California Republican Apr-MAy 2016 by California Republican Newspaper

Volume 37, No. 1

The Official Publication of The California Republican Assembly — “The Conscience of the Republican Party” – Pres. Ronald Reagan © CRA

Apr/May 2016

2016 Convention Showcases Cruz Endorsed President CRA Energy, Strength & Unity for Del Beccaro Endorsed for the U.S. Senate Staver and Friedrichs Receive Ronald Reagan Awards

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he 2016 Presidential Endorsing Convention for At the Saturday Morning General Session, California the California Republican Assembly was held Republican Party Chairman Sen. Jim Brulte delivered an February 19-21, in Buena Park, at the Knott’s eye-opening presentation on the 2016 RNC Convention Berry Farm Hotel & Resort. and the Presidential delegate selection process. ChairThe Convention kicked off with the Friday Dinner, man Brulte also shared how he was able to successfully featuring a forum on “A Conservative Agenda for the prevent the California delegation from being excluded Next Republican President” from this year’s RNC Confeaturing an all-star panel vention due to the State’s of experts on some of the late primary, earning an hottest current issues, inenthusiastic round of apcluding immigration, the plause from CRA delegates. economy, the media, and At the Saturday Congresthe future of conservatism sional Luncheon, Congressin the Republican Party. man Ed Royce, Chairman of The panelists included the House Foreign Affairs popular talk radio host Committee, and CongressInga Barks, Proposition CRA-Endorsed U.S. Senate Candidate Tom Del Beccaro man Dana Rohrabacher, 187 Founder and Chairman addresses convention delegates. Chairman of the House Ron Prince, author and Hollywood producer Michael Subcommittee on Eurasia and Emerging Threats, spoke Emerson, and Americans for Prosperity State Director about the current situation in the Middle East, includDavid Spady. See Convention, page 16

he California Republican Assembly (CRA), the state’s oldest GOP volunteer organization overwhelmingly endorsed Ted Cruz for President at its recent convention.

Cruz handily won the vote of the delegates garnering 68.9% on the first ballot. In addition to the Presidential endorsement, CRA endorsed Tom Del Beccaro for the U.S. Senate. Del Beccaro received 73% of the vote.

Tom Hudson Elected CRA President Craig Alexander elected Executive Vice President

ongtime CRA leader and conservative activist Tom Hudson was recently elected as the 68th President of the California Republican Assembly. Hudson brings a lifetime of experience CRA President Tom Hudson to his new position leading CRA. He has been an active member of the California Republican Assembly since 1987, and is one of the organization’s longest serving CRA board members, having been a member of the State Board of Directors since 1992, where he has served as a Senate District Director, Parliamentarian, Vice President, and Executive Vice President. Hudson started his conservative activism at a young age, having been elected as State Chairman

of the California College Republicans, and having been a founding member of the Young Republican Federation (now CYRF). In both of these organization, Hudson led the fight for conservative principles versus the then-moderate/liberal GOP establishment. He later brought the same dedication to conservative principles inside the Republican Party, when he was elected as GOP County Chairman of Alameda County, then of Placer County, and finally as Northern Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party. At the national level, he currently serves as the See Elections, page 14

CRA Scorecard Rates Legislators By Tom Hudson, CRA President

wo thousand fifteen was a rough year for the California Legislature, with few bright spots for Republicans and barely a single bill that conservatives could support. The CRA Scorecard is the only partisan ranking of members of the Legislature from a Republican perspective. For a generation, the CRA Scorecard has not only illustrated the contrasts See Scorecard, page 5

IN THIS ISSUE / NEWS AT A GLANCE

General Counsel and Vice President for Special President’s ............................................................2 Projects forColumn. the National Federation of RepublicanCRA Scorecard................................................................ 6-8 Special Report: Stop New Tax on Driving.............................3 Inside the Beltway: Congressman Duncan Hunter...............9 Assemblies (NFRA). Inside Sacramento: Senator Andy Vidak..............................4 Convention Highlights................................................. 10-11 CRA Board Roster...............................................................4 CRA Around the State................................................. 12-13 In his professional life, he is an attorney and aand more... Convention Registration......................................................5

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The California Republican

April / May 2016

President’s Greetings! GET READY TO MAKE HISTORY! For the first time in over a generation, the California presidential primary election is likely to determine the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The California Republican Assembly is well positioned to take advantage of this rare opportunity to elect our CRAendorsed candidate, Senator Ted Cruz. Unlike the other elections in California, only registered Republicans can vote in this closed primary, so CRA endorsements really matter and CRA volunteers can really make a difference. What is more, this statewide election actually consists of 53 separate local elections. Each of our Congressional Districts will send three delegates and three alternates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next July. The Republican candidate who wins the plurality in each district will win all the delegates from that district, regardless of the statewide outcome. Unlike the process in other states, the Republican presidential candidates themselves must pick their delegates and

alternates, so loyalty among California delegates is likely to be maintained on multiple ballots at the National Convention. California’s Republican delegate selection process did not happen on its own and it was not put in place by powerful candidates, consultants, or Party insiders.

The current process was created by CRA and CRA leaders. We dreamed up the idea at a CRA Board Meeting in 1999 and CRA activists were the ones who wrote it, fought for it, and forced both the California Republican Party and the California Legislature to adopt it. Known as the “Haynes Amendment,” the current system was championed by Senator Ray Haynes on behalf of CRA, which was the only Republican organization that supported it until it became inevitable. CRA leaders like Mike Schroeder, Jon Fleischman, Chris Lauer, Steve Frank, and yours truly made this happen, despite powerful opposition from those who wanted to keep the winner-take-

all system that had kept candidates from campaigning in our state. The beauty of this new process is that it forces candidates to campaign in California, even in the leftleaning areas that Republican candidates otherwise ignore. As proof that our new process is working, all three major candidates will attend the California Republican Party Convention in Burlingame. Do not miss this historic opportunity to really make a difference in American history! It is not enough to campaign in your own neighborhood, if you live in a Republican district. Make time for

“Thank you to the CRA for continuing to be the conscience of our party. Each of you has taken a brave stand against political correctness and instead stood up for our values and nation.” PAID FOR BY PHILLIP CHEN FOR ASSEMBLY 2016, FPPC ID#1381580

phone-banking and precinct-walking in some of the least Republican districts in California. Reach out to Republicans in Congressional districts where local voters may never have seen a Republican activist. A primary election victory for Ted Cruz in those Democrat-dominated districts is easier to achieve, and just as valuable as a victory in Republican-rich Placer County or Orange County. If we do this right, CRA can ensure the nomination of the most conservative presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan. I hope to see you on the campaign trail!

