News & Events
- Adding a freedom perspective to the healthcare debate
Libertarians believe we should take a fresh approach to improving health care in California. This approach should emphasize increasing personal health care choices and utilizing new technologies. The two major flaws in our current system are cost and portability. These issues can be addressed without creating new unsustainable bureaucracies that will lead California further into [...]
- 16 Billion Reasons Why “Leadership” Is Failing California
Recently, Governor Brown announced that a $16 billion dollar deficit again looms over the state this year. Again, the powers that be kicked the can down the road, expecting a Facebook IPO to partially pay the bills. It doesn’t help California much when one of the greatest recipients of that IPO decides to vote with [...]
- First Judge Jim Gray Rally Saturday, May 12 2012
JUDGE JIM GRAY HONORED AS LIBERTARIAN PARTY VP NOMINEE Returned Home to Orange County for Saturday Rally Fresh from winning the Vice Presidential nomination at the Libertarian Party annual convention last weekend in Las Vegas, Newport Beach’s Judge Jim Gray returned home to begin his campaign for office with Presidential nominee Gov. Gary Johnson. The [...]
- From the Convention – Final Day
The following were selected at Convention to serve on the National Committee. * Geoff Neale of Texas – Chairman * Lee Wrights of Texas – Vice Chairman. * Tim Hagan of Nevada – Treasurer. * Ruth Bennett of Arizona – Secretary. Five at large members were also elected: * Bill Redpath of Virginia * Michael [...]
- Jim Gray Selected As Vice Presidential Nominee
Jim Gray, retired Superior Court Judge from Orange County who served over 20 years on the bench, was selected by delegates as the Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee. Gray previously ran as the 2004 Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in California. Go to http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/ to volunteer for the campaign.
- From the National Convention — Day 3
In a first-round ballot at the Libertarian National Convention, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, won the Libertarian Presidential nomination. In another first-round ballot, California’s Judge Jim Gray was chosen as the Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee. C-SPAN is covering the convention live and business resumes tomorrow with Party officer, at-large, and Judicial Committee elections.
- Final Presidential Debate at the Libertarian National Convention
With the first two days of business sessions now complete, attention turns to the Libertarian Presidential nomination. R. Lee Wrights and former Governor Gary Johnson are the only candidates chosen by convention delegates to participate in the final debate. Watch the video online.
- What happened to freedom?
By C. Michael Pickens “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.” ~ Thomas Paine ~ During the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine wrote about the “summer soldier” and the “sunshine patriot.” The “summer soldier” was a name for the Colonials who had [...]
- Yuba County Libertarians fight for our 1st and 4th Amendment Right
By Richard Fast Putting up a sign is not a crime. Wearing a mask is not a crime. Both actions are an exercise of freedom of speech, as protected by the First Amendment. And yet, four county deputies and a CHP officer took the opportunity to deny two community-oriented young men their rights to do [...]
- The Dalai Lama is Wiser
In a recent speech, former Green Jobs “czar” to the Obama administration, Van Jones revealed his political ignorance by confusing Libertarians with the GOP. Contrary to Jones’ accusations of racism, the Libertarian Party celebrates diversity and seeks to end the fraud and force from public life that hinders prosperity for all Americans. The GOP doesn’t. [...]






