E - News
Republican Women of Simi Valley & Moorpark
|
|
President's Message
By: Pat Saraceno
|
|
Welcome to September... There's
great
news!!! Even the mainstream media is taking note.
In states with legislative races this year, New Jersey has 21 Republican women nominees for the State House; Virginia has 6 women nominees for the State Senate and 14 for the State House; and Mississippi has 9 women nominees for State Senate and 8 for the State House.
Congratulations to Federation member Lynn Fitch! Following a narrow victory in the GOP runoff last Tuesday, she is on track to become Mississippi's first female Attorney General!
And yes, here in Simi Valley / Moorpark, WE are gearing up for the 2020 race. Stay informed, stay motivated and stay involved!
|
|
SEPTEMBER SVMRWF LUNCHEON
|
|
Please join us as we will be hosting Malcolm McGough!
|
|
Malcolm McGough is an Australian citizen and permanent resident of the US who came to America in 2009 after being recruited, as a Senior Analyst by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy out of Trinity College, CT. He also has been heavily involved in Politics since arriving in America, having been the campaign manager for the CT Attorney Generals race, CT Governor’s race, US Senate Exploratory Committee, and taking the position of the California Political and Field Operations Director for the Trump/Pence Presidential Campaign. More recently McGough was the Campaign Manager CA 39thCongressional District. He is the former Executive board member of Election Integrity Project CA.
McGough is also a 25-year veteran and retired Lieutenant Colonel, from the Australia Army. After retirement, he ran his own consulting firm before being recruited as an executive with the Australian DOD. He has a Bachelor’s of Administration majoring in Strategic Studies and Government Policy, a Bachelor of Science majoring in Applied Technology, and a Graduate Diploma in Logistics. As a senior military officer, McGough was selected and graduated from the Australian Army Command and Staff College in 1995.
In addition, McGough has a passion for his adopted country. He speaks at groups and organizations across California on a range of subjects. Those groups including:
America’s Godly Heritage
, and
The Truth of America’s Role as a Beacon of Hope and Light for the World to follow.
He has two grown daughters and three granddaughters. Ashlee, aged 15 months, went to the Lord on May 23, 2013.
|
|
Date:
Friday, September 20th
Time:
Check in:
4:30 PM.
Meeting Begins:
5:00 PM
Price:
$35*
|
|
Pay At The Door
Please RSVP to Lea Williams by clicking the link below. This will allow you to RSPV now and then pay at the door.
|
|
Pay Online
Click the link to below to RSVP and pay ahead online.
|
|
Early Bird Price must be paid by
09/13/19
.
Last day to RSVP is
09/18/19
. No exceptions.
If you need a minor dietary change for your meal, we must receive your request in writing no later than
9/6/19
.
|
|
One of our very own club member and past President, Nancy Wofford is running for 2020 California Federation of Republican Women, Region 5 Director!
|
|
Best wishes to Nancy on her candidacy!
|
|
Republican Congressional Candidates for CD 25
|
|
Do you know your Republican Congressional Candidates for CD 25?
You are in for a treat!
|
|
They will coming to introduce themselves at our event!
|
|
YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO US!
|
|
GOLD MEMBERSHIP
-
$50.00
(Includes name badge or patriotic pin)
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP
- $25.00
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
-$10.00
(non-voting)
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
- $5.00
(non-voting)
SVMRWF is well on its way to record-breaking membership numbers! We look forward to your support and commitment as a republican woman more than ever!
PLEASE CONTACT
KATHY LAYTON
TO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
|
|
LOOKING FOR 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
|
We are getting ready to find candidates for our new 2020 Board of Directors. We will be selecting 3 members from the General Membership in September to serve on this Nominating Committee. Please consider serving on this committee and on our SVMRWF 2020 Board of Directors.
|
|
If you are interested in a position contact:
|
|
Did You Know??
This year, the Simi Valley Moorpark Republican Women Federated celebrates 60 years!
It is also the 165th anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party in 1854.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the first Republican President.
California
Primary Election:
183
days away (March 3, 2020)
Presidential Election:
428
days away (November 3, 2020)
Stay engaged as there's no time like the present!
|
|
🐘 California Republican Party 🐘
|
|
Allison Olson, CFRW Advocate
They're Baaaack!
