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Weekly Update April 30, 2018 After last year, you may have thought the GOP was done trying to sabotage America's health care system. Unfortunately, they're still up to their old tricks. Rumor has it they want to take another stab at repealing the Affordable Care Act before the midterm elections. ACA repeal only failed last time because … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update April 23, 2018 It's election season, and our mission is to turn red districts blue - and to keep blue ones from turning red! California Away Team can still use some volunteers. I don't need to remind you how important it is to make sure that Trump's supporters don't control Congress next year. … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 4/16/18 We have a lot of great events coming up this week. We hope you can attend them all: TOMORROW at 9:00 a.m.: The Net Neutrality bill, SB822, is up for a hearing in Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee. The Committee meets in Room 3191. Note: the Committee meeting will start at … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 4//9/18 Hello, friends. Our monthly meeting is next Wednesday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. We have a great meeting planned, as we'll be hearing from two special guests. First, District Attorney candidate Noah Phillips will be talking to us. Then we will shift gears and hear from Valerie Bane of the Citizens Climate Lobby. Remember … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 4/2/18 Good evening, friends. Senator Kamala Harris is holding a town hall meeting this Thursday, April 5th right here in Sacramento! All are welcome, and the event is free, but you need to sign up and get a ticket online. Visit the Eventbrite page here. The Town Hall meeting starts at 3:30 (doors open at 2:30) at Unity of … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 3/29/18 Good evening, Friends. Sorry for the delay in this week's newsletter. But the good news is we have the results from the voting at last week's meeting, where we chose the state bills we would most like to support this year. You spoke and we listened, and these were the winners: 1) … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 3/19/18 Hello, friends. We have a meeting on Wednesday evening. This is a special meeting, because we are going to be voting on which bills we want to support in the State legislature this year. Please join us and make your voice heard. As usual, our meeting is at 7:00 in Room 10 at … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 3/12/18 Our next meeting is next Wednesday, March 21st, at 7:00. This will be a very important meeting, as we are going to discuss some very important bills before the California legislature. We'll be voting to see which ones we want to endorse as a group. This is important for a couple of reasons. First, … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 3/5/18 The midterm elections are only 8 months away, and it's not an exaggeration to say that this may be the most important election of our lifetimes. If we want to save American democratic norms, we need to defeat Trump's allies in Congress and in lower offices across the country. Given those stakes, it … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →

Weekly Update 2/12/18 Hello, Friends. We have a lot of big updates this week. Next Meeting First, a reminder: our monthly meeting is next Wednesday, February 21st, at 7:00. Our guest speaker will be Assembly Member Kevin McCarty, who represents many of us in this group (if you live in the northern half of Sacramento, he is … Continue reading WEEKLY UPDATE →