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CA Dem AAPI Caucus Membership Meeting and Prop 50 Phonebank

Thursday, October 23, 2025 – 5:30-7:30pm

We will be having a brief caucus meeting from 5:30-6pm followed by a phonebank starting for Prop 50 starting at 6pm.

Caucus Administration. Register/Join at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jeQpLktyTR60k5H3yg5qRQ#/registration

I. Call to Order | Welcome

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Caucus Officer Reports

  1. State Chairs Report (Hon. Harris Mojadedi)
  2. State Vice Chairs Report (Steve Kang)
  3. State Treasurers Report (Diane Le)
  4. State Communication Secretary’s Report (Hon. Alfred Twu)
  5. State Recording Secretary’s Report (Shivam Patel)
  6. Parliamentary Chairs Report (Aref Aziz)
  7. Legislative Directors Report (Gurpreet Kaur)
  8. Northern California Region (Angelica Ramos-Allen)
  9. Southern California Region (Zahra Hajee)

IV. AAPI’s United for Prop 50 Phonebank (6pm-7:30pm)https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/846944/

V. Speakers 

VI. Adjournment

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Yes on 50 AAPI Phonebanks Every Thursday 6-8pm

Along with the Filipino American Democratic Caucus and many other organizations, we’re calling AAPI voters every Thursday evening 6-8pm for Yes on Prop 50. Sign Up at https://www.mobilize.us/cadems/event/846944/
Find other phonebanks, canvasses, and other Yes on 50 events near you at www.cadem.org/castrong

Election Day is this November 4, 2025. Vote-by-mail ballots will be sent to voters in early October. Know anyone that moved or became eligible to vote recently? They can check to see if they’re registered, or register if needed, at RegisterToVote.ca.gov
Help Create the 2026 California Democratic Party Platform
Every two years, the California Democratic Party updates our party platform. Over the next several weeks, there will be Zoom calls where you can give testimony, as well as an online form to submit written comments. There are two Zoom calls coming up next week..

Wednesday, October 1, 6:30 PM Planks Accepting Testimony: Criminal Justice, Gun Violence Prevention, Internet and Free Speech https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/VZdVtSqsTeKlDFI3pfYwjg#/registration

Saturday, October 4, 11:00 AM Planks Accepting Testimony: Education, Children, Culture and the Arts, Women https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/4IinW7rDT9mkWPT5ollfig#/registration

Full list of the hearings are at https://cadem.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026-Testimony-Hearing-Schedule.pdf
You can also send in written comments at https://fs3.formsite.com/CADEM2011/fat6zmokwi/index

CADEM Executive Board Meeting – October 24-26, Monterey
In lieu of an in-person meeting, the AAPI Caucus will meet briefly online at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 23, after which we will join our weekly Thursday phonebank.
For full E-Board details & registration at https://cadem.org/executive-board/
Community Events Calendar

Saturday, September 27 Rise and Resist – Asian Democrats of Los Angeles County Annual Awards Ceremony https://www.asiandemsla.org/events.html

Wednesday, October 1 AAPI Immigration Panel with the AAPI Democrats of San Diego
Details at https://www.facebook.com/AAPIDemsSD/posts/pfbid0q75SYe6Bq9YnhJgz2zB4EZ4TLdNX1TwphFoLuJZC9oEYUacXB1aVrJoSjj2ueykSl?__tn__=%2CO*F
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AAPIs United for Prop 50 Coalition Meeting Thursday, September 18, 6 – 7 PM

The California Democratic Party is hosting an AAPIs United for Prop 50 Coalition Meeting this Thursday, September 18. As a leader in the AAPI community, we hope you can join us.  Zoom Link: https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/DC521EZeRKqno3pL3Sva2g

CADEM Vice Chair Deepa Sharma, AAPI Caucus Chair Harris Mojadedi, Filipino American Caucus Chair Cameron Sasai, and DNC Member Harini Krishnan are building the coalition to organize and mobilize our communities.

