Finance Council

The California Democratic Party Finance Council is a group of organization and business leaders who are active friends to the Party and its efforts - particularly those efforts geared towards elections that affect California.

Finance Council members keep California dollars in California.

Membership benefits include our Annual Finance Council Retreat, special State Convention and Election Night activities, and exclusive briefings and receptions with national and statewide Democratic leaders.  We ask our Finance Council members to make a minimum commitment of $5,000 during an "off-year" and $15,000 during an election year.

Our Finance Council members care about issues important to California, and because of them, California continues to be the influential Democratic stronghold of the nation.

2009 Finance Council membership is $5,000.

Finance Council Benefits Include:

Invitations to exclusive Finance Council events. Recent activities include briefings from Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Controller John Chiang, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, and all of our statewide constitutional officers. Complimentary tickets to special events. Previous years’ activities have included briefings, receptions, and other events with Mayor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Warren Beatty, Senator Al Franken, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator John Kerry, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Bill Clinton, and President Barack Obama.

Special Finance Council recognition on the California Democratic Party website.

Special State Convention Benefits Include: 

• Convention Honored Guest observer passes for two individuals- including special backstage passes. 
• Two tickets to the Chair’s Welcome Reception, Democratic Leadership Luncheon and Tribute Dinner.
• Listing on Finance Council Recognition page in Convention Program Book.

For more information or to join the California Democratic Party Finance Council, please contact Angie Tate at (916) 442-5707 or angie@cadem.org.