Margarita Lacabe

Information on Candidates Running for Alameda County Democratic Central Committee – June ’16 election

Information on Candidates Running for Alameda County Democratic Central Committee – June ’16 election ACDCC, Politics 8 Responses »

May 062016

election2016jpg A voter contacted me asking for more information on the the different candidates running for Alameda County Central Committee. To make it easier on voters, here is a list of the candidates, with whatever information I know about them as well as links to public information on them. If you know of other resources, please share them.

Committee members decide on which candidates for local office will get the Democratic endorsement and they pass resolutions on issues of local, state and national interest. They are also members of the California Democratic Central Committee and vote on state-wide and national endorsements.

Names in *ALL CAPITALS are those I recommend, (i) denotes incumbency (B) denotes a Bernie Sanders supporter while (H) denotes a Hillary Clinton supporter. They are listed in the order they appear in the ballot. Please feel free to e-mail me if you want more information about any of the candidates. You can read more about my recommended candidates here and see my whole Alameda County Voters Guide here.

AD 15 (Emeryville/North Oakland north to Berkeley – vote for no more than 9)

Sharon Ball (i)

Sharon Ball has been a member of the ACDCC since 2008 and is active in the Women’s Caucus.

Voter’s Edge Page

Brett Badelle (B)

Brett Badelle currently works in the government relations department at BART. He is a founding member of the Black Young Democrats of the East Bay and is an alternate on the Alameda County Central Committee. He was Jean Quan’s Senior Policy Advisor on Public Safety and was campaign manager for Tony Thurmond. He’s a member of the Metropolitan Greater Oakland Democratic Club and the Wellstone Democratic Club. He’s running on a slate with three others.

Slate Facebook Page

*MICHAEL BARNETT (i)

Michael Barnett is a physicist at Lawrence Berkeley Labs. He is a long time member of the ACDCC and the author of the CA Democratic platform sections on education and criminal justice. He lives in Oakland.

Mike Barnett’s Campaign Website

Voter’s Edge Page

Jamila A. English

Jamila English is Senior Policy Analyst and Community Liaison for Oakland Vice Mayor Annie Campbell Washington. She is an alternate at the ACDCC. She managed Elizabeth Echols’ campaign for Assembly.

Voter’s Edge Page

Elizabeth Echols (i)

Elizabeth Echols was appointed by Gov. Brown to direct the California Public Utilities Commission’s Office of Ratepayer Advocates. Previously she was appointed by President Obama to direct the Small Business Administration for the Western region and prior to that she was Policy Director at Google. She ran unsuccessfully for State Assembly in 2014. She lives in Berkeley.

Voter’s Edge Page

News articles on Elizabeth Echols

Kathy Neal (i)

Kathy Neal is a business consultant and long term Democratic Party activist and ACDCC member.

Voter’s Edge Page

Kathy Neal’s professional biography

David Shiver

David Shiver is an urban economics/planning consultant. He is a former member of the ACDCC and the current president of the Berkeley Democratic Club.

Voter’s Edge Page

David Shiver’s professional biography.

Karen Weinstein (H)

Karen Weinstein serves on the Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women, and is an activist and a grassroots organizer long-involved in the struggle for women’s rights, labor rights, and health care. Karen is a health educator, former member of the ACDCC and current vice-president of the Berkeley Democratic Club. She’s a strong Hillary Clinton supporter.

Karen’s campaign page

Voter’s Edge Page

Karen Weinstein’s Biography

Bonnie Wheatley (i)

Bonnie Wheatley is a healthcare consultant. She has been a member of the ACDCC since 2008 and is the Chair of the Alameda County Commission on Status of Women.

Voter’s Edge Page

*VINCENT CASALAINA (B)

Vincent Casalaina is a cinematographer and longtime progressive Democratic activist. He is the Vice-Chair of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party and in the leadership of Democracy for America and the Wellstone Democratic Club. He is a Sanders supporter. He is running in a slate with 3 other Wellstone members. He lives in Berkeley.

Vincent Casalaina’s Slate Facebook Page

Voter’s Edge Page

*ANDY KELLEY (i) (B)

Andy is a young Democratic activist. He is active in East Bay Young Democrats and used to work for Democracy for America. He is a Sanders supporter. He has served one term in the ACDCC but was involved as an alternate before that. He lives in Oakland.

