Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley have been in a relationship for nine years, and are the parents of four boys.
Perry is executive director of a state agency called First 5 California, while Stier is an information executive with an Alameda County health services agency. They have been trying to marry since 2004, when San Francisco temporarily issued marriage licenses.
Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, of Burbank, have been together eight years, and have been trying to marry the past two years.
