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January 2017 NFRW and LACFRW Diamond Award Volume IV Issue 01
Awarded 2014, 2015, #1 Newsletter, Category 1, by CFRW, CFRW Southern Division, LACFRW
IN LIEU OF
JANUARY MEETING
Saturday, January 28, 2017
LEADERSHIP FORUM
8 am to 2 pm (Lunch included)
HOLIDAY INN IN BURBANK
(See attached flyer)
February 7, 2016
Valencia Country Club
27330 North Tourney Drive
FEBRUARY MEETING
Valencia, CA 91355 Tuesday, February 7, 2017
(661) 254-4401
10:30 AM$20 Members
$25 Guests
NLACRWF PRESENTS
CONTENTS DAVE PERRY
Table of Contents 1 FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO
Meeting Program 1 FORMER SUPVR. MIKE ANTONOVICH
NLACRWF Officers 2
Lighter Side 2
Corn Casserole Recipe 2 Renew your membership now. Lets get 100% membership renewals
Presidents Message 3 by the end of January and continue to grow our club with more new
Tax Information 2017 4
2016Year In Review 5
members. INVITE AND/OR BRING A FRIEND!
NLACRWF Club News & Info 6
New Laws in 2017 7
Constitution 8
Representative Information 9
RWF Information 10
NLACRWF Membership Form 10 Associate Membership36
NLACRWF Volunteer Hours 11
NLACRWF Calendar 12
So. Div. Leadership Flyer
CFRW Winter Conference Flyer
First VP Programs
Parliamentarian
Pepper Parkinson
661-252-2968
lynnparky@sbcglobal.net
Second VP Membership
Christina Spears JERRY HOLBERTJANUARY 4, 2017
661-260-8969
chris.spears@yahoo.com
Third VP Legislation
Vivian Gain
661-251-0589
vgain13@yahoo.com
Secretary
Patreece Jamgochian
661-254-1571
patreecej@gmail.com
KEN CATALINODECEMBER 31, 2016
Treasurer
I am adding a monthly recipe. Let me know what you
Debbie DiPrimio
think. Do you have a recipe you wish to share. This was
661-803-4681
on the Paula Dean Show and it's great!!!
ddiprimio@yahoo.com
Corn Casserole
Chaplain Elenora Anselm
Volunteer Hours Nancy Spicer
Voter Registration Nancy Spicer 1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained
Hospitality Patreece Jamgochian 1 (15 oz.) can cream-style corn
IFB Page Debbie DiPrimio
Publicity Pepper Parkinson 1 package Jiffy corn muffin mix (8 oz.)
(Shadow) Officers Cynthia Morales 1 cup sour cream
(Shadow) Officers Lynn Evans
(Shadow) Officers Gloria Mercado 1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or your favorite cheese
As I sit here and go through the past year, I feel very blessed and grateful to each of
you for all the support you have given me and our club. I have enjoyed serving as
your president and look forward to next year which will be the most important year
for the Republican party.
We have had some of the best programs and speakers provided by Pepper - informative, mind ex-
panding, and entertaining. We have had fun getting to know each other, doing voter registration at the
Mall and in Downtown Newhall at various events throughout the year, attending and sharing County,
Division, State, National meetings and workshops and working on various projects to elect Republican
candidates and our new President Donald J. Trump.
2017 will be a pivotal year for our country. We have new officers in our Federated Women groups for
Los Angeles County and will be rebuilding our membership. We need each and everyone of you to em-
brace this growth by getting involved. Talk to your friends and neighbors, encourage them to join us in
this endeavor.
Lets Make America Great Again. If we dont support the existing Republican legislators, we will end
up losing the foothold we currently have in our national government. We need to work on our state
and bring it back to the Republican state it once was. We need to turn California RED again...now espe-
cially since the California legislature has hired former AG Eric Holder to take on the Trump administra-
tion on issues regarding immigration, climate change, the environment and voting rights. The use of
California funds to fight this type of frivolous lawsuits is totally irresponsible. We also have the Univer-
sity of California covering students and personnel for professional health care because of the trauma
they have suffered from the election of Donald Trump. Its as though California wants to declare war
on the Trump administration in every category because of the disdain the Dems feel towards President
-elect Donald Trump. I want to say out loud get over it and lets get on with rebuilding our great coun-
try.