Andy Kelley for ACDCC

Andy’s Voter’s Edge Page

Floyd Huen (B)

Floyd Huen is a physician and member of Wellstone Democratic Club. He’s running in a slate with three other candidates.

Slate Facebook Page

Voter’s Edge Page

Three Questions for Dr. Floyd Huen (2011 interview)

Kate Harrison (B)

Kate Harrison is a policy consultant and member of the Wellstone Democratic Club. She is running in a slate with three other Democratic activists. She lives in Berkeley.

Voter’s Edge Page

Slate Facebook Page

Kate Harrison Consulting (her business website)

Dianne Martinez (B)

Dianne Martinez is the current Mayor of Emeryville. She was elected to the Emeryville City Council in 2014. She is a TV producer.

Dianne’s Voter’s Edge Page

Interview with Dianne Martinez (when she was running for council)

Beverly Greene (i)

Beverly Greene is a long-time member of the ACDCC.

*CECILIA “CES” ROSALES (H)

Ces Rosales is a committed Democratic activist. She’s been an associate with the ACDCC for the last six years and has had a variety of roles with the party. She was student leader in the Philippines and came to the US to escape persecution by the brutal Marcos regime. She is a Hillary supporters, but I’m giving her a pass.

Ces’ Campaign Webpage

Voter’s Edge Page

*LEN RAPHAEL (B)

Len Raphael is an accountant, community activist and treasurer for the Coalition for Police Accountability. He ran unsuccessfully for Oakland City Auditor in 2014.

Len Raphael’s campaign website

Voter’s Edge Page

AD 18 Candidates (San Leandro, Alameda and parts of Oakland – vote no more than 10)

Corina R Lopez (i)

Corina Lopez was elected to the San Leandro City Council in 2014. Previously, she served 2 years in the San Leandro School Board. She was elected to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee in 2012. Corina grew up in Soledad as the daughter of farm workers, made her way to Princeton and now runs an IT company with her husband.

SLT articles tagged Corina Lopez

Corina’s Council website

Answers to APA Caucus Questionnaire (for Council race)

Smart Voter page for Council Race

*MARGARITA LACABE (i) (B)

That would be me. I’m a human rights activist, working specifically for human rights and against impunity for human rights violators in Latin America, and for the memory of victims of gross human rights violations. I was elected to the ACDCC in 2010. I’m committed to standing up for human rights and against corruption and self-dealing in the party. I’m also Sanders supporter.

Why I’m running for Central Committee

e-mail me with any questions.

*GUILLERMO D. ELENES (B)

Guillermo is a community activist, working specifically on renters’ rights. He has very strong progressive views which almost always mirror mine and has been an ally fighting for civil rights in San Leandro. He was an active volunteer for Obama and is now for Bernie Sanders.

Guillermo’s website.

Voter’s Edge page

SLT articles tagged Guillermo Elenes.

Howard Egerman (i)

Howard is a union activist with the American Federation of Government Employees. He has been a member of the ACDCC for many years. He lives in the Fruitvale district of Oakland.

Voter’s Edge page

Mario Juarez (i)

Mario Juarez is a realtor and business owner in Oakland. He ran unsuccessfully for Oakland City Council in 2008 and 2012. He has been a member of the ACDCC since 2010 and is the current Committee Vice-Chair for AD 18. He lives in Oakland.

Smart Voter page from his 2012 ACDCC race

Mario Juarez’ Professional Biography

Mario Juarez Real Estate

Jim Oddie (i) (H)

Jim Oddie is Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s District Director. At the ACDCC, he votes as Bonta indicates he should vote. He was elected to the Alameda County City Council in 2014. Since his election to City Council, Oddie has seldom attended ACDCC meetings. He will be a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.

SLT articles tagged Jim Oddie

Jim’s Council Website

Smart Voter page for Council Race

Articles tagged Jim Oddie, Alameda Merry Go Round

Robin Torello (i) (H)

Robin is the Chair of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee and has been so for many, many years. She will be a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. She lives in San Leandro.

