In October 2023 our guest speaker was Art Castañares. He joined us to discuss the latest impact mailers had on local elections and the rules surrounding their use. Here are a few recent articles of interest, written by Art Castañares in La Prensa San Diego. https://laprensa.org/massive-campaign-cheating-scheme-run-democratic-consultants https://lap…

Timothy P Holmberg discussed alternative community housing models to address the regional housing crisis. Timothy addressed the limits of the for-profit housing structure, non-profit alternatives, and what resources the city can bring to bear in the creation of alternative housing models. Timothy P Holmberg Timothy Holmberg is the former Staff Repo…

Crimmigration is the intersection between criminal law and immigration law. From a recent review of “Crimmigration Law, Second Edition”: For most of the nation’s history criminal law and procedure and immigration law and procedure operated almost independently of the other. Criminal law and procedure were thought to be the province of prosecutors, …

Local anthropologist Cody Petterson discussed the current state of play within the San Diego County Democratic Party. The overarching theme of his talk was the need for activists to transition from protest to power and to move from focusing on national abstractions to developing progressive policies that deal with concrete local problems. We encour…

We were delighted that club Patron and candidate for San Diego City Council District 1, Barbara Bry was a co-presenter at this meeting. Barbara has spent the last 30 years of her life helping to start companies and create jobs from her early days at CONNECT to becoming an entrepreneur and serving on the initial management team of companies like Pro…

Nora Vargas led a wide-ranging discussion on the politics of choice in San Diego County, why Planned Parenthood matters, and plans for this election cycle. She also provided details on her start in San Diego activism and history with clubmember Anne Hoiberg. We encourage you to subscribe to our Podcast channel here. You can also find us on the iTun…

Rabbi Laurie Coskey led an invigorating discussion on the fight for $15 and how the Point Loma Democratic Club can participate in passing the minimum wage ordinance and get more involved in exciting campaigns for economic sustainability. For more details of the meeting read our summary here. We have not edited the questions from club members and gu…

Omar Passons @omarpassons moderated a timely discussion of Short Term Rentals with a knowledgeable panel consisting of: Belinda Smith @lindismith, Short Term Rental Alliance of San Diego John Anderson @j_p_a_, North Park homemaker and AirBnB host Joe LaCava @joe_lacava, clubmember, Chair of the San Diego Community Planners Committee and candidate f…

Gretchen Newsom organized our February meeting to delve into the nexus between Labor and the Democratic Party. We were privileged to have two fine speakers in Richard Barrera, Secretary-Treasurer/CEO at San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council and Daraka Larimore-Hall, Secretary of the California Democratic Party and Vice Chair of the Californ…

For those of you who missed our powerful May meeting on Sex Trafficking of Minors in San Diego, we’ve made a Podcast with the panelists introduced by Sarah Boot. Although the subject is disturbing it’s well worth a listen, and we encourage you to share the details with your friends and family. We hope to release more recordings of our meetings on f…