Pacific Palisades Democratic Club

Insurance Commissioner Candidates Forum
2026-04-04 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
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Mayoral Candidates Forum
2026-03-27 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Free — Zoom only
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To those who have asked that we include Spencer Pratt in the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club’s mayoral candidates forum:

We appreciate the interest in hearing from a wide range of voices at our events! However, PaliDems is a chartered Democratic club with a clear purpose: to support Democratic-aligned candidates and issues. We do not present ourselves as nonpartisan. Based on publicly available information, Mr. Pratt is a registered Republican, so we will not be including him in the forum, as our focus is on providing a platform for candidates whose policies and perspectives align with the mission of our club.
We value thoughtful public dialogue, and encourage those interested in hearing from Mr. Pratt to seek out community organizations that host broader or nonpartisan forums.
At the same time, we recognize the importance of working collaboratively for the good of our community. Should Mr. Pratt or another Republican be elected, we would be open to engaging constructively on issues that benefit Pacific Palisades and the city as a whole.
Thank you to everyone who reached out to us. While our Democratic club categorically operates on one side of the political spectrum, we greatly respect civil political engagement from community members of all stripes.

State Senate & Assembly Candidates Forum
2026-03-21 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
PPDC CANDIDATES FORUM

Saturday, March 21, 2 PM

With your Q&A

CA State Senate Candidates Eric Alegria, John Erickson, Ellen Evans, Brian Goldsmith, Mike Newhouse, Sion Roy, Zennon Ulyate-Crow

CA State Assembly Candidates Kelly Honig, Deborah Klein Lopez

Free — Zoom only 💻 / 📱

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City Attorney Candidates Forum 2026
2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
PPDC CANDIDATES FORUM

Sunday, March 8 at 2 PM

With your Q&A

L.A. City Attorney Candidates Hydee Feldstein Soto* & Marissa Roy

* Incumbent

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2026 Annual Meeting
2026-01-10 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Come to our Annual Meeting with your electeds — in person or on Zoom
February 1, 2026, 2 to 4 PM

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2025 PaliDems Garden Party
2025-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
2025 GARDEN PARTY
Sunday, September 28, 2 – 4 PM (doors open 1:30 PM)
Invited:
US Senator Adam SCHIFF
Invited and accepted:
Congressman Brad SHERMAN
State Senator Ben ALLEN
Assemblymember Jacqui IRWIN
Supervisor District 3 Lindsey HORVATH
City Attorney Hydee FELDSTEIN SOTO
City Councilmember Traci PARK
LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin
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Enjoy delicious food & drink outdoors in the Palisades Riviera
Hear from & mingle with electeds & VIPs
** with SILENT AUCTION in the works **
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Upcoming Events
2025-06-14 11:00 - 16:00 UTC
Watch this space for info on our SUMMER GARDEN PARTY (likely date will be a Sunday afternoon in late August)

For info on Saturday’s No Kings rallies — not hosted by PPDC but presented FYI — click HERE and use the map to zoom in on L.A.-area rallies

The closest ones to the Westside are the following:

SANTA MONICA: Meeting corner of Montana & Ocean, 11 AM to 12:30 PM, and spreading to nearby Palisades Park — click HERE for details

CULVER CITY: Meeting at Culver City Hall and nearby streets, 11 AM to 12:30 PM — click HERE for details

PLAYA VISTA: Meeting at corner of Lincoln and Jefferson, 2 to 3:30 PM — click HERE for details

PaliDems 2025 Annual Meeting
2025-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Palisades Fire questions? Concerns about the onslaught of threats to our health, freedoms, and national security from the Trump administration?
Join us Sunday, March 2 at 2 PM to hear your elected officials address these and other topics, including whatever’s on your mind — there’ll be Q&A time for each speaker

Come one, come all, regardless of political affiliation
or membership status

This is what’s called the club’s official “Annual Meeting”
(though we hold many events throughout the year and the board meets monthly)
at which the 2025 executive board candidate slate will be up for ratification by club members in good standing who are present

