Endorsements

Local leaders who have served the community, state, and country for decades agree that Brian Goldsmith is the best candidate to represent the district in Sacramento.

Speaker Emerita
Nancy Pelosi

“The time I’ve spent with Brian is a reminder of the power of new ideas in our politics. Brian knows how to fight for our values and knows how to win.

I know that his district—and all of California—will benefit from his public service and leadership. I’m proud to support him and look forward to working with him.”

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I’m proud to endorse Brian Goldsmith for the California State Senate because he offers a rare combination of skills, relationships, and experience.

I’ve know Brian for over 25 years, since he worked on my first Senate race. He will be an extraordinary State Senator and I am excited to see the difference he will make for California.”

Senator Barbara Boxer (ret. D-CA)

“My test for supporting someone has always been, are you in it for the right reasons? And Brian is doing this for the right reasons. I am thrilled to be the honorary chair of his campaign.

Brian will fight for to make life more affordable, to protect our environment, to defend women’s rights and LGBTQ rights, and stand up for California values against this White House.”

Local leaders who have served the community, state, and country for decades agree that Brian Goldsmith is the best candidate to represent the district in Sacramento.

National Democratic Leaders

  • Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative (CA-11) and former Speaker of the House of Representatives

  • Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator (D-NY), and First Lady of the United States

  • Secretary Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, former Mayor of South Bend, IN, Democratic Party Leader

Elected Officials - State

  • Senator Barbara Boxer (ret.), former U.S. Senator and former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-CA) - HONORARY CHAIR

  • Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis (D-CA), California’s Representative for International Affairs and Trade and former Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary

  • Senator Henry Stern (SD-27), Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management

  • Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (AD-46), Budget Chair and Co-Chair of the California Jewish Legislative Caucus

  • Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (AD-51), Democratic Caucus Chair

  • Antonio Villaraigosa, former Los Angeles Mayor and California Assembly Speaker

  • Bob Hertzberg, former California State Senate Majority Leader and Assembly Speaker

  • Fran Pavley, former California State Senator and Assemblymember and former Mayor, City of Agoura Hills

  • Kathleen Brown, former California State Treasurer and Business Leader

Elected Officials - Local

  • Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman

  • Mayor Chris Pimentel, City of El Segundo

  • Mayor James R. Bozajian, City of Calabasas

  • Vice Mayor Craig Corman, City of Beverly Hills

  • Councilmember and former Mayor Lana Negrete, City of Santa Monica

  • Councilmember and former Mayor Lauren Meister, City of West Hollywood

  • Councilmember and former Mayor Kelly Honig, City of Westlake Village

  • Councilmember and former Mayor Ray Pearl, City of Westlake Village

  • Councilmember and former Mayor John Mirisch, City of Beverly Hills

  • Councilmember Kate Anderson, City of Agoura Hills

  • Councilmember Alicia Weintraub, City of Calabasas

  • Lili Bosse, former Mayor, City of Beverly Hills

  • Tom Levyn, former Mayor, City of Beverly Hills

  • Vicki Reynolds, former Mayor, City of Beverly Hills

  • Phil Brock, former Mayor, City of Santa Monica

  • Dan Kuperberg, former Mayor, City of Agoura Hills

  • Steve Martin, former Mayor, City of West Hollywood and former Chair, Stonewall Democratic Club

  • Dallas Lawrence, President, Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education

  • Angela Cutbill, Board Member, Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education

  • Alan Lazar, Board Member, Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education

  • Myra Demeter, former Board Member, Beverly Hills Unified School District and Beverly Hills Planning Commissioner

  • Allison Levyn, former Vice President, Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education and Jewish Activist

Commissioners and Appointees

  • Rick Caruso, Philanthropist, Business Leader, Founder of Steadfast LA, and former Los Angeles Police Commission President

  • Dr. Howard Mandel, Chairman of the City of Los Angeles Health Commission

  • Dr. Barry Pressman, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District

  • Cece Feiler, Chairperson of the Board of the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors, former Chair of the Board of Directors of Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), and California State Commissioner

  • Helena Rosenthal, Business Leader andChair, Beverly Hills Health and Safety Commission

  • Erica Felsenthal, PhD, Neuropsychologist andVice Chair, Beverly Hills Health and Safety Commission

  • Terri Smooke, Philanthropist and Vice Chair, Beverly Hills Architectural and Design Review Commission

  • Josh Flagg, Realtor and Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commissioner

  • Jordan Cockeram, Business Executive andWest Hollywood Business License Commissioner

  • Lynn Hoopingarner, Business Executive and West Hollywood Planning Commissioner

  • George Nickle, Business Leader and former West Hollywood Public Safety Commissioner

