Valley Unity Republican Women

05/24/2026

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

Our general meeting on May 14th 2026 at the Woodland Hills Country Club was a very Lively and informative event.

Presentations were made by candidates Ray Portillo for Board of Equalization District 3, Merritt Farren for Insurance Commissioner, David Serpa for California Treasurer, and Tonya Arey for Supervisor of the Third district.

We were presented the descriptions and duties of each position and what, if elected, they plan to do. Tanya in particular educated us about what a supervisor actually does, which was surprising news to most of us.

Our speaker was Rabbi Michael Barclay and the back and forth between him and some of our candidates was extremely lively. He primarily spoke against AB 2017 which would officially designate two major California Muslim holidays. There was a great deal intense excitement and controversial exchanges.

Maria Avila presented election information reports and suggested we review the agenda for endorsements and recommendations. Vicki White updated progress of the scholarship committee, reminding us the awards would be presented at our June 10th evening dinner meeting where the winners would not only be announced but would read their winning essays.

Door prizes were awarded to very happy and excited recipients.

As usual the food was delicious, the discourse was lively and entertaining, and it was a wonderful and unforgettable gathering.

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05/22/2026

General meeting May 14th 2026

Our general meeting on May 14th 2026 at the Woodland Hills Country Club was a very Lively and informative event.

Presentations were made by candidates Ray Portillo for Board of Equalization District 3, Merritt Farren for Insurance Commissioner, David Serpa for California Treasurer, and Tonya Arey for Supervisor of the Third district.

We got a very good education about what each of these candidates educated us about what exactly their position should do and what exactly they plan to do. Tanya in particular educated as about what a supervisor actually does, which was surprising news to most of us.

Our speaker was Rabbi Michael Barclay and the back and forth between him and some of our candidates was extremely lively. He primarily spoke against AB 2017 which would officially designate two major California Muslim holidays. There was a great deal intense excitement and controversial exchanges.

Maria Avila presented election information reports and suggested we review the agenda for endorsements and recommendations. Vicki White updated progress of the scholarship committee, reminding us the awards would be presented at our June 10th evening dinner meeting where the winners would not only be announced but would read their winning essays.

Door prizes were awarded to very happy and excited recipients.

As usual the food was delicious, the discourse was lively and entertaining, and it was a wonderful and unforgettable gathering.

ValleyUnityrepublicanwomen.org

[email protected]

04/23/2026

Our April 8th meeting at the Woodland Hills Country Club was a great success

Our April 8th evening meeting at the Woodland Hills Country Club was a huge success. Besides wonderful speakers we had a great silent auction as well as a live auction with with auctioneer Michael Young, and both did very well.

Our distinguished speakers were Michael Gates for California Attorney General, and Gloria Romero for Lieutenant Governor.

In addition, we were fortunate to also hear from candidates Andrew Kim for Mayor, Oscar Martinez for LA County Sheriff and Elizabeth Ahlers for AD40.

We were all very impressed with the quality of our Slate of candidates. Republicans have a lot of great choices.

It was stressed that we all really need to get out the vote!