As the election season intensifies, so do the political machinations. Sometimes politics can be so deceiving and malicious that we get angry and lose sight of how important it is to elect individuals who will govern.

This year is especially important. California has serious budget difficulties. While traveling this past week, someone asked me if California was going to default on our debt?! Clearly, California is in trouble and everyone knows it.

Tough decisions are on the table regarding how to fix California including how to fund education, how to save our state universities, and how to continue vital services for those in need. Now, more than ever, we have to remain steadfast in our resolve to elect individuals who will best represent our needs. For CALIFORNIA LIST, we believe that this means electing more women.

A recent study released by the University of California at Davis showed that women are not at the bargaining table in business.

The same is true in politics.

But why worry about having more women at the table? Because, women bring to the table their own personal experience and reflective empathy towards issues that men probably do not always experience. For example, woman’s health issues are different. Women are still the primary caretakers for themselves, their families, and their parents. And now for the first time, women make up a majority of work force.

I believe that having more women working will change the paradigm in the boardroom and by sheer numbers there will be more women at the table in business. But I’m not so sure about politics. Working, having a family, and achieving balance in a woman’s life is a journey.

Nonetheless, no matter how difficult the process, CALIFORNIA LIST remains true to our mission to elect women to state government.

SAN DIEGO CANDIATE FORUM — JOIN US

CALIFORNIA LIST is excited to be partnering with Run Women Run — San Diego’s premiere women’s group, to present a Candidate Forum spotlighting some of the statewide executive candidates along with senate and assembly candidates from San Diego. Thank you to Run Women Run for their hard work in organizing the Candidate Forum.

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Visit the Run Women Run website to sign up to attend today. You can also help our candidates raise the vital funds needed to run and win by donating to their campaigns now through our secure website.

CALIFORNIA LIST SALINAS CANDIDATE TRAINING

On Saturday, February 20, CALIFORNIA LIST conducted our candidate training program in Salinas with over 30 women in attendance. Thank you to Susan Markham, Senior Strategist of The Campaign Workshop for conducting the training. A special thank you to Pris Walton and Vinz Koller of the local Monterey area Democratic Clubs for making this such a huge success.

pris-walton-salinasThank you to Pris Walton, President of the Carmel Area Democratic Women’s Club,  for helping to organize our training.
 
caballero-new Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, for District 28, (with Trainer Susan Markham of  The Campaign Workshop) welcomes the participants during breakfast.
 
bettina-salinas-lunch-panel (l-r) Salinas City Councilwoman Janet Barnes, Monterey County Supervisor Jane Parker, Founder, CALIFORNIA LIST, Bettina Duval, former Carmel Councilwoman and author Beyond Superwoman, Karin Strasser Kauffman, spoke about running for office at a panel discussion during lunch.

You can make a difference by joining CALIFORNIA LIST. Your contributions will help us to continue our vital work as we build a pipeline of candidates and women policymakers who will represent all of us with an equal voice.  Together we can make a difference.