2023 Interim Legislative Endorsement Framework

As the next California DSA Council Meeting will take place on September 16, after the end of the 2023 legislative session, the State Committee will use the following process as a temporary method to determine a set of California DSA legislative positions for the 2023 legislative session prior to the adoption of the remainder of this framework for future years:

1. The State Committee will launch a form for delegates to nominate bill positions before the legislative summer recess begins (July 14). 

2. The State Committee will host a special meeting, open to all DSA members in California, to discuss nominated positions, prior to the end of the legislative summer recess.

3. The State Committee will launch a form for delegates to submit written statements in favor or against all legislative positions proposed, open for at least seven days.

4. The State Committee will vote on a set of recommendations for the position folio, and distribute the recommendation as well as all written delegate positions alongside an asynchronous ballot prior that will close on September 1st or earlier.

5. Bill positions that receive at least a two-thirds supermajority of support from voting delegates will be adopted for the 2023 cycle.

6. Following endorsement ratification, the State Committee will publish endorsements on the California DSA website, social media, and email all DSA chapters and legislators in California.

1. As appropriate, the State Committee will be empowered to organize various forms of support such as but not limited to submitting or signing onto letters of support, or organizing a committee call-in for endorsed legislative positions.