The legislature returned from their summer recess this week and quickly go to work on the remaining bills still alive this session. Here are the bills we are following as the end of session draws near:
AB 5 (Gonzalez, D):
The bill would provide that the factors of the "ABC" test be applied in order to determine the status of a worker as an employee or independent contractor for all provisions of the Labor Code and the Unemployment Insurance Code, except if a statutory exemption from employment status or from a particular obligation related to employment or where a statutory grant of employment status or a particular right related to employment applies. The bill would exempt specified professions from these provisions and instead provide that the employment relationship test for those professions shall be governed by the test adopted in S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341 if certain requirements are met. In other words, this bill would put 2 million independent contractors out of work if passed. Not surprisingly, the Republicans in the Senate had a better bill addressing the Dynamex Decision, but it was swiftly killed by legislative Democrats. Read more about that HERE.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File
AB 51 (Gonzalez, D):
Would prohibit a person from requiring any applicant for employment or any employee to waive any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of any provision of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) or other specific statutes governing employment as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit. The bill would also prohibit an employer from threatening, retaliating or discriminating against, or terminating any applicant for employment or any employee because of the refusal to consent to the waiver of any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of specific statutes governing employment. This is another job killer bill! It takes away arbitration rights from employers and makes it much easier for employers to be sued.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File
AB 142 (Garcia, D):
The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 requires, until March 31, 2022, a manufacturer battery fee of $1 to be imposed on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California. The act requires the manufacturer battery fee to be paid to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and requires dealers and manufacturers of lead-acid batteries to register with the department. The act defines "manufacturer" for these purposes. This bill would, on and after April 1, 2022, increase the amount of the manufacturer battery fee to $2 and would provide that the fee would continue indefinitely. This is a undue burden on both battery manufacturers and consumers.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing set for Monday, August 19th.
AB 891 (Burke, D):
Would require a city or a county with a population greater than 330,000, in coordination with other entities, as specified, to establish a safe parking program that provides safe parking locations and options for individuals and families living in their vehicles. The bill would require a safe parking program to provide a bathroom facility and onsite security, among other requirements. The bill would exempt a city or a county that has a specified safe parking program administered by a nongovernmental entity operating in its jurisdiction from these requirements. The bill would require the safe parking programs be developed and implemented by June 1, 2022.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File
AB 1066 (Gonzalez, D):
Would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bill's provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified. In other words, union employees will be able to file for unemployment after four weeks of a "trade dispute" or strike. This would incentivize strikes lasting longer since union members will be able to earn employment checks while on strike.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File
AB 1080 (Gonzalez, D):
Would enact the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which would require the department, before January 1, 2024, to adopt regulations that require producers, as defined, (1) to source reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, single-use packaging and priority single-use plastic products, as defined, (2) to ensure that all single-use packaging and priority single-use plastic products manufactured on or after January 1, 2030, and offered for sale, sold, distributed, or imported in or into the California market are recyclable or compostable, and (3) to collectively achieve and maintain, by January 1, 2030, a statewide 75% reduction of the waste generated from single-use packaging, and a statewide 75% reduction of the waste generated from priority single-use plastic products, offered for sale, sold, distributed, or imported in or into the state through source reduction, recycling, or composting. Another burdensome and unnecessary regulation on our plastics business community. There are many things wrong with this bill, including lack of recycling infrastructure in our state and the cost of updating packaging for companies will undoubtedly be passed onto consumers.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing set for Monday, August 19th.
AB 1505 (O'Donnell, D):
Current law authorizes a charter school to appeal a school district's decision to deny a petition for a charter to the county board of education and, if the county board of education upholds the decision, to appeal the county board of education's decision to the state board. Current law authorizes a charter to be granted by a chartering authority under designated provisions for a period not to exceed 5 years. Current law requires that charter renewals are for periods of 5 years. This bill would revise and recast numerous provisions relating to the submission of petitions to establish charter schools, the appeal of decisions of the governing boards of school districts to deny approval or renewal of charter schools, and the revocation of charters by chartering authorities. The CTA has spent $1 million a MONTH since April in an effort to restrict and regulate our state's charter schools. Read more about that HERE.
- Location: Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing set for Monday, August 19th.
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry, D):
The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. Another attack on Prop 13th, in this legislature's effort to chip away at our property tax rights.
- Location: Assembly Third Reading File, likely to fail deadline
SB 1 (Atkins, D):
Current state law regulates the discharge of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state. The California Safe Drinking Water Act establishes standards for drinking water and regulates drinking water systems. The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and generally prohibits the taking of those species. This bill would require specified agencies to take prescribed actions regarding certain federal requirements and standards pertaining to air, water, and protected species, as specified. This bill gives unfettered control to certain state agencies with water powers.
- Location: Assembly Appropriations Committee, hearing set for Wednesday, August 21st.
SB 310 (Skinner, D):
The Trial Jury Selection and Management Act requires all persons be selected for jury service at random and from sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. This bill would add the list of state tax filers within the area served by the court as an appropriate list for the selection of jurors, and when substantially purged of duplicate names, would require this list, together with the list of registered voters and the list of licensed drivers and identification cardholders, to be considered inclusive of a representative cross section of the population for the purposes of jury selection. In other words, unless amended, allows felons- any felon- to serve on a jury.
- Location: Assembly Appropriations Committee, hearing set for Wednesday, August 21st.
