresa Alvardo and Shellye Archambeau
Teresa Alvardo is the former executive director of the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley and is a civil & environmental engineer. Shellye Archambeau is CEO of software company MetricStream and…
John Arensmeyer
CEO and Founder, Small Business Majority
Dave Arian
Vice President of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission and former International President of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union
Louise Arias
Board member of California Parents for Public Virtual Education. She is a former principal of the Elk Grove Unified School District.
Roelof van Ark
Chief Executive Officer of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Joe Armendariz
Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association, the Santa Barbara Technology and Industry Association…and a former two term member of the Carpinteria City Council.
Annette Levi and Serhat Asci
Annette Levi, PhD, is a professor and agricultural business department chair at Fresno State University (FSU). Serhat Asci, PhD, is an assistant professor and research associate at FSU’s Institute for…
Maryrose Asher
Chair of the Washington State Progressive Electoral Coalition
Nina Salarno Ashford
Chair, Californians United for Public Safety
Catherine Atkin
President of Preschool California, a nonprofit advocacy organization working to increase access to high-quality preschool for all of California’s children
Patrick Atwater
Patrick Atwater is the Executive Director of Applied Research in Government Operations (ARGO), a public data infrastructure nonprofit who’s big claim to fame is delivering California’s first ever measurements of…
Peter S. Silva and Richard Atwater
Peter S. Silva is former Assistant Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. Richard Atwater is the Executive Director of the Southern California Water Committee.
Richard W. Atwater
Executive Director of the Southern California Water Committee
Curt Augustine
Director of Policy & Government Affairs, Alliance of Auto Manufacturers
Ben Austin
Executive Director, Parent Revolution
Alan Autry
Former Mayor of Fresno
Joel Ayala
President of Ayala Development and former Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Pete De Boer, Jim Vieira , Eugenio Azevedo
The authors are dairy farmers, Pete De Boer at Peterson Dairy, Jim Vieira with Jim Vieira Dairy, and Eugenio Azevedo, E & D Azevedo Dairy
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Lee Baca
Los Angeles County Sheriff
Jeremy Bagott
A former Journalist, he writes about land-use and finance issues from Los Angeles. He is a commercial real estate appraiser and the author of "The Cosmic Cobra Breeding Farm."
Jeff D. Baize
CEO, Brookhurst Development Corp
Emily Baker
Director, Federal Policy and Political Advocacy for the National Venture Capital Association
Mark Baldassare
President of the Public Policy Institute of California
Tom Bannon
CEO of California Apartment Association
Hector Barajas
Hector Barajas is a partner at Merino, Barajas & Allen, a California strategic communications and public affairs firm.
Luis Alvarado and Hector Barajas
Luis Alvarado is a Political Analyst for CNN Español and Telemundo. Hector Barajas is Director of Strategic Communications at Revolvis Consulting, Political Analyst for Univision and Telemundo, and Communications Consultant…
David C. Barker
David C. Barker is the director of the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Government at Sacramento State University.
Jeffrey M. Barker
Deputy Executive Director, California High-Speed Rail Authority
Ken Barnes
Executive Director, California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
Louis Barnett
Co-Founder of the American Legislative Exchange Council
Michael Barnhart
Chairman of State Budget Solutions
Ruben Barrales
Ruben Barrales serves as president of the Latino Leadership and Policy Forum
Jennifer Barrera
CalChamber Policy Advocate, Labor and Employment, Legal, Taxation
Nancy Lindholm and Jennifer Barrera
Nancy Lindholm is president and CEO of the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce. Jennifer Barrera is senior vice president for policy for the California Chamber of Commerce.
Hector V. Barreto
Hector V. Barreto is President & CEO of Barreto Inc., an international business consulting firm based in Southern California, as well as Chairman of the Latino Coalition. Barreto served as…
Senator Pat Bates
Senate Republican Leader Patricia C. Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) represents the 36th Senate District in the California Legislature
Eric C. Bauman
Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party and Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Eric Beach
Co-chair of the pro-Trump Great America PAC, along with Republican strategist Ed Rollins, and the son-in-law of Larry Thomas.
Jack Bean
Executive Director of the Industrial Association of Contra Costa County
Tom Del Beccaro
Former Chairman of the California Republican Party and current candidate for U.S. Senate
Rachel Becker
Environment Reporter for CalMatters
Chuck Beckwith
Former CalPERS Senior Financial Manager
Barry Bedwell
President of the California Fresh Fruit Association based in Fresno
Joel Bellman
Former Communication Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisors
Dan Bender
Executive Director, California Delivery Association
Rolf Benirschke
Rolf Benirschke is a retired NFL player for the San Diego Chargers, co-founder of Legacy Health Strategies, and president of Grateful Patient.
John Benoit
California State Senator representing the 37th Senate District
Jill Benson
Vice President, J.S. West Co.
Carl Bergman
Cartoonist
Wendy Bergman
Speech Pathologist in the Beverly Hills School District
Michelle Bergmann
California Reporting Reporter
Alicia Berhow
Vice President of Workforce Development and Advocacy at the Orange County Business Council
Michael Bernick
Counsel with the international law firm of Duane Morris LLP, a Milken Institute Fellow and former Director of the California Employment Development Department.
Assemblyman Bill Berryhill
Assemblyman, 26th District
Chris Bertelli
Public Affairs and Communications Consultant in Sacramento
Jennifer Bestor
Research Director of Educate Our State
Caroline Beteta
President and CEO of Visit California
Aubrey Bettencourt
Executive Director, California Water Alliance
James Gallagher and Aubrey Bettencourt
Assemblyman James Gallagher represents the 3rd Assembly District, which encompasses all of Glenn, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties as well as portions of Butte and Colusa counties. Aubrey Bettencourt is…
Austin Beutner
Civic Leader, 2013 Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate, Evercore Partners Founder
Darren Bevan
Chair, Community Associations Institute-California Legislative Action Committee
Bruce Bialosky
Political Commentator and Founder of Republican Jewish Coalition
Terry Bibbens
Board Member, Small Business California and The Entrepreneur in Residence in the Clinton administration
Assemblyman Frank Bigelow
California State Assembly, 5th District
Robert Bikel
Professor of Strategy and Director of the Socially, Environmentally & Ethically Responsible (SEER) Program at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
Lloyd Billingsley
Policy Fellow with the Independent Institute (Independent.org) based in Oakland, CA
Vernon M. Billy
California School Boards Association CEO & Executive Director
Tim Bittle
Director of Legal Affairs, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Alexandra Bjerg
Staff Reporter, California Forward
Sam Blakeslee
Founding Director of the Cal Poly Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy, and a former California State Senator and Assemblyman.
Peter Blocker
CalTax Legislative Advocate
Mike Bober
President and CEO of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
Raul Bocanegra
Raul Bocanegra, D-San Fernando, is a member of the California Assembly, representing the 39th District
Ed Bolen
President and CEO, National Business Aviation Association, Washington, D.C.
Assemblywoman Susan A Bonilla
California State Assembly, 14th District
David Kordus and Dean Bonner
David Kordus is Research Associate at PPIC. Dean Bonner is Associate Survey Director at PPIC.
Dean Bonner
Associate Survey Director, Public Policy Institute of California
Daniel Borenstein
Columnist, Bay Area News Group
Michael J. Boskin
Mr. Boskin, a professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush.
Hector Botero
President, iCrowdNewswire
Jackie Botts
CalMatters Economic Reporter.
Vivian Bowers-Cowan
President and CEO of Bowers & Sons Cleaners, a third generation family owned and operated, full service, dry-cleaning plant established in 1950
Tom Bowman
Chairman, Bowman Design Group
Bill Boyarsky
Columnist for LA Observed and former reporter, editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Times
Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce is a former Top 200 Amazon seller, founder of the Amazon consultancy Avenue7Media, and author of the recently published book The Amazon Jungle: The Truth About Amazon, The…
Ben Boychuk
Associate Editor of the City Journal
David Crane and Don Boyd
Contributors to Fox and Hounds Daily.
Steven Bradford
California Assemblymember, 51st District
Nate Bradley
Executive director of the Cannabis Consumer Policy Council.
Vickie Bradshaw
Labor and Workforce Development Agency Secretary
Jack Bragen
Freelance Writer
Richard N. Bond Bill McInturff and Alex Bratty
Richard N. Bond, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, is a government relations consultant in Washington. Bill McInturff is co-founder and partner, and Alex Bratty is vice president,…
Eric Bream
Eric Bream is a third-generation farmer in Tulare County and board member of the Tulare County Farm Bureau.
Mark Breslin
CEO of United Contractors, the largest exclusively union-affiliated contractors association in California
Jack Breuker
Public Affairs Contractor
Donald H. Heller & Ron Briggs
Donald H. Heller, former Assistant U.S. Attorney & Ron Briggs, El Dorado County Supervisor
Ron Briggs
El Dorado County Supervisor
Laura Brill
Laura W. Brill is an appellate and constitutional lawyer in Los Angeles.
Gregory W. Brittain
Attorney at Law
Sean Broderick
Owner and General Manager of Western Utilities Transformer Service
Carl Brodt
Certified Management Accountant and Treasurer, California Parents for Educational Choice
Brian Brokaw
CEO, Brian Brokaw Consulting, a Sacramento-based political consulting firm.
Alden Brooks
Marketing executive, Oak View Law Group
Jack Brouwer
Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center at UC Irvine
Governor Jerry Brown
State of California
Jonathan Brown
Morris Brown
Founder of DERAIL, a grassroots effort against the California high-speed rail Project
Rod Brown
President & CEO, California Bankers Association
Rodney K. Brown
President of the California Bankers Association
Willie Brown
Willie Brown is a former San Francisco mayor and the longest serving Speaker of the California Assembly
Cathy Browne
General Manager of Crown Poly in Huntington Park, California
Joel Anderson and Julia Brownley
Assemblymembers representing the 77th and 41st State Assembly Districts
Carson Bruno
Assistant Dean for Admission and Program Relations at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Cynthia Bryant
Executive director of the California Republican Party
Mark Bucher
President, California Policy Center
J. Frank Bullitt
Fox and Hounds Contributor.
Christopher Burnham
Founder and president of the Institute for Pension Fund Integrity which fights to keep politics out of public pension fund management. He served as the CFO and chief operating officer…
Dale Buss
Dale Buss is founder and executive director of The Flyover Coalition, a not-for-profit organization aimed at helping revitalize and promote the economy, companies and people of the region between the…
Bill Butcher
Partner in the firm of Butcher and Butcher of Sacramento and Newport Beach
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David Cain
Conservative Caucus Member, Citizens Climate Lobby.
Saunda Kitchen and Steve Caldeira
Saunda Kitchen, owner of Mr. Rooter Plumbing in Sonoma County, California & Steve Caldeira, President & CEO of the International Franchise Association
Jeff Stone and Ian Calderon
Senator Jeff Stone represents the 28th Senate District. Assemblyman Ian Calderon represents the 57th Assembly District.
Ron Calderon
California State Senator representing the 30th Senate District
Andy Caldwell
COLAB Executive Director, guest editorialist, and radio talk show host
Jessica Calefati
For CALmatters.
Robert Callahan
Robert Callahan is the California Executive Director of the Internet Association, which represents America’s leading internet companies.
Brian Calle
Opinion Editor for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Register and Press-Enterprise. And Editor-in-Chief for CalWatchdog.com
Filipe Campante
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Tom Campbell
Tom Campbell served five terms as a congressman and two years as a California state senator. He was also finance director of California.
Julian Canete
President and CEO of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Senator Anthony Cannella
State Senator, California's 12th District
State Senator Anthony Cannella
State Senator, California's 12th District
Tom Bevan and Carl M Cannon
Tom Bevan is the co-founder and Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics. Carl M. Cannon is the Washington Editor for RealClearPolitics
Ricardo Cano
CALmatters K-12 Education Reporter
Lee Carey
Press operator at the Los Angeles Times
Tamara Carleton
Fellow at the Foundation for Enterprise Development
Keith Carlson
Treasurer of the California Republican Party
Adam Carolla
Comedian and Host of the Adam Carolla Show, author of the recent book “President Me”
Katherine Lugar, Lynn Mohrfeld, and Kevin Carroll
Katherine Lugar, President/CEO American Hotel & Lodging Association; Lynn Mohrfeld, President/CEO, California Hotel & Lodging Association; Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, Hotel Council of San Francisco
Chris Carson
Redistricting Program Director, League of Women Voters of California
Julie Cart
Reporter, CALmatters
Autumn Carter
Executive Director, California Common Sense
Teresa Casazza
President of the California Taxpayers’ Association
Rafael Castellanos
Vice Chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners, Port of San Diego
Ben Christopher and Elizabeth Castillo
Political Reporter for CALmatters and Web Producer/ & General Assignment Reporter for CALmatters.
Elizabeth Castillo
CalMatters Reporter
Judy Lin and Elizabeth Castillo
CalMatters Reporters
Julian Canete and Matt Cate
Julian Canete is the president and CEO of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and Matt Cate is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Climate Resistant California.
Matt Cate
Matt Cate is Executive Director for the Alliance of Climate Resistant California
Richard Cathcart
Head of Research & Development, GEOGRAPHOS, Burbank, specializes in descriptive, sometimes prescriptive, geographical write-ups related to mega-projects worldwide.
Carolyn Cavecche
CEO and President, Orange County Taxpayers Association
Francisco Cerritos
14-year United Farm Workers of America Union Organizer
Danny Kennedy and Sara Chandler
Danny Kennedy is managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), a pioneer in clean energy investment. Sara Chandler is environmental equity legal fellow at The Greenlining Institute.
Andrew Chang
Managing Director, Andrew Chang & Company, LLC
Bradlee Chang
Co-founder of LegisWeb.com
Ling Ling Chang
California State Assembly Member, 55th District
Senator Ling Ling Chang
California State Senator for the 29th District.
David Chase
California Director of Small Business Majority
Rocky J Chavez
Retired Marine Colonel and Former Undersecretary for the California Department of Veterans Affairs, candidate for the 76th State Assembly District, and is a member of Grow Elect
Gary Chazen
Gary Chazen is founder and curator at CalPossible.com and longtime Northern California journalist.
Joni Topper and Stephen Cheung
Joni Topper is Managing Director Commercial Bank, JPMorgan Chase Los Angeles. Stephen Cheung is President of World Trade Center Los Angeles.
John Chiang
California State Controller
La Keishia Childers
Fox and Hounds contributor.
Kevin Klowden and Curtis Chin
Kevin Klowden is the Executive Director of the Milken Institute’s California Center and a Managing Economist at the Institute. Curtis S. Chin is a Trustee of World Education Services of…
Julian Morris and Lance Christensen
Julian Morris is vice president and Lance Christensen is a policy analyst at Reason Foundation. They are authors of the new report An Evaluation of the Effects of California’s Proposed…
Keeley Christensen
Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS).
Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen is Director of the Pension Reform Project at the Reason Foundation.
Dr. Juliet Christian-Smith
California Water Foundation
Sarah Christie
Legislative Director and spokesperson for the California Coastal Commission
Ben Christopher
Contributing Writer, CALmatters
Judy Lin & Ben Christopher
Reporters for CALmatters.
