Two more LGBTQ groups have endorsed queer social justice attorney Janani Ramachandran ahead of the August 31 runoff race for the East Bay's 18th Assembly District seat.
The Oakland resident is facing off against Alameda Unified School Board president Mia Bonta to succeed Bonta's husband, Rob Bonta, who resigned earlier this year to become California's attorney general.
Both the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus have now endorsed Ramachandran, 29, who also identifies as lesbian.
If elected, she would be the first legislator who identifies as queer and first out API female state legislator. Of South Indian ancestry, she would also be California's first South Asian assemblywoman. "Janani's commitment to