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Visit the White House [RETURN]

The 1997 Presidential Inaugural: An American Journey

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Visit the Web site dedicated to President Bill Clinton's and Vice President Al Gore's Inaugurations for their second terms!

President Bill Clinton!  [E-MAIL]

Vice President Al Gore, Jr.  [E-MAIL]

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton  [E-MAIL]

For VOICE messages->
White House Comment Line: (202) 456-1111


The United States Senate [RETURN]

Democratic Senate Campaign Committee

(Always include your Home Street Address in e-mail to your Senators.)

Senator Dianne Feinstein  [E-MAIL]

Senator Barbara Boxer  [E-MAIL]

For VOICE messages to ANY Senator or Member of Congress->
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121


The House of Representatives [RETURN]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

(Get involved! We MUST win back the Congress in 1998!)

House Democratic Leadership

 [Dick Gephardt's Outrage of the Week]
Read Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt's "Outrage of the Week!"

House Democratic Caucus

The California Delegation [RETURN]

(Always include your Home Street Address in e-mail to your Representatives.)

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, 35th CD

Congresswoman Jane Harman, 36th CD  [E-MAIL] Friends' WEB Site!

Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, 37th CD

Symbol of the California Democratic Party ---> Star & California Grizzly Bear


Democrats in Sacramento

California Statewide Offices [RETURN]

(We have just added the Statewide section -- we will complete this list soon.)

California State Senate [RETURN]

Senate Democratic Caucus

DEMOCRATS ONLINE
(Senate Democrat's Web site sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Bill Lockyer. The URL says that it's an FTP site, but it's really a full-blown Web site with LOTS of information.)

Senate Democratic Guideposts
Sign up to receive information by e-mail on topics important to you, including Crime and the Judiciary, Diversity and Citizenship, Education, Election Reform, the Environment, Family & Youth , Health Care, Housing and Labor. Read the "How to Subscribe" articles in each area.

(Always include your Home Street Address in e-mail to your Legislators.)

Senator Teresa Hughes, 25th SD  [E-MAIL]

Senator Diane Watson, 26th SD  [E-MAIL]

Senator Betty Karnette, 27th SD

Senator Ralph C. Dills, 28th SD, Info

California State Assembly [RETURN]

(The State Assembly has a new, graphics-heavy, Web site for 1997. One new addition is the ability to determine your Assemblyperson from your street address! If your Web Browser notifies you of "Cookies," it might be best to turn the notification off, since the Assembly Web site now sets dozens_ of them.)

Assembly Democratic Caucus (Press Releases and Photos)

(The online magazine of the Assembly Democrats.)

The State Assembly Democrats upgraded their Web pages in April, 1997. They are now much faster to download. Please visit your local Democratic Assemblymember's Web site and say "Hi!"

Assemblyman Edward Vincent, 51st AD

Assemblyman Carl Washington, 52nd AD

Assemblywoman Debra Bowen, 53rd AD  [E-MAIL] Campaign Web site!

Assemblyman Dick Floyd, 55th AD

(Please visit our  [CAMPAIGNS] page for other Democratic candidates.)


Local Democratic Officeholders

(We have just added the local section -- it will take some
time to list all of the South Bay area Democratic officeholders here.
Please e-mail  [E-MAIL] us if you have any information, e-mail
addresses or Web sites, that we can list.)

Los Angeles County [RETURN]

District Attorney Gil Garcetti

County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Second District

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavski, Chair, Third District

South Bay L.A. Cities (listed alphabetically) [RETURN]

(We'll list Democratic officeholders in South Bay L.A. cities if they wish...)

City of Avalon, Catalina Island (Island Guide)

City of Carson, California

City of Compton, California

Culver City, California

City of Downey, California

City of El Segundo, California

City of Gardena, California

Community of Harbor City, California (see Los Angeles)

City of Hawthorne, California (SCAG listing)

City of Hermosa Beach, California

City of Inglewood, California (SCAG listing)

City of Lakewood, California

City of Lawndale, California (SCAG listing)

Community of Lennox, California (Lennox School District) (see L.A. County)

City of Lomita, California (SCAG listing)

City of Long Beach, California

City of Los Angeles, California

City of Lynwood, California (SCAG listing)

City of Manhattan Beach, California (SCAG listing) (Community Pages)

City of Palos Verdes Estates, California

City of Paramount, California (SCAG listing)

Community of Playa del Rey, California (see Los Angeles)

City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California

City of Redondo Beach, California (Redondo.com)

Councilman Bob Pinzler  [E-MAIL]

Zeke Zeidler  [E-MAIL] , President, Redondo Beach School Board

(Zeke is also the Chair of the California Democratic Party Children's Caucus)

City of Rolling Hills, California

City of Rolling Hills Estates, California

Community of San Pedro, California (see Los Angeles)

City of Signal Hill, California (SCAG listing)

City of South Gate, California (SCAG listing)

City of Torrance, California

Community of Wilmington, California (see Los Angeles)


The Democratic Party [RETURN]

The Democratic Party Online (Democratic National Committee -- DNC)

 [The DNC Daily News]
Keep up to date! Read the DNC's "The Daily News"!_ You can also subscribe to the "DNC News," which will be e-mailed to you by the DNC several times per week.

