Feb. 5 Primary Election Guide (and more)

At the Los Angeles Greens meeting tonight, we affirmed the recommendations in the Green Party of Alameda's election guide. We also reached consensus on Los Angeles's local proposition.

Here are the recommendations:

California
91 - Transportation Funds: NO
92 - Community Colleges: YES
93 - Term Limits Change: NO
94-97 - Indian Gaming: NO

City of Los Angeles
Prop. S - Communication Users Tax: NO

Presidential
No Recommendation. Here are the candidates on the ballot in California:
Jared Ball
Elaine Brown*
Jesse Johnson
Cynthia McKinney
Kent Mesplay
Ralph Nader~
Kat Swift

*Elaine Brown has withdrawn from the race.
~Ralph Nader has not yet announced whether he intends to seek the nomination.

You can find videos from the recent Green Party presidential debate here.


Also at tonight's meeting, Erin Schmidt was re-elected Treasurer of the LA Greens, and Derek Iversen was elected co-facilitator. The positions of Secretary, Media Person and Co-Facilitator (female) are vacant.