We are all working together to re-elect Jimmy Paulding as our District 4 rep on the SLO County Board of Supervisors. We’ll be posting canvassing and phonebanking shifts on our Club Calendar, but if you’d like opportunities emailed directly to you, please sign up as a campaign volunteer. Please email southcountydems805@gmail.com if you need training/assistance.

On Saturday, 1/31, we’ll be meeting at Nipomo Library, 918 W. Tefft St. at 9 am to get our canvassing assignments.

Please bring your cell phone with you & make sure you’ve downloaded and signed into MiniVAN, the canvassing app we’ll be using.

We are all working together to re-elect Jimmy Paulding as our District 4 rep on the SLO County Board of Supervisors. We’ll be posting canvassing and phonebanking shifts on our Club Calendar, but if you’d like opportunities emailed directly to you, please sign up as a campaign volunteer. Please email southcountydems805@gmail.com if you need training/assistance.

On Thursday, 1/29, we’ll be meeting at Elm St. Park pergola, 1221 Ash St. at 3:30 pm to get our canvassing assignments.

Please bring your cell phone with you & make sure you’ve downloaded and signed into MiniVAN, the canvassing app we’ll be using.

Please attend! Key Details:

• Location: County Government Building, 1055 Monterey Street, SLO.

• Topic: Annual TRUTH Act Report (Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds).

• Purpose: To review the Sheriff's Office's cooperation with ICE and gather public comments.

• Public Participation: In-person comments are accepted, with live Spanish translation; written comments can be emailed.

• Context: Activists planned protests due to ICE agents detaining individuals at the jail lobby, pushing for more transparency and real-time data from the Sheriff's Office. 

• Where to Find More:

• The full report and agenda were available on the County of San Luis Obispo website.

From Buen Vecino:

We’ve all witnessed the tragic consequences of federal immigration enforcement operations. People of color, both with and without citizenship, are being terrorized, assaulted, and disappeared by federal agents who are masked, armed, and in military gear. Children are scared of coming home from school to find their loved ones suddenly gone. Community members are forsaking work, public services, and healthcare out of fear of being targeted. Legal observers and community volunteers are being assaulted and in the worst cases, killed. Although residents are doing everything in their power to minimize the rippling effects of the federal government’s actions, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has decided to maintain a policy of voluntarily cooperating with federal immigration authorities — without any legal requirement to do so. The TRUTH Act Forum is an opportunity to educate and enlighten the Sheriff and Supervisors of the many powerful reasons why police-ICE cooperation undermines public safety and causes harm.

The TRUTH Act Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, January 27 at 1:30pm, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers. We invite you to show up and give public comments in solidarity with all those who are impacted. We recommend that you arrive early in order to get a seat.  
We have assembled a collection of SLO County TRUTH Act Forum Resources to support community members who plan to deliver comments at the TRUTH Act Forum, including:

• Teach-Out presentations by Jehan Laner, Staff Attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Bruno Huizar, Supervising Policy Manager, Detention and Deportation for the California Immigrant Policy Center

• “Toolkit for the TRUTH Act Forum” with guidelines, sample talking points, and more

• “Resources for SLO” with links to relevant articles and studies

• Diversity Coalition San Luis Obispo County’s excellent report "The Fabric of SLO County: Understanding the Diversity and Contributions of Our Immigrant Community"

• “Do you want to be heard, or do you want to be right?” by Dr. Marcela Nava of The University of Texas at Arlington (presented at Ventura County TRUTH Act Forum Teach-Out, but the concepts are applicable to SLO)

We are calling on Sheriff Parkinson to live up to the professed standards of his office: equality under the law, community trust, due process, and public safety; and adhere to their vision of being “the most progressive. . . leaders within the law enforcement community.” We are calling on the Sheriff to treat all people equally regardless of where they were born. Stop handing SLO County community members over to ICE!

From the County’s website:

The Annual TRUTH Act Report and community forum will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the Katcho Achadjian Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93408. The TRUTH Act Report will happen in the morning session with more specific timing determined when the agenda for that meeting is finalized.

This hearing is held pursuant to the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act, which requires public reporting and community input regarding local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Live in-person Spanish translators will be made available to interpret public comments that may come in in-person.

The TRUTH Act Hearing will be broadcast on the Board of Supervisors live meeting at: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/

Members of the public who wish to address the Board during the meeting must appear in person.

Written public comments may also be submitted by email; however, virtual public comments will not be accepted. All correspondence will be distributed to each member of the Board of Supervisors and will become part of the official record of the meeting. To submit a written public comment, email:
Boardofsups@co.slo.ca.us

To determine the specific placement of this item on the Board of Supervisors agenda and to review the TRUTH Act report, visit the County’s website at www.slocounty.ca.gov  on the Wednesday prior to the scheduled hearing date.

We are all working together to re-elect Jimmy Paulding as our District 4 rep on the SLO County Board of Supervisors. We’ll be posting canvassing and phonebanking shifts on our Club Calendar, but if you’d like opportunities emailed directly to you, please sign up as a campaign volunteer. Please email southcountydems805@gmail.com if you need training/assistance.

On Saturday, 1/24, we’ll be meeting at Strother Park, 1150 Huasna Rd. at 9 am to get our canvassing assignments.

Please bring your cell phone with you & make sure you’ve downloaded and signed into MiniVAN, the canvassing app we’ll be using.

