Candidates for West Hollywood City Council Set to Appear at Candidate Forum at Fiesta Hall on September 11
September 6, 2022 — WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — The Stonewall Democratic Club, the nation’s oldest LGBTQ+ Democratic political advocacy organization, will be hosting a City Council Candidate Forum and Special Endorsement Meeting where they will consider six candidates running for City Council of West Hollywood on September 11th at 1 PM.
Six candidates for West Hollywood’s city council have confirmed their attendance at the forum:
- Law Professor, John Heilman
- Community Organizer, Chelsea Lee-Byers
- West Hollywood Public Safety Commissioner, Robert Oliver
- Former West Hollywood Council Member, Steve Martin
- LA LGBT Chamber Board Member Marquita Thomas
- Attorney, Zekiah Wright
The forum will take place at Fiesta Hall at Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046.
Dues-paying Stonewall members will vote to offer up to three endorsements at the next General Membership Meeting. The event will be held in a hybrid online and in-person format in a Zoom meeting as well as simulcast from the Stonewall YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
Moderating the forum will be executive producer of the Stonewall Spotlight podcast Marcus Lovingood. Lovingood is also the Artistic Director of Broadway West.
The candidates will discuss their plans for the nearly 40,000 residents of the City of West Hollywood, considered a mecca of the LGBTQ+ community, as the country faces a slew of existential crises, like threats to reproductive rights, marriage equality, housing, homelessness, and the climate crisis.
In-person attendance will be limited to candidate staff, selected guests, and press. Prior to entering the facility, all attendees, volunteers, staff, and candidates must provide proof of immunization against COVID-19 and must wear masks while inside the facility at all times unless appearing on stage.
The next General Membership Meeting will be held on Monday, September 19th, 2022 outside its typical schedule in observance of Rosh Hashanah.
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Since our founding in Los Angeles in 1975, Stonewall Democratic Club has been the home for progressive Democrats who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight allies of the LGBT community.
The first Stonewall Democratic club in the nation established for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and straight allies committed to achieving equality for all and to advancing progressive and feminist values through the Democratic Party at all levels of the political process, local, state and federal. SDC is an all-volunteer grassroots non-profit political organization and is among the largest Democratic Clubs in California.
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