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If you’d have asked me before if I was ever going to run for any
type of public office, my answer would have been no. I’ve spent
the majority of my career supporting those in elected office and
getting others elected.

But then a few things happened.

In 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found dead of a meth
overdose in the West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck.

Buck, was 63 and white, a longtime political donor, one-time
West Hollywood City Council candidate and a well-known figure in
LGBTQ political circles. Moore was Black and gay, had been
homeless and had worked as an escort.

Moore’s death was immediately classified as an accidental
methamphetamine overdose by the coroner, but after his personal
journal was published and other young men stepped forward
recounting similar stories about Ed Buck, a man who they say has
a Tuskegee Experiment-like fetish which includes shooting drugs
into young Black men that he picks up off the street or via
dating hookup websites, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s
opened a homicide investigation.

In his journal, Moore wrote, "I honestly don’t know what to do.
I’ve become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that," a
December 2016 entry reads. "Ed Buck is the one to thank. He gave
me my first injection of crystal meth it was very painful, but
after all the troubles, I became addicted to the pain and
fetish/fantasy."

Ed Buck contributed thousands of dollars to the California
Democratic Party, candidates running for office and those in
elected office including State Senator Kevin de Leon, Governer
Gavin Newsom, former Governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti.

At the time of the news of Moore’s death, the California
Democratic Party was being led by one of Buck’s friends? — ?Eric
Bauman? — ?someone who I believe helped to protect Buck with his
silence and willingness to look the other way.

But in some kind of poetic justice, Bauman himself? — ?the first
openly gay head of the state party? — ?would later be dethroned
over claims he sexually harassed and assaulted people at
political events.

I believe that California’s Democratic Party is in the middle of
a morals and values crisis.

Our party no longer reflects the interests of the people it
serves and many of its members are disillusioned.

That’s not the kind of political party I want to belong to. One
that sees the lives of Black people as being expendable. As
Black Democrats, that is not the type of return we expect on our
years of investing in the Democratic Party with our votes.

If Gemmel Moore had been a white male or female? — ?I seriously
doubt the Party leadership would have been able to sweep it
under the rug the way they so carelessly and deliberately did.

The California Democratic Party is the largest Democratic Party
organization outside of Washington, D.C. With 43.5 percent of
the state’s registered voters, the Democratic Party has the
highest number of registrants of any political party in
California.

And even though the number of Blacks living in California
continues to decline, thanks in part to gentrification, we’re
still here, we’re still voting Democratic and we deserve to be
represented and to have our voices and issues heard at every
level.

Black people are more than just the backbone of the Democratic
Party? — ?we are the heart and soul of the Democratic Party and
at the same time the least likely to be represented and to hold
positions of power within it.

For too long, as a Black woman living in Southern California,
I’ve had one foot in the Democratic Party and one foot out. I
never really had the feeling that my state’s party cared about
women like me or the issues important to us? — ?but was always
more than willing to take advantage of our votes.

Unbeknownst to most voters, in California, every two years
Democrats elect members to represent the Assembly District they
are registered in.

These people are called AD Delegates. AD Delegates are elected
by voters in their Assembly District and vote on behalf of the
community they represent at California Democratic Party Regional
Meetings, the California Democratic Party Convention, and those
who are also elected to serve as an Executive Board member are
responsible for voting and representing their community at the
semi-annual E-Board meetings. AD Delegates are directly
responsible for helping to shape the party’s platform and be the
voice of voters in their community at the party level.

Unlike with other elections in the state, the California
Democratic Party doesn’t talk much about or promote the election
of AD Delegates to Democratic voters at-large. As a voter, you
have to go searching for this information? — ?something that
most of us aren’t going to do.

Many of these seats are “reserved” for party favorites or people
the party can count on to vote the right way, say the right
thing and if need be? — ?look the other way.

But here’s the thing? — ?any registered Democrat can apply to
run in their Assembly District and that’s exactly what this
Black woman did.

I am running for delegate in a district in California that is
less than 6 percent Black and the reason why is simple.

Black people do not only live in one or two Assembly Districts.
Thanks to gentrification and the high cost of living, we live
all over California and we should be represented in every
district.

It is very easy for “allies” to like, retweet or share messages
of Black women empowerment on social media giving them the
appearance of being progressive and supportive of us? — ?but
when asked to put their support into practice and support Black
women candidates the enthusiasm disappears. The California
Democratic Party is no different.

Since announcing my run for delegate, I’ve gotten calls trying
to talk me out of it. I’ve spoken to Party leaders who didn’t
think it was a big deal that they were not supporting any Blacks
on their political slates? — ?a group of candidates running for
delegate on a common platform. I was told that because Blacks
were not the majority in my district it only makes sense they
aren’t represented as delegates.

Despite all of that, I am still running. Whether I win or lose,
it’s clear the California Democratic Party needs to be reminded
that 77 percent of likely African-American voters vote for
Democratic candidates and issues.

And just like there was no cap on the number of white males and
females who could hold elected office (hostage)? — ?there’s no
cap or quota on the number of Black people? — ?and more
importantly Black women? — ?who can run for office. There are no
more Black districts in California. Black people live everywhere
and we shouldn’t be relegated to running for office in certain
areas.

As a Black woman, I am committed to ensuring that all of us are
represented? — ?and that includes women of color. As a delegate,
I will continue to be a consistent advocate for candidates,
issues, and initiatives that speak to the needs of communities
of color? — ?representation, restorative justice, criminal
justice reform, income equality, living wage jobs, affordable
housing and healthcare for all. I will be the one that reminds
the California Democratic Party that when we talk about
immigration and the migrant crisis at the border, we should also
be talking about the groups of Haitians, Eritreans,
Cameroonians, and other Africans and people from the Caribbean
at the border as well.

I walk it like I talk it.

I lost my best friend in 2018 to AIDS? — ?but really more the
stigma associated with the disease.

She was one of my biggest champions and would always push me to
do more including encouraging me to run for office. I would
always tell her no, that’s not my thing. She’s not here to see
me run for delegate but I am running for her and millions of
Black women like her.

JASMYNE CANNICK is a political strategist and journalist who is
running for delegate to the 53rd Assembly District which
includes the cities and communities of Adams-Normandie, Arts
District, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, East Hollywood,
Hancock Park, Huntington Park, Koreatown, Larchmont Village,
Little Tokyo, Pico-Union, Rampart Village, Vernon, Westlake,
Rampart Village. Find out about her candidacy by visiting
facebook.com/vote4

https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/10/after-exposing-ed- buck-jasmyne-cannick-takes-democratic-party

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