Endorsed candidates for 2024
The process for the Democrats of Rossmoor (DoR) candidate endorsements is described in Article XI of the By-Laws.
Current Endorsements Include:
The Democrats of Rossmoor endorsed both Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan. We are proud to support these incumbents.
The DoR has a policy of not endorsing a candidate when two democrats are running for the same single office. Thus, we have not taken a position on the candidacy of either Marisol Rubio or Tim Grayson.
The DoR has endorsed Proposition 1.
Candidates for City Council and School Boards will be on the November ballot.
Endorsed legislation
The Board of the Democrats of Rossmoor has endorsed each of the bills listed below. Check out the LegInfo details for the legislation. This legislation aligns with the priorities that have been chosen by members.
Bill # (author) | Issue | Status |
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AB 6 (Friedman) | Bring transport spending in alignment with Climate goals | In the Senate |
AB 28 (Gabriel) | Tax on firearms for gun violence prevention education | Signed into Law |
AB 57 (Kalra) | Pocket Forests on public land | Vetoed |
AB 363 (RBK) | Ban bee-killing pesticides in gardening/landscaping use | Signed into Law |
AB 421 (Bryan) | Ballot referendum reform | Signed into Law |
AB 579 (Ting) | School Buses sales zero emissions by 2035 | Signed into Law |
AB 591 (Gabriel) | Universal EV Charging Connectors | In the Senate |
AB 1034 (Wilson) | Downloading of data from officer body cameras | In the Senate |
AB 1042 (RBK) | Ban bee-killing pesticide use on seeds | In the Senate |
AB 1266 (Kalra) | Stop jail time for minor citations | In the Senate |
AB-1267 (Ting) | EV Incentive for gasoline superusers | Died in Committee |
AB 1323 (Kalra) | School Safety Mandatory reporting | Died in Committee |
AB 538 (Holden) | OPPOSE, regionalizing electricity control | Defeated by coalition |
AJR 4 (Schiavo) | Medicare: End ACO REACH Model | Passed, sent to Congress |
SB 12 (Stern) | Raise GHG reduction goal 40% —> 55% of 1990 level | In Senate Suspension |
SB 50 (Bradford) | Forbids peace officer from stopping a vehicle for minor In the Assembly infraction (eg single taillight); send citation instead | In the Assembly |
SB 94 (Cortese) | Resentencing option, after 25 years in custody, for mitigating circumstances not in the law prior to 1990 | In the Assembly |
SB 233 (Skinner) | EVs to have Bidirectional charging option | In the Assembly |
SB 244 (Eggman) | Right to repair: electronics & appliances | Signed into Law |
SB 252 (Gonzalez) | CalPRFS/CalSTRS Fossil Fuel Divestment | In the Assembly |
SB 253 (Wiener) | Corporate GHG Data | Signed into Law |
SB 261 (Stern) | Corporate Climate Risk | Signed into Law |
SB 271 (Dodd) | Powered wheelchairs: right to repair | Vetoed |
SB 278 (Dodd) | Financial Elder Abuse | In the Assembly |
SB 414 (Allen) | Hydrogen Applications Assessment | In the Assembly |
SB 511 (Blakespear) | GHG Emissions Inventory by CARB by for all jurisdictions | In the Assembly |
SJR 2 (Gonzalez) | Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Passed, sent to Congress |
HR 3777 (Rouzer) | Disaster Assistance Fairness Act | In the House |
The DoR procedure for endorsing propositions, measures, and legislation starts with vetting by the DoR Issues Committee, their vote on whether to endorse, and then a recommendation to the whole board. The goal is to promote legislation that aligns with the club’s priorities set each year. The board may then add its endorsement with a simple majority vote. In some matters, the board may ask for an endorsement by all the club members. Lobbying for endorsed issues takes various forms: action alerts to members to call or write decision makers, newspaper articles, office visits, joining statewide or local campaigns, etc.
We welcome more volunteers to join the Issues Committee.
Statewide Propositions
Proposition 1
Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure, March 2024
Endorsed by the California Democratic Party, November 2023
Endorsed by the Democrats of Rossmoor, January 2024