Endorsers of 2006 SB 840

California Health Insurance Reliability Act

Date of Release: March 20, 2006

1. Advisory Council on Aging, Contra Costa County
2. Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County
3. Alameda County Medical Center
4. Alliance for Democracy, Ukiah Valley
5. Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society
6. American Association of University Women (AAUW), California
7. American Association of University Women (AAUW), Palos Verdes
8. American Association of University Women (AAUW), Santa Barbara Area
9. American Association of University Women (AAUW), Stockton
10. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), San Luis Obispo County
11. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Santa Barbara
12. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Santa Cruz
13. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Southern California
14. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO
15. AFSCME District Council 36, Los Angeles, AFL-CIO
16. AFSCME District Council 57, San Jose, AFL-CIO
17. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, (AFTRA) AFL-CIO
18. American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
19. American Nurses Association, California (ANA)
20. Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc. mid-sized CA business
21. Arbor Free Clinic
22. Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council, Contra Costa County*
23. Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties
24. Arthritis Care Center, Inc.
25. Asian Americans for Community Involvement, Inc.
26. Asian Law Alliance
27. Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)
28. Assertive Communication Therapy, small business, Encino
29. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), California
30. Atascadero Democratic Club
31. Bailey Engineering, small business, Grass Valley
32. Being Alive, Los Angeles
33. Berkeley Ecumenical Chaplaincy to the Homeless
34. Blickenstaff Construction
35. Blue Control Technologies, small business, Burlingame
36. Board of Supervisors, Alameda County
37. Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County
38. Board of Supervisors, Marin County
39. Breast Cancer Action
40. Breast Cancer Fund
41. Brookside Dental Care, Stockton
42. Buena Vista United Methodist Church
43. Butte County Health Care Coalition
44. Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers - AFT Local 4400
45. California Alliance Against Domestic Violence
46. California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)
47. California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA), Mary Silverberg East Bay Club
48. California Association of Public Authorities for In-Home Supportive Services (CAPA)
49. California Black Women's Health Project
50. California Church IMPACT
51. California Commission on Aging
52. California Consumer Health Care Council
53. California Consumers United
54. California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies (CCCMHA)
55. California Democratic Council
56. California Democratic Party Women's Caucus
57. California Educational Support Professionals
58. California Faculty Association
59. California Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
60. California For Democracy, Steering Committee
61. California Foundation for Independent Living Centers
62. California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative
63. California Nurses Association (CNA)
64. California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
65. California Physicians Alliance (CaPA)
66. California Primary Care Association
67. California Public Health Association - North
68. California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG)
69. California Retired Teachers Association (CRTA)
70. California School Employees Association (CSEA)
71. California Staff Organization
72. California State University Employees Union (CSUEU), (SEIU 2579)
73. California Teachers Association (CTA)
74. California Women Lawyers (CWL)
75. Castro Valley Democratic Club
76. Center for the Partially Sighted, Los Angeles
77. Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
78. Central Labor Council, Alameda County AFL-CIO
79. Child Care Law Center (CCLC)
80. City of Berkeley
81. City of Capitola
82. City of Carson
83. City of El Cerrito
84. City of Santa Cruz
85. City of Santa Monica
86. City of Watsonville
87. City of West Hollywood
88. Claremont Democratic Club
89. Coalition for Community Health
90. Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Los Angeles
91. Coalition LA
92. Coastside Democrats
93. Comercio Justo, University of Santa Cruz**
94. Commission on the Status of Women, California
95. Commission on the Status of Women, San Francisco
96. Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 9423 (Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Benito, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties) AFL-CIO
97. Community Access Center, ACCESS (Riverside County)
98. Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc.
