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October 14, 2025 Meeting

Fresno Stonewall Democrats will meet on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 5:30 PM, at Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant. We start with a thirty minute social so everyone has time to greet each other, exchange information or flyers, and order dinner and drinks before the meeting. We call to order at 6:00 PM, make introductions, and proceed with our agenda.

If you can’t attend in person we Zoom most of our meetings. Find the Zoom link on our website at https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/links/ or on our LinkTree page.

Prop 50 continues to prompt discussion and debate. This month we have Ryan Trabuco, President of San Diego Democrats for Equality, zooming into our meeting to talk about it.

About our speaker:
Ryan Trabuco (he/him/his) is the President of San Diego Democrats for Equality, recently named as the 2023 Democratic Club of the Year by the San Diego County Democratic Party. He was publicly elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024 as a member of the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee. He also serves as an Executive Board Member of the California Democratic Party’s State Central Committee.

During the day, he works as Executive Assistant to Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. Previously, he worked for the Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the President pro Tempore of the California Sate Senate, and for an Orange County Supervisor. During his time working for the County of San Diego, he was elected Vice Chair of the County’s LGBTQ&A Employee Resource Group. In 2022, he was appointed by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria to serve on the City’s Human Relations Commission. He is a licensed Notary Public, and a graduate of the Young Professionals Council Academy at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

Meeting Info:
All Democrats are welcome to attend meetings regardless of membership status but we hope you’ll decide to join (only $20 per year) and participate in club meetings and activities. New members must wait 28 days before they are eligible to vote on any club business.

The agenda and minutes will be available soon in the Google Drvie. You can access those files and more at https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs.

July 8, 2025 Meeting

Fresno Stonewall Democrats will meet on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 5:30 PM, at Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant. We start with a thirty minute social so everyone has time to greet each other, exchange information or flyers, and order dinner and drinks before the meeting. We call to order at 6:00 PM, make introductions, and proceed with our agenda.

Guest Speaker: Greg Little, he/him, president elect of the Tower District Rotary Club of Fresno and retired peace officer.

Tower Rotary started mid 2022, with a group of people interested in creating an inclusive and diverse Rotary group in Tower. Tower is its own special vibe and we wanted our membership to reflect that. We were one of the 1st lgbtq inclusive Rotary groups in CA outside of SF. There are now two more, in Texas and Utah, and more starting up.

Officially chartered Jan 2023. We currently have about 30 members ranging in age from 20’s to 50’s. This is an unusual age group for Rotary, but it has been exciting. Rotary leadership has been very excited to have a young, fun group that’s doing things a little different than normal.

Rotary’s focus is “service above self.” Which we apply by partnering with other Tower organizations and service groups to provide help wherever needed. Rotary has historically been known for money and a source of financing projects. We changed that to focusing on physically helping others and keeping our costs down.

The agenda and minutes will be available soon in the Google Drvie. You can access those files and more at https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs.

Latest Endorsements and October Meeting Recap

Please see our Endorsements Page for a full list of all club endorsements and positions:
https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/endorsements/

Meeting Recap:

At our most recent meeting on October 8th we heard from London Taylor via Zoom on Prop 33 and Prop 34. Back in August we heard from three candidates asking for endorsement by our club and two of them came back this month to speak again about their campaigns.  All three candidates have completed and submitted our Questionnaire. Members in good standing voted by secret ballot and endorsed the following candidates for the November election:

  • Kevin Arias-Romero for Mendota School Board
  • Esmeralda Hurtado for Sanger City Council
  • Reyna Medrano for Sanger Mayor

Members also voted to take the following positions on these ballot measures:

  • Prop 3: Yes
  • Prop 33: Yes
  • Prop 34: No

Endorsement selections are decided by club members in good standing in accordance with our club bylaws.

At this meeting we also heard from Brian Poth of The Source LGBTQ Resource Center in Visalia, who filled us in on services and events hosted by the Center, including the monthly Rainbow Mixer and Saturday’s Pride Celebration in Visalia.