League of Women Voters®
of North County San Diego
Making Democracy Work
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy.
Get Registered! Get Educated! Get Out and Vote!
Click on the calendar link on the left where you will find info and the Workbook to download for Thursday's County Council at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club. Come informed!
Our Annual Meeting is coming soon and we have a great speaker lined up. California State Assemblymember Rocky Chavez will be joining us to fill us in on what's happening in Sacramento from his perspective.
Meeting packets are in the mail and you can click here to register online now. We are offering a full breakfast, an exciting speaker and a short business meeting.
Come Join Us on June 8th at 9:15AM! This event is open to the public.
The LWV North County San Diego joined forces with LWV San Diego City to set up a highly-attended booth designed to entice both young and older participants to take part in two activities related to water. One side of the table asked people to vote for an alternate name for the toilet-to-tap project, a popular discussion item especially among young adults and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner when he stopped by. He cast his vote for Showers to Flowers his personal write-in choice.
The other side of the table appealed to families who would spin a wheel that landed on a question about water. Though the questions were challenging, the smiles and laughter were apparent when each child or adult was awarded with a potted home-grown succulent plant. The plants were a huge draw to the table, so when the young people and families stopped to look and spin the wheel, it kept them engaged enough to pick up some information about the League.
To continue the EarthFair fun, in case you missed visiting the LWV booth, we invite you to vote in our "re-name our water" election. View poll on GoPollGo and cast your vote. After you vote just close the window.
Do We Have to Take This Much Initiative?
We were pleased with the attendance at our panel discussion on the Initiative and Referendum process focusing on civil discourse. Pictured are our moderator from State League, Trudy Schafer; Glenn Smith, Professor of Law at Cal Western; Robert Stern, former president of the California Center for Governmental Studies; Thad Kousser, Political Science Professor at UCSD; and Joe Mathews, commentator and author of California Crack-up. A stimulating conversation.
If you missed it or want to see it again, click here to see video of this terrific event.
Civil Discourse is our League's issue for education and advocacy. To learn about our Civil Discourse programs follow this link.
If you can't be active we welcome your financial support. Click on the button below.