The DNC has links to Democratic sites all over the United States of America!

The 1996 Democratic National Convention -(old site)

The California Democratic Party (CDP)  [CDP Bear & Star]

 [CDP Talking Points]
Visit the CDP's Talking Points page, updated daily.

Just "follow the road signs." LOTS and LOTS of information, including position papers -- a very good resource for your newsletters. This site was the home of VICTORY '96 -- the very successful Coordinated Campaign of the CDP!

Steve Beale's Photo Essay on the Convention, focusing on the 53rd A.D. delegation.

New CDP Statewide & Regional Officers

The Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee (LACDCC)

The 53rd Assembly District Democratic Committee

Santa Barbara Democrats (Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee)

(a very informative Web site showing the advantage of several groups working together to provide content.)


Democratic Groups [RETURN]

Democratic Leadership Council / Progressive Policy Institute

(Co-founded by then-Governor Bill Clinton. Not very "progressive.")

CDC Forum (California Democratic Council -- see the article below)

CDC Website (on the Beach Cities Democratic Club Website)

California Young Democrats (links to YD groups around California) <NEW ADDRESS

Digitals' Democratic Party Activists

Digitals California Forum  [E-MAIL]

Democratic Party of the San Fernando Party (they're back!)


Democratic Clubs [RETURN]

Beach Cities Democratic Club --  [E-MAIL] -- (Our neighboring Club to the West.)

BCDC Democratic Links (Greg Anderson maintains the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of Democratic Clubs throughout the State of California here.)

Bruin Democrats (UCLA)  [E-MAIL] (UCLA Web site)

El Camino College Democratic Club (ECC Web site)

Gardena Valley Democratic Club ( You're here already ! )

The Friendly El Monte Democratic Club

Hawthorne-North Gardena 53rd Democratic Club

Mailbu Democratic Club
's Campaign '96 page

Marina-Mar Vista-Venice Democratic Club

Mark Twain Democratic Club of Whittier/La Mirada

Martin Luther King, Jr., Democratic Club

Mexican-American Democratic Club

Midway Democratic Club

New Frontier Democratic Club

Palos Verdes Peninsula Democratic Club

Progressive Democratic Club

Toro Democrats (CSU Dominguez Hills)

Torrance-Lomita-Carson Democratic Club
 [E-MAIL]

Trojan Democrats (University of Southern California)


Other Interesting Web Sites [RETURN]

(Please see  [ISSUES] for more Links to specific topics.)

@LA - Politics page

Lots of links to political entities around Los Angeles of every stripe! You'll find it here!

Veterans for Gore 2000 (was Veterans for Clinton/Gore '96)

Has one of the most comprehensive list of Links to Democratic Campaign Web sites. And visit the The American War Library , based in Gardena, for links to other veterans' and military groups and to find information on members of the military going back to the Revolutionary War.

People For the American Way

Protecting religious tolerance and our personal freedoms.

The IGC Progressive Directory (return to the Progressive Directory's Parties page)

Includes PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet, LaborNet and WomensNet and has links to a wide variety of other Web sites.

Working Assets Online NewsBite

Columnists have included Mario Cuomo, Marion Wright Edelman, Jim Hightower, Deb Price & Jesse Jackson, among others. Interesting features and information. Humor and cartoons.

Jim Warren's "Government Access"

California's & America's #1 cyberWatchdog -- lots of articles and information, but you have to dig to find stuff. Great if you like to browse.

CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Vast amounts of info regarding the democratization of the Internet, on issues such as privacy, encryption, access, just about EVERYTHING to do with the ethics of computing. And links to almost every progressive group online!

California Voters Foundation

A premier resource for non-partisan information on elections and ballot initiatives in California. Home of the "California Online Voter Guide," MUCH better than the info from the Secretary of State's office.

California Republicans' Home Page

Keep tabs on the Opposition! Lots of links to other Repub pages, including Bob Dole Volunteers, H.L. Richardson's Gun Owners of California, Repub candidates, the Christian Coalition Scorecard for California, the San Diego Republican Convention and the Lottery.


