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Meet the Women Candidates running in Local Elections. This is the 2nd in a 2-Part Candidate Forum Series.

As always, campaigns need volunteers!  Please sign up to volunteer and, of course, contribute to their campaigns.

Confirmed Candidates:

	Hon. Valerie Amezcua, Santa Ana Unified School District
	Shayna Lathus, Huntington Beach City Council
	Sherri Loveland, Tustin City Council
	Andrea Marr, Costa Mesa City Council, District 3
	Michelle Murphy, Newport Mesa Unified School District

Contact your Congressional Representative:

You may want to follow the script below, editing to fit your concerns:

Hello, my name is ____________ and I live in Congressional District _______.  Representative _________________ is my representative and I have the following concerns that I would like to see Representative ________________ address:

Choose One Topic per phone call.  Call daily!

TOPICS:

• Schedule regular town-hall meetings with your constituents
• Immediately stop supporting policies that accelerate global warming
• Take action to support and protect all residents living in CA-49 regardless of their religious beliefs, and
• Support women's reproductive rights

Issue #1:
Schedule regular in-person town-hall meetings with constituents:

In order to hear first hand from constituents it is essential that Representative ______________ hold regularly scheduled town hall meetings. These meetings allow Representative __________________ to see how legislation directly affects residents in CA _____ and provides an opportunity for Representative _______________________to change his/her position once he/she gathers this information.

I also expect that these regularly scheduled town hall meetings will be publicized well in advance. They should be held in a venue that provides space for all and offers enough time for constituents to have their questions and concerns heard and answered.

Issue #2:

Stop supporting policies that accelerate global warming:

California is particularly vulnerable to the impact of global warming. A vote for easing the regulation of greenhouse gasses is a vote against the interests of nearly all current Californians and it will negatively impact future generations of Californians.

The residents of CA _____ deserve a Congressional representative who will vote for legislation that will slow climate change to maintain the beautiful beaches along our coast. We expect responsible votes in favor of policies which will reduce the probability that severe droughts in the future will devastate the winter snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and wreak havoc on our water supply and California’s agricultural production.

Issue #3:

Take action to support and protect all residents living in CA ______ regardless of religious beliefs:
I call on Representateive _______________ to be an ethical leader and speak out when the actions of the Trump administration appear unethical, racist, xenophobic, or target one religious group over others.

Issue #4:

Support women's reproductive rights:
Vote against the proposal to defund Planned Parenthood.

According to the Planned Parenthood website, “Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men and young people worldwide.” Furthermore, through Planned Parenthood’s 650 health centers they are providing critical services which treat and prevent sexually transmitted infections and save lives by screening for cancers.

A woman's decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is her business and hers alone.  No one should have the right to tell another person what they may and may not do with their bodies.

Women must have the right to receive birth control coverage in her health insurance program.  PERIOD!  No employer should ever have the right to refuse birth control coverage because of their own religious beliefs.  A person should always have the right to choose whether or not to use birth control for themselves - and no one else.

Issue #5:

No Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a viable replacement.
Orange County has over 34,000 ACA enrollees. Repealing the ACA without a viable replacement would cost the lives of residents in your district which you were elected to represent.

I call on Representative ______________________ to publicly promise the voters of CA _______ that he/she will not vote for a repeal of the ACA and a delay of a viable replacement.

These issues are not Republican or Democratic, they are issues that most Californians support and are issues that a majority of your constituents’ support. 

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Members are included in special Meet & Greet  opportunities with elected leaders/candidates.

All membership levels entitle members to vote at caucus meetings and to be credentialed at the state and national meetings.  Members also receive state and national e-newsletters, as well as the local newsletter.

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