2020 Culver City Democratic Club
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October 2020 Culver City Democratic Club Activewww.CulverCityDemocraticClub.com Democat Email: [email protected] • Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/culvercitydems General Meeting on Zoom — 7p.m. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 ___________________________________________ Special Meeting for New Members at 6:30p.m. President’s Message by Pete Rockwel At 6:30 p.m., October 14, we will have a KEEP Culver City THIS special meeting to greetDEMOCRATIC new members CLUB LIST! On Wednesday, October 14, at 6:30p.m., we’re go- ing to have a special meeting for people who joined ENDORSEMENTS the Club for the frst time his year. Long-time mem- President of the United States Joe Biden bers are encouraged to atend this meeting, as well as Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris those who have joined recently. We can all introduce U.S. House of Representatives – 37th District Karen Bass ourselves. Afer the half-hour new members meet- CA State Assembly – 54th District Sydney Kamlager ing, our regular general meeting will start at 7 p.m. L.A. County Supervisor – 2nd District Holly Mitchell The program for our general meeting in October L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón will be an opportunity for our endorsed candidates to let our members know what they can do to help STATE BALLOT MEASURE ENDORSEMENTS them get elected (phone- or text-banking, etc.). Proposition 14 Support Proposition 20 Oppose We’ve also invited people advocating for the propo- Proposition 15 Support Proposition 21 Support sitions we endorsed (and against the ballot measures Proposition 16 Support Proposition 22 Oppose we are urging a no vote on) to tell Club members Proposition 17 Support Proposition 23 Support what they can do to help those causes. Proposition 18 Support Proposition 24 Support If you are working on a campaign for or against one Proposition 19 Support Proposition 25 Support of the state or local propositions, and if the Club has endorsed your position, let me know if you would L.A. COUNTY BALLOT MEASURE RECOMMENDATION like to speak. You can email me at pete_rockwell@ Measure J – Reimagine L.A. Support hotmail.com. CULVER CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS Di’s Corner: Culver City Council Member Freddy Puza by Diane Rosenberg Culver City Council Member Darrel Menthe Medical update on Club member Charlote Gunter: Culver City Council Member Yasmine-Imani McMorrin Charlote is still healing and recovering. She still has the physical and occupational therapists coming to her CULVER CITY SCHOOL BOARD ENDORSEMENTS house. Her atitude is excellent. Governing Board Member Paula Amezola de Herrera Sunday, September 6, Andy and I, along with Ronnie Governing Board Member Kelly Kent Jayne and family members, were at Mount. Sinai Cem- Governing Board Member Kelly Kent etery where we had the unveiling for Herb. It was ex- tremely hot. The temperature was 120 degrees. CULVER CITY BALLOT MEASURE RECOMMENDATIONS We want to thank Tom Camarella, Rick Tutle, and the Measure B Oppose Executive Board for adjourning in memory of Herb. Measure RE Support VOTE ! N OV EM B ER 3 , 2 0 2 0 RECOVER RESTORE FAIRNESS Culver City cut $25 million from Measure RE is a progressive, this year's budget because of the marginal tax that is only due when COVID-19 recession. Measure RE property is sold. 70% of real estate will raise about $6 million per year transactions won't be affected at to help our City when we need it all, and the tax won't change for the most. first $1,499,999 from any sale. Affordable housing will be exempt. REINVEST RENEW Federal aid accounted for 13% of Measure RE will help us address our municipal budgets in 1978. Today most pressing problems, like that number is 3%. The services homelessness, and significant closest to us have been starved. We deferred maintenance in our parks, can begin to reinvest in ourselves public buildings, streets, and with Measure RE. sidewalks. YESonRE.com @REinvestCulver Culver City Democratic Club — Active Democrat August 2020 — Page 4 An Open Letter to Sherif Alex Villanueva Dear Sherif Villanueva, (Or may I call you “Alex” as I did when you were an underdog candidate seeking the endorsement of the Culver City Democratic Club?) Alex! How could you? I write today more in sorrow than in anger. You made me believe in you. I’m not the only one. Any number of democratic clubs, including the Culver City Democratic Club, endorsed you. You came to speak at our Club, and you said that as Sherif, “My job is due process for everyone.” That sounded to me like you planned to run the sherif’s department in ways that protected everyone’s constitutional rights—both those of the sworn ofcers and those of the civilian population (presumably including journalists!). What part of that did I misunderstand? What happened to that Alex? Can