About Us
Who We Are
Empower California Voters is a coalition of elected leaders, and community, environmental and labor organizations joining together to return one of California’s most powerful direct democracy tools - the referendum - to the people.
Our Coalition, United for Referendum Reform
Author of AB 421: Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D - Culver City)
Elected officials: Co-Authors & Supporters
- Assemblymember Dawn Addis, AD30
- Assemblymember Steve Bennett, AD38
- Assemblymember Marc Berman, AD23
- Assemblymember Mia Bonta, AD18
- Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, AD
- Assemblymember Tasha Boerner-Horvath, AD77
- Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, AD55
- Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, AD57
- Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, AD39
- Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, AD52
- Assemblymember Damon Connolly, AD12
- Assemblymember Mike Fong, AD49
- Assemblymember Laura Friedman, AD44
- Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, AD46
- Assemblymember Matt Haney, AD17
- Assemblymember Gregg Hart, AD37
- Assemblymember Corey Jackson, AD60
- Assemblymember Ash Kalra, AD25
- Assemblymember Alex Lee, AD24
- Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, AD69
- Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, AD61
- Assemblymember Liz Ortega, AD20
- Assemblymember Luz Rivas, AD43
- Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, AD54
- Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, AD40
- Assemblymember Chris Ward, AD78
- Senator Josh Becker, SD13
- Senator Catherine Blakespear, SD38
- Senator Lena Gonzalez, SD33
- Senator Caroline Menjivar, SD20
- Senator Anthony Portantino, SD25
- Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, SD28
- Senator Scott Wiener, SD11
- Congresswoman Katie Porter, CD47
Labor & Worker Organizations
- AFSCME California
- California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union
- California Conference of Machinists
- California Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
- California Labor Federation
- California Professional Firefighters
- California School Employees Association
- California State Legislative Board, Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers – SMART-TD
- California Teachers Association
- California Teamsters Public Affairs Coucnil
- Central Coast Labor Council
- Engineers and Scientists of California, IFPTE Local 20
- Fight for $15
- Inland Empire Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- KIWA
- LA County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- Labor Network for Sustainability
- Orange County Labor Federation
- San Mateo Labor Council
- Santa Clara County Wage Theft Coalition
- SEIU California
- State Building & Construction Trades Council of California
- United Steelworkers District 12
- UNITE HERE!
- Utility Workers Union of America
- Warehouse Worker Resource Center
- Worksafe
Environmental Organizations
- 350 Bay Area Action
- 350 Humboldt
- 350 South Bay Los Angeles
- 350 Southland Legislative Alliance
- 350 Ventura County Climate Hub
- 5 Gyres Institute
- Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network
- California Climate Voters
- California Environmental Voters
- California Green New Deal Coalition
- California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice
- Californians Against Waste
- CEJA
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
- Central California Environmental Justice Network
- Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
- Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas (CFROG)
- Climate Hawks Vote
- Communities for a Better Environment
- Communities for a New California Education Fund
- Community Water Center
- Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) – Code Blue
- Environmental Working Group
- Fossil Free California
- Glendale Environmental Coalition
- Greenpeace USA
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- OC Action
- Orange County Environmental Justice
- Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles
- Physicians for Social Responsibility-Sacramento
- Resilience Orange County
- Rincon-Vitova insectaries
- Sierra Club California
- SoCal 350 Climate Action
- Stand.earth
- Sunflower Alliance
- USC Environmental Student Assembly.
- Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods (VISIÓN)
Community & Justice Organizations
- AAPIs for Civic Empowerment-Education Fund
- ACLU California Action
- Active San Gabriel Valley
- ACCE Action
- AHRI for Justice
- Building the California Dream Alliance
- CA Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
- California Calls
- Catalyst California
- Chinese Progressive Association
- Community Coalition
- Courage CA
- Disability Rights California
- Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Feminists in Action Los Angeles
- Indivisible CA Green Team
- Indivisible CA: StateStrong
- Indivisible East Bay
- Indivisible Euclid
- Indivisible Marin
- Indivisible Mendocino
- Indivisible Northridge
- Indivisible ReSisters Walnut Creek
- Indivisible Sacramento
- Indivisible San Pedro
- Indivisible Sausalito
- Indivisible SF
- Indivisible Stanislaus
- Indivisible Ventura
- Indivisible Yolo
- InnerCity Struggle
- Mothers Out Front
- Oakland Rising
- Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
- Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO)
- Orange County Environmental Justice
- PICO California
- Presente.org/Alianza Americas
- San Francisco Rising
- SFV Indivsible
- Smart Justice California
- Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
- Take back our states
- TechEquity Collaborative
- Tobacco Free Kids
- Together We Will/Indivisible-Los Gatos
- Voices for Progress
- Westside Activists
- Working Partnerships USA
Community Members:
- Robilyn Camacho, ADEM Delegate
- Jared East, ADEM Delegate
- Jeanne Franklin, Executive assistant, Open Door Community Health Centers
- Josh Goldstein, University of Southern California
- Matthew Hilliard, ADEM Delegate
- Ted Landau, Governance Committee Member, Indivisibile East Bay
- Robert Longer, CWA District 9
- Marjaneh Moini, MD,SF Bay PSR
- Karina Quintanilla, Mayor ProTem, City of Palm Desert
- Alice Rogers, Chair, Democratic Central Committee of Siskiyou County
- Glayol Sahba, Bank Protest Team Lead, ThirdAct Sacramento
- Amar Shergill, Chair, Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party
- Sherry Smith, former President of League of Women Voters of the Bay rea
- Monic Uriarte, Director of Health Programs, Esperanza Community Housing
- Audrey VanDenberg
- Janette Vine
- Francesca Wander