Support
- Gary E. Johnson,
former two term Republican Governor of New Mexico[38]
- Joycelyn Elders,
former United States Surgeon General[39]
- George Miller, current Democratic House Representative from California's 7th
congressional district[40]
- Barbara Lee, current
Democratic House Representative from California's 9th
congressional district[40]
- Pete Stark, current
Democratic House Representative from California's 13th
congressional district[40]
- John Dennis, 2010
Republican Congressional candidate for California's 8th
congressional district[41]
- Dan
Hamburg, former Democratic House Representative from California's 1st
congressional district[42]
- Pete McCloskey,
former Republican House Representative from California's 11th
congressional district[42]
- Don Perata, former
Democratic President pro
tempore of the California State Senate[42]
- Mark Leno, current
Democratic member of the California State Senate[42]
- Tom Hayden, former
Democratic member of the California State Senate[42]
- Tom Ammiano, current
Democratic member of the California State Assembly[43][44]
- Hector De La
Torre, current Democratic member of the California State Assembly[42]
- Mary Hayashi, current
Democratic member of the California State Assembly[42]
- Jared Huffman,
current Democratic member of the California State Assembly[42]
- Kerry Mazzoni,
former Democratic member of the California State Assembly[42]
- Jorge CastaƱeda Gutman, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico[45]
- Larry Bedard, former President of the American College of
Emergency Physicians[46]
- Tom Bates, current Mayor of Berkeley, California[42]
- James P. Gray,
former Superior Court judge of Orange County, California and former
Libertarian Party senate
candidate[47]
- John A. Russo, current City
Attorney of Oakland, California[48]
- Paul Gallegos, current District Attorney of Humboldt County, California[42]
- Jeffrey
Schwartz, former Senior District Attorney and Prosecutor of Humboldt County, California[42]
- Terence
Hallinan, former District Attorney of San
Francisco, California[42]
- Mike Schmier, former District Attorney of Los
Angeles, California and California Administrative Law Judge[42]
- Norm Stamper, former
Seattle, Washington police
chief[49]
- Joseph McNamara, former San Jose, California police chief[42]
- Stephen Downing, former Los Angeles, California police chief[42]
- David Doodridge, former Los Angeles, California narcotics detective[50]
- Jeffrey Miron, Harvard
University economist[42]
- Sean Parker, an internet technology businessman and co-founder of Napster and Facebook[51]
- Dustin
Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook[42]
- Peter B. Lewis, former CEO of Progressive Insurance[52]
- Ed Rosenthal, cannabis
activist and columnist [53]
- Marc Emery, cannabis
activist and former cannabis seed seller[54]
- California NAACP[55]
- League of United Latin
American Citizens[56]
- Oakland City Council[57]
- Berkeley City Council[42]
- West
Hollywood City Council[42]
- Humboldt County Board of Supervisors[58]
- National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)[59]
- California NORML[60]
- Drug
Policy Alliance[61]
- Marijuana Policy Project[62]
- American Federation of
Teachers[63]
- National Black
Police Association[64]
- Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition[65]
- ACLU of Northern
California[42]
- ACLU of Southern California[42]
- ACLU of San Diego[42]
- United Food and Commercial
Workers Union[66]
- Communications Workers of
America, Local 9415[67]
- International Longshore
and Warehouse Union, Northern California District Council[68]
- Service Employees
International Union of California[69]
- Interfaith Drug Policy
Initiative[42]
- Students for Sensible Drug
Policy[70][71]
- Alameda County Democratic Party[42]
- Butte County Democratic Party[42]
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party[72]
- Madera
County Democratic Party[42]
- Modoc
County Democratic Party[42]
- Monterey County Democratic Party[42]
- Orange County Democratic Party[42]
- Placer
County Democratic Party[42]
- Santa Barbara County Democratic Party[73]
- San Francisco County Democratic Party[74]
- Siskiyou County Democratic Party[42]
- Sonoma
County Democratic Party[42]
- Orange County Libertarian Party[42]
- Riverside County Libertarian Party[42]
- California Young Democrats[75]
- Republican Liberty Caucus[42]
- Green Party of California[42]
- Peace and Freedom Party[70]
- United States Libertarian Party[76]
Oppose
- Arnold
Schwarzenegger, current Republican Governor of
California[77]
- Meg Whitman, 2010
California Republican gubernatorial candidate[78]
- Jerry Brown, current Attorney General of California and 2010
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate[79]
- Dianne
Feinstein, current Democratic Senator from California[80]
- Barbara Boxer,
current Democratic Senator from California[81]
- Carly Fiorina, 2010
California Republican Senatorial candidate[82]
- Gil Kerlikowske,
current Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, and former Seattle police chief[83]
- Dan Lungren, current
Republican House Representative from California's 3rd
congressional district[40]
- Nate Holden, former
Democratic member of the California State Senate[84]
- Gavin Newsom, current
Mayor of San Francisco and 2010 Democratic candidate for California Lieutenant Governor[85]
- Kamala Harris,
current District Attorney of San Francisco, California and 2010 Democratic
candidate for California Attorney General[86]
- Steve Cooley, current
District Attorney of Los Angeles, California and 2010 Republican candidate for
California Attorney General[87]
- Bonnie Dumanis,
current District Attorney of San Diego, California[88]
- Leroy D. Baca, current Sheriff of Los
Angeles County, California[89]
- Sandra Hutchens,
current Sheriff of
Orange County, California[84]
- Michael J.
Rubio, current Democratic Kern County, California supervisor[90]
- Dennis Peron,
co-author of California Proposition
215[91]
- Randy Thomasson, founder of Campaign for Children and Families and sponsor
of California Proposition 8[92]
- Louis R. Miller, current chairman of D.A.R.E. America[93]
- California Chamber of Commerce
[94]
- League of California Cities[95]
- California State
Association of Counties[96]
- California Narcotics Officers Association[97][98]
- California Police Chiefs Association[99]
- California Association of Highway Patrolmen[100]
- California State Sheriff's Association[100]
- California District Attorneys Association[101]
- California Bus Association[88]
- Association of California School Administrators[102]
- California Beer and
Beverage Distributors[103]
- California Cannabis Association[104]
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving[99]
- National Black Churches Initiative[105]
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America[106]
- Editorial Board of the San Francisco Chronicle[107]
- Editorial Board of the Sacramento Bee[108]
- Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times[109]
- Editorial Board of the San Jose Mercury News[110]
- Editorial Board of the San Diego
Union-Tribune[111]