Whether or not you can make Thursday’s organizing call, sign up for updates at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed3Nanqy5czlPltHm5A6mcO2kY-J06sMQC9zo-DMCU3il6RQ/viewform
Vote Yes on Prop 50! The California Democratic Party endorses Yes on 50 to level the playing field for Congressional elections.
Find phonebanks, canvasses, and other Yes on 50 events near you at www.cadem.org/castrong

Election Day is this November 4, 2025. Vote-by-mail ballots will be sent to voters in early October. Know anyone that moved or became eligible to vote recently? They can check to see if they’re registered, or register if needed, at RegisterToVote.ca.gov
Help Create the 2026 California Democratic Party Platform
Every two years, the California Democratic Party updates our party platform. Over the next several weeks, there will be Zoom calls where you can give testimony, as well as an online form to submit written comments. There are a total of six Zoom calls, the first two are this week.

Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 PM
Planks Accepting Testimony: Labor, Economic Justice, Poverty Elimination, and Affordable Housing, Business and Economy, Equality of Rights and Opportunity, Disabilities
https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/o5kqM5JfQ4ez6U_-mDexGQ

Saturday, September 20, 11:00 AM
Planks Accepting Testimony: Civil Justice, Political Reform, World Peace and International Relations, National Security
https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/UcGhGQR-S5qGlpNFV7mA7A

Full list of the hearings are at https://cadem.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2026-Testimony-Hearing-Schedule.pdf

You can also send in written comments at https://fs3.formsite.com/CADEM2011/fat6zmokwi/index

CADEM Executive Board Meeting – October 24-26, Monterey
Details & Registration at https://cadem.org/executive-board/
Community Events Calendar

Wednesday, October 1 AAPI Immigration Panel with the AAPI Democrats of San Diego
Details at https://www.facebook.com/AAPIDemsSD/posts/pfbid0q75SYe6Bq9YnhJgz2zB4EZ4TLdNX1TwphFoLuJZC9oEYUacXB1aVrJoSjj2ueykSl?__tn__=%2CO*F
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Volunteer Now for Yes on Prop 50


Vote Yes on Prop 50! The California Democratic Party endorses Yes on 50 to level the playing field for Congressional elections.

Election Day is this November 4, 2025. Vote-by-mail ballots will be sent to voters in early October. Know anyone that moved or became eligible to vote recently? They can check to see if they’re registered, or register if needed, at RegisterToVote.ca.gov

Volunteers are needed to help win Yes on Prop 50! Sign up www.cadem.org/castrong

California Democratic Party Supports AAPI Priority Legislation
Led by our Legislative Chair Gurpreet Kaur, our Caucus submitted requests for the party to support several bills on the California Legislature’s AAPI Legislative Caucus priority list.

At the August Executive Board Meeting, the California Democratic Party voted to support our requested bills as priority bills for Democratic legislators to vote Yes on.

AB 49 (Muratsuchi) Prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from entering a school site or child care facility for any purpose without providing valid identification, a written statement of purpose, a valid judicial warrant, and approval from the school district’s superintendent or director of the child care center. The bill also requires that if an ICE official meets the requirements to enter a school site or childcare facility, their access would be restricted to where students or children are not present.

AB 695 (Fong) Establishes the CA Community Colleges Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act to provide deported California Community Colleges students the opportunity to continue their education online after leaving the United States.

AB 863 (Kalra) Requires a translated eviction notice, complaint, and summons to be provided to tenants who have either negotiated their lease in another language or if the landlord has reason to believe they speak one of the top five non-English languages in California as their primary language: Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.

AB 1348 (Bains) Makes immigration enforcement activities that result in mass absences in schools a qualifying event for the purpose of calculating average daily attendance for funding after an emergency.

AB 1362 (Kalra) Closes a loophole in current labor law by clarifying that all foreign labor contractors have worker rights as temporary immigrant workers, with only two exceptions: J-1 visas and talent agency recruiters.

SB 509 (Caballero) Requires the Office of Emergency Services to work in cooperation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop a training on recognizing and responding to transnational repression. The bill also defines transnational repression in order to provide clarity to law enforcement, and specifies that it is state policy to protect Californians against transnational repression and hold foreign governments accountable for committing those acts.

