Betsy Butler for Assembly, California's 50th Assembly

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A proven consumer and environmental leader, Betsy Butler has worked with the California League of Conservation Voters, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Consumer Attorneys of California to protect California’s families. Previously she served in the Clinton Administration as a Special Assistant in the International Trade Administration in the Commerce Department. Butler is Past-President of the Westside National Women’s Political Caucus and is a Board member of Equality California.

Elected Officials

  • Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom
  • Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
  • Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
  • Chair, CA Board of Equalization, Jerome Horton
  • CA Board of Equalization Member Betty T. Yee
  • Congresswoman Judy Chu
  • Congresswoman Diane Watson
  • Congressman Pete McCloskey (Ret.)
  • Legislative LGBT Caucus
  • Legislative Women's Caucus (Democratic Caucus)
  • Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
  • Senator Ellen Corbett
  • Senator Kevin de Leon
  • Senator Joe Dunn (Ret.)
  • Senator Christine Kehoe 
  • Senator Mark Leno
  • Senator Curren Price
  • Senator Joe Simitian
  • Assembly Speaker John A. Perez
  • Assemblymember Michael Allen
  • Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
  • Assemblymember Toni Atkins
  • Assemblymember Marty Block
  • Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield
  • Assemblymember Steve Bradford
  • Assemblymember Julia Brownley
  • Assemblymember Nora Campos
  • Assemblymember Roger Dickinson
  • Assemblymember Mike Eng
  • Assemblymember Warren Furatani
  • Assemblymember Mike Gatto
  • Assemblymember Richard Gordon
  • Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III
  • Assemblymember Jerry Hill
  • Assemblymember Jared Huffman
  • Assemblymember Fred Keeley (Ret.)
  • Assemblymember Wally Knox (Ret.)
  • Assemblymember Ricardo Lara
  • Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal
  • Assemblymember Fiona Ma
  • Assemblymember Holly Mitchell
  • Assemblymember Cindy Montanez (Ret.)
  • Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
  • Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski
  • Assemblymember Mariko Yamada
  • Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel
  • Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alarcon
  • Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz
  • Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian
  • Los Angeles Community College District Board Member Georgia Mercer (Ret.)
  • Los Angeles Community College District President Miguel Santiago 
  • Los Angeles Community College District Board Member Scott Svonkin
  • Los Angeles Community College Distric Board Member Scott Svonkin
  • Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte
  • Beverly Hills City Council Member Dr. William Brien
  • Carson Mayor Jim Dear
  • El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero
  • El Segundo City Councilmember Dr. Don Brann
  • Hermosa Beach Mayor Howard Fishman
  • Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Jeff DuClos
  • Lomita City Councilmember Margaret Estrada
  • Lomita Public Safety and Traffic Commissioner Rich E. Colbary
  • Long Beach City Councilmember Robert Garcia
  • Malibu Mayor Laura Rosenthal
  • Malibu Mayor Pro Tem Lou La Monte
  • Malibu City Councilmember Sharon Barovsky (Ret.)
  • Mailbu City Councilmember Pamela Conley Ulich
  • Malibu City Councilmember John Sibert
  • Manhattan Beach City Councilmember Portia Cohen (Ret.)
  • Montebello Unified School Board Member David Vela
  • San Rafael Vice Mayor Damon Connolly
  • Torrance City Councilmember Cliff Numark
  • Torrance City Councilmember Mark Wirth (Ret.)
  • West Hollywood Mayor John Duran
  • West Hollywood Mayor pro Tem Jeff Prang
  • West Hollywood City Councilmember John D'Amico

Organizations

California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)
Equality California (EQCA)
National Women's Political Caucus, CA (NWPC CA)
Sierra Club California
Women's Political Committee (WPC) 

*For identification purposes only

Labor Unions and Leaders

  • Amalgamated Transit Union California Conference Board
  • Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277
  • California Association of Professional Employees 
  • California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers 
  • California School Employees Association, AFL-CIO
  • California State Council of Laborers
  • Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11
  • Ironworkers Local 433
  • LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council
  • The National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO
  • Operating Engineers Local 12
  • Operating Engineers Local 501
  • Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36
  • United Farm Workers (UFW)
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 324
  • United Food and Commerical Workers Local 770
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1428
  • United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1442
  • Raymond L. Cordova, Chair, South County Labor, AFL-CIO*
  • Michael A. Straeter, President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1442

  • Public Safety

  • Sheriff Leroy D. Baca
  • Calfornia Association of Highway Patrolmen
  • Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)
  • Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Associations
  • Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association