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CRA Endorsements as of Publication Date President US Senate

Ted Cruz Tom Del Beccaro

U.S. Congress CD 1 Joe Montes CD 3 N. Eugene Cleek, M.D. CD 4 Tom McClintock CD 17 Peter Kuo CD 19 G. Burt Lancaster CD 37 Shariff Mordechai Hazan CD 39 Ed Royce CD 43 Omar Navaro CD 45 Greg Raths CD 46 Robert Peterson CD 47 Andy Whallon CD 48 Dana Rohrabacher CD 49 No Endorsement State Senate SD 1 Steve Baird SD 3 Greg Coppes SD 15 Chuck Page SD 25 Mike Antonovich SD 27 Steve Fazio SD 29 No Endorsement SD 35 Charlotte Svolos SD 37 John Moorlach State Assembly AD 4 Charlie Schaupp AD 11 No Endorsement AD 25 Bob Brunton AD 27 Van Le AD 31 Clint Olivier AD 38 Jarrod DeGonia AD 67 Melissa Melendez AD 75 Marie Waldron AD 65 Young Kim AD 68 Deborah Pauly AD 69 Ofelia Velarde-Garcia

State Assembly (continued) AD 71 Randy Voepel AD 72 No Endorsement AD 73 Bill Brough AD 74 Matthew Harper Fresno County Supervisor Dist 2 Andreas Borgeas Supervisor Dist 3 Tony Gastelum Supervisor Dist 5 Nathan Magsig City of Fresno Mayor Council Dist 6

Lee Brand Jeremy Pearce

Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee 54th Dist Reatha Simon City of Torrance City Council

Milton Herring

Orange County Supervisor Dist 1 No Endorsement County Board of Education Dist 1 Robert Hammond Dist 3 Ken Williams Dist 4 Zonya Townsend Orange County Superior Court Dist 3 Megan Wagner Dist 40 No Endorsement Dist 48 Karen Schatzle Dist 49 No Endorsement

Orange County (continued) Republican Central Committee 65th AD: Alexandria Coronado Dave Shawver Jerry Jackson Sou Moua Zonya Townsend Baron Night

Placer County (continued)

73rd AD:

Jennifer Beall Laurie Davies Mike Munzing Tony Beall Ed Sachs Mary Young

Placer County Supervisor Dist 3 Bob Grigas Supervisor Dist 5 Mike Babitch Republican Central Committee District #1 Eric Eisenhammer Tom Hudson Damien Fussel Phil Ozinek Scott Chavez Gary Johnson

District #2

Ed Rowen Kathy Arts Phyllis Wing

District #3

Greg Janda Ken Hubert

District #4

Mike Frey Kenna Swanner

District #5

Mark Wright Beth Wright Fred Eichenhoffer

Santa Clara County San Jose City City Council Dist 4 City Council Dist 8 City Council Dist 10

Lan Diep Pat Waite Johnny Khamis

Sacramento Should Stop New Tax on Driving DO YOU WANT the government following your car every day? Most of us don’t like that Orwellian vision, but a tax scheme brewing in the legislature might do just that. Hardworking Californians don’t want a new tax on driving. As of December, the state pilot program to create a new mileage tax had only convinced 570 Californian drivers to sign up- a tiny portion of their 5,000-driver goal. The reason Californians aren’t participating is clear, we don’t trust Sacramento with more of our money. Proponents of this new tax on driving claim it will replace the existing taxes on gas, but when is the last time you heard of a government eliminating a revenue source? The California Sales tax was created as a temporary “emergency measure” in 1933, and it never went away. As Ronald

Reagan said, “government programs, once launched, never disappear.” A similar pilot program underway in Oregon requires drivers to pay new mileage taxes on top of their existing gas taxes. Drivers must wait to get a refund after the fact. This monthly billing process will only create greater issues with the creation of a bureaucratic collections agency. Proponents also claim gas tax revenue is drying up, but according to the most recent annual report from the California Board of Equalization, gas taxes collections were up a half billion dollars in fiscal year 2013-14 from the year before, and gas consump-

tion was also up by over 100 million gallons during the same period. Despite the increase of fuel-efficient vehicles, gasoline usage is not in terminal decline. Overall tax

revenues have also continued to grow, and the state budget has reached record spending levels every year of Governor Brown’s time in office. There’s an irony here as well: State government is hard at work to get Californians to drive less, but at the same time they want to tax us based on how much we drive. Just as one example, many cap-and-trade

tax grant programs require projects to show they will reduce “vehicle miles travelled” before they can be eligible for funding. But the vehicle mileage tax only works if Californians keep their “vehicle miles travelled” up. By pushing two contradictory systems the state is setting taxpayers up for yet another failed tax scheme. The existing mess of a gas tax system we have today is not the result of an outdated tax policy, or because of Californians using less gas. It is due, in part, to a decision by Sacramento politicians to divert gas taxes from roads and use them instead for other programs. Why would we trust that adding a new tax on drivers would fix the problem? Might it not be more likely this new tax, just like the old taxes, is another attempt to take more money from strugSee Driving Tax, page 7

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The California Republican

April / May 2016

A Despicable Health Care Tax Hike Scheme THE FRESNO BEE PUBLISHED an editorial urging me to vote for a health care tax hike. That’s the wrong thing to do. I didn’t get elected to raise taxes. Californians are already taxed enough, with some of the highest taxes in the nation. The state doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has a spending priority problem. We can and should be increasing funding to provide needed programs, services and caregivers for the developmentally disabled in our state, but we don’t need a tax hike to do it. Earlier this month, I joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 legislators that urged the governor and majority party leaders to include more funding for the Department

of Developmental Services (DDS) in 20162017 Budget. Instead, the governor and majority party leaders used the developmentally disabled community as a pawn in their tax hike scheme. They need a two-thirds vote

of the Legislature to raise taxes, so they intentionally cut hundreds of millions of dollars for the developmentally disabled to pressure legislators into voting for this health care tax hike. That’s despicable.

What’s even more despicable is that they’re holding DDS funding hostage to force a tax hike that has resulted in the devastating reduction of vital services and the closure of programs and centers that help the developmentally disabled thrive and live independent lives. The Bee’s editorial stated that there’s “political cover” to vote for this tax hike because several big organizations support or are neutral on the scheme. That may work for some, but not for me. I’m serving in Sacramento to do what’s right for the people of the Central Valley. If it’s the wrong thing to do, I won’t vote for it. To heck with political cover. We are being promised that this health

care tax hike won’t jack up health insurance rates. I’ve served in the Senate long enough to see promises – made to make deals – broken. Folks in my district already struggle to obtain and access health care, so I refuse to vote for a tax hike that will most likely increase the cost of their health care premiums. The right thing to do is to vote for funding for the developmentally disabled, which I will do. The wrong thing to do is to vote for a tax hike that will increase health care costs for Valley families, which I won’t do. Senator Vidak represents the 14th District (Fresno, Kern, Kings & Tulare counties).

