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Saturday, July 21, 2018 (9:30am - 11:30am)

DWCCV - Champagne Brunch Meeting



LOCATION

Boccaccio's Restaurant

32123 Lindero Canyon Rd #104, Westlake Village, CA 91361

On the Lake

 

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Announcements will begin at 9:45

 

U.S. Senator

California

Dianne Feinstein

and

California

State Senator

Kevin de Leon

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

Feinstein serves as the senior United States Senator from California , a seat she has held since 1992. She served as the first woman Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

After graduating from Stanford, in the 1960s, she worked in city government, and in 1969, she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors . In 1992 she was elected to the U.S. Senate. Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer , and the two became California's first female U.S. Senators. Feinstein has been re-elected four times since then and in the 2012 election , she claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. ^[2]

Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Feinstein is the first and only woman to have chaired the Senate Rules Committee (2007–2009) and the Select Committee on Intelligence from 2009 to 2015, She is the only woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration .

At the age of 85, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.

Feinstein is the longest current-serving female U.S. Senator. In October 2017, Feinstein officially declared her intention to run for re-election in 2018 .

California Senator Kevin de Leon

de León currently serves in the California State Senate and served as the State Senate President pro tempore from October 15, 2014, to March 21, 2018. He was the first Latino to hold that position in over 130 years and is a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Prior to being elected to the State Senate, de León served in the California State Assembly , representing the 45th Assembly District .

SB 350, authored by de León and signed into law in 2015, mandates that utilities in California purchase 33% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 50% from renewable sources by 2030. In 2012, he successfully co-chaired Proposition 39 which closed a corporate-tax loophole and provided $2.5 billion in revenue for energy-efficiency upgrades in schools. In 2012, de León's SB 535 was signed into law, requiring the California Air Resources Board to spend at least 25 percent of cap-and-trade revenue to benefit low-income communities across California that are disproportionately impacted by pollution. In 2016, de León led the charge in an effort to try to pass legislation to prevent gun violence.

Paula Nathan

i s a Candidate for the Ventura Board of Education, Area 2. Her experiences in education have ranged from a large school district like Long Beach Unified to the small town feel of the Conejo Valley Unified. She has served as PTA President in the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels has been was honored to serve two terms as Conejo Council PTA President which oversees all of the PTA units in the Conejo Valley. 

Proposition 8, The Fair Pricing Dialysis Act

Limits on Dialysis Clinics' Revenue and Required Refunds Initiative

California Proposition 8, the Limits on Dialysis Clinics' Revenue and Required Refunds Initiative, is on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018 .

A "yes" vote supports requiring dialysis clinics to issue refunds to patients or patients' payers for revenue above 115 percent of the the costs of direct patient care and healthcare improvements.

A "no" vote opposes requiring dialysis clinics to issue refunds to patients or patients' payers for revenue above 115 percent of the the costs of direct patient care and healthcare improvements.

SAVE THE DATE

FOR THESE IMPORTANT EVENTS

1.) KEEP IT BLUE – Sunday, July 22,

Hosted by the Democratic Club of Ventura

Sunday July 22nd 11:00am–1:30pm

At the historic

PIERPONT INN

Tickets: $50 individual $95 couple

Payment Options:

Mail Checks to P.O. Box 3004, Ventura 93006

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kib2018

Meet and raise funds for our great California Democrats

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2.) " Ride the Blue Wave" – Sunday, August 12

Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley hosts its 16th annual Garden Party and Awards Ceremony

Date: Sunday, August 12, 2018 | Time: 12pm-3pm

Location: Los Robles Greens Banquet Hall

299 S. Moorpark Road

Thousand Oaks, CA

Price per person: $40 (Early bird through July 15th) | $50 Regular price

Tickets and Sponsorship & Advertising Info:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gardenparty18

JOIN THE DWCCV NOW TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON ALL OF OUR IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS! ALL PROFIT PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO THE FRAN PAVLEY SCHOLARSHIP FOR EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN!

Join the DWCCV today!

Many visitors to our monthly brunches decide to join the group, either the regular membership or Premier membership. Proceeds we raise through the year go toward program funding ~ net profits go directly into the Scholarship Fund! 

This will be our 10th year of sponsoring young Conejo Valley graduating senior young women with scholarships ranging from $500 - $1000 each. We have awarded nearly $34,000, to date, and are looking forward to 2018's scholarship contest! Many of these young women have gone on to graduate college and enter their adult lives in public service, teaching, medicine, politics, finance, etc. 

There are two tiers of membership: RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY!

Regular Membership: $25 per year, and each brunch is $25.00

Premier Membership: $99 per year, each brunch is just $20.00, and you'll get a custom name badge and name in our Scholarship program!

Please click on the boxes below to register to become an official member!

REMEMBER ~ YOUR MEMBERSHIP MATTERS! THANK YOU!