BAYMEC Endorses Maya Esparza for San Jose City Council

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
March 5, 2018

Press Contacts:
James Gonzales, BAYMEC President (510) 551-8218

San Jose, CA — The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is excited to endorse Maya Esparza for San Jose City Council District 7.

“I am honored and excited to earn BAYMEC’s endorsement,” Esparza said. “In my roles as a Franklin-McKinley School District board member and non-profit leader, I have been on the front lines of fighting for LGBTQ rights. As a city councilmember, I want to make sure that the LGBTQ community is included in the decision-making process.”

“Maya has a track record of strongly supporting the LGBTQ community in all of leadership roles she has held,” BAYMEC Vice President Paul Escobar said. “To have Maya in San Jose City Hall will be to have a resolute and important ally of our community in office.”

BAYMEC is a four-county LGTBQ political action committee that has been advocating for LGBTQ civil rights since 1984 in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.

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The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is a bi-partisan lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) political action group. It has been advocating for the civil rights of LGBT people since 1984 in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.