CRA Board Roster TITLE

PRESIDENT EMAIL

Senate District 14 Director

Bill Wynne

bill.wynne@gmail.com

President

Tom Hudson

hudsontn@yahoo.com

Senate District 16 Director

J Coco Ferguson

pacsffans@gmail.com

Executive Vice President

Craig Alexander

cpalexander@cox.net

Senate District 21 Director

John Dortch

JLD.scv@gmail.com

Vice President

Mark Gardner

msg32784@gmail.com

Senate District 23 Director

Heather Obernolte

heather@obernolte.com

Vice President

Bill Cardoza

billcardozaGOP@Yahoo.Com

Senate District 25 Director

Hugh Hemington

hugh.hemington@pacbell.net

Vice President

Alice Khosravy

alicekhosravy@ca.rr.com

Senate District 26 Director

Rick Marshall

grmarshall@sbcglobal.net

Vice President

Jim Shoemaker

shoemakerj@hotmail.com

Senate District 27 Director

Dana Schlumpberger

des2jr@aol.com

Vice President

Tim Thiesen

tathiesen@msn.com

Senate District 28 Director

Ed Mitchell

Vice President

Dale Tyler

sra04@tylerent.com

Senate District 29 Director

Sou Moua

samoua1@hotmail.com

Vice President

Karl Geletich

karl@ccgusa.org

Senate District 30 Director

William Morrison

wllmmorrison2014@yahoo.com

Vice President

Bob Kowell

bobkowell@aol.com

Senate District 32 Director

Baron Night

baron@baronnight.com

Vice President

Carl Brickey

cbrickey@live.com

Senate District 34 Director

PJ Garcia

pj@escrow.net

Vice President

David Gauny

david@davidgauny.com

Senate District 36 Director

Ellen Addonizio

emaddonizio@gmail.com

Recording Secretary

Micah Rapier

micah.rapier@live.com

Senate District 37 Director

Jay Peterson

jayfpeterson@netzero.com

Corresponding Secretary

Jorge Riley

jorgeriley@yahoo.com

Senate District 3 Deputy Director Norman Reece

normanhreece@gmail.com

Membership Secretary

Nancy Hinton

nancyhintonatccg@hotmail.com

Senate District 5 Deputy Director

Gregory Goehring

gregorygoehring@att.net

Voter Registration Secretary

Marty Ferguson

pacsffans@gmail.com

Senate District 6 Deputy Director

Tony Andrade

tony95683@netzero.net

Treasurer

Pat Garcia

pat@escrow.net

Senate District 8 Deputy Director

Ron Kusch

kusch@sbcglobal.net

Asst. Treasurer

Wendy Albright

engineermeg@gmail.com

Senate District 12 Deputy Director Mylinda Mason

beavermother@aol.com

National Committeeman

Johnnie Morgan

johnniemorgan5@yahoo.com

Senate District 14 Deputy Director Lois Wynne

lois.wynne@att.net

National Committeewoman

Ayana McCowen

favoredofgod@gmail.com

Senate District 16 Deputy Director John Blythe

John@filmregions.com

Sergeant-At-Arms

Paul Beckley

beckleyp@gmail.com

Senate District 21 Deputy Director Don Wilson

dfwilsonavra@gmail.com

Immediate Past President

John Briscoe

CAGOP2016@yahoo.com

Senate District 23 Deputy Driector Dale Dieleman

daledieleman@yahoo.com

Senate District 1 Director

Joan Matteson

joan.matteson@gmail.com

Senate District 25 Deputy Director Eric Chan

ericchan59@Gmail.com

Senate District 3 Director

Mike Gomez

MGomez2822@aol.com

Senate District 27 Deputy Director Ron Mueller

ronmuller@lacity.org

Senate District 4 Director

Ed Rowen

svyreps@yahoo.com

Senate District 28 Deputy Director Jennifer Kabbany

kabbany@hotmail.com

Senate District 5 Director

Jim Hicks

jh6hbw@sbcglobal.net

Senate District 29 Deputy Director Cynthia Thacker

cynrethkr@yahoo.com

Senate District 6 Director

William Giovannetti

jr8454@hotmail.com

Senate District 30 Deputy Director Lawrence Phillips

lawphillips@yahoo.com

Senate District 7 Director

Rohit Joy

rjoy29@gmail.com

Senate District 34 Deputy Director Greg Kunath

greg@ekunath.com

Senate District 8 Director

Dallas Thiesen

dallasthiesen@gmail.com

Senate District 36 Deputy Director Cynthia Cantrelle

cynthiacantrellesra@yahoo.com

Senate District 12 Director

David Avila

davidavila@dairydesigners.com

Senate District 37 Deputy Director Dick Nichols

sandy@raneng.com

April / May 2016

Scorecard from page 1

between the parties in the Legislature, but also within the Democrat and Republican Caucuses in each house. The CRA Scorecard does not focus on the most notorious bills of the year, or the most important, but instead shines a spotlight on those bills that show the different viewpoints and voting habits of our legislators. In the State Assembly, only CRA stalwart Matthew Harper earned a 100% CRA rating. Fourteen other Assemblymembers distinguished themselves by scoring above 90% on the CRA Scorecard:

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Shannon Grove, Frank Bigelow, Bill Brough, Ling-Ling Chang, Chad Mayes, Melissa Melendez, Travis Allen, Brian Dahle, Beth Gaines, Brian Jones, Jay Obernolte, Jim Patterson, Don Wagner, and Scott Wilk. No Republican scored below 72%, which is significant because the Capitol is so thoroughly dominated by Democrats that Republicans are under more pressure than ever before to abandon their principles. The Assembly Democrats have moved to the left, shattering the myth that moderate Democrats are making any real difference. Forty-one Democrats scored below 10%! Three Democrats tied for the highest score

of 22% (Cooley, Irwin, and Levine). Pitiful! In the State Senate, the picture was slightly brighter. Once again, Senator Joel Anderson (a former CRA Vice President) led the Senate with a 100% CRA rating. He was joined this year by four other Senators with 100% CRA ratings: Jean Fuller, John Moorlach, Mike Morrell, and Janet Nguyen. Senators Ted Gaines, Jim Nielsen, and Pat Bates earned 99% ratings, while all but two Republican Senators made us proud with scores of 94% or better. Former Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff scored 75%. At the bottom of the pack, Anthony Cannella scored just 52%, voting for our values

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only slightly more than Democrat Steve Glazer. Twenty-four Senate Democrats scored 11% or lower, with thirteen at zero. American history is filled with examples of Republican legislators who became liberal, malleable, irrelevant, and corrupt when the Democrats completely dominated the Legislatures in which they served. For that reason, CRA members should take heart that so many California Republicans overcame that fate and fought hard in the public arena to defend our principles in one of the most hostile environments Republicans have ever known. We salute their courage, but call upon them to do better this year!

