Endorsements

Lydia is proud to have support from the following people.

(Names and Titles are for Identification Purposes Only)

Current and Former Elected Officials

Greer Stone, Mayor of Palo Alto

Ed Lauing, Vice Mayor of Palo Alto

Eric Filseth, Former Mayor & Council Member, Palo Alto

Tom DuBois, Former Mayor & Council Member, Palo Alto

Athur Keller, Former Planning & Transportation Commissioner, Palo Alto

Stan Mok, Mayor, Los Altos Hills

Linda Swan, Council Member & Former Mayor, Los Altos Hills

George Ting, EL Camino Hospital Board Trustee, Los Altos Hills

Michelle Wu, Former Mayor & Council Member, Los Altos Hills

Lynette Lee Eng, Council Member & Former Mayor, Los Altos

Anita Enander, Former Mayor & Council Member, Los Altos

Scott Spielman, Former Parks & Recreation Commissioner, Los Altos

Steve Schmidt, Former Mayor & Council Member, Menlo Park

Paul Collachi, Former Mayor & Council Member, Menlo Park

Quentin Kopp, Former Senator (1986-1998) & Superior Court Judge (1999-2009), San Francisco

Ann Schneider, Council Member & Former Mayor, Millbrae

Mike Griffiths, Council Member, Torrance, CA & Founder of CA Cities for Local Control

Kitty Moore, Council Member, Cupertino

Liang Chao Council Member & Former Vice Mayor, Cupertino

Darcy Paul, Former Mayor, Cupertino

Ray Wang, Former Planning Commissioner, Cupertino

And So Many Neighbors and Community Leaders

Susan Adams, Palo Alto

Bruce Adornato, MD, Menlo Park

Jessie & Jon Anderson, Palo Alto

Ann Balin, Palo Alto

Eiko Bao, Atherton

Louise Beattie, Palo Alto

Elizabeth Becker, Los Altos

Louis Becker, Los Altos

Krista Bluesmith, Santa Cruz

Thomas Chanian, Campbell

Dr. Stella Clavecilla, Los Altos

Diane Claypool, Los Altos Hills

Janet Corrigan, Los Altos

John Patrick Corrigan, Los Altos

Darlene Cowden, Los Altos Hills

Kathleen & Roland Dow, Los Altos

Charles Drew, Campbell

Ann Duwe, Cupertino

Walter Eng, Los Altos

Walter Frank Eng, Los Altos

Len Filppu, Palo Alto

Rosemary Finnerty, Palo Alto

Tom Fowler, Palo Alto

Niki Gastinel, Portola Valley

Carol Gottlieb, Los Altos Hills

Maurice Green, Palo Alto

Thomas L. Gutshall, Los Altos Hills

Jonathan Hahn, Menlo Park

John Harpootlian, Los Altos Hills

Terry Holzemer, Palo Alto

Wendy Hu, Los Altos

Helen Ingwersen, Menlo Park

CeCi Kettendorf, Palo Alto

Terry Kitagawa, Los Altos

Ben Lerner, Palo Alto

Yugen Lockhart, Palo Alto

Edward Loizeaux, Los Altos

Gwen Luce, Palo Alto

Jean Lund-Drew, Campbell

Jo Ann Mandinach, Palo Alto

Joanne Marcus, Palo Alto

Stepheny McGraw, Palo Alto

Karen McNay, Palo Alto

David Meinhardt, Palo Alto

Lillion Miller, Palo Alto

Neal Miller, Sherman Oaks

Lycdmila Moorehead, Palo Alto

Teresa Morris, Los Altos

Marge Mueller, Los Altos Hills

Cathy Murphy, Palo Alto

Tiffany Oda, San Francisco

Terry Oldberg, Los Altos Hills

Carol Petty, Los Altos Hills

Roberta Phillips, Los Altos

Cyndel Podich, Los Altos

Evelyn Preston, Palo Alto

Duffy Price, Los Altos Hills

Bob Reed, Los Altos

Linda Sadunas, Menlo Park

Jan Schachter, Portola Valley

Charles Shao, Los Altos Hills

Wei Si, Palo Alto

Debbie Skelton, Los Altos

Fan Tan Smith, Milpitas

Richard Staehnke, Palo Alto

Christine & Jonas Stafford, Palo Alto

Dan Stegnick, Pacifica

Doria Summa, Palo Alto

John Swan, Los Altos Hills

Sophie Tsang, Palo Alto

Jocelyn Tseng, Palo Alto

Audrey Vaggione, Saratoga

Rahul Vasanth, Cupertino

Mike Wallau, Palo Alto

Freddie K. Wheeler, Los Altos

Raymond Wheeler, Los Altos

Kathy Woempner, Los Altos Hills

ChinChung (John) Won, Los Altos

Katherine Wurzburg, Los Altos

Xuliang Yan, San Jose

Testimonials

Karin Meiswinkel

I am pleased to see you're running for this position and wish you success. I've read the information on your platform before and support your ideas and what you stand for.

Karin Meiswinkel, Half Moon Bay

Evelyn Preston

Not a pie-in-the-sky politician, Lydia Kou represents the community ideal---weaving change into the good already achieved by those, like her, who have always "given back." Lydia Kou speaks for people, not party. She is the most realistic candidate in many years, well worth my donation and vote.

Evelyn Preston, Palo Alto

Ellen Hartog

I would like to endorse Lydia because she is passionate and cares about the people in her district, She knows the concerns and follows through on her convictions. She never gives up and will serve in Sacramento to make our needs known.

Ellen Hartog, Palo Alto

Carol Scott

If you are tired of our current elected representative who listens to residents only when an election is imminent, if you are tired of the power grab in Sacramento that centralizes decisions that should be made on a local level, if you are tired of the current legislature mandating actions for cities to take that it then declines to help fund, vote for Lydia Kou. Lydia has made a name for herself in Palo Alto as being a consistent voice for our community and not the developers who could care less about the quality of life here. Lydia supports affordable housing and not subsidies for luxury developments that offer few community benefits. Lydia is always well prepared and knowledgeable about the issues. She believes in practical solutions, and not in fairy tales proposed by others.

Carol Scott, Palo Alto

Janet DaFoe

Lydia, with her proven record fighting for our city, is the perfect person to protect our city autonomy, the environment that we love, the integrity of our neighborhoods, and the independence of our decision-making for our own city. She works very hard for us and I trust her implicitly.

Janet DaFoe, Palo Alto

Steven Scharf

Lydia advocates for residents, not for developers.

Steven Scharf, former Mayor, Cupertino

David Schrom

Lydia will stand strong for democracy and against powerful interests who oppose it

David Schrom, Palo Alto

Alla Gorinevsky

Protect Palo Alto from overreaching building regulations.

Alla Gorinevsky, Palo Alto

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for State Assembly District 23

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