On Thursday, July 7, 2022, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee Held its annual Youth Takeover meeting.

Under a special rule, control of the meeting was handed off to the Youth Delegates, who proposed, debated, and passed eight resolutions. The regular Voting Members of the Central Committee then considered the resolutions as a consent calendar and adopted them as actions of the Central Committee by unanimous consent.

The Youth Delegates are to be commended for conducting a brisk, efficient, and substantive meeting, bringing their voices to the Central Committee and the Democratic Party members of Santa Clara County. Their enthusiasm and precision bode well for the future of the Party.

Eight resolutions were passed:

• Resolution for the Adoption of the Alyssa Law in California
• Resolution to Support LQBTQ+ Students
• Resolution in Support of Financial Literacy
• Resolution In Support of Environmental Literacy
• Resolution in Support of Enacting Policies and Programs to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030
• Resolution in Support of Water Sustainability Requirements
• Resolution in Support of New Housing Projects Across Santa Clara County
• Resolution in Support of Overturning Article 34

As progressives and Democrats, we know that the future depends on the young. And, in recent years, young people have proven their mettle by stepping up to lead progressive movements to address the climate crisis, reduce gun violence, protect members of the LGBTQ+ community, end police mistreatment of people of color, and more.

To honor, activate, and train young leaders in our local area, our regular monthly meeting of the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee on July 7, 2022, 7pm-9pm, will be a “Youth Takeover” meeting, in which the elected and appointed delegates of the Central Committee will take a seat and allow youth delegates to conduct the meeting, including by introducing, debating, and adopting resolutions. At the end of the meeting, the resolutions adopted by the youth delegates will be considered by the Central Committee as a consent calendar, and those items not pulled from consent will be adopted by the Central Committee as the official positions of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party.

To facilitate more active and meaningful engagement with and among our youth leaders, the Youth Takeover meeting will be an in person event and will be held at IBEW Local 332, 2125 Canoas Garden Ave, San Jose CA. The IBEW hall is centrally located, has plenty of room to spread out for COVID safety, and has ample free parking in a well lit surface lot.

If you know of a high school aged young person who may be interested in participating in our Youth Takeover, please send them the attached flyer and/or direct them to the online registration form.

If you have any questions about the Youth Takeover, please feel free to contact us at youthtakeover@sccdp.org.

Regards, Bill James
Santa Clara County Democratic Party Chair

Calling all candidates!  Please see the attached flyer, announcing our Candidate Education Forum, which we will host jointly with the South Bay Labor Council, via Zoom, on Wednesday, June 29th, starting at 5:30pm.

The Candidate Education Forum is geared towards Democrats who are running for office in the November 8, 2022 General Election.  

Candidate filing opens on July 18 and closes on August 12, with a five day extension if an incumbent does not file.  For a list of offices up for election in 2022 and other information, visit the Registrar of Voters page here.  

The Registrar of Voters will conduct a “Candidate School” on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 10:00am-11:30am, via Zoom, to cover the forms, due dates, and rules candidates must follow, see the flyer here and use this link to attend on June 21.  

While the Registrar’s event will cover some of the mechanics of filing and election rules, our Candidate Education Forum will focus on how candidates should prepare to run and win in November.

To attend our Candidate Education Forum please RSVP by email to rsvp@sccdp.org.

Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested in running this November.

Regards, Bill James
Santa Clara County Democratic Party Chair

Save the date!

Join the Santa Clara County Democratic Party for its 31st Annual Fundraiser & Democratic Victory Dinner.

Friday, September 23, 2022
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Hayes Mansion
200 Edenvale Avenue
San Jose, CA 95136

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee took the following actions:

We rescheduled the September meeting to September 8 to better accommodate endorsements, planned for the Youth Takeover meeting on July 7, passed two endorsements regarding sports gaming initiatives and two resolutions regarding sexual harassment of legislative staff and Matt Mahan’s mayoral campaign, and announced a vacancy on the SCCDCC in the new AD 25 and two vacancies on the CADEM Executive Board to be filled at the August 4 meeting.

Two resolutions were passed:

• Resolution re Better Protecting Legislative Staff from Sexual Harassment
• Resolution Calling on Mayoral Candidate Matt Mahan to Renounce Support from Extremist Group

The Committee also heard a statement from District Attorney Jeff Rosen:

Statement from District Attorney Jeff Rosen regarding the Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women

Please join us this weekend as we walk with Maya Esparza, our endorsed candidate for San Jose City Council District 7, on Saturday, May 21, at 10am and with Omar Torres, our endorsed candidate for San Jose City Council District 3, on Sunday, May 22, at 10am.

On Saturday, we’ll meet at 10am at San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union Hall, 165 Lewis Rd, San Jose to walk with Maya Esparza.

On Sunday, we’ll meet at Watson Park, N 22nd St & Jackson St, Watson Park Soccer Field, San Jose to walk with Omar Torres.

Please use the following link to sign up [https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/451186/], for either or both of the two events this week, and while you’re there please also sign up for our walk with Cindy Chavez for Mayor on May 28 and our GOTV weekend rally and walk with Rosemary Kamei on June 4!