Freedom Awards: Saturday, February 7, 2026

Please join us for our scheduled hybrid club meeting in a couple weeks on Thursday, February 12 at 6:30pm. We've recently been holding our in-person meetings at R Place Bar & Eatery in Hillcrest. Address is 1027 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103. In case you are unable to attend in-person, you can always attend via Zoom at democratsforequality.org/Zoom

The agenda is posted on our website at: democratsforequality.org/agenda

Keep in mind that this will be on the second Thursday of the month so that we don't conflict with the beginning of the California Democratic Party's Convention in San Francisco.

We will consider friendly incumbent endorsements for all three San Diego Community College Trustees Maria Nieto Senour, Craig Milgrim, and Geysil Arroyo, as well as San Diego Unified School Board Member Shana Hazan. We'll also consider an endorsement for appointed County Treasurer-Tax Collector Larry Cohen as a friendly incumbent. We also have two Democrats running for Superior Court Judge and will consider endorsements for both judicial offices.

Finally, it's that time again for us to conduct our annual elections for positions on our executive board. All positions are two-year terms unless otherwise stated.

Positions up for election include: President, Vice President for Resource Development, Secretary, North Coastal Area Director, South Area Director, and two (2) At-Large seats.

Should you wish to serve as a member of the executive board, please e-mail our Nomination Committee at [email protected]. Nominees for our executive board must have been dues-paid members for 90 days prior to taking office at our March club meeting.

There will not be a meeting on our regular meeting date this month (Thursday, January 15). However, In lieu of a regular January meeting, please join us for another special virtual meeting for Endorsementpalooza: Part 2 on Sunday, February 1 at 1:00pm on Zoom.

With the June 2, 2026 Primary Election just a few months away, we have a number of statewide races to consider before the California Democratic Party considers these endorsements at the CDP Convention next month in San Francisco.

At this time, we will consider friendly incumbent endorsements for Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, Controller Malia Cohen, and Attorney General Rob Bonta. For all the non-incumbent statewide races, we will consider endorsements for Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent for Public Instruction, and Board of Equalization District 4. Also, we will re-consider Assembly District 74.

You can register for the virtual meeting here: democratsforequality.org/zoom

The California Democratic Party's Pre-Endorsement Conference for congressional and state legislative races will be held on January 17th, and given the aftermath of Prop 50, there is not enough time to consider a bunch of those races we need to endorse in at separate meetings.

So, we've decided to call for a Pre-Endorsementpalooza virtual meeting on Sunday, January 4th at 1:00pm on Zoom.

You can register for the virtual Zoom meeting here.

Since we are covering the CADEM Pre-Endorsement races, we will consider friendly incumbent endorsements for our congressional and state legislative incumbents.

We will also consider endorsements for open seats without incumbents, including Congressional District 48, State Senate District 40, Assembly District 74, and Assembly District 75.

Also, our friends at the San Diego Education Association have endorsed for an open seat for San Diego Unified District C. Since we need to get that endorsement considered prior to the San Diego County Democratic Party's next Metro West meeting, we will finalize that race as well.