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Brave New Films Event – March 4

Jeff Schwartz - 0
SAVE THE DATE!CULVER CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB POP-UP FUNDRAISER!SATURDAY, MARCH 4 AT 7:00 PM VIRTUAL Screening of Brave New Films’ Documentary Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight To Vote Plus Q & A with Director/Producer Robert Greenwald The Culver City Democratic Club presents its next Pop-Up Fundraiser on Saturday, March 4 at 7:00 PM. Brave New Films has granted permission to CCDC to host a virtual screening of its 2022...
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Question Authority

Jeff Schwartz - 0
Fellow Democrats, I can no longer say with certainty if I owned or wore a Question Authority button as a teen, but they were ubiquitous in my crowd. It was not until much later, when I became a librarian and an author, that I understood that this phrase represented not simply adolescent defiance but an essential critical reading practice. For librarians the first six letters of “authority”...

Services Not Sweeps!

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
At the January 23rd rally we heard from people who have been actively engaged in outreach to unhoused people.  Olga Lexell challenged the Council Members to attend an actual sweep in person. She said “I think attending a sweep is really important because you have...

Nothing About Us Without Us

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
Rarely are the voices of those with lived experience heard in discussions of homelessness, and some unhoused persons are beginning to say that the housed should decide “nothing about us without us.” Some of those voices were heard at the January 23 rally in...

The Culver City Democratic Club Opposes the Criminalization of People Experiencing Homelessness

Resolutions Jeff Schwartz - 0
Culver City - The following resolution was adopted unanimously by themembers of the Culver City Democratic Club at their January 11 generalmeeting: Whereas this Club is on record supporting a Housing First approach, Whereas involuntary relocation, forced displacement, and contact with law enforcement (aka “sweeps”) have...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2023—Organize!

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
The December 12 swearing-in of our new Culver City Council was a disheartening evening with the City’s conservatives hooting and jeering while people were saying nice things about departing Council Member Alex Fisch, who had worked tirelessly to improve the City’s financial condition and...

Club Endorses the Forward 55 ADEMs Slate

Endorsements Jeff Schwartz - 0
At its December 14 General Meeting, the Culver City Democratic Club voted to endorse the Forward 55 slate of delegates to the California Democratic Party. Every member present voted in favor, except for one who abstained. Every two years, each State Assembly District elects fourteen...

CCDC Members Oppose Proposed Anti-Camping Ordinance

Opinions Bubba Fish, Danny Young, Disa Lindgren, Karim Sahli, Meghan Sahli-Wells, Olga Lexell, Stephen Jones - 0
Bubba Fish Good evening Mayor Vera and Councilmembers, My name is Bubba Fish, I serve as the Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee on Housing & Homelessness. I am here not on behalf of the committee because the committee has not been consulted on this ordinance. I...

Election Wrap-Up: The Sequel

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Fellow Democrats, Now that the final results of the November election have been certified, I have repeated the statistics I did for the March primary, comparing how our endorsed candidates did in Culver City compared to in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and the...

RIP P-22

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
Last month, we lost the much-loved puma known as P-22. In his impossible journey across two freeways, he stood as a symbol of resilience and won the hearts of Angelenos. In his long 13-year life, he inspired wonder and responsibility for urban wildlife. His...

The Cruelty is the Point

Op-Eds Mark Lipman - 0
They certainly aren’t wasting any time with their cruelty. Take a look at the Jones Settlement. That came out when Los Angeles’ anti-camping ordinance was struck down as unconstitutional—and I believe it applies to the whole region. In brief, they can’t enforce the ordinance...

A Statement from Vote 16 Culver City After Losing Measure VY by Only 16 Votes

Local Elections Julia Rottenberg and Ada Meighan-Thiel - 0
As the final ballots trickled in almost a month after election night, we would be lying if we said we weren’t disheartened by the sixteen-vote margin that ultimately denied Culver City’s youth the right to vote. But now, almost a month after the results...

What is ADEMs and why should you care?

Announcements Cynthia Hart - 0
“If you don’t like what the party is doing, you need to get more involved in theparty.”—Tom Camarella ADEMs—What is it? “Assembly District Election Meetings.” If you are a registered Democrat, you have the opportunity to elect the seven self-identified females and seven other people who...

Lame Ducks Can Still Quack

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
And when the dust of the November 8 election had settled, two things became clear: 1) the Blue Crew loses control of the House in January and 2) the House is still blue until then. Back in September, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told...

Election Wrap-Up

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Fellow Democrats,      This is the last message of the year, of my second term, and of the midterm election season. I was hoping to repeat the analysis of the primary election results I published in August for the general election, to compare how our endorsed...

Election Night Live Video

Club Special Events Jeff Schwartz - 0
Karim Sahli was joined by Club officers Jeanna Harris and Shannon Theus, member Bubba Fish, and numerous special guests, for a livestream election night. Look out CNN! https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTSoZm7khsg

November 2022 General Election Endorsements

Endorsements Jeff Schwartz - 0
The members of the Culver City Democratic Club have endorsed the following candidates and positions by a vote of at least 60% for candidates and a majority for propositions & ballot measures. US Senate: Alex Padilla US Congress District 37: Sydney Kamlager CA Governor: Gavin Newsom  CA Lt....

How to Buy a Democratic Club

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Fellow Democrats,     This newsletter will arrive a week before general election voting closes. I expect that anyone who would open this message and read this spiel is highly politically engaged and voted weeks ago, but if not, don’t forget! Details are at lavote.net. You can...

Mike Davis 1946-2022

Book Review Jeff Schwartz - 0
As the deadline for this newsletter arrived, it was announced that author and activist Mike Davis had died. He had been on hospice for several months, so this was no surprise, but it is a major loss to progressive politics, cultural studies, and Southern California. Carolina Miranda...

Nov. 19 Fundraiser at The Actors’ Gang

Announcements Jeff Schwartz - 0
Join us for a special night out at The Actors' Gang! The Culver City Democratic Club has a limited number of tickets for The Actors’ Gang's November 19 performance of Alfred Jarry’s masterpiece Ubu the King, directed by Tim Robbins. Jarry's absurd, hilarious, and scatological 1896 political satire deeply...

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