We are all working together to re-elect Jimmy Paulding as our District 4 rep on the SLO County Board of Supervisors. We’ll be posting canvassing and phonebanking shifts on our Club Calendar, but if you’d like opportunities emailed directly to you, please sign up as a campaign volunteer. Please email southcountydems805@gmail.com if you need training/assistance.

On Thursday, 1/22, we’ll be meeting at Oceano Park, 1330 Dewey Dr. at 3:30 pm to get our canvassing assignment.

Please bring your cell phone with you & make sure you’ve downloaded and signed into MiniVAN, the canvassing app we’ll be using.

Join us in solidarity as we look back on a year of losses that won’t be forgotten and at victories that won’t be the last. Flameless vigil, glow sticks provided.

SLO Courthouse, 1050 Monterey St.

★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★

★ We walk away from fascism.★ 

★ We walk towards a Free America.★ 

★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.★ 

★ Everybody in, nobody out.★

MORE DETAILS

Join us! More details at eventbrite.

I hope you'll join me for the first District 4 candidate forum for the 2026 election, hosted by the San Luis Obispo Tribune! This is a great opportunity to hear from me and my opponent on the issues that matter most to our community — including traffic, public safety, housing, and more.

Thursday, January 15 at 5 PM
Streaming on sanluisobispo.com, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram

I want to hear your questions!
I want to hear what you’d like the moderators to ask us during the forum. Head to the Tribune’s article to submit in your question — let your voice be part of the conversation!

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/article314121681.html

Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Avenue or via Zoom

This is our kick-off meeting of the new year, you won’t want to miss it!

We’ll be talking about our club organization, the work ahead in 2026 & how to build a thriving, active community of Democrats.

The El Moro club is sponsoring a showing of The Last Class, the new surprise hit documentary about Robert Reich’s final semester teaching at UC Berkeley. The film will be shown at the classic Morro Bay Theater at 464 Morro Bay Blvd. on Monday January 12th at 5:30, doors open at 5:00PM.  Our elected officials and candidates are invited to attend.

Tickets at https://my805tix.com/e/lastclass

Business sponsorships are available for a donation of $150 (Logo onscreen at the theater and a verbal acknowledgement of their support will be delivered before the showing). Thanks for your help and please contact Vita Miller with any questions.

Vita Miller
Co-Chair El Moro Democratic Club
www.elmorodems.org
805-704-3173

Come join us on the Fair Oaks offramp area in Arroyo Grande on Saturday, 1/10 at 12.

Help Elect Jimmy Paulding!

This election will determine whether we keep our SLO County Board majority 3-2. We need to keep our Democratic majority on the Baord.

Before the end of the year, we are encouraging members to sign up to volunteer for Jimmy Paulding’s campaign for District 4 Supervisor.

Sign up here!

Volunteer opportunities include:

Publicly endorse
Post a Yard Sign
Post a Ranch Sign
Post on Social Media
Write Postcards to Voters
Host a Meet & Greet
Make Phone Calls
Walk Neighborhoods

Before the end of the year, we are encouraging members to sign up to volunteer for Jimmy Paulding’s campaign for District 4 Supervisor.

Sign up here!

Volunteer opportunities include:

Publicly endorse
Post a Yard Sign
Post a Ranch Sign
Post on Social Media
Write Postcards to Voters
Host a Meet & Greet
Make Phone Calls
Walk Neighborhoods

Heritage Square Park, 201 Nelson St, Arroyo Grande

Join us as we walk District 4 neighborhoods talking to voters about Jimmy and his upcoming re-election, June 2nd.

Please come with your fully charged phone with the app MiniVan Touch downloaded and your login set up completed. If you don't have a phone, or prefer to not use one, we'll pair you will a partner who does. No worries!

If you've never canvassed before you'll be in good hands walking with an experienced partner. And we promise you'll feel so proud of your yourself when you're done. Sign up on Mobilize & Come join us!

if you can’t make it out until the New Year, please sign up for January!

Heritage Square Park, 201 Nelson St, Arroyo Grande

Join us as we walk District 4 neighborhoods talking to voters about Jimmy and his upcoming re-election, June 2nd.

Please come with your fully charged phone with the app MiniVan Touch downloaded and your login set up completed. If you don't have a phone, or prefer to not use one, we'll pair you will a partner who does. No worries!

If you've never canvassed before you'll be in good hands walking with an experienced partner. And we promise you'll feel so proud of your yourself when you're done. Sign up on Mobilize & Come join us!

if you can’t make it out until the New Year, please sign up for January!

Urgent! Attend the ICE Out of SLO County! Rally Sunday, December 14 at 9 am - 10:30 am at the corner of Hwy 1 and Kansas Avenue.
For more information and to sign up click below. You do not have to sign up to show up.
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/876592

Please forward this and tell others. If you'd like to carpool, please contact Marcia Alter (805-458-1241)

What a year we have had! Through all of the chaos, corruption & cruelty, we've banded together and done some incredible work and had some hard-fought wins (Prop 50!). Let's come together to enjoy some pizza, salad & desserts with good company. The club will cover the pizza and salads. Drinks are BYOB. Please sign up below if you're able to bring a dessert to share.  We'll also be having a raffle at the event, so bring a raffle item and/or some $ for tickets to help out the club. Can't wait to see you there!

RSVP Required (for purchase of food): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA4A829A0F5C52-60719509-holiday