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Propositions Guide

Leah Pressman - 0
November Ballot Propositions - 2024 - Links and Study Guide Your November ballot will include ten California State Propositions, three LA County ballot measures, and one Culver City ballot measure. The Culver City Democratic Club has already endorsed Proposition 3: Marriage Equality and Proposition 6: Ending Slavery in California. Below, please find information and links to club discussions of the ballot measures still to be considered by the club. IMHO, the...
Endorsements

2024 General Election Endorsements

Jeff Schwartz - 0
Vote-by-Mail ballots for the November 5, 2024 General Election will arrive the first week of October. Here are our recommendations. Every candidate listed was supported by at least 60% of the members who participated in the endorsement vote. Federal President/Vice President: Kamala Harris/Tim Walz Senate: Adam Schiff Congress: Ted Lieu (CD36), Sydney Kamlager (CD37) State Assembly: Isaac Bryan (AD55), Sade Elhawary (AD57) Prop. 2: YES Prop. 3: YES Prop. 4: YES Prop. 5: YES Prop....

School Board Forum

Local Elections Jeff Schwartz - 0
CCUSD Governing Board candidates Sameen Ahmadnia and Andrew Lachman answered questions from Westside Voice reporter Hannah Bowlus on August 11, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9chtm-2w6g

City Council Forum

Local Elections Jeff Schwartz - 0
The Culver City Democratic Club held our City Council Candidate Forum Sunday, June 2, from 7-8:30 PM at Village Well Books & Coffee. Judith Martin Straw from the Culver City Crossroads was our moderator. Candidates Nancy Barba, Bryan "Bubba" Fish, Jeannine Wisnosky-Stehlin, and Mayor...

Movie Night – Sept. 7

Club Special Events Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members, Supporters, and Other Readers, On Saturday night, September 7, we are hosting the 6PM showing of One Person, One Vote? at the Culver Theater (formerly the Arclight) at 9500 Culver Blvd. We hope you will join us for an early look at this very special...

Doing Something

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members, Supporters, and Other Readers, Following our August general meeting we completed our candidate endorsements for the November election. The complete list is pinned on our website. At our September meeting we will discuss the ballot measures and vote on our positions. Video of...

Vote YES on Measure O

Op-Eds Mila Moraga-Holz and Meredith Johnson - 0
Support Culver City Unified School District Retain qualified teachers and maintain excellent education, without increasing taxes CCUSD is proud of our excellent public schools, highly-qualified teachers, and staff that work hard to ensure local students are prepared for college and future careers.  Since 2018, our students have...

New Endorsements Pour into Nancy Barba’s Campaign for Culver City Council

Endorsements Nancy Barba for Culver City Council - 0
Community supporters power a grassroots candidacy focused on improving the quality of life for all Culver citizens Nancy Barba has picked up six new endorsing organizations in her promising run for Culver City Council. Stonewall Democratic Club, Housing Action Coalition, Westside Young Democrats, Sierra Club, and...

Letter to the Editor

Op-Eds Karen Espanol - 0
Hi Culver City Dem members, Choosing between Democracy and a Fascist dictatorship should be effortless. Yet individuals born in this country wouldn’t have a clue as to what an oppressive dictator state would look like, much less imagine how it might feel psychologically. Project 2025—how are...

What is County Measure G and Why Did Supervisor Mitchell Abstain? 

Politics Cynthia Hart - 0
Measure G on our ballot this time is a package of 13 proposals to make a major overhaul of LA County’s “constitution.” The most well known of these is the expansion of the of the Board of Supervisors from 5 “little queens” to 9....

A Report from Chicago

Politics Analisa Swan - 0
Club member Analisa Swan...It is an honor starting my term as a newly elected DNC Member from California representing the California Democratic Party (CADEM) to the Democratic National Committee!  There are 75 new DNC Members joining the DNC! I look forward to serving with everyone on...

A Big Thank You to Our Community from Paula Amezola

Legislation Paula Amezola - 0
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our entire community. Many of you remember the challenging time in the winter of 2021 when CCUSD had to close for three days due to an Omicron surge caused numerous educators to call in sick....

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Busy

Announcements Patrick Meighan - 0
Culver City Democratic Club members get it done at the monthly Work > Worry Wednesday Club member Bronwyn Jamrok writes, “... I was happy to join with 46 fellow progressive Americans to write postcards and letters to help register voters and turn out the vote...

The Limits of Ideology in Culver City

Op-Eds Danny Young - 0
In an early episode of The Simpsons titled The Way We Was, Artie Ziff and Homer debate the merits of reducing the speed limit to 50 miles per hour. Before Homer can get to the crux of his argument, which is literally “NO WAY”,...

Culver Pride 2024

Club Life Jeff Schwartz - 0
Thanks to everyone who made CC Pride so much fun! We are honored to have been a founding sponsor.

Joe and Kamala Just Set Up the Democrats to Win the White House—and Down the Ballot

Politics Pete Rockwell - 0
Joe Biden is the best President of my lifetime, and one of the reasons is that he knew when to leave the stage. I couldn’t help getting choked up when I read the letter he wrote saying that he would not run for reelection,...

Is Culver City for Sale?

Op-Eds Leah Pressman & Jeff Schwartz - 0
Decades ago, Culver City banned billboards and obnoxious animated and illuminated signs. It has also prohibited signs advertising a business anywhere except at the site of the business itself. Culver City often boasts of its “small-town character” and, while anti-urbanism can be provincial and...

Picnic Report

Club Life Diane Rosenberg - 0
On Sunday, June 30, the Club held its annual picnic. This year it was held over at Veterans Park here in Culver City. Attending from the Club’s Executive Board were President Jeff Schwartz, Political/Elections Committee Chair Leah Pressman, 1st Vice President Jeanna Harris, Treasurer...

The Voice of Gaza

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Readers, This month I’d like to take you as far from Culver City as we can go without leaving the Earth: to the stage of the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman, almost exactly halfway around the world. A few years ago, someone I met...

Badass In Green awards presented in Culver City

Club Life Jeff Schwartz - 0
On May 31 members of this Club were among the guests at California Environmental Voters’ annual Badass in Green awards, held at the Smog Shoppe in Culver City’s Arts District. The honorees were Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa, who is in charge of...

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