Elected Officials
Betty was elected in November 2006 to serve as the First District Member on the State Board of Equalization after serving two years as the Acting Member for the First District. She earned over 1.5 million votes, or 65 percent of the vote, in that election, and was unanimously elected by her colleagues on the Board to serve as the Chairwoman during her first year in office. Betty continues to work hard to uphold California’s tax laws to ensure taxpayers are treated fairly and to protect funding for critical public services such as K-12 and higher education, health care, public safety, transportation, and natural resource and environmental protection.
Having earned a reputation throughout her public service career for hard work, fairness, and integrity, Betty’s 2010 early endorsements are already include:
Federal Officials
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
Representative Zoe Lofgren, California Congressional Delegation Chair
Representative Howard L. Berman
Representative Bob Filner
Representative Brad Sherman
Representative Mike Thompson
State Officials
Lt. Governor (Ret.) Cruz Bustamante
Senator Gil Cedillo
Senator Mark DeSaulnier
Senator Loni Hancock
Senator Christine Kehoe
Senator Mark Leno
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Senator Curren Price
Senator Joe Simitian
Senator Lois Wolk
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Assemblymember Jim Beall
Assemblymember Julia Brownley
Assemblymember Joan Buchanan
Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro
Assemblymember Paul Fong
Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III
Assemblymember Jerry Hill
Assemblymember Dave Jones
Assemblymember Johan Klehs (Ret.)
Assemblymember Fiona Ma
Assemblymember Bill Monning
Assemblymember Pedro Nava
Assemblymember Ira Ruskin
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada
County and City Officials
Alameda Councilmember Lena Tam
Alameda County Assessor Ron Thomsen
Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker
Arcata City Councilmember Shane Brinton
Benicia Vice Mayor Tom Campbell
Berkeley Councilmember Jesse Arreguin
Berkeley Councilmember Linda Maio
Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington
Campbell City Councilmember Dan Furtado
Carpinteria Councilmember Kathleen Reddington
Colusa County Assessor Wayne Zoller
Colusa County Supervisor Denise J. Carter
Colusa County Supervisor Mark D. Marshall
Crescent City Councilmember Charles Slert
Cupertino Mayor Kris Wang
Daly City Mayor Michael Guingona
Emeryville Mayor Ruth Atkin
Emeryville Councilmember Jennifer West
Fairfax Councilmember David Weinsoff
Fort Bragg Councilmember Meg Courtney
Fremont Councilmember Suzanne Lee Chan
Hayward Councilmember Kevin Dowling
Hayward Councilmember Barbara Halliday
Hayward Councilmember Anna May
Hayward Councilmember Bill Quirk
Hayward Mayor Pro Tempore Olden P. Henson
Hercules Councilmember Joanne Ward
Humboldt County Assessor Linda Hill
Los Altos Hills Mayor Dean Warshawsky
Marin County Assessor-Recorder Joan Thayer
Marin County Supervisor Judy Arnold
Mendocino County Supervisor Carre Brown
Mendocino County Supervisor Kendall Smith
Millbrae Councilmember Gina Papan
Millbrae Mayor Paul Seto
Milpitas Mayor Robert Livengood
Monterey County Assessor Stephen L Vagnini
Monterey County Supervisor Simon Salinas
Monterey County Treasurer-Tax Collector Lou Solton
Moraga Mayor Ken Chew
Morgan Hill Councilmember Larry Carr
Morro Bay Councilmember Richard Grantham
Newark Councilmember Luis Freitas
Oakland Attorney John Russo
Oakland City Auditor Courtney A. Ruby
Orinda Mayor Thomas McCormick
Palo Alto Councilmember Yoriko Kishimoto
Petaluma Councilmember David Glass
Petaluma Mayor Pamela Torliatt
Piedmont City Councilmember Margaret Fujioka
Pleasanton Mayor Jennifer Hosterman
Richmond City Councilmember Thomas Butt
Sacramento County Supervisor Roger Dickinson
San Benito County Assessor Thomas Slavich
San Benito County Supervisor Reb Monaco
San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
San Francisco County Supervisor John Avalos
San Francisco County Supervisor President David Chiu
San Francisco County Supervisor David Campos
San Francisco County Supervisor Carmen Chu
San Francisco County Supervisor Eric Mar
