On the heels of a successful 2020 election cycle that saw 20 local seats flipped from red to blue, the Democratic Party of Orange County’s staff are taking on new, larger roles.
At its January 25, 2021 meeting, the Democratic Party of Orange County Central Committee ratified by acclamation new, more senior positions for two current staff. Political Director Ajay Mohan will now serve as Executive Director, and Regional Organizer Lyndsey Lefebvre will now serve as Organizing and Activism Director.
Of the staff’s expanded roles, Chairwoman Ada Briceño said, “Ajay and Lyndsey led outstanding work for local Democrats through the 2020 cycle. I look forward to continuing to work with this dynamic team. Democrats will be well-served as we continue our transformation.”
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond answers a reporter s question during a visit with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, background, to Blue Oak Elementary School in Cameron Park, Calif.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
California s various teachers unions are coming under increased scrutiny over their reluctance to return to in-person learning, especially in the wake of the state legislature s apprehension towards Gov. Gavin Newsom s school reopening plan.
The state s most powerful teachers union the California Teachers Association, which has more than 300,000 members and is affiliated with the even more powerful National Education Association has taken the firm stance that teachers must be vaccinated before in-person learning resumes.
'Vaccinating 25,000 people will allow us to reopen elementary school classrooms for 250,000 children and help . family members start on the path to recovery,' Beutner says.
The unions laid out their positions in a 7-page paper timed to influence districts contemplating a return to school as well as the Legislature. Legislative leaders are currently negotiating with Newsom over the terms for distributing $6.6 billion that the governor has proposed to encourage districts to reopen campuses this spring and to use this summer and next fall to compensate for learning lost during the pandemic.
The unions are California Teachers Association; California Federation of Teachers; California School Employees Association; Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Council 57 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Their reopening plan would require that the state offer vaccinations to school employees before they return for in-person instruction and make it a priority to vaccinate all employees in schools that have opened already.