Matt Levin and Ben Christopher
Matt Levin is Data and Housing Reporter at CALmatters. Ben Christopher is political reporter at CALmatters
Chris Cillizza
Writer for “The Fix,” a politics blog for the Washington Post. He also covers the White House.
Dennis Cima
Senior Vice President, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Kate Cimini
Reporter with the Salinas Californian and CalMatters' California Divide project
Ethan Rarick and Jack Citrin
Ethan Rarick is the Director of the Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service at the University of California, Berkeley. Jack Citrin is the Director of the Institute…
Roger Clark
Co-Host of the nationally syndicated radio program, Law Business Insider
Tim Clark
Longtime GOP strategist and President of Clark Strategy Group, based in Sacramento.
Bartlett Cleland
Senior Fellow in tech and innovation at the Pacific Research Institute
Dr. Roger A. Clemens
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the International Center for Regulatory Sciences housed within the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy at the University of…
Jason Clemens
Director of Research at the Pacific Research Institute
Kelly William Cobb
Executive Director of www.StopETaxes.com and Americans for Tax Reform's Digital Liberty project
Steve Coffman
Vice President of Library Systems & Services, which operates nearly 50 libraries in California
Michael J. Boskin & John Cogan
Professors of economics and public policy at Stanford University and senior fellows, Hoover Institution
Senator Dave Cogdill
California State Senator representing the 14th Senate District
Will Coggin
Director of Research at the Center for Consumer Freedom
Ed Coghlan
Contributing Editor & Special Correspondent, California Forward
Emily Cohen
Director of Government Relations, Engineering & Utility Contractors Association
Robert B. Engel and Gloria Colazo
Robert B. Engel is the chief spokesperson of the Free & Fair Markets Initiative, a nonprofit coalition focused on supporting a modern, fair marketplace that serves the best interests of…
Gary Colbert
President of Evergreen Oil
Rick Cole
City Manager of the City of Ventura.
Conway Collis
Fmr. Chair of the California State Board of Equalization and Chief Government Affairs Officer for the Daughters of Charity Health System
Richard Colman
Founder and President of Biomed Inc.
Jot Condie
President and CEO of the California Restaurant Association and Vice Chair of Operations for the California Travel and Tourism Commission
Rex Conner
Lead Partner and Owner of Mager Consortium, and author of What If Common Sense Was Common Practice in Business?
Charles D. Connor
Consultant to the Electronic Cigarette Industry Group and Former President/CEO of the American Lung Association.
Dr. Nicole Conragan
President of California Parents for Public Virtual Education, a volunteer organization made up of parents with students in public virtual and blended-learning public charter schools who advocate on behalf of…
Jim Conran
President, Consumers First and Former Director, CA Department of Consumer Affairs
Evelyn Cook
Certified Public Accountant and the president of Cook CPA Group
Mark Baldassare and Abby Cook
Mark Baldassare, president and CEO and survey director, and Abby Cook, vice president of communications, at the Public Policy Institute of California have worked on every PPIC Statewide Survey.
Earl "Skip" Cooper
President & CEO of the Black Business Association
Earl Cooper
President/CEO of the Black Business Association
Marc Cooper
Journalist and Associate Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School
Jeannee Parker Martin and Craig Cornett
Jeannee Parker Martin, LeadingAge CA and Craig Cornett, California Association of Health Facilities.
Peter Corselli
Engineering Manager for US Growers Cold Storage
Ted Costa
CEO of People's Advocate Inc.
Richard Costigan
Policy Director for Meg Whitman for Governor 2010
Lt. Ron Cottingham
President, Peace Officers Research Association of California
Jon Coupal
President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Lewis K. Uhler and Jon Coupal
Uhler is Founder and Chairman of the National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC) and National Tax Limitation Foundation (NTLF). Coupal is the President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA).
Rob Lapsley and Jon Coupal
Rob Lapsley is President of the California Business Roundtable. Jon Coupal is President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
Adrian Covert
Vice President of Public Policy for the Bay Area Council
Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox
Joel Kotkin is Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. Wendell Cox is Visiting Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris
John Cox
John Cox is a San Diego area businessman and a Republican candidate for Governor. He can be reached at [email protected].
Wendell Cox
Wendell Cox is principal of Demographia, an international public policy firm. He is a founding senior fellow at the Urban Reform Institute, Houston and a member of the Advisory Board…
Timothy L. Coyle
Consultant specializing in housing issues
Robert Craig
Board President, Jurupa Community Services District
David Crane
Lecturer and Research Scholar at Stanford University and President of Govern for California
Casey Creamer
President & CEO of California Citrus Mutual, a trade organization representing the state's citrus growers.
Derek Cressman
Former Vice President of Common Cause and candidate for CA Secretary of State
Elizabeth Crothers
Political Consultant specializing in issues management and strategic research
Steve Crouch
Director of Public Employees, Stationary Engineers, Local 39
Charles Crumpley
Editor and Publisher of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Former Investigative Producer for Fox 11 News in Los Angeles and the Creator and Host of the Economic Series, "Saving the California Dream." She is currently producing and hosting the…
Darlene Cullivan
Darlene Cullivan is the manager of volunteer resources at Eskaton, the largest nonprofit serving seniors for 50 years in the Greater Sacramento area.
Paul Wenger and Manuel Cunha
President of the California Farm Bureau Federation; President of the Nisei Farmers League
Matthew Cunningham
Writer, Public Affairs Consultant and Communications Strategist
Cameron Curry
CEO, The Classical Academies & Board Member: California Charter School Association.
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Mark Daniels
Chair of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents the United States’ plastic bag manufacturing and recycling sector
Sander Daniels
Co-Founder, Thumbtack.com
Mike DArelli
Executive Director of the Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Hal Dash
Chairman and CEO of Cerrell & Associates
Michele Daugherty
President and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Northern California
C. Duane Dauner
President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Hospital Association
David Davenport
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
Jim DiPeso & Sam Davidson
Jim DiPeso, Vice President - Policy & Communications, ConservAmerica & Sam Davidson, California Field Director, Trout Unlimited
Denise Davis
Vice President, Media Relations and External Affairs at Cal Chamber
George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson & Gray Davis
Deukmejian, Wilson and Davis are all former governors of California
Sheila Day
Executive Director, Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
Kevin Dayton
President & CEO of Labor Issues Solutions, LLC
Barbara DeBoom
President/CEO, Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce
Gary Delsohn
Former Sacramento Bee Reporter now working for the Chancellor at UC Davis
Craig DeLuz
Robla School District Board of Trustees, President
Carl DeMaio
Former San Diego City Councilman
Chuck Reed and Carl DeMaio
Chuck Reed, a former Mayor of San Jose, is a Democrat. Carl DeMaio, a former Councilmember of San Diego, is a Republican
Stephen DeMaura
President of Americans for Job Security
Ann Dermody
Managing Editor, CQ Roll Call
Pooja Desai
3rd-year medical student at the UC Riverside School of Medicine and member of the California Medical Association, which represents 43,000 physicians across all modes of practice.
Debra Desrosiers
Interim President of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association
Jeffrey Mount and Michael Dettinger
Jeffrey Mount is a Senior Fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center. Michael Dettinger is a Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and was a research hydrologist for the U.S.…
Louis Dettorre
PublicCEO.com Contributor
Andrea Deveau
Executive Director, TechNet
Martin Devine
Councilman from the City of Hanford.
Chuck DeVore
Chuck DeVore is a vice president with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010.
Ken DeVore
Legislative Director, NFIB
Gino DiCaro
Vice President of Communications for the California Manufacturers & Technology Association
Brad Diede
Executive Director, ACEC California
C. Jarrett Dieterle
C. Jarrett Dieterle is the Commercial Freedom Director at the R Street Institute.
Daniel DiSalvo
Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow & Assistant Professor, City College of New York
Joe Dixon
Chair of the Coalition for Adequate School Housing
Josephine Djuhana
Assistant Editor, California Political Review
David R. Doerr
Chief Tax Consultant for the California Taxpayers Association
Bill Dombrowski
President and CEO, California Retailers Association
Scott Dominguez
Director of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys
Amy Dominguez-Arms
California Democracy Program Director for The James Irvine Foundation
Heather Mac Donald
Contributing editor of City Journal and the John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Al Donner
Former political reporter for the late, great Sacramento Union
Robin Dore
Robin Dore, MD is a board-certified rheumatologist practicing in Tustin, CA. She is a clinical professor of medicine at UCLA and a member of the Alliance for Patient Access.
Patrick Dorinson
Host of The Cowboy Libertarian Radio Talk Show in Sacramento
Larry Downes
Best-selling author on technlogy, strategy and policy
Samantha Draper
Researcher with Smart Cities Prevail, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing complete and accurate information on prevailing wage
Michael Drobach
Executive Director, Small UAV Coalition
Kevin Drum
Political Blogger, Mother Jones
Nigel Duara
CalMatters reporter covering poverty and inequality issues.
Jessica Duboff
Vice President of Public Policy, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Cathy Creswell and Lucy Dunn
Former CA Directors of Housing and Community Development
Lucy Dunn
President and CEO of the Orange County Business Council
Violeta Duran
Masters of Public Policy Candidate, Pepperdine University
Gautam Dutta
Gautam Dutta, a Bay Area-based election lawyer, is Managing Partner of Business, Energy, and Election Law, PC. Previously, he served as New America Foundation’s Deputy Director for Political Reform.
Vail Dutto
Founder and CEO of InTelegy Corporation
Senator Bob Dutton
California State Senator representing the 31st Senate District
Bradley Benbrook and Stephen Duvernay
Benbrook (pictured) and Duvernay, Attorneys from Benbrook Law Group in Sacramento.
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John Eastman
Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University School of Law, specializing in constitutional law
Richard Eber
Political columnist for the blog Contra Costa Bee
Micah Eckels
Executive Director of the Roseville-based Institute for Gas Price Reduction. He is a dedicated advocate for California fuel consumers and has a background in the construction trades.
Wall Street Journal Editorial
Fox and Hounds Daily Editors
Susan Talamantes Eggman
California State Assembly, 13th District
Stephen Eide
Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the recent report “California Crowd-Out: How Rising Retirement Benefit Costs Threaten Municipal Services.”
Eric Eisenhammer
Founder of the Coalition of Energy Users, a nonprofit grassroots organization for access to affordable energy and quality jobs.
Emily Ekins
Reason Foundation's Polling Director
Craig Elliott
President of the California Association for Recreational Fishing and the operator of Corona Lake
Curt Emick
Apple Valley Mayor and Pharmacist
Senator Bill Emmerson
California State Senator, 23rd District
Robert B. Engel
Robert B. Engel is the chief spokesperson for the Free & Fair Markets Initiative.
Harvey Englander
Managing Partner, Englander Knabe & Allen
Jeannine English
President of AARP California and Co-Chair of Californians for an Open Primary
Dan Errotabere
Farmer in Riverdale, California.
Ruth Evans
Government Affairs Committee Chair for Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce and Owner of Evans HR Group
Justin Ewers
Deputy Director of Policy and Communications for the California Economic Summit
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Rita Agarwal MD, FAAP
Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Professor (Clinical) Anesthesiology and Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Education at Stanford University School of Medicine
Zoey Goore MD, MPH, FAAP
Zoey Goore is a Sacramento-area pediatrician, child advocate, and mom.
Steven B. Falk
President & CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP
An expert on managed care pharmacy practice, pharmacy law, regulation and policy.
Shane P. Desselle, RPh, PhD, FAPhA
Professor at Social and Behavioral Pharmacy at Touro University California College of Pharmacy, and Editor-in-Chief of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP), and President of Applied Pharmacy Solutions
Rick Farinelli
Supervisor for Madera County’s 3rd District
Don Faught
Real Estate Broker and President of the California Association of REALTORS®.
George Fee
Secretary of the Board of the Directors of the Los Angeles County Association of Environmental Health Specialists
Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein is a former Santa Monica Mayor and City Councilmember, a co-founder of the Green Party of California and a June 2018 Green candidate for California Secretary of State.
Robert Fellner
Research Director for TransparentCalifornia.com, a joint project of the California Policy Center and the Nevada Policy Research Institute that is the state’s largest database of public sector pensions and pay…
Michael Fenenbock
Michael Fenenbock is a political strategist whose expertise includes a special emphasis on Spanish language media
Kathay Feng
Executive Director, California Common Cause
John Ferraro
Executive Director, Extruded Polystyrene Foam Association (XPSA), a trade association representing manufacturers of Extruded Polystyrene Foam (XPS) insulation products and the industry's raw material suppliers.
Gonzalo Javier Ferrer
Chairman, Republican National Hispanic Assembly
Matthew Fienup
Matthew Fienup, Ph.D., is executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
Howard Fine
Staff Reporter, Los Angeles Business Journal
Allysia Finley
Assistant Editor, OpinionJournal.com and a Journal editorial page writer
David Fischer
American Chemistry Council Senior Director
Richard Fisk
Chair, Government Affairs Committee, United Chambers Of Commerce San Fernando Valley Region
John Fiske
John Fiske is an attorney who represents victims of the 2017 fires.
Jon Fleischman
Publisher of the FlashReport
David W. Fleming
Founding chairman of BizFed, an alliance of business organizations in LA County, and counsel at Latham & Watkins
Matt Fleming
Reporter, CalWatchDog
Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher
California State Assemblyman representing the 75th Assembly District
Christine Flowers-Ewing
Director of Keep California Beautiful
Rob Fong
Sacramento City Councilmember
Vince Fong
California State Assembly, 34th District
Reason Foundation
Courtney M. Fowler
Reporter, California Forward
Cydney Fox
Past President of the California Academy of Audiology
Joel Fox
Editor and Co-Publisher of Fox and Hounds Daily
Jon Coupal, John Kabateck & Joel Fox
Jon Coupal, President of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, John Kabateck, Executive Director of NFIB & Joel Fox, Editor of Fox & Hounds and President of the Small Business Action Committee
Ricardo Franco
Candidate for California Congressional District 22.
Nicholas Francois
Nicholas Francois serves as Chair of the UC Davis College Republicans
Steve Frank
Publisher of California Political News and Views
Susan Frank
Coordinator, California Business Alliance for a Green Economy
Susan Frank
Director, California Business Alliance for a Green Economy
Steven Frates
Consulting Senior Fellow, the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont-McKenna College
Mark Sektnan and Rex Frazier
Mark Sektnan is Vice President for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and Rex Frazier is President of the Personal Insurance Federation of California.
Terry Friedman
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, who previously served as a Democratic Member of the California State Assembly
Marcia Fritz
CPA and President of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
Jack Frost
Founder and President of Pro Small Biz California.
Amanda Fulkerson
Spokeswoman for the Assembly Republican Caucus
Jean Fuller
Senate Republican Leader
John Fund
National Review Online National Affairs Correspondent
Raul Furlong
President of Datamar Surveys and Data Intelligence Strategies
Damian Fussel
Advocate for Coalition of Energy Users
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Willam Edgar, Rodney Gould, Patricia Martel and Ted Gaebler
William H. Edgar, Former City Manager, Sacramento (1993-99); Rodney S. Gould, City Manager, Santa Monica; Patricia E. Martel, City Manager, Daly City; Ted A. Gaebler, Retired City Manager, Rancho Cordova…
Kaitlyn Gaffney
Pacific Ecosystem Program Director, Ocean Conservancy
Senator Ted Gaines
California State Senator, 1st District
Kate Galbraith
Contributing Writer, CalMatters
Reed Galen
Chief Strategist of the Serve America Movement
Assemblyman James Gallagher
California State Assembly, 3rd District
James Gallagher
Assemblyman representing California's 3rd Assembly District.
