Endorsements
ORGANIZATIONS
Friends of the Library
League of Women Voters Cupertino-Sunnyvale
Livable Sunnyvale
Moffett Park Business Group
NorCal Carpenters
PSOA
Santa Clara County Democratic Party
Sunnyvale Community Services
Sunnyvale Democratic Club
Sunnyvale Education Association
Sunnyvale Rotary Club
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Ro Khanna, United States Representative
Otto Lee, Santa Clara County Supervisor/Former Mayor
Larry Klein, Mayor
Murali Srinivasan, Vice Mayor
Richard Mehlinger, Sunnyvale Councilmember, District 5
Russ Melton, Sunnyvale Councilmember, District 4
Linda Sell, Sunnyvale Councilmember, District 1
Jim Griffith, Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Melinda Hamilton, Former Sunnyvale Mayor
Gustav Larsson, Former Sunnyvale Councilmember
Tara Martin-Milius, Former Sunnyvale Councilmember
Isabel Jubes-Flamerich, Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Eileen Le, Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Michelle Maginot, Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Nancy Newkirk, Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Bridget Watson, Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Reid Myers, Former Sunnyvale School Board Trustee
Jeff Moe, Fremont Union High School Board President
Rosa Kim, Fremont Union High School Board Trustee
Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto, Fremont Union High School Board Trustee
COMMUNITY MEMBERS*
Garima Arora
Kathy Besser
Paul Besser
Bill Bonnett
Mary Bradley
Charlsie Chang
Susma Chaulagain
Lin Chen
Galen Kim Davis, Sunnyvale Planning Commission Vice-Chair
Adil Doshayev
Madina Doshayeva
Michelle Eugeni, Sunnyvale Education Foundation President
Amy Fisher
Imogen Foley
Richard Fulcher
Michael Gallagher, Sunnyvale School District Superintendent
Aditi Ghag
AJ Goehle
Yael Hod, Library Board of Trustees
Lokesh Jindal
Meena Juttukonda, Library Board of Trustees
Lakshmi Kanth
Molly Kauffman
Winnie Lam, City of Sunnyvale Arts Commissioner
Margaret Lawson, Livable Sunnyvale
Raymond Lee
Namrata Lele
Julia Liu, Livable Sunnyvale
Angelo Lopez
Chandra Mohan
Dawn Nagengast, Friends of the Sunnyvale Library
Leigh Odum, Owner of Leigh’s Favorite Books
Gil Ohana
Andrew Pagnon
Sreeni Pasala
Bruce Paton
Janaki Patel
Ben Picard, Former Sunnyvale School District Superintendent
Angela Rauch, Livable Sunnyvale
Tithy Sahu
Mike Serrone, Livable Sunnyvale
Sue Serrone
Peggy Shen-Brewster, VP Sunnyvale Education Foundation
Shuli Shi
Wendy Silver
Amitoj Singh
Ambrosia Studley
Santosh Sylpa
Agnes Veith, Livable Sunnyvale
Don Veith
David Vossbrink, Co-founder Leadership Sunnyvale
Sharlene Wang, Library Board of Trustees
*Titles, where listed, are for identification purposes only
Testimonials
This issue is personal for me as I grew up being non verbal and having to go to speech therapy. The local library was the place that I learned how to better communicate, to read and think critically. Had it not been for the library, I would’ve had a difficult time expressing myself growing up and not have the success that I have today.
I love that everyone is welcome at the library: pull up a chair, stay as long as you like! And there is so much more one can do at the library: start a business, form a club, check out all manner of tools for home projects – the list is endless. Sunnyvale has become a fairly large city; we need to invest in a new library to meet our growth and reflect all the ways technology has influenced our lives. Imagine a much bigger space that can accommodate more of the community at one time!
I grew up in San Francisco and as a child frequented the Excelsior Branch Library and the San Francisco Main Library. Without leaving home, books have taken me to places I never knew existed and framed my view of the world. I will forever be grateful to public libraries and the librarians who have helped me for over sixty years. Thank you libraries and thank you librarians!