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The California Republican

April / May 2016

CRA Scorecard – State Assembly Dist. 35

Bill Number & CRA Position -> Assemblymember

AB 229 Y

AB 2 N

AB 464 N

AB 465 N

AB 622 N

AB 768 N

AB 804 N

AB 1288 N

AB 1293 N

AB 1354 N

Alejo, Luis

Achadjian, Katcho

Allen, Travis

Baker, Catharine

Bloom, Richard

Bonta, Rob

72 16 5

14 73

SB 350 N

SB 376 SB 682 N N N

Raw Score

CRA RATING

87%

of 18 1

94%

72%

N Y

Campos, Nora

Chau, Ed

Chiu, David

Cooley, Ken

Y Y

Cooper, Jim

SB 331 N

SB 292 N

Calderon, Ian

SB 277 N

Brown, Cheryl

AB 1461 SB 99 N N

Burke, Autumn

Chu, Kansen

Chavez, Rocky

Chang, Ling Ling

49 76

Bonilla, Susan

57 27

Bigelow, Frank

Brough, William

Atkins, Toni

Bill Descriptions on Page 8

Y Y

N Y

93%

11%

Y Y

N Y

Y Y

93%

89%

Y Y

6% 6%

22%

Eggman, Susan

Garcia, Cristina

Gatto, Mike

17%

Gallagher, James

Garcia, Eduardo

56 64 51 80 24 21 34 66 74

Gaines, Beth

D D D D D

Gipson, Mike

Gomez, Jimmy

94%

Y Y

Harper, Matthew

Hadley, David

Irwin, Jacqui

71 59 65 36 10 60 39

Y Y -

Y Y Y

N Y

N N Y

Y Y

N Y

Y Y

N Y

Y Y

N Y

Y Y

N Y

Y Y

N Y

Y Y Y

87%

O'Donnell, Patrick

Perea, Henry

Quirk, Bill

Ridley-Thomas, S.

Salas, Rudy

Steinorth, Marc

Obernolte, Jay Olsen, Kristin

Patterson, Jim

Rendon, Anthony

Rodriguez, Freddie

Santiago, Miguel

Stone, Mark

N Y

22%

Mullin, Kevin

Medina, Jose

72%

100%

94%

N Y

N N

17%

91%

Mayes, Chad

Mathis, Devon

11%

Maienschein, Brian

94%

87%

Low, Evan

López, Patty

Nazarian, Adrin

Melendez, Melissa

Linder, Eric

Levine, Marc

Kim, Young

Lackey, Tom

McCarty, Kevin

Y Y

26 7

Jones-Sawyer, Reggie

28 77

Jones, Brian

Holden, Chris

Hernandez, Roger

Gray, Adam

Grove, Shannon

48 41

R R

Gonzalez, Lorena Gordon, Richard

Frazier, Jim

11%

Daly, Tom

Dodd, Bill

Dababneh, Matthew Dahle, Brian

D R

45 1

93%

78%

22%

72%

11% 6%

78%

93%

N Y

15 1

83% 6%

93% 6%

94%

81%

94%

Y Y

Y -

11% 6% 6%

11%

83%

Y Y

0 1

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CRA Scorecard – State Assembly (Continued) Dist.

Bill Number & CRA Position ->

19 75

AB 464 N

AB 465 N

AB 622 N

AB 768 N

AB 804 N

AB 1288 N

AB 1293 N

AB 1354 N

Ting, Phil

Wagner, Don

Waldron, Marie

Wilk, Scott

Weber, Shirley Williams, Das

Wood, Jim

AB 2 N

Thurmond, Tony

79 38

Assemblymember

AB 229 Y

Y Y

AB 1461 SB 99 N N Y

Y Y

SB 277 N

SB 292 N

SB 331 N

SB 350 N

SB 376 SB 682 N N Y

Raw Score

CRA RATING

94%

of 18 1

81%

94%

SB 277 N

SB 292 N

SB 331 N

SB 350 N

SB 376 N

SB 682 N

Raw Score

Y -

CRA Scorecard – State Senate Dist. 26 38 36

Bill Number & CRA Position ->

Bates, Patricia

16 1

AB 622 N

AB 768 N

AB 804 N

AB 1288 N

AB 1293 N

AB 1354 N

Beall, Jim

Block, Marty

94%

52%

Galgiani, Cathleen

Glazer, Steven

Hancock, Loni

Hall, Isadore

Y Y

44%

Hill, Jerry

Liu, Carol

Lara, Ricardo

Leyva, Connie

McGuire, Mike

Mendoza, Tony

Monning, Bill

14 10 3

N Y

Y -

Y Y

Pan, Richard

Pavley, Fran

Runner, Sharon

Wolk, Lois

Driving Tax from page 3

gling California drivers? The problem with transportation taxes is not with collections, it’s with spending. Money meant for roads and highways is

N Y

Y Y

Vidak, Andy

Wieckowski, Bob

consistently being raided to balance the budget or put towards newer programs deemed more important than safe and reliable roads. Adding a new tax system will not fix that problem. The first step to creating a more transparent tax system is ensuring that the tax

N Y

11%

Nguyen, Janet

75%

Stone, Jeff

Roth, Richard

Moorlach, John

Nielsen, Jim

Morrell, Mike

Mitchell, Holly

Huff, Bob

99%

Leno, Mark

100%

99%

Jackson, Hannah-Beth

Hueso, Ben

D R

Hertzberg, Robert

Hernandez, Ed

100%

Gaines, Ted

of 18

Fuller, Jean

de León, Kevin

CRA RATING

Cannella, Anthony

AB 1461 SB 99 N N

AB 465 N

Berryhill, Tom

AB 2 N

AB 464 N

5 7

Allen, Benjamin

Anderson, Joel

15 8

Senator

AB 229 Y

Y Y

1 0

6% 0% 0%

100%

N Y

N N Y

N Y

N N Y

N Y

N N Y

dollars we work so hard to pay are going where they should go. This means that politicians should turn their attention away from new tax schemes, and toward ensuring that all transportation related revenue be spent on funding roads and highways.

N Y

N N Y

99%

22%

94%

100%

17 2

94%

11%

Today, hardworking, long-driving Californians can’t trust what Sacramento will do with our tax dollars. Until we can, I urge Sacramento to park the new tax on driving and to lose the keys.

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The California Republican

April / May 2016

Scorecard Bill Descriptions AB 229 (Chang)................................. Signed into Law Prevents state agencies from prohibiting state employees from using transportation provided by a transportation network company (such as Uber or Lyft) or lodging in a short-term rental (such as Airbnb). This taxpayer-friendly bill ensures that state employees can shop around for the very best deal for their business travel. Of course, unions were opposed because Uber and Airbnb are not unionized. AB 2 (Alejo)....................................... Signed into Law Brings back corrupt redevelopment agencies under a new name, calling them community revitalization authorities. These authorities allow politicians to take private property for the private benefit of well-connected developers, especially those who are willing to pay politicians to do their bidding. This is crony capitalism at its worst and it will divert tax dollars from vital public projects to special-interest-enrichment schemes that should have been funded by the free market. AB 464 (Mullin).................................................Vetoed Increases the maximum rate for district sales and use taxes imposed in any county from 2% to 3%. Altogether, sales tax rates could exceed 11% in some areas, with voter approval. AB 465 (Roger Hernández)...............................Vetoed Outlaws mandatory arbitration agreements in employment. Aside from violating the right to contract and killing employer autonomy, this bill unnecessarily forces employment disputes into our dysfunctional, slow, undulyexpensive, over-crowded court system. AB 622 (Roger Hernández)............... Signed into Law Prohibits the use of the E-Verify System by employers during the processing of job applications. Thus, employers could not screen out illegal aliens without first offering them a job. AB 768 (Thurmond)........................... Signed into Law Prohibits the use or possession of chewing tobacco or snuff on the playing field during professional baseball games and practice. (Ironically, Senators could continue to chew tobacco on the Senate Floor.) AB 804 (Roger Hernández)...............................Vetoed Creates new continuing education requirements for court reporters. This bill is representative of a large group of bills seeking to expand the regulatory burdens on licensed professions for the benefit of special interests. The Governor vetoed many such bills, but Assembly Republicans disappointed us by joining the Democrats in embracing the special interests to the detriment of consumers and professionals.

