Democratic Club

by Mary Larson

LW contributor

Leisure World Democratic Club will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at noon via Zoom. Login information can be found on page 9 of the club’s Oct. 6 newsletter. Anyone who needs help retrieving the login information can email democraticclubsblw@gmail. com or call (562) 296-8521.

Katrina Foley will be the guest speaker at the meeting. She was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2021 to fill the balance of a term vacated early and will be on the ballot again in June 2022.

Five other Democrats recently announced they are running for election in 2022. Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) will challenge incumbent California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Seal Beach resident Rick Foster will challenge incumbent Claude Parrish for County Assessor. David Dobson is running to represent the Fourth District on the California Board of Equalization. Malia Cohen and Yvonne Yu have entered the race to succeed Betty Yee, who is termed out as California’s Comptroller at the end of 2022.

These five new candidates have joined Pete Harden, who had previously announced he was running for Orange County District Attorney against incumbent Todd Spitzer. All of these Democratic candidates will be invited to speak at the club’s membership meetings in the coming months.

Foster was recently appointed by Foley to the Development Process Review Board. He will represent the Second District by helping shape and make policies that affect unincorporated lands in Orange County. He is currently the founder and manager of a company that works to provide homes for seniors, disabled veterans and battered women transitioning from shelters to housing. He also founded You Are Safe Here, an international city designation for LGBTQ+ visitors and refugees.

••• Club members will also receive a list of nominees for the club’s 2022-2023 Board at the Oct. 20 meeting. The nominees are: Rachael Lehmberg for hospitality committee chair, Carolyn Smith for nominating committee chair, Martha Warner for special events committee chair, and Debbie Wrathall for program committee chair. The position of secretary remains unfilled for the time being. Nominations from the floor will be received at the meeting or can be submitted by emailing democraticclubSBLW@gmail.com

up to Oct. 31. Any nomination must include the consent of the person being nominated.

President Mary Tromp, Vice-President Kathy Moran, Treasurer Marylee Thomsen, Membership Committee Chair Loni Gardette, Publicity Committee Chair Mary Larson and Assistant Treasurer Kathy Moran will be serving the second year of their two-year terms on the club’s board.

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