Category: State

2024 Election Analysis from the NY Times

2024 Election: Live Updates (click on link) https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/2024-election

Attorney General Bonta Announces Lawsuit Challenging Chino Valley Unified School District’s Forced Outing Policy

Press Release Attorney General Bonta Announces Lawsuit Challenging Chino V… Monday, August 28, 2023 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a lawsuit to immediately halt the enforcement of the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education’s (Board) mandatory gender identity disclosure policy. The policy, adopted in July, requires schools to …

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Spotlight on State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tony Thurmond California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is State Superintendent of Public Instruction, responsible for the largest public school system in the nation, with nearly 6 million students and over 10,000 schools. Since taking office in 2019, he has created and championed historic initiatives to close the achievement gap, support student mental …

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Elections and Voter information from the CA SOS website

Go to https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections   For election results go to https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/   Election results are updated as often as new data is received from county elections offices after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots continue to be counted after Election Day during the canvass period; county elections officials must report final official …

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Redistricting in California after the 2020 Census- Ballotpedia summary

From: https://ballotpedia.org/Redistricting_in_California_after_the_2020_census California’s 52 United States representatives and 120 state legislators are all elected from political divisions called districts. District lines are redrawn every 10 years following completion of the United States census. Federal law stipulates that districts must have nearly equal populations and must not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity. The California Citizens Redistricting …

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How Democrats can win in 2022 and beyond

BY DAN HELMER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/12/21 01:00 PM EST  454 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Election Day was a tough night for Democrats across the country. In Virginia, we lost all statewide races and a Democratic majority in the House of Delegates. In reliably blue New …

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Is the U.S. Headed Toward a Short British-Style Election?- NY Times Mar. 29, 2020

Party conventions are in jeopardy, campaigning is on hold and local candidates are playing the role of good Samaritan instead of traditional politician. From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections. Many Democratic leaders now doubt their national party convention will take place as planned in …

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California State Democratic Election will be in Long Beach in November 15-17!

Go to https://www.cdpconvention.org/

The 2019 Organizing Convention was an important, informative, and engaging event. Below are the downloadable files from our Organizing Convention.

Go to https://www.cdpconvention.org/2019–cadem-state-convention-downloads.html

2019 California Democratic Party State Convention, May 31 – June 2, 2019

  Date: Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 02, 2019 Address: 747 Howard St. Ticket(s) Required: No 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention, May 31 – June 2, 2019Parc 55 San Francisco Hilton Hotel – 55 Cyril Magnin St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Hilton San Francisco Union Square – 333 O’Farrell St., San Francisco, CA …

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