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Texas Said Check, California Responds Balance!

Jeanna Harris - 0
Dear Members and Supportive Friends, 2025 has been quite a ride and it’s not over yet. We are one month away from the November special election for Proposition 50 aka The Election Rigging Response Act. I want to be clear; this isn’t just another ballot measure. Prop 50 is about defending the very foundation of our democracy. We are witnessing the erosion of checks and balances...
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CCDC Endorses Fair Games: A New Deal for Our Future

Cynthia Hart - 0
The Olympics always accelerate policing, evictions, inequality, exploitation, and the erosion of democracy in every host city. The LA 2028 games are no different. At our September meeting, our Club voted to endorse UNITE HERE Local 11's Fair Games campaign calling for: • A transparent and open process in major Olympics contracts and venue agreements • City and region-wide union and living wage jobs • Housing for...

October Legislative Committee Report

Legislation Leah Pressman - 0
October 13, 2025 is the last day for Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or to veto the bills the state legislature passed this year. Fifteen of the bills our club voted to support or oppose made it to the Governor’s desk for him to...

Engaging Our Youth, Defending Our Democracy

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
Dear Members and Supportive Friends, This past weekend we maintained tradition by having the CCDC booth at Fiesta La Ballona but this year was a vivid reminder of why our Democratic club exists. We are the bridge between community and democracy. There was plenty...

Early returns on Measure CL seeing big lead on “YES”

Club Life Culver City Crossroads - 0
Preliminary voting results on Measure CL, which would impose a general sales tax at the rate of 1/4-cent per dollar, have been released. As of 10 pm on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, a majority of Culver City voters are in favor of the ballot...

Prop. 50 – This isn’t politics as usual

Legislation Election Rigging Response Act - 0
Donald Trump and Texas Republicans are making an unprecedented power grab to steal congressional seats and rig the 2026 election before voting even begins. Other Republican states are following suit. They want to steal enough seats to control Congress regardless of how the people...

Reclaiming Joy, Rebuilding Power

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
This summer has been one where a strong line has been drawn between chaos and community and our Club chooses Community. From providing Know Your Rights info at our table at Culver City Pride and being present to support our immigrant neighbors to sharing...

What is Naturally Affordable Housing?

Endorsements Living Communities Initiative - 0
Livable Communities Initiative (LCI) will be presenting their proposal for beautiful, naturally affordable housing to the Club at our August 13 meeting. LCI is asking the Club to endorse their proposal ahead of the city’s Housing & Homelessness Subcommittee meeting presentation on August 19,...

Vote Yes on Measure CL!

Announcements Culver City Democratic Club - 0
The members of the Culver City Democratic Club have voted to endorse Measure CL! Ballots are arriving now for an all vote-by-mail election which ends August 26. Mark yours “yes,” then drop it in the mail, at one of the ballot boxes located at the...

Women’s Equity Day – August 26th

Opinions Cynthia Hart - 0
In 1971, through the efforts of second wave feminist Representative Bella Abzug, Congress declared August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day,” That date was chosen to remember the anniversary of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women nation-wide the right to vote in...

Hope Hot Off The Grill

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
Dear Readers, I hope this message finds you well. These recent weeks have felt like a nonstop onslaught of traumatic events and yet, we are expected to carry on with our normal responsibilities like nothing is wrong. The recent attacks on our community by ICE...

Know Your Rights

Rapid Response Cynthia Hart - 0
By Cynthia Hart “The surest way to protect our Constitution is to act like we still have one. The surest way to lose it is to act like we don’t.” Thomas Wolf, Brennan Center for Justice As of this writing, the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to...

Protest in Culver City was the biggest one yet

Politics Pete Rockwell - 0
By Pete Rockwell I’ve been to three protests in Culver City in the last three months and they keep getting bigger. There was one April 5, another on May 1, and the biggest one yet (five million people nationwide) was on June 14. Thousands of...

Wait, What Just Happened?

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
President’s Message by Jeanna Harris Last week, literally like thieves in the night, House Republicans passed a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. Despite the name, there is nothing “Beautiful” here folks. This dangerous agenda steals more tax dollars for...

Summertime is Here! Join CCDC for Pride and 4th of July!

Club Special Events Jeanna Harris - 0
We can't wait to see you at the Culver City Pride Rally and our annual 4th of July BBQ Potluck. If you are interested in volunteering with us at please fill out our volunteer form here. We look forward to seeing you there! ...

These hidden provisions in the budget bill undermine our democracy

Opinions Eric Kashdan - 0
By Eric Kashdan, Campaign Legal Center President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a narrow vote of 215-214. This massive legislation—totaling more than 1,000 pages—uses a complicated congressional procedure known as “budget reconciliation” to allow...

Report of the CCDC Legislative Committee

Legislation Leah Pressman - 0
At our March meeting, the club membership approved the package of bills recommended by the club’s Executive Board and legislative committee. Letters of support have been sent to the authors of the bills.  Our Club has signed on to letters written by organizations advocating...

The Power of a Butterfly— A May Day Meditation

Opinions Cynthia Hart - 0
Did you know that Monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to as far north as Canada? The small creatures on fragile wings hon-est-to-God succeed because they organize. No one butterfly achieves this alone on “the feeble strength of one.” Their union makes them strong. The butterflies...

Turning Protest Energy into Lasting Change

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
Lately, the rallies and protests have reminded us of our collective power when we can stand united. I stood with my union and fellow activists among the 36,000 in Grand Park with Bernie Sanders and AOC a few weeks ago. With every chant, every...

Special May Program with Alec Karakatsanis

Club Life Jeff Schwartz - 0
Alec Karakatsanis was the guest speaker for our May 14 online meeting, discussing his new book Copaganda: How Police and Media Manipulate Our News, just published by the New Press. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/yginJXd-YAQ Karakatsanis is one of the leading abolitionist voices within the legal profession. The founder...

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