Please join me in building a better America for ourselves, our children, grand children, neighbors and
friends. We need to put prayer back into our lives and get back to the basics. Our forefathers created
our Constitution and we have survived for over 200 years with this as our guide. God Bless America.
January 28, 2017 begins the Chinese New Year of the Rooster and is so apropos for our new President
Donald Trump.
Marie
MARIE E. CRUZ
Independent Brand Partner Dr. Jeff Willis, D.C.
Chiropractor
661-291-1447 619-876-9614 cell 24868 Apple, Suite 101
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661-290-2400 www.dr.jeffwillis.com
The tax items for tax year 2017 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts:
The standard deduction for married filing jointly rises to $12,700 for tax year 2017, up $100 from the prior year. For single tax-
payers and married individuals filing separately, the standard deduction rises to $6,350 in 2017, up from $6,300 in 2016, and for
heads of households, the standard deduction will be $9,350 for tax year 2017, up from $9,300 for tax year 2016.
The personal exemption for tax year 2017 remains as it was for 2016: $4,050. However, the exemption is subject to a phase-
out that begins with adjusted gross incomes of $261,500 ($313,800 for married couples filing jointly). It phases out completely at
$384,000 ($436,300 for married couples filing jointly.)
For tax year 2017, the 39.6 percent tax rate affects single taxpayers whose income exceeds $418,400 ($470,700 for married
taxpayers filing jointly), up from $415,050 and $466,950, respectively. The other marginal rates 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 per-
cent and the related income tax thresholds for tax year 2017 are described in the revenue procedure.
The limitation for itemized deductions to be claimed on tax year 2017 returns of individuals begins with incomes of $287,650 or
more ($313,800 for married couples filing jointly).
The Alternative Minimum Tax exemption amount for tax year 2017 is $54,300 and begins to phase out at $120,700 ($84,500,
for married couples filing jointly for whom the exemption begins to phase out at $160,900). The 2016 exemption amount was
$53,900 ($83,800 for married couples filing jointly). For tax year 2017, the 28 percent tax rate applies to taxpayers with taxable
incomes above $187,800 ($93,900 for married individuals filing separately).
The tax year 2017 maximum Earned Income Credit amount is $6,318 for taxpayers filing jointly who have 3 or more qualifying
children, up from a total of $6,269 for tax year 2016. The revenue procedure has a table providing maximum credit amounts for
other categories, income thresholds and phase-outs.
For tax year 2017, the monthly limitation for the qualified transportation fringe benefit is $255, as is the monthly limitation for
qualified parking,
For calendar year 2017, the dollar amount used to determine the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential health cover-
age is $695.
For tax year 2017 participants who have self-only coverage in a Medical Savings Account, the plan must have an annual deducti-
ble that is not less than $2,250 but not more than $3,350; these amounts remain unchanged from 2016. For self-only coverage
the maximum out of pocket expense amount is $4,500, up $50 from 2016. For tax year 2017 participants with family coverage,
the floor for the annual deductible is $4,500, up from $4,450 in 2016, however the deductible cannot be more than $6,750, up
$50 from the limit for tax year 2016. For family coverage, the out of pocket expense limit is $8,250 for tax year 2017, an increase
of $100 from tax year 2016.
For tax year 2017, the adjusted gross income amount used by joint filers to determine the reduction in the Lifetime Learning
Credit is $112,000, up from $111,000 for tax year 2016.
For tax year 2017, the foreign earned income exclusion is $102,100, up from $101,300 for tax year 2016.
Estates of decedents who die during 2017 have a basic exclusion amount of $5,490,000, up from a total of $5,450,000 for estates of
decedents who died in 2016.
John Boston,
SCV Historian
2016
Recap
Of
Monthly
Speakers
And
Stephen Franks Events
Amanda Garcia
California Water 4 All Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson (Ret)
LA Supervisor Michael Antonovich Trump Triumph and First Annual Holiday Celebration 2016
Cellphones use while driving: Californians are no longer allowed to use a handheld wireless phone or wireless
electronic device while driving, unless the device is mounted on the vehicle windshield or dashboard in a way that
doesnt hinder the drivers view of the road. Drivers are only allowed to activate or deactivate a feature or function
on the device with a single swipe or tap and cannot do that while holding the device. This expands on a law that
already bans texting while driving.
