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

Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas - 0
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 lead the way to finally heal the soul of this nation.  The harms against Black people in this country date back...
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Report on the Reparations Task Force Learning Exchange in Culver City

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 leaders to learn about and discuss the work of the California State Reparations Task Force. After attendees enjoyed a Mexican breakfast...

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...

If This Gets on the Ballot, Our Schools Could Become More Like Florida’s

Op-Eds Cynthia Hart - 0
Imagine you are walking into the grocery store, minding your own business, when a paid signature-gatherer with a clipboard tells you “This will give California kids a constitutional right to a high-quality public school education.” Sounds great, but wait! Who defines exactly what constitutes...

The Supreme Court is a Bad Joke

Op-Eds Danny Young - 0
To say the least, the latest reporting on the impropriety of the Supreme Court has been discouraging. Most recently uncovered by ProPublica is that Clarence Thomas has had high power benefactors and confidants, specifically a billionaire named Harlan Crow and his associates, showering him...

Book Talk: Shielded – How the Police Became Untouchable

Book Review Jeff Schwartz - 0
UCLA Law Professor Joanna Schwartz visited our May meeting to present her current book: Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, about the obstacles to police accountability in civil court. It is available at the Village Well and all other fine bookstores. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPsQFrHj5Is

Cars Don’t Have to Rule Culver City, or the Future of L.A. Transit

Op-Eds Yotala Oszkay Febres-Cordero - 0
Culver City is a small town, and 1.3 miles of transportation infrastructure may seem inconsequential. However, if the city votes to take down the project—an outcome that seems likely given a new, more conservative majority seeking to weaken the previous council’s progressive policies—it will...

The First White Mayor of Culver City

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members and Supporters, In October 2017, Ta-Nehisi Coates published an essay entitled “The First White President” in The Atlantic. Obviously, his claim was not that every US President before Barack Obama was not white. Instead, it was that Donald Trump was the first white...

AB-1913 Creates California Center for Climate Change Education

Featured Danny Young - 0
On Saturday, April 22, West LA College hosted an Earth Day opening ceremony featuring Assembly Member Isaac Bryan. The event celebrated the passage of Assembly Bill 1913, authored by Assembly Member Bryan, establishing the California Center for Climate Change Education in the LA Community...

Support ACA-5—Save Marriage Equality

Legislation Cynthia Hart - 0
After the Dobbs decision, Justices Thomas and Alito gleefully speculated about overturning other precedents like Obergefell. If Obergefell falls, the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California will be in full force.  So it is more than perfect that on Valentine’s Day of 2023,...

UCLA Law Professor to Address Culver City Democrats

Announcements Jeff Schwartz - 0
The Culver City Democratic Club welcomes UCLA Law Professor Joanna Schwartz as the guest speaker for their May 10 meeting. She will discuss her book Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, published by Penguin/Random House in February. Shielded explains, to a general audience, how the legal system...

New Hope for the Equal Rights Amendment

Legislation Cynthia Hart - 0
“It is indefensible that 100 years following the Equal Rights Amendment, gender equality is not the law of the land.”—Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove "Thank you, and I am so proud to stand here today with all of my female warriors, especially my Congressional Black Caucus colleagues...

Report of the Legislative Committee

Legislation Alex Fisch, Bubba Fish, Cynthia Hart, Leah Pressman - 0
Report of the Legislative Committee With our club’s support, local leaders have won their elections and are at work in the state legislature authoring and advocating for progressive policy. As a club, we can and should give them our support. The Legislative Committee of the Culver...

Heroes and Villains

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members and Supporters, Thirty-one years ago this month, a Simi Valley jury acquitted four LAPD officers of using excessive force against Rodney King. King appeared to be driving under the influence, then attempted to outrun the police rather than pulling over. Once he stopped,...

Success!

Legislation Cynthia Hart - 0
Last month, our CCDC endorsed bill, AB83—the Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act—was passed out of the Assembly Elections Committee, the first hurdle on its path to becoming California law. At the Elections Committee hearing California Chamber of Commerce was the only organization...

The Whole World is Watching

President's message Jeff Schwartz - 0
Dear Members and Supporters,      Growing up, I remember it was special when Culver City was in the news. It was even exciting to see our neighborhood in the background of CHIPs or some other program. Before Culver City became “The New Chelsea,” we were the...

Culver Sicky

Op-Eds Alex Fisch - 1
Some have asked for my thoughts about Mark Lipman’s piece published in this newsletter in January titled “The Cruelty Is the Point.” I’ve been reluctant to engage because Mr. Lipman is not the person making it illegal to sleep in a tent, or even...

ELEVATE THE 28!—State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is sworn in

Southern California Cynthia Hart - 0
Last month, the community celebrated the swearing in of a new State Senator to represent our diverse and dynamic District 28. Esteemed speakers from the LA Black Worker Center, the UCLA Labor Center, SEIU, and the Los Angeles Worker Center Network described Lola Smallwood-Cuevas...

School Safety & Security Update

Announcements Paula Amezola, Dr. Kelly Kent, Triston Ezidore, Stephanie Loredo, and Brian Guerrero - 0
Dear CCUSD Community, On behalf of the CCUSD Board of Trustees, I am writing today to address concerns from the community around school safety and security, particularly as it relates to student fights at CCMS and CCHS. We apologize to our families who are experiencing...

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