• Congressman-elect Salud Carbajal announced his office will distribute, via random drawing, a limited number of tickets to constituents so they may attend the 58th Inauguration of the President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017.
“A peaceful transfer of power is the bedrock of our democracy, and I am pleased to offer residents from the Central Coast the opportunity to witness this historic moment,” Carbajal said in a statement.
To request tickets, email info@saludcarbajal.com providing a full name, the number of tickets requested, address in the 24th Congressional District, and a contact number.
While tickets to the inauguration are free of charge, Carbajal’s office does not compensate for any travel arrangements made for the ceremony. Each congressional office is given a limited number of tickets to the inaugural ceremony and entrance into the lottery does not guarantee admittance.
Ticket requests must be submitted no later than Friday, Dec. 16.
• California Democrats who were engaged in the 2016 election are invited to help select delegates to the California Democratic Party.
The California Democratic Party will convene Assembly District Election Meetings (ADEM) to select delegates in each of the state’s 80 Assembly Districts on Saturday, Jan. 7, or Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.
Assembly District 35, which covers San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County, will hold its election on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at the IBEW Local 639 Hall, 6363 Edna Road, San Luis Obispo. Speakers will begin at 10 a.m., with registration starting at 10:30 a.m. and closing, with the election tally beginning, at 12:30 p.m. All registered Democrats residing in the 35th Assembly District are invited to attend. A $5 registration fee to cover the costs of the process will be collected at the door.
The ADEM delegates are roughly one-third of the governing body of the California Democratic Party, which is also known as the Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC). The DSCC is made up of approximately 3,200 members. Together these delegates
vote and conduct business at the yearly state conventions, including the elections of officers, directors, legislative endorsements, ballot propositions, resulotions, and the Caliofnria State Party platform.
The Assembly districts will elect 14 people each (seven women and seven men) to be members of the Democratic State Central Committee Delegation for the 2017-2019 term. These 14 people will represent their Assembly district for both the 2017 and 2018 state conventions.
For specific times and locations of the committee meetings, visit cadem.org/our-party/adem, or call the California Democratic Party headquarters at (916) 503-7302.
This article appears in Dec 15-22, 2016.
