Bernie Sanders rolls out a massive list of CA endorsements

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Just before his rally in Venice, with rising progressive star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Sanders campaign unveiled a massive list of California endorsements.

• The list of endorsements includes 40 elected officials, 80+ community leaders, and more than 200 academics across California who have announced their support for Senator Sanders' bid for the White House.

State of the Race:

according to a poll conducted by Capitol Weekly, Sanders, Warren, and Biden are in a tight race here in California with Warren leading the pack by only 2%.

• Warren 21%

• Sanders 19%

• Biden 19%

• Buttigieg 13%

• Bloomberg 5%

• Yang 5%

• Klobuchar 4%

• Gabbard 4%

• Harris 4%

• Booker 2%

• Steyer 1%

• Castro 1%

• Williamson 1%

• Delaney 0%

• O'Rourke 0%

• de Blasio 0%

• Inslee 0%

• Ryan 0%

• Patrick 0%

Here's the list:

• Roberto Alcantar, Board Member, Southwestern Community College Governing Board Richard Barrera, Trustee, San Diego Unified School Board

• Philip Bautista, Coachella City Councilmember

• Megan Beaman Jacinto, Coachella City Councilmember

• Jesse Chavez, Highland City Council 

• Eddie De La Riva, Mayor, City of Maywood

• Basim Elkarra, Trustee, Twin Rivers Unified School District

• Sean Elo, San Diego Community College District Trustee

• Cástulo Estrada, Vice-President, Coachella Valley Water District

• Francisco Estrada, Watsonville City Councilmember

• Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland City Council

• Waymond Fermon, Indio City Councilmember 

• Orlando Fuentes, Vice President, Cosumnes Community Services District 

• Neftali Galarza, Trustee, Coachella Valley Unified School District

• Jesus R. Gonzalez, Trustee, Coachella Valley Unified School District and Former Mayor of Coachella

• Josie Gonzalez, Coachella City Councilmember

• Aaron Gomez, San Luis Obispo City Councilmember

• Steven Hernandez, Mayor, Coachella

• Jennifer Holm, Trustee, Pajaro Valley Unified School District Area VII (Watsonville)

• Andy Hsia-Coron, Former President, Aromas-San Juan Unified School District Board of Trustees

• Eric Joyce, Oceanside Unified Trustee Daniel Lee, Culver City Councilmember 

• Rey León, Mayor of Huron

• Tim Knox, Former Mayor of Amador City and Former Councilmember

• Emmanuel Martinez, Mayor Pro Tempore, Coachella

• Tim Fitzmaurice, former Mayor of Santa Cruz

• Abigail Medina, Member, San Bernardino City Unified School District 

• Faauuga Moliga, Commissioner, San Francisco Board of Education

• Kevin McKeown, Councilmember, Former Mayor, City of Santa Monica 

• Gayle McLaughlin, Former Mayor, City of Richmond

• Nick Occhipinti, Trustee, Jefferson Union High School District

• Peter Ortiz, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education

• Gary Patton, Former Santa Cruz Supervisor

• Dean Preston, San Francisco Supervisor

• Demetrio Pruneda, Former Trustee, Hartnell College 

• John Rizzo, Trustee, San Francisco City College Board

• Laura Santos, Trustee, Mt. San Antonio College

• Sheng Thao, Oakland City Councilmember

• Nestor Enrique Valencia, Bell City Council

• Mariko Yamada, Former CA Assemblywoman