SOSN ENDORSEMENTS FOR Rep. Chu’s Call for Investigation of KEI-Ai LA
(Updated to September 13, 2023)
ORGANIZATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:
Asian Americans for Housing and Environmental Justice
Asian Pacific Islander Rise (API Rise)
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, APALA
Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance (APAWLA)
Boyle Heights Community Partners, Vivan Escalante, E.D.
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
Chinatown Community for Equitable Development, CCED
Foothill Pasadena Democratic Club
Gardena Bowl and Azuma Restaurant
Gardena Pioneer Center
Health Care-4 All – LA
Japanese American Resource Center of Colorado (JARC)
Japanese American Bar Association, JABA
Japanese American Citizens League National
Mile High Chapter, JACL
Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League
Greater Los Angeles, JACL Chapter
San Diego, JACL Chapter
J-Town Community TV
Kimochi Incorporated of Colorado
Little Tokyo Historical Society
Mothers of East Los Angeles
National Action Network Western Region
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress, NCRR
Nikkei Progressives
Nikkeijin Kai of Colorado
Organization of Chinese Americans- Greater Los Angeles (OCA GLA)
Pilipino Workers Center
Rissho Kosei Kai Buddhist Temple
Sakura ICF Family Council
Sansei Legacy
Save Our Seniors Network (SOSN)
Southern Calif Leadership Conference Action Network
Thai Community Development Center, Thai CDC
Torrance City Council
VietRise, Orange County
West LA/Sawtelle Neighborhood Council
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS:
Rep. Judy Chu, Chair Congressional Asian Pacifica American Caucus
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA 43rd CD)
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA 34th CD)
Rep. Ted Lieu (CA 36th CD)
CA Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (CA 66th AD)
Dr. Kelsey Iino, Los Angeles Community College District Board * ID only
Dr. Steven Gibson, Pasadena City College Board of Trustees
Jan Perry, Former LA City Councilmember
Grace Yoo*, Community Advocate and Candidate for L.A. City Council District 10
Rev. Eziokwu Washington, Director, We Can Foundation
Rev. Oliver E. Buie, Abundant Life Family Fellowship and National Action Network – LA
Rev. Jonathan E.D. Moseley, President, National Action Network – LA Chapter and
Western Regional Director
Efren Moreno, Former Alhambra Mayor
Dr. Takeshi Matsumoto, Attending Physician to Seniors at Kei-Ai LA and Pacifica facilities
Bill Watanabe, Founder Little Tokyo Service Center
Ron Wakabayashi*, Former Regional Director, Dept. of Justice, Community Relations Service
Mike Watanabe, Former CEO and President Emeritus, Asian American Drug Abuse Program
Kensaku Nakayama*, Ph.D., Calif State University at Long Beach, Sakura Family Council
Joyce Miyauchi Valenzuela* and Margaret Miyauchi Leong*, Former Kei-Ai LA Family Council
Members
Hideki Obayashi, Community Activist and Co-Owner of Azuma and Gardena Bowl Restaurants
DJ Kato Ida, Ph.D*., Executive Director, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental
Health Association (NAAPIMHA)
Henry Nakata, Jr., Director, J-Town Community TV
Atsuko Fukunaga, Gardena Pioneer Center Board Member
Kaze Jones, Poet and Rapper
Dr. Nadine Diaz*, 4th Generation Boyle Heights/ELA Stakeholder, 3rd Generation USC Alumna,
Mo Nishida, Community Activist, Manzanar Spirit Run
Marge Taniwaki*, Nikkeijin Kai of Colorado Board Member
Charles Cambridge*, Ph.D., CEO, Kimochi, Inc. of Colorado, Navajo Tribal Member
Dr. Yelba Castellon-Lopez, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and LA Women Board Member
Dr. Helena Chui (University of Southern California)
Dr. Anthony Diaz, MD, PharmD
Yuko Banno Diaz and Kanon Diaz
Duane Kubo, CEO, J-Town Community TV
Tony Marquez, Boyle Heights Preservation Society
Mark Miyoshi, Winnemem Wintu Tribe Historic Preservation Officer
Patricia McGinnis, Executive Director, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
Dr. Sonia Pawluczyk, USC Geriatrician,
Rita Rodriguez, Former MTA Review Advisory Committee Member
Diane Tan*, Community Advocate
King Cheung, Community Activist
Jeffrey Koji Maloney, Former Alhambra Mayor
Vivian Escalante, President Boyle Heights Community Partners
Vinicius Taguchi, President Twin Cities JACL
Francine Imai*, Past President Sakura Family Council
Dylan Mori, President, Mile High JACL
*SOSN Advisory Committee Member or SOSN Core Group Member