Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County

Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County
General Information
Jurisdiction:	Los Angeles County, California
Status:	Active
Officers
Chair:	Daniel Welby
Vice-Chair:	John Due
Secretary:	David Bowers
Treasurer:	Larry Fenton
Media
Website:	LA County LP Website
Twitter:	Twitter

The Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County (LPLAC) is a county organization of the Libertarian Party of California.

Subdivisions

Los Angeles County is the largest county in the United States by population, with more than 10 million residents, and since the earliest days of the Libertarian Party there have been multiple local organizations within it organized geographically, such as:

• San Fernando Valley
• West Los Angeles
• Pasadena/Glendale
• Central/Hollywood
• Southeast Los Angeles
• South Bay
• East San Gabriel Valley
• Antelope Valley

Note that the City of Los Angeles is a distinct entity within Los Angeles County (cf. San Francisco, which is a combined City and County). The City of Los Angeles accounts for less than half the population of the county, and there are more than 80 other municipalities within the county.

Executive Committee

• John Due, chair
• Vacant, vice-chair
• Larry Fenton, treasurer
• David Bowers, secretary
• Jonathon Omahen, San Fernando Valley (Region 61)
• Aaron Bonn, West Los Angeles (Region 62)
• Alex Bielanski, Foothills (Region 63)
• Shawn Osborne, Central Los Angeles (Region 64)
• Jose Castaneda, Southeast Los Angeles (Region 65)
• Jay Jones, South Bay (Region 66)
• (vacant), East San Gabriel Valley (Region 67)
• (vacant), Antelope Valley (Region 68)
• Moses Soghmonyan, at-large
• Bruce Dovner, at-large

History

Region Numbers

When the Libertarian Party of California was organized into numbered regions, various parts of Los Angeles County were treated as separate regions, with the same status as regions elsewhere in the state that covered one county or multiple counties. LPLAC served as an umbrella organization to coordinate these regions at the county level, but was not a region itself.

As of 2023, these numbers are still used internally by LPLAC. Linked below are articles corresponding to when these were their own regional organizations.

• 61 - San Fernando Valley
• 62 - West Los Angeles
• 63 - Foothills/Pasadena
• 64 - Central Los Angeles
• 65 - Southeast Los Angeles
• 66 - South Bay
• 67 - East San Gabriel Valley
• 68 - Antelope Valley

Notes:

• Not all of these regions existed for the entire time that this numbering system was in use.
• As a county, Los Angeles would have had the number 19, but LPLAC was not itself a region at that time so that number was not used.

In the earlier 20-region numbering system, the numbers were as follows:

• 11 - San Fernando Valley
• 12 - West Los Angeles
• 13 - San Gabriel Valley
• 14 - Los Angeles
• 15 - East Los Angeles
• 16 - South Bay
• 17 - Southeast Los Angeles

Past Officials, Staff, and Other Contacts

Dan Welby, Chair 2nd half of 2022

José Aguilar, Central Los Angeles regional representative (2006-2007), community political officer (2007-present)
Jack Anderson, Central Los Angeles regional chair (2003-2004?)
Arde V Atheian, Central Los Angeles regional representative (2007-?)
Greg Bashem, Antelope Valley regional chair (1999?-2001)
Mike Binkley, chair (2006-2007), vice-chair (2005-2006), West Los Angeles regional chair (1999?-2000)
Dave Bowers, secretary (2005-2022?), Southeast Los Angeles regional chair (1999?-2005)
Ed Bowers, San Fernando Valley regional chair/representative (2002?-present)
Richard Bronstein, San Fernando Valley regional alternate (2006-2007)
Ted Brown, Foothills regional chair/representative (2001-2006), Foothills regional alternate (2006-2007), judicial committee member (2007-?)
Audrey Carlan, South Bay regional chair (1999?-2004), judicial committee member (c. 2006)
José Castañeda, , Southeast Los Angeles regional representative (2007-?), judicial committee member (c. 2006)
Nate Craddock, Southeast Los Angeles regional alternate (2006-2007?), Central Los Angeles regional chair (2001-2002?)
Al Cuperus, East San Gabriel Valley regional chair (2002?-2003)
Bruce Dovner, chair (2008?-?), vice-chair (2007-2008?), judicial committee member (c. 2006)
Doc Ellis, Antelope Valley regional chair (2003), Antelope Valley regional alternate (2007-2008?)
Mike Everling, director of operations (2000-2002?)
Dan Fernandes, East San Gabriel Valley regional chair/representative (2003-?)
Eric Fine, West Los Angeles regional chair (2000-2002?)
Sarah Foster, judicial committee member (2007-2008?)
Jason Gonella, Antelope Valley regional chair/representative (2003-present)
Denni Gonzalez, newsletter editor (1999?-2000)
Nolayan Herdegen, chair (2003-2004?)
Jay Jones, South Bay regional representative (2006-present)
Dave Larkin, chair (2003?-2006), deputy chair (1999?-2001?), judicial committee member (2007-?)
Karl Lembke, database manager (2001-2002?), Foothills regional chair (2000-2001)
Murray Levy, chair (2007-2008?), Foothills regional representative (2006-2007)
Ryan Lopez, East San Gabriel Valley 67 (c 2020)
Wayne Lusvardi, Foothills alternate representative (2005-2006?)
Kit Maira, director of communications (1999?-2007?), webmaster (1999?-2007?)
Pam Maltzman, secretary (2001?-2004)
Angela McArdle, chair (c 2018)
Erich Miller, San Fernando Valley regional chair (1999?-2002?)
Rachel Nyx, vice-chair (c 2021)
Deanna Peugeot, Antelope Valley regional chair (2001-2003)
Alan Pyeatt, Foothills regional representative (2008?-?)
Jill Pyeatt, Foothills 63 regional representative (c 2020)
Joel Rice, Foothills regional chair (1999?-2000)
Rodger Rosie, chair (1999?-2003), Southeast Los Angeles regional representative (2005-2007)
Dave Ruprecht, Foothills alternate representative (2005-2006?)
Grace Scharler, secretary (1999?-2001?)
Mark Selzer, vice-chair (2008?-?), Central Los Angeles regional chair (1999?-2001), Central Los Angeles regional alternate (2006-2007?)
Houman Shadab, Central Los Angeles regional chair/representative (2004-2006)
Daniel Sherman, South Bay regional chair/representative (2004-2006)
Thomas M. Sipos, vice-chair (2006-2007), director of communications (2007-present)
Jennille Smith, Central Los Angeles regional chair (2002?-2003)
Christopher Stare, treasurer (c 2021)
Jill Stone, judicial committee member (2008?-?)
Richard Venable, newsletter editor (2000-?)
Thomas Verkuilen, Foothills regional representative (2007-2008?)
Bob Weber, West Los Angeles regional chair/representative (2002?-present), public information officer (1999?-2003?)
Dan Welby, San Fernando Valley 61 (c 2020) George White, East San Gabriel Valley regional chair (1999?-2002?)
David Wire, treasurer (1999?-present)

County Conventions

Year	Date(s)	Venue	City
Los Angeles County Convention 2008	June 7	Shaker's Family Restaurant	Glendale, CA

External Links

• [1]
• [2]
• county blog
• 10th Anniversary article

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