Burbank and San Fernando-Area Representative Supports Lee’s Historic Campaign for Senate

OAKLAND, CA — California State Senator Caroline Menjivar, who represents Burbank and the Northern San Fernando Valley, has endorsed Congresswoman and leading progressive candidate for U.S. Senate Barbara Lee, the Lee campaign announced today. 

“Barbara Lee is a champion for everyday people in California, a fighter who is not afraid to take on entrenched interests and corporations, and a leader we need in the Senate to fight for a more affordable and just country,” said Senator Menjivar. “As the representative of San Fernando High, which was forever changed by Barbara Lee’s bravery when she helped integrate the cheer team here, I am honored to endorse her for Senate and eager to partner with her to get things done to make life better for families in the North Valley and throughout California.”

First elected in 2022, Senator Menjivar is a lifelong San Fernando Valley resident, Marine Corps Veteran, Emergency Medical Technician, and a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. She has been a progressive champion in the State Senate since assuming office, fighting for better mental health services, environmental protection and affordability for working class Californians.

“The San Fernando Valley is my former home and has been an important part of my life story – it is an honor to not only have the support of the Valley’s representative, but for that support to come from such an inspiring young leader like Senator Menjivar means the world to me,” said Congresswoman Lee. “We need more dedicated progressives like Senator Menjivar in office to hold corporations accountable and fight back against the pervasive greed that makes our communities less affordable. I am honored to have her support in this race and eager to work with her closely to fight on behalf of all Californians.”

Senator Menjivar joins a growing grassroots coalition working to elect Congresswoman Lee to the Senate next year. The Congresswoman’s campaign also has the backing of Our Revolution – the largest grassroots-funded progressive political organization in the nation, the Working Families Party, Gen Z for Change, Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council, California Legislative Black Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, Feminist Majority PAC, Black Women Organized for Political Action PAC, Higher Heights for America, and a series of young-Democratic clubs and organizations, including Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile Democratic Club, the San Diego County Young Democrats, East Bay Young Democrats, and Latine Young Democrats of the East Bay.

Other prominent endorsers of Barbara Lee’s campaign include six of California’s eight statewide executive officers, including Attorney General Rob Bonta, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Controller Malia Cohen, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Lee is also endorsed by Congressmembers Jamaal Bowman, Sheila Jackson Lee, Steven Horsford, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Troy Carter, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Nikema Williams, Jim Clyburn, Bennie Thompson, Lucy McBath, Terri Sewell, and Gregory Meeks, former Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Cedric Richmond, former Georgia General Assembly House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, State Senators Susan Talamantes Eggman, Anna Caballero and Nancy Skinner, Assemblymembers Isaac Bryan, Mia Bonta and Corey Jackson, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, San Bernardino Mayor Helen Tran, Redlands Mayor Eddie Tejeda, Rialto Mayor Deborah Robertson, former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Palm Desert Mayor Pro Tem Karina Quintanilla, Dolores Huerta, California Democratic Party Asian Pacific Islander Caucus Chair Deepa Sharma, California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus Chair Emeritus Amar Shergill, California Democratic Party LGBTQ Caucus Co-Chair Emeritus Tiffany Woods.