CRP Convention in Indian Wells
The CFRW will be at the California Republican Party Convention in Indian Wells on September 6th-8th. Be sure to check your convention schedual in order to make it to our CFRW Caucus meeting. And stop by our table in the exhibitor hall to find out all about what's going on in the state! If you're attending convention and would like to help staff our CFRW information table for an hour or two, please email Allison at [email protected]! For more information on the California Republican Party convention, click HERE.
CFRW Biennial Convention
Our California Federation of Republican Women Biennial Convention is also just around the corner! Join your Republican sisters in Bakersfield on October 18th-20th at the Marriott Convention Center Hotel. Our biennial conventions are packed with elections of officers, education, information, and FUN! CLICK HERE for more!
|
|
Disclaimer:
The Capitol Update is an activity of the CFRW Advocate's Office. The update is for information only. CFRW official positions on legislation are stated immediately preceding the stated legislation or immediately following the stated legislation in this report.
|
|
Capitol Update
Friday, August 23, 2019
-
California Federation of Republican Women
|
|
Allison Olson, CFRW Advocate
End of Session Looming
The deadline to hear, vote on, and pass bills is quickly approaching. The impending deadlines are as follows: the last day for fiscal committees to hear and report bills is a week from today. There will be ten days of floor sessions in both houses following the Labor Day break with September 6th being the deadline to amend bills on the floor. During floor session the final debates on the remaining bills will occur, and each house has until September 13th to pass bills out of their house and on to the Governor's desk. At that time their last recess begins and then the Governor has 30 days to act on the bills sent to him.
Last week we reported on the remaining 10 bills we are tracking that are still alive and well in the Capitol. This week there was movement on 6 of those bills, the other four are held up in the Senate Suspense File.
Here is where our "bad bills" stand:
AB 142 (Gonzalez, D):
The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 requires, until March 31, 2022, a manufacturer battery fee of $1 to be imposed on a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries for each lead-acid battery it sells at retail to a person in California, or that it sells to a dealer, wholesaler, distributor, or other person for retail sale in California. The act requires the manufacturer battery fee to be paid to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and requires dealers and manufacturers of lead-acid batteries to register with the department. The act defines "manufacturer" for these purposes. This bill would, on and after April 1, 2022, increase the amount of the manufacturer battery fee to $2 and would provide that the fee would continue indefinitely.
- Location: Moved to the Senate Suspense File. Deadline: August 30th.
AB 1080 (Gonzalez, D):
Would enact the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which would require the department, before January 1, 2024, to adopt regulations that require producers, as defined, (1) to source reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, single-use packaging and priority single-use plastic products, as defined, (2) to ensure that all single-use packaging and priority single-use plastic products manufactured on or after January 1, 2030, and offered for sale, sold, distributed, or imported in or into the California market are recyclable or compostable, and (3) to collectively achieve and maintain, by January 1, 2030, a statewide 75% reduction of the waste generated from single-use packaging, and a statewide 75% reduction of the waste generated from priority single-use plastic products, offered for sale, sold, distributed, or imported in or into the state through source reduction, recycling, or composting
- Location: Still in the Senate Appropriations Committee, the hearing on Monday was postponed. Now being heard on Monday, August 26th.
AB 1505 (O'Donnell, D):
Current law authorizes a charter school to appeal a school district's decision to deny a petition for a charter to the county board of education and, if the county board of education upholds the decision, to appeal the county board of education's decision to the state board. Current law authorizes a charter to be granted by a chartering authority under designated provisions for a period not to exceed 5 years. Current law requires that charter renewals are for periods of 5 years. This bill would revise and recast numerous provisions relating to the submission of petitions to establish charter schools, the appeal of decisions of the governing boards of school districts to deny approval or renewal of charter schools, and the revocation of charters by chartering authorities.
- Location: Moved to the Senate Suspense File. Must be acted upon by Friday, August 30th.
ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry, D):
The California Constitution prohibits the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding 1% of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions. This measure would create an additional exception to the 1% limit that would authorize a city, county, city and county, or special district to levy an ad valorem tax to service bonded indebtedness incurred to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of public infrastructure, affordable housing, or permanent supportive housing, or the acquisition or lease of real property for those purposes, if the proposition proposing that tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as applicable, and the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. THIS IS A CLEAR ATTACK ON PROP 13 RIGHTS!
- Location: Assembly Third Reading File, failed passage on Monday. Motion to Reconsider granted, so on the file for Monday, August 26th.
CALL YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON ACA 1! Find YOUR Assembly member
HERE
.
