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Professor Yvette Lindgren on Abortion Law After Dobbs

Jeff Schwartz - 0
At our September 13, 2023 General Meeting, the Culver City Democratic Club welcomed Yvette Lindgren, a professor in the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school and currently a visiting scholar at Hastings. Dr. Lindgren specializes in reproductive rights - her publications can be read here. She gave a fascinating survey of the legal landscape and took questions from Club members. The Culver City Democratic...
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Institutionalized

Jeff Schwartz - 0
Fellow Democrats,      It has become increasingly common to reflect on the unsavory origins and histories of our institutions and for those institutions to take steps to reckon with their pasts, to align their practices with their values.      The United States is foremost among these institutions, as movements of oppressed groups have challenged the nation to extend its founding promises to all its inhabitants. Langston Hughes wrote...

Workers Need a Democratic Congress

Rapid Response Cynthia Hart - 0
Workers need the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023 (S.567 and H.R.20) According to the AFL-CIO, “The purposes of the PRO Act are simple: Ensure workers can push for the changes we want to see at our jobs without...

For Oppenheimer, a World Government was the Only Way to Save Us from Ourselves

Op-Eds Tad Daley and Jane Shevtsov - 0
Blink and you’ll miss it. In a scene in the new Oppenheimer film set right after the successful 1949 atomic bomb test by the USSR, there is a brief exchange between the film’s two main antagonists. Lewis Strauss, chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, asks...

A Message from the School Board President

Featured Paula Amezola - 0
Greetings, Culver City Community!  As president of the CCUSD Board of Education, I’m proud to share what we’ll be working on in the Culver City Schools community as we embark on a new academic year.  Before I get into details, I want to first acknowledge that...

August Legislative Update

Legislation Cynthia Hart and Leah Pressman - 0
September 14, 2023 is the last day for both houses to pass bills, and several bills we endorsed are still in process. The Club has submitted letters of support for all of these bills. You can also help by calling Assembly Member Isaac Bryan...

Hollywood on Strike!

Club Life Jeff Schwartz - 0
Our August General Meeting program was on the entertainment strikes, with members Patrick Meighan (WGA), Pete Rockwell (SAG-AFTRA), and State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas. https://youtu.be/NiVeTWMAejA

Property and Privilege

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Readers, Something extraordinary happened at the July 10 City Council meeting and I do not want it to be missed, misunderstood, or forgotten. The Council was considering Action Item A-1, to delay the deadline for landlords to submit information on residential properties to the City’s...

Three Candidates – Three Memoirs

Book Review Cynthia Hart - 0
When I was in 6th grade and my big brother Ken was already old enough to vote, I tried to explain to him how to choose a candidate. An 11-year-old me told him that he should listen to all their speeches and carefully examine...

My Opinion on the Strike (and Putting it in a More General Context)

Op-Eds Anouar Smaine - 0
Yes, WGA & SAG-AFTRA members are on the street and in front of studios demanding fair wages and real protections against being replaced by AI (Artificial Intelligence) among other things. But there’s one theme that’s recurrent in every conversation these days: Greed. It’s a...

The Strike Issues Explained

Op-Eds Anouar H. Smaine - 0
The Screen Actors Guild is in its second week of striking, joining the Writers Guild of America whose members have been picketing for nearly 3 months now. Talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down as a direct result...

Rents Charged by Landlords Should be Made Public—Let’s Start with Culver City

Uncategorized Stephen Jones - 0
I’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on for some time: an interactive map of the Culver City Rental Registry, accessible to the public at https://ccrentals.org. In 2020, Culver City began requiring landlords to register their rental units with the city, in...

Bills which May Become Laws: Where are They Now?

Legislation Cynthia Hart - 0
This year, our Club voted to support a number of impactful bills making their way through the state legislature. Most are still active, some may have another chance next year, and two have already bitten the dust. Bills that are not voted out of the...

Save Medicare from ACO REACH

Legislation Cynthia Hart - 0
What is ACO REACH and why did the California State Assembly just overwhelmingly pass a resolution (AJR 4) against it? I first heard about this bit of alphabet soup at a CDP Senior Caucus Meeting (at minute 31:19). It began, like so many bad...

Californians Need CalCare, not Sacramento Stall Tactics

Legislation Sandy Reding, RN - 0
As a nurse, one of the most frustrating feelings in the world is when patients refuse or delay health care because they are afraid of the cost. We see it all the time: Patients faced with life-threatening or life-altering injury or illness who, instead...

The Ethics of NIMBYism

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members and Supporters, If you are reading this, you probably spend a lot of time in Culver City political spaces and have encountered the claim that there was once an era of joyful unity, before progressives and Trumpsters brought “divisiveness” to our city. A...

State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ Address to the California Democratic Party Convention

Featured Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas - 1
Good Afternoon, Delegates of the California Democratic Party! I’m Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas. Welcome to our Hood – the marvelous 28th District!  I’m honored to address this grand assembly about an issue that weighs heavily on my heart: The need for Reparations and how California will...

Report on the Reparations Task Force Learning Exchange in Culver City

Featured Leah Pressman - 0
On Saturday, May 20, club members Linda Childs and Leah Pressman attended a Racial Justice Learning Exchange event hosted by Los Angeles 2nd District County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, at the Bioscience Center in Culver City. The event brought together residents, commissioners and county department...

Read This Book Before it’s Banned

Book Review Cynthia Hart - 0
“They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do.”—Chapter 1 of Christian Nation by Frederic Rich If the book Christian Nation, by Frederic Rich, hasn’t been banned yet, it’s most likely because few in...

A Budget is a Statement of Values

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
     At the May 8 City Council meeting, a woman stated in her public comment that she had been raped by Barack Obama at the Denny’s by the entrance to the 405 South, which was subsequently torn down and replaced by a Chick-Fil-A to cover...

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