Endorsements
The following people and organizations have endorsed Proposition 19. To submit your endorsement of the initiative, click here.
Law Enforcement
• San Jose Police Chief Joseph McNamara (Ret.)
• Seattle Police Chief and San Diego Deputy Police Chief Norm Stamper (Ret.)
• Former Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Stephen Downing
• Former Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant and former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney William John Cox
• Former Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff David Sinclair
• Humboldt County Sheriff’s Captain Stephen Cobine (Ret.)
• Former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff MacKenzie Allen
• Former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Jeff Studdard
• Former Sutter County Deputy Sheriff Nate Bradley
• Former Yolo County Resident Deputy Sheriff Danny Maynard
• Former Deputy Sheriff Leo E. Laurence, J.D., Central Missouri
• Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray (Ret.)
• Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos
• San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan (Ret.)
• Former Senior Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney and Prosecutor Jeffrey Schwartz
• Former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney and California Administrative Law Judge Mike Schmier
• Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Walter Clark (Ret.)
• Former Orange County Senior Reserve Park Ranger L. Lawrence Baird
• Oakland City Attorney John Russo
• Former Community Prosecutor James Anthony, Oakland City Attorney’s Office
• Los Angeles Police Department Narcotics Detective David Doddridge (Ret.)
• Former San Jose Police Department Narcotics Detective Russ Jones
• Former Los Angeles Senior Police Specialist Walter McKay
• California Correctional Peace Officer William Baldwin (Ret.)
• California Correctional Peace Officer Madeline Martinez (Ret.)
• Former Military Police Officer Dr. Nina Graves, Santa Barbara, CA
• Mohave County Deputy Probation Officer Joe Miller (Ret.)
• Former Lakeport Police Officer Rick Erickson
• Former San Francisco Police Officer Bill Dake
• Former Stanton Police Officer Jerry Ross
• Former Torrance Police Officer Kyle Kazan
Physicians and Doctors
• United States Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, MD (Ret.)
• Dr. Larry Bedard, Former President of the American College of Emergency Physicians*, Sausalito, CA
• Dr. Newton Harband, Retired Oncologist, Past President, Stanford Medical School Alumni Association*, San Rafael, CA
• Dr. Daniel Susott, MD, MPH, Medical Director, World Family Foundation*, San Francisco, CA
• Dr. Floyd Huen, MD, Board of Trustees, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA
• Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany
• Dr. Lester Grinspoon, MD, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Norfolk, MA
• Dr. Julie Holland, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York
• Dr, Leonard Krivitsky, MD, DD, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Philadelphia, PA
• Dr. Frank H. Lucido, MD, Family Practitioner, Berkeley, CA
• Arthur M. Strosberg, Ph. D., Pharmaceutical Industry Consultant, Foster City, CA
• Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA
• Dr. Christopher Fichtner, MD, Hemet, CA
Economists and Business Leaders
• Harvard Economist Jeffrey Miron
• Michael D. Whitty, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Business and Management
Elected Officials
• Congressman Dan Hamburg (CA-1) (Ret.)
• California State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (Ret.)
• California State Senator Mark Leno
• California State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
• Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley
• Mendocino County Supervisor John Pinches
• San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
• San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
• Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates
• The Berkeley City Council
• The Oakland City Council
• Arcata City Councilmember Shane Brinton
• Berkeley City Councilmember Kriss Worthington
• Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore
• Hayward City Councilmember Bill Quirk
• Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan
• Oakland City Councilmember Jean Quan
• Oakland City Councilmember Pat Kernighan
• Oakland City Councilmember Larry Reid
• Oakland City Councilmember Nancy Nadel
• West Hollywood City Councilmember John Duran
• Windsor Town Councilmember Debora Fudge
• Palm Springs Unified School District Board Member Justin Blake
• East Bay Municipal Utility District Board President Doug Linney
• Water Replenishment District of Southern California Director Rob Katherman
• Modoc County Democratic Central Committee Chair Thomas Romero
• Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Member Edie Irons
• California Republican Party Delegate David LaTour
Organizations
• California NAACP
• California Libertarian Party
• California Green Party
• California Young Democrats
• Republican Liberty Caucus
• ACLU of Northern California
• ACLU of Southern California
• ACLU of San Diego
• California 16th Assembly District Democrats
• Alameda County Democratic Party
• Butte County Democratic Party
• Madera County Democratic Party
• Modoc County Democratic Party
• Monterey County Democratic Party
• Placer County Democratic Party
• Siskiyou County Democratic Party
• Progressive Democrats of Stanislaus County
• Desert Stonewall Democrats of Palm Springs
• Culver City Democratic Club
• Libertarian Party of Orange County
• Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights
• Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
• The LA Gay & Lesbian Center
• A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing)
• Latino Voters League
• William C. Velasquez Institute
Labor
• United Food and Commercial Workers, Western States Council
• Central Labor Council of Butte-Glenn Counties (AFL-CIO)
• Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 9415
• Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), San Francisco Chapter
• Sign Displays, Local 510
• Michael Hardeman, Business Representative, Sign Displays, Local 510
• Dan Rush, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 5 (UFCW)*
Faith Leaders
• Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
• Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn, Clergy Against Prohibition*
• Jane Marcus, Ph.D., Board Member, Women of Reform Judaism
• The Rev. Canon Mary Moreno Richardson, Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
• Dennis Shields, Minister, The Religion of Jesus Church, Captain Cook, HI
• Karen Gilman, Women of Temple Israel of Hollywood*
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
