Growing list of endorsers of
Phoebe Anne Sorgen’s
District 6 candidacy:

Bay Area Newspaper Endorsements:
    The Berkeley Daily Planet
    The Bay Guardian
    The Bay Area Reporter
Progressive Democrats of the East Bay:
    Organizational Endorsement
Alameda County and Berkeley Green Party:
    Organizational Endorsement
John George Democratic Club:
    Organizational Endorsement
East Bay LGBT Democratic Club:
    Organizational Endorsement
Berkeley Green Party:
    Organizational Endorsement
Berkeley Citizens Action -
    Organizational Endorsement
Max Anderson -
    Berkeley City Councilmember,
    Vice Mayor of Berkeley
Kriss Worthington -
    Berkeley City Councilmember
Ying Lee -
    Former Berkeley City Councilmember
Carole Kennerly -
    Former City Councilmember
Robert Lieber -
    Mayor of Albany
Jesse Townley -
    Vice Chair/Former Chair
    Disaster/Fire Safety Commission
David Blake -
    Arts Com, former Chair Zoning Board
Jesse Arrequin -
    Zoning Board, Downtown Area Plan
    Advisory Committee, Chair Housing Com
David Tam -
    Vice chair Zero Waste Commission
Anne Wagley -
    Landmarks Preservation Commissioner
    former Chair Housing Com
    Berkeley Architectural Heritage
Igor Traub -
    Chair Commission on Labor
Patti Dacey -
    Planning Commissioner
Michael Sherman -
    Police Review Commissioner
Bonnie Hughes -
    Dir. Berkeley Arts Festival,
    former Art Com
Nicky Gonzalez Yuen -
    Vice Pres. PCCD Board

ADDITIONAL BERKELEY LEADERS:
Anna de Leon, Esq. -
    Blues singer extraordinaire,
    Owner of Anna's Jazz Island
Donald Goldmacher, M.D. -
    Delegate of the California
    Democratic Party
Margot Smith - Advocate for elders
Conn Hallinan -
    Daily Planet foreign
    policy columnist
Ann Fagan Ginger - Attorney
Rev. Kurt Kuhwald -
    Starr King School
    for the Ministry
Michael Parenti, Ph.D. -
    Author and scholar
Abbot Foote -
    Community Stewardship
Anna Graves -
    Photographer, Obama campaigner
Matthew Hallinan -
    Co-founder Wellstone
    Democratic Renewal Club
Margot Smith -
    Advocate for elders
Atis & Judy Folkmanis -
    creators Folkmanis puppets
Patricia (“Patti”) Marsh -
    Life long Berkeley resident
Jane Stillwater -
    Pro-troops journalist/blogger
Stephanie Thomas -
    Department of Peace Campaign
    District 9 Team Leader,
    retired social worker
Ingrid Kepler May -
    Psychotherapist, Transcend
Carolyna Marks -
    Peace Empowerment Process
Matthew Taylor -
    UC Berkeley student, freelance writer
Steven Baigel -
    Documentary filmmaker
John Lavine -
    Editor Woodwork Magazine, former
    Peace and Justice Commissioner
Wendy Kenin -
    Peace and Justice Commissioner
Diana Bohn -
    Campaign for Labor Rights, Potters for
    Peace board member, Peace/Justice Com
Elliot Cohen -
    Peace and Justice Commissioner
Tammy Pilisuk -
    Unit chief, Provider Education CA
    Dept of Public Health Immunization Branch
Jancis Long Ph.D. -
    Pres. Psychologists for Social
    Responsibility
Nicole Milner -
    Musician, social worker
Jackie Riskin -
    Wellstone Dem Club
    Voting Rights Task Force

DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS:
Bari Nelson -
    Early Childhood Educator
Robert Franklin -
    Labor Committee for Peace and Justice
Astrid Rusquellas, M.D.
Clare & Dana Ullman -
    Jewelry designer/National
    homeopathy spokesperson, author
Marc & Phyllis Pliisuk-Professor -
    author/Poet
Jonathan & Sally Francis PhD -
    Physician/Psychologist
Dina Angel-Wing - Sculptor
Nancy K. D. Lemon -
    Lecturer/Consultant Berkeley
    Law School UCB (Boalt)
Ingrid Kepler-May, M.Ed. -
    Family therapist, mediator
Blaine Devine - Carpenter
Caroline & Gustav Carlson -
    Artist/Designer
Nancy Feinberg -
    Teacher
Rabbi Michael Lerner -
    Editor Tikkun, Chair Network of
    Spiritual Progressives
Hannah E. Sims, LLM - Attorney
Jean Sanchrico - Designer/artist
Dirk McDougal - Computer consultant
Michael Sorgen -
    Civil rights attorney
Zach Sorgen -
    Student, former Energy Commissioner
Laverda O. Allen - Constructioin manager
Matt Sims - Sole Proprietor
Adelle Lemon
Eric Rey
Scott Wachenheim -
    retired Cragmont and Oxford teacher,
    Co-founder Preserve the Village

