Endorsements
The following people and organizations have endorsed Proposition 19. To submit your endorsement of the initiative, click here.
Law Enforcement
- National Black Police Association
- National Latino Officers Association
- 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 Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney William John Cox
- Former Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff David Sinclair
- 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
- Humboldt County Sheriff’s Captain Stephen Cobine (Ret.)
- Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray (Ret.)
- 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
- United States Air Force Security Forces Officer John Darker, Anderson, CA
- Former United States Military Police Officer Dr. Nina Graves, Santa Barbara, CA
- United States Navy Officer and Intelligence Specialist Larry Talley (Ret.)
- California Correctional Peace Officer William Baldwin (Ret.)
- California Correctional Peace Officer Madeline Martinez (Ret.)
- Mohave County Deputy Probation Officer Joe Miller (Ret.)
- Former Lakeport Police Officer Rick Erickson
- Former San Francisco Police Officer Bill Dake
- Former Torrance Police Officer Kyle Kazan
- Former Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General John Amabile, Tisbury, MA
- Atlanta, Georgia State’s Attorney Jay Fisher
- Former American Samoa Attorney General’s Office Chief Prosecutor and Municipal Prosecutor for Washington Cities Jim Doherty
- New Jersey State Police Detective Lieutenant Jack Cole (Ret.)
- New Hampshire State Police Officer Paul MacLean (Ret.)
- Retired Bristol, Vermont Police Chief and Saint Albans, Vermont Police Chief Tim Datig
- Former Deputy Sheriff Leo E. Laurence, J.D., Central Missouri
- Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff and Corrections Officer Dwayne Sessom, Lawton, Oklahoma
- Former Davis County, Utah Deputy Constable Bret Black
- Retired Washington Superior Court Judge David Nichols
- Retired Police Captain Peter Christ, Syracuse, New York.
- Former Spokane, Washington Police Department Narcotics Investigator Jay Fleming
- Former Corrections Official Michael Gilbert, San Antonio, Texas
- Former Department of Corrections Sniper and K-9 Narcotics Dog Trainer Rusty White, Bridgeport, Texas
- National Black Police Association Executive Director and former Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Officer Ronald Hampton
- Former Baltimore Police Officer Peter Moskos
- Burlington, Ontario, Canada Law Enforcement Officer Alison Myrden (Ret.)
- Law Enforcement Officer Tony Ryan (Ret.), Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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
- Stephen Frye, M.D., Psychiatrist, Las Vegas, Nevada
Economists and Business Leaders
- Peter Lewis, Chairman of the Board, Progressive Insurance
- Jeffrey Miron, Harvard Economist
- Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook
- Sean Parker, Co-Founder, Facebook
- Michael D. Whitty, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Business and Management
Elected Officials
- Congressman Pete Stark (CA-13)
- Congressman Dan Hamburg (CA-1) (Ret.)
- Congressman Pete McCloskey (CA-11) (Ret.)
- California State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (Ret.)
- California State Senator Mark Leno
- California State Senator Tom Hayden (Ret.)
- California State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
- California State Assemblymember Hector De La Torre
- California State Assemblymember Mary Hayashi
- California State Assemblymember Jared Huffman
- California State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
- California State Assemblymember Kerry Mazzoni (Ret.)
- Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
- Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley
- Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey
- Mendocino County Supervisor John Pinches
- San Francisco Supervisor David Campos
- San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
- Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates
- Fairfax Vice Mayor Larry Bragman
- The Berkeley City Council
- The Oakland City Council
- The West Hollywood 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
- AC Transit Board President Rocky Fernandez
- 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
- Peace and Freedom Party of California
- California Young Democrats
- Progressive Democrats of America
- 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
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- Madera County Democratic Party
- Modoc County Democratic Party
- Orange County Democratic Party
- Placer County Democratic Party
- San Francisco Democratic Party
- Siskiyou County Democratic Party
- Sonoma County Democratic Party
- Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
- Sonoma Progressive Democrats of America
- Latino Democrats of Stanislaus County
- Progressive Democrats of Stanislaus County
- Desert Stonewall Democrats of Palm Springs
- Castro Valley Democratic Club
- Culver City Democratic Club
- West Hollywood/Beverly Hills Democratic Club
- West Los Angeles Democratic Club
- Irish American Democratic Club of San Francisco
- Democratic Women’s Forum of San Francisco
- San Francisco Young Democrats
- District 3 Democratic Club
- Richmond District Democratic Club
- Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club
- Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
- Potrero Hill Democratic Club
- Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club
- Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club
- Valley Progressives
- Libertarian Party of Orange County
- Libertarian Party of Riverside County
- Courage Campaign
- CREDO Action
- Calitics
- The Greenlining Institute
- Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights
- San Francisco for Democracy Political Action Committee
- San Francisco Women’s Political Committee
- The LA Gay & Lesbian Center
- NAACP Congress Against Racism & Corruption in Law Enforcement (CARCLE)
- Color of Change
- William C. Velasquez Institute
- Latino Voters League
- A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing)
- Bay Area Chapter of Education Not Incarceration
- Idriss Stelley Action & Resource Center
Labor
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of California
- United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Western States Council
- International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), Northern California District Council
- Central Labor Council of Butte-Glenn Counties (AFL-CIO)
- Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 9415
- Instituto Laboral De La Raza
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), San Francisco Chapter
- Sign Displays, Local 510
- Michael Hardeman, Business Representative, Sign Displays, Local 510
- John Roe, UFCW, Local 5*
- Dan Rush, UFCW, Local 5*
- Brian Webster, Staff Assistant, Instituto Laboral De La Raza
Faith Leaders
- California Council of Churches IMPACT
- Progressive Jewish Alliance
- Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
- Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
- Karen Gilman, Women of Temple Israel of Hollywood*
- Rev. Bryan Griem, Pastor of Montrose Community Church*, Montrose, CA
- Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn, Clergy Against Prohibition*
- Jane Marcus, Ph.D., Board Member, Women of Reform Judaism*, Palo Alto, CA
- The Rev. Canon Mary Moreno Richardson, Episcopal Diocese of San Diego*
- Curtis D. Robinson, Sr., President, Girls Inc, WCCC*, Richmond, CA
- Rev. Dr. Rick Schlosser, Executive Director, California Council of Churches IMPACT, Sacramento, CA
- Dennis Shields, Minister, The Religion of Jesus Church*, Captain Cook, HI
Professors of Law
- Jonathan H. Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- Ty Alper, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, CA
- Hadar Aviram, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
- W. David Ball, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
- Tom W. Bell, Chapman Law School, Orange, CA
- Steve Berenson, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA
- Eric Berger, University of Nebraska, College of Law, Lincoln, NE
- Douglas A. Berman, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- David E. Bernstein, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA
- Ash Bhagwat, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
- Richard Boldt, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD
- Connor Bridges, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- Pamela Bridgewater, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
- Christopher Bryant, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Sande Buhai, Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- Paul Butler,George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Gabriel J. Chin, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, AZ
- Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA
- Mary Culbert, Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- Angela J. Davis, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC
- Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
- J. Herbie DiFonzo, Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY
- Steven Duke, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
- Elizabeth Price Foley, Florida International University College of Law, Miami, FL
- Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY
- David Friedman, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Mary Ellen Gale, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA
- Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Casey William Hardison, University of Idaho School of Law, Moscow, ID
- Bill Ong Hing, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA
- Paige Kaneb, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Madeline June Kass, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA
- Alice Kaswan, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA
- Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA
- Ellen Kreitzberg, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- David Levine, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
- Jerry Lopez, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Erik Luna, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
- Michael Madow, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
- Leigh Maddox, University of Maryland, School of Law, Baltimore, MD
- Charles Marvin, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA
- Lawrence C. Marshall, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA
- David N. Mayer, Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH
- Tracy L. McGaugh, Touro Law Center, Central Islip, NY
- Andrew P. Morriss, University of Alabama, School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Christopher Newman, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA
- Michelle Oberman, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Tamara R. Piety, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK
- Ascanio Piomelli, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
- David G. Post, Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- William Quigley, Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
- Jenny Roberts, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC
- David Rocklin, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
- Cesare Romano, Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- Margaret Russell, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Barbara Stark, Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY
- Barry C. Scheck, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
- Steven Semeraro, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA
- Steven Shatz, University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA
- Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, CA
- Eric S. Sirulnik, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
- David Sloss, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Abbe Smith, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
- Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA
- Clyde Spillenger, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- Edward Steinman, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH
- Robert N. Strassfeld, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- Nadine Strossen, New York Law School, New York, NY
- Gerald F. Uelmen, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Alexander Volokh, Emory Law School, Atlanta, GA
- Keith Wingate, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA
- Eric Wright, Santa Clara Law, Santa Clara, CA
- Richard W. Wright, Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.