Meeting Notice:
The next meeting of the Legislation Committee will be taking place at the August 2025 Virtual Executive Board Meeting, August 18-23, 2025.
Legislation Committee Meeting – Friday, August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
RSVP Zoom Webinar Link: https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/SyNOcCS8QOmzmKkuAUk4qg#/registration
2025 Key Dates:
- Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 at Noon – Deadline to submit Legislation for consideration. Any submissions after this date and time will be considered late and not timely.
- Friday, August 22, 2025 at 2pm – Legislation Committee Meeting at August Executive Board.
Information on how to submit Legislation to the committee
Other docs:
May 2023 Statewide Convention Legislation Agenda
Legislation Committee Guidelines
Legislation Committee Eboard July 2022 Floor Report
Legislation Committee Agenda EBoard July 2022
CADEM Legislation Committee Minutes August 21
November 2021 Executive Board Legislation Committee Report
August 2021 Legislation Position
April 2021 Legislation Position
April 2021 Policy and Procedures
July 2020 Legislation Position
August 2019 Legislation Position
Committee Roster 2025-2027
Co-Chairs
Margaret Granado
Amar Thomas
Vice-Chairs
Gloria Alvarado
Mariana Sabeniano
Naomi Goldman
Charles Leonard
Julio Mendez Vargas
Guy Strahl
Ann Turtle
Amy Wiwuga Kazanegras
Members
Angela Andrews
Mitchell Bechtel
Sascha Bittner
Anthony Caro
Debru Carthan
Vilma Dawson
Mirna Ezquivel
Rudy Gonzalez
Adrian Grigorian
Lizeth Hernandez
Diana Limon
Abigail Mesa
Fernando Ochoa-Suarez
Seema Patel
Freddie Quintana
Anissa Raja
Martin Rawlings Fein
Pamela Sparrow
Francisco Torres
Erica Paul
Current Committee Staff
Melanie Ramil
Please note that these descriptions are not meant to be an interpretation of the California Democratic Party Bylaws. The CDP Bylaws are available on our website here.