Martin Gallegos
Senior Vice President/Chief Legislative Advocate for the California Hospital Association.
Gary M. Galles
Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University
Ginger Galloway
Vice President of Talent at Entertainment Partners.
Ron Galperin
Los Angeles City Controller
Willie Galvan
State Commander, non-profit American GI Forum of California
Alexis Garcia
Producer at Reason TV and Reason.com
Juan Garcia
Global Leader for Career Advancement at Amazon
Nathan Gardels
Sr. Advisor, Berggruen Institute on Governance, Think Long Committee for California
Joe Gardner
Retired Law Enforcement Officer (Sergeant), member of the California Gang Investigator’s Association, Assembly Candidate in the 48th District, resident of West Covina, and a member of Grow Elect - helping…
Rey León and Veronica Garibay
Rey León is Executive Director and Founder of San Joaquin Valley Latino Environmental Adv. & Policy Project (Valley LEAP). Veronica Garibay is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Valley-based Leadership Counsel…
Assemblymen Nathan Fletcher and Martin Garrick
California State Assemblymen representing the 75th and 74th Districts
Martin Garrick
Assembly member for the 74th District
Josiah Neeley and Beth Garza
Josiah Neeley is a resident senior fellow on the R Street Institute’s Energy and Environmental policy team. Beth Garza is a resident senior fellow on R Street’s Energy and Environmental…
Ron Gastelum
Principal at Water Conservation Partners and sits on the board of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
John Gastil
Pennsylvania State University professor in the departments of Communication Arts & Sciences and Political Science, as well as a Senior Scholar in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State…
Terrill Bouricius, David Schecter, Campbell Wallace, and John Gastil
Terrill Bouricius is a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives. David Schecter is an independent democracy researcher and activist. Campbell Wallace is an author and political theorist. John…
Lenny Mendonca and Chris Gates
Lenny Mendonca is co-chair of California Forward's leadership council and Chris Gates is a Senior Fellow at California Forward.
Mike Gatto
Attorney who served four terms in the California Legislature
Sunny Gault
San Diego-based media entrepreneur. She is the founder of the “Parents on Demand Network,” which helps parents find quality, family-friendly podcasts.
Rickey Gelb
President, The Gelb Group
Bob Gelfand
Writer on culture and politics for CityWatch
Michael Genest
Director of the California Department of Finance
Patrick George
Managing director at KP Public Affairs in Sacramento, California.
Cheryl Getuiza
In-house reporter for California Forward, formerly KTLA general assignment desk reporter
Jason Giannelli
Jason Giannelli is a farmer, businessman and lifelong Central Valley resident.
Sam Gilbert
President, United Plan Administrators, Inc, Retirement Consultant
Jivtesh Gill
Jivtesh Gill is the Chairman of the American Petroleum and Convenience Store Association (APCA), a national trade association based in Elk Grove, CA.
Adam Gingery
Freelance writer and journalist as seen on The Capital Press, Tax Trends Weekly, and Invest-Smart.org.
Don Giottonini
President of the Sacramento chapter of Safari Club International
Stanton A. Glantz
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
John M. Glionna
Former National Reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
Nicole Goehring
Government Affairs Director, Associated Builders and Contractors Northern California Chapter
Lenny Goldberg
Consultant to the Sacramento-based California Tax Reform Association
Eric Golden
President and CEO of Los Angeles-based Equipois Inc.
Russell Goldsmith
Russell Goldsmith is chairman and chief executive of City National Bank and chairman of RBC’s U.S. Wealth Management business. He also chairs the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy &…
Donald Gomez
Acting Press Secretary for the California National Party
Dr. David Gonzalez
Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Organizational Leadership. He also has 23 years of experience in Law Enforcement.
Patricia Gonzalez
Patricia Gonzalez is the Owner of Shamai Magic Mirror Events (Los Angeles, CA).
Mark Gonzelez
Chair, Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
Maureen Gorsen
Partner at Alston + Bird, LLP
John R. Graham
John R. Graham is a Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Eric Granof
Vice President of Corporate Communications for AIA/ExpertBail
Jaivon Grant
Jaivon Grant is a former journalist and political commentator with Our Weekly in Los Angeles, CA.
R.E. Graswich
Sacramento journalist and broadcaster
Mike Gravel
United States Senate, 1969-1981; Chairman, Democracy Foundation; www.nationalinitiative.us
James P. Gray
Judge, Superior Court of Orange County
Tom Gray
Former editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Daily News and Senior Editor at Investor’s Business Daily
Kenneth P. Green
Senior Director, Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute and a Policy Advisor for the Pacific Research Institute
Richard Green
Lusk Chair in Real Estate, Professor, Price School of Public Policy and Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Ted Green
President of Green Public Affairs & Campaigns and Co-Chairs the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) Labor & Employment Committee
Steve Greenberg
Steve Greenberg is an award winning editorial cartoonist and artist based in Southern California.
Larry Greenfield
Fellow in American studies at the Claremont Institute and Senior Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance
Josiah Neeley and Steven Greenhut
Neeley is the R Street Institute’s resident senior fellow for energy and is based in Austin. Greenhut is R Street’s Western region director and is based in Sacramento.
Nick Zaiac and Steven Greenhut
Nick Zaiac is the commercial freedom fellow for the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank based in Washington, D.C. Steven Greenhut is R Street’s Sacramento-based Western region director.
Steven Greenhut
Greenhut writes for American Spectator, Reason and the Orange County Register.
Steven Greenhut
Western Region Director of the R Street Institute
Billie Greer
Public Policy Advisor, She served as a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s senior staff.
Anthony Gregory
Research analyst at the Independent Institute
Katy Grimes
FlashReport Senior Correspondent
Lisa Gritzner
President, Cerrell Associates
Assemblywoman Shannon Grove
California State Assembly, 34th district
Carl Guardino
President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Leron Gubler
President & CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
John Guenther
California Forward Reporter
Mario A. Guerra
Mayor, City of Downey
Ruben Guerra
Latin Business Association Chairman
Jack Guerrero
CPA, is an elected City Council Member and past Mayor in Cudahy, CA, and a state delegate to the California Republican Party.
Eli Lehrer & Jule Gunlock
Eli Lehrer is President and Co-Founder of the R Street Institute. Julie Gunlock is Director of the Independent Women’s Forum's Center for Progress and Innovation.
T Keith Gurnee
Former councilmember of San Luis Obispo and a member of the Board of Directors of Livable California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the self-determination and the livability of California’s…
Robert Gutierrez
President and CEO of the California Taxpayers Association
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Tom Umberg and Bill Habermehl
Tom Umberg, Former California State Assemblymember representing Orange County. Bill Habermehl, Superintendent Emeritus, Orange County Department of Education
Anne Hackney
Chief Financial Officer of Dytran Instruments, a manufacturer of pressure sensors and accelerometers in Chatsworth.
Assemblyman Curt Hagman
60th Assembly District
Kurt Hahn
Kurt Hahn was a delegate to the 2012 Tampa Bay GOP Convention. He is currently the part time Interim Executive Director of the Northern California Healthcare Authority.
Erin Haight
Journalist/Freelance Writer
Heather K. Haight
Head of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Howard Hakes
Howard Hakes is the Chairman of the New Majority. The New Majority is one of the largest statewide political organization in California. Through education and contributions, it seeks to inform its…
Jerry Haleva
Founder of Sergeant Major Associates, a governmental consulting firm and Former Senior Aide to Sen. Bill Campbell
John Hamilton
Contributor
Caitrin Chappelle and Ellen Hanak
Caitrin Chappelle, PPIC Research Associate and Ellen Hanak, PPIC Senior Fellow
Ellen Hanak
Senior Fellow and Center Director, Public Policy Institute of California
Jeffrey Mount and Ellen Hanak
Mount and Hanak are Senior Fellows at the Public Policy Institute of California
John Hancock
President of The California Channel
Michele Hanisee
President of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys
Kevin Hanley
CEO of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and former Mayor of Auburn
Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Bill Hanvey
President & CEO, Auto Care Association
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey
Assemblywoman Harkey, R-Dana Point, is Vice-Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and represents the 73rd Assembly District in the California Legislature
Senator Tom Harman
California State Senator representing the 35th Senate District
Matthew Harper
California State Assembly, 74th District
Michelle Steel and Matthew Harper
Michelle Steel is an Orange County Supervisor from Surfside. Matthew Harper is a State Assemblyman from Huntington Beach (74th District).
Arno Harris
CEO of Recurrent Energy
Lawrence McQuillan and Rebecca Harris
Lawrence J. McQuillan is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at The Independent Institute (independent.org), Publisher of Aquanomics: Water Markets and the Environment (2012). Rebecca Harris…
Scott Harris
Writer and Political Commentator
Theresa Harvey
President & CEO of the North Orange County Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Haskins
President of the California Medical Association
Lon Hatamiya
President and CEO of the Hatamiya Group
Bill Hauck
Member of the California Forward Leadership Council and a former Chair of the California Constitution Revision Commission
Scott Hauge
President, Small Business California
Jordan Blashek and Christopher Haugh
Jordan Blashek is a U.S. Marine veteran, businessman, and Republican. Christopher Haugh is a writer, journalist, and Democrat. Jordan and Chris are recent Yale Law School graduates and the co-authors…
Marianne Haver-Hill
Propel L.A. Executive Director
Stuart Waldman and Elizabeth Hawley
Stuart Waldman is president and Elizabeth Hawley is the former legislative affairs director of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, a business advocacy.
Zachary Hayes
Masters of Public Policy Candidate at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Public Policy
Steven Hayward
Thomas Smith Distinguished Fellow at the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio & William Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy
Edward Headington
Owner of Headington Media Group and Fox & Hounds Daily Contributor
Sean Hecht
Co-Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Evan Frankel Professor of Policy and Practice, UCLA School of Law
Liz Helms
CEO of the California Chronic Care
Ashley Hemkin
Managing Editor of Fox & Hounds
Joel Fox & Ashley Hemkin
Joel Fox, Editor of Fox & Hounds and Ashley Hemkin, Managing Editor of Fox & Hounds
Cherida Collins Smith & Chuck Henderson
Cherida Collins Smith, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Collins Pine Company & Chuck Henderson, Family Manager, Shasta Forest Timberlands LLC.
Bret Hendry
Communications Manager, MapLight
Lauren Hepler
Lauren Hepler covers the economy for CalMatters, with a focus on jobs and business regulation.
Ricardo Cano and Lauren Hepler
Ricardo Cano covers California education for CalMatters and Lauren Hepler covers the state economy for CalMatters, with a focus on jobs and business regulation.
Timm Herdt
Timm Herdt writes on California policy and politics. He formerly covered the Capitol for the Ventura County Star
David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez
David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez are attorneys in the California environmental and land use practice group of Holland & Knight LLC, an international law firm.
Dr. Ed Hernandez
California State Senate, 22nd District
Herman Gallegos, John Gamboa, and Jennifer Hernandez
Herman Gallegos is a co-founder of the National Council of La Raza. John Gamboa is a co-founder of The Greenlining Institute. Jennifer Hernandez is a partner at Holland & Knight.
Jeff Montejano and Tracy Hernandez
Jeff Montejano is chief executive officer of the Building Industry Association of Southern California. Tracy Hernandez is founding chief executive officer of the Los Angeles County Business Federation.
Jennifer Hernandez
Attorney in the California environmental and land use practice group of Holland & Knight LLP, an international law firm
John Gamboa and Jennifer Hernandez
John Gamboa is the Co-Founder of The Greenlining Institute and The 200; Jennifer Hernandez is an Environmental Attorney.
Tracy Hernandez
Founding CEO of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed)
Ivonne Herrera
Hairstylist at Hair-Era by Herrera
David Herrlinger
Vice President of Hot Purple Energy, an alternative energy solution company in Palm Springs, CA
Mike Herron
Director of Contractor Services, Engineering & Utility Contractors Association
Robert Hertzberg
State Senate Majority Leader representing the San Fernando Valley, Senate District 18
Peter Herzog
Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs, NAIOP SoCal Commercial Real Estate Development Association
Frederick M. Hess
Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
David A. Lehrer and Joe R. Hicks
President and Vice-President of Community Advocates
Joe Hicks
Guest Author and Vice President of Community Advocates Inc.
Ron Hicks
Ron Hicks is the Managing Corporate Officer for the Central/Northern CA Regional Office, of Soltek Pacific Construction. Hicks is also the 2018 Chair for the Associated Builders and Contractors, Northern…
Steven Hill
Steven Hill is the author of Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers and The Startup Illusion: How the Internet Economy Threatens Our Welfare.]
Alex Hillsberg
Writer for Financial Websites
Tom Hiltachk
Managing partner at Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP
Rex Hime
President and CEO of the California Business Properties Association
Greg Hines
Legislative Director for the California Manufacturing & Technology Association
Mark Hiraide
Board Member of Small Business California and Securities Lawyer at Petillon Hiraide LLP
David Hochschild
Vice President of External Relations for Solaria Corporation
Tim Hodson
Center for California Studies, Sacramento State University
Allan Hoffenblum
Publisher of the California Target Book and owner of Allan Hoffenblum & Associates
Thomas G. Hoffman
During his nearly 40-year law enforcement career, Hoffman served as captain in the Inglewood Police Department, deputy chief of the West Sacramento Police Department and director of California’s Department of…
Tom G. Hoffman
Former Director, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Adult Parole Operations
Eric Hogue
Political Talk Show Host in Sacramento
William Holder
Dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting and holds the Alan Casden Dean’s Chair of Accounting, at the University of Southern California
Dennis Hollingsworth
Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (ret.) is National Director at the National Tax Limitation Committee and served as Minority Leader of the California State Senate from 2009-2010.
John Hollon
Longtime newspaper, magazine, and online editor who held editing positions at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, the Orange County Register, and was Executive Editor at The Honolulu Advertiser. Also an…
Gabriella Holt
President of Citizens for California Reform
Hollaine Hopkins
Executive Director of the Lupus Foundation of Southern California
David Houston
California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse co-chair and owner of Barney’s Beanery
Arlene Howard
Lance Howland
Writer who covered municipal governments for decades as an editor and reporter and currently writes for PublicCEO.com
Elaine M. Howle
California State Auditor
John Hrabe
Writer and Communications Strategist
Eric McGhee and Vicki Hsieh
Eric McGhee is a Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California and Vicki Hsieh is Senior Editor at the Public Policy Institute of California.
Tom Hudson
President of the California Taxpayer Protection Committee and a Co-Founder of the Placer County Taxpayers Association
Senator Bob Huff
Senate Republican Leader, representing the 29th Senate District covering portions of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties
Brendan Huffman
Public Affairs Consultant specializing in Issue Advocacy and Strategic Communications
José Huizar
Los Angeles City Councilman
Beth Hummel
Legislative Assistant, Gun Owners of California
Jack Humphreville
LA Watchdog writer for CityWatch, President of the DWP Advocacy Committee, Ratepayer Advocate for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council, and Publisher of the Recycler
Kris Hunt
Executive Director, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association
Helen Hutchison
President of the League of Women Voters of California
Fiona Hutton
President of Fiona Hutton & Associates
Justin Hyer
Writer, PublicCEO.com
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Edwin A. Lombard III
Gwen Moore & Peter D. Kelly III
Gwen Moore is the former California State Assemblywoman who served from 1978 until 1994. She represented the 49th and 47th Assembly Districts. Ms. Moore serves on several State and National…
William Allen and Hasan Ikhrata
William Allen is President and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. Hasan Ikhrata is Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments.
