We Endorse Shoshana O’Keefe for City Council, District 5!
“Shoshana has the deep ties and experience to serve District 5 and all of Berkeley with care and excellence. She has my enthusiastic and most heartfelt support."
- District Five Councilmember Sophie Hahn
“Shoshana has already given over a decade of service to our City. Her commitment to Berkeley is unparalleled, and there is no one more qualified to represent District 5.” - Mayor Jesse Arreguin
“Shoshana is a dedicated educator and a thoughtful civic leader with a deep commitment to her community. She has proven herself ready for leadership in Berkeley, and she has my full and complete endorsement.”
- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
Terry Taplin
District 2 Councilmember
Ben Bartlett
District 3 Councilmember
Igor Tregub
District 4 Councilmember
Susan Wengraf
District 6 Councilmember
Mark Humbert
District 8 Councilmember
Ka’Dijah Brown
School Board Vice President
Laura Babitt
School Board Director
Jennifer Shanoski
School Board Director
Mike Chang
School Board Director
Dyana Delfín Polk
Peralta Community College District Trustee, Area 6
Other Elected and Appointed Officials:
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Emerita Sheila Jordan
Rent Board Commissioner Stefan Elgstrand
Zoning Adjustments Board Vice Chair Kimberly Gaffney
Zoning Adjustments Board Member and Former Chair Charles Kahn
Zoning Adjustments Board Member Michael Thompson
Zoning Adjustments Board Member Debra Sanderson
Planning Commission Member Elisa Mikiten
Berkeley Residents:
Alan Gould
Allison Krasnow
Andrea Cassidy
Andrew Webre, Vice President, Director of Financial Operations H & L Partners
Andrew Williams
Arno Holschuh, CEO, Voga Coffee
Betsy Bigelow-Teller
Carol Stone, Environmental Activist
Carrie Olson
Celeste Kopel
Dan McKinsey
Desmid B Lyon, MSW
Dianna Dar, CEO / Founder, Cult Crackers
Eric Bjerkholt
Eva Allan
Frances Evensen
Gabriella Raymond
George Draper, Photographer
Ilana Mantell
Jasmin Mumford
Jason Folkmanis
Joan Reich
Jonathan R. Eden
Jonathan Francis, M.D.
Joshua Room, BHS Parent Volunteer
Julia Drees
Julie McNamara, Professor of Mathematics Education and Long-time Berkeley Resident
Karl Batten-Bowman
Kenneth Raymond, Professor, UC Berkeley
Lily Simonson
Linda V. Williams
Lindsay Nofelt, BUSD parent, co-chair of Parent Advisory Committee on the LCAP (former)
Michael Weitz
Mike Alvarez Cohen, Director, Innovation Ecosystem Development, UC Berkeley
Mimi Pulich, Former BHS PTA President, BHS & King LCAP Representative
Miriam Schultz, MD, Associate Professor, Stanford School of Medicine
Nathan Phillips, Owner, Blue Note Photography
Noah Alper
Norman Postone, M.D.
Page Nelson
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Patrick DeTemple
Rev. Earl W. Koteen, Ecological Justice Minister
Robert Jensen
Sally Francis