December Newsletter
President’s Message
Dear members,
Welcome to our first ever electronic newsletter! It’s not much different from an email. In fact, it is an email. But it will also be archived on our website. From now on, this is how you can expect to receive newsletters!
I’m keeping my message short and sweet here this month because we have two very important actions at play—doing what you can to help Georgia AND making sure you request your ADEMS ballot. See below!
Happy Holidays and pleeeeease stay inside,
Jessica Accamando
ADEMS Elections
EVERYONE MUST REQUEST A BALLOT!
Each assembly district has the opportunity to send 7 women and 7 men to represent them to the state party. The job of delegates is to vote at the convention for head of the party, platform and policies. The delegate with the highest number of votes who has opted to be considered will be chosen as Executive Board member—Tony Hale would like to continue in that role.
The procedure is CLICK HERE to request a ballot
You will then receive a confirmation from the party with a unique number that you will need to save and put on your ballot
Ballots will be sent out by mail Dec or early Jan and will need to be returned by mail by a date in Jan. Before the ballots are received, Tony can update you with our full slate.
We both hope to have the support of the Beach Cities members as these elections are won or lost by 2 or 3 votes!
Georgia on (all our) Minds
Help Georgia! Please sign up or donate wherever you can!
Donate direct: Ossoff’s Campaign
electjon.com
Donate direct: Warnock’s Campaign
warnockforgeorgia.com
The WEST LA Democratic Club has invited us to their calling times
Monday 1-3 and 3-5:30 (and adding 2 more shifts tbd in the next day or two)
Sign up to call with us Monday 1PM PST
Sign up to call with us Monday 3PM PST
Treasurer’s Report
Federal PAC $1,765
State PAC $6,743
Minutes
Link to October Meeting Minutes
Updates from Ted Lieu
California is helping small businesses expand their online presence through free Digital Bootcamp sessions. If you’d like to learn more about how to market your brand online, please click here to register today!
If your small business is in need of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as face masks, hand sanitizer and face shields, PPE Unite may be able to help. PPE Unite is a public and private partnership with a mission of providing LA County businesses with much-needed PPE in response to the pandemic. Please go to PPEunite.org to sign up.
The California Medi-Nurse Line is available 24/7 to help those without a regular doctor or health care plan access medical services. Please call the Medi-Nurse Line at 1-877-409-9052 if you need medical assistance.
Do you know an older adult who may need free meals? They may be eligible to receive up to three free home-delivered meals per day through the Great Plates Delivered program. To apply, please click here.
Please remember to watch out for price gouging during this time of crisis. If you experience an increase in prices for basic goods, please report the incident at stoppricegouging.dcba.lacounty.gov or call (800) 593-8222.
LA County’s Eviction Moratorium has been extended through January 31st. To learn more about the moratorium, please visit dcba.lacounty.gov/rentstabilization. If you have questions, you can contact a rent counselor at (833) 223-RENT (7368) or rent@dcba.lacounty.gov.
Message from your Editor, Moira
As your longtime newsletter editor, I just want to include my sincere thanks to all those stalwart members and officers who have helped me put this newsletter out all year (and before!). Without your columns, minutes, Treasurer’s reports, and other content, we would not have had a newsletter. These include (but are not limited to): Jessica Accamando, Tony Hale, Andrea Valcourt, Edna Murphy, Mark Drabkin, Dency Nelson, and Bobbi Buescher. We do not have a meeting in December, so I look forward to working with you all in 2021. Onward!