THANKS
AND SUPPORT FOR
U.S.
SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
WHEREAS:
United States Senator Barbara Boxer stood up for us and for all who
believed in the right of all voters in the United States of America when she
challenged the results of the 2004 presidential election in the State of Ohio;
and
WHEREAS:
Senator Barbara Boxer stood up for all of us when she challenged the
credentials and credibility of Condoleezza Rice based on substantive issues during
the Secretary of State confirmation hearings and opopsed the nomination of
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General; and,
WHEREAS:
Senator Boxer has an exemplary record of defending the environment and
protecting the health of humans and other living creatures.
Therefore
be it Resolved:
That the California Democratic Party thanks Senator Boxer for her
courage and values and asks her to continue standing up for us, and
representing the needs of all her constituents and other living creatures.
Submitted by:
14th AD Committee; 24th AD Committee; 42nd AD
Committee;
Democratic Central Committee of Marin County;
Northern
Solano Democratic Club; Rio Vista Democratic Club
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
STOP GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S
SPECIAL INTEREST AGENDA;
SUPPORT ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared war on nurses, teachers,
firefighters, peace officers, public employees and working families - the
people who care for, educate, protect and move California forward with their
dedication and hard work; and
WHEREAS: The Governor has spent more time raising money from his own special interests than addressing the real issues that people in our state care about like funding education and health care and fixing our congested roads; and
WHEREAS:
Thousands of
Californians in towns and cities across our state have protested against the
Governor’s failed agenda
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED: That
the California Democratic
Party supports every effort to stop Schwarzenegger’s special interest agenda
THEREFORE
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the California
Democratic Party supports the Alliance for a Better California as they work
for policies (i.e., Cheaper
Prescription Drug Act; Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights; the Equal Voting
Requirements and the Repeal of Electricity Deregulation and Black-out
Prevention Act) that will benefit the ALL Californians.
Submitted by Senator Art Torres (Ret.),
Chairman
of the California Democratic Party
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
OPPOSE GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’S
PROPOSED SPECIAL
ELECTION
WHEREAS:
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for office on a promise to not raise campaign
contributions from special interests;
and
WHEREAS:
the Governor has broken that promise not to take special interest money and
has been criss-crossing the country raising more money than any Governor in
the history of California; and
WHEREAS:
The Governor has
reneged on his agreement to: restore education funding; vetoed
consumer protection laws and opposed lowering
the cost of prescription drugs, and providing
a minimal increase in the minimum wage; and
WHEREAS:
Such
an election would be held without the voter-verified paper trail that goes
into effect in 2006, at a cost of $70 million in taxpayer money the Governor
is planning to spend on a special election that should be used for vital
public services
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That
the California Democratic
Party opposes the Governor’s proposed special election for his corporate
special interest friends.
Submitted
by Senator Art Torres (Ret.),
Chairman
of the California Democratic
Party;
13th
Assembly District;
14th
Assembly District
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
REAFFIRMATION
OF A WOMAN’S
RIGHT
TO CHOOSE
WHEREAS:
Personal,
private childbearing decisions belong to a woman and whomever she chooses to
consult – her family, her doctor, and her God – no one else, especially
not with politicians – it is her life, her body, her choice;
and, since anti-choice politicians have firmly taken control of both
houses of Congress, the White House and a majority of state houses are at work
to pass legislation to restrict or even take away a woman’s right to choose
and to turn back the clock on reproductive freedom; and
WHEREAS: Anti-choice politicians and judges do not believe that
patients have a fundamental right to privacy and frequently seek the private
medical records of women's sexual, contraceptive and abortion histories; and
WHEREAS:
The anti-choice movement’s attack on a woman’s right to choose is
to stack the federal judiciary with ardent anti-choice jurists, which could
result in restrictions to reproductive freedom for generations and to build a
legal precedent for the overturn of Roe v. Wade
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic Party reaffirm its longstanding position
that the right to choose is a right of personal privacy – one that must be
forever free from government intrusion; and
THEREFORE
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the
California Democratic Party vigorously defends a woman’s right to choose by
sending this resolution to Governor Howard Dean, the Democratic National
Committee and to the Democratic members of the California Congressional and
Senate delegations and the California Legislature.