Scorecard Notes

AB 1288 (Atkins)............................... Signed into Law Expands the size of the infamous California Air Resources Board with two new political appointments to be made by the Democrats who run the Legislature. The appointees must work directly with communities most burdened by high levels of pollution. Needless to say, not a single member of this economy-destroying Board is required to be a taxpayer, a business owner, a utility rate-payer, a car owner, a foreign trade expert, a free market advocate, or a victim of over-regulation that damaged the environment instead of helping it. AB 1293 (Holden)..............................................Vetoed Outlaws state government contracts for personal services that might displace civil service employees. This bill illustrates the death grip the public employee unions have over our Legislature. To most legislators, it is far more important to maximize the number of union jobs than it is to provide the best available service to the public. AB 1354 (Dodd).................................................Vetoed Increases bureaucratic red tape for government contractors by requiring them to submit periodic reports about their nondiscrimination programs to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Each contractor’s nondiscrimination program would need to be approved and certified by the state bureaucrats in that Department. The offensive and racist requirements for these mandatory nondiscrimination programs would require contractors and subcontractors to keep payroll and job classification statistics by race, ethnicity, and gender. AB 1461 (Gonzalez)........................... Signed into Law Encourages widespread voter fraud by automatically registering people to vote when they obtain drivers’ licenses, even illegal aliens and others who are ineligible to vote. People with drivers licenses would have to individually opt out on their own to be removed from the voter rolls. Shockingly, the bill makes it impossible to prosecute illegal aliens and other ineligible persons for becoming registered to vote by this process, or even for voting! SB 99 (Budget Committee)............... Signed into Law 7% pay increase CalTrans engineers. Quadruples their ability to cash-out vacation time. It appears that the less these “workers” produce, the more the state pays them. This is typical of the many Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) bills approved by the Legislature. SB 277 (Pan)..................................... Signed into Law Tramples both religious rights and parental rights by eliminating the longstanding personal belief exemption from the requirement that children receive vaccines for certain diseases prior to being admitted to any public school, private school, or daycare center.

Democrat leaders control the timing of all votes in both houses. Adjustments have been made to the CRA Rating In the California Legislature, abstentions and when there was reason to believe that absent absences count the same as “No” votes. The legislators supported the CRA position. In those

SB 292 (Pan).....................................................Vetoed Exempts public employees from paying for their government pension costs if a city or county pays their pension costs by means of property taxes approved by voters. In other words, homeowners could be forced to pay both the employer and employee share of government pension costs. This bill undermines recent pension reform rules that did not go far enough to revent insolvency for government pension plans. SB 331 (Mendoza)............................. Signed into Law Buries cities and counties in bureaucratic red tape if they dare adopt public disclosure requirements known as Civic Openness in Negotiations (COIN), which require public negotiations with public employee unions. Unions don’t want their unreasonable demands and the costs of their benefits to be made public until it is too late, when their contracts are already approved, so they are seeking to stop COIN ordinances with this Machiavellian bill that pretends to be about disclosure. SB 350 (De León).............................. Signed into Law Cripples the California economy by requiring that half our energy come from politically-correct “renewable” sources by 2030. (Hydroelectric dams filled with rainwater are not considered renewable. Burning fallen tree branches is not even considered renewable!) This law will drive jobs and industries out of California while increasing energy costs, creating poverty and dispair, and doing nothing to help the environment. This insidious law will empower bureaucrats to pass onerous new regulations that legislators themselves would have opposed if those regulations had been included in the bill text. SB 376 (Lara)....................................................Vetoed Virtually prohibits the University of California from contracting out to improve services or save taxpayers’ money. To get U.C. contracts, contractors would essentially have to prove that they pay their workers more than government workers get paid. Good luck with that! SB 682 (Leno)....................................................Vetoed Prevents courts from contracting out to improve services or cut costs by creating impossible hurdles and unrealistic requirements. The bill would also manipulate the cost comparison process in ways that would make it appear cheaper to hire government workers instead of contractors.

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America Needs to Debate Impact of Drafting Women Into Military Originally Published in Marine Corps Times

FINALLY THERE IS AN ISSUE on which hardline conservatives and coffeehouse liberals can agree. Neither group truly supports the idea of sending America’s daughters and sisters into direct ground combat, and neither adores the idea that women should be compelled to register for the draft. The last time Americans experienced a military draft, whereby vacancies in the armed forces are involuntarily filled, was the early 1970s, when the Vietnam War was near its end. A draft has not occurred since, and the U.S. military has remained an all-volunteer force, profiting on the patriotism and selflessness of young individuals inspired to serve. At 18 years of age, young men are still required by law to register for the Selective Service, but in the age of the all-volunteer force there’s been no realistic potential for a draft. This, however, does not negate the importance and necessity of registration. In the event large numbers of personnel

are needed, and fast, a draft is the primary mechanism to build and strengthen the armed forces. Until recently, as a result of the Obama administrat i o n ’s d e c i sion to open all combat specialties to women, it was considered settled that only men are eligible for the draft and therefore required to register. No longer. The question of exactly who should register for the draft has been turned on its head. Should women be required to register for the draft now that they, too, can serve in the infantry and other combat specialties? When accounting for the administration’s push for fairness and equality in the area of combat arms, it makes sense, especially given that they have not had to before because these specialties were not integrated.

At least that is the message from the Army and Marine Corps’ top uniformed leaders, even as the rest of the administration — to include the president himself

— has been mostly silent on the issue. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter recently offered some perspective of his own, but his public statement stopped short on whether women should register for the draft. For the Army and Marine Corps, a registration requirement for men and women is an appropriate next course of action in the march toward full integration. Not because it would suddenly give the services a deeper bench from which it could select talent, but rather it is consistent with the administration’s dictate to open all specialties without

exception. If only the administration’s loudest and most influential voices applied the same logic and common sense, even as consideration was given to opening specialties in the first place, but what else can be expected when judgments are based less on rationale and more on politics. If the opposite were true, the secretary of the Navy would not have openly discredited the Marine Corps’ independent study and subsequent recommendations before a final decision was made. The same goes for the special operations community, which returned its disapproval to integration through surveys and focus groups. Their input was evidently cast aside. To modern generations, the prospect that Americans could be drafted to fight in wartime is a foreign concept, with unrealistic potential. Whether that day ever comes, the administration has stirred a new national debate, whether intended See Duncan Hunter, page 14

Obama Stands Against Freedom, Justice WHOM DO YOU THINK Barack Obama despises more – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or anyone who disagrees with him? He answered the question last week. Despite the fact that the Republican establishment has coddled Obama for seven years, despite the fact that he has faced no meaningful opposition from the GOP during his tenure and despite the fact that his policies have failed miserably even with a lack of opposition, he told a Democratic fundraiser in San Francisco Friday that he is fighting a three-front war against Trump, Ted Cruz and Republicans generally. “I actually think that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have done us a favor,” he said. “It has stripped away any veneer of responsible governance from what had been the central tenets of an awful lot of Republicans in both the House and the Senate during the course of my presidency and before that.” He added that the battle over Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland – whose selection is being held up in the Republican-controlled Senate – is not just about immigration, abortion and voting rights. “It’s about can our democracy work,” he said. “Things are even more messed up in the House,” said Obama.

