Endorsements

The summary: Brian is endorsed by the Mercury News and the Mountain View Voice, by the County Democratic Party and the Sierra Club, by a majority of the County Board of Supervisors and Los Altos Hills City Council, and by supermajorities of the Mountain View City Council (five of seven members) and the Palo Alto City Council (eight of nine members).

Endorsements by different categories:

Organizational:

San Jose/Silicon Valley Mercury News
Mountain View Voice
Santa Clara County Democratic Party
The Sierra Club
Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters
Peninsula Democratic Coalition
Committee on Political Education, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council; also endorsed by AFSCME Council 57 and AFSCME Local 101
Democratic Activists for Women Now

State/regionally elected and former elected officials from:

California State Assembly

Jim Beall, Assembly Member

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Mary Davey, President

Nonette Hanko, Director

Curt Riffle, Director

Santa Clara County Open Space Authority

Craige Edgerton, (former Director)

Jim Foran, Director

Virginia Holtz, Director

Alex Kennett, Director

Santa Clara County (Brian is endorsed by the majority of sitting County Supervisors)
- Blanca Alvarado, former Supervisor
- Liz Kniss, Supervisor
- Dianne McKenna, former Supervisor
- George Shirikawa, Supervisor
- Larry Stone, County Assessor
- Suzanne Wilson, former Supervisor
- Ken Yeager, Supervisor
San Mateo County
- Rich Gordon, Supervisor and candidate for State Assembly District 21

Locally elected and former elected officials

Brian is endorsed by the majority of the City Council
members in:

Los Altos Hills:

Breene Kerr (Mayor)

Jean Mordo

Ginger Summit

Mountain View:

Ronit Bryant (Mayor)

Margaret Abe-Koga (former Mayor)

Mike Kasperzak (former Mayor)

Laura Macias (former Mayor)

Jac Siegel

Palo Alto:

Sid Espinosa

Karen Holman

Larry Klein

Gail A. Price

Greg Scharff

Greg Schmid

Nancy Shepherd

Yiaway Yeh

As well as by City Councilmembers from:

San Jose:

Kansen Chu

Ash Kalra

And former mayor and Councilmembers from:

Palo Alto
- Peter Drekmeier (former Councilmember and Mayor); current Program Director, Tuolumne River Trust
- Enid Pearson (former Councilmember); and former Member, California State Water Commission
- Emily Renzel, former Councilmember
Los Gatos
- Tom Ferrito (former Mayor)

Mountain View
- Nick Galiotto (former Mayor)

Compiled from the other lists, here are some water-related endorsements:

Peter Drekmeier (former Palo Alto Councilmember and Mayor); current Program Director, Tuolumne River Trust
Enid Pearson (former Palo Alto Councilmember); and former Member, California State Water Commission
Margaret ("Meg") Caldwell, Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program, Stanford Law School; former Chair, California Coastal Commission
David Ginsborg, Chair, Santa Clara Valley Water District Independent Monitoring Committee
Rachel Hooper, Managing Partner, Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Shahram Javey, Aquacue and Santa Clara Valley Water District Environmental Advisory Committee
Rita Norton, Chair, Environmental Advisory Commitee, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Prof. Julie Phillips, Morgan Family Chair in Environmental Sciences, De Anza College
Sierra Club
Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters

Affiliations shown for identification purposes only

“Brian Schmidt represents the new wave of environmental leaders, one who is knowledgeable about the importance
of water in our lives. He is an authentic public servant who will make a significant contribution to the Water District.”
- Mary Davey, President, Midpeninsula
Regional Open Space District

"The Santa Clara Valley Water District is ripe for reform in the Nov. 2 election.... Finally, there's a real chance to shake up the leadership.... We lean toward Schmidt because of his longtime advocacy and deep understanding of environmental issues. His relative youth -- at 43 he would be easily the youngest board member -- could also inject new energy into the board."

- San Jose/Silicon Valley Mercury News, October 13, 2010

"Our choice in this race is Schmidt, a Mountain View resident who promises to cut costs and step up mercury reduction in local waterways. Schmidt's cost-cutting focus centers on the $260 per meeting stipend now paid to board members, and he also promise to look at other areas like superfluous dredging of local waterways.....Vote for Brian Schmidt for Santa Clara Valley Water Board District's District 7 seat."

- Mountain View Voice, October 15, 2010

Community/Business Leaders

Teresa Alvarado, San Jose/Santa Clara County community activist
Margaret ("Meg") Caldwell, Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program, Stanford Law School; former Chair, California Coastal Commission
Michael Closson, Executive Director, Acterra
Helen Chapman, activist/former Chair, San Jose Parks Commission
Jitze Couperus, President, Los Altos Hills County Fire District
Nancy Couperus, member, Los Altos Hills Open Space Committee
Wendee Crofoot, former Chair, Mountain View Trees
David Ginsborg, Chair, Santa Clara Valley Water District Independent Monitoring Committee
Megan Gosch, President, Geografika
Walt Hays, Environmental Leader in Palo Alto
Jerry Hearn, Educator, Peninsula School
Rachel Hooper, Managing Partner, Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Shahram Javey, Aquacue and Santa Clara Valley Water District's Environmental Advisory Committee
Tom Jordan, attorney/activist, Palo Alto
Cathy Lehrberg, Community Activist, Palo Alto
Magaret MacNiven, Bucks Restaurant
Vicki Moore, Community Activist and Environmental Educator, Los Altos School District
Rita Norton, Chair, Environmental Advisory Commitee, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Prof. Julie Phillips, Morgan Family Chair in Environmental Sciences, De Anza College
Brooke Partridge, Founder and CEO, Vital Wave Consulting
Lennie Roberts, Environmental Advocate/ Board Member,Yosemite Fund
Jeff Segall, PhD, scientist/Mountain View resident and activist
Emily ("Emy") Thurber, Activist, Santa Clara County
Terry Trumbull, Breathe California; Alternate Commissioner, Santa Clara County LAFCO