Community and Business Leaders

  • Diane Abbitt
  • Bernadette Abbruzee
  • David Allgood, Political Director, California League of Conservation Voters
  • John Altschul
  • Martha Dina Argüello, Environmental Activist
  • Varo Asorian, California Drmocratic Party Vice Chair, Business and Professions Caucus*
  • Alan Bail, President, West LA Democratic Club*
  • Ed Begley Jr., former Chair of Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy* and Environmental Media Association*
  • Beth Broderick, Actress & HIV/AIDS Activist
  • Ed Buck, Animal Welfare Advocate
  • Todd Campbell, Clean Energy*
  • Tim Carmichael, Former President and CEO, Coalition for Clean Air*
  • Drew Cartright
  • Norman Chramoff
  • David Codell, Civil Rights Attorney
  • Michael Colorge, LGBT Activist
  • Stephanie Culver, MD
  • Fran Diamond, LA Regional Water Quality Board*
  • Jeanne Dorbin, West Hollywood Advocate
  • Joel Epstein, Transit Advocate
  • Conner Everts, Executive Director, Southern California Watershed Alliance*
  • Todd Flora, Santa Monica Rent Control Board*
  • Luis Gallegos, Male At-Large, Stonewall Young Democrats*
  • Cliff Gladstein, President, Gladstein, Neandross & Associates
  • Madelyn Glickfeld
  • Jean T. Goodman, President, Malibu Democratic Club*
  • Marlene Grossman, co-founder, Pacoima Beautiful
  • Marshall Grossman
  • Joe Guardarrama
  • Chuck Henry
  • Barbara Hewitt, former West Hollywod Planning Commissoner and former West Hollywood Transportation Commissioner
  • Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Kol Tikvah
  • Wendy James, President, Better World Group
  • Nick Karno, Los Angeles City Attorney/Environmental Prosecutor
  • Celes King IV
  • Coby King, second Vice Chair, VICA
  • Alissa Ko, Former President, California Young Democrats*
  • Geoff Kors, Former Executive Director, Equality California
  • Sue LaVaccare
  • Jeff LeTourneau
  • Linda Lucks, City of Los Angeles,  Board of Neighborhood Commissioners*
  • Mary Luevano, Global Green*
  • Dave Lumian, Director, Southern California Yachting Association*, and Chair, Los Angeles County Small Craft Harbor Commission*
  • Joe Lyou, Environmental Advocate
  • Felicia Marcus, Western Director, Natural Resources Defense Council*
  • Fred Mariscal
  • Laura Maslon
  • Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza, Vice-President, Los Angeles Board of Public Works*
  • Wendy Mitchell, Board Member, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Stephanie Molen, National Women's Political Caucus
  • H. David Nahai, Board Member, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Mary D. Nichols, Chair, CA Air Resources Board*
  • Sara Nichols, environmental and grassroots activitst
  • Andy Okun, Board Member, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Arun Ramakrishnan, Secretary, Stonewall Young Democrats*
  • Christine Roberts
  • Cara Robin, Immediate Past President, West LA Democratic Club*, and CDP Delegate
  • Alex Rooker, CDP Vice Chair
  • Wendy-Sue Rosen, President, Brentwood Residents Coalition*
  • Ari Ruiz, Executive Board Member, CDP, LGBT Caucus
  • Bamby Salcedo, Transgender Rights Advocate
  • Marc Saltzberg, Former President, West LA Democratic Club
  • Mitchell Schwartz, Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
  • Jeff Seymour, Seymour Consulting Group
  • Paul Song, MD
  • Doug Spearman
  • Kathy Spillar, Executive Vice President, Feminist Majority*
  • Moe Stavnezer, Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
  • Nancy Stephens, Union of Concerned Scientists*, environmental and grassroots activist
  • Terry Tamminen, Former Secretary California EPA
  • Darrell L. Tucci
  • Cathy Unger, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project*, Women's Political Committee*
  • Sabrina D. Venskus, Venskus & Associates, environmental lawyer and activist
  • Diane Wallace, CDP Delegate
  • Howard Welinsky
  • Peg Yorkin, Chair and co-Founder, Feminist Majority Foundation*
  • Mike Young, Board Member, Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
  • Rick Zbur, Board Chair, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Daphna Ziman, Producer, Author and Philanthropist
  • Arthur Zoloth, Board Member, Malibu Democratic Club*
  • Helen Zoloth, Board Member, Malibu Democratic Club*

latest news

2/1/2012 Consumer Federation of California Endorse Bulter

1/26/2012 United Farm Workers Endorse Butler

1/25/2012 LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council Endorse Butler

1/23/2012 Butler Wins Endorsement of Local Democratic Delegates

1/18/2012 California Association of Highway Patrolmen Endorse Butler

12/14/2011 Sierra Club California Endorses Butler

12/12/2011 Six More Labor Organizations Endorse Butler

12/12/2011 Assemblymember Butler Receives Endorsements from Six More Labor Orgs (Santa Monica Mirror)

11/23/2011 Legislative LGBT Caucus Endorses Butler

11/17/2011 Malibu Mayor, Councilmembers Endorse Butler

11/16/2011 Current and Former Members of Congress Endorse Butler

11/14/2011 California League of Conservation Votes Endorses Butler

11/9/2011 Equality California Endorses Betsy Butler (West Hollywood Patch)

11/9/2011 Equality California Endorses Butler

11/7/2011 Vietnam Veterans of America name Butler 'Legislator of the Year'

11/3/2011 Los Angeles City Councilmembers Endorse Butler

11/1/2011 Assemblymember Butler Receives Support from Environmental Leaders (Santa Monica Mirror)

10/31/2011 Environmental Leaders Endorse Butler

10/27/2011 Operating Engineers Endorse Butler

10/25/2011 Painters and Allied Trades District Council #36 Endorses Butler

10/20/2011 Three More Labor Organizations Endorse Butler

10/18/2011 Gavin Newsom Endorses Betsy Butler (Santa Monica Patch)

10/18/2011 Lt. Governor Newsom Endorses Butler

10/13/2011 Women's Political Committee Endorses Butler

10/10/2011 What Has Betsy Butler Done for You? (Venice Patch)

10/7/2011 Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Endorses Butler

10/4/2011 California Bans Toxic Chemical in Baby Products

10/4/2011 Gov. Brown signs Butler's bill banning BPA from baby products (Contra Costa Times)

10/4/2011 Brown signs ban on BPA bottles, enforces lead ban (San Jose Mercury News)


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