Endorsements

SEIU California Logo
UFCW 324 Logo.
National Union of Healthcare Workers logo.
SMART Local 170 logo.
California School Employees Association logo showing a shield emblem, laurel leaves, and a bear.
AFSCME Local 3930 logo.
California Federation of Teachers (CFT) logo.
California Working Families Party logo.
Chispa Logo
California Legislative Progressive Caucus logo.
OC Action Logo
Project Super Bloom PAC Logo
Courage California logo.
California Environmental Voters endorse Jessie Lopez for California State Assembly District 68.
Initiate Justice Action logo.
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action logo.
Dolores Huerta Action Fund logo.

Organizations

  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California
  • United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 324
  • National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW)
  • SMART Local 170
  • California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
  • California School Employees Association (CSEA) 
  • United Domestic Workers (UDW) Local 3930
  • Chispa
  • Orange County Action
  • California Working Families Party
  • California Environmental Voters
  • Courage California
  • Initiate Justice Action
  • Project Super Bloom
  • Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
  • California Legislative Progressive Caucus
  • Dolores Huerta Action Fund

Elected Officials & COMMUNITY LEADERS

  • Congressman Derek Tran
  • Former State Senator Josh Newman
  • Assemblymember & Chair of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus Alex Lee
  • Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento
  • Santa Ana Mayor Dan Griset (Fmr.)
  • Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Benjamin Vazquez
  • Santa Ana Unified School District Board President Hector Bustos
  • Santa Ana Unified School District Board Trustee Valerie Magdaleno
  • Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee Dr. Alfonso Alvarez
  • Orange Unified School Board Trustee Kris Erickson
  • Anaheim Union High School District Board Dr. Jose Paolo Magcalas
  • Anaheim Elementary School District Board Trustee Juan Álvarez
  • Anaheim Union High School District Board Trustee Jessica Guerrero
  • Anaheim Union High School District Board Al Jabbar (Fmr.)
  • Costa Mesa Councilmember Andrea Marr
  • Costa Mesa Councilmember Arlis Reynold
  • Cypress Councilmember Frances Marquez
  • Fullerton Councilmember Dr. Shayna Charles
  • Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board Clerk Dr Vicki Calhoun
  • Ocean View School District Board Clerk Gina Clayton-Tarvin
  • Tustin Councilmember Leticia Clark (Fmr.)
  • Tustin Unified School District Board President Allyson Muñiz Damikolas
  • Irvine Councilmember Dr Kathleen Treseder
  • Los Ángeles Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez
  • Community Leader Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
  • Burbank Councilmember Konstantine Anthony
  • Santa Monica Mayor Caroline Torosis
  • Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta

What The Community Is SayIng

A portrait of OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, smiling and wearing a blue suit with a red tie.
A portrait of OC Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, smiling and wearing a blue suit with a red tie.

Vicente Sarmiento

Orange County Supervisor and Former Santa Ana Mayor

“As the former Mayor of Santa Ana and current 2nd District Orange County Supervisor, I’ve had the chance to work with all the candidates in this race. I know that Jessie Lopez is the progressive champion that the working families of the 68th District need.

I am proud to have worked alongside Jessie Lopez on the city council to pass a historic rent control ordinance, implement renter protections, provide direct covid relief funds to residents, and pass environmental reforms to help protect our most vulnerable families from industrial pollution.

For far too long the entrenched state representatives have ignored the needs of our working class families and catered to their corporate backers. I know that Jessie is the type of fighter that we need in Sacramento to fight for universal health care, statewide rent caps, and universal childcare.”

NUHW President Emeritus, Sal Rosselli, dressed in red and addressing a crowd holding a microphone.

SAL ROSSELLI

President Emeritus, NUHW

“Jessie Lopez is a proven labor champion and a stalwart advocate for patient care. She has stood by us at the picketline as our members fought for better access to mental health services, and we look forward to fighting beside her in Sacramento to pass Medicare for All in California. We support Jessie because we believe healthcare workers and patients deserve a system that works for us.”

Portrait of Assemblymember Alex Lee in front of an American and California flag.

Alex Lee

CA Progressive Caucus Chair and State Assemblymember

“Jessie Lopez is a results-driven leader who takes on entrenched interests and wins for working families. On the Santa Ana City Council, she challenged the status quo to expand affordable housing, protect renters, defend immigrant communities, and advance environmental justice. The Legislative Progressive Caucus is proud to stand with Jessie Lopez as she brings this same fight and effectiveness to the State Assembly to deliver real results for working families across California.”

Courage Campaign Executive Director Irene Kao smiling.

Irene Kao

Courage Campaign Executive Director

“Courage California is proud to endorse Jessie Lopez as the progressive candidate for AD68 who is best positioned to champion our communities in the California Legislature. As a Santa Ana city councilmember, Lopez has worked closely with local organizations and leaders to pass policies and budgets that protect working families on affordable housing, climate justice, and public safety. Her experience, leadership, and clear vision for equity and justice are needed in Sacramento, at the forefront of decision-making, courageously fighting for every Californian.”

SEIU United Service Workers West President, David Huerta

David Huerta

President of SEIU California State Council and SEIU United Service Workers

“Jessie Lopez is a proven City Council Member and effective advocate for working families. Throughout her career, she has taken on powerful corporate interests to deliver real results for Orange County residents. Jessie Lopez is the kind of Democratic leader we can rely on to stand up to Donald Trump, expand access to affordable healthcare, confront the housing crisis, and defend immigrant communities.”

Andrea Zinder

United Food and Commercial Workers

“Jessie Lopez is the fighter working families need in Sacramento. She’s unafraid to take on tough fights, and we can count on her to stand shoulder to shoulder with workers as we push for better wages, safer workplaces, and a lower cost of living. Our members are proud to support her.”

Matt Abularach-Macias

Political Director, California Environmental Voters

“We’re proud to endorse Jessie Lopez because she has a proven track record of environmental leadership at the local level and a deep commitment to protecting the health of her community. In a time when corporate polluters and special interests continue to put profit over people, Jessie has consistently stood up for clean air, safe water, and affordable clean energy. We know she’ll bring that same courage and integrity to higher office—and that’s exactly the kind of leadership California needs right now.”enged the status quo to expand affordable housing, protect renters, defend immigrant communities, and advance environmental justice. The Legislative Progressive Caucus is proud to stand with Jessie Lopez as she brings this same fight and effectiveness to the State Assembly to deliver real results for working families across California.”

Robert

SMART Local 170

“SMART Local 170 is proud to endorse Councilwoman Jessie Lopez in her campaign for State Assembly. Jessie has consistently stood with working families—fighting for better wages, safer job sites, and the right to unionize. She’s walked our picket lines, shown up when it counted, and never backed down from a fight for workers’ rights. Now, we’re ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with her—just like she’s done for us. Working families in AD-68 have a true champion in Jessie Lopez, and SMART 170 is all in.”

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