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General Assembly Endorsements – April 2026

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DSA San Diego Endorses Alexander Kraft for November 2026 Ballot, Empty Homes Tax for June Primary Ballot DSA San Diego is proud to present our chapter's latest electoral endorsements for this year's election cycle. All Electoral endorsements are processed through the Electoral Working Group, with candidates required to complete our Endorsement Questionnaire. If you would like to participate in these endorsements, the Electoral Working Group meetings are visible on our… Read More

Fight fasciscm! Vote YES on Prop 50

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DSA San Diego has voted to endorse and campaign for Proposition 50, which will be on the California ballot for a special election on November 4, 2025. If it passes, Prop. 50 would implement a temporary redistricting of California’s Congressional seats to counteract Republican gerrymandering by redrawing five Republican seats to favor Democrats until the 2030 census. After the 2030 census, California’s independent redistricting commission would resume drawing our Congressional… Read More

DSA Book Club

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Image: 13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg by Ralf Roletschek, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 3.0 Every month we meet to discuss books with powerful socialist and progressive messages. After each book we finish, we vote on our next book. To cast your vote or join our upcoming meeting, be sure to check the events calendar and connect with us on Slack. The candidates for our next book include: Scaling Migrant Worker Rights,… Read More

Migrant Rights Priority Campaign: Summer 2025 Update

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As the federal government and ICE escalate in their attacks in our community, it's up to us to stand up and protect ourselves and our neighbors. This year, our migrant rights committee has mobilized in response to an anti-sanctuary cities bill (SB554) proposed by local politicians, the TRUTH Act forum, the ICE raid on  Buona Forchetta, and hosted a know your rights workshop for our members in partnership with the… Read More

DSA San Diego Calls on the San Diego City Council to End the use of Automatic License Plate Readers

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As a member of the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology (TRUST) Coalition, DSA San Diego members worked to help pass the TRUST ordinance in the city of San Diego. This ordinance grants that the public should be informed of and have transparent discussion related to the city’s acquisition and use of surveillance technology. In 2023 the Privacy Advisory Board officially recommended to city council that SDPD’s surveillance use… Read More

Migrant Rights Priority Campaign: Spring 2025 Update

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At 7:45 a.m. this past Wednesday, Genaro C., an undocumented parent in City Heights, was taking his children to school when masked, armed men approached his vehicle. Eyewitnesses say that the ICE agents then forcefully removed Genero from the car in front of his 5-year-old and 11-year-old, cuffed his hands painfully, and shuttled him into an ICE vehicle. According to NBC San Diego 7, Genaro has no criminal history, and… Read More

Seeding Food Sovereignty Priority Campaign: Spring 2025 Update

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DSA San Diego has adopted food sovereignty as a 2025 Priority Campaign, and the work is already rolling forward! Food sovereignty is an idea that was first articulated by La Via Campesina movement as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.” Our current food system, both nationally and locally… Read More

DSA San Diego’s Statement on the Illegal Detention of Mahmoud Khalil

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DSA San Diego condemns the unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born permanent resident and Columbia University graduate who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last Sunday, March 9. We further condemn the subsequent persecution of two other Columbia University students, one who remains in detention and one who has returned to her country of origin. All three students participated in Palestinian solidarity protests last year, and have… Read More