99. Community Clinic Consortium of Contra Costa
100. Community Health Partnership
101. Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (First Christian Church, San Jose)
102. Congressman Howard L. Berman, 28th District, California
103. Consumers Union
104. Contra Costa Health Services, Mental Health Committee
105. Council of Churches, Santa Clara County
106. Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant Governor of California
107. Davis Friends Meeting (Quakers) **
108. Dean J. Birinyi Architectural Photography. Small business, Newark
109. Death Penalty Focus, Santa Cruz Chapter
110. Del Norte Teachers Association, Crescent City
111. Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
112. Democratic Party of Santa Clara County **
113. Democratic Women of the San Fernando Valley
114. Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County
115. Demos Democratic Club of Hayward
116. Disability Rights Advocates
117. Dominican Sisters, San Rafael
118. Douglas E. Bungert and Associates, Camarillo (small business)**
119. Dunham & Associates, Geotechnical Engineers, Small Business, San Mateo
120. El Cerrito Democratic Club
121. Equality California
122. Evergreen Democratic Club, San Jose
123. Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM), California**
124. Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM), Alameda County**
125. First 5 Marin Children and Families Commission
126. First Affirmative Financial Network, small business, Berkeley**
127. First Congregational Church, Long Beach
128. First Unitarian Church, Social Justice Committee, Los Angeles
129. Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR)
130. Four Winds, Inc. Small business, Fairfax
131. Fresno County Democratic Central Committee
132. Friends Committee on Legislation of California
133. Funeral Consumers Alliance of Monterey Bay
134. Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services, Inc. (GLASS)
