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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate release
May 3, 2021
Contact:
J&Z Strategies
info@jacobsonzilber.com
FORMER LA CONTROLLER WENDY GREUEL BACKS ZBUR’S BID FOR AD-50
Rick Chavez Zbur Earns Support of Former LA City Controller Wendy Greuel in Campaign for Assembly District 50
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Continuing to amass powerful support from influential local leaders in the race for Assembly District 50, today Rick Chavez Zbur garnered the endorsement of former Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel.
In a statement released with the announced endorsement, Greuel remarked:
“I am thrilled to give Rick Chavez Zbur my wholehearted support in his campaign for State Assembly because he is a proven leader who has the experience and values needed to hit the ground running in Sacramento. Throughout his career, Rick has been an unrelenting advocate for environmental justice, civil rights and reproductive freedom. As an Assemblymember, I know that Rick will continue the progress he's made on behalf of all Californians, working to make our state more inclusive, prosperous and just. I’m with him 100%.”
Last month, Zbur's campaign announced that it had raised a whopping $100,000 in just 10 days since the former Equality California Executive Director entered the race for California's 50th Assembly District seat, notably after starting the contest already with over $200,000 cash-on-hand.
To date, Zbur has received the following endorsements:
- California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)
- Equality California
- California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus
- California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
- California State Treasurer Fiona Ma
- California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
- California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber
- California State Controller Betty Yee
- California State Board of Equalization Member Malia Cohen
- U.S. Representative Sara Jacobs
- U.S. Representative Mike Levin
- U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal
- U.S. Representative Mark Takano
- University of California (UC) Board of Regents Chair and Assembly Speaker Emeritus John A. Pérez
- California State Senate President pro Tempore and former Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins
- State Senator Lena Gonzalez
- State Senator John Laird, former California Natural Resources Secretary
- State Senator Connie Leyva
- State Senator Josh Newman
- State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman
- State Senator Scott Wiener
- State Senator Mark Leno (Ret.)
- State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes
- State Assemblymember David Chiu
- State Assemblymember Laura Friedman
- State Assemblymember Evan Low
- State Assemblymember Robert Rivas
- State Assemblymember Miguel Santiago
- State Assemblymember Mark Stone
- State Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell
- State Assemblymember Chris Holden
- State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
- State Assemblymember Chris Ward
- State Assemblymember Betsy Butler (Ret.), California Women's Law Center Executive Director*
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn
- Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel (Ret.)
- Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia
- San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria
- Palm Springs Mayor Christy Holstege
- Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg
- BART Director Janice Li
- Monterey Park Mayor Pro Tempore Henry Lo
- Chula Vista City Councilmember Stephen Padilla, Chair, California Coastal Commission
- El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tempore Gabriel Quinto
- 19 environmental leaders across California
*Titles for identification purposes
Rick Chavez Zbur has spent his life fighting for equality and justice — for women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, communities of color and people living with HIV. Justice for our planet and for the communities most impacted by pollution and climate change. Economic justice for working families and renters. Racial justice and an end to systemic racism. Health justice for everyone.
As a gay man coming out during the early years of the AIDS crisis, Rick saw hundreds of his friends become ill, which motivated him to become an AIDS activist at a time when our federal government was failing to act.
As an environmental lawyer, Rick has been a statewide leader advocating for the environment and the urgency of addressing climate change. He has served on the Board of the California League of Conservation Voters for over 20 years — as president for six of those years. As board president, Rick helped shape the organization’s priorities to address environmental justice and a focus on vulnerable communities that are hardest hit by pollution, and to advance sustainable housing and green job programs to address climate change.
In 2014, Rick left his law firm to become the Executive Director of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. At Equality California, he led the organization through a period of significant growth and an expansion of its mission to include advancing civil rights and social justice for the diverse communities to which LGBTQ+ people belong — communities of color, communities of faith, immigrants, women and people living with HIV.
Rick lives in Los Angeles and is the proud co-parent of a 16-year-old daughter and 12-year-old twins, who attend public schools.
For more information, visit www.rickchavezzbur.com.
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