Ashley Ingram
Executive Director, California Young Republican Federation
Congressman Darrell Issa
Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Lance Izumi
Senior Director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute
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Patrick Murphy and Talib Jabbar
Patrick Murphy is Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Talib Jabbar is Administrative and Research Associate at PPIC.
Alan Jackson
Candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney
Kerry Jackson
Kerry Jackson is a senior fellow with the Center for California Reform at the Pacific Research Institute.
Paul Jacob
President of Citizens in Charge
David Jacobson
AVP - Communications Strategist, Public Finance Group, Moody's Investors Service
DJ Jaffe
Author of Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill and Executive Director of Mental Illness Policy Org
Jan Scully and Ed Jagels
Jan Scully is the Sacramento County District Attorney and Ed Jagels is the Kern County District Attorney
Austin James
LA Data Analyst & Communications Consultant
Kevin James
Radio Broadcaster, former Asst. U.S. Attorney, and Candidate for LA Mayor
Kirsten James
Kirsten James is director of California Policy and Partnerships at Ceres, a nonprofit organization mobilizing business and investor leadership on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges.
David Janssen
Former Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County
Sean Jasso
Sean Jasso, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School.
Bill Boyarsky and Sherry Bebitch Jeffe
Bill Boyarsky is a former reporter, editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, is a retired Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication, Sol Price…
Douglas Jeffe
Communications and Public Affairs Strategist
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Ph.D., is retired Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication, the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California and co-creator of…
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe & Doug Jeffe
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, and Doug Jeffe, Communications and Public Affairs Strategist
Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries
California State Assemblyman representing the 66th Assembly District
Thomas Jelenić
Thomas Jelenić is vice president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.
Brian Jencunas
Brian Jencunas is State Affairs Associate at the R Street Institute.
Doug Jensen
Senior vice president with Avenu Insights
Isidro A. Jiménez
Associate at Nossaman, LLP, a law firm dedicated to solving many of the complex challenges public agencies and companies doing business in California face today.
Marc Joffe
Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
David Guy and Tim Johnson
David Guy, President of the Northern California Water Association, and Tim Johnson, President of the California Rice Industry Association, are co-chairs of StoptheWaterGrab.com.
Doug Johnson
Vice President of Technology Policy at Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Douglas Johnson
Fellow, Rose Institute of State and Local Government
Harold Johnson
Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
Kevin Johnson
Mayor of Sacramento
Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson, President of the California Rice Industry Association
Patrick Johnston
President & CEO, California Association of Health Plans
B. Lee Jones
Consulting Professor, Silicon Valley Innovation School
Erynne Jones
Erynne Jones, MPH, handles public relations duties for KP Public Affairs in Sacramento, CA.
Rev. Robert Jones
President/CEO for the California Association of Black Pastors (CABP) Sacramento chapter.
Senator Brian Jones
Brian Jones is a California State Senator representing the 38th district.
Trini Jones
President of the Association of California Recycling Industries.
B. Wayne Hughes Jr.
Wayne Hughes, Jr. is a California businessman, philanthropist and founder of SkyRose Ranch and Serving California in Central California which treats veterans with PTSD and other disorders. Find out more…
Carlos Galvan, Jr.
Carlos Galvan, Jr. is the Vice President and CFO of La Amapola Inc., which employs 340 Californians at four grocery markets in Los Angeles County.
Charles H. Bell, Jr.
A leading California election lawyer and Senior Partner of Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP, Sacramento
John J. Pitney, Jr.
Professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and coauthor of American Government and Politics: Deliberation
John Wood, Jr.
2nd Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, and is a former Republican nominee for congress in the 43rd district of California
Lawrence H. Easterling, Jr.
Administrator at Kettleman Pistachio Growers and Director at American Pistachio Growers
Manuel Cosme, Jr.
Small Business Tax Specialist, Immediate Past-Chair California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and Past-Chair National Federation of Independent Business/California
Wayne Hughes Jr.
Former Executive of Public Storage and Founder of American Commercial Equities, which includes properties in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. In 2011, he founded Serving California, a nonprofit that facilitates…
Jane Junn
Political science professor at the University of Southern California and research director of the USC College/Los Angeles Times poll
Lorraine Justin-Plass
Lorraine Justin-Plass is the 3rd Vice Commander, AMVETS, Department of California and a U.S. Army veteran.
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Brian Kabateck
Brian Kabateck is a past president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and is currently Board Chair of Loyola Law School as well as…
John Kabateck
President, Kabateck Strategies
John Kabateck
NFIB State Director in California
Jon Coupal and John Kabateck
Jon Coupal, President of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association & John Kabateck, Executive Director of NFIB
Jack Kain
PharmD, Director, Medical Science Liaison, Prescription Drug Monitoring & Toxicology, Quest Diagnostics
Mayor Chuck Reed & Mayor Bill Kampe
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed & Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe
Jay Simmons and Pamela Kan
Jay Timmons is president and CEO of the NAM. Pamela Kan is president of Bishop-Wisecarver and a member of the National Association Manufacturers Board of Directors.
Keith Kaplan
Communications director for the Fur Information Council of America.
Fred Karger
Republican presidential candidate and former aide to President Ronald Reagan
Jonathan Karpf
Professor of Anthropology, San Jose State University
Neel Kashkari
Former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
Michael Kassan
Chairman and CEO of MediaLink, LLC, a leading Los Angeles and New York City-based advisory and business development firm
Lane Kasselman
Executive Director of CALinnovates.org
Sue Kateley
Executive Director of California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA)
Dr. Jonathan Katz
Practicing Neurologist in San Francisco
Bruno Kaufmann
Editor of People2Power, a Global Democracy Media Initiative hosted by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
Jennifer Ryan Crozier and Loren Kaye
Jennifer Ryan Crozier is president of the IBM Foundation. Loren Kaye is president of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education, a think tank affiliated with CalChamber.
Loren Kaye
President of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education
Peter Kaye
Political writer and associate editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune, television reporter and producer for PBS in San Diego and Washington
Ron Kaye
Former Editor of the Los Angeles Daily News
Fred Keeley
Santa Cruz County Treasurer/Tax Collector and Member of the Commission on the 21st Century Economy
Johan Klehs and Rick Keene
Johan Klehs is former Chair of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee and former Member of the Board of Equalization. Rick Keene is former Vice Chair of the Assembly Budget…
John Kehoe
President, California Senior Advocates League
Val Smith, PhD, Wayne Johnson, and Bereket Kelile
Val Smith PhD is Research Director for California based SJR Opinion Research with 35 years of State, National, and International survey research experience. Wayne Johnson is the founder and Senior…
Marty Keller
CEO, Small Business Revolution
Teresa Sedano and Catherine Keller
Sign language interpreters in California.
James Kellogg
International Representative of the United Association of Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
Jim Wunderman and Michael Kelly
Jim Wunderman is president and CEO of the Bay Area Council. Michael Kelly is the executive director of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs.
Jonathan Woetzel and Michael Kelly
Jonathan Woetzel is a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.. Michael Kelly is executive director of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs
Michael Kelly
Executive Director for The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs
Russell Goldsmith & Michael Kelly
Russell Goldsmith, chairman of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs and chief executive of City National Bank and Michael Kelly, Executive Director for The Los Angeles Coalition…
Will Kempton
Executive Director of Transportation California, and Former Director of CalTrans
Jason Sterne, Lauren Canary, and Brian Kennedy
Jason Sterne is the Chief Operating Officer of the Hepatitis Education Project, Lauren Canary is the Director of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, and Brian Kennedy is the Executive Director…
Jim Kennedy
Contributor to the Chad Benson Show on California and National politics
Richard Kennedy
CEO of the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce
Dan Kenney
Partner in the Los Angeles office of Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter
Matt Horton and Kristen Keough
Matt Horton is a senior program associate at the Milken Institute California Center. Kristen Keough is a research analyst at the Milken Institute.
Jennifer Kerns
Taxpayer Advocate & Republican Communications Strategist
Karen Kerrigan
President & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
David Kersten
David Kersten is president of the Kersten Institute for Governance and Public Policy (www.kersteninstitute.org). Kersten is also an adjunct professor of public finance and economics at the University of San…
Vahid Khorsand
Analyst with BWS Financial Inc. in Woodland Hills and vice president of the Los Angeles Citywide Planning Commission. Former vice chair of the United Chambers of Commerce of the San…
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley represents the 6th Assembly District, which includes parts of El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento counties.
Kevin Kiley
Candidate for the California State Assembly, Sixth District
David King
Republican candidate for California Attorney General, a former auditor-CPA, an attorney with 17 years of experience in the public and private sector
Norm King
Norm King is a former city manager of three California cities and of the San Bernardino County transportation commission and has taught part-time at USC and Claremont McKenna College. He…
Ann Kinner
NFIB California Leadership Council Member; Owner, Seabreeze Nautical Books and Charts in San Diego, CA.
Stephen M. Kinney
Partner, Public Opinion Strategies
Susan Kirsch
Susan Kirsch, Political Advisor and Community Organizer.
Saunda Kitchen
Owner of Mr. Rooter Plumbing in Sonoma County, California
Marc Klaas
President of the KlaasKids Foundation
David Kline
Vice President of Communications and Research, California Taxpayers Association
Joe Rodota and Matt Klink
Joe Rodota is CEO of Forward Observer and Matt Klink is a Partner at California Strategies
Matt Klink
President, Klink Campaigns
Kevin Klowden
Kevin Klowden is executive director of the Milken Institute Center for Regional Economics and California Center
Michael Kelly and Kevin Klowden
Michael Kelly is executive director of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs. Kevin Klowden is director of the California Center at the Milken Institute.
Pete Peterson & Kevin Klowden
Pete Peterson, Executive Director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement at Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy. Kevin Klowden, Director of the California Center and managing economist at the Milken…
Tanya Klowden
Tanya Klowden is a physicist with a background in design and history whose work is focused on identifying the works and telling the stories of unrecognized and underappreciated artists and…
Deb Kollars
Senior Policy Advisor for California Forward.
David Kordus
Research Associate, Public Policy Institute of California
Kevin D. Korenthal
Former executive director of the Associated Builders & Contractors, California Cooperation Committee and principal in KORE Communications, LLC, a communications consulting firm specializing in corporate marketing and communications based in…
Mike Madrid and Robb Korinke
Principals of GrassrootsLab
Robb Korinke
Principal at GrassrootsLab
David Friedman and Jennifer Hernandez, Editor Joel Kotkin
Attorneys in the West Coast land use and environment practice group of Holland & Knight LLC, an international law firm.
Joel Kotkin
Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University
Thad Kousser
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, UC San Diego
Beth Cone Kramer
Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to CityWatch
Tony Krvaric
Tony Krvaric is a small business owner in San Diego and the volunteer chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County.
Mike Savino & Aurie Kryzuda
Executive Committee Members, Republicans for Environmental Protection
Sharon Kwon
USC Grad student and owner of multi-family housing in East Los Angeles
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Steve Lacey
Resident of Sacramento County and a board member of California Parents for Public Virtual Education.
Wendy Lack
Board member, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association
Assemblyman Tom Lackey
California State Assembly, 36th District
Mark Lacter
James Lacy
Co-founder and managing partner of Wewer & Lacy, LLP
Luka Ladan
Communications director at the Center for Union Facts.
Arthur Laffer
Former Presidential Economic Advisor
Lucille Roybal-Allard and John Laird
Jessica Lall
President and CEO of the Central City Association of Los Angeles
Emily Lam
Senior Director, Health Care & Federal Issues for Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Doug LaMalfa
State Senator, California's 4th District
Bill LaMarr
Executive Director of the California Small Business Alliance
Richard Lambros
Executive Director, Southern California Leadership Council
Bret Lane
Chief Executive Officer Southern California Gas Co.
Rob Lapsley
President, California Business Roundtable
David Latterman
Associate Director for the Leo T McCarthy Center for Public Service and Common Good, University of San Francisco.
Devin Lavelle
Associate Consultant, Andrew Chang& Company LLC
Patrick Lavin
Business Manager and Financial Secretary at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Steven D. Lavine
President of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and a Member of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Alyssa Dykman, and Rachel Lawler
Mark Baldassare is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PPIC; Dean Bonner is an Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow at PPIC; and Alyssa Dykman and Rachel Lawler are…
Scott Lay
Publisher of The Nooner
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Board of Directors
Mark Leary
Mark Leary served as director of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and prior to that was executive director of the department’s predecessor, the Integrated Waste Management…
Dr. Bernice Ledbetter
Dean of Students and Alumni Affairs at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and Director of the Pepperdine Center for Women in Leadership which she founded to empower and advance women…
Ben Lee
CalTax Tax Counsel.
James Lee
Founder and President of The Lee Strategy Group
W. Bruce Lee
President of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association.
Jeremy Leffler
COO of BayBio, an association of biofuel, industrial biotechnology and therapeutic biotechnology companies in Northern California
Christopher LeGras
Los Angeles Attorney and writer.
Bastian Lehmann
CEO of Postmates
Steven Greenhut and Ray Lehmann
Greenhut is the Sacramento-based Western region director for the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank. Lehmann is R Street’s director of Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy.
Eli Lehrer
Vice President, Heartland Institute
Kenneth P. Miller and Ellen Lempres
Kenneth P. Miller is Associate Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Associate Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. Ellen Lempres, a native of Berkeley,…
Bill Leonard
California State Board of Equalization Member
Dave Lesher
Editor and CEO of CALmatters
Donna Levin
California novelist and author of California Street (Simon & Schuster)
Matt Levin
Data and Housing Reporter at CALmatters
Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine
Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine co-chair the California Coalition for Public Higher Education. Ackerman is a former California State Senator and Assemblyman, and Levine is a former U.S. Congressman and…
Michael Levine
Author and Public Relations Consultant
Jessica Levinson
Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and President of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
Robert Stern and Jessica Levinson
Authors of Democracy by Initiative: Shaping California's Fourth Branch of Government
Morris Levy
Morris Levy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California and previously taught math at Middle School 45’s Rafael Cordero Bilingual Academy in New York.
Jeffrey Lewis
President/CEO of Legacy Health Endowment in Turlock Ca.
Mike Lewis
Senior Vice President of the Construction Industry Alliance on Water Quality
Shawn Lewis
NFIB/CA State Communications Director
Frank de Lima
Senior Vice President of Political Affairs and Communications at the California Building Industry Association
Judy Lin
CALmatters reporter
Assemblyman Eric Linder
Eric Linder, a Corona small business owner, represents the 60th Assembly District in the California Legislature.
Jessica Linehan
Partner at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney in its California office. Her practice focuses on employment litigation.
George Linn
Director of Public Relations, Retired Public Employees Association of California
Greg Lippe
Chairman of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA)
Brett Livingstone
Small business owner who operates four Anytime Fitness franchises in Northern California.