135. Graduate Student Association of the University of California, Santa Cruz
136. Graphic Artists Guild, Northern California Chapter
137. Gray Panthers, California
138. Gray Panthers, Berkeley
139. Gray Panthers, Long Beach
140. Gray Panthers, Sacramento
141. Gray Panthers, South Bay
142. Grass Valley Religious Society of Friends Meeting
143. Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers
144. Green Party of Alameda County
145. Green Party of Marin
146. Green Party of San Luis Obispo
147. Green Party of Santa Clara County
148. Green Party of Santa Cruz County
149. Green Party of Ventura County
150. Greenlining Institute
151. H. William Taeusch, MD - Chief, Pediatric Service San Francisco General Hospital
152. Haddad's Fine Arts, Inc. Small Business, Yorba Linda
153. Hadassah, Central Pacific Coast Region**
154. Halstead R. Holman, MD - Guggenheim Professor of Medicine, Emeritus - Stanford University**
155. Health Access, California
156. Health Care for All (HCA), California
157. Health Care for All (HCA), Los Angeles County
158. Health Care for All (HCA), Marin
159. Health Care for All (HCA), Sacramento Valley
160. Health Care for All (HCA), San Diego
161. Health Care for All (HCA), San Francisco/Mid-Peninsula
162. Health Care for All (HCA), San Joaquin
163. Health Care for All (HCA), Santa Barbara
164. Health Care for All (HCA), Santa Cruz
165. Health Care for All (HCA), Silicon Valley Coalition
166. Health Care for All (HCA), Sonoma County
167. Health Care for All (HCA), South Bay/Long Beach
168. Health Care for All (HCA), Tulare-Kings Counties
169. Healthy Days Inc., small business, Los Angeles
170. High Sierra Music, small business, Berkeley
171. Home Design, Small Business, Greenville
172. Hope Dance, San Luis Obispo
173. Human Services Commission, County of Santa Cruz
174. Independent Employees of Merced County (IEMC)
175. Independent Living Center of Southern California
176. Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
177. Interfaith Council of San Joaquin
178. Inverness Public Utility District
179. Jackalope Communications, Inc. small Business, Grass Valley
180. JERICHO
181. Jewish Labor Committee Western Region**
182. Jewish Civic Action Network (JCAN)
183. Jimmy K's Musical Instrument Repair, small business, Grass Valley
184. Just Health Care Committee of the Merced Labor Party
185. Kennedy Club of the San Joaquin
186. Kim Mai, Inc. small business, Topanga
187. Korean Resource Center
188. Kramer Translation, small business, Merced
189. La Raza Roundtable, San Jose
190. Labor Party, San Jose Local Organizing Committee
191. Lake County Employees Association, Inc.
192. Lambda Letters Project
193. Lambert & Associates, small business, Sacramento
194. Latina Club of San Joaquin County
195. Latino Health Access
196. Latino Issues Forum
197. Law Offices of Frederic L. Harvey, Berkeley
198. Lawndale Democratic Club
199. League of Women Voters, Butte County
200. League of Women Voters, California
201. League of Women Voters, Claremont
202. League of Women Voters, Los Angeles
203. League of Women Voters, Marin County
204. League of Women Voters, Palos Verdes
205. League of Women Voters, Pasadena Area
206. League of Women Voters, San Luis Obispo County
207. League of Women Voters, San Mateo County
208. League of Women Voters, Santa Barbara
209. League of Women Voters, Santa Cruz County
210. League of Women Voters, Santa Maria Valley
211. League of Women Voters, Southwest Santa Clara Valley
212. League of Women Voters, Tulare County
213. League of Women Voters, West Contra Costa County
214. Leibman and Associates, Los Angeles
215. Life Made Easy, small business, Santa Monica
216. Lifetime Images, small business, Chino Hills
217. Lomita-Harbor City Democratic Club
218. Los Angeles College Faculty Guild
219. Los Angeles Community College District, Board of Trustees
220. Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council**
221. Los Angeles County Commission on Insurance
222. Low-Income Self-Help Center, San Jose
223. Margaret Wheeler, MD - Director, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program UCSF
224. Marin Community College District Board of Trustees
225. Marin Health Care District Board
226. Marin Municipal Water District
227. Marin Women's Commission
228. Martin Luther King Legacy Association, Los Angeles
229. Mental Health Association, California
230. Mental Health Association, Santa Barbara County
231. Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles
232. Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
233. Midway Democratic Club
234. Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
235. Monterey Park Democratic Club
236. Monterey Peninsula Friends (Quakers) Meeting
237. Municipal Employees Federation, Local 101, San Jose (AFSCME)
238. Musicians Union, Local 6, San Francisco, AFL-CIO
239. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Southern Santa Barbara County
240. National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
241. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Pasadena Branch**
242. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Santa Cruz Chapter**
243. National Association of Social Workers (NASW), California Chapter**
244. National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Santa Barbara Unit**
245. National Association of Working Women (NAWW), Bay Area Chapter
246. National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), California State Public Affairs
247. National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Los Angeles
248. National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Sacramento
249. National Multiple Sclerosis Society
250. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter
251. National Organization for Women (NOW), California
252. National Organization for Women (NOW), Marin
253. National Organization for Women, Monterey Peninsula
254. National Organization for Women (NOW), San Jose/South Bay
255. National Women's Political Caucus South Bay
256. National Writers Union, Los Angeles
257. National Writers Union, Santa Cruz/Monterey
258. Natural Methods Healthcare of Sonoma
259. Neighbor to Neighbor, San Francisco
260. Nevada County Green Party
261. North Coast Clinics Network
262. North Marin Water District
263. Oak Grove Educators Association, San Jose
264. Ocean Psychological Services, Santa Monica
265. Office & Professional Employees International Union, Local No.3 (AFL-CIO)
266. Ojai Valley Democratic Club
267. Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, San Francisco
268. Older Women's League of California
269. Older Women's League, San Francisco
270. Orange County Interfaith Coalition for Social Justice
271. Organization of Farmworker Women Leaders in California
272. Organization of SMUD Employees (OSE)
273. Ortiz Consulting Services, Walnut Creek (small business)
274. P-conn-tie Hot Ties, Santa Barbara (small business)
275. Pacific Palisades Democratic Club
276. Palos Verdes Peninsula Democratic Club
277. Parent Collaborative L.A.U.S.D.
278. Paso Robles Democratic Club
279. Peninsula Democratic Coalition, Los Altos
280. People for a National Health Program, Laguna Hills
281. People United for Economic Justice (PUEBLO), Santa Barbara
282. People's Democratic Club, Santa Cruz County
283. Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc
284. Philippine Nurses Association of Southern California (PNASC)
285. Physicians for Social Responsibility, Bay Area
286. Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
287. Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sacramento
288. Planned Parenthood, Affiliates of California (PPAC)
289. Planned Parenthood, Mar Monte
290. Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles
291. Planned Parenthood, Orange and San Bernardino Counties
292. Planned Parenthood, Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc.
293. Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party (pending)