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2024 PaliDems Summer Garden Party
2024-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Beautiful yard in the Palisades Riviera
It’s back! (Photos from previous years)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO & TICKETS for 2024

Special event: Political Musical Satire
2024-08-17 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | pacific palisades
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 3 PM
Location: a beautiful canyonside backyard on Chautauqua in the Palisades
Address upon RSVP

PPDC brings you “Potlitical Musical Satire” with TV writer and room-packing, sought-after speaker David Misch!
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 3 PM
*Palisades Alphabets address sent after ticketing *
CLICK HERE FOR MUCH MORE INFO + TICKETS

SAVE THESE DATES
2024-06-07 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
** SAVE THESE DATES **

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Join the excitement as we go from virtual to real-world GOTV operations, opening our 2024 Westside Democratic HQ doors in a big, fun space on the 3rd Street Promenade!
First up: Gathering to watch VP Kamala Harris’s historic nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on big-screen TVs with food, drink, and joyful cameraderie.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

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But first, come if you can to the WDHQ’s Labor Awards fundraiser for the HQ (click image below or HERE to RSVP)

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2 PM: PPDC’s beloved VIP GARDEN PARTY (mingle with electeds, candidates, & other VIPs) returns!

Location: another beautiful hillside home with views, this one in the Riviera

PPDC Maurice Sendak Skirball Trip
2024-06-02 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049, United States
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Click here to see a cool video ad about the exhibit

Wolfberg Park Walk & Pali Park Picnic Lunch
2024-03-23 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Pacific Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real Dr., Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272, United States
Walk: through beautiful new George Wolfberg Park in the Palisades

Was Saturday, March 23, 12 PM
** POSTPONED (rain forecast) to SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 12 PM **

Followed by lunch & talk about the history of the park with a local expert & Wolfberg family member at Veterans’ Gardens (picnic tables near the bocce court in Palisades Park)

** Free Thyme Cafe lunch for 1st 20 to RSVP! **

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2024 Annual Meeting with Electeds
2024-02-04 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Palisades Charter High School, 15777 Bowdoin St., Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272, United States
You can still RSVP to attend — last chance!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2024, 2 – 4 PM
(Zoom opens 1:30)
PALIDEMS ANNUAL MEETING
OPEN to ALL on Zoom who RSVP

2024 UPDATES FROM YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
With Q&A

**ALERT: BECAUSE OF THE STORM, THE MEETING WILL BE HELD EXCLUSIVELY VIA ZOOM**

Your excitement for this event is contagious, but Mother Nature had other plans!
We’ll miss seeing you in person and sharing refreshments. Your safety and the safety of our incredible electeds are our primary concerns.
Stay safe and dry!
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The Pacific Palisades Democratic Club will hold its Annual Meeting, open to the public, featuring scheduled addresses by and Q&A with State Sen. Ben Allen, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, Supervisor District 3 Lindsey Horvath, and City Councilmember Traci Park and a prerecorded video appearance by Rep. Brad Sherman on Sunday, February 4, 2024, from 2 – 4 PM at Palisades Charter High School’s Mercer Hall.
Update: Mayor Bass was scheduled to attend but now has to hold a press conference about the storm. Other electeds may similiarly be called away at the last minute. We’ve been working hard to hold the best possible meeting for you despite the storm…
Free admission ($10 voluntary donation requested if you can

This event serves as the club’s official “Annual Meeting” (though the club holds many events throughout the year and its board meets monthly), at which the 2024 board candidate slate will be up for ratification by all club members in good standing who are present.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP
PRESS INFORMATION
Members of the press are welcome to cover the event. Please contact us at 310-230-2084 or info@palisadesdemclub.org to let us know you plan to attend.

Tour of Palisades Hidden Gem: Historic Villa Aurora
2023-12-07 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Villa Aurora, 520 Paseo Miramar, Pacific Palisades, 90272, United States
Join PPDC and invite your like-minded friends — members and non-members, all are welcome — to a docent-led tour of Villa Aurora, right here in Pacific Palisades at 520 Paseo Miramar. We’ll meet at 2:30 PM Thursday, December 7, 2023 for a tour that starts at 3 PM. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to both PPDC and Villa Aurora.

