We regret to inform you that despite everyone’s best efforts, Governor Johnson, now the LP presidential nominee, will not be able to attend our county convention on June 2nd due to a scheduling conflict.

Still, the convention will occur as planned and we do have one of the best speaker lineups we’ve had in quite some time.  Be prepared to be inspired by, among others,  the words of:
                                                                                                              Kevin Takenaga, LP of California, State Chair
Mark W. Rutherford, Immediate Past Vice-Chair of LNC
Steve Collett, current Congressional Candidate for the 33rd district
Forest Baker, on behalf of the Johnson/Gray campaign
and our keynote speaker,
Ed Clark,  1980 LP Presidential candidate (highest vote total ever for LP presidential nominee!)                                                                                                

Saturday, June 2, 2012
12pm to 4pm
at the fabulous San Antonio Winery – The Vintage Room
located at 737 Lamar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Join fellow Libertarians for an afternoon of great speakers, a winery tour, and wine tasting!!!

Advance ticket price is $20 per person (includes speakers, winery tour, and wine tasting) and are expected to sellout fast.

Price at door will be $25 per person.

Tickets may be ordered online at

http://lplac2012convention.eventbrite.com/

or you may send a check* with your complete name, address, email, phone number, number of tickets requested (5 max per person) and corresponding amount payable to:

LPLAC at P.O. Box 66808, Los Angeles, CA 90066-0808

*TICKETS ORDERED BY MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, MAY 25,2012

If you would like further information or to volunteer to assist with this event, please contact Nancy Zardeneta at libertyzealot@gmail.com or (323) 697-0983.

In addition to our guest speakers, we will be holding our annual elections so it is most important that you come, make your voice heard and vote count!  Only dues paying members may be delegates to vote in LPLAC elections.

Our organization is growing in numbers!  And with this new growth, there is a call for more of us to become involved in our day to day operation.  Each of these positions will require anywhere from a few hours per week to less than a few hours per month, depending on the position and your availability, of course!If you see something that screams YOU, send us an email with your interest and qualifications toLPLACounty@gmail.com.We’d love have to you on board!     FREEDOM IS CALLING!
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CENTRAL L.A. REGIONAL CHAIR
-Duties include, but are not limited to:  Developing a strong, positive and proactive LP presence in the region that includes Hollywood & downtown, and scheduling one monthly mixer/meeting with a speaker if possible, preferably the 4th Wednesday evening of every month.COUNTY CONVENTION ASSISTANTS
-Duties may include:  Helping convention coordinator Nancy Zardaneta with the planning, preparation, setup and breakdown of annual convention scheduled for June 2nd of this year at the San Antonio Winery.DELEGATION COORDINATOR
-Duties include, but not limited to:  Ensuring maximum number of delegates from our county attend the national convention at Red Rock Resort from May 2 – 6 in Las Vegas, maintaining track of our delegation at the national convention with a detailed list of delegates and developing a system of communication among the delegates.  Will work closely with county chair.  Must be proficient in computer/internet skills as well as EXCEL or similar spreadsheet software.E-NEWSLETTER REPORTERS
-Duties may include:  Attending local events that may be of interest to libertarians, taking pictures of the events, and submitting them along with a brief synopsis to the e-newsletter editor for the upcoming monthly issue.FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR
-Duties include:  Developing and executing plans to raise funds for local campaigns, operating expenses as well as for specific purposes/projects.  Must have prior experience in political fundraising.JOURNAL STAFF WRITERS
-Duties include:  Writing and submitting four libertarian related articles per year, to appear in the quarterly L.A. Libertarian Journal issued every season.JOURNAL EDITORS
-Duties may include:  Assisting editor-in-chief in preparation, financing, publishing and distribution of quarterly L.A. Libertarian Journal.MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH DIRECTOR
-Duties include:  Working with spreadsheets in order to identify and contact past members, current members, and potential members. Will work closely with and under supervision of county chair.  Must have proficiency in EXCEL or similar spreadsheet software, and internet skills.MERCHANDISE DIRECTOR
-Duties include, but not limited to:   Developing, producing, ordering, stocking, selling and keeping track of LPLAC merchandise such as T-shirts, polo shirts, hats, etc.  Will work closely with regional chairs to distribute merchandise.  Prior experience preferred, but not necessary.

RESEARCHER(S)
-Duties include:   Using the internet (and phone, if necessary) to determine the different offices, bureaus, boards, departments, agencies, bureaucracies, etc. that compose L.A. county & local city governments along with their relevant information such as term of office, positions available, and dates of any upcoming elections/appointments.  Will work closely with Campaigns Committee chair. Must be proficient in computer/internet skills including EXCEL or similar spreadsheet software.

WEBSITE SUPERVISOR
- Duties include, but are not limited to:  Ensuring county website is continually updated & improved, fully functional, informative, modern, easy to use, secure, useful, responsive to inquiries, accepts donations/renewals, etc.  Will work closely with and under supervision of county chair.  Must be proficient in computer/internet skills including WordPress software.

