Endorsements
Below are the amazing community members and organizations that support Ami. If you would like to endorse Ami click the link below!
Organizations
Why the Community Supports Ami
“I’ve known Ami for 30 years. She started in Santa Cruz as a reporter and waitress at my cafe … I have watched her take her place in local politics. She has tremendous integrity, intelligence and is a great listener and communicator. Let’s make Ami mayor of Santa Cruz!”
— Paul Cocking,
owner, Gabriella Cafe, downtown Santa Cruz
“Ami’s dedication to studying & tackling problems in our community is exactly what we need in local government. I’ve worked with a lot of politicians & Ami has the smarts & know-how to be an excellent mayor for the people of Santa Cruz.”
—Sandy Brown, former Councilmember
“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
Community Members
Aabram ‘Avi’ Conant
Aaron Bartlett
Aaron Lodge
Aaron Mumzer
Abigail Aponte
Adam Bolaños-Scow, former Pajaro Valley School Board Trustee, educator, Committee for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
Adam Spickler, Trustee, Cabrillo College Governing Board
Aleksandra Wolska
Alene Smith
Alison Buchter, Environmental Activist
Allyn Romanow
Amanda Harris, Indivisible Santa Cruz leadership team, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, District 5, alternate
Amogh Tandon
Amy Locks
Andrea Tischler
Andree LeBour
Anita Elliott
Annabelle Hartman
Anne Freiwald
Annie Shaw
Annika Mancini
Antonina Beyea
April Exner
Art Burgesd
Ashlyn Dvorak
August Materazzi
Avanna David
Barb Hwong
Barbara Riverwoman, Friends of the River
Barnaby Lee
Batya Kagan, Shamati Dialogue Project, Committee for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
Ben Ramsden-Stein
Beth Friedman
Bodie Shargel, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, District 3
Bruce Ashley
Candace Brown
Carol Greider
Carol Hewitt
Caroline Lykins
Celeste Guitierrez, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, District 4
Celina Malabey
Cherie Mietz
Cheryl Williams, non-profit director, activist, educator, Black-American issues
Chris Campton
Chris Davis, activist, educator, Black-American issues
Chris Everingham
Chris Krohn, former Council Member and Mayor
Chris Vaughan
Christine Barrington, KSQD host, producer and volunteer
Christine (Crystal) Hawley
Christopher Scott Picard
Clio Maya-Johnson
Colleen Marie Hughes
Craig Reinarman
Cynthia Adams
Dan Gee
Dana Frank
Dave Tannaci
Dawn Campbell
Dawn Whisnant
Dee (Denise) Hoffner
Diana Dugan
Diane Smith
Donald Steiny
Dorah Rosen
Doris Correll
Elizabeth Lykins, Health Practitioner
Ella Kueeme
Ellen Fitzgerald Murtha
Ellie Aucoin-Unruhe
Emily Kehmeier
Emmanuel Nevarez, Chair, Latino Affairs Commission, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz resident
Eric Cooper
Ethan Brandt
Eva Brunner
Franco Picarella
Fred Geiger
Freya Sands
Gabriel Barraza, Pajaro Valley for Ethnic Studies and Justice
Gabriela Maldonado, Resiliency Educator
Gavin Roth
George Samuel
Georgia Phillips
Grant Wilson
Iridaea
Jack McCourt
Jan Chaffin
Jane Shtalenkova
Jane Weed-Pomerantz, former Mayor, Santa Cruz
Javi Guerrero
JC Cockrell
Jeanette Chavez
Jeanine Cowan
Jeffrey Smedberg
Jennifer Eisele
Jenny Evans
Jill Schettler-Susskind
Jim Mulherin
Jo McGinty
Joe Jordan, Community Volunteer
Joe Thompson, Chair–Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee & District 5 representative
Joel Isaacson
John Gamman
John Hall, Our Downtown Our Future
Joy Schendledecker, Democratic Central Committee, District 3, alternate
Joy Wood
Julie Gill
Julie Orr
June Gordon
Karen Card
Karen Ehlers
Karen McGovern
Karen Warren
Ken Foster
Keresha Durham
Kris Neustadter
Kristina Hanley
Lani Faulkner, Santa Cruz County Democratic Party, District 1
Laura Zucker
Laurie Duncan
Lily Balloffet
Linda Grace
Linda W
Lisa Ekström
Lizzie Mudd
Lorene Stewart
Lori Mccormic
Dr. Lourdes Barazza, Democratic Central Committee, District 4, alternate
Lucien Kubo, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Lynda Marin, Lead, Citizens Climate Lobby Santa Cruz
Makena Macambridge
Mallory Newell
Marc Brown
Maren Hurn
Mariam Gafforio
Marilyn Gee
Mark Lee
Mary Flodin
Mary Lieby
Mary Reynolds
Mary Winslow
Maxwell Lyons
Maya Kingsley
Meg Sandow
Megan Vandewalle
Meilin Obinata, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, District 2, candidate for Pajaro Valley School Board
Melanie Correll
Melissa Queen
Michael Levy, Shamati Dialogue Project, Co-Counseling, Santa Cruz, Nonviolent Communication facilitator, musician
Michelle Minugh
Mitchell Wexler
Monica Larenas
Nancy Carleton
Nancy Glock-Grueneich
Nancy Kahumoku
Pam Neimeth
Patricia Walters
Patti Jo McCarron
Paul Andrade
Paul Cocking, Owner, Gabriella Cafe
Paul Franklin
Patricia Walters
Peggy Estrada
Peter Drekmeier, Policy Director for Yosemite Rivers Alliance and Former Mayor of Palo Alto
Peter Gelblum
Peter Kline
Pranav Parekh
Rachel Kaplan
Rachel O'Malley
Ray Newkirk
Rick Longinotti, Sustainable Transportation Activist
Richard W. Bedal, County Clerk-Recorder and Treasurer, Ret.
Ron Silva
Ryan Ganjtomari
Sandy Brown, former city council member, Santa Cruz
Sarah Bowers
Sarah Hendrix
Sarah Lee
Sarah Young, Shamati Dialogue Project
Sean Dougherty, Democratic Candidate for Congress, D-19
Shelly D'Amour
Sheryl Loomis
Shizue Shitarma, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Shoshana Meister
Stephen Bare
Stephen Howells
Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Middle East Studies, University of San Francisco, Santa Cruz resident
Steve Hill
Rev. Steve Palmisano, former climate action director, city of Watsonville, current Santa Cruz resident, Santa Cruz Zen Center
Susan Monheit
Susan Renison
Suzanne Ruddir
Tabitha Hart, Professor
Tad Davis
Tamar Ragir
Tané Tachyon
Tangie Solow
Terri Sparks
Therese Kilpatrick
Thomas Witz
Tim Fitzmaurice, former Council Member and Santa Cruz Mayor
Tim Smith
Timothy Kensit
Ting Yang
Tony Russomanno, Executive Committee member, Santa Cruz County Democratic Party
Victor Kimura, AAPI Santa Cruz County
Victoria Nobles, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, District 1 alternate
Wendy King
Winona Suyenobu