Judy Lloyd
President of Altamont Strategies
Ralph Lockhart
President of L&J Restaurants, Inc.
Dean C. Logan
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County
Assemblyman Dan Logue
North State Assemblyman Dan Logue represents the 3rd Assembly District in the California Legislature.
Dan Logue
California State Assemblyman representing the 3rd Assembly District
Sean Loloee
Sean Loloee is a store owner and community leader.
Brisemae Long
Uber Driver Partner
Lunna Lopes
Research Associate, Public Policy Institute of California
Patrick Murphy and Lunna Lopes
Patrick Murphy is Director of Research and Senior Fellow at PPIC. Lunna Lopes is Research Associate at PPIC.
Jon Lopey
Siskiyou County Sheriff-Coroner
John Loudon
Executive Director, California Construction Compliance Group
Jennifer Lovett
Senior Project Manager at California Forward.
Dave Low
Chairman of Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security
Russell Lowery
Californians for Sports Betting
Nicholas Lozito
Nicholas Lozito is the media relations coordinator for the Sacramento River Cats.
Donna Lucas
President and CEO of Lucas Public Affairs
Greg Lucas
California State Librarian
Clifford Luengo
Clifford Luengo is a small business owner who is a member of the California Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business.
Wayne Lusvardi
Wayne Lusvardi is a real estate and public utility appraiser and former chief appraiser at California’s largest urban water district. He was a water, energy and tax analyst for the…
Byrhonda Lyons
Videographer/Journalist at CALmatters
Sarah Lyons
Director of Communications for IndependentVoting.org, a national association of independent voters and activists
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Marcy Zwelling-Aamot, M.D.
Vice Chair, American Academy of Private Physicians
George Runner and Fiona Ma
Members of the State Board of Equalization
Duncan MacVicar
Veterans' Advocate
Sosan Madanat
Executive Director, Foundation for Democracy and Justice
Matt Rodriguez and Michael Madrid
Matt Rodriguez is a veteran Democratic strategist and a fellow at the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. Michael Madrid is a Republican political consultant and a fellow at the…
Mike Madrid
Partner at GrassrootsLab, and a nationally recognized expert on Latino voting trends. In 2001, named one of America's "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business Magazine.
Steven Malanga
Senior Editor of City Journal and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Abel Maldonado
Lieutenant Governor of the State of California
Nancy Rader, Karl Gawell, and Julee Malinowski-Ball
Nancy Rader, Executive Director, California Wind Energy Association; Karl Gawell, Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association; and Julee Malinowski-Ball, Executive Director, California Biomass Energy Alliance
Anita Mangels
Communications Director for Yes on 23
Peter Manzo
President & CEO of United Ways of California
Tom Manzo
Founder of the California Business and Industrial Alliance
Caity Maple
Principal & Lobbyist for Quintana, Watts & Hartmann
Caitlin Maples
Research Analyst for California Forward
C. C. Marin
Chair of the Board, Independent California
Rosario Marin
Former Secretary of California State and Consumer Services and 41st Treasurer of the United States
Maryann Marino
Regional Director, California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
Carla Marinucci
San Francisco Chronicle Political Reporter
Lawren Markle
Senior Communications Director, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC)
Luis Marquez
Council Member, City of Downey
Jose A. Marquez-Leon
National President, CEO, and Founder of Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association @TechLatino
Jennifer Marroquin
Area Representative with the Office of Legislative and External Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
Jared Martin
President of the California Association of REALTORS.
Alexander Martinez
Political commentator on Latino community issues.
Joe Mathews
Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State…
Joel Fox and Joe Mathews
Joel Fox is Editor of Fox & Hounds and President of the Small Business Action Committee. Joe Mathews is Connecting California Columnist and Editor at Zócalo Public Square, and Fellow…
Assemblyman Devon Mathis
California State Assembly, 26th District
Rich Matteis
Administrator of the California Farm Bureau Federation in Sacramento
William R. Maurer
Attorney, Institute for Justice
Joe Rodota and Steve Maviglio
Joe Rodota, former cabinet secretary and deputy chief of staff to Governor Pete Wilson, and Steve Maviglio, owner of Forza Communications and deputy chief of staff to Assembly Speakers Fabian…
Steven Maviglio
Principal of Forza Communications, a Sacramento-based public affairs/campaign firm
James P. Mayer
Executive Director of California Forward
Jim Mayer
President and CEO of California Forward, a nonprofit government reform group.
Colin Maynard
Public Relations Director, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
Andrew McAllister
Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Mary McAuley
Founder & Owner of Craft Winery Spotlights the Livelihood of Small Agricultural-Based Culinary Suppliers, and Their Survival Rate, Post-Pandemic .
Henry McCann
Research associate at the PPIC Water Policy Center
Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Majority Leader, United States Congress
Congressman Tom McClintock
U.S. House of Representatives, California's 4th District
Shannon McConville
Senior Research Associate at the Public Policy Institute of California.
John McCormack
Retired fire scientist, is the former manager of research and development for the California Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation. He has also served as…
Daniel Krimm and Eric McGhee
Daniel Krimm is a Research Associate at PPIC; Eric McGhee is a Research Fellow at PPIC
Dean Bonner and Eric McGhee
Dean Bonner is a research fellow at the Public Policy Insititute of California and Eric McGhee is a senior fellow at the Public Policy Insititute of California.
Eric McGhee
Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Douglas McGray
Editor in Chief of The California Sunday Magazine and Pop-Up Magazine
Geoff McIntosh
President, California Association of REALTORS®
Bill McInturff
Partner in Public Opinion Strategies
Carolyn McIntyre
President, California Cable & Telecommunications Association
Doug McIntyre
Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News
Peter McIsaac
Captain, San Francisco Bar Pilots
Jay McKeeman
Vice President, Government Relations & Communications, California Independent Oil Marketers Association
Chris McKenzie
Executive Director of the League of California Cities
Lenny Mendonca and Thomas V. McKernan
Co-Chairs of California Forward's Leadership Council
Robert M. Hertzberg and Thomas McKernan
Co-Chairmen of California Forward
John McLaurin
President, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
John R. McLaurin
President of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
Lance Hastings and John McLaurin
Lance Hastings is the President of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) and John McLaurin is the President of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA).
Shawn Yadon and John McLaurin
Shawn Yadon is the Chief Executive Officer for the California Trucking Association and John McLaurin is the President of Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.
Aaron McLear
Political Consultant
Ray McNally
President of McNally Temple Associates, Inc., a California-based political consulting firm
Sunne Wright McPeak
President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund
Bruce McQuain
Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and blogger at Blackfive Military Blog
Afif El Hasan, MD
Dr. Afif El-Hasan is a pediatrician practicing in Orange County, California. He serves on the governing board of the American Lung Association in California.
Charles S Grob, MD
LA BioMed lead researcher and chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Clifford C. Eke, MD
President, American Cancer Society, California Division
Warren H. Fong, MD
Hematologist & Oncologist in practice for 27 years
Caroline Beteta and Patricia Megason
Caroline Beteta, CEO and President of Visit California and Patricia Megason, Executive Vice President of Rural County Representatives of California
Maria Mehranian
Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Cordoba Corporation and a former member and Chair of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Hans Johnson and Marisol Cuellar Mejia
Hans Johnson is a Higher Education Center Director and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Marisol Cuellar Mejia is a Research Associate at PPIC.
Assemblymembers Jim Patterson, Bill Brough, Frank Bigelow and Melissa Melendez
Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals), Bill Brough (R-Dana Point) and Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) are Members of the California Assembly.
Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez
Assembly Budget Committee Vice Chair Melissa Melendez, District 67
Felicia Mello
CALmatters Higher Education Reporter
Ed Mendel
Publisher, CalPensions.com
Mary Plummer and Aaron Mendelson
Mary Plummer is a Senior Politics Reporter for KPCC. Aaron Mendelson works on KPCC's data journalism and interactive projects.
Andrew Mendez
Journalist in Los Angeles County.
Lenny Mendonca
Former Chief Business and Economic Adviser to Governor Gavin Newsom
Jerry Meral
Director of the California Water Program of the Natural Heritage Institute
Bryan Merica
Co-Founder of Unearth, a digital-first agency and Co-Founder of Fox & Hounds
Duane Dichiara, Kevin Spillane, and Moises Merino
Duane Dichiara (Axiom), Kevin Spillane (Spillane Consulting) and Moises Merino (MBA Inc.) each have decades of experience managing political campaigns. As general strategists they have advised national, statewide, congressional, legislative,…
George Merlis
Principal of Experience Media Consulting in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Mark Meuser
Candidate for California Secretary of State
Paul Meyer
Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California
Lawrence Meyers
President of PDL Capital, a private equity firm devoted to financial services
Robert Michael
California School Bonds Clearinghouse
Chris Micheli
Chris Micheli is a Principal with the Sacramento governmental relations firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc.
Hal Dasinger and Chris Micheli
Hal Dasinger is the Legislative Director of the Civil Justice Association of California. Chris Micheli is a lobbyist for the Sacramento governmental affairs firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc.
Kevin Duewel and Chris Micheli
Kevin Duewel is an attorney practicing small business and real estate law in Folsom, California. Chris Micheli is a Principal with the government relations firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc.
Laura Curtis and Chris MIcheli
Laura Curtis is an attorney and Policy Advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce. Chris Micheli is an attorney and legislative advocate for the Sacramento governmental relations firm of Aprea…
Ross Elliott and Chris Micheli
Ross Elliott is the Executive Director of the California Ambulance Association. Chris Micheli is the Legislative Advocate for the California Ambulance Association.
Therese Twomey and Chris Micheli
Therese Twomey is a Partner at High View Strategies in Sacramento. Chris Micheli is a Principal at the Sacramento governmental relations firm of Aprea & Micheli, Inc.
Rachel Michelin
Executive Director/CEO of California Women Lead, a nonpartisan association of women leaders whose mission is to encourage, recruit and train women to run for local office or apply for an…
Henry I. Miller
Physician, molecular biologist, and senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He is the co-discoverer of an enzyme that is critical in the replication of influenza virus. He was the…
Jeff Miller
California State Assemblyman representing the 71st Assembly District
Patrick Caddell, Bob Perkins and Scott Miller
Patrick Caddell has served as pollster and strategist in numerous Democratic presidential campaigns. Bob Perkins has held senior positions in the NRSC and the RNC. Scott Miller, Founder of Sawyer/Miller…
Ralph Miller
President, LA County Probation Officers' Union, AFSCME
Steven J. Miller
California State Director, Poker Players Alliance
Molly Milligan
Senior Fellow, Center for Governmental Studies
George Minter
Regional Vice President, External Affairs & Environmental Strategy, Southern California Gas Company
John Mirisch
Councilmember and former three term mayor of Beverly Hills
Kevin Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell is the founder and chair of the Business Travel Coalition, a Radnor, Pa., organization that represents companies in the managed travel industry.
Paul Mitchell
Vice-president at Political Data, Inc.
Robert R. Mitchell
Robert R Mitchell is an Enrolled Actuary in private pension practice since 1971
Frances Mizuno
Assistant Executive Director, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority
Marko Mlikotin
President of the California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights
Ali Modarres
Urban Geographer, California State University, Los Angeles
Anthony J. Mohr
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Ken Monroe
Chairman of the Family Business Assn. of California and the president of Holt of California.
Jeff Montejano
CEO, Building Industry Association of Southern California
Mike Montgomery
Executive Director of CALinnovates, a technology advocacy coalition whose membership includes sharing economy companies
Adrian Moore
Vice President of Research at the Reason Foundation
Bob Poole and Adrian Moore
Bob Poole is Director of Transportation Policy and Adrian Moore is Vice President at the Reason Foundation.
Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox & Adrian Moore
Joseph Vranich, Irvine California based business consultant Wendell Cox, Principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy/Demographia Adrian T. Moore, Vice President of Research at Reason Foundation
Kirsten Moore
Student at Chapman University
Stephen Moore
Chief Economist at the Heritage Foundation
John Moorlach
State Senator representing the 37th Senate District
Senator John Moorlach
California State Senate, 37th District
Miryam Mora-Barajas
Republican Strategist
Dan Morain
Senior Editor, CALmatters
Laurel Rosenhall and Dan Morain
CalMatters reporters
Erica Morehouse
Environmental Defense Fund Senior Attorney
Senator Mike Morrell
California State Senate, 23rd District
Topher Morrison
Author of Collaboration Economy and Managing Director of Entrevo USA, a growth accelerator firm that has helped thousands of companies globally dominate their market share
David Morse
David Morse was a manager in the CPUC’s consumer advocate division for 20 years. After leaving the CPUC, he collaborated on behalf of water providers with the consumer advocate division…
Maziar Movassaghi
Acting Director, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Edmund J. Pezalla, MD, MPH
Scholar-in-Residence at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy in Washington
Patricia Mulholland
Vietnam veteran and Uber driver from Marin County, CA.
Patrick Mulvaney
Patrick Mulvaney is the head chef of Mulvaney’s B&L, a farm-to-table restaurant in Sacramento that focuses on local, fresh, and organic ingredients.
Dominic Munoz
California Forward Reporter
Debbie Murdock
Executive Director of the Association of California Egg Farmers
Terrence Murphy
President and CEO of the Hammond Group
Kris Murray
Council Member, City of Anaheim
Elizabeth Myers
Elizabeth Myers is a Master of Public Policy student at USC's Price School of Public Policy and was a Summer 2018 policy intern at Reason Foundation.
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Jasmine Nachtigall
California Common Sense Development Director
Janet Napolitano
University of California President
Lance Christensen and Victor Nava
Lance Christensen is Director of the Pension Reform Project at the Reason Foundation, and Victor Nava is a Policy Analyst at the Reason Foundation.
Loren Kaye and Pedro Nava
Loren Kaye is Vice Chairman of the Little Hoover Commission and Chaired the Subcommittee on Climate Change Adaptation. Pedro Nava is Chairman of the Commission and a Former State Assemblyman.
Robert Naylor
President of Robert W Naylor Advocacy and Former Assembly Minority Leader
Rob Neenan
President/CEO, California League of Food Processors
Ron Nehring
Former Chairman of the California Republican Party
Marc Joffe and Max Neiman
Marc Joffe, Principal Consultant at Public Sector Credit Solutions and Max Neiman, Senior Resident Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Riverside
Alexandra Bjerg and Christopher Nelson
Bjerg is a Staff Reporter and Nelson is Editor in Chief of California Forward Reporting
Christopher Nelson
Editor in Chief, California Forward blog
Cristi Nelson
Businesswoman and Candidate for State Assembly
Jim Patterson and Joel Nelson
Assembly Member Jim Patterson represents the 23rd District, which includes portions of Fresno and Tulare counties. Joel Nelsen is president of California Citrus Mutual, representing 2,200 grower members statewide.
John Nelson
Past president, National Association of Health Underwriters & Co-CEO, Warner Pacific Insurance Services
Valerie Nera
Policy Advocate, California Chamber of Commerce
Dan Newman
Dan Newman is a partner at SCN Strategies. @DanNewmanSCN
Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor of California
Jim Newton
Spent 25 years at the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter, editor, bureau chief, columnist and, from 2007 to 2010, editor of the editorial pages. He joined UCLA…
Lan Nguyen
Managing Editor of Fox & Hounds
Jerry Nickelsburg
Adjunct professor of economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and senior economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
Roger Niello
Former State Assemblyman
Jim Nielsen
State Senator, Fourth Senate District, which includes the counties of Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba
Senator Jim Nielsen
California State Senate, 4th District
John Nienstedt
President of Competitive Edge Research & Communication, Inc., recently co-founded Latino Edge Research to focus on issues within the Latino community.
