Libertarian Party of California

We know of many reasons. Politicians blame everything from speculators, to oil companies, to foreign nations. But rarely do they look inward. Let’s look at another reason: resource misallocation. That’s right – how the local, state, and Federal government choose to spend our tax dollars. Gas prices continue to rise because the demand keeps pace. [...]

January 31, 2012 – The latest California Secretary of State Report of Registration shows Libertarian voter registration in California grew again, the 5th consecutive increase. In 2011, more than 1,000 voters chose the Libertarian Party. Libertarian Party voter registrations have climbed steadily over the past three years. More than 93,000 voters call the Libertarian Party of California their political home. [...]

January 31, 2012 – Some of California’s Libertarian county Parties are holding elections early this year. SANTA CLARA COUNTY LP will hold their annual election of officers Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:30 a.m. at The Fish Market, 1007 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose. Http://www.meetup.com/mvlibertarians/events/47119722/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY LP will hold their elections Thursday, March 1, 6:30 p.m. Location details [...]

Thursday, January 19, 2012 – The Libertarian Party of California offers the following statement in response to Governor Jerry Brown’s 2012 State of the State address. The Governor generally tried to deliver an upbeat tone in the face of “declinist” arguments – something an enterprising Californian would expect – and even claimed that California is [...]

January 16, 2012 – Libertarians who want to run for California public offices should file now and get their local Libertarian Party volunteers to help them collect signatures in lieu of filing fees. The deadline to submit signatures, file all other paperwork, and pay the filing fee is March 9th , but candidates should plan to submit their signatures [...]

January 4, 2012 – The following California LP county Parties will hold their annual elections of officers on the dates shown. Members of these county Parties should plan to participate, nominate responsible volunteers, or run themselves for internal offices, and vote to choose the best candidates.This is your chance to set your county’s direction for upcoming [...]

December 30, 2011 – It’s time to mark your calendar and reserve your admission to the Libertarian Party of California’s 2012 Annual Convention of Delegates! The event will run from Friday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 4th, at the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel. Delegates to our 2012 Convention will nominate California’s delegates to the national LP’s convention. which will [...]

December 30, 2011 – Today is the first day that candidates for California public offices can collect signatures in lieu of filing fees for the 2012 elections. The more valid signatures a candidate gathers, the lower his or her filing fee will be. Candidates have until March 23rd to submit as many valid signed petitions as they can [...]

It’s time we consider that the only way for real change to come to California is to expand our field of candidates, so we can better choose who we want to represent us. In the past few years, our legislators’ so-called “new ideas” to decrease the grip of the old guard have only served to increase their [...]

November 30, 2011 – The Libertarian Party of California has partnered with Atlas Liberty to provide training for California’s libertarian candidates, campaign staff, and volunteers  in the upcoming 2012 election year. Atlas Liberty is a Federal PAC that has identified California as one of their key states to target in 2012. The state Party has already promoted one [...]

SACRAMENTO, November 22, 2011– Today, the LPC joins a lawsuit to restore the option of voting for Libertarians in California’s Primary and General Elections. Prop. 14, which voters narrowly passed in June 2010 despite vigorous Libertarian Party opposition, was the result of a backroom deal to gain support for the unpopular state budget in 2009, [...]

November 9, 2011 – The Libertarian Party of California will staff an information booth at the second annual Students For Liberty Southern California Regional Conference this Saturday, November 12, 2011, from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. The event is at Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Registration is free, but must be completed today . Details about the event and links [...]

September 1, 2011 – A recent report by a well-known and respected Executive Coach in Irvine reveals that five times as many companies have left California already this year than in all of 2009. According to Joseph Vranich, there were 51 “disinvestments” (companies leaving California) in 2009, roughly 1 per week, which increased to an [...]

On Sunday afternoon, August 28, Atlas Liberty presented You’re On the Ballot…Now What? the first in a series of candidate campaign webinars. The $10 registration gave participants access to the live event and to the recorded archive, too, and elicited specific questions from candidates about their local races. The webinar showed how to figure the numbers for a [...]

Come to the Libertarian Leadership Seminar and learn what you can do to help further the growing liberty movement in California. As each year goes by, the current crop of elected representatives in California find fewer and fewer ways to kick the can down the road. They continually apply old “solutions” that continually make things [...]

The Libertarian Party of California is pleased to add an exciting new book, The Declaration of Independents , to its list of thank-you premiums. It’s an awesome volume, sure to guide you to a more libertarian future. Reason.tv editor Nick Gillespie and Reason magazine editor Matt Welch offer exciting evidence that U.S. voters are primed to demand libertarian choices in [...]

Nothing is more potent than an idea whose time has come, and now you can “demand” that your local theaters spread libertarian ideas by showing the new movie Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 . It’s easy, and it’s vitally important, too. Just click the Demand button at the Eventful website . Add your ZIP Code to ask that the film be [...]

Symbolism or Substance? The Real State of the State of California Introduction Despite the flowery rhetoric and awkward humor in Governor Jerry Brown’s short-on-words and short-on-ideas January 31, 2011 State of the State address, California is actually in dire condition. We are mired in a $25 billion budget deficit, 12.5% unemployment, one of the worst housing markets in [...]

There’s no better time than now to boost California’s registered Libertarians with a voter registration drive, and you can help us reach an unprecedented level of understanding and cooperation toward liberty. Just look at this graph showing our steady growth for more than two years, and how close we are to having over 100,000 registered Libertarians in [...]

Libertarian Party of California is now recruiting candidates for elections in 2011 and 2012. Click the article’s title above to fill out the application form or to contact your local county Party Chairman to start your campaign.