Submitted by the Democratic Women of the San
Fernando Valley
Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
SUPPORTING
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BUILDING
EFFORTS
WHEREAS:
It is very important that local party organizations need to
continually, on a year-round basis, recruit and train Democrats to register
voters, campaign for candidates and legislation; and
WHEREAS:
New technological methods such as email and consumer-friendly party
building software make it possible to communicate with and organize, thousands
of local Democrats with efficiency and very little capital investment, thereby
also significantly increasing their ability to fundraise; and
WHEREAS:
Most of campaign resources now go to advertising through corporate
media outlets which are generally less than friendly to the goals and
aspirations of the Democratic Party and they are spent, almost entirely,
hoping to target and persuade cavalier swing voters
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic Party will develop a plan to broadly
nurture and support local Democratic Party organizations at many levels by
providing funding and resources for their activities to provide tools in a
timely manner for local grassroots organizing, local party building with a
priority placed on year-round local online organizing, voter registration and
personal contact through home visits and other similar activities; and
Submitted
by: Rachel Binah, DNC Member
Mendocino County Democratic Central Committee;
DNC Members: Garry S. Shay,
Robert "Big Red" Rankin & John A. Perez; San Benito CCC; 27th
AD Committee; 28th AD Committee; Humboldt CCC; 33rd AD Committee;
Mendocino CCC; Del
Norte CCC; San Luis
Obispo CCC
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
CLEAN MONEY FOR
STATEWIDE
& LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS
WHEREAS:
The amount of money needed in order to run for public office and to
compete against big-monied interests and PACs has grown phenomenally in
politics at the local, state, and national levels in the past several years;
and
WHEREAS:
This pay-to-play system hinders the average citizen lacking great
wealth from participating effectively in the political arena, thus undermining
the democratic process; and
WHEREAS:
Public financing of political campaigns will both improve voters'
access to their elected officials and keep elected officials from spending
inordinate amounts of their time fundraising
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic Party supports a clean
money system for elected statewide and
legislative offices and looks to systems
working successfully in Arizona and Maine for patterns that could be adopted
for California’s unique electoral circumstances
THEREFORE
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That a copy of this Resolution be provided to members of the Democratic
Caucus of the California Legislature and Congressional Delegation.
Submitted by: Rachel Binah
14th AD Steering Committee; 16th AD Committee;
City
of Alameda Demo Club; Gardena
Valley Democratic Club;
Santa
Clara County Central Committee; Torrance
Democratic Club
Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
SUPPORTING
IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROVIDERS,
SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
AND OPPOSING
PROPOSED STATE FUNDING REDUCTIONS
WHEREAS:
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers perform a critical public
service to the frail elderly and persons with disabilities, and more than
10,000 seniors and persons with disabilities in California, and more than
350,000 people statewide rely on the IHSS program to continue living safely in
their own homes instead of facing institutionalization; and
WHEREAS:
That labor shortage has been somewhat abated in California as a result
of more recent improvements in caregiver compensation and benefits approved by
County Board of Supervisors and funded by a combination of federal, state and
local money; however, the Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration
has proposed to take a step backwards by removing state cost sharing for IHSS
wages above the minimum wage and for health benefits that will create a crisis
in homecare provider availability and place IHSS consumers at-risk of
institutionalization
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic Party supports continued and increased
state support of this essential service and opposes the proposed cuts to the
IHSS program, and applauds the members of the Legislature who have supported
health benefits and a living wage for homecare workers and who further support
continued and increased state support for the IHSS program, and oppose the
proposed cuts to wages and benefits.
Submitted by the Sacramento
County Democratic Central Committee
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
WHEREAS:
Civil marriage is a legal institution recognized by the state in order
to promote stable relationships and to protect individuals who are in those
relationships; to provide important protections for the families of those who
are married; but the gender-specific definition of marriage that the
Legislature previously adopted specifically discriminates in favor of
different-sex couples and, consequently, discriminates against same-sex
couples; and
WHEREAS:
The California Democratic Party supports
equality under the law, regardless of the gender or sexual orientation of
the partners; our Party must recognize that benefits that accrue to marriage
accrue regardless of the gender or sexual orientation of the partners; and our
Party must support efforts to end the pernicious practice of marriage
discrimination in California while upholding guarantees of the First Amendment
to the United States Constitution and of Section 4 of Article I of the
California Constitution to free exercise of religion and enjoyment of religion
without discrimination or preference; and
WHEREAS: Throughout American history, California Democrats have been early at the lead against discrimination and for the protection of the rights and liberties of the American people, and our State Democratic Party most recently took a strong position against amending the Constitution of the United States to single out groups of Americans for discrimination.
