DEADLINE TODAY (Dec. 27) AT 5PM – Don’t Forget About ADEM Applications
Political Updates
JOBS IN SACRAMENTO
To all persons interested in applying for a position in the Office of Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom, visit https://gavinnewsom.com/apply. His office thanks you for your interest in being considered for an appointment to a position in California State government.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ELECTIONS
All California Democrats are invited to help select delegates to the California Democratic Party (CDP) in January 2019. The CDP is convening Assembly District Meetings (ADEMs) to select delegates in each of the state’s 80 Assembly Districts.
The ADEM delegates are roughly one-third of the governing body of the CDP, which is also known as the Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC). The DSCC is made up of approximately 3,200 members.
Together, these delegates vote and conduct business at the yearly state conventions, including the election of CDP officers, the election of regional directors, CDP legislative endorsements, ballot proposition endorsements, CDP resolutions and the CDP platform.
Each Assembly District will elect 14 Democrats (equally divided by gender) to be members of the DSCC delegation for the 2019–2021 term. They will represent their Assembly District for both the 2019 and 2020 state conventions.
Persons interested in becoming an Assembly District delegate may learn more and apply at www.cadem.org/our-party/adem. The deadline is Dec. 27.
Registered Democratic voters in the Assembly District may vote for the delegates in their respective Assembly District. The ADEMs for the Central Valley are as follows:
< ![if !supportLists]>· < ![endif]>Assembly District 5 (includes parts of Madera and Merced counties): Jan. 27, Oakhurst Branch Library Community Room (49404 Civic Circle, Oakhurst 93644). 10:45 a.m.: doors open; 11 a.m.: candidate speeches begin; 11:30 a.m.: registration starts; 1:30 p.m.: registration ends. Contact: Susan Rowe (559-658-7343, srowe@sti.net).
< ![if !supportLists]>· < ![endif]>Assembly District 23 (includes parts of Fresno and Tulare counties): Jan. 26, CWA Local 9408 (4422 E. Ashlan Ave., Fresno 93726). 10 a.m.: doors open; 10:15 a.m.: candidate speeches begin; noon: registration starts; 2 p.m.: registration ends. Contact: Paul Hardiman (831-809-8327 or evitaberoe@gmail.com).
< ![if !supportLists]>· < ![endif]>Assembly District 31 (Fresno County): Jan. 27, Democratic Party HQ (1035 U St., Fresno 93721). 10 a.m.: doors open; 10:15 a.m.: candidate speeches begin; noon: registration starts; 2 p.m.: registration ends. Contact: Michael D. Evans (704-975-8874 or evansm@usa.net).
< ![if !supportLists]>· < ![endif]>Assembly District 26 (includes parts of Tulare and Inyo counties): Jan. 12, SEIU 521 (1811 W. Sunnyside Ave., Visalia 93277). 9:30 a.m.: doors open; 10 a.m.: candidate speeches begin; 10:30 a.m.: registration starts; 12:30 p.m.: registration ends. Contact: James Williams (559-312-3925, jamesdean19962000@yahoo.com).
< ![if !supportLists]>· < ![endif]>Assembly District 32 (includes parts of Kings, Tulare and Kern counties): Jan. 12, DeVino Center (1427 S. Lexington, Building B, Delano). 1 p.m.: doors open; 1:15 p.m.: candidate speeches begin; 1:45 p.m.: registration starts; 3:45 p.m.: registration ends. Contact: Humberto Gomez Jr. (559-859-7379, humberto.gomez@gmail.com).
To learn more about the ADEMs or to view a list of the candidates in your Assembly District, visit www.cadem.org/our-party/adem. To determine in which Assembly District you reside, visit www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ and click on “My Voter Status.”
Ensure progressive leadership in the CDP with participation in your respective January ADEM.
MARCH ELECTIONS
Local elections will be held on March 5 to fill the Board of Supervisors (BOS) District 2 that became available when Andreas Borgeas was elected to the State Senate in November and for the Clovis City Council.
Three candidates qualified for the BOS seat: Nasreen Johnson, a Democrat who ran for the Fresno Unified School District in 2018; Steve Brandau, a Republican and self-described Tea Party leader, who currently serves on the Fresno City Council; and Steve Hosey, a local developer and former pro baseball player.
Four candidates filed for the Clovis City Council—all Republicans: Maeketah Rivera, Drew M. Bessinger, Jose “Joe” Flores and Bob Whalen.
Democratic Data Wars and Best Wishes for the New Year
Dear Democratic Party Member:
The weeks since the election have been challenging. We have weathered the resignation of our state Party Chair in the most unfortunate of circumstances. Since then, there has been a great deal of anxiety and other difficulties as Party leaders and activists have tried to come to terms with what happened and how to assure that our Party is a safe place for whistleblowers and persons, especially employees, who feel victimized–all while trying to conduct our reorganization for the 2019-2020 cycle. As the veteran of more than a few internal Party disputes, I would like to remind everyone that if we want to replicate–and build on–our victories this past November, what unites us must be greater than what divides us. We must remember that retaking more state legislatures, more state houses, the US Senate and the White House must be our guiding star even as we engage in some much-needed introspection and some difficult conversations. In other words, we must focus on how to emerge from these current difficulties united, stronger and more able to focus on our mutual goals–not weaker and more divided, with our differences highlighted and our commonalities diminished.
That brings me to another post-election challenge. What the press is calling a data war at the national level. Here’s a sample article. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/06/democratic-national-committee-voters-data-1045995
With money and perceived power at stake, the dialogue has been unfortunately divisive. However, the goal–sharing data gathered by Democrats at the national, state and local level with labor and our other progressive allies and sharing these allies’ data with our Party committees and candidates–is of vital importance to our taming the Trumpian menace in 2020. So, I urge you to join with me on calling on state and national Party leaders to find a way to tone down the rhetoric and work out their differences. I remain hopeful that one or more Party elder(s) with respect on all sides will step up and help everyone see their way to turn this into a win-win.
Having discussed our difficulties, I want to end by both wishing you and yours a happy, health and prosperous new year and by sharing the relevant parts of a memorandum of DNC Chair Tom Perez discussing how Democrats brought about our great victories in November. That memo (slightly edited for length) is after my signature line.
Democratically yours and with warmest wishes for a very blue 2019,
Laurence Zakson
Member, Democratic National Committee (CA)
Secretary, DNC LGBT Caucus
Co-Chair, CDP Rules Committee
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