Democrats for Equality, On Monday, January 7th, we welcomed our new statewide elected officials into office, including Governor Gavin Newsom, Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. Controller Betty Yee and Secretary of State Alex Padilla were sworn-in to their second terms, and Attorney General Xavier Becerra was sworn-in …
Nationally, with several races still yet to be called, it is a foregone conclusion that we won the House of Representatives. The U.S. Senate is an entirely different conversation. Several club members traveled to Nevada a few weeks ago to canvass for Jacky Rosen, and we’re happy to say we …
It is the club’s position that we ask you to vote NO on Associate Justice Carol Corrigan’s retention to the California Supreme Court. Here is why this is important: In 2000, Prop 22 passed defining marriage in California as between one man and one woman. In 2006, thanks to the …
Democrats for Equality, 60 days. 2 months. 1,440 hours. 86,400 minutes — give or take, of course. That’s how far out we are from one of the more important statewide primary elections in a generation, and the first in this era of Trump. We are determining who to send into …
Democrats for Equality, Recently we all found out the exciting news that one of the worst congressional representatives in congress, Darrell Issa is retiring. It’s easy for us to look at his retirement and think: Yay! We won! Don’t do that. This is horrible news. By removing the rallying point …
Democrats for Equality, For decades the San Diego Democrats for Equality (and as you know formerly the San Diego Democratic Club) has hosted the Freedom Awards banquet annually to raise money for our efforts and to honor several leaders who are members of our community or allies. This tradition had …
SAN DIEGO LGBT AND ALLIED DEMOCRATS “PERTURBED” WITH SAN DIEGO REPUBLICAN COUNCIL MEMBERS Councilmembers Scott Sherman, Chris Cate protest common decency with their vote and absence Contact: Will Rodriguez-Kennedy president@democratsforequality.org Phone: (619) 709 – 0675 Date: February 27, 2017 San Diego, CA: San Diego Republican council members play politics with a simple, non-controversial vote meant …
Democrats for Equality, HUGE NEWS! Thanks to all of your support and work in 2016, San Diego Democrats for Equality will be recognized as “Club of the Year” at the San Diego County Democratic Party Roosevelt Dinner. This is our second time winning this award, last time being in 2003 …
It was an honor to be nominated, the competition was tight, and Democratic Clubs across the county are doing amazing things. However, we are proud to announce that San Diego Democrats for Equality is 2016’s Club of the Year — and it’s all thanks to you! To see more about …
Democrats for Equality, No one knows better than the LGBTQ+ community and our allies that love wins! That’s why, today we are happy to report that the San Diego City Council voted 8 to 1 to support an amicus brief against the #MuslimBan executive order issued by the T**** regime. …
