Jane Affonso
Template:TOCnestleft Jane Affonso served as Deputy Director of an interfaith economic justice nonprofit and on the Board of the South Coast Interfaith Council, and I chair its Justice and Peace Committee. As VP of the Lutheran Office of Public Policy in Sacramento I've lobbied for clean water, money out of politics and providing CalFresh enrollment to those returning from prison. I lead the Justice team of my church, co-Chair our regional Green Faith team and help train coaches on creation care.
I love addressing the root cause of problems and believe that where we invest and spend our money is as powerful as our vote. I helped launch Ten Thousand Villages, a fair trade store in Redondo Beach, and Fair Trade Los Angeles, which pushed LA to be the largest Fair Trade town in the country. It brings me pleasure to boycott Amazon and divest from fossil fuels and I invite you to feel that pleasure!
Since my Civil Rights pilgrimage to Georgia and Alabama in February I've been learning how to be an anti-racist, to step up when asked by people of color and to step back when it's not my turn. Our South Bay People Power slate is awesome, filled with new diverse voices that should be heard.[1]
Infiltrating the Dems
Every two years, California Democrats elect delegates from across the state, who then convene along with appointed party officials at the party’s Assembly District Election Meeting (ADEMS). ADEMS determines what the party stands for, making this a significant opportunity for socialists to push the California Democratic Party to the left and away from the interests of union busters, the landlord lobby, fossil fuel polluters, the corporate hospital and pharmaceutical lobby, the prison industrial complex, the corporate donor class, and others that stand against our values.
Our members are running for ADEMS delegate seats so that we’re in the room when the Democratic Party sets its agenda and makes decisions on endorsing candidates for public office. We’re fighting for issues that matter to the working class in California, like Medicare for All, Green New Deal, and Defunding the Police.
The DSA members listed below (in alphabetical order by first name) are running for ADEMS delegate seats on slates across LA County and have pledged to fight for our democratically-decided socialist values.
Assembly District 66 - Adam Schwartz, Bill Reynolds, Brian Carolus, Jane Affonso, Katherine Venn, Nicolas Gardner-Serna, R.G. Wong, Timothy Beyer.
Endorsed Marcy Winograd
In 2006 Jane Affonso, Redondo Beach, Deputy Director of an interfaith economic justice nonprofit was a Neighborhood Leader endorser of Marcy Winograd of the Los Angeles Progressive Democrats of America in her unsuccessful primary bid for the Democratic Party nomination 26th Congressional District in California[2]