Obama also singled out the House Freedom Caucus, a group of about 45 conservative Republican lawmakers attempting to maintain the Constitution’s protections of individual liberty. Trump and Cruz are “saying the same things that these members of the Freedom Caucus in the House have been saying for years. In fact, that’s where Trump got it. … He said, you know what? I can deliver this message with more flair, with more panache.” Couple Obama’s problem with “freedom” and his problem with “justice.” On Sunday, as I covered in my column Tuesday, Obama tipped his hand regarding whether or not Hillary Clinton will face justice for what even he described as her “carelessness” with national security secrets. He all but told the nation that he is pre-emptively pardoning her of any high crimes she may have committed. Experience more of Joseph Farah’s no-nonsense truth-telling in his books, audio and video products, featured in the WND Superstore

Claiming he has not and will not get involved in the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton currently being conducted by an army of FBI agents, Obama then went on to express his strong belief that she did nothing wrong.

How can Obama claim not to be getting involved in a criminal case he comments on publicly time and time again – especially when the target of that investigation is the woman leading the field to succeed him as president? That is the most blatant and transparent kind of political interference a president could conduct. If only Obama would conduct a war against ISIS as vigorously as he wages his three-front war against his domestic political enemies, perhaps America and the world would be safer places. How does one short-hand Obama’s last year in office? How would one summarize his behavior and conduct? It’s much like his first seven: He is fighting tooth and nail against the last vestiges

of liberty and justice. It’s just that simple. Never before in American history has a president posed the biggest threat to the country’s best interests. He’s America’s No. 1 enemy. He’s freedom’s No. 1 enemy. He’s justice’s No. 1 enemy. While he’ll soon be gone, one who would carry on his legacy – a person even more transparently ruthless – is preparing to take his place in the White House. Her name is Hillary Clinton. If she succeeds, she will finish the job of destroying America’s most basic commitment to freedom and justice. And what about the opposition? They’re at war with each other – hardly even mentioning Obama and Hillary. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the Republican establishment seem bent on self-destruction as they refuse to notice they are positioned in the form of a circular firing squad. Amazing. Sad. Tragic. The opportunity for changing America’s direction in 2016 is being squandered – much like it was in 2008 and 2012. Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators News Service.

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CRA Convention Highlights

Senator John Moorlach

Prop 187 Founder & Chairman Ron Prince

Assistant Republican Leader Assemblyman Jay Obernolte addressing CRA delegates

Convention Co-Chair Karl Heft, Convention Banquet Chair Janine Heft, and VP Bill Cardoza

The entire Rohrabacher family is at the CRA Convention: Dana, Rhonda, Christian, Annika, and Tristen

Photos by Jorge Riley

VP Bill Cardoza with Assemblyman Matt Harper, the only Assemblyman to score 100% on CRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legislative Scorecard

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Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher addressing CRA delegates on Iraq, Syria, and ISIS

Corresponding Secretary Jorge Riley & Snoopy

Talk Radio Host Inga Barks

The Surf City Singers bring a little bit of Broadway to the CRA Convention

Americans for Prosperity State Director David Spady

Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus

Recording Artist Stephanie Martin Velez leads CRA delegates in live praise & worship music

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CRA Activity Around the State CENTRAL VALLEY REGION by Vice President Tim Thiesen The Fresno County Republican Assembly is fully involved in the very busy 2016 election year cycle. As has been the case in the past several years the Fresno County Republican Assembly has been leading the fight on Water Policy issues and overbearing Government Regulation issues, that have been crippling our already weakened Central Valley economy. A special Thank You to our local unit members and officers for their unwavering commitment to the mission of CRA in the Central Valley. INLAND EMPIRE REGION by Vice President Bob Kowell They say those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it, which is why the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly will host a “Communism is Slavery” panel at its upcoming regular monthly meeting. The event will include stories from Southwest Riverside County residents who grew up in or lived in the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Laos, Poland and Cuba. Guests will hear what it was like, and why it must never come to pass in America. The gathering, which includes dinner, runs from 6 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. May 6 at the Temecula City Hall Conference Room, 41000 Main Street. The festivities will also include a military tribute, as the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly will donate the more than $300 it has raised to benefit the ongoing project to build a Fallen Warriors memorial in Temecula to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend for freedom and liberty in America -- and across the globe. A short screening of President Ronald Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech will also be viewed. What’s more, a quick lesson on the dangers of America’s current slouch toward socialism will be presented by local radio show host and U.S. Constitution expert Douglas Gibbs. LOS ANGELES COUNTY by Vice President Alice Khosravy Conservative grassroots Republicans rally together in the heart of Los Angeles County to launch the California Republican Assembly’s newest unit – the San Gabriel Valley RA. “We knew 2016 was going to be a banner year for our party,” said Ali Navid, the unit’s President. “There is a lot of excitement to correct the mistake of 2008 and we wanted to capitalize on that enthusiasm in the San Gabriel.” The San Gabriel Valley is home to over two million residents and 31 cities, it has 15 legislators from the Assembly, Senate and Congress. However, only three of those members are Republican. “We knew this had to change, if we wanted to turn California around,” added Navid. In a little over two months, the unit had over 30 members and is growing. Its mission is to promote the tenants of the California Republican Assembly and help support and elect good conservative leaders into office. The SGV RA is proud to be a part of the CRA and looks forward to fighting alongside other units to fight the liberal agenda and turn California around.

Members of the newly formed San Gabriel Valley RA

will be a strong voice for us in Sacramento including the fact that he will be replacing a current democrat in that office. In my other function as your current chair of the Convention Meeting Sites Committee I am pleased to announce that we have recently wrapped up our 2016 CRA State Presidential Endorsing Convention in Buena Park with the first ballot endorsement of US Senator Ted Cruz for President and Tom Del Beccaro for US Senate. I especially want to congratulate Convention Chair Pat Garcia and his committee for a very successful convention both from an attendance, program, and financial standpoint. Talking about conventions, as you will see in other articles of this publication, we are pleased to announce that the 2017 CRA State Convention has been awarded to the Fresno County Republican Assembly for MARCH 24,25,26 at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Fresno. In talking with Chair Dallas Thiesen I’m very confident we will have a great program and tremendous speakers to entertain your attendance so please mark this on your calendars NOW! This is the first time in a very long time the convention will be conducted in the central valley of California. We hope to have some water for you by then as well if you get my gist. With that I will sign off, good hunting in the next months ahead! On to Victory 2016! NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN REPORT by National Committeeman Johnnie Morgan Lots of activity. Lots of Events. Lots of pictures.

