{"id":16736,"date":"2026-05-21T05:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=16736"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:23:24","slug":"2026-05-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-05-24\/","title":{"rendered":"California Primary Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11 a.m., May 24, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we discuss the California Primary Election. There are, fortunately, no proposition on the California Primary Election ballot which ends June 2, but it\u2019s huge.<br \/>\nWe will not cover every office on the ballot but Carl will give a presentation on the major candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.  Alex will present the candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in district 17, candidates for the State Senate in district 10, and candidates for the State Assembly in district 26. Presentations will include funds raised, if available, and major endorsements.<br \/>\nAfter these presentations, we\u2019ll open the floor to comments on other offices, districts, and general Q&amp;A about the election.<br \/>\nData on candidates are available on Ballotpedia.org.<\/p>\n<p><b>Attend in Person:<\/b><br \/>\nJoin fellow Humanists in the Manzanita Room of the Los Altos Community Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/ZLpF9koVy7WszVtG6\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">97 Hillview Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022<\/a>. Lunch will be served after the forum. We request a $10 donation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>Attend Online<\/b><br \/>\nAlso, we will continue to present our forums <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81653890712?pwd=QzN4MTVNbGEwQ0Zua3d1VG9tVE50UT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Zoom. To join and be able to ask questions and make comments, click here<\/a>.<br \/>\nNo password is needed &#8212; our host will admit you from the waiting room. Joining the meeting via the link will download and install the Zoom app on your desktop computer (if it&#8217;s not already installed), and then take you to the meeting. You can also install the Zoom app on your computer or smartphone, and then enter:<br \/>\nMeeting ID: 816 5389 0712<br \/>\nPasscode: 250634<\/p>\n<p>Join the meeting by phone: +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<br \/>\nFind an international phone number to call:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/u\/afYkAuvE6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Like us on Facebook:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the Humanist Community web site:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-05-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-05-24\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RSVP on Meetup:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/314082415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/314082415\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch videos of our past Forums: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Add this event to your Google calendar: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/render?action=TEMPLATE&amp;text=Humanist+Forum+-+California+Primary+Election&amp;dates=20260524T180000Z%2F20260524T193000Z&amp;location=97+Hillview+Ave%2C+Los+Altos%2C+CA+94022&amp;details=Manzanita+Room%0A%0AJoin+us+this+Sunday%2C+either+in+person+or+online%2C+as+we+discuss+the+California+Primary+Election.+There+are%2C+fortunately%2C+no+proposition+on+the+California+Primary+Election+ballot+which+ends+June+2%2C+but+it%E2%80%99s+huge.%0AWe+will+not+cover+every+office+on+the+ballot+but+Carl+will+give+a+presentation+on+the+major+candidates+for+Governor+and+Lieutenant+Governor.++Alex+will+present+the+candidates+for+the+U.S.+House+of+Representatives+in+district+17%2C+candidates+for+the+State+Senate+in+district+10%2C+and+candidates+for+the+State+Assembly+in+district+26.+Presentations+will+include+funds+raised%2C+if+available%2C+and+major+endorsements.%0AAfter+these+presentations%2C+we%E2%80%99ll+open+the+floor+to+comments+on+other+offices%2C+districts%2C+and+general+Q%26A+about+the+election.%0AData+on+candidates+are+available+on+Ballotpedia.org.\" rel=\"noopener\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/images\/ext\/gc_button1_en.gif\" alt=\"Google Calendar\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 a.m., May 24, 2026 Join us this Sunday, either in person or online, as we discuss the California Primary Election. There are, fortunately, no proposition on the California Primary Election ballot which ends June 2, but it\u2019s huge. We will not cover every office on the ballot but Carl will give a presentation on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2026-05-24\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;California Primary Election&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[253],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16737,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736\/revisions\/16737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}