Here is a list of IMPORTANT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS THAT NEED TO HEAR YOU OPPOSE ACA 1 (they abstained on Monday):
- Assemblyman Arambula (D, 31)
- Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan (D,16)
- Assemblyman Daly (D,69)
- Assemblyman Flora (R, 12)
- Assemblywoman Garcia (D, 58)
- Assemblywoman Irwin (D, 44)
- Assemblywoman Kamlager-Dove (D, 54)
- Assemblyman Maienschein (R, 77)
- Assemblyman Mayes (R, 42)
- Assemblyman Muratsuchi (D, 66)
- Assemblyman O'Donnell (D, 70)
- Assemblyman Ramos (D, 40)
- Assemblyman Salas (D, 32)
- Assemblywoman Smith (D, 38)
- Assemblywoman Waldron (R, 75)
SB1
(Atkins, D)
:
Current state law regulates the discharge of air pollutants into the atmosphere. The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state. The California Safe Drinking Water Act establishes standards for drinking water and regulates drinking water systems. The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and generally prohibits the taking of those species. This bill would require specified agencies to take prescribed actions regarding certain federal requirements and standards pertaining to air, water, and protected species, as specified. THIS IS A HUGE STATE WATER POWER GRAB!
- Location: Moved to the Assembly Suspense File. Must be acted upon by Friday, August 30th.
SB 310 (Skinner, D):
The Trial Jury Selection and Management Act requires all persons be selected for jury service at random and from sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. This bill would add the list of state tax filers within the area served by the court as an appropriate list for the selection of jurors, and when substantially purged of duplicate names, would require this list, together with the list of registered voters and the list of licensed drivers and identification cardholders, to be considered inclusive of a representative cross section of the population for the purposes of jury selection.
- Location: Assembly Appropriations Committee, hearing postponed by the committee Wednesday, will be heard next Wednesday, August 28th.
CRP Convention
The California Republican Party Convention is NEXT weekend in Indian Wells! Join us at the beautiful Renaissance Resort for a jam packed weekend of training Republican volunteers to win elections!
CLICK HE
RE
for more information. Our CFRW Caucus meeting at convention will be held on Saturday, September 7th, from 4:15-5:15 in the Gibralter Room. Hear the latest from candidates getting fired up, ready to get out of the gate to beat Democrats next election! We also need help staffing our CFRW exhibitor table. You'll be able to interact with convention goers, pass out membership information for the Federation, and sign up new members! If interested in volunteering an hour or two, please email Allison at
[email protected]
CFRW Biennial Convention
The California Federation of Republican Women's Biennial Convention is October 18th-20th at the Bakersfield Marriott Convention Center!
CLICK HERE
for our Official Call to Convention, hotel registration, and other information. Make sure to book your rooms as soon as possible! Our exciting banquet speaker is Ken Starr, former United States Solicitor General. We will also be voting on important bylaws updates and our next CFRW State Board! Please save the date and don't be late!
|
|
Disclaimer:
The Capitol Update is an activity of the CFRW Advocate's Office. The update is for information only. CFRW official positions on legislation are stated immediately preceding the stated legislation or immediately following the stated legislation in this report.
|
|
LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY MAKING AMERICA GREAT!
|
|
CFRW CONVENTION
California Federation of Republican Women
|
|
Women Donating to the Trump Campaign
|
Nearly half of President’s Trump's 2020 campaign contributions this year have come from
female
donors! The Trump campaign raised $1.47 million in donations from women across the country in the first quarter of 2019, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. The report is based only on donors who made itemized contributions of over $200.
In addition, he unemployment rate for women in the U.S. workforce fell to 3.4 percent in April, the lowest rate since September 1953.
|
|
What is a California REAL ID?
|
|
For Californians, this new law goes into effect October 2020. We must educate ourselves, as well as others, to apply for a REAL ID now. Don't wait.
|
|
|
Send your feedback regarding our new website design to
[email protected]
. You can also share comments regarding this E-Newsletter and other SVMRWF communications through that email.
|
|
EVENTS CALENDER - VENTURA COUNTY
|
|
Friday, 9/20/19
September SVMRWF Dinner Meeting
The Grand Vista Hotel - ($35/person)
Friday, 10/18/19
October SVMRWF Luncheon
The Grand Vista Hotel - ($25/person)
Friday, 11/15/19,
November SVMRWF Luncheon
The Grand Vista Hotel - ($25/person)
Friday, 12/20/19,
December Holiday Party Luncheon
The Grand Vista Hotel - ($25/person)
|
|
SVMRWF Club Chairmanships:
|
|
Hospitality -
Bonnie Graeve
Chaplain & Americanism -
Elaine Litster
Social Media -
Lea Williams
Newsletter -
Paige McLaughlin
Garden Tour -
Nancy Wofford
College Republicans Liaison -
Hannah Nandor
Publicity -
Jessica Freeman
Conventions -
Peggy Sadler
NFRW Liaison -
Pam Campeau
Community Council -
Chris Pilgreen
|
|
to contact any of the officers, click on the blue link
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