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic Party stands
against discrimination in any form and in support of equal rights for all
families; and
THEREFORE
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the California Democratic
Party supports public policies guaranteeing civil marriage equality for all people who choose
to make a marriage commitment as a couple with full rights, responsibilities,
privileges and protections that are conveyed by full legal marital status
within the marriage license requirements.
Submitted
by: the LGBT Caucus; State Senator Joseph Dunn; Desert
Stonewall Democrats;
Riverside County Central Committee; San Diego Democratic Club; Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento;
13th Assembly
District Committee; 16th
Assembly District Committee; 14th
Assembly District Steering
Committee
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Adopted
by the Resolutions Committee
At
Its 2005 State Convention
Los
Angeles Convention Center
April
16, 2005
Support
the Demands of Caregivers at
Sutter
Health Hospitals
WHEREAS: In recent months, many of California's hospital systems have embarked on a new direction, in conjunction with hands-on patient caregivers, to serve the best interests of patients, health care employees, and the community-at-large by agreeing to new system-wide contracts with the members of United Health Care Workers that establish a core set of community standards, most significantly: a real voice for caregivers to ensure safe staffing, with third-party resolution of staffing disputes; a training and upgrading fund to address workforce shortages, improve quality, and meet our communities changing health care needs; pension improvements and retiree health benefits to retain career caregivers; and the right to choose a union and seek a voice at work without employer interference; and
WHEREAS: There is one glaring exception to the constructive social compact that has been achieved between hospitals, patients, caregivers, and the community; Sutter Health; and which alone has rejected these basic community standards and continued to put profits before patients; and
WHEREAS: By imposing substandard working conditions at the expense of quality patient care, shirking its charity care obligations, price-gouging the uninsured, and exercising its enormous market power to drive up costs for all of us, Sutter Health has aggressively led our health care system in the wrong direction.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party stands together with Sutter Health's dedicated caregivers - the members of United Health Care Workers – at all Sutter facilities across California, as they fight for a contract that would hold Sutter Health to community standards and reverse Sutter's corporate agenda by putting patients first
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party calls on Sutter to resume good faith negotiations without delay toward a collective bargaining agreement that encompasses the industry-wide workforce standards critical to ensure quality patient care, and encourages the State Democratic Party to take all necessary steps to support all Democratic elected officials who stand with United Health Care Workers in their fight to hold Sutter to community standards.
Submitted
by the San Francisco County Central Committee
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
WHEREAS:
At $6.75 per hour, the current minimum wage punishes hard work and it is so low that it prevents families from becoming independent and self-sufficient, and increasing the minimum wage will reward work by making it pay more than welfare; andWHEREAS: The majority of the nearly 3 million minimum wage workers are adult primary breadwinners in their families and many are immigrants; and the typical worker at or near the minimum wage is an adult who is permanently attached to the labor force, and 85% of these workers are age 20 or older, and 63% are full-time workers, and women and immigrants make up the bulk of minimum wage workers in our state, and according to a 2002 report by the California Department of Industrial Relations, “though 28 percent of California’s labor force is Hispanic, 55 percent of affected workers claim Hispanic origin, and similarly, 45 percent of California’s labor force is female, while 53 percent of the population affected by the 2001 minimum wage increase is female, and minimum wage workers perform some of the most important jobs in our society, including adding to our economy as homecare workers, nursing home workers, childcare workers, farm workers, restaurant workers, recycling center workers, salespersons, cooks, and many other professions; and
WHEREAS: Executive CEO pay increases while the minimum wage continues to fall, and for the minimum wage to match the purchasing power it had in 1968, it would have to be $9.00 per hour, and if it had kept up with productivity gains, it would be over $25.00 today, and, according to Business Week, the average CEO of a major corporation made 42 times the average hourly worker’s pay in 1980, 85 times in 1990 and a staggering 531 times in 2000; and this stagnation in the purchasing power of the California minimum wage has made it very difficult for workers to afford basic necessities such as housing and health care, and the California minimum wage of $6.75 only covers 34% of the cost of a two-bedroom apartment, while Oregon’s wage of $7.25 covers 51%, Washington’s wage of $7.35 covers 51%, and Alaska’s wage of $7.15 covers 42%
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party reaffirms its long-standing commitment to ensuring that hard-working Californians are paid a fair minimum wage with regular increases to offset the growing cost-of-living
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party supports raising the state minimum wage and indexing it to the national inflation rate.
