Democratic Club
by Mary Larson
LW contributor
The Democratic Club will be meet on Wednesday, June 26, in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, at 1:30 p.m. Themeetingwillfeaturean in-person presentation on endof- life issues by Steph Campbell and Susan Johnston. Both of these women are activists with Compassion & Choices, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofi t organization working to improve care, expand options, and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.
Emphasis will be on California’s End of Life Option Act, which went into effect on June 9, 2016, and was updated in 2022. California is one of 10 states— plus Washington, D.C.—that have authorized medical aid in dying.
Copies of the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLIST) will be available at the meeting. POLIST is a medical order form that helps give people with serious illness more control over their care during a medical emergency.
People can arrive as early as 12:45 p.m. to socialize before the meeting. Coffee, water and individually wrapped snacks will be available. People can also join this meeting on Zoom. Email lwsbdemocraticclub@gmail.com
for login information.
Betty Yee, the female vice chair of the California Democratic Party since May 2021, will join the club’s July 23 membership meeting in person. She will lead a discussion on the Democratic Party’s role in the November General Election.
Yee served as California’s State Controller from 20152023 when she termed-out of office. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2004-2015.
In March of this year, she formally launched her campaign to run for governor in 2026. Democrats and supporters who want to learn more about the club—or who just want to discuss politics with other likeminded residents—can stop by the booth outside of clubhouse 6 on the first and third Tuesdays of July from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m..
Beginning July 3, club members can join “Working Wednesdays.” These once-a-month sessions will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. and will be devoted to helping address and stuff envelopes for mailing to potential LW voters in anticipation of the November General Election.
To volunteer for this project, contact Get Out The Vote 2024 committee chair Kathy Moran by phone at 805-588-5141 or email at kmoran97@yahoo.com.
The club’s popular Lunch Bunch program will resume on the first Wednesday of the month at 11:30 a.m., beginning on Aug. 7 at the Sunny Side Café,
2940 Westminster Blvd.
Democrats and supporters can subscribe to the club’s newsletter by emailing editor Mary Larson at mlarson. telfords@gmail.com or calling
562-296-8521.
