Endorsements
“My endorsement for Santa Cruz mayor? Ami Chen Mills. … I’ve known Ami for years. She is a smart, effective progressive who recognizes the important issues facing this city and how to address them.”
—Stephen Zunes, Westside Resident,
USF Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
“Getting involved in politics is the only way to make our democracy work. That's one reason I'm thrilled that my longtime friend Ami Chen Mills-Naim has thrown her hat into the ring to become the next mayor of Santa Cruz!
I first met Ami when we both worked as reporters at the same newspaper decades ago. We don't agree on everything (although we agree on the big things). What I do know for certain, though, is that she'd be one of the best mayors in the whole country if she wins.
She operates on a whole other level, if you know what I mean. I've already contributed as much as I can to her campaign and want to encourage all my friends to do something, anything, to help, even $10. We all need to have each other's backs. Especially now. Please help us elect Ami Chen Mills for Mayor of Santa Cruz.”
— Hal Plotkin, Former Senior Advisor,
Education Department, Obama Administration
Ami Chen Mills is endorsed by:
The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
Get the Flock Out, Santa Cruz County
Peter Gelblum, Chair of the Santa Cruz County Chapter, ACLU
Emmanuel Nevarez, Chair, Latino Affairs Commission, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz resident
Amanda Harris Altice, Indivisible Santa Cruz leadership committee, Democratic Central Committee, District 3, alternate
Joe Thompson, Acting Chair, Democratic Central Committee Santa Cruz County
Michael Levy, Shamati Dialogue Project, Co-Counseling, Santa Cruz, Nonviolent Communication facilitator, musician
Sarah Young, Shamati Dialogue Project
Batya Kagan, Shamati Dialogue Project, Committee for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
Adam Bolaños-Scow, former Pajaro Valley School Board Trustee, educator, Committee for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
Lynda Marin, Lead, Citizens Climate Lobby Santa Cruz
Jane Weed-Pomerantz, former Mayor, Santa Cruz
Sandy Brown, former city council member, Santa Cruz
Rev. Steve Palmisano, former climate action director, city of Watsonville, current Santa Cruz resident, Santa Cruz Zen Center
Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Middle East Studies, University of San Francisco, Santa Cruz resident
Barbara Riverwoman, Friends of the River
Paul Cocking, Owner, Gabriella Cafe
Christine Barrington, KSQD host, producer and volunteer
Victor Kimura, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Lucien Kubo, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Celeste Guitierez, Democratic Central Committee, District 5
Lourdes Barazza, Democratic Central Committee, Distric 5, alternate
Gabriel Barraza, Pajaro Valley for Ethinic Studies and Justice
Rick Longinotti, Sustainable Transportation Activist
Sean Dougherty, Democratic Candidate for Congress, D-19
Alison Buchter, Environmental Activist
Elizabeth Lykins, Health Practitioner
Caroline Lykins
Jasmeen Miah, Therapist
Gabriela Maldonado, Resiliency Educator
Joe Jordan, Community Volunteer
Shizue Shitarma, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Tabitha Hart, Professor
Celina Malabey
Chris Campton
Ella Kueeme
Eva Brunner
Fred Geiger
Grant Wilson
Lorene Stewart
Nancy Kahumoku
Thomas Witz
Paul Franklin