Motorcycle lane splitting: According to the new law, lane splitting is defined as driving a two-wheeled motorcycle
between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane. The law allows the California Highway Patrol to
develop education guidelines in a way that ensures the safety of motorcyclists, drivers and passengers.
Vehicle registration fee: SB 838 increases the vehicle registration fee on every vehicle or trailer coach from $43
to $53 beginning April 1.
Minimum wage: Californias minimum wage will increase from $10 an hour to $10.50 an hour for businesses with
26 or more employees under SB 3. It will gradually increase to $15 an hour in 2022. The law delays increases by
one year for smaller employers.
Assault weapons: Voters passed a law that requires Californians who own gun magazines with more than 10
rounds to give them up starting July 1. Buyers must undergo a background check before buying ammunition and
will be barred from buying new weapons that have a bullet button, which were developed by gun manufacturers to
get around the states assault weapons ban. A bullet button allows a shooter to quickly dislodge the magazine
using the tip of a bullet.
Law enforcement officers handgun storage: Law enforcement officers will be required to follow the same rules
as civilians by securely storing handguns in a lockbox out of plain view or in the trunk if weapons are left in an
unattended vehicle. SB 869 closes a legal loophole and was authored after stolen guns were used in several
crimes throughout California.
Sexual assault clarification: Sexually assaulting an unconscious or severely intoxicated person will become a
crime ineligible for probation. SB 2888 clarifies that a victim cannot consent to sex while unconscious or
incapacitated by drugs, alcohol or medication. The change in the law came after former Stanford swimmer Brock
Turner was given six months in jail and released early for assaulting an unconscious woman.
School mascots: Beginning Jan. 1, California public schools will be banned from using the name Redskins for
sports teams and mascots under AB 30. American Indians regard the term as offensive. Calaveras High School,
in Calaveras County, chose to drop the name it used for decades and decided that it would no longer have a
mascot at all.
Powdered alcohol: Booze in a powdered form (yep, thats a real thing) will be illegal to possess, sell, make or
use, per SB 819. Powdered alcohol includes spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every other liquid that can be combined
with water or any other liquid, but it does not include vaporized alcohol.
Drinking at salons: Beginning Jan. 1, beauty salons and barber shops will be allowed to serve free wine or beer
to their clients until 10 p.m.
Businesses and EpiPens: Under AB 1386, businesses can stock EpiPens in case there is a need to treat people
suffering from life-threatening allergic reactions. The law allows pharmacies to give the devices to colleges,
private businesses and other venues that have a plan in place for using them. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill
because he said it has the potential to save lives, but he called out EpiPen manufacturer Mylan for rapacious
corporate behavior by raising prices.
Right-to-die: Terminally ill patients in California will be allowed to use experimental drugs, which do not have full
regulatory approval, to decide when they want to end their lives. It authorizes, but does not require health plans to
cover investigational drugs and protects physicians from disciplinary actions if they recommend them once other
treatment options have been exhausted. The law came about after Brittany Maynard, a Bay Area woman with
terminal brain cancer, moved to Oregon before taking her life using drugs.
Gender-neutral bathrooms: Beginning March 1, AB 1732 requires that all single-user toilet facilities in any
business or public place to be all-gender facilities.
Homeless students at community college: Any community college campuses with shower facilities on campus
must allow homeless students who are enrolled, paid and in good standing to use the facilities, under AB 1995.
Another law, AB 1747, requires public and private institutions that offer food services to apply for a state-funded
program that provides food for homeless students.
Youth sports health protocol: Just like a previous law aimed at protecting high school student-athletes who may
have suffered head injuries, youth sports organizations will be required to notify the parents or guardians of
athletes younger than 17 years old who have been removed from activity because of a suspected concussion. It
also requires athletic organizations to offer concussion and head injury education to coaches and administrators
on a yearly basis. The organizations would also have to comply with athlete removal provisions and return-to-play
protocol.
Human trafficking: People under 18 years old cannot be charged with prostitution, under SB 1322. Instead, they
will be treated as victims. This is one of several human-trafficking bills that include raising the age children can
testify outside a courtroom from 13 to 15, protecting the victims names from disclosure and mandating that they
have access to county services.