  • Myra "Mikie" Friedman, Community Activist and former Chair of the West Hollywood Disabilities Advisory Board 

Organizations and Labor Unions

  • Blue Wave Democratic Club

  • San Fernando Valley Democratic Council

  • California Legislative Jewish Caucus

  • I.A.T.S.E. Los Angeles-Based Local Unions

  • CAL FIRE Local 2881

  • California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP)

  • Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL)'

  • Los Angeles School Police Management Association (LASPMA)

  • Los Angeles School Police Association (LASPA)

  • Teamsters Joint Council 42

  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13

  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63

  • International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 94

  • Asian Business Association PAC

  • Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation

  • Democrats for Israel Los Angeles

Community Leaders and Activists

*Titles are for identification purposes and do not imply endorsements from organizations

  • Katie Couric, Renowned Journalist and Founder, Stand Up 2 Cancer

  • Ada Horwich, MSW, Member of the Board of Directors, Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) 

  • Adam Sieff, Attorney and Member of the Board of Directors of Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC)

  • Alex Kissin, Member, Venice Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Co-Founder, Venice Insider Pass

  • Andrea Grossman, Founder of Writers Bloc Presents

  • Annie Gilbar, Journalist and Author

  • Art Ochoa, Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • Barry Meyer, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Barry Porter, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Rabbi Beau Shapiro, Rabbi in Residence, Skirball Cultural Center

  • Bob Beyer, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Ambassador Robert Tuttle, Co-Managing Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom

  • Bryan Berkett, Business Leader and Jewish Activist

  • Camilo Becdach, Partner, McKinsey & Co. and Board Member, Para Los Ninos

  • Cara Natterson, MD, Author and Activist

  • Carole Goldberg, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA Law

  • Chad Tew, Education Entrepreneur

  • Chris Keyser, Screenwriter and former President, Writers Guild of America West

  • Christy Vega, Small business owner

  • Cindy Flagg, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Connie Yahata, Co-President, West LA Buddhist Temple

  • Dan Clivner,Attorney, Philanthropist, and LGBTQ Leader

  • Daniel Weinstock, Entrepreneur and Restaurateur

  • David Herbst, formerChairman, El Segundo Chamber of Commerce and Civic Leader

  • David Hochman, Attorney and Founder and President of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Foundation

  • David Nathanson, Media Entrepreneur, Co-owner, Angel City FC and Treasurer, U.S. Soccer Foundation

  • Debbie Powell, Philanthropist

  • Donna Black, Attorney

  • Ellen Ziffren, Co-Founder, Stand Up To Cancer

  • Erald Sejdini, Entertainment Executive and Community Volunteer

  • Eric Balfour, Actor and President of The Canyon Alliance

  • Eric George, Attorney and former Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary to the CA Governor 

  • Florence Sloan, Film Producer and Philanthropist

  • Fred Rosen, Business and Community Leader

  • Gary Freedman, Attorney and Civic Leader

  • Gary Gilbar, Architect and former member of the Beverly Hills Planning, Architectural, and Design Review Commissions

  • Gelila Puck, Designer and Philanthropist

  • Harry Sloan, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Harvey Englander, Founding Partner, Englander, Knabe & Allen and Nonprofit Leader

  • Heather Karatz, Business Leader and Co-owner, Angel City FC

  • Helen Mirren, Academy Award-winning Actress

  • Hope Warschaw, Civic Leader and Philanthropist

  • Jacki Karsh, Journalist and Jewish Activist

  • Ambassador James Costos, Entertainment Executive and former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and Principality of Andorra

  • Jane Nathanson, MA, MFCC, Philanthropist, Licensed marriage, family and child therapist and Founder of the Nathanson Family Resilience Center at UCLA

  • James Duke Mason, Community Leader and Activist

  • Jan Reichmann, President of the Comstock Hills Homeowners Association

  • Jane Olson, Author and Humanitarian

  • Jason Blum, Entertainment Executive and Philanthropist

  • Jay Roth, former National Executive Director, Director’s Guild of America

  • Jay Sures, Member of the Board of Regents, University of California and Vice Chairman, United Talent Agency

  • Jean Picker Firstenberg, Member of the Board of Trustees, California State University and former President & CEO, American Film Institute’

  • Jeffrey Karsh, Business Leader

  • Jennie Tucker, Co-Founder, Venice Insider Pass

  • Jerrold Green, Ph.D, Interim President & CEO, Pacific Council for International Policy

  • Joan Kessler, Arbitrator, Mediator and Nonprofit Leader

  • Rabbi Joel Simonds, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, founding Executive Director, Jewish Center for Justice (JCJ), and founding President of Partnership for Growth LA

  • John Saito, Jr., Community Leader and Activist

  • Jon Favreau, Co-Founder, Crooked Media

  • Jonathan Tucker,Actor and Activist

  • Joyce Rey, Philanthropist and Realtor

  • Julie Platt, Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and Philanthropist

  • Julie Waxman, Writer and Philanthropist

  • Ken Ota, Treasurer of the Venice-West LA Japanese American Citizens League Chapter.

