Petitions are circulating for several proposed initiatives that would change the State Teachers Retirement System, also known as STRS. Member Allison Marks offers some facts that members should know before they consider signing any petitions for these measures.
1. Teachers, counselors, and administrators in California public schools pay eight percent of their salaries to STRS.
2. Unlike social security, the [...]

From the San Diego County Democratic Party:
The County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, February 23, 4-1 against putting an initiative on the ballot that would ban agreements that create good paying, middle-class jobs. Thanks to your letters and phone calls, Supervisors Greg Cox, Ron Roberts, Dianne Jacobs, and Pam Slater-Price all agreed that supporting Bill [...]

The health care reform debate is not about good policy, it is about beating Obama at all costs. And that cost? Republicans and insurance companies win. The people lose.
Make sure congress gets the people’s message:
Americans want bold leadership, not bipartisan watered-down-to-nothing compromise. Americans want good policy and they will vote for Democrats who are strong [...]

The White House has released details of President Obama’s health care reform proposal. No public option is included.
Read a summary with links to specifics HERE.
Visit a new White House website about the upcoming health care meeting HERE.
Obama offers new health-care plan; GOP slams it as ‘government takeover’
The Washington Post, February 22, 2010
Obama’s Plan for Health [...]

One candidate for lieutenant governor and four candidates for attorney general appeared at a candidate forum Sunday, February 21 in San Marcos. The forum, which was co-sponsored by EDC, was held on the campus of Cal State University San Marcos. In introducing the event, San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Jess Durfee praised the increased [...]

San Diego County’s Democratic Central Committee has voted to endorse an initiative on the June 8 ballot that would limit members of the County Board of Supervisors to two four-terms.
The Supervisors have been long protected by scant oversight, little public understanding of their duties, and a $10 million discretionary fund that they can dole out [...]

On Wednesday, February 17, a four-member EDC group joined 15 others at a Progressive Democrats of America sponsored meeting at Congressman Brian Bilbray’s 50th District office in Solana Beach.
The event, titled “Healthcare Not Warfare” was attended by Nova Morgan (at left, holding large sign), Andrea Seavey, and Joanna Welch (in plaid shirt). Also participating was [...]

A steady stream of Senators are adding their names to a letter seeking to pass the public option using reconciliation, which requires only 51 votes. California’s Senators Boxer and Feinstein have signed on. Can this mean the public option is back on the table? Opinions are mixed.
The strange politics of the public option revival
Ezra Klein [...]