Eat Your Heart Out GOP! DPOC Is in the OC Fair House...

Thanks to the decorating skills of Reggie Mundekis, the DPOC booth at the OC Fair is outstanding...and so patriotic.

Melissa Fox for Assembly Fundraiser

They've now added to the not-to-be-missed lineup for Monday night's evening of political comedy and satire at The Improv at the Irvine Spectrum, starring award-winning comedian Jimmy Dore and special guests!

Joining Jimmy Dore (star of several Comedy Central specials, including his award-winning Citizen Jimmy, and The Jimmy Dore Show, broadcast weekly on KPFK 90.7 FM) will be David Feldman (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Real Time with Bill Maher, Conan O'Brien), Geoff Tate (Comedy Central), and Los Angeles comics Jared Moskowitz and Robert Yasumura.

Also just learned that John Fugelsang (actor, comedian and Stephanie Miller Show regular) is hoping to be able to join the show!

What: Comedy Club Fundraiser for Melissa Fox starring Jimmy Dore and Special Guests!
Where: The Improv at the Irvine Spectrum, 71 Fortune Drive, Irvine CA
When: Monday, July 26. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Tickets:
Headliner: $3900
Straight Man: $1000
Open Mic: $500
Heckler: $70

For advance tickets, please go to http://www.actblue.com/page/melissafox.comedyclub

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Important Campaign Events

Go on line today: http://www.grassrootsallstars.com/

Two Orange County Democratic Congressional Candidates in

Top 10 For "Democracy for America" Grassroots All Star Contest

Go on line today (contest ends July 25) and select Congressional candidates Beth Krom (48th CD) and Bill Hedrick (44th CD) as your "Grassroots All Star."


What does winning the Grassroots All-Star Competition include?


The winner of the 2010 Grassroots All-Star Competition will receive:


* The title of "2010 DFA Grassroots All-Star"
* At least one national fundraising e-mail from DFA Chair Jim Dean to over one million members with the commitment to raise $20,000 from DFA members nationwide.
* In-state crowd-sourcing emails for volunteer events with a commitment to raise 500 volunteer hours from DFA members in the All-Stars' home state.
* At least one national volunteer e-mail to over one million DFA members with the commitment to deliver at least 200 national phone bankers.
* A $5,000 contribution from Democracy for America PAC.
* Appearances by DFA Chair Jim Dean at available campaign events


Two runners-up will receive:


* DFA-List endorsement
* A $5,000 contribution from Democracy for America PAC.
* In-state crowd-sourcing emails for volunteer events

California Democratic Party E Board Meeting

Executive Board Meeting: July 16-18, 2010

Holiday Inn San Jose
1740 North First Street, San Jose, 95112
(408) 793-3300 

• Register online or purchase lunch tickets
• Pay caucus dues
• Submit resolution online 
• Proxy Form
• Accommodations Info
• Regional Director Elections (vacancies)
• Rules Report (By-Law changes)
  

Meeting Agenda   (Tentative) - UPDATED 7/1/10
Friday, July 16
3:30 p.m.	5:30 p.m.		Caucus Chairs Meeting
4:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.		Credentials Committee
5:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.		Registration
6:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings:      • Federation of County DCCs      • Labor      • California Democratic Council      • Asian Pacific Islander      • Children's
6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.		Standing Committee Meeting      • Rules
7:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.		Reception
8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings      • Veterans      • Women's      • Native American      • Filipino American      • Computer and Internet
Saturday, July 17
9:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m.		Registration
9:00 a.m.	11:00 a.m.		Rules Committee (if necessary)
9:00 a.m.	11:00 a.m.		Workshop      • Introduction to MOE: Online Voter Database
9:00 a.m.	11:00 a.m.		Workshop      • Money Talks: Q & A with Hilary Crosby
11:00 a.m.	12:00 noon		General Session      • Adopt pending By-Law amendments including         Regional Director elections      • Endorsement of Superintendent of Public Instruction
12:30 p.m.	1:45 p.m.		Lunch - DEM2010 BBQ, sponsored by Firefighters  click here to purchase tickets
2:00 p.m.			Standing Committee Meetings      • Affirmative Action      • Finance      • Organizational Development      • Resolutions        • Voter Services
2:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings      • LGBT      • Disabilities      • Environmental      • Senior
3:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.		Regional Director Elections for Regions 4 and 10      • Only if By-Law changes are rejected in the         morning General Session
4:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.		Workshop      • ADEM Conveners        Open to all Regional Directors; mandatory for all           Assembly District Executive Board members (training       workshop for all 2011 ADEM conveners)
4:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.		Workshop      • Advanced class for MOE (online voter database)
4:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings      • Business and Professionals      • Chicano Latino
6:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.		Standing Committee Meeting      • Legislation Committee
6:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings      • African-American      • Arab American      • Progressive
8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.		Caucus Meetings      • CYD      • Irish American      • Rural
Sunday, July 18
8:30 a.m.	10:00 a.m.		Registration
10:00 a.m.	12:00 noon		General Session      • Officers' Report      • Standing Committee Reports      • November Proposition endorsements

Congressman Barney Frank to be Keynote Speaker at Truman Awards

DPOC is proud to announce that Congressman Barney Frank will be our keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Harry S. Truman Awards Dinner on Saturday, August 28.

Barney Frank represents the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts.  He is also Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, which recently passed in the House what the Washington Post has called “the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system since the Great Depression.”

