Voter Guide

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VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUNE 5, 2012 ELECTION

JUNE 5, 2012 hhdc ENDORSEMENTS

We support Torie Osborn because she is an independent, grass roots candidate. The party machine is not behind her because they know she will not be a “yes” person for their deals. Torie has always stood up for the tough causes and the people that get pushed aside. The best thing we can do to make a change in our state government is elect someone who is an activist and will not play politics as usual. Even if you are not in her district, check out her web site and lend a hand.

You matter, you’re not alone when you are reading this, over 120,000 people have visited this site in less than two months. The readers of this site turned the tide and put long shot Bennett Kayser on the LAUSD Board, we can do it with Osborn. She is not a long shot, she is in a tight race with the “Party Politics as usual” candidates - we can make the difference.

Osborn’s statement on her activism and experience:

For more than 40 years, I’ve worked for social justice, and, over and over again, I’ve seen the impossible become the possible. That’s what gives me hope that we can turn the tide in California. My generation fought for Civil Rights. We were the first in history to stop a war. We launched the feminist and environmental movements that have changed our lives forever. My own leadership was forged at the forefront of the gay and lesbian movement in the late ‘80s and ‘90s. We survived the agony of AIDS by coming out of the closet to reinvent health care activism, and then winning over hearts and minds on LGBT rights. For eight years, I ran the Liberty Hill Foundation, one of America’s most highly regarded non-profit organizations. We implemented a leading-edge program that increased voter turnout by almost 100,000; quadrupled funding for visionary leaders organizing their neighborhoods for better schools, safety and jobs; and helped put “environmental justice” on the regional and national agendas. After joining L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s cabinet in 2006, I worked to bring together diverse stakeholders to advance regional solutions to homelessness. I’m proud of the legacy that I left there by creating the Office of Strategic Partnerships, a unique program through which government and philanthropy join together to bring know-how and resources to deal with poverty.