For a full list of legislation the the California Democratic Party has taken positions on, please see pages 20-24 of the Executive Board Floor Report at https://cadem.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-August-EBoard-Floor-Report_Saturday-August-23-2025.pdf
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Nov 19 News – Volunteer for Ballot Curing, December Exec Board Conference, ADEM Delegate Elections

Volunteers Needed in Too Close to Call House Races
Thanks to your efforts, our Congressional candidates such as Derek Tran are ahead as vote counting continues.
Derek Tran and other House candidates here in CA remain too close to call. Ballot curing will ensure that we keep the lead to win this and other seats. The DCCC is hosting phonebanks for volunteers to help cure ballots. Sign up to volunteer here.
**In-language volunteers needed for ballot curing** If you have native Mandarin Chinese language ability OR native Korean language ability, and have some capacity during the work week, please email Sarah Lin (DCCC AANHPI Engagement Director) at slin@dccc.org.
December E-Board will be Virtual AAPI Caucus Membership Meeting: Friday, December 13, 6-8pm
The December executive board conference has been changed to online. Registration is open now through Dec 3 at https://cadem.org/executive-board/
Our Caucus will be meeting on Friday, December 13 from 6-8pm.Agenda and zoom link will be provided later.
Tentative Agenda
Assembly District Election Meeting (ADEM) Delegate Election Process
Regional Directors and staff are currently working to identify the 2025 ADEM delegate locations.
The CADEM ADEM website will be live by Monday, December 2.
CANDIDATES: The candidate application period will run from Monday, December 9 until Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
VOTERS: Democrats can register online for ADEMs from Monday, January 6, 2025, until Friday, January 24, 2025. In-person registration for ADEMs (voting with a scantron ballot at an in-person ADEM location) will run from Monday, January 6, 2025, until Sunday, February 22/23, 2025.
TRAINING: Candidate and voter training will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6-7:30 pm. To register, click the button link below.
Electronic voting credentials will be mailed on January 31, 2025, for those opting to vote electronically.
In-person ADEM meetings will be held Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23, 2025. Because in-person voting is by scantron ballot, we will not have the results the weekend of the ADEM meetings. Results are expected by March 3, 2025.
More details will be coming next month. 2025 ADEM Procedures
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October 3 Newsletter

October Events
October 12: AAPI Day of Action for Darshana Patel in partnership with the CA AAPI Legislative Caucus, South Asians for Harris, SD AAPI Dems, & more:  10am, TBD Escondido
October 13: Mobilization for Derek Tran in partnership with Taiwanese Americans for Progress, South Asians for Harris, & more:  11am, sign up here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdo4XiEYunZZ8AOVSwpmAs-zOU8v_pmvQudsEuOGJ9eF_eZzQ/viewform

October 19: AANHPI Mobilization for Harris-Walz in Nevada: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3KPgR_10967v4jQc227oxjHGt5uVmzg10CMZrAXkXmGFpjg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
October 26: – AAPI Day of Action for Derek Tran for Congress (CA 45) and Dave Min for Congress (CA 47) in partnership with the DCCC – AAPI Day of Action for Jessica Caloza for Assembly (Virtual & In-Person)
Find CADEM Endorsed Candidates!
A list of candidates and Propositions endorsed by the party, as well as a search tool where voters can look up the endorsed candidates for where they live, is available at https://cadem.org/endorsements/
Five members of our board are running for office and have been endorsed by the party:
Jessica Caloza for Assembly
Rachel Hernandez for Riverbank Mayor
Tammy Kim for Irvine Mayor
Emily Ann Ramos for Mountain View City Council
Alfred Twu for Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
Volunteer for the CADEM Voter Protection Team!
CADEM is looking for hotline operators and volunteer attorneys to make sure everyone’s right to vote is protected! Sign up at https://fs3.formsite.com/CADEM2011/CADEMVOTERPROTECTION/index

Voter Protection Team Hotline Operators
If any California voters have questions or encounter issues related to elections and voting, our CADEM Voter Protection Hotline Operators will take calls from voters who call 1-877-321-8683(VOTE) until the polls close on Election Day!
CADEM Voter Protection team will need to ramp up this effort from Thursday, October 17, 2024, to the Election, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, until the polls close, by recruiting and training volunteer operators who will be ready for the job!

Voter Protection Team Volunteer Attorneys
Our mission is to recruit hundreds of trained volunteer attorneys who will be dispatched around the state to handle questions and field potential voter disenfranchisement issues.
Renew Your Membership for 2024
There’s still time to renew your Caucus membership. This can be done online at https://onlinecampaigntools.com/WebForms/ViewForm?key=v3OgtUdQThjhzNZ%2FYfwUPw%3D%3D#%5Bpage=1%5D
If you would like to request fee waiver for economic hardship, please contact us at cademparty.apicaucus@gmail.com.
December E-Board will be Virtural
The December executive board conference has been changed to online. Registration is open now through Dec 3 at https://cadem.org/executive-board/