SLT articles tagged Robin Torello

Voter’s Edge Page

Pamela A. Drake (i) (B)

Pamela is a community organizer and blogger from Oakland. She has a long political history, is an active member of the Wellstone Democratic Club and was elected to the ACDCC in 2012. She is a Sanders supporter.

Voter’s Edge page

Drake Talk Oakland – Pam’s blog

Pam’s comments on East Bay Express articles

Malcolm Amado Uno

Uno is Political Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network He was recruited to run in a slate with the incumbents in the race (save for me).

Voter’s Edge page

Malcolm Uno’s bio

* MIKE KATZ-LACABE (B)

Mike is a human rights activist specializing in privacy rights. He runs the Center for Human Rights and Privacy and investigates the use of mass surveillance by law enforcement within the US. He was in the San Leandro School Board from 2006 to 2014. He is a Sanders supporter.

SLT articles tagged Mike Katz-Lacabe

Voter’s Edge page

News articles quoting Mike on civil liberties

Randy Reynaldo Menjivar (B)

Randy is a graduate student at the University of San Francisco.

Randy’s Voter’s Edge page

Peggy Moore (H)

Peggy was California Political Director of Obama for America from 2008 to 2012 and is currently Hillary Clinton’s California Political Director. In the interim she managed Libby Schaaf’s successful campaign for Oakland Mayor and served as her senior special advisor.

Peggy Moore’s biography

*MARLON L. MCWILSON (i) (B)

Marlon is an elected member of the Alameda County Board of Education, now running for re-election. He was appointed as member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to fill a vacancy in 2013. He lives in West Oakland.

Voter’s Edge page

Linda Perry (i)

Linda Perry is the current treasurer of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, and thus an Executive Board member, and a long-time member of the ACDCC. She is a former San Leandro School Board and City Council member. Linda works as treasurer for political campaigns, including those of candidates seeking the Democratic endorsement.

SLT articles tagged Linda Perry

Voter’s Edge page

Diana Prola (i) (B)

Diana is a long time member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. She is a retired teacher and member of the San Leandro School Board. She supports Sanders.

SLT articles tagged Diana Prola

*PAMELA PRICE

Pamela Price is an Oakland based civil rights attorney. She ran unsuccessfully for Assembly in 2014.

Elect Pamela Price website

Pamela Price for ACDCC FB page

Voter’s Edge page on Pamela Price

Oakland Tribune endorsement of her Assembly run.

AD 25 Candidates (Newark & Parts of Fremont – vote for no more than 3)

Mike Bucci

Mike Bucci was elected to the Newark City Council in 2014. He is (or was) a Project Manager for Millwrights Local 102.

City Council Facebook page.

Nancy Thomas (i)

Nancy Thomas has been an ACDCC member for a long time and she also sits in the Newark School Board.

Voter’s Edge page

*PAUL SETHY (i)

Paul Sethy is an IT manager and has been a member of the ACDCC for the last four years and is a Director of Alameda County Water District. He lives in Fremont.

Paul Sethy’s biography

*RAJ SALWAN (B)

Raj is a veterinarian who lives in Fremont. He has been an alternate at the ACDCC for a number of years. He served a 2-year appointed term in the Fremont City Council.

Voter’s Edge page

Raj’s web page for his City Council race

Articles on Raj Salwan

Raj Salwan’s professional biography

Patricia “Pat” Danielson (i)

Pat Danielson is a Health Information Manager and member of the Washington Hospital Healthcare System Board. She lives in Fremont and has been a member of the ACDCC since 2008.

Margarita Lacabe Runs for Re-Election to Alameda County Democratic Central Committee

Margarita Lacabe Runs for Re-Election to Alameda County Democratic Central Committee ACDCC 2 Responses »

Apr 192016

Plus: Who Else to Vote for in AD 15, AD 18 & 25

Update: I was re-elected to the Committee. Thanks to everyone who voted for me.

Once again, I’m running for re-election to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. I’m running for one of the ten seats in AD 18.

I am an unapologetic bleeding heart liberal, committed to pushing the Democratic party towards adopting an agenda that includes the respect and promotion of all human rights: civil, political, economic, social and cultural. I am fully committed to cleaning up the Democratic party from the corrupting influences of money and cronyism.