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi
San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey
San Francisco Treasurer-Tax Collector Jose Cisneros
San Jose City Councilmember Kansen Chu
San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo
San Jose City Councilmember Nancy Pyle
San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola
San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos
San Luis Obispo Councilmember John B. Ashbaugh
San Mateo County Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson
San Mateo County Supervisor Richard Gordon
San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom
San Rafael Councilmember Greg Brockbank
San Rafael Councilmember Damon Connolly
Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum
Santa Clara Councilmember Jamie McLeod
Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss
Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager
Santa Cruz County Auditor-Controller Mary Jo Walker
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty
Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley
Santa Cruz Mayor Mike Rotkin
Sebastopol Councilmember Kathleen Shaffer
Sonoma County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector Rod Dole
Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown
Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane
South San Francisco Vice Mayor Kevin Mullin
St. Helena Mayor Del Britton
Suisun City Mayor Pete Sanchez
Sunnyvale City Councilmember John Howe
Sunnyvale Mayor Anthony Spitaleri
Trinity County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Deanna L. Bradford
Ukiah Councilmember Mari Rodin
Vallejo City Councilmember Joanne Schivley
Vallejo Vice Mayor Hermie Sunga
Willits Councilmember Greg Kanne
Winters Councilmember Cecilia M. Aguilar-Curry
Winters Mayor Pro Tempore Keith W. Fridae
Yolo County Assessor Joel Butler
Yolo County Supervisor Helen Thomson
Community College and School District Officials
Alameda County Board of Education Member Fred Sims
Alameda Unified School District Superintendent Sheila Jordan
Albany Unified School District Superintendent Marla Stephenson
Albany Unified School District Board Member Patricia Low
Belmont-Redwood Shores School Board Member Karen Clancy
Berryessa Union School District Board of Education President David Cohen
Cabrillo Unified School District Trustee John Moseley
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District President Dr. Hal G. Gin
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board Member Dr. Marshall Mitzman
Cupertino Union School Board Vice President Josephine Lucey
Emery Unified School District Board Member Joshua Simon
Fremont Unified School District Board Trustee Lara York
Hayward Unified School District Board Clerk Sheila Sims
Jefferson School District Trustee Marianne E. Petroni
Jefferson Union High School Board Jeanne Matysiak
Marin Board of Education Member David M. Hellman
Martinez Unified School District Superintendent Rami Muth
Oak Grove School District Board President Jeremy Nishihara
Ohlone Community College Trustee Teresa Cox
Ohlone Community College Trustee Garrett S. Yee
Peralta Community College District Board Vice President Abel Guillen
Peralta Community College Board Trustee Nicky Gonzalez Yuen
Peralta Community College Board Trustee Cy Gulassa
Pittsburg Unified School District Board of Education Member William L. Wong, Ed.D.
Ravenswood City School Board President Larry James Moody
San Francisco Board of Education Member Rachel Norton
San Francisco Board of Education Member Jill Wynns
San Francisco Board of Education Member Norman Yee
San Francisco Community College Board Trustee Dr. Natalie Berg
San Francisco Community College Board Trustee Chris Jackson
San Francisco Community College Board Trustee President Milton Marks
San Francisco Community College Board Trustee Steve Ngo
San Francisco Community College Board Trustee Lawrence Wong
San Leandro School Board Trustee Diana Prola
San Lorenzo Board of Education Member Jim Sherman
San Lorenzo School Superintendent Dr. Dennis Byas
Santa Barbara Board of Education Trustee Helen Grossman
Santa Clara County Board of Education Member T.N. Ho
South San Francisco Unified School District Board President Liza Normandy
West Contra Costa County School Board Trustee Tony Thurmond