News & Media Web Sites [RETURN]

PRINT MEDIA (usually much more depth than TV or radio)

FAIR -- Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting

Exploding the myth of the "liberal" news media. Publishers of EXTRA!_ magazine.

EASY READER (WARNING - seems to have gone offline...)

The latest issue of the Beach Cities' weekly tabloid.

L.A.ONLINE - Temporary Home Page

The old dial-up BBS service for the South Bay is still trying to get on the World Wide Web.

The Daily Breeze (not yet on the Web, but we can hope...)

The only_ complete source of News for the South Bay. If you don't yet, subscribe!_ (...even if they did publish an Editorial saying they were Republican...) The Daily Breeze's sister newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, is now online, so the Breeze may not be far behind.

Los Angeles Times on the Web

News about Southern California on the World Wide Web, which lightly covers the South Bay L.A. area. The newspaper is FREE, but the Times now charges for retrieving archived articles.

Long Beach Press-Telegram (PT CONNECT)

Abbreviated version of the Press-Telegram, but it keeps you abreast of major events in Long Beach and in much of the South Bay area. You must subscribe to get the full version.

California Monthly magazine

The leading California political monthly. Not online yet... but you can access articles for a fee through the Lexis-Nexis search service. Or buy it at your local newsstand for much less.

Reuter's News Online on Yahoo!

A good source of up-to-the-minute World news.

Christian Science Monitor (Today's Paper) (press the "United States" button)

Long regarded overseas as the most unbiased and thoughtful U.S. newspaper, the Monitor has in-depth articles and features on important issues. (They have a daily "Religious Article," but otherwise their religious beliefs don't intrude into their stories.) Also, see their "Best Election Links" for a wide variety of political information. (E MONITOR_ Home Page)

National Journal (subscription only to a number of magazines, newsletters & books)

If you're really rich (or you've got a rich uncle who pays for your toys), this is the best source of inside information on Washington "Inside-the-Beltway" goings-on. They occasionally put up new sample pages at their National Journal's Congress Daily page to whet your appetite.

The Washington Monthly

They seem to have stopped updating the Web site in December 1996, but the magazine is still available on newsstands. It's the best source of criticism of government bureaucracy and its "revolving door." Get it! (And it's cheap!)

Time Magazine - daily news

Newsweek magazine (not yet online, but you can see the cover of Newsweek Japan!)

U.S. News & World Report magazine

New Scientist magazine

The weekly British science magazine -- this is really "news you can use." This news will remain important long after today's scandals and politicians have been forgotten. Published every Friday morning.

The Nation-Digital Edition weekly magazine

Politics from the oldest continuosly-published political magazine in the U.S.A. A progressive slant. Anti-establishment, so take the anti-Clinton bias of some articles with a grain of salt (they think that President Clinton is part of The Establishment).

Mother Jones--The MoJo Wire

"Interactive Exposés and Politics" (The Nation's monthly sister magazine)

Z Magazine: A Political Monthly

Real "left-wing" stuff -- often very interesting.

Public Citizen magazine

Ralph Nader's "Raider's" magazine. In-depth coverage of issues such as toxic & nuclear waste, NAFTA & the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), consumer issues and campaign finance reform. And visit CalPIRG -- the California Public Interest Research Group, "Nader's Raiders" in California.

Multinational Monitor On-Line (covers many of the same issues as Public Citizen)

George Magazine-Virtual Politics section (sort of tongue-in-cheek)

San Jose Mercury-News (Mercury Center)

Broke the story in the National Press about the CIA-Nicaraguan Contra-Crack Cocaine drug connection, which had been reported ten years earlier in the Alternative Media but ignored by the National Press. The story, Dark Alliance by Gary Webb, focuses on deliberately selling thousands of pounds of drugs to L.A. street gangs in the 1980s to finance the CIA-backed Contra rebels.. Senator Barbara Boxer, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald and a number of Los Angeles-area cities have called for Congressional and internal Central Intelligence Agency investigations of the fiasco. Includes testimony and evidence from the Court case.

Philadelphia Inquirer

In mid-1997 ran a 10-part series -- AMERICA: Who Stole The Dream? -- by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, who wrote America: What Went Wrong four years ago. Who Stole The Dream_ deals with the rapid disintegration of the American Middle Class, the Poor getting poorer and the Rich getting richer. They also note that the same thing happened 100 years ago, and the people formed a movement to defeat the Robber Barons then. This is a shortened, free version of the story for Internet visitors who are not Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers.

