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Culver City Solutions: An Affordability Panel Discussion hosted by Our Culver

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Our Culver invites you to join us for a panel discussion of affordability options in Culver City.   Saturday, March 14, 3pm-4:30pm Wende Museum - Glorya Kaufman Community Center Classroom Welcome Speaker: Culver City Mayor Freddy Puza Special Guest: CCUSD Board of Trustees President, Stephanie Loredo  Refreshments and childcare provided RSVP required due to limited space The beautiful thing about living in Culver City is that we're a small, close-knit community where...
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Culver City’s Women and Girls Committee: A Conversation with Councilmember Yasmine-Imani McMorrin

Lavinia Neal - 0
At the January 12th City Council meeting, the Council unanimously approved establishing a formal committee focused on Women and Girls in Culver City. This new committee aims to focus on investment in women and girls, with a priority of evaluating processes and support for women and girls in leadership. Councilmember Yasmine-Imani McMorrin, the only woman currently serving on the Council and the sixth woman to...

California Fair Elections Act

Club Life Leah Pressman - 0
Our democracy should not be for sale. Big Money is drowning out the voices of everyday voters,” said Assemblymember Alex Lee, joint author of SB 42. “Public financing is the reform we need to bring power back to the people and level the playing...

March Legislative Report

Club Life Leah Pressman - 0
At the club’s February 11th meeting, we voted to endorse two bills:  SB 747 The No Kings Act (Wiener, Wahab) This bill creates a right of action under California state law for violations of constitutional rights, giving Californians a robust new path to gain relief and...

The Billionaire Tax

Club Life Leah Pressman - 0
At our February 11th meeting, the club endorsed the Billionaire Tax-a ballot measure that will impose a 5% one-time tax on California’s Billionaires.  SEIU-MHW is the largest financial backer of the measure. Supporters need to get 825,000 valid signatures in order to get the...

Should the voting age be lowered to 16 for local elections?

Club Life Leah Pressman - 0
A growing youth-led movement called Vote16 says 16 is old enough to vote in local elections. Thirteen cities around the country have already passed a measure like this. When this was on the ballot in Culver City in 2022, the measure failed by just 16...

What’s a Democrat to do?

Club Life Cynthia Hart - 0
With the stakes so high and the polls in a virtual tie among the top five poll rankings, it might be wise to focus on the top five most likely to succeed in June . Two of the five are Republicans, so the less...

Research the California Governor’s Race

Club Life Pete Rockwell - 0
California is holding an election for governor on November 3, 2026. The primary is June 2. The filing deadline is March 6. "With so many Democratic candidates in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, there's a slight chance California voters will end up...

March 2026 – President’s Message

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
Dear Members, Friends, and Allies, We are living through a moment that demands moral clarity and political courage. Across the globe and at home, innocent lives are being lost in escalating conflicts in the Middle East and with ICE. We are witnessing a war-hungry executive...

Meet the Candidates: State Superintendent of Public Instruction at our February meeting

Endorsements Leah Pressman - 0
The current California State Superintendent, Tony Thurmond, is running for Governor and multiple Democrats have declared themselvescandidates in the race to replace him in 2026.It is early in the race and there hasn’t been a lot of coverage yet, but the club will have...

Special Message from the Editor

Featured Pete Rockwell - 0
I don’t remember when I started doing the Culver City Democratic Club newsletter. It was before October of 2017, but after Donald Trump first won the election for President of the United States in November of 2016. I was a Bernie Sanders supporter at...

Special Event: Social Media, Misinformation, & You!

Announcements Jeanna Harris - 0
Feature event of the Culver City Democratic Club pop-up fundraiser weekend at Village Well! Join us at Village Well Books & Coffee on December 13th from 6:30pm-8pm for a conversation about misinformation with author Samuel C. Spitale, author of How to Win the War on...

Extra! Extra! Check out the newest Active Democrat newsletter!

Club Life Jeanna Harris - 0
Check out the December 2025 edition of The Active Democrat, edited by Pete Rockwell! See the latest updates from the club and our members for the month of December! Happy Holidays!

Turning 7 million protesters into 14 million votes

President's message Jeanna Harris - 0
Dear Members, Friends, and Allies, On October 18th an estimated 7 MILLION people nationwide participated in the No Kings protests. I’m sure many of you were there. Now we need to push beyond the protest and exchange the protest signs for ballots in the ballot...

Endorsement votes begin for November 2026

Endorsements Cynthia Hart - 0
At our November 12 meeting the membership will be asked to consider endorsement of our Sacramento happy warriors—Assembly Member Isaac Bryan and State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas—for re-election a year from now. Zoom in early to our November meeting to hear from them! Why so early?...

Texas Said Check, California Responds Balance!

President's message 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...

CCDC Endorses Fair Games: A New Deal for Our Future

Endorsements 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...

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...

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