  • Ken Ziffren, Attorney and former Los Angeles Film Czar

  • Kimberly Marteau Emerson, Activist, Philanthropist, and former Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council

  • Laura Shell, Activist, Philanthropist, former member of the Los Angeles County Planning Commission, and former Planning Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

  • Laurel Baker Tew, Educator and Nonprofit Leader

  • Lauren Schuker Blum, Screenwriter, Journalist, and Philanthropist

  • Lauryn Harris-Pimstone, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Lea Porter, Realtor and Philanthropist

  • Les Bider, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, Attorney, Philanthropist, Founding Board Member of the Alliance for Children’s Rights, former member of the Los Angeles County Board of Education, and former Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Welfare

  • Lindsay Rachelefsky, Philanthropic and Political Advisor and Nonprofit Leader

  • Lynn Bider, Philanthropist and Vice Chair, Jewish Federation Los Angeles

  • Lynn Vavreck, Author and Professor

  • Ambassador Marc Nathanson, Business Leader, Philanthropist, and former U.S. Ambassador to Norway

  • Maria Hummer-Tuttle, Attorney, Philanthropist, and former Chair of the Getty Trust

  • Marjorie David,Screenwriter and Democratic Party Activist

  • Martha Karsh, Attorney andPhilanthropist

  • Mary Leslie, President of the Los Angeles Business Coalition (LABC)

  • Marylouise Oates, Journalist, Activist, andPhilanthropist

  • Matt Kozlov, Managing Director of Techstars LA, Techstars Healthcare, and Techstars Space

  • Matthew Louchheim, Business Leader and Jewish Philanthropist'

  • Michael Flagg, Business Leader

  • Ambassador Michael Lawson, Attorney and former U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and former President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League

  • Michael Smith, Designer and Philanthropist

  • Mitchell Kaplan, Co-Founder and President, Kaplan Stahler Agency and Board Member of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare

  • Nadine Schiff, Writer, Producer, and Philanthropist

  • Nancy Rubin, Philanthropist and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights\

  • Neema Sahni, Attorney

  • Ambassador Noah Mamet, Business Leader and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina

  • Nori Sakai, Vice Chair of Business and Commerce Committee, Japan Business Association of Southern CaliforniaNanci Rascoff, MD, MPH, Doctor and Philanthropist

  • Philip Mercado, MD FACS, Doctor and Philanthropist

  • Rachel Storm, Community Volunteer

  • Richard S. Ziman, Business Leader and Philanthropist, CEO and Co-Trustee of The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and Founder of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and the Ziman Family Oncology Outpatient Center at City of Hope

  • Rick Grossman, Business Leader

  • Rick Powell, Business Leader and Past Chair of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple

  • Ron Olson, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Sabina Nathanson, Entertainment Executive, Philanthropist, Founding Board Member and Officer of Baby2Baby, and Founding Investor in Angel City FC

  • Scott Edelman, Attorney, Philanthropist, and former Board President of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, and American Jewish Committee LA

  • Seth Freeman, MPH, Screenwriter, Healthcare Activist, and Philanthropist]

  • Shayna George, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Sherry Grant, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Sherry Lansing, Philanthropist, Retired Entertainment Executive, Co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and Recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • Skip Kessler, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Spencer Rascoff, Business Leader and Philanthropist

  • Susan Edelman, Attorney and Philanthropist

  • Susan Estrich, Attorney and Activist

  • Susan Sprung, CEO and National Executive Director of the Producer Guild of America and Philanthropist

  • Tara Tucker, Community Volunteer

  • Taylor Hackford, Award Winning Director and Past President of the Directors Guild of America

  • Teddy Karatz, Business Leader

  • Tina Caruso, Philanthropist

  • Todd Quinn, Entertainment Executive and Philanthropist

  • Tony Storm, Attorney and Incoming Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association

  • Vishal Sahni, Attorneya

  • Wendy Levine, Founder of Beauty Bus and Philanthropist

  • Wendy Smith Meyer, PhD, LCSW, Retired Educator, Philanthropist, and Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Foster Youth Institute