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
WHEREAS: The Democratic Party under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the fight to establish Social Security as a fully guaranteed United State government insurance benefit that serves as an insurance supplement to private pension plans; a survivor benefit for spouses and minor children; a solve source of income for many seniors; and a protection for individuals with disabilityand workers disabled on the job; and
WHEREAS: President George W. Bush has embarked on a "privatization" plan that is really a smokescreen to subsidize the stock market and Republican interests with full knowledge that privatization will not increase the longevity or solvency of Social Security and will result in trillions of dollars of debt and interest payments to be paid future generations who will be left with only risky, unsecured stock market investments; and Bush has used his Social Security political appointees to direct agency employees and resources to promote his plan; and
WHEREAS: Democrats in Congress know that by raising the $90,000 income cap we will increase the longevity of Social Security far beyond the Congressional Budget Office's projected date of solvency of 2052, thus maintaining the "promise and protection" of Social Security for generations of future Americans living in uncertain times
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party opposes the Bush plan to privatize Social Security via crisis politics and scare tactics, and supports the raising of the income cap and other adjustments to address the issue of solvency and longevity for this vital and uniquely American program
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That all Democrats and fair-minded Americans whose grandparents worked to establish and maintain the promise and protection of Social Security stand up and be counted in opposition to the "gambling and game-playing" of privatization.
Submitted
by: City of Alameda Demo
Club; Lake
County Central Committee.; Madera
CCC.; Mendocino
CCC.; Sacramento
CCC.;
San Benito
CCC.; San
Diego CCC; San
Luis Obispo; 1st
Assembly District Committee.; 5th
AD Cmte.; 6th
AD Cmte.; 13th
AD Cmte.; 14th
AD Cmte.; 16th
AD Cmte.; 19th
AD Cmte.; 33th
AD Cmte.; 38th
AD Cmte.; Democratic Club of Central Orange Co.; Democratic
Club of Coarsegold; Democratic
Club of Oakhurst; Democratic Club of San Fernando Valley; Democrats
of North Orange Co.; Northern
Solano Democratic Club; Lake
Co. Democratic Club; Rio
Vista Democratic Club; San
Mateo Co Democracy for America; Ukiah
Valley Democratic Club; Wellstone
Democratic Club
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
REJECT
BOLTON & NEGROPONTE NOMINATIONS
WHEREAS: President Bush's nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has shown nothing but contempt for the United Nations throughout his entire career and has demonstrated a disturbing propensity to politicize the intelligence-gathering process by making false claims about weapons programs in Cuba and then trying to have an intelligence analyst punished for disagreeing with his incorrect views; and
WHEREAS: President Bush's nominee for Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte had close ties with Honduran strongman General Gustavo Alvarez who was directly linked to the infamous death squads which killed thousands of people in Central America in the 1980's. Negroponte also encouraged illegal, covert activity and was engaged in a policy of deception as to his activities in Central America and the extent of the death squads and their support by the United States; and
WHEREAS: Both Bolton and Negroponte represent the worst possible choices for the United States as we work to repair our relationships with our allies and rebuild our image around the world and also work to clean up and repair the credibility of our intelligence agencies.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party calls upon U.S. Senators to do their duty and oppose the nominations of Bolton and Negroponte
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to every Democratic U.S. Senator.
Submitted
by Patrick Henry Demo
Club
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 200
OPPOSING
DR-CAFTA
WHEREAS : The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the blueprint for subsequent U.S. trade agreements, has negatively impacted both workers and the environment in the United States, Mexico and Canada; and
WHEREAS : NAFTA's Chapter 11 on Investor Protections has been used to challenge legitimate labor, environmental and public health laws in all three member countries and the Bush Administration has included nearly identical provisions in the Dominican Republican-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), despite a clear, bipartisan mandate in Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) of 2002 to revise investor rules; and
WHEREAS : Bush's CR-CAFTA, despite claims that the agreement constitutes a development strategy, contains provisions on investment, services, and government procurement that would make it virtually impossible for local governments to respond to democratic initiatives to design and implement sustainable and equitable development programs
Therefore
be it resolved:
That the California Democratic Party calls on Democratic members of
Congress to develop a forward-looking, pro-democracy trade policy that
distinguishes our approach to international trade from that of the GOP, as one
that contains the Democratic Party's core values of a strong economy, strong
environment, and strong sense of community, as well as individual freedom in
the framework of a just society, and political freedom in the framework of
meaningful participation by all citizens.
