WE SAY: YES on QS for QUALITY SCHOOLS
Organizations
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica
Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS)
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​​League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
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Los Angeles County Democratic Party
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Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
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Santa Monica City Council
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Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
Santa Monica Democratic Club
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Santa Monica Early Childhood Task Force
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Santa Monica Education Foundation
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Santa Monica Firefighters
Santa Monica Forward
Santa Monica Malibu Classroom Teachers Assn (SMMCTA)
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Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs (SMMPTA)
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​Santa Monica-Malibu School Board
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Santa Monica Next
Santa Monica Police Officers Association
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Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR)
Elected Officials
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Ben Allen, State Senator, California
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Rick Zbur, Assemblymember, California
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Lindsey Horvath, Supervisor, LA County
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Sheila Kuehl, Former Supervisor, LA County
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Susan Aminoff, PhD, Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Nancy Greenstein, Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Margaret Quiñones-Perez Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Sion Roy, Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Barry Snell, Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Louise Jaffe, Former Trustee, Santa Monica College
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Jennifer Smith, School Board President SMMUSD
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Jon Kean, School Board Member SMMUSD
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Maria Leon-Vazquez, School Board Member SMMUSD
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Laurie Lieberman, School Board Member SMMUSD
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Alicia Mignano, School Board Member SMMUSD
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Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, School Board Member SMMUSD
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Ralph Mechur, Former School Board Member, SMMUSD
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Nimish Patel, Former School Board Member, SMMUSD
Patricia Hoffman, Former School Board Member SMMUSD
Phil Brock, Mayor, Santa Monica
Lana Negrete, Vice Mayor, Santa Monica
Gleam Davis, Councilmember, Santa Monica
Caroline Torosis, Councilmember, Santa Monica
Jesse Zwick, Councilmember, Santa Monica
Judy Abdo, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Rev. Jim Conn, Former Mayor, Santa Monica Retired Minister
Mike Feinstein, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Ruth Goldway, Former Mayor, Santa Monica; Retired Chair, U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission
Kevin McKeown, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Pam O'Connor, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Paul Rosenstein, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Tony Vázquez, Former Mayor, Santa Monica Member, State Board of Equalization
Ted Winterer, Former Mayor, Santa Monica; Co-Chair, Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS)
Terry O’Day, Former Mayor Pro Tem, Santa Monica
Ericka Lesley, Chair, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
Kay Ambriz, Commissioner, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
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Anastasia Foster, Commissioner Santa Monica Rent Control Board
Danny Ivanov, Commissioner, Santa Monica Rent Control Board
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Individuals​
Steven Atamian, President, Grant Elementary PTA
Zakiya, SMMUSD Parent
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Erika Bell, Exec. Vice President, Santa Monica-Malibu Council on PTAs and Sunset Park resident
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Patti Braun, VP Community Concerns, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs
Deb Burgin, SMMUSD parent
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Eleanor Cadena, Student, Samohi
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Robert Cadena, Sunset Park resident
Leonora Camner, SMMUSD parent
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Thea Cappiccille, North of Montana resident and SMMUSD parent
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Neil Carrey, Exec. Board, SM Chamber of Commerce
C. Casper Casparian, Legislative Advisory Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs
Aleson Clarke, SMMUSD parent
Anastasia Clarke, SMMUSD parent
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Kathy Cody, Sunset Park resident
Gabrielle Cohen, North of Montana resident and former SMMUSD parent
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Sheryl Cooper, Santa Monica resident
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Jasson Crockett, Chair, SM Chamber of Commerce
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David Davidson, North of Montana resident
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Shari Davis, Community for Excellent Public Schools Executive Committe; Parent of 3 SMMUSD alumni
Bill Dawson, VP, Sullivan Dituri Real Estate & Mgmt. Co.
