Libertarian Party of California

Lars Mapstead is the Libertarian candidate running for U.S. House District 19 in California!

We are a beautiful state but with a Government hellbent on turning it into a shithole.

Candidate event announcement from Monterey County, California Libertarian Party! “Exciting news! We have arranged a speaking engagement for the Libertarian Party candidate for California Governor, Tom Woodard. See the advertisement below from the Carmel Pine Cone. Woodard’s speech is on Friday, March 20, in Seaside at the Oldemeyer Center at 986 Hilby in the Blackhorse room. It starts at 6 PM. Some light refreshments and drinks will be available. More information can be found at our LPMC website or by emailing Chris Kramer at chrisjkramer@yahoo.com LPMC website montereycountylp.org/events/ --Lawrence Samuels “

A complete and utter betrayal.

Some of the biggest lies of the 2000s: Saddam Hussein has WMDs. Resident Evil 4 is a GameCube exclusive. The Patriot Act is patriotic. No Child Left Behind will save public education.

Libertarians want roads, schools, security, health services and everything else that makes up a civil society. We also recognize that politicians, bureaucrats and cronies have done a terrible job providing these things. – Spike Cohen #Libertarian

If you actually cared you'd end the gas tax.

Trump’s tariffs are undoubtedly terrible. However, statewide, you and the Democratic supermajority impose an absurdly high tax burden on Californians.

Californians face one of the highest cost of living, the largest housing shortage, and a state government burning money for a high-speed rail that will never be completed. But yeah, it’s just "California Derangement Syndrome.”

Message from the Libertarian Party of California (link in comments): “The Libertarian Party of California is calling for the immediate cessation of U.S. military operations in Iran reportedly initiated today under “Operation Epic Fury.” Public statements from President Donald Trump make clear that the objective of this action is regime change. War is not a just a slogan, a line in a press conference or a television moment. It is a decision that costs lives, drains treasure, and reshapes the future of a nation. In announcing the operation, President Trump stated, “The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.” That sentence alone should give every American pause. Casualties are not abstractions. They are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, neighbors and friends. “This is exactly why the Constitution places the power to declare war in Congress,” said LPC Chair Loren Dean. “If American lives may be lost, then the American people — through their elected representatives — deserve an open debate and a lawful vote before a single shot is fired. We cannot continue normalizing unilateral war.” For more than two decades, administrations of both parties have stretched and repurposed old Authorizations for Use of Military Force to justify new conflicts in new countries. Congress has repeatedly failed to reclaim its authority, and the result has been a permanent state of military engagement with no clear endpoint and no meaningful accountability. “Californians have seen this story before. We were promised quick victories. We were promised stability. Instead, we got generational wars, ballooning debt, and thousands of families forever changed. The U.S. government should not be rushing headlong into another regime change operation without constitutional authorization and without a direct, imminent threat to our nation.” California is home to millions of veterans and military families, as well as one of the largest Iranian-American communities in the country. Escalation abroad does not happen in a vacuum. It reverberates here — economically, socially, and morally. Energy shocks, inflation, deficit spending, and the human toll of war do not stay overseas. We cannot keep repeating the post 9/11 playbook. Vague intelligence briefings, sweeping executive authority, and emotional appeals to fear are not substitutes for constitutional process. If this war is necessary, make the case to Congress. If it cannot withstand debate, it should not proceed. The Libertarian Party of California calls on Congress to immediately reassert its constitutional war powers and to halt further escalation unless and until a formal declaration of war is authorized. Decisions of war and peace belong to the representatives of the American people — not to a single office, and not to inertia. The LPC further calls for a foreign policy grounded in restraint, constitutional governance, and a recognition that endless intervention has made Americans less secure, not more. Loren Dean Libertarian Party of California +1 916-446-1776 media@ca.lp.org “ Libertarian Party of California are running candidates for Congress in the upcoming primary election! - Joe Dehn for US House District 17 - Lars Mapstead for U.S. House District 19 - Derrick Michael Reid US House District 47 - Joe Shea U.S. House District 50

The staggering amount of money wasted by the state government on addressing homelessness, coupled with the continued increase in our homeless population, is simply unacceptable. Don't make any more excuses.

That’s still significantly higher than the national average, largely because we have not only a gas tax but also the highest one in the country.

NO WAR WITH IRAN

I am opposed to this War. This is not “America First.” When Congress reconvenes, I will work with @RepRoKhanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran. The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.

The nanny state garbage from our state government now affects calculators.

Interview with endorsed Libertarian candidate for Governor of California Tom Woodard. 🔗 in comments