Currently, the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee is suffering from a numbers of ills. One of the main jobs of the Committee is to give the Democratic endorsement to candidates for non-partisan local races. Unfortunately, several Committee members are either paid campaign consultants themselves or have close relationships with such people – and they take advantage of their position in the Committee to lobby to get their clients the Democratic endorsement. This has resulted in the Democratic endorsement being given to candidates who do not have particularly progressive ideas. Indeed, the Committee has endorsed candidates that support the militarization of police, the widening of the school-to-prison pipeline, mass surveillance and impunity for police brutality. While as one of the few liberals in the Committee, my effect over the last four years has been limited, I have been able to stop the Democratic endorsement from going to at least some of the worst candidate – including one that wanted to raise the Chinese flag over San Leandro City Hall paying homage to a government that has imprisoned and disappeared countless critics, members of religious minorities and human rights defenders, while brutality occupying Tibet and other lands.

My other main reason to run for re-election is that I believe that if Bernie Sanders manages to win the nomination and then the presidency, he will need supporters working at all levels with the Democratic party in order to push his agenda forward. If he doesn’t win, and instead decides to lead a revolution from the Senate, then the support of Democratic grass root activists is even more important. But let me be clear: as a liberal Democrat I cannot support Hillary Clinton and her neo-liberal/neo-con agenda which imperils America and the world.

Over the last four years, I’ve written from time to time about my experiences as a Committee members, please read further if you want to know more about me and my candidacy. Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments.

In addition to me, I encourage you to vote for the following candidates:

Other candidates I support running for ACDCC in AD 18 (Oakland flats, Alameda & San Leandro – 10 seats available):

Pamela Price, a civil rights attorney

Mike Katz-Lacabe, my husband and a privacy rights advocate.

Guillermo Elenes, a housing rights organizer and staunch liberal

Marlon McWilson, an appointed incumbent and County Board of Education trustee

In AD 15 (Oakland Hills & North Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley and Albany – 9 seats available) I recommend you vote for the following candidates.

Vincent Casalaina: Vincent is very progressive grassroots activist, he is with PDA and was an early Bernie supporter. Vincent is running in a progressive slate with Brett Badelle, Kate Harrison and Floyd Huen

Andy Kelley: Andy sometimes plays politics to his own detriment, but his heart is in the right place and he is also committed to a progressive agenda.

Len Raphael: Len is intelligent, thoughtful and has an insurgent streak. I think he would bring a much needed non-establishment perspective to the Committee.

Ces Rosales: Ces is a very progressive LGBT and feminist activist in Berkeley. We don’t always back the same candidates (she’s a Hillary supporter), but I respect Ces’ independent streak.

In AD 25 (Newark & parts of Fremont – 3 seats available), I recommend you vote for

Raj Salwan: He has been an alternate for a number of years and is the most progressive candidate running in that district.

Relevant articles:

(Edited to add list of people I’m supporting and to add my stand on Hillary Clinton).

Bernie is Running for President as a Democrat Because Democrats Asked Him To

Bernie is Running for President as a Democrat Because Democrats Asked Him To ACDCC, Politics No Responses »

Feb 082016

Bernie-Sanders-3 In recent weeks, I’ve been hearing from quite a few Democrats that they like Bernie Sanders and what he stands for but they’re not sure that he’s really a Democrat. After all, Sanders is the longest serving independent in the US Congress. It’s true that Sanders has always caucused with Democrats and serves in Senate committees accordingly, but is he truly a Democrat at heart?

A good person to ask that question might be John Burton, the fiery chairman of the California Democratic Party. Back in 2011, Burton invited Bernie Sanders to be the keynote speaker at the California Democratic Convention. He personally introduced him, to the tune of “I won’t back down” by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, telling Democratic delegates that Bernie “is our kind of Senator and we are his kind of Democrats.” Sanders electrified the audience of grassroots Democratic activists. He still does.

When Bernie Sanders started speaking about the possibility of running for President back in 2013, he was uncertain as to whether he’d run as an independent or as a Democrat. “I want to hear what progressives have to say about it” he told The Nation in March, 2014. “The bolder, more radical approach is obviously running outside of the two-party system. Do people believe at this particular point that there is the capability of starting a third-party movement? Or is that an idea that is simply not realistic at this particular moment in history? On the other hand, do people believe that operating in framework of the Democratic Party, getting involved in primaries state-by-state, building organization capability, rallying people, that for the moment at least that this is the better approach? Those are the options that I think progressives around the country are going to have to wrestle with. And that’s certainly something that I will be listening to.”