Daphne Dennis, Ocean Park resident
Michael Dubin, North of Montana resident
Bradley Ewing, Co-chair, Santa Monica Forward
Kim Eyler, Former SMMUSD parent
Nicole Faries, President, Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs
Mark Faries, MD, Sunset Park resident
Mahvash Feder, Former SMMUSD parent
Sibyl Fenwick, SMMUSD parent
Bruria Finkel, Artist/activist
Donald Girard, Sunset Park resident
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Annette Goldstein, North of Montana resident
Melissa Goodman, SMMUSD parent
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Pamela Goodman, Santa Monica resident
Jay Gordon, Santa Monica Pediatrician
Michelle Greco, North of Montana resident
Frank Gruber, Former SMMUSD parent
Daniel Hall, Former Vice President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
Carl Hansen, Co-Chair, Santa Monica Forward
Chris Harding, 50-year Santa Monica resident, Past Chair, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
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Peter Harding, SMMUSD alum
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Jeff Hughes, North of Montana resident
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Sarah Hughes, North of Montana resident
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Individuals Continued
​Debbie Harding, Sunset Park resident; Former SMMUSD parent
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Mark Harding, Sunset Park resident; Former SMMUSD parent
Emily Hodgdon, Architect and SMMUSD parent
Barbara Inatsugu, President, League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
Kristen Jeffers, Santa Monica resident & parent
John Jericiau, SMMUSD parent
Jon Katz, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club
Megan Kelly, Santa Monica resident
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Ellis Kirschenbaum, Sunset Park resident
Area Kramarsky, CEPS Steering Committee member; Former SMMUSD parent
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Mike Kremer, SMMUSD parent​
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Joan Krenik, Member, SMMUSD Facility District Advisory Committee
Leslie Lambert, Planning Commissioner, Santa Monica (for ID Only)
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Anita Landecker, Ocean Park resident
Shawn Landres, Sunset Park resident & former member, SMMUSD Financial Oversight Committee
Paula Larmore, SMMUSD parent and Sunset Park resident
Tom Larmore, 50-year Santa Monica resident
Wes Larmore, SMMUSD parent and Sunset Park resident
Yolanda Lewis, Pico Neighborhood resident and former SMMUSD parent
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Danielle Litak, VP Education, Santa Monica Malibu Council of PTAs
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Deb Love, Santa Monica resident
Payal Sanghrajka Maniar, SMMUSD parent
Juan Matute, Co-Founder, Santa Monica Forward
Sirinya Matute, Co-Chair, Community for Excellent Public Schools and SMMUSD parent
Wilshire Matute, 3rd Grade Student, McKinley Elementary
Christa McCaffrey, SMMUSD Parent
Richard McKinnon, Former Chair, Santa Monica Planning Commission
Judith Meister, Member, SMMUSD Facility District Advisory Committee; Chair, Santa Monica Public Library Board
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Dee Menzies, Santa Monica educator and resident
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Greg Morena, Santa Monica small business owner; Chair, Samohi Career Day
Debbie Mulvaney, Northeast Neighborhood resident
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Kelly Naylor, Grant Elementary parent
Erin Neumeyer, Mid-City resident
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Gerda Newbold, North of Montana resident, former SMMUSD parent
Anya Pertel, SAMOHI alum '17
Joseph Pertel, Sunset Park resident
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Minya Pertel, Samohi, JAMS, and Grant alum
John Prindle, Ocean Park Association Board Member
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Manju Raman, Member, Public Safety Reform & Oversight Commission; General Manager, Huntley Hotel Santa Monica
Ellis Raskin, Former Planning Commissioner, Santa Monica
Kathleen Rawson, President & CEO Hollywood Partnership, former CEO DTSM, parent of SAMO Grads
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Jim Ries, Planning Commissioner, Santa Monica and Pico Neighborhood parent
Karen Rigberg, Former SMMUSD parent
Meyera Robbins, Artist, North of Montana resident
Carter Rubin, Pico Neighborhood resident
Angela D. Scott, CADEM Assembly District 51 Delegate
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Josh Seegopaul, Member, SMMUSD Facility District Advisory Committee
Arthur Southam, Parent of 4 SMMUSD graduates
Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns, Former President, Samohi PTSA (2008-2010)
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Sarah Starks, Sunset Park resident; Samohi, JAMS, and former Rogers parent
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Richard Stearns, Santa Monica resident and realtor
Tom Stringer, Sunset Park resident
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Breanna Snyder, Santa Monica High school teacher
Linda Sullivan, Pico Neighborhood resident
Robert (Bob) Sullivan, Pres. Sullivan Dituri Real Estate Co.
Sonya Fox Sultan, SMMR Steering Committee and CEPS Steering Committee
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Mike Terranova, Sunset Park resident
Hongying Tina Tan, M.D., Ph.D., Sunset Park resident
Melanie Thomas, Santa Monica resident
David Tillipman, Santa Monica resident
Caro Vilain, Mid City resident
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Dani Vogt, North of Montana resident and SMMUSD parent
Alen Voskanian, SMMUSD parent
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Elaine Vukadinovich, North of Montana resident and Samohi parent
Winnie Wechsler, Former SMMUSD parent
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Lacy Wetmore, North of Montana resident
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Amy Wilkes, North of Montana resident
Niko Williams, Pico Neighborhood resident
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Amy Wiwuga, Assembly District 51 Central Committee Member, SMMUSD parent
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Denny Zane, Co-chair, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights
Natalya Zernitskaya, Former President, League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
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Titles for Identification Only
Titles for Identification Only