Submitted by Santa Clara County Central Committee
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
WHEREAS:
In March 2003
President George W. Bush,
without meeting the conditions imposed by Congress in the Joint Resolution to
Authorize the Use of
United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, took the nation to war without
sufficient resources or plans to conduct such a war, drawing many Californians in all branches and components of the service into indefinite service and
endless conflict, yet requiring no sacrifice from any citizens not called to
service; and
WHEREAS:
The legislative
initiatives and federal policies designed to support our California troops and their families have consistently
fallen short, by failing
to provide quick and complete pay services, medical care, job protection,
pre-deployment training, and post-deployment rehabilitation follow-up services; and
WHEREAS:
The Governor of the
State of California is both the elected leader of all Californians in uniform, regardless of service or component, and is the Commander-in-Chief of
the California National Guard, and in that position owes due faith and service
to all California service persons
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party calls on all Californians, the Governor, and the State Legislature to support our California troops, regardless of cost, by immediately providing all services that the federal government has failed to provide, including pay support, immediate medical services to service persons and their families, firm job guarantees, post-deployment training, including tuition waivers and other assistance outside Prop. 98, and rehabilitation
THEREFORE BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That the California
Democratic Party requests
an end to this particular discrimination in services experienced by the Reserve
and National Guard.
Submitted
by: Sandy Cook, 33rd
AD; Art Hicks, 33rd
AD; Russ
Weed, 33rd AD;
Bob
Handy, Region 10 Director; Clark
McCartney, Veterans Caucus Chair;
25
DSCC Members
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Adopted by the Resolutions Committee
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
WHEREAS: The Bush Administration using false intelligence estimates, misled the country into an illegal, unnecessary and unwise invasion and occupation of Iraq, against a country that had neither attacked nor posed an immediate threat to the United States, thus jeopardizing our national security; and
WHEREAS: As a result of that action, more than 1,500 American troops have been killed and more than 10,000 other brave Americans have been maimed or injured, and tens of thousands of Iraqis, including many innocent civilians, have also lost their lives, been injured, and seen their property and country’s infrastructure destroyed; and
WHEREAS: The invasion and occupation have created a severe burden on our economy, stretched the capacity of our armed forces including Reserve and National Guard troops who are serving unexpectedly long and difficult tours in Iraq, and continues to cause deep concern at home and abroad about the policies and intentions of the United States to the point where the United States is widely regarded with suspicion, hostility and distrust, and elections in Iraq confirmed that Iraqis wish the United States to withdraw
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party calls for termination of the occupation at the earliest possible time with the withdrawal of American troops, coupled with the creation of an international body that can assist the Iraqi people in freely and peacefully determining their own future, and that we participate in multi-lateral reconstruction.
Submitted by: 3rd AD Comm.; 5th AD Comm.; 13th AD Comm.; 16th AD Comm.; 18th AD Comm.; 21st AD Comm.; 27th AD Comm.; 28th AD Comm.; 33rd AD Comm.; 35th AD Comm.; 38th AD Comm.; 41st AD Comm.; 42nd AD Comm.; 45th AD Comm.; 68th AD Comm.; 69th AD Comm.; 4th AD Steering Comm.; City of Alameda Demo Club; Marin CCC; San Benito CCC; San Mateo CCC; Malibu Demo Club; West Orange Demo Club; Valley Dems United; Dem Club of Conejo Valley; Progressive Dems of America & LA; DSCC members, Ruth Group; Progressive Demo;
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005
STEROIDS
WHEREAS: Steroids
and other performance-enhancing substances used by students and professional
athletes have been medically linked to teenage suicides, premature death, cancer
and severe respiratory ailments; and
WHEREAS: Over
20,000 of California’s 700,000 student athletes have used steroids and many
more have used dietary supplements; and
WHEREAS: Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation in 2004 to set up programs to train
high school coaches on how to stop student athletes from relying on use of
dangerous steroids and other performance enhancing substances
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That
the California Democratic Party fully supports, for the health and safety of all
students, the continued ban on steroids without a prescription and the
imposition of a ban on the use of ephedra, bitter orange, and DHEA, except when
prescribed by California-licensed practitioners of Oriental or traditional
medicine
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That
the California Democratic Party calls upon the Governor to support with his pen,
his signature on legislation to help school coaches protect the athletes who
depend on them; and, furthermore, to support with his personal participation in
a campaign against the use of steroids and dangerous performance-enhancing
substances.
Submitted by State Senator Jackie Speier
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Adopted by the California Democratic Party
At Its 2005 State Convention
Los Angeles Convention Center
April 17, 2005