Riverside County Democratic Party

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Leadership

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Leadership

The Riverside County Democratic Party’s leadership and dedication inspires and empowers our members to make a meaningful impact in Riverside County and beyond.

2024-2028 Term RCDP Officers

Chair: Joy Silver

Vice Chair: Agi Kessler

Recording Secretary: Lanny Swerdlow

Controller: Beth Crawford

Corresponding Secretary: Lisa Andres

Parliamentarian: Open

Assembly District Leadership

Assembly District 36

  • AD Chair: Steven Brooks
  • AD Secretary: Edison Gomez-Kraus

Assembly District 47

  • AD Chair: Anyse Smith
  • AD Secretary: Francisco Ramos

Assembly District 58

  • AD Chair: Sheila Riley
  • AD Secretary: Regina Stell

Assembly District 60

  • AD Chair: Jorge Zavala
  • AD Secretary: Dr. Stephanie Bruce

Assembly District 63

  • AD Chair: Yousuf Bhaghani
  • AD Secretary: Lisa Andres

Assembly District 71

  • AD Chair: Open
  • AD Secretary: Open

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Letters to the Editor

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Letters to the Editor

How to Submit a Letter to the Editor and Get Published

To submit a letter to the editor for publication in a local news paper:

  • 200 or fewer words
  • In writer’s own words
  • Free from libel
  • In good taste
  • In a timely manner
  • By email preferred over fax or post office mail
  • Many newspapers will not publish letters that are not exclusive to them. Do not broadcast your letter to multiple newspapers.

Letters must include:

  • Writer’s full name
  • Address, city and zip code
  • Daytime phone number for verification. Only name and city will be printed.
  • Writers email address

They do not accept:

  • Poetry
  • Medical praise
  • Consumer complaints
  • Religious tracts
  • Letters from writers outside their circulation area
  • Letters with unverified facts or vulgarity

Letters will be edited for clarity, grammar and length. No more than one letter from a contributor will be published in a 30-day period.

Writing guidelines To reply to a letter to the editor or an op-ed: Refute point by point: 

By answering each point made with a statement that takes the opposite approach.

Example: Republican: 

More worrisome, the Pelosi budget undermines the basic tenets of the U.S. economy – free markets, targeted but limited regulation and entrepreneurship.

Democratic reply: 

While entrepreneurship should be encouraged we need strong regulation that prevents markets from going out of control enriching a few people at the expense of many people.

A letter can address the majority of statements or the most important statements. 

Another type of reply letter can address the overall philosophy of the original letter and point out how it takes the country in the wrong direction.

Original letters: 

Original letters should address a topic that is current and has a variety of viewpoints. It should concentrate on one subject and be based on facts. Rather than guess numbers, dates, etc. the writer should look them up and be prepared to back them up.

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Membership Application

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Membership Application

Regular, Alternate, or Associate Members

All RCDP members (Regular/Alternate/Associate) for the term April 2025 to March 2028, must go to the following link and submit a completed Membership form:

Pay RCDP Dues

Our Chair

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Our Chair,

Joy Silver

Joy Silver, first elected in November 2022 to serve out a vacated position is now serving her second term as Chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party. A former Vice President of Democratic Women of the Desert, she ran as the CA State Party endorsed Candidate for State Senate in 2018, where the GOP candidate only won by 3%.

She is a founder of the activist group Courageous Resistance-Indivisible of the Desert, fighting for equality, equity and inclusion in the wake of the 45th president’s election. Joy is a guest host monthly on The Snowstorm with Nicholas Snow and was the host of a radio show and podcast OutSpoken, with producer John McMullen, taking on the challenges of our times.

Joy Silver has over 40 years of experience in executive management, healthcare, affordable housing, senior living, community planning and business and economic development, serving underserved communities. From 1997 until 2011, as a CEO and visionary she developed, planned and found financing for LGBT senior living communities in multi-states. She became a California state licensed senior care administrator and ran senior care residences for Merrill Gardens. Prior to moving west, she was Chief Strategy Officer of a New York City Women’s Reproductive Medical Center, where she led a team of medical professionals and support staff in providing quality comprehensive care to more than 40,000 patients each year.

Today, she is the Chief Strategy Officer and Regional Director, Southern California, for Community Housing Opportunities Corporation (CHOC). CHOC is an affordable housing developer that has delivered needed services to thousands of low-income individuals and families and headquartered in Fairfield, California and Palm Springs, CA.

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This work requires grassroots supporters like you! We are committed to working year-round to foster trust, build relationships and organize Democrats across Riverside County!

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