(Preamble)
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and es-
tablish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Section 1
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which
shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Section 2
1:The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by
the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications
requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
2:No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five
years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected,
be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.
3:Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may
be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be deter-
mined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to Service for a
term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons. 2 The actual
enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the
United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall
by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand,
but each State shall have at least one representative; and until such enumeration shall be
made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight,
Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey
four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South
Carolina five, and Georgia three.
4:When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the executive authority
thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such vacancies.
5:The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have
the sole power of impeachment.
Section 3
1:The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the
legislature thereof,3 for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
2:Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be
divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class
shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of
the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one third
may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, dur-
ing the recess of the legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary ap-
pointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. 4
Every month I will print up sections of the Constitution and we will have a contest on the content.
Taken from http://constitutionus.com/
SENATOR SCOTT WILK, Senate District 21 REGISTRAR OF VOTERS (24 HOURS) 562-462-2748
State Capitol Room 4090
ABSENTEE VOTING, REG. VERIFICATION 562-466-1323
Sacramento, CA95814
916-651-4021 REGISTRAR WEBSITE: www.lavote.net
Chief of Staff Curtis Raulinaitis NFRW123 N. Alfred St.., Alexandria, VA 22314 703-548-9688
Curtis.raulinaitis@sen.ca.gov www.nfrw.org
Antelope Valley District Office
CA REPUBLICAN PARTY JIM BRULTE, 1121 l St., #207, Sacramento, 95814
848 West Lancaster Blvd., Suite 101 916448-9496 E MAIL: chairman@cagop.org www.cagop.org
Lancaster, CA 93534 661-729-6232
District Director: Rick Cook
CFRWShirley Mark, 1885 Nacimiento Lake Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93445
Richard.cook@sen.ca.gov
Field Rep: Patsy Ayala 805-238-6900 or cell 805-712-8304 www.cfrw.org,
Patsy.ayala@sen.ca.gov
CFRW So. Div.Mary Baker www.cfrwsodivision.org
Kris Hough, Field Representative
Valencia Office21st Senate District
LACFRWVictoria Wilson, 5004 Del Moreno Drive, Woodland Hills, CA 91369
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 250
818-610-1275 www.lacfrw.org
Valencia, CA 91355 661-286-1471
kris.hough@sen.ca.gov
NLACRWFFB Page North LA County RWF
Website www.northlacountyrwf.com
ASSEMBLYMAN DANTE ACOSTA 38th Assembly
Los Angeles Republican Party , Mark Vafiades, Vice Chair - www.LAGOP.org
(916) 319-2038 State Capitol
818-558-7600, 16133 Ventura Blvd., #560, Encino, CA 91436
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 94349-0038
Local Office: 38TH SCV GOP Headquarters - Garrett Henrygarrett.henry.ca@gmail.com
Sharon Bronson, District Director 661-310-0920, cell 805-368-2566
27441 Tourney Road, Suite #160
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
(661) 286-1565 FAX (661)- 286-1408 Disclaimer
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only. Nothing is to be considered a position or endorsement by North
LOS ANGELES COUNTY Los Angeles County Republican Women Federated or its membership.
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Local Office: Rosalind Wyman Deputy (661) 287-3657
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CRP has a new website, revamped and updated.
Uses social media integration
Go to www.38adgop.org to browse and see how you can interact on this website.
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JANUARY 11, 2017 WEDNESDAYNLACRWF Executive Committee MAY 3, 2017 WEDNESDAY SOUTHERN DIVISION BOARD OF DIREC-
Meeting, Maries house, 9:30 AM TORS MEETING AND LUNCHEON
FEBUARY 7, 2017-NLACRWF MONTHLY MEETING, NEW LOCATION NOVEMBER 10-11, 2017 FRIDAY-SATURDAY - SOUTHERN DIVISION
VALENCIA COUNTRY CLUB, 27330 NORTH TOURNEY ROAD, VALEN- CONVENTION, DETAILS TBA
CIA, CA 91355, 661-254-4401, 10:30 AM, SPEAKER TBA
DECEMBER 2017 LA COUNTY RWF-VENUE TBD
APRIL 8, 2017 WEDNESDAYCFRW SOUTHERN DIVISION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND LUNCHEON,
IN GOD WE TRUST