Frank began his career in the Massachusetts State House, where he served for eight years before winning a seat in the U.S. Congress in 1980. 

Although Frank is an ardent Democrat, he has often helped to pass bipartisan legislation. In a recent survey of Members of Congress, Frank was voted as being both one of the most partisan and one of the most bipartisan Members.

Although he is widely-recognized for his work on national issues, Frank has also fought to help New Bedford fishermen, to bring commuter rail to the Southcoast, to provide affordable rental housing, and to support many local organizations and businesses.


The Truman Awards Dinner will be hosted at the UFCW Local 324 Banquet Hall in Buena Park. Tickets are: $150 per person for dinner; $250 for reception and dinner. The reception begins at 5pm. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm. Formal invitations announcing the recipients of DPOC annual awards, will be coming shortly.

For tickets, please contact DPOC at: 714/835-5158.

Tell Whitman and Fiorina to Oppose Off-Shore Drilling

Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger agree with most Californians: We should not expand oil drilling off California's coast.

But the Republican candidates for governor and senator are headed the other way.

For Meg Whitman, it can change on any given day -- but as recently as a few months ago, she said that expanding drilling "is probably the right thing to do in the interest of California and the interests of the United States of America."

Carly Fiorina says she still supports an expansion of drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara, even after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf. Maybe that's why she got the endorsement of Sarah Palin, that great advocate of "drill, baby, drill."

We fought hard for the environmental protections we have in California. It's time to tell Whitman and Fiorina to stand with us instead of Sarah Palin:

Click here to send an email to Whitman and Fiorina today -- urge them to come clean and oppose dirty drilling off California's coast!

Offshore drilling is one of the hottest issues in the country right now, and it's coming to California this Friday when Sarah Palin visits Stanislaus County in exchange for a $75,000 speaking fee.

What does it mean for Whitman and Fiorina to stand with Palin instead of you and me? Here's the Gulf cleanup plan Palin put on Twitter:

"Gulf disaster needs divine intervention as man's efforts have been futile. Gulf lawmakers designate today Day of Prayer for solution/miracle."

It's time to tell Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina they can either be like Sarah Palin: act irresponsibly, then hope the government, the taxpayers, or God bails us out.

Or they can stand with the majority of Californians and oppose more dangerous offshore drilling in the first place.

Tell Whitman and Fiorina to choose Californians and oppose offshore drilling by clicking here now.

Look, everyone knows we need to solve our nation’s energy crisis.

But we need to do it by transitioning our economy to new sources of clean energy, not by doubling down on offshore oil drilling and risking another serious environmental disaster.

It’s time for Whitman and Fiorina to wake up and stand with the people of California, not Sarah Palin and the big oil companies.

Let’s tell them that.

Peace and friendship,

John Burton
Chair
California Democratic Party

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• Join The Budget Rescue Team
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  It is common knowledge that Mega Bucks Meg got favorite treatment on stocks and IPOs issued by Goldman Sachs, which is now being sued by the federal government for allegedly defrauding investors in the mortgage crisis leading to the crash.  Contact Wall Street Whitman using our easy online form and tell her to come clean about where she got the money she's using to buy her way to the top in California.
  
  
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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez supports smart investments for small business

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) today voted to provide Orange County’s small businesses with the capital they need to grow – and fuel our economic recovery in the process. H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, would expand lending and tax incentives to small firms that are struggling to access credit. Rep. Sanchez sponsored an amendment that would encourage small business investment companies to direct capital to high-growth industries. The amendment received broad bipartisan support and was included in the final version of H.R. 5297. 
“Small businesses are the engine of our economy, creating two-thirds of the new jobs over the last 15 years,” said Rep. Sanchez, who is a member of the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee. “These firms depend on access to capital to grow and thrive, but can’t get the financing they need due to tight lending standards. This bill will help deliver the funding small businesses need to expand and create jobs in Orange County.” 

To help encourage investment in emerging industries, Rep. Sanchez offered an amendment to the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act that would create additional criteria for investment companies that are interested in participating in a new small business early-stage investment program created by the bill. In order to participate in the program, investment companies will have to outline their plans to channel investment capital to promising small-business start-ups, particularly those in high-growth industries like information technology, defense technology, clean technology, and digital media. Rep. Sanchez’s amendment would help ensure that investment companies are directing capital to industries with the potential for sustainable, long-term growth.
“It’s important to encourage smart investments in small businesses and industries with a proven track record of creating jobs,” Rep. Sanchez continued. “My amendment does just that by providing incentives for companies to invest in the industries of tomorrow, many of which are located right here in our community.”
The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, which is fully paid for, would deliver loans to small businesses on Main Street to push the recovery forward and create jobs through a new $30 billion lending fund for small to medium-sized community banks, which provide the majority of the credit small businesses need to grow. The bill includes tough performance-based incentives to make sure that these banks lend to small businesses. The program would only be available to banks with assets of less than $10 billion – ruling out the “big banks” that are under fire for putting their own interests before their customers.
In addition to creating the Small Business Lending Fund, the bill also provides $2 billion in funding for new or existing state lending programs. These programs already exist in around thirty states – including California – and use small amounts of public dollars to generate substantial private bank financing. By supporting existing programs and using an easy to replicate model, this credit initiative will be able to quickly increase small business lending and create jobs.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is proud to represent California’s 47^th Congressional District, which includes the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and parts of Fullerton in Orange County. She serves as Vice Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee and Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities. Rep. Sanchez is also a member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and sits on the bipartisan, bicameral Joint Economic Committee.