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Shared Interest Group Announcements

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At our meeting May 6th, we heard from Alicia Fernandez. Steering Committee providing a link to that meeting.
Commissioner Fernandez is one of fourteen commissioners (5 We post current information to our CRI Group page
Republicans, 5 Democrats and 4 No Party Preference) on California’s www.theclubatwestparkca.com/CRI/.
Citizen’s Redistricting Commission (CRC). The CRC is charged with
Club Crafters
redrawing the lines of the districts for State Senate, Assembly, and the
Board of Equalization. The Commissioner presented a slide show as she With California set to open June 15th, hopefully we will
explained what the Commission does and process it goes through to draw be back at The Retreat in a few weeks. Join us every
new districts based on the latest census. Tuesday on Zoom chatting and continuing to work on our
Having an independent Citizen’s Commission to draw the district lines projects while enjoying the company of our friends and
will ensure a fair process. In the past when re-districting lines were neighbors. Whether you knit, crochet, color, draw, paint,
drawn by the political party, the lines would be drawn to favor the party do needlework, card or jewelry making, it’s a good time to complete
in power. The CRC will use the Census to determine where to draw the unfinished projects.
lines. This is done every 10 years because communities change, people Our ongoing project is making blankets for Sacramento Blankets for
are born, die or move away. Sacramento Kids. SBSK provides handmade blankets to children in the
Redistricting has been used in the past to exclude communities from Sacramento and Placer Counties, in addition to State and National
political power. By fully participating in and monitoring the upcoming emergencies. The blankets are distributed to children in homeless
redistricting process, more communities may have a better opportunity to shelters, hospitals, schools, etc. We accept knitted, crocheted, sewn,
elect candidates of their choice who will voice their needs and interest. quilted, and no-sew fleece blankets from the community for donation.
The line drawing must follow these weighted criteria in order when We continue to give to Sacramento Shriners Hospital. Every year
drawing district maps: Shriners has a wish list of items they need; anyone in the community is
1. Equal Population welcome to contribute. All of these are great projects to give back to the
2. Voting Rights Act community while doing something fun with your neighbors. If you have
3. Contiguity craft items to donate, crafters are happy to take them. For more
4. Communities of Interest information about our group, projects, or to donate items, contact Denise
5. Geographically Compact Caputo at 916-782-1663 or email dgcaputo@surewest.net.
6. Nesting Districts
The place of residence of any incumbent or political candidate may NOT Club Trekkers
be considered in the creation of a map and districts may not be drawn
for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against an incumbent, The Club Trekkers will look to The Club’s Board for guidance regarding
political candidate, or political party. the resumption of activities sponsored by HOA. Until The Club’s Board
You can provide your input at: DrawMyCACommunity.org or send an provides guidance hikes are being conducted by a group of dedicated
email to VotersFirstAct@crc.ca.gov hikers. Email Mark Moore, marklmm@aol.com, to be included in
The commission has until December 15th to submit its maps to the CA emails. Getting outside for a walk or hike helps your physical and
Secretary of State due to the delay in the release of census results. For mental health
more information, please visit WeDrawTheLinesCA.org. Club Veterans
Our second speaker was Nick Nelson, field representative for Turning
Point USA. Mr. Nelson provided interesting videos depicting TPUSA By golly it looks like summer is already here and still very little going on
representatives and activities on various campuses. For those who at The Club. Hopefully things will change now that many of us have
missed the meeting, links to those videos were provided to CRI members been vaccinated and ready to engage. Meanwhile the Club Veteran’s are
by email. on stand by. It has been decided that our board will begin some
Turning Point USA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2012 preliminary planning for potentially the balance of the year, if we are
by Charlie Kirk. The organization’s mission is to identify, educate, train, allowed to re-engage in our past activities anytime soon.
and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, Just maybe I will not have to write about “nothing” anymore? Besides
and limited government. Turning Point USA believes that every young I’m running out of ideas as it pertains to writing about “nothing”. I never
person can be enlightened to true free market values. knew that doing nothing could be so difficult. And yet it seems I excel at
Since its founding, Turning Point USA has embarked on a mission to it beyond my wildest dreams. Go figure?
build the most organized, active, and powerful conservative grassroots
activist network on high school and college campuses across the country. Club at WestPark Democrats
With a presence on over 2,500 campuses, Turning Point USA is the Presidents in recent history have signed into law important pieces of
largest and fastest-growing youth organization in America. legislation that have benefited us for decades thereafter. Many of these
WHAT THEY BELIEVE: The United States of America is the greatest laws were signed in summer months, and many were signed by
country in the history of the world. Democratic Presidents.
The US Constitution is the most exceptional political document ever In August 1935, FDR signed into law the Social Security Act. By the
written. Capitalism is the most moral and proven economic system ever 1930’s, the US was the only modern industrial nation without any
discovered. national system of social security. This ‘old-age’ program reduced
CRI will host Placer County Supervisor, Bonnie Gore, at our next elderly poverty dramatically. According to the Social Security
meeting, June 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Look for an email to members from the Administration, 50% of married couples and 70% of unmarried people
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