What is The Central Committee?
The Central Committee:
- Decides Democratic Party endorsements in local elections.
- Holds local electeds accountable.
- Organizes to elect Democrats.
- Represents our county in the California Democratic Party.
Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee
Source: People Powered Progressives
There are many ‘down ballot’ races on a ballot meaning they’re lesser known, often uncontested races. The Central Committee is arguably the most ‘down ballot’ race there is. While not widely know, these races are very important in determining the makeup of the local political parties.
On the March 5, 2024 ballot each Assembly District in Alameda County will have their own list of candidates. (See the Maps page to see the Assembly Districts.)
The Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee is the body that runs the Democratic Party in Alameda County. From the Committee’s website:
“The Alameda County Democratic Party coordinates the party’s activities throughout the county, making endorsements, organizing events and directing resources to support local, state and national candidates. Its governing body, the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, is charged under state law with overseeing the Party’s local activities and campaigns, under the general direction of the California Democratic Party. The Central Committee consists of members elected from each of the county’s State Assembly Districts, as well as the Democratic nominees for Congress, State Senate, Assembly, and State Constitutional office.”
The Central Committee is also important on the State level. Delegates to statewide conventions come from three nearly equal parts; Central Committees, ADEM elections, and elected leaders. This is known as the three-legged stool as seen in the image below.
Our Platform
Source: People Powered Progressives
We are the People Powered Progressives, candidates for the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee in the March 5, 2024 California primary election.
We believe that the people of Alameda County, not corporate interests, should be the ones making decisions about how our Party operates in Alameda County. We believe that the interests of the fossil fuel, real estate, weapon and other industries have too much influence in the Democratic Party. We stand behind those candidates that do not take corporate campaign contributions and have a proven track record of standing up for working class people, renters and all who are struggling to get by in the Bay Area. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and all oppressed peoples around the globe whose human rights and very survival are under attack. We believe in truth-telling, justice and peace.
Campaign Finance Reform
Single Payer Healthcare
Fully Funded Public Education
Housing Affordability
Living Wage & Labor Rights
End Racist Policing Policies
Immigrant Rights
Oppose All Discrimination
Reproductive Freedom
Right to Privacy & Internet
Green New Deal
Fair & Progressive Tax Policy
Peace
Democracy is a Human Right
- Support only campaigns free of corporate money and free of conflicts of interest.
- Support only candidates who are not funded by military contractors, fossil fuel, police unions, private prison industry, foreign governments and corporations involved in human rights violations in the U.S. and abroad.
- Advocate for public financing of elections and overturning Citizens United.
- Advocate for democracy for all through support of fair and transparent election policy including hand-marked paper ballots, increased voter access especially in disenfranchised communities, fairly drawn election districts, language and culturally relevant materials.
- Advocate for the protection of our First Amendment rights, freedom of the press, and participation in public meetings both in person and online.
- Advocate for Election Day being made a federal holiday.
- Reform Alameda County’s Elections Department to ensure our local elections are well run.
Housing is a Human Right
- Advocate for safe spaces and shelter for the unhoused, including access to food, personal hygiene, and other assistance as needed.
- Advocate for no-income and low-income public housing, such that rent never exceeds 30% of the annual income of working class families.
- Support rent control and the protection of tenant’s rights.
- Advocate for the repeal of The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, Prop 13 and the Ellis Act.
Education is a Human Right
- Advocate for the expansion of funding for public education, including universal preschool and fully funded special education.
- Advocate for reversing the closure of public schools.
- Advocate for tuition-free public college education.
- Advocate for national and state programs to cancel student debt.
- Reject any diversion of public funds to for-profit charter schools.
- Advocate for standardized testing reform.
- Advocate for legislation for equitable distribution of school funding.
Justice is a Human Right
- Advocate for ending mass incarceration and the failed War on Drugs.
- Advocate for ending cash bail, private prisons, stop and frisk policing, police abuse of force, and all policies and practices that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous and People of Color in the United States.
- Advocate for equity within the cannabis industry and investment into communities harmed by the drug war.
