Events

SHERMAN OAKS DEMOCRATIC CLUB INVITES YOU TO OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

SODC Management Committee met in May, and has concluded that it is time for our club to reorganize, perhaps even change our name to emcompass the entire Valley rather than a neighborhood.

Agenda to Include:

Change name and possibly include the "Liberal" brand.

Better Community Outreach

Change Meeting Format-General membership meetings to be limited to events, endorsements and fundraising while Executive Committee concentrates on the club business.

WE WILL ALSO MEET AGAIN JULY 25, 2009 AFTER 12 NOON, ALSO AT THE STATE BUILDING.

Shade trees, playground, great cook-out eats, plenty of seats—and even pets!—are in store for our club's fourth annual family picnic. Of course ALL the area's Democratic office-holders are invited to speak and Q&As—city, county, state and federal. We have confirmed so far state Sen. Carol Liu and City Council Member David Gordon; we hope to hear from Assembly Member Paul Krekorian, Cong. Adam Schiff and Brad Sherman, former city council/mayor Marsha Ramos, and others.

Tell your friends and family too: the Burbank Animal Shelter will also be there with pet adoptions available on-site. A bad economy also leads to a spike in abandoned pets and stressed budgets at the city shelter, so to help out please bring dry or canned pet food, cat litter, blankets or pet toys for our collection box.

More info: call 818-288-2649 or browse to burbankdemocraticclub.com.

It’s easier than you might think. Get specifics on how to live green-- cost-effectively and efficiently.

Hear from a DWP rep which practices to use and which to change, to avoid paying steeper water bills, as well as how you can reduce your charges. We always hear about rebates. Here’s your chance to ask about them.

Since posting our first promo, we’ve been told DWP is not ready to unveil its residential solar program. If you want these advances, tell the rep at our meeting!!

Then VDU Board Member Wayne Williams will offer lessons learned from the green adventures he and his wife Marsha are having. For the past few years they’ve used the sun, water and other natural resources to make their Sherman Oaks home-- and their lives-- energy efficient. He knows what to do and what not to do, and will share his best strategies.

At our June meeting we'll be meeting the gorillas in the room: the various reasons why the state is in such financial crisis. What are they, why are they so bad, and what can we do about it? We will also split up into groups and try to balance the budget ourselves.

Plan to join us for this month's meeting- Thursday, June 25 - when we will discuss "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street" by William Cohan. Our member, Doris Dent, will lead the discussion of this analysis of how and why Wall Street recently crumbled.

We have dinner at 6:30 PM, followed by discussion from 7:30 - 9:00 PM at Coco's, 10841 Sepulveda (just north of the 118 and just east of the 405) in Mission Hills

Single Payer is actually a very simple, clear method to streamline healthcare payments for people. Learn what it is and is not, from MD's practicing in the trenches every day. This event is part of President Obama's nationwide Health Promotion program.

Jo Olson, MD-- One of the wittiest, smartest, most lucid proponents of Single Payer will give you language you can use to describe this form of healthcare financing.

She's Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at USC with a full time practice in Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. A grassroots activist, her primary focus is implementation of a single payer healthcare program for all Californians. She is past Co-Chair of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party and a delegate for the 42nd AD.

Steve Tarzynski M.D., M.P.H. is a practicing pediatrician and long time health care reform activist. Board member of California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) the state affiliate of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), a national organization of 16,000+ physicians advocating for a single payer solution to our healthcare crisis.

They'll be joined by Emmy award winning writer, producer, director Don Schroeder, who will screen his NEW VIDEO "California One Care: Full Care, For All, For Less." This video explains why our healthcare system is in crisis and how we can solve it.

Single Payer is a comprehensive health care system that will save money for families, businesses and government. Don is co-founder of the SFV chapter of Health Care for All California and the Co-Chair of the California One-Care Campaign.

Proponents of Senator Mark Leno's SB 810 bill--California-- and Congressman John Conyer's HR 676 in the House will come together to discuss their positions and then participate in a question and answer dialogue.

Sponsored by: Valley Democrats United, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles (PDLA), Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (PDSMM), SoCal Grassroots, North Valley Democratic Club, and other allied groups and clubs
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CONTACT: progressivedemocratslosangeles@gmail.com

June Dessert Meeting on Saturday, June 27 to feature
discussion and action on important issues

Our June meeting this year will be devoted to the election of officers for the coming year and a discussion of several important issues on which the club can take action. Items for discussion and action include national legislation on health care and State
legislation and constitutional change regarding public funding of election campaigns, changing the 2/3 vote required for the Legislature to adopt a budget or increase taxes, and term limits for members of the State Legislature.
Following the custom of last year, members will be served
dessert.