This article originally appeared in The Sentinel on July 8, 2020 under the title A Voice of Reason: Freedom is won through courage and principle This past weekend we celebrated the Fourth of July. Like many years past, many of us gathered with our family, friends, and neighbors to celebrate with fireworks and barbecues. However, many…
This article originally appeared The Orange County Register on July 4, 2020 under the title Liberty, under siege, must be cherished and defended The Fourth of July is a day on which most Americans enjoy a holiday celebration with their family and friends. In normal years we all enjoy a day at the beach, a…
Check out our 2020 California candidates for office. We’ve asked each of them to provide a short candidate statement for fellow Libertarians to learn more about what they want to accomplish if elected. Statements are provided for those candidates who submitted them before the deadline of January 25, 2020. An “*” denotes a partisan election….
By Michael H. Wilson Many people have been sold on the idea that zoning laws are here to protect the value of their homes from a chicken slaughterhouse or a bar opening next door to their bedroom. There is some merit in that but that is not an honest reason we have zoning laws and…
by Marvin Byrd – LPC, February 2020 Bitcoin might be the greatest tool of human liberty that humanity has ever been created. We hear a lot about Bitcoin and blockchain technologies. Everyone seems to talk about them, and everyone has different points of view. My experience working in cyber security in 2010, when Bitcoin was…
by Michael H. Wilson, September 2019 The increased costs, monetary and otherwise, associated with zoning restrictions falls most heavily on the lowest end of the income spectrum. Thursday, September 19, 2019 On February 14, 2008, a Seattle Times article showed that almost 45 percent of the price of a home was to cover the costs…
by Marvin Byrd – LPC, December 2019 Ever wonder why no matter how hard you work it feels impossible to get ahead? People will tell you, it is all up to you, that it’s because of your spending habits, and lack of hard work and sacrifice. This, of course, is true, but the environment that…
How to organize a Libertarian protest for tax day this April LPC 2019 convention speaker Jon Coupal, president of Sacramento-based Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, had an op-ed published in the Orange County Register on March 31, explaining findings from a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California that “‘taxuration’ may have finally arrived…
LP California Chair Honor “Mimi” Robson makes a persuasive case in a recent op-ed, showing California voters why the Libertarian Party is the alternative for fiscally responsible and socially accepting voters — especially for Republicans who feel the GOP in California has abandoned its stated values. The op-ed was published in the 11 papers of the…
State convention kicks off Friday in Concord by K. Brent Olsen It’s almost here! This Friday through Sunday, April 5–7, 2019, the Libertarian Party of California (LPC) will be hosting its annual convention in Concord, California, at the Crowne Plaza hotel. This promises to be an exciting event, with more than 20 excellent guest speakers,…
Next Libertarian outreach to future statesmen is April 27 by Lawrence Samuels After years of organizing LP outreach tables at the Junior State of America (JSA) conventions in northern California, at our Nov. 17 event, I was as amazed as ever at these high school students’ intelligence and how up to speed they are on…
The Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County responded quickly to a mayoral memo threatening the civil right to self-defense in the City of San Jose. The party issued a press release and followed it up by having an op-ed by Chair Jennifer Imhoff-Dousharm published in a local news outlet, San Jose Inside. Following is the…
How to table intentionally during a non-election year We have entered an off-cycle year. Have opponents of the Libertarian Party stopping their recruiting efforts? No — and we mustn’t, either. Odd years are a prime time to dive in to outreach events! Everyone is a bit calmer now that the election is over—that goes for…
Curing the post-election blues by Nick Smith We went through two intense election cycles in 2018. With the noteworthy exception of Sup. Jeff Hewitt’s victory in Riverside County, neither cycle produced good results for liberty in San Francisco or California. Facing the ballot results can be discouraging, to say the least. Measures that we had devoted…
The California Libertarian Activist invites Libertarian candidates in California to provide statements about their candidacy for our members and subscribers. In 2018, the LP of California has one candidate for U.S. Senate, who provides the following statement.* Derrick Michael Reid I am a Californian for all Californians, a moderate and a problem solver, seeking to…
by Aubrey Freedman In December, members and activists of the the LP of San Francisco started to gather signatures for two initiatives circulating statewide to qualify for the November 2018 election. The initiatives each need at least 585,407 valid signatures to appear before the voters, and their deadlines are coming up this spring. The proposed…
Tremendous resources are available to activists, candidates, and campaign volunteers of the LP of California, as an affiliate of the national Libertarian Party. Many of the tools are easily accessible at the web site LPAction.org, managed by Andy Burns, the LNC’s state affiliate development specialist. Here we feature LP communicator Michael Cloud’s advice for quickly…
The California Libertarian Activist invites Libertarian candidates in California to provide statements about their candidacy for our members and subscribers. Governor In 2018, the LP of California has two Libertarian candidates for governor: Zoltan Istvan and Nikolas Wildstar, who provided the following statements.* Zoltan Istvan Zoltan Istvan is often considered the world’s leading transhumanist and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2017 Libertarian Party of California Endorses Seven Statewide Candidates Lt. Governor, Assembly, and Senate candidates endorsed while governor candidates considered. On the heels of a record number of registered Libertarians and growing party membership, the Libertarian Party of California (LPC) announces its official endorsements for the June 2018 primary…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2017 LIBERTARIANS SAY “NO” TO PROPOSED ELECTION BILL SB568 discourages voter participation The California Legislature has passed SB568; a bill to move California’s primary election, including the 2020 presidential and other statewide legislative and congressional offices, up to March 3 from the traditional date in the first week of June….
I hope you are all having a great summer. In the world of politics, we have to think a few months ahead. Campaign 2018 is coming up very soon. With all of the dysfunction in Washington and the left-wing insanity in Sacramento, Libertarians are needed now more than ever to provide a principled alternative. A…
A political landscape like no other… I keep hearing that over and over, but what does that mean? This is a year that has left the status quo in the dust. A fight exists between the perceived establishment and the wild card rebels. America is in a state of unrest with millennials, who have one…