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LEADERS:
Patricia and Daniel Ellsberg -
    Pentagon Papers
Sharon Adams, Esq -
    Downtown Berkeley attorney
Ana Turetsky -
    Pres. Oakland 77American
    Federation of Teachers
Maryilyn Langlois -
    Transcend U.S. Steering Com
Diana Young -
    Earth Charter Community Alliance
Victoria Ashley -
    Alameda Co. Green Party Counselor
Rev. Sandra Decker -
    Contra Costa G.P. Counselor
Fred Jackson -
    Richmond Neighborhood House
Harry Brill - Labor,
    coordinator Berkeley Honda boycott
Anne Wardell -
    Berkeley pharmacist
David S. Lingenfelter, PhD –
    CQA
Nyunt Than - Pres.
    Burmese American Democracy All.
Norman Solomon -
    Institute for Public Accuracy,
    F.A.I.R.
Sherry Gendelman, Esq. - Pacifica Radio
Susan McDonough - Labor activist
Warren Mar - Faculty CCSF,
    AFT 2121 member
Rev. Meg Whitaker-Greene -
    UU Community minister

This is a partial list of endorsers. There are many more, for which we are grateful, and we regret the posting delay.

Unless otherwise noted, organizations are listed for identification purposes only.

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PHOEBE  ANNE  SORGEN
On the issues:

"Berkeley needs Phoebe Anne Sorgen's leadership, experience, and hard work on the City Council." - Daniel Ellsberg

Phoebe will hold government accountable and will help ensure that our taxes are not wasted! As an offended taxpayer, she already took effective steps earlier this year to address the wasted taxes in unnecessary overtime pay.

Many are asking why Phoebe has not exposed the deceptive tactics of her opponent. Phoebe is proud to have run an ethical, positive campaign that has been focussed on vision and hope, rather than distract from the issues by addressing those Rove/McCain type negative tactics. When volunteers are frustrated that many yard signs they put up were stolen within 24 hours, Phoebe has insisted that they not respond in kind. A new low--signs were cut off her eco-vehicles' roofs in broad daylight in front of her home, Saturday around noon. As her Dad says, "Two wrongs do not make a right." (Please collect all yard signs and wires after Tuesday and return them to Phoebe for future campaigns. If she does not run again, she will donate the wires to allies.)

As to distortions in her opponent's last three mailers, Phoebe hopes that most readers will read between the lines and know that her opponent, contrary to implications, is endorsed by neither the Sierra Club nor Barbara Lee. Her opponent favors LL, which would gut the Landmarks Preservation Ordinance and is thus anti-preservationist and anti-environment. Clearly, Phoebe is the environmentalist and the preservationist, who walks (and drives electric!) her talk, leading by example in myriad ways.

Phoebe Sorgen’s 6 point plan based on hearing District 6 concerns:

  1. Shopping!
    Phoebe will fix parking policies, champion "Shop Berkeley" at all levels, including City contracts. Phoebe's opponent was quoted in the Chronicle as saying, "We've let downtown go." We need Phoebe's innovative leadership. She will coordinate pleasant & safe business districts, and attract retail by cutting red tape.
  2. Safety in our neighborhoods!
    Phoebe will get you better lighting, patrolling, Neighborhood Crime Watch, and a crime hotline for those who are not comfortable with online updates. She will get those potholes fixed and calm traffic.
  3. Safety from disaster!
    Putting safety first, Phoebe will jump start earthquake trainings and caches, eucalyptus replacement with nonflammables such as redwood, and undergrounding utilities.
  4. Sustainability!
    Phoebe will work for fast implementation of Measure G and more, to keep Berkeley leading! For example, we need more solar hot water heaters, so easy and cost effective, and grey water/rain water collection systems that will pay for themselves in reduced water fees.
  5. Sunshining Government!
    Phoebe will enact a strong, enforceable Sunshine Ordinance for government that is open, accountable, accessible. She will maintain her 24 hour voicemail and meet with you outside office hours if needed.
  6. Speech!
    Phoebe is an idealistic pragmatist who will meet her constituents' practical needs first and foremost, and will address broader issues IF time and costs are negligible. (Skilled volunteers do the legwork.) Right wingers want Berkeley to stop exercising Free Speech. Her opponent wants Berkeley to shut up, but we are not a walled off island. Her opponent has said she will vote for nothing that isn't about Berkeley, but many problems require cooperative regional solutions. Innovations that came from Berkeley ripple out for wide positive change.

A homeowner and mother, Phoebe cares for Berkeley and District 6 residents as family.

Phoebe is not anti-development, but is pro-preservation (within reason) and opposes Measure LL. Her opponent and developers support LL which would gut Berkeley's Landmarks Preservation Ordinance: http://savethelpo.org/endorsers.html