CAPITAL AND NORTH COAST REGION by Vice President Carl Brickey On Saturday, April 16th, the Cosumnes, Sacramento and Solano Republican Assemblies met in Fairfield to consider endorsements in local Assembly, State Senate and Congressional races. The following candidates were endorsed: Charlie Schaupp (Assembly District 4), Greg Coppes (State Senate District 3) and N. Eugene Cleek, M.D. (Congressional District 3). No endorsement was made in Assembly District 11. CENTRAL COAST by Vice President Mark Gardner Hello All, I certainly hope all of you are healthy in this spirited election season as we enter the final months working to elect a conservative Republican President once again to lead our great nation. By the time you read this publication I would hope we are successful in doing our part in the central valley of California by electing Clint Olivier to fill the unexpired term of the 31st Assembly District. Clint has served us in Fresno well on the city council and

CRA National Committeeman Johnnie Morgan and newly elected CRA National Committeewoman Ayana McCowen both from the South Los Angeles-Inglewood Republican Assembly (SLAIRA) during the 2016 Republican Party of Los Angeles (RPLAC) Endorsement Meeting in Culver City, CA.

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SLAIRA Annual Scorecard Award Luncheon in honor of legislators with high scores on CRA Scorecard evaluations

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SLAIRA Black History Month Tribute in Honor of Celes King III.

Left to right: SLAIRA President Keith McCowen,Teri King (daughter of honoree) Eric Givens (nephew of honoree) and CRA National Committeeman Johnnie Morgan present King family members with SLAIRA Certificates of Appreciation for their informative and interesting presentations to the luncheon attendees.

SLAIRA Annual National Day of Prayer Recognition for Reverend Stephen L. McGlover of Freewill M.B.C in South Los Angeles Honorees (top row) Left to right: California Republican Party National Committeeman Shawn Steel (representing Congressman Dana Rohbacher and Assemblywoman Young Kim), State Senator Mike Morrell, Stephanie Hu (representing Congressman Ed Royce), State Assemblyman David Hadley and State Senator Joel Anderson. Presenters (bottom row) Left to right: SLAIRA President Keith McCowen, SLAIRA Assistant Treasurer Paul Wyatt, SLAIRA Treasurer William Rodriguez-Morrison, SLAIRA Secretary Michele Penman, SLAIRA Membership Director, CRA National Committeeman Johnnie Morgan and SLAIRA State Senate Deputy Director Lawrence Phillips. State Senators Morrell and Anderson received the CRA Scorecard Awards, State Assembly members Hadley and Kim received the Most Promising Awards, Congressmen Rohrabacher and Royce received Distinguished Service Awards.

Left to right: SLAIRA Secretary Michele Penman, CRA National Committeeman Johnnie Morgan, CRA National Committeewoman Ayana McCowen, Mrs. McGlover, Pastor McGlover, SLAIRA President Keith McCowen, SLAIRA Charter Member Jean Bradford, SLAIRA Charter Member Reatha Simon, SLAIRA Membership Director Jason Wilkins and former CRA Vice-President Todd Blair.

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CRA Local Unit Contacts UNIT NAME

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Anaheim

Benita Gagne

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Rancho Santa Margarita

Chip Furniss

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Antelope Valley

Don Wilson

dfwilsonavra@gmail.com

Sacramento

Jorge Riley

jorgeriley@yahoo.com

Berryessa Milpitas

Ty Greaves

tgreaves@sbcglobal.net

Saddleback

Cynthia Cantrelle

chateauxcantrelle@yahoo.com

Big Bear Valley

Heather Obernolte

heather@obernolte.com

San Diego County East

Sylvia Sullivan

sylvias@usa.net

Costa Mesa

Phil Morello

kilbran@aol.com

San Gabriel Valley

Ali Navid

alnavid@gmail.com

Cosumnes

Carl Brickey

cbrickey@live.com

San Joaquin County

Jim Shoemaker

shoemakerj@hotmail.com

El Dorado County

Joan Matteson

joan.matteson@gmail.com

San Luis Obispo

Michael Zimmerman

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Fountain Valley

David Pruyne

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Santa Ana

Philip Escobedo

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Fresno County

Tim Thiesen

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Santa Barbara

David Gauny

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Fullerton

Zonya Townsend

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Santa Clarita Valley

Dana Schlumberger

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Garden Grove

Clay Bock

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Solano

Norman Reece

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Glendale Burbank

Sonny Sardo

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South Bay (L. A.)

William Schmidt

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Huntington Beach

Pat Garcia

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South Los Angeles-Inglewood

Keith McCowen

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Kern River Valley

Carl Mandernacht

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South Orange County

Craig Alexander

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Kings County

Lois Wynne

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Stanislaus County

Susan Dignan

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Ladera Ranch

Roberta Turbow

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Stanton

David John Shawver

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Bob Kowell

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Larry Virga

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Claudia Taylor

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Torrance-Lomita

Rick Marshall

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Newport Beach

Alexandra Nichols

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Tustin Area

Jay Peterson

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North San Fernando Valley

Wayne Soller

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Ventura County

Eric Smith

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Pasadena

Michael Grant

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West Valley

Earl De Vries

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Placer County

Ed Rowen

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Westminster

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Porterville Area

A.L. Lucketta

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Yorba Linda-Placentia

Gregory Gianelli

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or not. My view is that the administration walked away from its obligation to make a proposal of its own, in the hope Congress would be too skittish to address the issue. To begin this discussion and signal its significance, I introduced legislation, with the support of U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke, to require that women register for the draft. The bill is titled The Draft America’s Daughters Act — a title intended to be provocative. We have both served our nation — me as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps and Zinke as a Navy SEAL commander — and we are well-aware of what such a change could mean. The idea that 18- to 20-year-old women could be drafted, filling positions tasked with finding and destroy-

ing the enemy, sometimes in quarters so close that fighting is reduced to the use of hands, knives and even helmets, is surely unsettling and should not be taken lightly. It is likely the administration either overlooked or ignored the issue in the politically ambitious move to open combat specialties, but now Congress has a responsibility to avoid committing the same error. Truthfully, it is quite possible that I vote against my own legislation, as might others in Congress with military experience. At the same time, if the administration is refusing to take the advice and recommendations of the Marine Corps and special operations community into account, and pursue its

plan to integrate all specialties without exception or care for impact, then it is possible that many votes — including my own — could change. This is yet another dilemma created by the administration. In this case, it will have a direct impact on every American, not just those who serve. And it is absolutely necessary that the issue of Selective Service eligibility be exhaustively considered for the purpose of determining whether the American people truly want to send their daughters and sisters into harm’s way. Congressman Duncan Hunter represents California’s 50th district.

