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Testimonials
Elected Officials

BASOC has received overwhelming support from elected officials throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the State of California. From city councils to the U.S. House of Representatives, everyone is eager to bring the Olympic Games to the area they love.

City Councils
Honorable Jane Brunner, Oakland
Honorable Jim Burch, Palo Alto
Honorable Nora Campos, San Jose
Honorable Cindy Chavez, San Jose
Honorable Steve Cohn, Sacramento
Honorable David Cortese, San Jose
Honorable Pat Dando, San Jose
Honorable Ignacio De La Fuente, Oakland
Honorable Jogn Diquisto, San Jose
Honorable Donald H. Edgren, Monterey
Honorable Ralph Faravelli, Mountain View
Honorable Lauren Hammond, Sacramento
Honorable Dave Jones, Sacramento
Honorable Michael Kasperzak, Mountain View
Honorable Judy Kleinberg, Palo Alto
Honorable Linda J. LeZotte, San Jose
Honorable Nancy Lytle, Palo Alto
Honorable Claire Mack, San Mateo
Honorable Jamie L. Matthews, Santa Clara
Honorable John L. McLemore, Santa Clara
Honorable Julia E. Miller, Sunnyvale
Honorable Bonnie Pannell, Sacramento
Honorable Aldyth Parle, Santa Clara
Honorable Matt Pear, Mountain View
Honorable Larry E. Reid, Oakland
Honorable John Russo, Oakland
Honorable Sandy Sheedy, Sacramento
Honorable Richard L. Spees, Oakland
Honorable Rosemary Stasek, Mountain View
Honorable Patricia Vorreiter, Sunnyvale
Honorable Robbie Waters, Sacramento
Honorable Forrest W. Williams, San Jose
Honorable Ken Yeager, San Jose
Honorable Jimmie Yee, San Jose
Honorable Mary Lou Zoglin, Mountain View

County Boards Of Supervisors
Honorable Blanca Alvarado, Santa Clara
Honorable Tom Ammiano, San Francisco
Honorable Fernando Armenta, Monterey
Honorable James T. Beall, Jr., Santa Clara
Honorable Louis R. Calcagno, Monterey
Honorable William J. Carroll, Solano
Honorable Keith Carson, Alameda
Honorable Mark Church, San Mateo
Honorable Illa Collin, Sacramento
Honorable Mark DeSaulnier, Contra Costa
Honorable Roger Dickinson, Sacramento
Honorable Bill Dodd, Napa
Honorable Donald F. Gage, Santa Clara
Honorable Donna Gerber, Contra Costa
Honorable Rose Jacobs Gibson, San Mateo
Honorable John Gioia, Contra Costa
Honorable Federal Glover, Contra Costa
Honorable Scott Haggerty, Alameda
Honorable Tony Hall, San Francisco
Honorable Jerry Hill, San Mateo
Honorable Edith Johnsen, Monterey
Honorable Muriel P. Johnson, Sacramento
Honorable Liz Kniss, Santa Clara
Honorable Barbara R. Kondylis, Solano
Honorable Duanne Kromm, Solano
Honorable Alice Lai-Bitker, Alameda
Honorable Mark Leno, San Franciso
Honorable Sophie Maxwell, San Francisco
Honorable Jack McGoldrick, San Francisco
Honorable Pete McHugh, Santa Clara
Honorable Nate Miley, Alameda
Honorable Mike Nevin, San Mateo
Honorable Gavin Newsom, San Francisco
Honorable Roger Niello, Sacramento
Honorable Don Nottoli, Sacramento
Honorable Judy Pennycook, Monterey
Honorable Aaron Peskin, San Francisco
Honorable Dave Potter, Monterey
Honorable Gerardo Sandoval, San Francisco
Honorable John F. Silva, Solano
Honorable Gail Steele, Alameda
Honorable Gayle B. Uilkema, Contra Costa
Honorable Leland Yee, San Francisco

Governor
Governor Gray Davis, State of California

Mayors
Mayor Dan Albert, Monterey
Mayor Willie Brown, San Francisco
Mayor Jerry Brown, Oakland
Mayor Shirley Dean, Berkeley
Mayor Heather Fargo, Sacramento
Mayor Ron Gonzales, San Jose
Mayor John Lee, San Mateo
Mayor Sally Lieber, Mountain View
Mayor Judy Nadler, Santa Clara
Mayor Vic Ojakian, Palo Alto