If we weren’t already fortunate enough to have had the state convention in the lovely county just to the west of us, the national convention (which only takes place every two years) will be held this year in neighboring Nevada, Las Vegas to be exact!  Indeed, from May 2nd through the 6th, Libertarians from all over the country will come together at the unbelievable Red Rock Resort & Casino, minutes off the Las Vegas strip.  Our great state is expected to have the largest delegation present with over 100 delegates!  Will you be one of them? The next convention is in 2014 in Ohio.  Best make this one instead!  Plus, we’ll be selecting our presidential nominee, as well as our national chairperson this time around!  For more info and to book your reservation, go now to http://www.libertywillwin.com/ and we’ll see you in Vegas!  We’re counting on you!


The Libertarian Party of California held its annual state convention the weekend of March 2nd through the 4th at the breathtaking penthouse of the Crowne Plaza Hotel right on the beach in Ventura!  Well over 70 delegates (and many more visitors from all over the state & country) assembled to discuss and rule on important party issues as well as to hear inspiring and well known libertarian speakers over delicious meals.  It is worth mentioning that Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico won the presidential straw poll with 72% of votes against several noteworthy competitors. Next year’s convention is planned for Sacramento so we’ve never had it as good as we did this time around.  Well, maybe in 2014… Read below.  In the meantime, here are some of the pics from this year’s fabulous weekend in Ventura.
 Thanks to Dana McLorn & crew for the best state convention EVER!

What are your plans for the weekend of March 2nd through the 4th?   Many of us will be spending those crucial days at the gorgeous Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ventura county (less than an hour away from Los Angeles) where that county’s top notch LP will play host to the California Libertarian Party’s most important event of the year, the annual state convention.  As this will be a year in which we select our presidential nominee as well as our national chair, this will be a convention for the ages.  Trust us, you will not be disappointed by the attendees/speakers!   For further info or to register while there is still time, go RIGHT NOW to http://ca.lp.org/2012-lpc-convention.  You’ll be kicking yourself later if you don’t make it!  We’ll see you in a few weeks in Ventura!

Not one to miss a beat, Stephen Collett, congressional candidate and treasurer of the current REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE WINE INITIATIVE held yet another successful fundraiser on January 22nd at his lovely home in Hermosa Beach.  Once again, we’ll let the pictures do the talking!
The only question we have is, where were you?

On January 21st, the Libertarian Party of California celebrated its third annual and most successful southern regional conference to date at Geezers Restaurant in Santa Fe Springs.  At least a dozen speakers that included Gary Chartier, Steve Collett, Chelsea Krafve, Akinaw Bulcha, Gail Lightfoot, Lanny Swerdlow, Stephen P. Downing among others and headlined by the Hon. Jim Gray (ret.) inspired a near capacity room.  Here are the pics to prove it!


Thanks to all who made it and had a great time!

January 21st is the date reserved for the Libertarian Party of California’s Southern Regional Conference at Geezers Restaurant in Santa Fe Springs.  This annual conference, which grows in size each year, will bring together all the county LP parties in Southern California.

Indeed, LPLAC as well as the LP’s of Ventura, and San Bernandino counties have already confirmed their attendance at this all day event, where Hon. Judge Jim Gray (ret.) is scheduled to be the keynote speaker in our push to REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE WINE this coming November.  To RSVP for this event please click on http://www.facebook.com/events/107051086075695/or for more info, contact Bill Lopez at billlopez1971@gmail.com.

Jan 102012

I trust you found your holidays lovely and rewarding. It is good to be reminded of all that we are fighting for when we defend freedom against those who perpetually wish to take it. I am confident that this year will be a historic and unchartered one for our party, full of events as outlined in this winter’s Libertarian Journal, and I hope that you will find the time to be a part of it.

Indeed, if you are a paid up member of our state party, and thus our county party, then you should have received your quarterly journal for this winter season by now. If you did not, please contact your regional chair for a copy and the state office to ensure that they have your proper mailing address on file.

Godspeed…

Carlos A. Rodriguez, Esq.

As the year draws to its inevitable conclusion, it is a proper that we reflect on what we and liberty have gone through in the past twelve months.  First the good news: We are undergoing a transformation of our local & state party which I know by now, if you are reading this, you have felt.  Make no mistake.  California is the premiere State in the LP, and I, as well as several others, are committed to making Los Angeles the premiere county in California.  All signs indicate we are headed in the right direction.  

Now the bad news:  As Jefferson succinctly noted:  “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground” and 2011 has been no exception.  If you have been paying attention, then you know that not a couple of weeks have gone by without some type of new law, regulation or flagrant violation of our liberties.

No doubt we are less free than we were in 2010, and the pattern continues.

This is why it is so important that YOU become active in this cause.  2012 may or may not be Liberty’s last stand, but I guarantee there will be a historic battle between the forces of freedom and statism. We need every able bodied member of our team, and I’m counting on you!  In the immortal words of Sam Adams: “It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

In the meantime, enjoy this special time of the year with those you love most, and rest up.  We’re going to need it.   I remain…
humbly yours,
Carlos A. Rodriguez, Esq.

 

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