By events, on February 18th, 2012%
Assemblymember Joan Buchanan will be hosting town hall style pancake breakfasts in San Ramon and Walnut Creek. Come hungry and ready to talk about California's future.
The San Ramon breakfast is on February 25 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Laborer's Training Center, 1001 Westside Drive. The Walnut Creek breakfast is on March 17 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Elk's Lodge, 1475 Creekside Drive.
Please RSVP on Assemblymember Buchanan's website for the breakfast you would like . . . → Read More: Assemblymember Joan Buchanan Hosts Pancake Breakfasts
By Edi Birsan, on February 14th, 2012%
At the State Democratic Convention the Organizational Meeting discussed the issues of the selection method of County Central Committees . The background is fairly simple: Elections cost money to run. The State does not want to pay for it. (Like they ever wanted to pay for anything?) With the passage of Proposition 14 *the Top Two System*, the only pure party only election in the state is the Presidential Primary. The current terms of Central Committees runs 2 years so that in the Gubernatorial years there is no pure party only election. So the State passed a bill AB1200 (approved by our elected officials) that gives the local county committees three choices as of now:
1. Conduct a government election once every 4 years during the Presidential . . . → Read More: Central Committee Election Procedure Changes
By Edi Birsan, on February 7th, 2012%
Before a home town crowd of about 70 people at the Concord City Council Chamber, State Senator Mark DeSaulnier went over a list of issues around the State budget and then fielded some audience questions on topics from the High Speed Rail issue to library services. He went over with considerable pride Senate Bill 201 that allows for a new form of California Corporation where there is more than just the purpose of raising the stockholders equity as a goal, allowing a legal framework for corporations to have a flexible purpose and to take positions and policies that may promote the public good without being in conflict with shareholder expectations. He then launched a long power point with numerous charts starting with a basic Rah Rah . . . → Read More: DeSaulnier’s Concord Town Hall Budget View
By events, on February 3rd, 2012%
Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan invites you to join her for an early evening reception with Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez on Tuesday, March 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The reception will be held at Round Hill Country Club, 3169 Round Hill Rd, Alamo, CA 94507. Tickets are $50, with sponsorships available.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Pam Clemmons by phone 415-518-3430 or by email at pam(at)joanbuchanan.com. You can download a pdf of the invitation and you can purchase tickets on-line . . . → Read More: Assm. Joan Buchanan Reception on March 6 with Speaker John Pérez
By events, on January 29th, 2012%
Please join honorary hosts Rep. George Miller, Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. John Garamendi, and State Senator Mark DeSaulnier in celebrating Assemblymember Susan Bonilla's 2012 Re-Election Kickoff Celebration on Friday, February 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Contra Costa Country Club (801 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill).
Tickets are $50 with sponsorships available.
To RSVP, please email luis@susanbonilla.com or call 925-360-8053. Click here for . . . → Read More: Assemblymember Susan Bonilla’s 2012 Re-Election Kickoff Celebration
By events, on January 15th, 2012%
Please join Senator Mark DeSaulnier and his supporters for his 6th Annual Crab Feed on Friday, January 27, 2012! The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Centre Concord, located at 5298 Clayton Road, Concord. For more information, please . . . → Read More: State Senator Mark DeSaulnier’s 6th Annual Crab Feed
By DPCCC, on December 4th, 2011%
Join your fellow Contra Costa County Democrats for a holiday party on Thursday, December 15, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the IBEW Local 302 Meeting Hall, 1875 Arnold Drive, Martinez.
Please bring a donation for the food bank and join us for this potluck dinner. Meet and greet begins at 6:30 with the food to follow when it is set up.
Local elected officials and party volunteers hope to see . . . → Read More: Democratic Party of Contra Costa County Holiday Party on December 15
By Edi Birsan, on October 17th, 2011%
Before an intense crowd of 200, George Miller addressed the crowd on a broad scope of issues and took questions from the crowd, which included a sprinkling of Tea Party T-shirt wearers as well as two challengers to George in the Open Primary. The format was that Congressman would take direct questions from people who raised their hand in the audience which led to some chaos as a few determined to disrupt things and hi-hack the process stood up and interrupted with their questions.After a particularly disruptive incident the Congressman made one of his more poignant comments when he spoke to the crowd directly calming them down and then making the comment that: “I am sure that you are the same people who are complaining why . . . → Read More: Congressman Miller at the Peace and Justice Hall in Walnut Creek
By events, on October 4th, 2011%
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project ,and GenOn Energy, Inc. are excited to announce the upcoming NEED Energy Workshop for K-12 educators on Wednesday, October 19, in Concord from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army Center, 3950 Clayton Road, Concord, CA.
This workshop will provide professional development opportunities for classroom teachers and to provide engaging and exciting energy curriculum for students in today’s classrooms.
Educators who participate in the workshop will receive a free NEED Science of Energy Kit to take back to their schools. The NEED Science of Energy Kit is designed to teach the concepts of force, motion, light, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism and energy transformations through hands-on activities. In addition, GenOn Energy and NEED will reimburse school districts for . . . → Read More: Asm. Susan Bonilla Hosts Free Energy Workshop for K-12 Educators on October 19
By events, on October 4th, 2011%
Assemblymember Nancy Skinner's fall update e-newsletter includes information about her legislation, including internet sales tax, effort to add Sylvia McLaughin to Eastshore State Park's name, and bills on Governor Brown's desk like AB 402, the Hunger-Free Kids bill. Click here to see . . . → Read More: Assemblymember Nancy Skinner’s Fall Update
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