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Tax Counsel for the Board of Equalization. He previously served as a member of the Legislative staff for nearly a decade. Longtime CRA leader Craig Alexander was elected as Executive Vice-President. He brings over a decade of experience in grassroots activism in Orange County, and has served as a CRA Unit President, Senate District Director, Recording Secretary,Vice President, and General Counsel. Professionally, Alexander has a private law practice in Dana Point, CA. CRA also elected six Vice Presidents: Carl Brickey, Bill Cardoza, Bob Kowell, Alice Khosravy, Tim Thiesen, and Dale Tyler. Finally, the following statewide officers were elected to the CRA Board: Recording Secretary Micah Rapier, Corresponding Secretary Jorge Riley, Membership Secretary Nancy Hinton, Voter Registration Secretary Marty Ferguson, National Committeewoman Ayana McCowen, and Sgt-at-Arms Paul Beckley.

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The California Republican Assembly Carrying the Republican Banner for over 75 years. Why not join us?

What We Believe Inalienable Rights: We believe that man’s “rights” flow

from the Creator and the rights of life, liberty, and justice cannot be legitimately granted or rescinded by men. Judeo-Christian Foundation: We believe in the guiding force of moral law as expressed by the Judeo-Christian ethic and contained in the Holy Scriptures of these historic faiths. Self-Government: We believe that the only answer to the current moral decline that our nation now faces is a return to the beliefs and standards of morality which our founding fathers placed into the Constitution. We believe with the framers of that document when President Adams stated, “This Constitution will not work except with a religious people.” We understand that the concept of self-government begins with governing one’s self first, then family, community, state, and nation. Education: We believe in the rights of parents to a quality education for their children. We support parental choice to create competition among the schools. We must insure that no school or teachers union can compromise the education of our children or advance a particular political agenda at the expense of our future generation’s educations. Decentralized Government: We believe in the power of the individual over the power of the state. We believe that only small government truly serves the needs of the people. Taxes: We believe that the federal tax system is abusive to the American people while discouraging investment and growth. We believe in growth-oriented tax policies which would gradually eliminate punitive income taxes and move our tax system in the direction of use taxes and sales taxes only. Sanctity of Life: We believe that the preborn child is a human being deserving the full protection of the law. National Defense: We believe in a strong and consistent national defense. We believe in victory over, and not accommodation with, tyranny in any form or philosophy. Free Enterprise: We believe in the free enterprise system as the best hope for men and women to fulfill their economic hopes and dreams. We know that the free market is the most efficient and the least costly system to deliver the highest quality goods and services at the lowest price to the consumer. We will support only those who support the free enterprise system through legislation to reduce or eliminate intrusive government intervention in the marketplace. Family: We believe that the traditional American family, defined as any persons related by blood, marriage of a man and a woman and/or adoption, is the cornerstone of our American society, and the government is duty bound to protect the integrity of the family unit through legislation and taxation policies. Right to Bear Arms: We believe in the unqualified right of our citizens to keep and bear arms without the intrusive hand of government. Victims’ Rights: We believe in the concept of victims’ rights over the rights of any criminal. We support a system of restitution as a deterrent to crime and recidivism. Term Limitation: We believe that public service is a privilege. We support term limits for public officials, not as an ideal but as a necessity to dissuade career politicians. It is the people who should rule, not an elite with little accountability. National Sovereignty: We believe in an America first program in which Government’s first concern is the welfare and protection of the American people. We support political leaders who will adopt policies that create fair and competitive trade.

SINCE 1934, the California Republican Assembly – CRA – has been working to elect Republican candidates who stand unwaveringly for Republican principles. As California’s oldest and most influential volunteer Republican organization, CRA’s endorsement is a coveted privilege for those candidates who meet our high standards — conservative, principled, electable and the overwhelming choice of our membership. When CRA endorses a candidate, we are committing volunteers, resources and our reputation. This is what President Reagan had to say about CRA:

“The best symbol of the grassroots worker I can think of is the California Republican Assembly ... CRA provides the nucleus of the Republican candidate’s volunteer work brigade. I know from personal experience. It’s hard to imagine my campaigns being anywhere near as successful as they were without the dedication of CRA’s members. I urge you to join CRA today.”

Join the CRA Today! At-Large-Membership dues are $25 per year For One Person and $15 for each additional household member. EXAMPLES: Husband & Wife...........................$40.00

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Before the awards ceremony, CRA members were treated to a Broadway show from the Surf City Singers, who presented excerpts from some of the top

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ing the threat posed by ISIS and the recent nuclear deal with Iran. During the Saturday Afternoon Breakout Session, CRA members were presented with a choice of three insightful workshops: ISIS, Iraq and Syria, presented by Prof. Andreas Borgeas, The History of Political Correctness, presented by Michael Hoskinson, and Social Media & Conservatives, presented by Brian Harrington. At its Saturday Night Dinner Banquet, CRA presented its highest award, the Ronald Reagan Freedom Fighter Award, to Mat Staver and Rebecca Friedrichs. Mat Staver, Esq, Chairman of Liberty Counsel, is one of the nation’s top defenders of religious freedom, currently representing both Kim Davis, the Kentucky Clerk that refused to violate her religious freedoms when ordered to issue certificates that re- Above: CRA President Tom Hudson, EVP Craig Alexander, defined marriage, and Sandra Mer- and Convention Co-Chairs Karl Heft and Baron Night present CRA’s Ronald Reagan Award to Rebecca Friedrichs ritt, one of the courageous activists who conducted the Planned Parenthood musicals in the last five decades, and undercover videos. Rebecca Friedrichs is ended their performance with a stirring the lead plaintiff in “Friedrichs vs CTA”, rendition of America The Beautiful. This who valiantly fought mandatory union was followed by an exclusive update about dues all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Above: CRA President Tom Hudson and Convention CoChairs Karl Heft and Baron Night present CRA’s Ronald Reagan Award to Mat Staver

California Republican Party Chairman Sen. Jim Brulte giving the latest update on the upcoming 2016 RNC Convention.

the upcoming 2016 elections from RNC National Committeeman Shawn Steel, who also spoke about the impact the recent loss of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would have on our Nation. The Sunday Prayer Breakfast featured live praise & worship music by recording artist Stephanie Martin Velez, followed by remarks from Senator John Moorlach, who spoke movingly about his faith and how it guides his work in the Legislature, and an inspirational address by Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus about the current fight for religious freedom in California and around the Nation. The 2016 Convention was truly a memorable event, with “impressive”, “united” and “re-energized” being some of the top comments made about CRA from Republican Party officials, legislators, and conservative leaders who were in attendance. The Convention was hosted by the Huntington Beach Republican Assembly, and was headed by Convention Chairman Pat Garcia and Convention Co-Chairmen Karl Heft and Baron Night. They were assisted by P.J. Garcia, Janine Heft, Carol Woodworth, Cari Swan, Craig Alexander, Jeff Evans, Rick Rios, Virginia Hart, and many volunteers from throughout Orange County.

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Thank you to the CRA for your continued support of our local community values. —Mike Antonovich

www.AntonovichForSenate.com

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