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RCV Endorsers in California

  • Apr 24
  • 6 min read

Updated: May 14


Below is a partial list of prominent Californians & groups who support ranked choice voting.

Know any organization or prominent person in California that should be added to this list? Email us at info@calrcv.org and let us know!




Organizations



National officials



California State Officials




Local officials and civic leaders



Celebrities



Academic experts




Los Angeles 2026 RCV Campaign supporters


LA Black Workers Center

AAPI Force

ADA Southern California

Healthcare for US.org

League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

Rewrite LA

Unrig LA

FairRep LA

Pierce College Young Democrats

San Fernando Valley Young Democrats 

Northridge Indivisible

San Fernando Valley Democrats

State Senator Ben Allen (SD-24)

Democracy Rising

Represent Women

Aapiforce

Cfer


Los Angeles 2009 RCV campaign supporters



• Los Angeles League of Women Voters

• Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

• Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

• California League of Women Voters

• National Latino Congreso

• Mexican American Bar Association

• Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)**

• African American Voter Registration Education Project

• California Clean Money Campaign

• UNITE HERE (Local 11)

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721

• American Federation of Teachers College Faculty Guild (AFT 1521)

• American Federation of Teachers College Staff Guild (AFT 1521A)

• Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)

• Southwest Voter Registration Education Project

• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA)

• California Common Cause

• ACLU of Southern California

• Los Angeles League of Women Voters

• Center for Governmental Studies

• CALPIRG

• William C. Velasquez Institute

• Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment (CAUSE)

• Feminist Majority

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

• Californians for Electoral Reform

• Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley

• San Fernando Valley Young Democrats

• Topanga Canyon Democratic Club

• Progressive Democrats of America

• Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles

• San Fernando Valley Alliance for Democracy

• Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON)

• Los Angeles Greens

• Green Party of California

• Green Party of the United States

• Southern California Americans for Democratic Action

• Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council

• Silver Lake Neighborhood Council

• Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council

• Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council

• West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

• Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety

• Asian American Action Fund-California

 


• John Chiang, California State Controller

• Richard Riordan, Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles

• Eric Garcetti, President, Los Angeles City Council

• Jose Huizar, Los Angeles Councilmember

• Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles Councilmember

• Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles Councilmember

• Ed Reyes, Los Angeles Councilmember

• Laura Chick, Los Angeles Controller

• Richard Alatorre, Former Los Angeles Councilmember

• Jackie Goldberg, Former Los Angeles Councilmember

• Judy Chu, Chair, California Board of Equalization

• Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State

• Mark Ridley-Thomas, State Senator

• Jack Scott, State Senator

• Warren Furutani, State Assemblymember

• Ted Lieu, State Assemblymember

• Sylvia Scott-Hayes, President, Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees

• Mona Field, Los Angeles Community College District Trustee

• Georgia Mercer, Los Angeles Community College District Trustee

• Nancy Pearlman, Los Angeles Community College District Trustee

• Angela Reddock, LA Community College Trustee

• Mike Feinstein, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica

 


• Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers

• John Emerson, President, Capital Guardian Trust Company, Personal Investment Management*

• Charlie Woo, Past Chair, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

• David Murphy, President, Building LA's Future*

• Antonio Gonzalez, President, William C. Velasquez Institute

• Anthony Thigpenn, President, Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)

• Mark Drummond, Chancellor, Los Angeles Comunity College District

• Holly Fujie, Governor, State Bar of California*

• Richard M. Macias, Trustee, Mexican American Bar Association

• Carmen Trutanich, Los Angeles City Attorney Candidate

• Kathay Feng, Executive Director, California Common Cause

• Roy Ulrich, Vice Chair, California Common Cause

• Liza White, President, Los Angeles League of Women Voters

• Tyree Wieder, President, Los Angeles Valley College*

• Reyn Blight, Chair, Los Angeles Industrial Development Authority*

• Marcy Winograd, President, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles

• Damian Carroll, Past President, San Fernando Young Democrats President

• Madeline Janis, President, Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy (LAANE)

• Sean Treglia, Commissioner, Los Angeles Ethics Commission*

• Maria Armoudian, Commissioner, Los Angeles Environmental Affairs*

• Kathy Spillar, Feminist Majority

• Ryan Snyder, President, Ryan Snyder Associates

• James Hsu, Partner, Sonnenschein Law Firm*

• Barbara Carroll, Past Secretary, Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council

• Dan Mayeda, Counsel, East West Players Theater*

• Marybelle C. Ang, Board Member, Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council*

• Maureen Cruise, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles

• Allen Erenbaum, Partner, Mayer Brown Law Firm*

• Ron Wong, Board member, Asian Business Association*

• David Holtzman, President, Los Angeles Voters for Instant Runoff Elections

• Jimmy Valentine, Attorney, SEIU Local 6434*

• Anthony Rendon, Professor, California State University - Fullerton*

• Nick Warshaw, President, California College Democrats*

• Rosemary Shahan, President, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety



Long Beach RCV campaign supporters


Equity and Human Relations Commission

Long Beach PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation) 

Clue (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice)

SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)

Pokemon Go Long Beach

The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce. They supported Instant Runoff Voting (aka Ranked Choice Voting) in 2009, saying eliminating the primary in the 2006 election would have saved $1.3 million.


San Diego RCV Campaign Supporters


Forward California

Independent Voter Project

League of Women Voters of San Diego

Veterans for All Voters

The Justice Workshop 


Sacramento RCV Campaign Supporters


League of Women Voters of Sacramento County

Democratic Party of Sacramento County

Sacramento Central Labor Council AFL-CIO

Sacramento Latino Democratic Club

Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento

Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC)

Sacramento County Young Democrats

Third Act Sacramento

Indivisible Sacramento

Women Democrats of Sacramento County

Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento

JFK Democratic Club

Poor People’s Campaign Sacramento

Sacramento Chapter of Forward California

Folsom Area Democratic Club

Del Paso Heights Community Association

Improve Your Tomorrow, Inc.

North Natomas Community Coalition (NNCC)

South Natomas Improvement Association

Gardenland Northgate Neighborhood Association

California Freethought Day

Mentor California

National Women’s Political Caucus - Sacramento

Town & Country Democratic Club

Hornets Yosa

EBAYC Sacramento

Indivisible

Sacramento Area Black Caucus

Local 1021 SEIU

Jose Navarro, Trustee, SCUSD Board

Maya Wallace, City of Sacramento Planning Commissioner

Steve Cohn, former Sacramento City Councilmember


Groups that opposed a California Assembly bill that would have banned RCV in California


Don't worry, the RCV ban bill never made it out of committee!


  • Santa Clara County Democratic Party

  • Oakland City Council

  • Berkeley City Council

  • Libby Schaff, former Oakland mayor

  • League of Women Voters of California

  • ACLU California Action

  • Voices for Progress

  • Bay Rising

  • California Clean Money Campaign

  • RepresentUs

  • FairVote Action

  • Californians for Electoral Reform

  • Unite America

  • Independent Voter Project

  • Campaign Legal Center

  • Rank the Vote

  • San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

  • Alameda County Democratic Central Committee

  • Former Eureka mayor Susan Seaman

  • Former Albany mayor Preston Jordan


Know any organization or prominent person in California that should be added to this list? Email us at info@calrcv.org and let us know!








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