I have him back, please? You also said that the problem of deputies’ gangs in the department arose out of low morale. That sounded reasonable to me. You said that with your experience as a rank and fle deputy, you knew how to repair morale. Since the gang problem very much pre-dates your time in ofce, I didn’t think you could solve it immediately. But has making the deputies feel that you “have their backs” made them behave any beter? I spoke up for you for a long time. The Los Angeles Times started criticizing your performance before you even took the oath of ofce which was hardly fair! But I said, it’s OK, the Times is just biter because they endorsed Alex’s opponent. Then you hired back staf with “tainted” records, and I said Alex knows those people personally and maybe the Civil Service Commission did not give them due process. You’ll see, I said. Alex believes in “due process for everyone.” There were complaints about you from the county supervisors, but I took those with a grain of salt. Both you and the sups (also known as “the fve litle kings”) were duly elected by the people. You each have your realm… reasonable people can disagree…And Alex believes in “due process for everyone.” But then Dijon Kizee was shot to death by a deputy when he was riding a bicycle while Black, and KCRW reported that days and days went by without the killer even being questioned. In the days that followed, deputies showed up to surround and intimidate peaceful people holding a press conference about that shooting. Journalist Josie Huang from KPCC was arrested roughly and spent hours in jail. Let’s be clear, in a time of global pandemic being arrested by a maskless deputy and spending any amount of time in jail can be a death sentence. And I SAW THE VIDEO. You all-but- said that since she wasn’t from Fox or CNN, the deputies didn’t need to treat her like a journalist because who ever heard of KPCC? There you lost me. I am done making excuses. Robert Bonner from the Sherif’s Civilian Oversight Commission, along with Sheila Keuhl and Mark Ridley-Thomas of the County Board of Supervisors, have called for your resignation. Me? I don’t let you of the hook that easily. I call on you to stay in ofce and be the Sherif Alex that you made the democratic clubs believe that you would be. Clean up your act and be the “due process for everyone” sherif. Best Regards, Cynthia Hart THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT, CULVER CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB! Los Angeles deserves a new District Attorney who will make our neighborhoods safer, hold police accountable, and reform our justice system so it works for everyone. I have reduced violent crime in every leadership position I’ve held while pioneering reforms to reduce racial disparities and end mass incarceration. -George Gascón GeorgeGascon.org @GeorgeGascon /DAGeorgeGascon @GasconForLADA PAID FOR BY GEORGE GASCON FOR LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY 2020 FPPC ID# 1422183 Culver City Democratic Club — Active Democrat August 2020 — Page 6 Make a Plan, Stan! Preventing by Cynthia Hart a Disrupted Hi, Voters! Are you getting ready to make your Plan to Vote in the November election? Me too! I’ve just been reading Greg Palast’s new book How Trump Presidential Stole 2020 so I have had my consciousness raised about the very large Election and number of things that can possibly go wrong without a plan! Happily, the LA County Registrar has setup a super friendly page on their website this year Transition where you can just follow the little gray boxes and make your checklist! The folowing i an exerpt fom the report of NOVEMBER 2020 VOTER CHECKLIST the Transition Integrity Project: ☐ Register to vote. Or Re-register if you have moved or changed your name. “In June 2020 the Transition Integrity ☐ Verify your Registration. Accidents happen! Project (TIP) convened a bipartisan ☐ Sign up for Ballottrax. (Where has this been all my life?) It will let you group of over 100 current and former track when your ballot was mailed, received and counted. They will actually senior government and campaign notify you by email, text, or voicemail (your choice)! leaders and other experts in a series of ☐ Receive your ballot (they drop into U.S. Mail on or about October 5th to 2020 election crisis scenario planning all registered California voters) and read the directions. exercises. The results of all four table- ☐ Grab a blue or black pen and your Culver City Democratic Club slate card top exercises were alarming. We assess and fill in the bubbles. (Sorry! I know this seems too obvious to say, but Greg with a high degree of likelihood that Palast says that every election cycle a certain number of votes get tossed because the voter used red ink to make checkmarks!) November’s elections will be marked by ☐ Decide how to return your ballot – by mail (no need to add postage in a chaotic legal and political landscape.