On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee took the following actions:

• Adopted a rule establishing the meeting as Youth Takeover 2025
• Turned the meeting over to the Youth Takeover 2025 Delegates
• Adopted via consent calendar the Youth Takeover 2025 resolutions
  • Resolution for Mental Wellness Centers in Santa Clara County Schools
  • Resolution Opposing Censorship in Education and Curriculum in the California School System
  • Resolution to Provide More Resources and Support for Students
  • Resolution to Expand Digital Infrastructure Equity and Post-Secondary Continuity for Incarcerated Youth
  • Resolution in Support of Countywide Student Town Halls for Inclusive Youth Engagement
  • Resolution on Medicaid
  • Resolution for Free Period Products
  • Resolution on Promoting Eating Disorder Resources for Youth in Schools
  • Resolution to Protect the Rights and Safety of Immigrants
  • Resolution for Widespread Translation Services
• Heard
  • General announcements
  • Announcement of AD 26 vacancy
    • to be filled at the August 7, 2025 meeting
• Deferred to August 7, 2025
  • Approval of minutes
  • Officer reports
  • Club reports

TL; DR: Save the date, Sunday, September 14, 2025, 11am-2pm, for our Democratic Victory Brunch and visit sccdp.org/tickets to save on Other Bird tickets, until August 15 while supplies last!

Please save the date and plan to join us for our first ever Democratic Victory Brunch!

Sunday, September 14, 2025
Reception 11am-12pm
Brunch and program 12pm-2pm
Signia by Hilton (former Fairmont)
170 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113

Join us for a fun, motivating, engaging, and always entertaining gathering of Democratic elected officials and activists.

We’re trying out a Sunday brunch schedule and format for this “off cycle” year, but we promise some surprises and all the fun and excitement of our dinner events.

We have a number of Early Bird tickets available for a limited time and while supplies last, after which prices will increase as discounted tickets sell out and the event date nears.

Funds support our permanent headquarters office as well as our election slate mailers and our efforts to elect Democrats in Central Valley swing House districts that could decide control of the House in 2026.
Don’t delay!  Early Bird ticket purchases help us make the deposit payments due monthly between now and the event.

Save the date.  Get your tickets.  Invite your friends.

For more information, email brunch@sccdp.org

Regards, Bill James
Santa Clara County Democratic Party Chair

Help celebrate the 4th of July by walking with our contingent in the Rose, White & Blue Parade.

We’ll gather in the staging area near Lincoln High School, 555 Dana Ave, San Jose, CA 95126, at about 9:45am. The parade starts at 10am and we’ll be done by noon. Plenty of time to make it to your afternoon or evening BBQ!

This year, we’re inviting our chartered Democratic Clubs to join us. If a club has two or more members in attendance, they can carry a small banner or sign with their club name and contact information. No political messages please, other than identifying your club, as the parade doesn’t permit them.

We always have a great time at this event, and we’re well received by our supportive fans along the parade route.

Sign up here to join us.  Email sccdp.hq@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Join Santa Clara County Democrats at the SCCDP Headquarters before The No Kings Day Protest.  Meet with other activists to prepare for the day’s activities. Learn how to be effective and stay safe during the protest, and carpool to the event.

Meet at SCCDP Headquarters, 2901 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95128

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee took the following actions:

• Received an Update on the Youth Takeover, July 11, 2025, 7pm-9pm
• Elected SCCDCC reps to CADEM Executive Board
  • Roxanne
  • Jose Abastida
  • William James
  • Ruben Navarro
  • Angelica Ramos-Allen
  • Cari Templeton
• Deferred until the August meeting
  • Bylaws Committee changes proposed at the June SCCDCC meeting
    • Bylaws changes
    • Clubs Act changes
    • Endorsement Act changes
• Adopted
  • Resolution Recognizing National Immigrant Heritage Month
  • Resolution Opposing Performance-based Pay for Public Employees
• Approved
  • Formation of Ad Hoc Committees on Homelessness and Housing
  • Request to sign on to community letter re criminalization of homelessness
• Heard
  • Visitor Benito Delgado-Olson, SupplyBank.org
  • Officer reports
  • Club reports
  • General announcements

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 10, 2025, 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 San Jose City College, 2100 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95128.

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