- Advocate for investment in restorative justice diversion, mental health services, community violence prevention programs and other evidence-based programs that have been shown to reduce recidivism and improve public safety.
- Advocate for the protection of DREAMers and TPS recipients, and maintaining Alameda County as a sanctuary county.
- Advocate for the abolition of ICE and the adoption of comprehensive immigration reform.
Peace is a Human Right
- Advocate for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a diplomatic solution that leads to equal rights for all in Israel/Palestine.
- Demand the end of U.S. military funding to the state of Israel and all other state and non-state actors involved in the commission of human rights violations.
- Advocate for divestment from companies that benefit from mass atrocities anywhere in the world, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, China, Zimbabwe, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Haiti, Palestine and Afghanistan.
- Advocate for the divestment of public funds from the military industrial complex.
Justice is a Human Right
- Advocate for ending mass incarceration and the failed War on Drugs.
- Advocate for ending cash bail, private prisons, stop and frisk policing, police abuse of force, and all policies and practices that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous and People of Color in the United States.
- Advocate for equity within the cannabis industry and investment into communities harmed by the drug war.
- Advocate for investment in restorative justice diversion, mental health services, community violence prevention programs and other evidence-based programs that have been shown to reduce recidivism and improve public safety.
- Advocate for the protection of DREAMers and TPS recipients, and maintaining Alameda County as a sanctuary county.
- Advocate for the abolition of ICE and the adoption of comprehensive immigration reform.
Dignity is a Human Right
- Affirm that nobody should be discriminated against for who they are.
- Oppose LGBTQIA, religious, ethnic, racial, national origin, gender, disability, mental status, economic, age and all other discrimination in any form.
- Advocate for the expansion of social cecurity benefits.
- Advocate for investment in senior centers for citizens in loneliness and need.
- Advocate for investment in centers and other spaces for people with developmental disabilities.
Living Wage is a Human Right
- Advocate for a living wage indexed to inflation and the cost of living.
- Advocate for a Universal Jobs Program and Universal Basic Income.
- Advocate for non-regressive tax policy and the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion as outlined in the Grow American Incomes Now Act (GAIN).
- Advocate for the abolition of Right To Work laws.
Healthcare is a Human Right
- Advocate for a national Single Payer/Medicare-For-All program.
- Advocate for legislation to create a comprehensive guaranteed health care system.
- Advocate for the expansion of local healthcare benefits and community hospitals.
- Advocate for fast and uninterrupted transfer of coverage and care when people move between counties.
Privacy is a Human Right
- Advocate for the protection of all women’s right to choice and access to abortion.
- Advocate for the reversal of the state’s power of surveillance.
- Advocate for the bolstering of internet privacy laws that prevent the sale of personal information to third parties.
Healthy Enviroment is a Human Right
- Affirm clean water and clean air are human rights.
- Endorse, support and advocate for the Green New Deal in response to the worsening climate crisis.
- Advocate for an 100% Solar/Renewable based economy and public infrastructure.
- Advocate for the restriction of single-use plastics and end the wasteful use of all plastics.
- Reject privatization of water sources and fracking.
- Advocate for a divestment of public funds from fossil fuel industries.
- Advocate for an expansion of funding for and development of Mass Transit for all communities.
- Advocate for a retrofitting of community buildings with solar power systems.
- Advocate for sustainable urban and suburban development, including the protection of public common spaces and parks.
- Advocate for an expansion of local recycle programs.
- Require humane treatment of all living creatures.
- Support and advocate for climate initiatives for carbon neutral communities
Internet is a Human Right
- Advocate for the adoption of Ro Khanna’s Six Principles for an Internet Bill of Rights:
- Right to universal web access
- Right to net neutrality
- Right to be free from warrantless metadata collection
- Right to disclose amount, nature, and dates of secret government data requests
- Right to be fully informed of scope of data use
- Right to be informed when there is change of control over data.
- We recognize that the internet is the new economic landscape and invest in broadband infrastructure into rural and low income communities.
- Advocate for Municipal Internet programs to democratize internet usage and increase economic development.
- Advocate for the regulation of broadband internet as a public utility.
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