Villa Aurora is an artists’ residency and a venue for international cultural encounters in the former home of German-Jewish exiles Leon and Marta Feuchtwanger. As an interdisciplinary residence, Villa Aurora carries the memories of the artists and intellectuals who found refuge in California during the Nazi era, and who at the time had significant influence on cultural life on the West Coast. Every year, Villa Aurora and the Thomas Mann House award up to twelve fellowships to artists, composers, authors, and filmmakers. Villa Aurora celebrates the contribution of German and European artists and intellectuals of the 1930s and 1940s and offers a variety of arts and cultural programs.

Villa Aurora tour
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Optional email code

Zev Yaroslavsky book signing Sunday, October 22
2023-10-22 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | A lovely home, this time in the Palisades Alphabets, Pacific Palisades, United States
“… A compelling history of our city’s last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders…”
—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
After the Garden Party, take a month to recuperate, then join us for an afternoon with one of L.A. County’s most storied political figures, former County Supervisor and City Councilmember Zev Yaroslavsky, as he shares stories from his new memoir

ABOUT THE BOOK
This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the journey of a young social activist who battled to free Soviet Jews before becoming one of the most consequential elected officials in Southern California.
Fiercely independent, he combined an activist’s passion with a seasoned politician’s skill to challenge the region’s power brokers. He fought the Los Angeles Police Department’s excessive force and political spying policies, led the effort to ban local taxes from funding the 1984 Olympics, teamed with President Clinton to avert a catastrophic county bankruptcy, helped develop L.A.’s modern transit system, won a bruising battle with real estate interests to save the Santa Monica Mountains from rapacious development, and was pivotal in the development of Walt Disney Concert Hall and the modernization of the iconic Hollywood Bowl.
“I may be part of the establishment,” he said on the day he was first sworn into office, “but the establishment is not part of me.”

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Back to Blue Bash with Danica Roem
2023-08-27 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
Join Virginia Delegate Danica Roem and Grassroots Democrats HQ on Sunday, August 27, from 5 – 7 PM.
Virginia Delegate Danica Roem is serving her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates. You may remember in 2017 she unseated the self-described “chief homophobe” of Virginia to become the first out-and-seated transgender state legislator in US history. Since then, she has passed 41 of her bills into law — all with bipartisan support. Now she is running for a newly drawn district in the Virginia State Senate. This is one of the seven toss-up seats and the 20th-most Democratic seat out of 40 seats, making it a majority maker for which party will control the Senate for the next four years.
Grassroots Democrats HQ
The Grassroots Democrats HQ is excited to dive back into Virginia for the fourth time! In 2019, we were proud to make 20,000 phone calls and write 13,000 letters across 6 races. Since then, our capacity has significantly expanded. For the 2021 VA election, we sent 1.1 million texts, made 230,000 calls, wrote 3,400 postcards, and mobilized 1,300 volunteers across the nation. We partnered both with the VA Dem House Caucus and each swing campaign to ensure we were helping both sides. Over the course of the 2021-22 Election Cycle, we made over 11 million voter contacts across VA HOD, CA Recall, US House, and US Senate target races. We look forward to working with you in 2023.
Register today by contributing:
Event Sponsor: $2,500
Virginia Advocate: $1,000
Host Committee: $500
Guest: $250
Activist: $100
RSVP by getting your ticket here
or email: ben@danicaforstatesenate.com if you wish to donate at the door or have any questions.
Donate by check to: Friends of Danica Roem for Senate P.O. Box 726 Manassas, VA 20113

Brunch with Eric Swalwell!
2023-08-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
Congressman Eric Swalwell is joining the Grassroots Democrats HQ on August 19th in Santa Monica to support our youth organizing efforts AND the future opening of a physical headquarters in Los Angeles!
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear from one of Congress’ leading voices in person.

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