April 10, 2019
See what Close the Gap California accomplished in the first quarter of 2019: Quarterly Report CTG-CA.
You will recall that Close the Gap California’s Executive Director, Susannah Delano, was part of the panel for PDB’s Women Forum on March 8 organized by our Women’s Caucus. The quarterly report mentions Benicia, and pictures Susannah along with State Controller Betty Yee at the event with others during the evening.
Close the Gap California is hosting a really interesting and informative free online webinar series for anyone considering a run for office. See below for description. (Details for registration will show on the CTGCA website soon.)
We are impressed that they will have Ann Ravel as main speaker for the first webinar on March 8, “Dark Money. Clean Money. Can an Ethical Candidate Compete?” Ann Ravel is the former director of the Federal Elections Commission.
In 2017, Federal Elections Committee chair Ann Ravel resigned saying: “The mission of the FEC is essential to ensuring a fair electoral process. Yet, since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, our political campaigns have been awash in unlimited, often dark, money.”
Ann Ravel is now a lecturer at Berkeley Law. kalw.org/post/former-fec-chair-ann-ravel-discusses-her-resignation-and-money-politics#stream/
Campaign Finance: “Dark Money. Clean Money. Can an Ethical Candidate Compete?”
Friday, March 8th @ Noon
Party Politics: “CTGCA’s How-To Guide: Working a Convention to Advance Your Candidacy”
Friday May 17th @ Noon
Women & Elections: “Catching a Wave or Building a Movement?”
Friday, Sept. 20th @ Noon
Non-Partisan to Partisan Focus: “From Non-Partisan Office to Partisan Progressive Candidate”
Friday, Nov. 15th @ Noon
From: Susannah Delano <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:14 PM
Subject: Mark your calendar now for CTGCA’s 2019 Webinars
From an email by Susannah Delano, Executive Director at Close the Gap CA
They’re sworn in and at their desks. You helped them get there and you’ve had an impact. Women are now 30% of the CA Legislature, up from 21% at the start of 2018. In state rankings, CA has jumped from 30th to 22nd for our proportion of women legislators.
California Legislature
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| Percentage of Women: 30% Ranking among state legislatures for the proportion of women: 22 |
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