April State Council Meeting Report

The California DSA State Council met for our bi-monthly meeting on April 5th. State Committee member Michael L. grounded us in our political reality. He applauded the mass mobilizations at the “Hands Off” rallies across the United States that were happening at the same time as our meeting. “Sure ‘hands off,’ but what more?” He challenged us, “What are we fighting for?” He highlighted the importance of building a base, organizing, and leadership beyond these mobilizations. 

Bonnie L. from East Bay DSA reported that her chapter’s labor committee had passed a resolution to support the Federal Unionist Network (FUN) and was bringing it to the full chapter at its upcoming yearly convention to make this work a priority for the coming year, and urged other chapters to do the same. [The chapter subsequently voted to make it the top priority.]

California DSA can also publicly take a position on legislation. We had a lively discussion about our legislative endorsement framework and the process for supporting or opposing legislation going forward. We did not formally decide to change the framework language in the meeting. 

The statewide electoral committee shared the work that its members have been doing to research key, winnable districts to build an Assembly slate for the 2026 elections. 

We also discussed the California DSA delegate elections, which are currently happening across the different chapters. 

We ended the meeting with a presentation and discussion about our collective ideas about the Vision for California campaign.

Our next State Council meeting is on June 7th where we will have our first meeting with the newly-elected delegates.