Seattle Times

In July 1997 ran a series on "Toxic Waste in Fertilizer" which showed that farmworkers and people in rural communities face many dangers from the chemicals they spread. Chemical companies only have to "guarantee" that nitrogen & soluble potash are in their products. Most States don't require that they list other "ingredients," even low-level nuclear waste!

Washington Post.com

Get inside info from within the D.C. Beltway. Includes the complete text of today's paper and even a "picture" of the front page. Also includes their special sections, the Sunday Magazine, and an online-only link to news in 220 countries around the World! A FREE Web site at the moment.

New York Times (requires that you log in, but logging on is free)

Honolulu Star-Bulletin (keep in touch with the Pacific)

 


ELECTRONIC MEDIA (usually only focuses on news with accompanying film or soundbytes, but the World Wide Web allows them to add more information.)

Cable News Network - CNN Interactive

The latest world news from Ted Turner's Cable News Network, much too "Liberal" for Rupert Murdoch.

CNN/TIME AllPolitics (CNN and Time Magazine's joint political Website)

CBS News (Columbia Broadcasting Company) (now has more news and fewer fancy graphics)

KCBS Channel 2 News - Channel 2000 (more cute than newsy, but has local headlines)

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company)

KABC Channel 7 News (not that any local TV station has much news from the South Bay)

ABC RadioNet / World News Tonight

MSNBC News (Microsoft / National Broadcasting Company) - NBC and Microsoft's joint news effort. May take a few minutes to load. Then scroll down to the News Index.

KNBC Channel 4 News (multimedia intensive, if you like to wait for your news.)

UPN Channel 13 News (fast delivery of L.A.-area headline news. Few graphics.)

(Los Angeles Channels 5, 9 and 11 don't yet have Websites.)

Jack Kavanagh's Rough and Tumble Political Report

A California State Senate DEMOCRATS ONLINE_ magazine's "Web Site of the Week" in 1996. Daily updates on what's happening in the State Capital from the KOVR-TV13 in Sacramento political reporter. Very informative.

Fox News

Rupert Murdoch's news network, too "Conservative " for me. TV's "Fox News Channel" actually had a half-hour show defending a reputed Mafia boss! (Channel 11 is not yet online.)

FRONTLINE on PBS

One of the few Liberal -- most of the time -- programs on public television. View their list of past and upcoming programs.

KCRW Radio 88.9 FM -- National Public Radio (graphic-intensive)

Listen to LIVE KCRW Broadcasts throughout most of the day. You can also listen to RealAudio playbacks of Warren Olney's "Which Way L.A.?" show which airs every weekday and occasionally features local Democratic legislators.

KPFK 90.7 FM -- Pacifica Radio

The longtime left-leaning alternative voice on L.A.'s airwaves.

C/ NET's NEWS.COM (Internet & computer technology-oriented news.)

Search the World Wide Web [RETURN]

Use the following Internet Search Engines to find just about anything else!

 [ AltaVista ]  [ AOL NetFind ]  [ Deja News ]  [ eXcite ]  [ infoseek ]  [ Lycos ]  [ c/net SEARCH.COM ]  [ WebCrawler ]  [ YAHOO! ]
(The above Logos are trademarked and/or copyrighted by the companies they represent.)


If you've got any other favorite Web sites, please give us their names and Web addresses (URLs) and we'll check them out. Right now, we need information on Democratic activities in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. If you belong to a Democratic group in a school, college or community please leave a message (press FEEDBACK below) including the name of the group and details such as the group's meeting place and time, address and URL or e-mail address. If appropriate, we can include the information here so that others can find and join your group.


CDC FORUM

The California Democratic Council (CDC) is a progressive organization comprising many Democratic Clubs throughout the State. The CDC also sponsors the "CDC Forum," which went online in mid-1994, making it one of the oldest Democratic_ sites online. The CDC Forum is a newsgroup that any Club member from a CDC-affiliated Club can join. The CDC Forum basically "broadcasts" every e-mail message that members send to it to every other Forum member. There are many interesting tidbits that appear regularly which Forum administrator Dennis Paull frequently uploads, such as the "Jefferson Report." But more often than not you'll find that the most interesting and timely information comes from Democratic Club members such as yourselves.

You can visit the CDC's NEW Website by clicking here. There you will find articles detailing the CDC's history, goals and organization. To join the CDC Forum send an e-mail message, mentioning the CDC-affiliated Democratic Club that you belong to to Dennis Paull and requesting membership (by the way, the Gardena Valley Democratic Club is not affiliated at present). Please note whether you'd like to join the "CDC List" only and get announcements and new topics or whether you would also like to join the Discussion list to get other members' responses to the topics. Visit the new CDC Website to get more detailed information.


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