Dr. Joel L. Nitzkin
Past co-chair of the Tobacco Control Task Force of American Association of Public Health Physicians
Conan Nolan
Political reporter for Los Angeles NBC4 and anchor of News Conference
Chris Norby
Orange County Supervisor
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
Co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute and authors of Break Through
Chase Norlin
CEO, Emerge Digital Group
Jan Norman
Orange County Register Reporter
Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform
Anne M. Northup
Former Congresswoman and Former US CPSC Commissioner
Fabian Nunez
Partner at Mercury Public Affairs and former Speaker of the California State Assembly
Jim Nygren
Veteran GOP operative and lead consultant for Sam Blakeslee’s Senate campaign
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Jock O'Connell
Sacramento-based international trade economist who specializes in the logistics of foreign trade
Paul Granillo and Eloy Oakley
Paul Granillo is President and CEO of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, and a member of the California Stewardship Network. Eloy Oakley is Superintendent/President of Long Beach City College, and…
Assemblyman Jay Obernolte
Jay Obernolte represents the 33rd District in the State Assembly. Jay was elected in November 2014 and currently serves as the Assistant Republican Leader on Innovation and the New Economy.
Assemblymembers Vince Fong, Tom Lackey, and Jay Obernolte
Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County) serves as the Vice Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and the Chief Republican Whip. Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) serves as the Vice Chair of…
Hannah Oh
Visiting Analyst at State Budget Solutions, focusing her research on education.
Clint Oliver
Fresno City Council Member
Sam Olivito
Executive Director, California Contract Cities Association
Warren Olney
Long time television, radio and print journalist, host of To the Point podcast and two time winner of the Los Angeles Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Journalist Award.
Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen
California Assemblymember, 12th District
Lance Olson
Founder and managing partner of Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP. He specializes in the practice of election and political law.
Tom OMalley
Mayor of the City of Atascadero
Dan Oney
Editor of PublicCEO.com
Nadine Ono
Correspondent, California Forward
Jason Orr
Communications Associate with the Institute for Justice
Michelle Orrock
NFIB/CA Communications Director
Ken Orski
Editor/Publisher of Innovation NewsBriefs, a transportation newsletter
Hector Barreto and Alfredo Ortiz
Hector Barreto, Chairman of The Latino Coalition and Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO of the Job Creators Network
Mike Osborn
California Republican Party Treasurer
Doug Ose
Chairman of Rebuild California Foundation and former CA Congressman
Barbara Feder Ostrov
Contributing Writer for CalMatters, has reported on medicine and health policy for more than 15 years.
Randal OToole
Director of the Independence Institute’s Transportation Policy Center
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Ian Padilla
Legislative Advocate, Coalition for Adequate School Housing
Paul Paget
Paul Paget is a cybersecurity consultant for the Security Innovation Center and the former CEO of a leading IoT security company.
Ross Palmerton
Firefighter
Jennifer Paluch
Public Policy Institute of California Research Associate
Patrick Murphy, Radhika Mehlotra, and Jennifer Paluch
Patrick Murphy is director of research and a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, where he holds the Thomas C. Sutton Chair in Policy Research. Radhika Mehlotra…
Radhika Mehlotra and Jennifer Paluch
Research Associates at the Public Policy Institute of California.
David Panush
President of California Health Policy Strategies, a Sacramento based consulting group, and the former External Affairs Director of Covered California
Gerald Parsky
Gerald L. Parsky is chairman of the Aurora Capital Group and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. In 2009, Gerald served as Chairman of California’s Commission on…
Cindi Parulan-Colfer
Cindi Parulan-Calfer is Former President of the California Adult Education Administrators Association and Superintendent of Hacienda La Puente Unified School District — home to the second largest adult school program…
George Passantino
Managing Partner, Passantino Andersen Communications
Robert S. Pastorino
Member of the Board of Directors for the SF Bay Area World Trade Center
Matthew Patinkin
Franchisee of Auntie Anne's in San Francisco
Assemblyman Jim Patterson
Assembly Member Jim Patterson represents the 23rd District, which includes portions of Fresno and Tulare counties.
Jessica Patterson
Jessica Patterson is CEO of California Trailblazers, a program to recruit, train and help elect the next generation of Republican leaders. Previously, Patterson served as the statewide Field Director for…
Mark Paul
Mark Paul served as deputy editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee and deputy treasurer of California. He is also co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State…
Lou Paulson
President of California Professional Firefighters, which represents more than 30,000 local, state and federal firefighters
Chad Peace
Founding Board Member for the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers and a legal strategist for the Independent Voter Project, author of California's nonpartisan top-two primary system
Steve Peace
Co-Chair, Independent Voter Project and and former California State Legislator
Milo Pearson
Former Division Chief and Deputy Commissioner, California Department of Insurance.
Bruno Peguese
BART Real Estate Officer
Dan Pellissier
President of California Pension Reform
Jeff Pemstein
Chair, California Building Industry Association
Bob Williams and Kristen De Pena
Bob Williams, President of State Budget Solutions & Kristen De Pena, Associate Writer for Sunshine Review and State Budget Solutions
Don Perata
Don Perata served as an Alameda County Supervisor for eight years and as President pro Tem of the California State Senate.
John A. Perez
Speaker of the California State Assembly
Laura Perez
Laura Perez is a member of SEIU 721 - Over 95,000 workers comprise the membership of SEIU Local 721 – making it the largest public sector union in Southern California.
Joseph Perkins
Political Columnist
Dr. Joseph Perrone
Chief Science Officer for the Center for Accountability in Science
F. Noel Perry
Founder of Next 10, an independent, nonpartisan organization that educates, engages, and empowers Californians to improve the state’s future. Next 10 funds research by leading experts on complex state issues.
Jack Citrin and F. Noel Perry
Jack Citrin is Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. F. Noel Perry is the Founder of Next 10, a nonprofit that seeks to…
Rick Perry
Governor of Texas
Susan Perry
Professor of Anthropology at UCLA and author of the book Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal. She is founder and director of the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project.
Timothy Perry
Timothy Perry is a lawyer in private practice and a founder of the Los Angeles Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
Jennifer Pesqueira
Jennifer Pesqueira is the third-generation owner of El Indio Mexican Restaurant and Catering, a family-owned business in San Diego that has been in business since 1940. She is a member…
Tom Petersen
Director of Government Relations with the Association of California Healthcare Districts
Dr. Sam Blakeslee and Pete Peterson
Dr. Sam Blakeslee, Director of the Institute of Advanced Technology & Public Policy and former State Senator. Pete Peterson, Dean & Senior Fellow, Pepperdine School of Public Policy, Davenport Institute,…
Guest Author Pete Peterson
Pete Peterson is the Executive Director of Common Sense California
Pete Peterson
Dean, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Public Policy
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
American author and is president and founder of BOND (the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny)
Andrew J. Chang and Justin L. Adams Ph.D.
Andrew J. Chang is the Managing Director of Chang & Adams. Justin L. Adams, Ph.D. is a Director at Chang & Adams.
Christine Cooper, Ph.D.
Vice President of Economic & Policy Analysis Group at LAEDC
Gerry Bonetto, Ph.D.
Vice president of government affairs for Printing Industries of California
Giovanni Circella, Ph.D.
Director of the Future Mobility Initiative at the Institute of Transportation Studies of the University of California, Davis
Justin Adams, Ph.D.
President and Chief Economist of Encina Advisors, LLC, a Davis-based economics research and analysis firm.
Melissa Martin, Ph.D.
Author, columnist, educator, and therapist.
Christopher Thornberg, PhD
Founding Partner of Beacon Economics, an independent economic research firm based in Los Angeles.
David I Meyer PhD
President and CEO of LA BioMed, an independent nonprofit research institute located on the campus of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and the Chair of the Los Angeles County Biosciences Task Force.
Michael Ong, MD, PhD
An Associate Professor in residence at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and a volunteer physician for the American Lung Association in California.
Robert Peoples, PhD
Executive Director of the Carpet American Recovery Effort (CARE), an industry group dedicated to advancing market-based solutions that increase landfill diversion and recycling of post-consumer carpet, encourage design for recyclability…
Karen Philbrick
Executive director of San Jose State University’s Mineta Transportation Institute, having served previously for five years as the institution’s research director.
Allen L. Phillips
Retired corporate executive and small business owner
Luke Phillips
Research Associate for the Center for Opportunity Urbanism and Senior Correspondent at Glimpse From the Globe
Anthony Pignataro
Calwatchdog.com investigative journalist
Sally Pipes
President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute
Fred Silva, Matt Horton, and Mark Pisano
Fred Silva is the Director of Public Policy for CA Forward; Matt Horton is the Director of the Center for Regional Economic & California Center, Milken Institute; and Mark Pisano…
Peter Pitts
Former FDA Official and the Founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
George Plescia
President of Apex Consulting, Inc.
Steve Poizner
California Entrepreneur & former State Insurance Commissioner
Mike Polyakov
Director of Research, California Common Sense
Debbie Poochigian
Fresno County Supervisor
Robert Poole
Director of Transportation Policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow at Reason Foundation
Rick Pople
President, California Delivery Association
Richard F. Pops
CEO of Alkermes since 1991
Richard F. Pops
Richard F. Pops is chairman and CEO of Alkermes
Dean Bonner and Lori Pottinger
Dean Bonner is Associate Survey Director at the Public Policy Institute of California. Lori Pottinger is communications manager at the PPIC Water Policy Center.
Lori Pottinger
Communications Manager at the PPIC Water Policy Center
James Poulos
Staff Columnist, Orange County Register
Michael J. Brady and Mark Powell
Michael J. Brady has been a litigator and appellate lawyer for 50 years; he has worked on opposing California’s high speed rail for 10 years. Mark Powell has been assisting…
Dr. James Prieger
James E. Prieger, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University
Michael Priem
Founder & CEO Modern Impact.
Todd Priest
Vice President of Curt Pringle and Associates, and a consultant to the non-profit trade group Association of California Recycling Industries.
Pat Proano
Assistant Deputy Director, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Lucas Puente
Lucas Puente is the Economist at Thumbtack, where he studies Thumbtack's marketplace dynamics and the policy challenges facing small service businesses.
Jim Pyatt
Jim Pyatt is a Modesto resident who retired from the newspaper business and drives rideshare part-time
Darry Sragow and Rob Pyers
Darry Sragow, Publisher and Rob Pyers, Research Director with California Target Book
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Dave Quast
Spokesperson for FrackFeed
Tony Quinn
Editor, California Target Book
Tony Quinn
Political Analyst
John Quintanilla
Small Business Owner in Los Angeles County and Rosemead School District Member, Board of Trustees
Adrianna Quintero
Director of Partner Engagement for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Founder & Executive Director of Voces Verdes.
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Martina M. Cartwright, Ph.D., R.D.
An adjunct professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona and an independent biomedical consultant
Kit Rachlis
Senior Editor, The California Sunday Magazine
Nancy Rader
Executive Director of the California Wind Energy Association
Kish Rajan
Chief evangelist at CALinnovates, a nonpartisan coalition focused on advancing a more modern economy by leveraging technology, and former director of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s Office of Business and Economic…
Joe Ramirez
CEO & Owner, Pacific National Security
Gary Raney
Served for 32 years before retiring from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Boise, Idaho. He now consultants both privately, and for the US Department of Justice, helping criminal justice…
Megan Range
Executive Director of the Lincoln Club of Northern California
Corrin Rankin
President, Legacy Republican Alliance
Deborah Raphael
Director, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Stephen Rapier
Assistant Faculty of Marketing at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
Ethan Rarick
Director of the Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, a component of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC-Berkeley
Madhusudan Ravi
Research Analyst at California Common Sense
Richard Raya
Policy Director at California Forward
Patrick Reddy
Democratic political consultant in California and the co-author of “California After Arnold.” He is now working on 21st Century America, which will be published after the 2020 election.
Chris Reed
San Diego Union Tribune editorial writer and former host of KOGO Radio’s “Top Story” weeknight news talk show
Chuck Reed
Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is a board member of the Retirement Security Initiative
Dave Regan
President of the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West
Craig Regelbrugge
President for Save America’s Food and Economy (SAFE) and is the American Nursery & Landscape Association's Vice President for Government Relations and Research
Catherine Reheis-Boyd
President of the Western States Petroleum Association
Bonnie Reiss
Director of the University of Southern California's Schwarzenegger Institute
Aaron M. Renn
Capt. Tim Wright (Ret.)
Retired Captain, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matt Rexroad
Matt Rexroad is a political consultant and attorney
Lenny Mendonca & Cruz Reynoso
Members of California Forward's Leadership Council
Brian Rice
Brian K. Rice is president of California Professional Firefighters, a statewide organization representing more than 30,000 front line firefighters and paramedics.
Constance L. Rice
Founding Co-Director of Advancement Project and a civil rights attorney
Glenn C. Rice
Scientist, Author, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Executive
Jeff Rice
Jeff Rice is founder/director of the Association of Personalized Learning Schools & Services (APLUS+)
Joel Fox and Connie Rice
Joel Fox is editor and co-publisher of Fox and Hounds Daily. Connie Rice is a civil rights activist and lawyer; co-founder of the Advancement Project in Los Angeles.
Dan Richard
Chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors
Keith Richman
Physician and Health Care Industry Executive and Former California State Assemblyman
Lisa A. Rickard
President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
Richard Rider
Chairman of the San Diego Tax Fighters
Raul Riesgo
Public relations expert featured on Spanish language news outlets Telemundo and Mundo Fox News discussing both political and Latino community issues. He has also been a news reporter for two…
Edward Ring
Edward Ring is a co-founder and senior fellow at the California Policy Center
Don Ringe
President of Ringe Media
Robert Rivinius
Executive Director, Family Business Association
Dave Roberts
Contributing editor to CalWatchDog and long-time Bay Area newspaper reporter
David Roberts
Fire Chief, El Dorado Hills
Diane Robertson
Diane Robertson is a small property owner in Los Angeles.
Jennifer Rockwell
Chief Counsel of the California Department of Finance
Lauren Warden Rodgers
Director of Communications, Lucy Burns Institute
Joe Rodota
CEO of Forward Observer, a public affairs firm with offices in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., a former communications manager in the Reagan White House, and the author of The Watergate:…
Gregory Rodriguez
Publisher & Executive Director of Zocalo Public Square, and Founder and Director of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University
Gina Rodriquez
Vice President of State Tax Policy for the California Taxpayers Association
RIck Roelle
Retired San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Lieutenant
Jesse Rojas
Jesse Rojas is a farm worker rights activist, spokesperson for Pick Justice, and founder of California Farm Workers & Families PAC. Rojas also launched Mi America En La Radio, the…
Nolan V. Rollins
President/CEO Los Angeles Urban League
Gloria Romero
Director of Education Reform for the California Policy Center. Former Democratic Majority Leader of the California State Senate.
