Members of Fresno Stonewall Democrats met Tuesday, April 12, 2022 to decide on candidate endorsements for the upcoming June Primary Election. We are pleased to announce the following endorsements:

FEDERAL ENDORSEMENTS

U.S. Senator: Alex Padilla
U.S. Congressional District 20: Marisa Wood
U.S. Congressional District 21: Jim Costa

STATE ENDORSEMENTS

CA Governor: Gavin Newsom
CA Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
CA Secretary of State: Dr. Shirley Weber
CA Attorney General: Rob Bonta
CA Treasurer: Fiona Ma
CA Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
CA State Controller: Ron Galperin
CA Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
CA Board of Equalization D1: Braden Murphy
CA Senate District 12: Susanne Gundy
CA Senate District 14: Anna Caballero
CA Assembly District 27: Esmeralda Soria
CA Assembly District 31: Joaquin Arambula

CITY & COUNTY OF FRESNO ENDORSEMENTS

Fresno Co. Board of Supervisors District 1: Brian Pacheco
Fresno Co. Board of Supervisors District 4: José Ramírez
Fresno City Council District 1: Annalisa Perea
Fresno City Council District 3: Miguel Arias
Fresno City Council District 5: Luis Chavez
Fresno City Council District 7: Nelson Esparza

Please join us on Zoom for our meeting this Tuesday (4/12/22) at 5:30 PM. Current members in good standing for at least 30 days will be voting to endorse candidates for the June Primary Election. If you’re a paid member of the Fresno Stonewall Democratic Club we urge you you to participate in this endorsement process.

Discussion of current events and hot topics will be during the first 30 minutes “social segment” of our meeting, and then we will call to order at 6:00pm to handle club business and conduct our endorsement voting.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Kat Fobear, CSUF Gender Studies, Trans-E-Motion

Details here: https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/event/monthly-meeting-2022-04-12

Announcement from Fresno Rainbow Pride
(posted to Facebook Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 9:44am)

With the blessing of his husband Juan, and with the call to bring us all together in comfort, we will be having a Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of our friend and leader, Jeffery Robinson this Saturday in the Tower District.

All are welcome to join us on the NE corner of Wishon and Olive Avenues in the Chicken Pie Shop parking lot at 11:30am.

We’re asking all to come in their rainbow and Pride best, raise your flags if you have them and accessorize with eyeglasses just like Jeff.

More details to come as soon as they’re available.

*Please note that any funeral services are still in the planning stages and will be shared at the family’s discretion when confirmed.