State Assembly
Honorable Sam Aanestad, District 3
Honorable Elaine Alquist, District 22
Honorable Dion Aroner, District 14
Honorable Patricia C. Bates, District 73
Honorable Mike Briggs, District 29
Honorable Tom Calderon, District 58
Honorable Bill Campbell, District 71
Honorable John Campbell, District 70
Honorable Joseph Canciamilla, District 11
Honorable Tony Cardenas, District 39
Honorable Dennis Cardoza, District 26
Honorable Gil Cedillo, District 46
Honorable Wilma Chan, District 16
Honorable Ed Chavez, District 57
Honorable Judy Chu, District 49
Honorable Dave Cogdill, District 25
Honorable Rebecca Cohn, District 24
Honorable Ellen Corbett, District 18
Honorable Lou Correa, District 69
Honorable Dave Cox, District 5
Honorable Lynn Daucher, District 72
Honorable Manny Diaz, District 23
Honorable Richard Dickerson, District 2
Honorable John Dutra, District 20
Honorable Marco Antonio Firebaugh, District 50
Honorable Dean Florez, District 30
Honorable Dario Frommer, District 43
Honorable Jackie Goldberg, District 45
Honorable Tom Harman, District 67
Honorable Sally Havice, District 56
Honorable Robert Hertzberg, District 40
Honorable Jerome Horton, District 51
Honorable Hannah-Beth Jackson, District 35
Honorable Fred Keeley, District 27
Honorable Christine Kehoe, District 76
Honorable Dave Kelley, District 80
Honorable Paul Kortez, District 42
Honorable Lynne C. Leach, District 15
Honorable Bill Leonard, District 63
Honorable Tim Leslie, District 4
Honorable Carol Liu, Distict 44
Honorable John Longville, District 62
Honorable Lalan Lowenthal, District 54
Honorable Abel Maldonado, District 33
Honorable Barbara Matthews, District 17
Honorable Carole Midgen, District 13
Honorable George Nakano, District 53
Honorable Joe Nation, District 6
Honorable Jenny Oropeza, District 55
Honorable Robert Pacheco, District 60
Honorable Lou Papan, District 19
Honorable Fran Pavley, District 41
Honorable Anthony Pescetti, District 10
Honorable Sarah Reyes, District 31
Honorable Keith Richman, District 38
Honorable George Runner, District 36
Honorable Simon Salinas, District 28
Honorable Kevin Shelley, District 12
Honorable S. Joseph Simitian, District 21
Honorable Darrell Steinberg, District 9
Honorable Tony Strickland, District 37
Honorable Virginia Strom-Martin, District 1
Honorable Helen Thomson, District 8
Honorable Juan Vargas, District 79
Honorable Carl Washington, District 52
Honorable Herb Wesson, District 47
Honorable Pat Wiggins, District 7
Honorable Roderick Wright, District 48
Honorable Charlene Zettel, District 75

State Senate
Honorable Richard Alarcon, District 20
Honorable Dede Alpert, District 39
Honorable Jim Batten, District 37
Honorable James Brulte, District 31
Honorable John Burton, District 3
Honorable Byron Cher, District 11
Honorable Wesley Chesbro, District 2
Honorable Joseph Dunn, District 34
Honorable Martha Escutia, District 30
Honorable Liz Figueroa, District 10
Honorable K. Maurice Johannessen, District 4
Honorable Ross Johnson, District 35
Honorable Betty Karnette, District 27
Honorable Sheila James Kuehl, District 23
Honorable Michael Machado, District 5
Honorable Bob Margett, District 29
Honorable Bruce McPherson, District 15
Honorable Dick Monteith, District 12
Honorable Kevin Murray, District 26
Honorable Jack O'Connell, District 18
Honorable Deborah Ortiz, District 6
Honorable Steve Peace, District 40
Honorable Richard Polanco, District 22
Honorable Gloria Romero, District 24
Honorable Jack Scott, District 21
Honorable Nell Soto, District 32
Honorable Jackie Speier, District 8
Honorable Tom Torlakson, District 7
Honorable John Vasconcellos, District 13
Honorable Edward Vincent, District 225

U.S. House Represenatives
Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, District 14
Honorable Sam Farr, District 17
Honorable Wally Herger, District 2
Honorable Barbara Lee, District 9
Honorable Robert Matsui, District 5
Honorable George Miller, District 7
Honorable Doug Ose, District 3
Honorable Nancy Pelosi, District 8
Honorable Richard Pombo, District 11
Honorable Pete Stark, District 13
Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher, District 10
Honorable Mike Thompson, District 1
Honorable Lynn Woolsey, District 6

Vice Mayors
Honorable Henry Chang, Jr., Oakland
Honorable Sue Lempert, San Mateo
Honorable George Shirakawa, San Jose
Honorable Ruth M. Vreeland, Monterey


Throughout the 1990's, awaiting someday to bid again for an Olympic Games.