Joe Rodota and Phil Romero
Joe Rodota, CEO of Forward Observer, and he served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the California governor’s office, and in the Reagan White House. Phil Romero, former Chief Economist…
Junior Romero
CA Associate Representative with Sierra Club National
Jim Rooney
Amador County Assessor.
Adam Rosenblatt
President, Core Decision Analytics (CODA).
Bill Rosendahl
Los Angeles City Councilmember, 11th District
Harvey Rosenfield
Founder of Consumer Watchdog and author of 1988 insurance reform Proposition 103
Laurel Rosenhall
Reporter, CALmatters
Jean Ross
Executive Director of the California Budget Project
Mike Rossi
Senior Advisor for Jobs and Business Development, Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Dr. John M. Rost
Chairman of the North American Packaging Alliance, Inc.
Jon Roth
CAE and President of California Pharmacists Association
Todd Gillenwater and Jon Roth
Todd Gillenwater is President and CEO of the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) which helps advance public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery. Jon Roth is the CEO…
Dorothy Rothrock
President, California Manufacturers & Technology Association
Ash Roughani
Founder of the California Moderate Party
Wingham Rowan
Wingham Rowan is the project lead for Elevating California’s Irregular Workforce based within Pacific Gateway, the public workforce board for City of Long Beach and surrounding areas.
Ronald Stein and Todd Royal
Ronald Stein is Founder of PTS Advance in Irvine. Todd Royal is an independent public policy consultant in Los Angeles focusing on the geopolitical implications of energy.
Todd Royal
Todd Royal is an independent public policy consultant focusing on the geopolitical implications of energy based in Los Angeles, California.
Ed Royce
Congressman representing Fullerton and other parts of North Orange County
Richard Rubin
Attorney Richard Rubin has taught at the University of San Francisco, Berkeley and Golden Gate University, is a regular columnist for the Marin Independent Journal and was Chair of the…
Tom Rubin
Public Transit Specialist
George Runner
Member of the California State Board of Equalization, District 1
Senator Sharon Runner
California State Senate, 21st District, representing portions of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties.
Clay Russell
Reporter for the McComb (Miss.) Enterprise-Journal and Former Personal Aide to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cristel Russell
Professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and consumer psychologist/researcher.
Hank Ryan
Founded several successful small businesses, including Efficiency Data & Development. He is on the board of directors of Small Business California.
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Sarah Abramson Sikich and Meghan Sahli-Wells
Sarah Abramson Sikich, Vice President, Heal the Bay and Culver City Councilmember Meghan Sahli-Wells
David Salaverry
Founded CCAG to fight the 2011 redistricting battles and is currently a candidate for Supervisor in San Francisco's 6th District in 2014. His website is davidcarlos2014.com.
Patty Salazar
Fox&Hounds Special Correspondent
Robin Salzer
Robin Salzer is a small business owner, a former City Council candidate, a former city commissioner, and founder of the Pasadena Hot Meal Program.
Andrei Leontieff and Gordana Samardzic
Owners of Galeos Café Salad Dressing Manufacturing in Newport Beach
Gabriel Sanchez
Gabriel Sanchez is a 20-year veteran of California politics and public affairs who now serves as Director of Communications for First 5 LA, an independent County agency in Los Angeles…
Larry Sand
President of the California Teachers Empowerment Network
Michael Lotito and Bruce Sarchet
Michael Lotito and Bruce J. Sarchet are management-side employment law attorneys.
Andrew Sarega
La Mirada City Councilmember and retired police officer. In 2012, Andrew was awarded the Life Saving Award for his heroic actions while on duty.
Debra Saunders
Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
Tom Gray & Robert Scardamalia
Tom Gray, an award-winning editor and writer, former senior editor at Investor’s Business Daily and former editorial-page editor of the Los Angeles Daily News. Robert Scardamalia, President of RLS Demographics,…
Allen Schaeffer
Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum
Joel Kotkin & Mark Schill
Joel Kotkin, Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. Mark Schill, Vice President of Research at Praxis Strategy Group, an economic development and research firm…
Karyn Schmidt
Senior Director of Regulatory and Technical Affairs at the American Chemistry Council.
Scott Schmidt
Former President, Log Cabin Republicans of Los Angeles
Greg Schniegenberg
Vice President of Helix Electric in Oakland and currently serves as Chair of the Associated Builders & Contractors Northern California Chapter
Dan Schnur
Professor at USC’s Annenberg School of Communications and UC-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies
David Schonbrunn
President of Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund
Jan Schori
Counsel at Downey Brand and Former CEO of SMUD
John Schwada
Alan M. Schwartz
President of Asset Management Solutions, headquartered in Torrance, California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Former Governor of the State of California
Steve Westly and Jack Scott
Steve Westly is founder The Westly Group and previously served as the controller of the state of California. Jack Scott served as Chancellor of the California Community Colleges system during…
Tom Scott
CA Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business
Alla Seiffert
Director of Cloud Policy & Counsel of Internet Association, a Washington D.C.-based trade association representing global Internet companies.
John Seiler
Most recently the press secretary for state Sen. John M. W. Moorlach, for three decades John Seiler was an editorial writer for the Orange County Register
Troy Senik
Senior Fellow, Center for Individual Freedom and Editor at Ricochet.com
John Severini
President/CEO, California Travel Association
Scott Shackford
Associate Editor at Reason.com
Susan Shafer
Director of Communications, Yes on 20/No on 27
Ralph E. Shaffer
Professor Emeritus of History at Cal Poly Pomona
Rosemary Shahan
President, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety
Gary Shapiro
Rabbi Mark Blazer and Dr. Jeffrey Shapiro
Rabbi Mark Blazer is the founder of Albert Einstein Academy. Dr. Jeffrey Shapiro is the CEO of the Albert Einstein Academy. Both are residents of Stevenson Ranch and are parents…
Chandra Sharma
Political Communications, Redistricting and New Media Strategist
Dr. Alan Lloyd, Dr. Robert Sawyer, Jan Sharpless
Three former Chairmen of the California Air Resources Board. Dr. Alan Lloyd, President of the International Council on Clean Transportation. Dr. Robert Sawyer, class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus…
Michael Shaw
NFIB California Legislative Director
Tim Shaw
Mayor of La Habra, California.
Joseph P. Shea
Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Simi Valley and Member of Charity First for California
Tom Sheehy
As Principal and founder of Sheehy Strategy Group, Tom Sheehy is recognized as one of Sacramento’s most experienced and influential lobbyists, as well as a fiscal expert.
Susan Shelley
Columnist and member of the editorial board of the Southern California News Group, and the author of the book, "How Trump Won."
Linda Sherry
Director of National Priorities, Consumer Action, a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization
Robert Shireman
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Education
Dr. Steven Frates and Dr. Michael Shires
Davenport institute, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires
Joel Kotkin, Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University, and Michael Shires, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Michael Shires
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Robert Lapsley and Michael Shires
Robert Lapsley, President of the California Business Roundtable, which created the Center for Jobs and the Economy, and Dr. Michael Shires, Pepperdine Professor, who serves on the Research Advisory Council…
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, and Jui Shrestha
Mark Baldassare is President of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Dean Bonner is Associate Survey Director at PPIC. Jui Shrestha is a Research Associate at PPIC.
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Lunna Lopes , and Jui Shrestha
Mark Baldassare is President of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Dean Bonner is Associate Survey Director at PPIC. Lunna Lopes is Research and Administrative Associate at PPIC. Jui…
Eric Siddall
Vice President of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys
Assemblyman Jim Silva
California State Assemblyman representing the 67th District
Daniel Silva
Daniel Silva is the Founder of Self Awareness & Recovery (SAR), a former inmate, and is a passionate reform and rehabilitation advocate.
Fred Silva
Director of Public Policy, California Forward
Micah Weinberg and Fred Silva
Micah Weinberg is CEO of California Forward, a nonprofit organization that leads a movement to improve government performance and create inclusive, sustainable growth for all. Fred Silva serves as Director…
Bill Simon
California Businessman and Former GOP Nominee for Governor
Joel Singer
CEO of the California Association of REALTORS
Nathan Sippel
Nathan Sippel is owner of TKB Bakery & Deli in Indo .
Richard M. Skinner
Richard M. Skinner teaches political science at Johns Hopkins and George Washington Universities.
Alan Skobin
Alan Skobin is an attorney who served as a Los Angeles police commissioner for nine years, including multiple terms as vice president
Scott Slater
Co-chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck law firm’s Natural Resources Department
Dakin Sloss
Executive Director, California Common Sense
George Slover
Senior Policy Counsel at Consumers Union
Janell Smiley
Janell Smiley is a resident of Santa Rosa, a member of California Parents for Public Virtual Education, and author of “…As Long As You Don’t Turn Them Into Weirdos.”
Dr. Barbara O'Connor & Dr. Val Smith
Dr. Barbara O'Connor, Emeritus Professor of Communications and Director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at Sacramento State University Dr. Val Smith, Professor of Communications, specialist…
Jamie Smith
Smith Chiropractic, Inc.
Kyle Smith
General Manager, Paper Bag Business at International Paper
Jan Smutny-Jones
CEO of Independent Energy Producers
Assemblyman Cameron Smyth
Assembly Assistant Republican Leader representing the 38th Assembly District
Lisa Snell
Reason Foundation, Director of Education & Child Welfare
Lester Snow
Director of the State Department of Water Resources
Frank Solomon
Builds software and technical writing resources, and he researches and writes about jury duty law.
Carlos Solorzano
Chief Executive Officer of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco
Eric Lindberg and Carlos Solórzano-Cuadra
Eric Lindberg is Secretary-Treasurer Local 9423 and Next Generation Lead Activist for Communications Workers of America. Carlos Solórzano-Cuadra is CEO of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco.
Raphael Sonenshein
Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA, and author of Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles (Princeton U.…
Leon SooHoo
Small Business Owner and Member of Californians for Smart Energy
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Founder of NantWorks and the new owner of the Los Angeles Times.
Garry South
Principal of the Garry South Group in Santa Monica, Calif., and a longtime Democratic strategist who has managed or held senior positions in campaigns for 35 years.
Tim Sparapani
Principal, SPQR Strategies
James Spencer
Editor of PublicCEO.com
Jeffrey Spencer
Executive Director of the Sacramento Transportation Authority
Karen Spencer
Owner, Spencer-Roberts & Associates
Stu Spencer
Longtime California Political Consultant and Chief Political Strategist for Ronald Reagan
Tom Spiggle
Founder of the Spiggle Law Firm
Darry Sragow
Publisher of the California Target Book and USC professor
Grey Stafford
PhD, Director of Conservation at the Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium in Phoenix
Mark Standriff
Communications Director, California Republican Party
Michael Stanton
Publisher of The Bond Buyer
Stan Statham
President/CEO of the California Broadcasters Association
Morgan Statt
Morgan Statt is a health and safety investigator who spends her time researching and writing on a variety of topics. With a dedication to consumer education, she focuses on personal…
Michele Steel
Orange County Supervisor (2nd District) and Former California State Board of Equalization Member
Shawn Steel
Shawn Steel is a trial attorney, Republican National Committeeman and former California Republican Party chair
Jan Steiger
Executive Director of Sacramento-based DBA International
Richard Cathcart and Ronald Stein
Richard Cathcart is the Head of Research & Development of GEOGRAPHOS in Burbank, which specializes in descriptive, sometimes prescriptive, geographical write-ups related to mega-projects worldwide and Ronald Stein is a…
Ronald Stein
Founder and Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure of PTS Advance, headquartered in Irvine, California
Arnold Steinberg
A political strategist and analyst, he authored two classic graduate texts on politics and media. His new book, WHIPLASH! From JFK to Donald Trump, A Political Odyssey is forthcoming (September 2017).
Jake Steinfeld
Chairman of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Marc Steinorth
Taxpayer Advocate and Businessman from Rancho Cucamonga
Joel Kotkin and Charlie Stephens
Joel Kotkin is Editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential Fellow in urban futures at Chapman University. Charlie Stephens is a researcher and MBA candidate at Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business…
Loren Kaye and Rebecca Sterling
Loren Kaye is President of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education. Rebecca Sterling is Program Manager of the Linked Learning Alliance.
Robert Stern
Bob Stern was a principal co-author of the Political Reform Act of 1974. He was the Commission’s general counsel from 1975-83.
Robert Stern
Bob Stern worked for the LA-based Center for Governmental Studies, which closed in 2011.
Matthew Stevenson
Matthew Stevenson is the author of Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited, winner of Foreword’s bronze award for best travel essays at this year's BEA. He lives in Switzerland (near the…
Ashley Trim and Brian Stewart
Ashley Trim, Executive Director, Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership and Brian Stewart, Pepperdine School of Public Policy, MPP Candidate ’17.
Jack Stewart
Board Member, National Alliance for Environmental Reform and former President of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association
Jill Stewart
Campaign Manager for Measure S and former Managing Editor of LA Weekly
Ted Gaines and Jack Stewart
Ted Gaines, California State Senator (1st District) and Jack Stewart, President of the California Manufacturers Association
Brian J. Stiger
Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Lawrence Stirling
Retired Superior Court Judge, and former member of the State Senate, State Assembly, and San Diego City Council
Susanne Stirling
Vice President, International Affairs, California Chamber of Commerce
Seth Stodder
Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Law professor at the University of Southern California
David C. Stolinsky
Writer on Political and Social Issues
David Stolinsky
Dr. Stolinsky is retired after teaching and practicing medical oncology
Aubry Stone
President/CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce and Director of the California Black Chamber Foundation
Jeff Stone
California State Senator from the 28th District
Kim Stone
President of the Civil Justice Association of California
Senator Jeff Stone
California State Senate, 28th District
Dr. Maureen L. Storey
Senior Vice President of Science Policy for the American Beverage Association
Evan Storms
Research Director, California Common Sense
Arif Alikhan and Seth Stoughton
Arif Alikhan is the is the Director of Constitutional Policing and Policy at the Los Angeles Police Department. Seth Stoughton is a law professor at the University of South Carolina.
Patti Strand
President of the National Animal Interest Alliance
Chriss Street
Financial writer and speaker, and author of the book, ”The Third Way"
Assemblywoman Audra Strickland
California State Assemblymember representing the 37th Assembly District
Pippa Strickland
Environmental scientist, product expert, and an adventure-style traveler originally from Australia.
Senator Tony Strickland
California State Senator representing the 19th Senate District
Edward Stringham
L.V. Hackley Distinguished Professor for the Study of Capitalism and Free Enterprise at the School of Business and Economics at Fayetteville State University
Joel Strom
Fellow, Unruh Institute of Politics, University of Southern California
Rob Stutzman
President, Stutzman Public Affairs
James Su
President, EDI Media Inc.
Daniel Sullivan
Founder and President of Sullivan Solar Power, a firm that installs residential, commercial and municipal solar energy systems in Southern California
Jerry Sullivan
Founder and chief columnist of SullivanSaysSoCal.com.
John H. Sullivan
President, Civil Justice Association of California
Shelly Sullivan
Shelly Sullivan, executive director, Climate Change Policy Coalition
Adam Summers
Research fellow at the Oakland based Independent Institute
Duf Sundheim
Former Chairman of the California Republican Party
Kati Suominen
Author, Adjunct Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, and the CEO of TradeUp Capital Fund and of Nextrade Group, LLC.
