Welcome Americans for Democratic Action


WELCOME

 "Welcome to the Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, a premier multi-issue progressive political advocacy organization in the United States. We were founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, and Hubert H. Humphrey."

Americans for Democratic Action is a nationwide, multi-issue progressive/Left organization that was founded by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1947. The  Southern California Chapter is the largest and most active. We are working on supporting and electing progressive candidates who will put the needs of their constituents ahead of corporate donors. We are committed to Single-Payer Healthcare (Medicare For All), staving off the Climate Catastrophe that is bearing down on us and fighting against the corruptive influence of Big Money on our Electoral System.

 

You can become a member of ADA SoCal here: DONATE and support the work we’re doing. Board meetings are usually the first Tuesday of the month and all are welcome to attend and participate. Let us strive to create a more just, equitable and sustainable community, state, society, nation and world!
Americans for Democratic Action Southern California

ADA SoCal Endorsements for the June 2, 2026 Primary Elections

DIRECTIONS
To learn more about our endorsements please click [Endorsements
To learn about each candidate, please click on their name below which are linked to the candidates page.
To download a printable pdf of our endorsements [Click]

 

 

US CONGRESS

District 26 - Chris Espinosa

District 28 - Judy Chu

District 30 - Laura Friedman

District 32 - Chris Ahuja

District 34 - Angela Gonzales Torrez

District 37 - Sydney Kamlager-Dove for Congress

District 38 - Hilda Solis for Congress

District 45 - Derek Tran for Congress

District 52 - Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla

 

GOVERNOR:

Tom Steyer

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:

Michael Tubbs

Alice Stek

TREASURER:


INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:

STATE SENATE:
District 20 - Caroline Menjivar
District 24 - John Erkison
District 26 - Sara Hernandez

 

STATE ASSEMBLY:
District 40 - Pilar Schiavo
District 44 - Nick Schultz
District 55 - Isaac Bryan
District 65 - Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
District 67 - Ada Briceño

 

BOARD OF EQUILIZATION:
District 3 - Samuel P. Sukaton

 

L.A COUNTY SHERIFF:

 

L.A. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
District 2 - Lindsey Horvath

 

LAUSD:
District - 2 Rocio Rivas
District - 4 Ankur Patel
District - 6 Kelly Gomez

 

L.A. CITY ATTORNEY


L.A. CITY CONTROLLER

 

L.A. CITY COUNCIL
District - 1 Eunisses Hernandez
District - 3 Barri Worth Grivan
District - 9 Estuardo Mazariegos
District - 11 Faizah Malik
District - 13 Hugo Soto Martinez

 

BURBANK CITY COUNCIL

 

GLENDALE CITY COUNCIL

 

JUDICIAL ENDORSEMENTS

Office #2 – Tal Valbuena

Office #14 – Angela Christides

Office #39 – Binh Q. Dang

Office #64 – Rhonda Haymon

Office #65 – Anna Slotkey Reytano

Office #66 – Ben Forer

Office #81 – David Walgren

Office #87 – David Dejute

Office #116 = Paul Thompson

Office #131 – David Ross

Office #176 – Zachary Smith

Office #181 – Ryan Dibble

 

BALLOY MEASURES

L.A. County Measure ER - Essential Services Restoration Act for L.A County General Sales Tax  VOTE YES

L.A. City Measure CB - Applied Cannabis Businesses Taxes to Unlicensed Cannabis Business - VOTE YES

L.A. City Measure TC - Applying Transient Occupancy Tax to Onlline Travel Companies - VOTE YES

L.A. City Measure TT - Funding for City Services through Modifications to the Transient Occupancy Tax - VOTE YES

 

To download  the list of the Endorsements  click here

 


TAD DALEY THE FUTURE OF THE U.N.

Dr. Tad Daley serves as President of the Americans for Democratic Action Foundation of Southern California. On November 4th, 2025, he gave a talk to the "Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods California," which he called: "The United Nations at 80 (in 2025), and the United Nations at 100 (in 2045)." Tad discussed the wholesale inadequacy of the present United Nations for the great existential challenges facing humankind today and tomorrow. And he reported upon the imaginative initiatives taking place today to redesign, democratize, and empower the United Nations -- MAYBE aiming for the 100th anniversary year of 2045 for such an epochal historical transformation. If, that is, humanity can hold on until then. The talk meant a great deal to Tad, since he was invited to deliver it by one of his own professors in his PhD program at the RAND School of Public Policy, Dr. Warren Walker. Please give it a watch and please share it widely!

"From Bunker Busters to Mushroom Clouds? The Attacks Upon Iran and the Enduring Nuclear Peril."


Bunker Buster to Mushroom Clouds

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TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK ON THE ZOOM LINK 
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1dyfEXFXTBOulgY7E3UE2w 


 


"From Bunker Busters to Mushroom Clouds? The Attacks Upon Iran and the Enduring Nuclear Peril."




 

Please spread the word and please join us to discuss the recent Israeli and American attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities and military leadership, and how these events are likely to further unfold in the weeks to come, and what it all portends now regarding the prospects for nuclear catastrophe and the goal of abolishing nuclear weapons. We hope to come away with a clear action agenda of what progressive peace patriots MIGHT ACTUALLY DO going forward, in order to de-escalate the latest war and to avoid nuclear war. 

We will be joined by the Honorable Melissa Parke, based in Geneva. She is a longtime international lawyer with the United Nations in Kosovo, Gaza, New York, Lebanon, and Yemen, a longtime Australian Labor Party parliamentarian, and today the Executive Director of the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). 

 Joining us as well will be Seth Shelden, based in New York. He is a longtime private practice attorney and law professor, a Fulbright Scholar, and today the General Counsel and United Nations Liaison for ICAN. 

 Our moderator will be Dr. Tad Daley, based in Los Angeles. He is a former advisor to Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Congressman John B. Anderson, Congresswoman Diane Watson, U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and U.S. Senator Alan Cranston, author of the book APOCALYPSE NEVER: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World from Rutgers University Press, and today President of the Americans for Democratic Action Foundation of Southern California.

 Let’s abolish the nuclear abomination. Let’s cast war onto the rubble heap of history. Let’s bring about Peace on Earth.

 

July 10th, 2025, 5-6:30 PM PDT on ZOOM

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