Bernie asked and progressive Democrats responded asking him to run as a Democrat. Progressive Democrats of America immediately put together a petition asking Sanders to step forward and be “a champion of ‘the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party'”. Over 20,000 Democrats signed the petition, committing ourselves to “knock on doors, donate, make phone calls, use social media, and do everything we can to elect Bernie Sanders the next President of the United States.” Democratic activists followed up by hosting house parties across the country, organizing rallies and phone banking to try to build the basis for a Sanders run and thus convince him that he had a real shot at winning the Democratic primaries. This efforts paid off when Bernie announced he would run in the Democratic primary.

Bernie Sanders’ run is already helping to transform the party. After years of declining Democratic registration, we are finally to see an uplift. John Burton is right, Bernie Sanders is our kind of Senator and he will be our kind of President, a Democratic one.

Busting the Myths on Rent Control

Busting the Myths on Rent Control Community No Responses »

Jan 272016

This article has been contributed by Guillermo Elenes.

With more and more cities in California grappling with displacement and rising rents, and with 45% of residents renting, it’s time to implement serious policy solutions to stabilize communities. The myths abound on rent control policy and prevent cities from pursuing what is really a moderate and reasonable regulation of the largely unregulated private rental market. Unless you think landlords should be able to raise rents however much they want, whenever they want, you believe in rent control and should consider adopting it in your community.

Rent control is not a ceiling on rents; it’s a regulation against rent-gouging. It is common for someone who is against rent control to mention that “93% of economists are against rent control.” However, the source for this common citation is a 1992 survey of US economists in which 93% agreed with the statement “A ceiling on rents reduces the quantity and quality of housing available.”1 Regardless of whether these economists are right or not, modern rent control laws are not a ceiling on rents. The only true rent ceiling existed in New York City before 1970, and the policy has since been overhauled. As Richard Arnott wrote in his paper “Time for Revisionism on Rent Control” in 1995, “…generalizing from the New York City experience may be more like inferring the effects of a gentle breeze from the ravages of a hurricane.” Except during World War II as an emergency measure, no city in California has had or currently has a rent ceiling. Rent control is, in reality, is a “set of regulations governing not only allowable rent increases, but also conversion, maintenance, and landlord-tenant relations” in order to prevent rent-gouging and displacement.2

Rent control doesn’t make rents rise, that’s like blaming a fire on the presence of a firefighter. It makes sense that expensive cities are the ones that pass rent control – these regulations get considered, passed and retained in response to high prices. When modern rent control laws were first passed in California, they were passed in response to landlords raising prices in response to inflation in 1970s and not lowering them even after the state passed a law giving tax relief to property owners through Prop 13.3

Why not just build-baby-build instead? Trickle-down housing policies don’t work. Co Star, a real estate research firm, reported that of 370,000 multi-family rental units completed from 2012 to 2014 in 54 metropolitan areas, 82% were considered “luxury.” Luxury housing is the new “market-rate.” Building housing for high-income people attracts more high income people, rather than lowering prices to levels affordable to low and moderate income people. In a gentrifying market, demand typically far outpaces what can realistically be built. High-income renters don’t just go for newer units, they demand older units too, and are able to outbid lower-income tenants.4 Many cities without rent control are seeing higher rents on older units and new units are unaffordable.

Rent control doesn’t work like it should because it is undermined by state laws like the Ellis Act and Costa Hawkins Act. Through Ellis Act evictions, thousands of rent-controlled units have been taken off the market and converted to condos. The Costa-Hawkins Act prevents rent control from protecting condos, single-family homes, rentals built after 1995, and allows landlords to charge market rate for new tenants (called vacancy decontrol). The Harvard Law Review singled out vacancy decontrol as a reason for landlords to harass current rent-controlled tenants in order to make more money on new tenancies. In 2000, the journal of the American Planning Association in 2000 cited vacancy control as essential to preventing displacement. These shortcomings aren’t the fault of rent control, but of a State legislature where one of the biggest donors to political campaigns on both sides of the aisle is the California Realtor’s Association.

