Our Plan
Effective representation that produces the great quality of life Californians have come to expect but has been in decline for a decade or more. The CHANGE-CA mission is to build a case for an affordable and sustainable quality of life in California, which is being threatened by runaway taxes, spending and regulation piled on by the special interest groups that dominate Sacramento and which influence both major parties.
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California’s independent or “No Party Preference” voters in California will guide future policy in California. CHANGE-CA will engage and empower this effort with personal and when possible, face-to-face conversations at their doors, with our CHANGE CA neighborhood/community workers and volunteers. Personal contact is critical to build trust and confidence which will allow greater understanding and agreement with the nonpartisan solutions we will propose.
In the initial two years of CHANGE-CA’s effort, our community teams contacted hundreds of thousands of independent voters. It’s important to note that more than 60% of our workers are either military veterans or come from a family of military veterans.
C.H.A.N.G.E. finished its first two years exceeding its fundraising, budget, and independent voter contact goals.
C.H.A.N.G.E. is a project of RescueCalifornia Educational Foundation, a tax-exempt charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to C.H.A.N.G.E. are tax-deductible to the donor. At no time will C.H.A.N.G.E. be engaged in lobbying, legislative advocacy efforts, explicit media outreach or endorsement of candidates for political office.
C.H.A.N.G.E. was extremely successful in 2020 and we saw significant independent voter engagement rates in areas where C.H.A.N.G.E. Agents were active.
Our success is measured by increased participation of educated independent voters that understand the need to control spending and special interest groups with whom C.H.A.N.G.E. Agents (which is what we call our canvassers) have developed a relationship with that may not regularly engage in the voting process. Additional metrics for the organization include information about key issues important to independent voters, the number and frequency of voter contacts/ conversations/ contact attempts, and the level of independent voter participation in elections.
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C.H.A.N.G.E. did extensive qualitative and quantitative research to learn about the issues most important and critical to independent voters – affordability, cost-of-living, housing, water, roads, homelessness and other quality of life issues.
These issues are not surprising – further, it is not surprising that after the COVID-19 pandemic sprouted as a top issue and concern for independent voters. However, those other issues did not disappear, and still remained high on the importance scale with independent voters, in addition to COVID 19.
While we have had to adjust our door-to-door canvassing and conversation efforts due to COVID 19, our C.H.A.N.G.E. agents connected with voters via phone, text, and Zoom. Despite the pandemic C.H.A.N.G.E. maintained those personal contacts and connections with independent voters in these communities and were able to significantly boost independent voter turnout.
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