After the June 2010 election results of Proposition 14, elections will now follow an open primary system in which only the top two vote-getters advance, even if they are from the same political party. Because of the need for OCYD to potentially lend support to its endorsed candidates earlier than it normally would and with the California Democratic Party Annual Convention this February, OCYD has decided to consider early endorsements in select races.

The first endorsement meeting of 2012 is scheduled for

Thursday January 12, 2012: 7:30pm

Bistro 400 400 W 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4531

Below, you will find the list of races that we will endorse in:

• 45th Congressional District
• 46th Congressional District
• 47th Congressional District
• 69th Assembly District
• 72nd Assembly District

To obtain OCYD’s endorsement, candidates must obtain 60% of the vote of present eligible members. Voting will take place by secret ballot. Each candidate will have 5 minutes to address our membership before the vote. To check if you are eligible to vote, please email us at info@ocyd.org to confirm your membership status.

Candidates seeking OCYD’s endorsement have the opportunity to submit a 250 statement by no later than Monday, January 9th. These statements will be emailed to our membership on Tuesday, January 10th. They will also appear on the printed ballots. Please submit statements to jose@ocyd.org.

If a candidate seeking OCYD’s endorsement cannot attend the meeting they may send a representative to speak on their behalf. Representatives of a candidate must be submitted to jose@ocyd.org prior to the meeting by an official campaign representative.

OCYD will make a good faith effort to contact all the candidates to notify them of this endorsement meeting.

And Annual Fundraiser Featuring
California State Controller John Chiang

Marti Schrank is a long time activist within our Democratic community. For years Marti has given us a piece of her mind.  It’s finally time we turned the table! Join us for what we know will be a very spirited exchange as we honor Marti for her years of service to the Democratic Party and progressive movement in Orange County. Keep your eyes out for our featured roasters! 
 
This will also serve as our annual fundraiser. We will feature our accomplishments in the past year and the steps we are taking to promote the Democratic Party to our generation in 2012 and beyond.  
 
Thursday, July 14, 2011
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Irvine Hilton
18800 MacArthur Blvd.
 Irvine, California 92612

Table Sponsorship Opportunities
Forever Young: $2000: 2 tables, 1 page ad
Senior: $1000: 1 table, 1 page ad
Junior – $500:5 tickets, 1/2 page ad
Sophomore – $250: 2 tickets,1/4 page ad

Ad Opportunities (No Tickets Included)

Full Page Ad: $500
Half Page Ad: $250
Quarter Page Ad: $125

Please Submit Ads to info@ocyd.org by no later than Thursday, July 7th.

Tickets
Freshman (Individual) – $60
OCYD Member/Student – $35
 
Click Here to purchase your ticket/s online today!
 
If you have any questions or would like to RSVP please email info@ocyd.org.
Contributions can be mailed to Orange County Young Democrats, P.O. Box 15502 Irvine, CA 92614.
FEC ID # C00412072   FPPC ID # 1277204

April La Habra Citrus Fair Did you know that the Haas Avocado, a multi-billion dollar crop, was developed in La Habra Heights? Neither did we we until we teamed up with Democrats of North Orange County to staff a voter registration booth at the La Habra Citrus Fair. Special thanks to all the Democrats, young and young at heart, who helped make this event a huge success! Browse our photos from the fair: OCYD at La Habra Citrus Fair

March Rally Against Hate Orange County Young Democrats, and thousands of unaffiliated young people, spoke out against Villa Park City Councilwoman Deborah Pauly’s incendiary remarks directed towards muslims at an OC event. On March 22 hundreds gathered from around southern California to denounce hate in Orange County. Read OCYD’s Official Statement: OCYD Denounces Hate in OC Photo Jenny Lynn SteadyJenny@gmail.com

]]> http://ocyd.net/archives/254/feed 0 http://ocyd.net/archives/246 http://ocyd.net/archives/246#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:09:37 +0000 admin http://ocyd.net/?p=246 When the Republicans on the Costa Mesa City Council voted to outsource nearly half of their staff, they were beginning the California Republican Party’s well-funded and well-organized attack on workers and the Democratic Party.

Their attack is not about costs – it’s never been about costs. It’s all about politics. It’s about crippling unions so they no longer have the means to help Democratic candidates in the next election cycle.

We are ready to fight back before it’s too late. Please join us!

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Santa Ana, Calif. – March 8, 2011 – Orange County Young Democrats is denouncing the violent verbal attack of Muslim families at a February 13th fundraiser held by the Islamic Circle of North America Relief. Anti-Islamic stereotyping, attacks on children, and a propensity for violence are some of the grievances raised by OCYD.

A video posted to Youtube by C.A.I.R., the Center for American-Islamic Relations, shows citizens and elected officials protesting the event broadly stereotyping Muslims as terrorists. This generalization is completely false, can lead to violence towards Muslims and needs to be stopped immediately.

Anger and verbal violence were also visible at the protest. After a series of anti-Islamic statements by Rep. Gary Miller (R 42), Rep. Ed Royce (R 40), and Villa Park City Councilwoman Deborah Pauly, the protest manifested itself into abusive verbal attacks on US citizens, women, even children who are clearly not affiliated with any type of terrorism.

Nick Anas, Chair of OCYD states, “There is no separating our elected officials’ participation in this rally and the ensuing violent verbal attacks on families and children. These officials should denounce intolerance and violence, not encourage it.”

Today, it has been exactly two months since the shooting of Rep.Gabrielle Giffords. In that context, OCYD is asking our Orange County community and it’s elected officials to immediately stop using violent rhetoric in our public discourse. We cannot ignore the fact that this type of hate speech can be the catalyst for instable individuals to commit violent actions.

During the decisive six weeks leading up to the November 2^nd 2010 election, the Orange County Young Democrats (OCYD) implemented a wide-ranging voter turnout campaign entitled “Do It Again 2010!”

Over the past year OCYD has developed itself into a leading political organization in Orange County. In early September, OCYD took an unprecedented step among the first Young Democrat chapter in California by hiring an Executive Director. Beyond the regular duties of internal chapter management and goal fulfillment planning and execution, Executive Director Doug Arseneault was responsible during the campaign for recruiting, training and managing the volunteer and paid campaign team members.

Through extensive leadership development, chapter building, and infrastructure developments OCYD positioned itself to execute this extensive and ambitious paid and volunteer walk program.

Thanks to the generous contributions of individuals and organizations donors, in addition to the initial investment by OCYD itself, the campaign employed 42 Democratic college students and young professionals. Working a total of 277 canvassing shifts consisting of over 1,100 hours of canvassing and phone banking, the dynamic and committed campaign team contacted 13,259 voters over the brief six weeks, as well as provided logistical and administrative support to several diverse campaigns. The total cost of the campaign reached $15,000, with over $12,000 distributed directly to young Democrats.

Campaigns:

• Loretta Sanchez for California’s 47^th Congressional District⁺
• Beth Krom for California’s 48^th Congressional District⁺
• Phu Nguyen for California’s 68^th Assembly District^*+
• Jose Solorio for California’s 69^th Assembly District
• Melissa Fox for Assembly for California’s 70^th Assembly District⁺
• Bill Dalati for Anaheim City Council⁺
• Dan Kalmick for Huntington Beach City Council^*
• Jerry Kong for Buena Park City Council 2010^*
• Jordan Brandman for Anaheim Union High School District^*
• Jose Moreno Jr. for Anaheim Unified School District
• Aaruni Thakur for Fullerton School Board^*+
• Katrina Foley for Newport-Mesa School District