Will Swaim
President of the California Policy Center
Art Swanson
President, San Francisco Small Business Network
Steve and Susie Swatt
Co-authors of Paving the Way: Women’s Struggle for Political Equality in California.
Susie Swatt
Served as Ross Johnson’s chief of staff
Leanna Sweha
An attorney and consultant on strategic technology and climate policy messaging. She has worked for the California Legislature, the California Natural Resources Agency, and UC Davis.
Charles W. Swenson
Professor and Leventhal research fellow at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California
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Terry Tamminen
Served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency during Gov. Schwarzenegger's Administration and is the Strategic Advisor to the Founding Chair of the R20 Regions of Climate Action
Paul Tanaka
Former Undersheriff for Los Angeles County
Jean Pagnone and Tom Tanton
Jean Pagnone is Director of Communications and Tom Tanton is the Policy Director for the Coalition of Energy Users, a California non-profit
Tom Tanton
Tom Tanton has over forty years experience in energy and environmental policy, in regulatory agencies and in private companies. Formerly Principle Policy Advisor at California Energy Commission, he is President…
Peter Tateishi
CEO & President, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Alex Tavlian
Publisher of CVObserver and Principal of Sultana Media
John Taylor
Founder & President, SMART Cannabis/Next Generation Farming, Inc.
Richard Temple
Richard Temple is Senior Vice President of McNally Temple Associates, Inc., and one of California’s leading political analysts.
Doug Tessitor
Construction Authority board chairman and Glendora mayor
Amit Thakkar
Amit Thakkar is a political consultant and the CEO of LawMaker.io, the first free platform to give Americans the power to crowdsource new policies and build coalitions of support to…
Amy Thoma
Vice President of Stutzman Public Affairs, with her family residing in California since at least 1720
John S. Thomas
Founder & CEO, Thomas Partners Strategies
Joshua Thompson
Joshua Thompson is a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, which litigates nationwide to achieve court victories enforcing the Constitution’s guarantee of individual liberty.
F Noel Perry and Christopher Thornberg
F. Noel Perry is a businessman and founder of Next 10, a nonpartisan nonprofit think tank in San Francisco that produces the California Green Innovation Index. Christopher Thornberg is founding…
Josh Tetrick and Jay Timmons
Josh Tetrick is the CEO and cofounder of JUST. Jay Timmons is the president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
Betty Jo Toccoli
President of the California Small Business Association
David M. Smith and Steven E. Todd
David M. Smith, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Economics at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. Steven D. Todd is Principal at Sales…
Gary Toebben
President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Ron Kaye and Gary Toebben
Ron Kaye is the Former Editor of the Los Angeles Daily News. Gary Toebben is the President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
Sanjay Varshney and Dennis H. Tootelian
Sanjay Varshney is the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the California State University, Sacramento. Dennis H. Tootelian Ph.D is a Professor of Marketing and the Director of…
Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky
Joel Kotkin is the editor of NewGeography.com and Presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and Marshall Toplansky is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University.
Bradly Torgan
Former General Counsel, California Department of Parks and Recreation
Lindsey de la Torre
Executive Director of the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project.
Jesse Torres
Jesse Torres, State Small Business Advocate, Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
Thanh Tran
Trustee - Clerk of the Board, Franklin-McKinley School District
Lars Trautman
Senior fellow of criminal justice and civil liberties policy with the R Street Institute.
Sean Trende
Senior Elections Analyst for RealClearPolitics
Ashley Trim
Assistant Director of the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership at Pepperdine University
Susanne Trimbath
Susanne Trimbath, Ph.D. is CEO and Chief Economist of STP Advisory Services. Dr. Trimbath served as a Technical Advisor to the California Economic Strategy Panel and Associate Professor of Finance…
Michael Trujillo
Los Angeles political consultant
Pastor K.W. Tulloss
Senior Pastor of The Historical Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church located in the Downtown, Boyle Heights region of Los Angeles
Mark Turner
President and CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce
Michael Turnipseed
Executive Director, Kern County Taxpayers Association
Ronald Turovsky
Partner with the law firm Manatt Phelps & Phillips in its Los Angeles office.
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Alyssa Dykman and Lynette Ubois
Alyssa Dykman is a Research Associate at the Public Policy Institute of California. Lynette Ubious is Director of Publications at the Public Policy Institute of California.
Laura Hill and Iwunze Ugo
Laura Hill is a Senior Fellow at PPIC. Iwunze Ugo is a Research Associate at PPIC.
Lewis K. Uhler
President of the National Tax Limitation Committee
Jim Unland
President San Jose Police Officers’ Association
Ron Unz
Chairman of The Higher Wages Alliance, and Candidate for U.S. Senate
Frank Ury
Mayor Pro Tem, City of Mission Viejo
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Mark Vafiades
Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County
Tara Vail
Tara Vail, MBA, is the chief operating officer of HST ASC Software, the top-ranked software solutions company for the Ambulatory Surgery Centers industry
Errol Valladares
Chair of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly
Hector M. Barajas and Mike Vallante
Hector Barajas is a communications specialist and Mike Vallante is a political consultant at Bellor Communications, Inc., a full-service public affairs and campaign consulting firm.
Michael Vallante
A former entrepreneur, Michael Vallante lives in Pasadena, and serves as the Small Business Administration’s Regional Administrator for California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa.
Mike Vallante
Public Relations and Political Consultant
Curtis Vandermolen
Volunteer Legislative Director of National Parents Organization of California
Mark Vargas
Small Business Owner, Advisor for the Burbank YMCA’s Youth & Government program, and Former Member of the Little Hoover Commission
Brett Hauser, Mike Anderson, Dave Schembri, and Kristof Vereenooghe
Brett Hauser, CEO of Greenlots; Mike Anderson, CEO of Efacec USA; Dave Schembri, CEO of EVgo; Kristof Vereenooghe, CEO of EV-Box
Jim Verros
Small business owner and communications specialist from California’s San Joaquin Valley. As a veteran of multiple campaigns he frequently provides political analysis on television and radio.
Senator Andy Vidak
California State Senate, 14th District -- representing Fresno, Kern, Kings, and Tulare counties
Senators Steve Knight, Joel Anderson, and Andy Vidak
Antonio Villaraigosa
Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
Pamela Villarreal
Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
Ann-Marie Villicana
Former Pasadena City Council Member and Realtor
Michael Villines
Former Assemblyman from Fresno, President of the Villines Group, LLC and Advisor to the California Water Foundation
Joe Vinatieri
Mayor of Whittier
Jen Vitela
Communications and Public Affairs Advisor
Randy Voepel
California State Assembly, 71st District
Eugene J. Voiland
Former President & CEO of Aera Energy LLC and Chairman of the Board – Valley Republic Bank
Kris Vosburgh
Executive Director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Joseph Vranich
Joseph Vranich is the Principal of Spectrum Location Solutions LLC, a Site Selection firm that helps companies identify optimum locations to accommodate growth, to improve competitiveness, or escape difficult business…
Wendell Cox & Joseph Vranich
Mr. Cox - Visiting Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris and Mr. Vranich - "Business Relocation Coach" helps companies plan and select ideal sites for new facilities across…
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Mike Wade
Executive Director, California Farm Water Coalition
Donald P. Wagner
Assembly Member, 68th Assembly District
Jared Walczk
Tax Foundation Senior Policy Analyst
D.J. Waldie
Stuart Waldman
President, Valley Industry & Commerce Association
Roslyn Layton and James Wall
Roslyn Layton is a Visiting Researcher at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark. James Wall of San Francisco is former the Controller & Treasurer AirTouch Communications.
John R. Wallach
Professor of political science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and a founder and the first Director of the Hunter Human Rights…
Lucy Dunn & Dr. Wallace Walrod
Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council Dr. Wallace Walrod, Chief Economic Advisor, Orange County Business Council
Dan Walters
Columnist, CALmatters
Robert J. Walters
Author of Facing Reality in American Education, dealing with the achievement gap in American education.
Senator Mimi Walters
California State Senator, 37th Senate District
Rachel Ward
Research Associate at the Public Policy Institute of California
Eric McGhee and Paul Warren
Eric McGhee is a Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Paul Warren is a Research Associate at PPIC.
Bill Watkins
Executive Director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University
Joel Kotkin and Bill Watkins
Joel Kotkin is an R.C. Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Center for Opportunity Urbanism in Houston. His newest book is “The…
Matthew Fienup and Bill Watkins
Matthew Fienup teaches graduate econometrics and works for the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University. Bill Watkins is a professor at California Lutheran University and runs…
Adria Watson Watson
Adria is a senior at Sacramento State University where she is majoring in journalism. She wrote this for CalMatters.
Dustin Weatherby
Policy and Communications Associate for the California Taxpayers Association
Lenny Mendonca and Pete Weber
Lenny Mendonca is Co-Chair of the California Forward Leadership Council and former director of McKinsey & Company. Pete Weber is Co-Chair of the California Forward Leadership Council and former Executive…
Natalie Blanning Weber
Natalie Blanning Weber is the executive director of Consumer Alliance for A Strong Economy, a statewide non-partisan organization which seeks to educate and inform consumers about state and federal public…
Peter E. Weber
Mr. Weber is a retired business executive now devoted to civic work. He serves on many non-profit boards, including as co-chair of California Forward and as Founding Chair of the…
Sean Flynn and Pete Weber
Professor Sean Flynn chairs the Economics Department at Scripps College. Pete Weber serves on multiple California non-profit boards, including as co-chair of California Forward, a bipartisan governance reform organization.
Micah Weinberg
CEO of California Forward
Sheila A. Weinberg
Sheila A. Weinberg is a certified public accountant. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Truth in Accounting, a nonprofit government finance watchdog organization.
Sheila Weinberg
Founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting, a government accounting think tank based in Chicago. Weinberg is a CPA with over 30 years of experience in the field.
Jill Stewart and Michael Weinstein
Jill Stewart, managing editor of L.A. Weekly, is stepping down from her position to become campaign director for the ballot measure. Michael Weinstein is a founder of the Coalition to…
Daniel Weintraub
Journalist and Political Blogger at HealthyCal.org
Shoshana Weissman
Digital media manager and a fellow at the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank in Washington, D.C.
Peter Welch
National Automobile Dealers Association, President & CEO
Dru Wells
Director of Human Resources at Helix Electric and is chairman of the ABC San Diego Apprenticeship Board of Trustees.
Dora Westerlund
CEO and President of the Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation.
Lezlee Westine
President & CEO of the Personal Care Products Council
Steve Westly
Former California State Controller and Businessman
Bill Whalen
Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he analyzes California and national politics. He’s also blogs daily on the 2014 election at www.adayattheracesblog.com.
Alan Wheeler
Reason Foundation Intern and 2018 Masters of Economics Graduate from San Jose State.
David S. White
Principal of the Law Firm of David S. White & Associates, West Los Angeles, specializing in litigation, arbitration and mediation of real-estate-related disputes and litigation since 1977; www.dswlawyers.com
Steve White
Steve White is President of the California Association of REALTORS®.
Marc Whitman
A.I.A LEED NCARB Architect
Meg Whitman
Republican Nominee for Governor of California
Bob Wickers
Vice president of operations for the Freedom Foundation, a national organization working to promote liberty, free enterprise and limited, accountable government.
Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski
California State Assembly, 25th District
Buzz Wiesenfeld
University of California, Berkeley Graduate (1971); Attorney and Mediator, practicing in Sacramento
Jonathan Wilcox
Chairman of the Public Policy Committee of Vital Options International
John Wildermuth
Journalist and Political Commentator
Brent A. Wilkes
Brent A. Wilkes is the former CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the country’s largest and oldest national Hispanic organization.
Bob WIlliams
President, State Budget Solutions
David Williams
President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Dr. Angelo Williams
Deputy Director of the California Black Health Network.
Maurice Williams
Graduate Student at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Ann Wilson
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
Bob Moore and Marty Wilson
Bob Moore is the President of Moore Information, Inc. Marty Wilson is a Partner with Wilson-Miller Communications, Inc.
Burt Wilson
Editor and Publisher of the Public Water News Service blog
Charles WIlson
Chairman, Southern California Water Committee
Chris Wilson
Chief Executive Officer of Wilson Research Strategies
Joel Kurtzman and Douglas A. Wilson
Joel Kurtzman, Energy Policy Specialist with the Milken Institute Douglas A. Wilson, Vice-Chair of the New Majority Energy Task Force
Loren Kaye and Marty Wilson
Loren Kaye is the President of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education. Marty Wilson is the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at California Chamber of Commerce.
Marty Wilson
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, California Chamber of Commerce
Lauren Windsor
Civil libertarian and registered member of the Green Party.
Wayne Winegarden
Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. is a Sr. Fellow in Business and Economics at the Pacific Research Institute and the author of “California’s Pension Crowd-out” published by the Pacific Research Institute
Richard Winger
Editor of Ballot Access News
Mike Winn
CEO, California Building Industry Association
Beth Witrogen
Writer and two time Pulitzer nominee for "The Caregivers" and "Caregiving"
Bryan Merica and Paul Wittenberg
Bryan Merica is President of ID Media. Paul Wittenberg is Founder of PWSMC, a social media consultancy.
Leigh Wolf
New Media Consultant and Co-Chairman of the California College Republicans
Jon Coupal and David Wolfe
Jon Coupal is President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. David Wolfe is the Association’s Legislative Director
Roland De Wolk
Historian and long-time investigative reporter and author of American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford. UC Press.
Adrian Wong
Assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Touro University in Vallejo
Ben Wong
Ben Wong is the executive director of the Industry Manufacturers Council based in City of Industry, California. Prior to his current position, Mr. Wong served as a public affairs representative…
Roderick J. Wood
Roderick J. Wood is the former City Manager of Beverly Hills
Shawn Worst
President, Evolution Home Theatre, Inc
Roderick Wright
Roderick Wright, is a former member of the California State Senate and Assembly. He developed affordable housing with the Inner-City Housing Corporation. He worked in the Planning Department of the…
Barry Broome and Jim Wunderman
Barry Broome is President and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. Jim Wunderman is President and CEO of the Bay Area Council.
Camille Maben and Jim Wunderman
Camille Maben is the Executive Director of First 5 California, which helped sponsor the Bay Area Council Economic Institute Workplace Connections study. Jim Wunderman is the President and Chief Executive…
Jim Wunderman
President and CEO of the Bay Area Council
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Zev Yaroslavsky
Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and former Los Angeles County Supervisor
Anthony York
President and Publisher of Grizzly Bear Media, covering California politics since 1997, most recently for the Los Angeles Times
Samantha Young
Contributing Writer at CALmatters.org—a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics
William Yu
Economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast
Daniel Yukelson
Daniel Yukelson is currently the Executive Director of The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
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Nick Zaiac
Transportation and Infrastructure Policy Fellow at the R Street Institute.
Mitch Zak
Partner, Randle Communications
Matthew Zandi
Matthew Zandi is a former Assistant United States Attorney and currently in private practice in Los Angeles.
Allan Zaremberg
President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce
Rob Lapsley and Allan Zaremberg
Rob Lapsley is the President of the California Business Round Table and Allan Zaremberg is the President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce.
Lauren Zeise
Lauren Zeise, Ph.D., is the Acting Director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
Dennis Zine
Former Los Angeles City Councilman and Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
Higher education reporter writing for CalMatters
Benjamin Zycher
Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute