L - R: Kelly Carden, Dr. Rodgir Cohen, Joe Dehn, Christopher R. Ganiere, Francisco Ramirez

Kelly Carden - "In less than 4 weeks, many of my fellow candidates will know our political futures.  This is our chance to put our best foot forward, and so again I come back to you, our tribe. Go to all of the candidates social media pages, share our articles and appearances, and of course give."

Dr. Rodgir Cohen wants to support the Inland Empire with socially pragmatic programs through fiscally conservative measure that will develop equity and amongst all of the Inland Empire.  Focusing on healthcare, civil rights, the environment, and economic inequality, new business and economic growth for the small business with grow.
 

Joe Dehn is running for Congress this year to offer a radically different alternative to the failed policies of the Republicans and Democrats. He proposes: drastic cuts in the size of the federal government and taxes, ending U.S. military involvement in disputes between and within other countries, and an end to all the domestic "wars" as well, including the war on drugs, the war on guns, and the war on immigrants
 

Christopher R. Ganiere - "I decided to run for OC Board of Education to improve the education of students in Orange County. The OC Department of Education spending is in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. We pay for that – either directly or in a roundabout way. Lots of students are excluded. These UHC Students should be treated like free agents to bolster and enrich OC Schools.
 

Francisco Ramirez - "I was born and raised in Hanford, California where I attended and graduated from local schools. I believe we should all work together to create a quality environment for safer neighborhoods. Furthermore, I plan to focus on bringing more emphasis on engaging our children, and also the elderly that have been lacking attention for decades."

 

By Garrison Ham

On March 22, 2022, Solano County held their annual elections.  Elected to the Executive Committee are Kai Lawson, Chair; Geraldo Guinto, Vice Chair; Robert Demadura, Treasurer

Shortly after forming this year’s committee working groups, California Libertarians are already hard at work growing the party, supporting candidates, and broadcasting our message of liberty to a state in desperate need.

The Affiliate Support Committee (ASC) is working on a handbook to help support growth and development at the county level. A rough draft is anticipated sometime after Q2. The ASC’s role is to help county affiliates grow sustainable programs that will expand the LP’s presence at the local level while assisting Chair Pro Teams find capable candidates for leadership roles. As the LPC looks to build grassroots movements to undermine and overthrow the duopoly in winnable elections, affiliate development will be crucial to future success.

The first round of LPC program planks have been confirmed in committee! These planks will enhance the LP’s national platform with issues directly impacting Californians allowing local Libertarian candidates to augment the policy positions withinin their campaigns and show the rest of the state that the LPC has pragmatic liberal remedies to some of California’s toughest problems. The committee’s goal was to find issues that aligned with Libertarian values, address important policy topics in the state, and overlap with other voter concerns throughout the election cycle. While drafts are still being written, you can expect the LPC to start messaging more around Mandates, Corporatism, Energy and Water, Defend the Guard, and Housing.

Lastly, the Communications and Media Committee is looking to focus messaging on meaningful policy analysis and constructive engagement both within the party and the broader public. We Libertarians understand challenges in the public and private space, and we’re going to communicate our solutions in a way that is both inclusive and constructive. If you would like to submit any ideas or drafts for editorials that can be published by the Comms team, please email media@ca.lp.org.

At the committee’s first public meeting in April, Dean reminded the committee (and the viewing public over Zoom) that Riverside County “has no majority party. No party in the county has a majority of voter registrations, and that ideological diversity pairs with the county’s ethnic diversity to create the secret sauce that makes Riverside County delicious.” LPRC member June Genis, also a member of the CalRCV (ranked choice voting) lobby coalition, spoke during the meeting’s public comment period, urging the committee (and the county government) to look more carefully at a voting method that would allow county government to better reflect the citizens’ diversity of opinion. Click here to read the full article.

There is a feeling of deja vu currently sweeping through Libertarian and anti-authoritarian circles that seems to be easily attributed to the cyclical nature of modern politics and the exploitation of the tribalism and emotional responses of American voters. Whenever the hegemony is threatened, right at the moment when it seems the plurality has finally agreed that further imposition will no longer be tolerated, there coincides some new issue that refocuses the ire of the masses away from the state and back on to themselves.

Americans from across the social, economic, and political landscape are done with the pandemic response and its negative effects and consequences. Lockdowns, mandates, censorship, and inflation have grown from the topics of dinner conversation into the potential driving force in the upcoming election. Trust in politicians, the police and other social services, and the corporate media are at an all time low and continue to erode.

The similarities between this moment and the political climate during the Great Recession are almost overwhelming. Click here to read the full article.