There are 13 cities in California that have had rent control on the books for decades. The laws have stood the test of time and stood up to court challenges. With rising rents and displacement, more cities are taking a second look at rent control and strengthening their laws. In July 2015, the first city in 30 years to pass a new rent control law was Richmond, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Diego has just cause for eviction on their books, and tenants are clamoring to add rent control policies. Alameda, Santa Rosa, San Mateo, Burlingame and San Jose tenants are pushing for stronger protections. Momentum is building for this popular policy, and that is not just popular: it’s necessary.

1 Alston , Richard M., J R Kearl, and Michael B. Vaughan. 1992. “Is there a consensus among economists in the 1990s?” American Economic Review 82(2): 203-209.
2 Arnott, Richard. 1995. “Time for Revisionism on Rent Control?” The Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 9, No.1: 99-120.
3 Forbes, Jim, and Matthew C. Sheridan. 2004. “The Birth of Rent Control in San Francisco.” San Francisco Apartment Magazine Online, June. www.sfaa.org/0406forbes.html.
4 The Harvard Law Review Association. 1988. “Reassessing Rent Control: Its Economic Impact in a Gentrifying Housing Market.” Harvard Law Review Vol. 101, No 8: 1835-1855.

Want to Help Change the Democratic Party? Run for County Central Committee!

Want to Help Change the Democratic Party? Run for County Central Committee! ACDCC, Politics 2 Responses »

Jan 272016

Democrat Donkey It’s no secret that the Democratic Party is in crisis. Nationally, the pro-Wall Street policies of the establishment are being challenged by the insurgent campaign of Bernie Sanders. In California, voters have expressed their displeasure to the growing corporatism of the Party by increasingly registering as “declined to state”. And in Alameda County, voters have shown their lack of respect for the Party by increasingly dismissing Party endorsements.

While making systemic changes to the state and party structures is challenging, a good place to start is with county Democratic central committees. Most candidates for national office start their political careers locally. Part of the job of county Central Committees is to identify promising Democrats who can go on to champion Democratic causes at the state and national level. Central Committee don’t just get to vote on local endorsements, but they are often automatic delegates to the state convention which gives them a voice on the political direction of the party, as well as on the endorsement of candidates to state and national office.

Unfortunately, many central committees are composed of professional campaign managers and treasurers, political staffers, candidates for local office and other people who have a financial stake on which local candidates get the Democratic endorsement, rather than on supporting candidates with actual progressive agendas. In Alameda County, for example, the Executive Committee often recommends for endorsement candidates who have hired one of its members as their campaign manager – and candidates who are members of the Central Committee almost always get its nod.

But the composition of central committees can be easily turned around. Members are elected during the party’s primaries and, at least in California, it’s very simple to run. All you have to do is pick up papers at your county’s registrars, get the required number of signatures from voters in your district (20 in Alameda County) and then file the papers before the deadline, some time in late March or early April. There are no filing costs for running for county central committee.

In California, county central committee districts coincide either with Assembly or Supervisor districts. The number of members from each district is based on the number registered Democrats in that district, so districts with a lot of Democratic registered voters get greater representation than those with fewer. In Alameda County, for example, there are ten committee members from AD 18 (which encompasses Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro) but only 7 from AD 20 (Castro Valley, Hayward, Union City & Sunol).

If you are a progressive Democrat – a Bernie Sanders Democrat – anywhere in the US, please consider running for County Central Committee this year. Take a look at your county’s registrar of voters website for information on deadlines and filing requirements, and then file! Let’s make the Democratic party more progressive from the inside out!

If you are interested in running and have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. I’ve been a member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee for the last 5 years.

Note: if you are in Alameda County, you can pull papers to run for Central Committee Now. Just go to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters during office hours. The Registrar is located at the basement of the Courthouse in downtown Oakland. After you pull the papers, you will need to get 20 signatures from registered Democrats in your district. You need to file your papers by March 11th. There is NO COST for pulling/filing the papers.

The new term for Central Committee members starts in January, 2017.

Information on running for Democratic central committee in Contra Costa County

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