294. Progressive Christians Uniting
295. Progressive Democrats of the East Bay
296. Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles
297. Progressive Jewish Alliance
298. Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
299. Rainbow Coalition, West Contra Costa County
300. Religious Society of Friends (Berkley)
301. Religious Society of Friends (Palo Alto)
302. Religious Society of Friends (Watsonville)
303. Reproductive Rights Network of Santa Cruz County
304. Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz
305. Resources for Independent Living, Sacramento
306. Robert N. Hamburger, MD - Prof. of Pediatrics Emeritus, UC San Diego School of Medicine
307. Ron & Monica Hodges, small business owners, Long Beach
308. Salud Para La Gente, Inc.
309. San Bernardino Public Employees Association
310. San Pedro Neighbors for Peace & Justice
311. San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council (VIC)
312. San Gabriel Valley Democratic Women's Club
313. San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
314. San Joaquin and Calaveras Counties Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
315. San Jose City College Academic Senate
316. San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
317. San Jose Newspaper Guild/CWA Local 39098
318. San Jose Peace Chorale
319. San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1493, AFL-CIO
320. Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN)
321. Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee
322. Santa Barbara Friends Meeting - Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
323. Santa Barbara Progressive Coalition
324. Santa Clara County Democratic Club
325. Santa Cruz City Firefighters
326. Santa Cruz County Women's Commission
327. Santa Rosa City Employees Association (SRCEA)
328. Santa Rosa Democratic Club
329. Save the San Jose Medical Center Coalition
330. Screen Actors Guild, AFL-CIO
331. Screened Images, small business, Campbell
332. Senior Advocary Council, Pasadena
333. Sequoia Medical Associates, Inc.
334. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), California State Council
335. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 415, Santa Cruz
336. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 616, Alameda County
337. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 620
338. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 660, Los Angeles
339. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 949, San Raphael
340. Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1000, Sacramento
341. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) -United Healthcare Workers West (UHW)
342. Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), Santa Clara County
343. Sherman Oaks Democratic Club
344. Sierra Cotton of Grass Valley, small business, Grass Valley
345. Sierra Foothills Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
346. Sierra Friends Center
347. Small Business Consulting and Tax Preparation Services, Inverness
348. Sober Living Network, Santa Monica
349. Social Justice Alliance of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
350. Social Justice Center of Marin
351. Soledad Enrichment Action Charter School, Los Angeles County
352. Sonoma Valley Health Care District
353. Sonoma Valley Hospital
354. South Coast Interfaith Council Board of Directors
355. South County Democratic Club, San Luis Obispo
356. South Hayward Parish Board
357. Southern California Ecumenical Council
358. Southern California Public Health Association
359. Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles
360. St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
361. St. Joseph Church. Hawthorne
362. St. Mary Magdalen Church
363. St. Mary's Center, Oakland
364. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD - Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
365. Torrance Democratic Club
366. Town of Fairfax
367. Twenty-eighth Assembly District Committee of the California Democratic Party
368. U.S.A/Cuba InfoMed
369. Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
370. Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, Social Action Committee
371. Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
372. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Goleta - Social Concerns Committee
373. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
374. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, San Luis Obispo County
375. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Santa Cruz County
376. Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, California
377. Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
378. Unitarian Universalists of Santa Clarita Valley, Social Justice Committee
379. United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 2865
380. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 428, San Jose
381. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 428 Retirees Club, San Jose
382. United Methodist Church, California-Nevada Annual Conference, 365+ congregations
383. United Methodist Church, Connectional Ministries
384. United Methodist Church, Los Angeles Area
385. United Nations Association - USA & UNESCO, Santa Barbara County
386. United Nations Association - USA & UNESCO, Santa Cruz Chapter
387. United Nurses Associations/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) AFSCME
388. United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County
389. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
390. University Lutheran Chapel
391. University of California at Santa Cruz College Democrats
392. Valley Democrats United, Tarzana
393. Valley Seniors, Hanford
394. Valley Women's Club, Ben Lomond
395. Venice Family Clinic
396. Virgil Wood Pool Service - Anaheim, CA (small business)
397. Vote Health, Alameda County
398. Vote Health, Executive Committee
399. Wanning Design, San Francisco (small business)
400. Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, Oakland
401. West County Mayors' and Supervisors Association
402. West Hollywood Democratic Club
403. West Los Angeles Democratic Club
404. WRAP Family Services, Los Angeles
405. Women For:
406. Women Lawyers of Sacramento
407. Women Lawyers of Santa Cruz County
408. Women Helping All People
409. Women's Coalition South Bay
410. Women's Foundation of California
411. Women's Health Center, Glendale
412. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey County
413. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pajaro Valley Branch
414. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Peninsula Branch
415. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, San Jose
416. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Barbara
417. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz
418. Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Southern California
419. Worksafe

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