October 7 special election ballot donors, endorsements, supports... FYI..

Following are some endorsements, donors, and supporters of the four issues on the October 7 special election ballot. This is provided for your information only.

Sources: California Secretary of State, California Common Cause, newspaper endorsements, compilations.


RECALL OF GOV. GRAY DAVIS

YES: Long Beach Press-Telegram. California Republican Party, California Libertarian Party, Greene Properties Inc., Jelly Belly Candy Company. Ted Costa, Howard Kaloogian, Rep. Darrell Issa, Bill Simon Jr., State Sen. Tom McClintock, Richard Riordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Simon, A. G. Spanos, Peter Ueberroth.

NO: Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Examiner, San Jose Mercury News, Frontiers Newsmagazine. AFSCME, California Democratic Party, California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, California League of Conservation Voters, California Medical Association, California Peace & Freedom Party, California State Council of Service Employees, Directors Guild of America, E & J Gallo Wineries, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Stonewall Democratic Club, West Hollywood City Council. Former President Bill Clinton, Former Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, State Controller Steve Westly, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, Stephen Bing, Eli Broad, Berry Gordy, Haim Saban.

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REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES

CRUZ BUSTAMANTE (Democratic): San Francisco Bay Guardian, Frontiers Newsmagazine. AFSCME, California Democratic Party, California Federation of Teachers, California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, California League of Conservation Voters, California State Employees Association, IBEW, Professional Engineers in California Government, Stonewall Democratic Club, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Pechanga Band of Mission Indians, Teamsters Public Affairs Council, Viejas Tribal Government. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

PETER MIGUEL CAMEJO (Green): Green Party of California; Jello Biafra, Ralph Nader, Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Kevin McKeown.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON (Independent): LA Weekly. Lawrence Bender, Candice Bergen, Bernie Brillstein, Frank Darabont, Larry David, Gary David Goldberg, Lisa Henson, Marshall Herskovitz, Alan Horn, Henry Jaglom, Sally Kirkland, Bill Maher, Ron Meyer, Brett Ratner, Tim Roth, Cheryl Saban, Aaron Sorkin, Barbra Streisand, Harvey Weinstein, Jim Wiatt, Noah Wyle, Gail Zappa, Ed Zwick.

TOM McCLINTOCK (Republican): Dannemeyer Family Partnership; Joseph Farah, editor of WorldNetDaily; Bruce Herschensohn, Robert Lagomarsino, Don Sebastiani, Ron K. Unz.

JEFF RAINFORTH (Reform): California Reform Party.

NED ROSCOE (Libertarian): California Libertarian Party.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (Republican): Long Beach Press-Telegram. Associated Builders & Contractors, Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, California Chamber of Commerce, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Republican County Chairmen's Association, California Republican League, California State Firefighters Association, California Young Republicans, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Orange County Lincoln Club, Republican Leadership Council, Western Growers Association. Jerry Bruckheimer, Warren Buffett, former Lt. Gov. Mike Curb, Timothy Draper, William R. Hearst III, Rep. Darrell Issa, Rob Lowe, Richard Riordan, Mrs. Eunice Shriver, Maria Shriver, former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Bill Simon Jr., Alex Spanos, former Gov. Pete Wilson, Richard D. Zanuck.

BILL SIMON (Republican)

PETE UEBERROTH (Republican)

C. T. WEBER (Peace & Freedom): California Peace & Freedom Party.

NO ENDORSEMENT: Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News.

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PROPOSITION 53

YES: California Assoc. of Realtors, California Building Industry Assoc., California Business Roundtable, California Chamber of Commerce, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Park & Recreation Society, California State Association of Counties, CH2M Hill Inc., Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Kikkoman Foods, League of California Cities, Newhall Land & Farming, Pacific Bell, Pacific Gas & Electric, SBC, State Building Trades Council AFL-CIO, Verizon Services Group. Assemblymember Keith Richman (R-Northridge), Assemblymember Joe Canciamilla (D-Pittsburg), Pete Ueberroth, Former School Board Member Caprice Young (D-Los Angeles).

NO: Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle. California Tax Reform Association, Congress of California Seniors, League of Women Voters of California, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) AFL-CIO, Stonewall Democratic Club. State Treasurer Phil Angelides, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

NO RECOMMENDATION: California Labor Federation AFL-CIO.

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PROPOSITION 54

YES: American Civil Rights Coalition, California Congress of Republicans, California Libertarian Party, English First, Log Cabin Republicans, Lungren Committee for Common Sense Conservatism. Ward Connerly, David Horowitz, State Sen. Tom McClintock, Bill Simon Jr., Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams.

NO: Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Modesto Bee, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, Frontiers Newsmagazine. ACLU, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Americans for Democratic Action, Anti-Defamation League, Blue Cross, California Association of Public Hospitals, California Democratic Party, California Faculty Association, California Federation of Teachers, California Healthcare Association, California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, California Medical Association, California NOW, California Nurses Association, California PTA, California Teachers Association, Common Cause, Equality California, Green Party of California, Kaiser Permanente, League of Women Voters of California, Los Angeles Free Clinic, MALDEF, NAACP, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pechanga Band of Mission Indians, People for the American Way, PG&E Corporation, Planned Parenthood, Regents of the University of California, SEIU, Sierra Club, Southern California Edison, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Stonewall Democratic Club, Trustees of California State University System, United Farm Workers; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Gov. Gray Davis, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, State Controller Steve Westly, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, Mayor James Hahn, Mayor Willie Brown, Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Former Surgeon General David Satcher, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Peter Camejo, Arianna Huffington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Q. Wilson.

NEUTRAL: California Farm Bureau Federation.

Common Sense Conservatism? There's an oxymoron.