David J. Garcia

It started as a casual suggestion to a couple of friends: “You should come visit me in L.A.” My bait? “We could go see Wicked (the musical).” It ended with 12 people driving in for a fabulous weekend and 20 people going to the show.
The group came in Thursday afternoon. Wicked was Thursday night– it [...]

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Soon after I arrived in LA, we traveled to the San Jose area to oppose a local menu-labeling ordinance in Santa Clara County. We worked hard and got a lot of letters signed, but it wasn’t enough to change their minds: the ordinance passed earlier this month. You can read the California Restaurant Association’s update [...]

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It’s better as one word. Say it aloud if you don’t believe me.
Friday was an awesome day. It was murderously hot, but work went well, and I hit a new personal record for letters gathered in a day.
To top it all of, we found the Oscarmayerwienermobile parked in the area we were working. Since work [...]

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A recent Los Angeles Times article outlines the political framework for one of our current issues. In short, California Republicans are leveraging their power over budget approval to bargain for changes that they would otherwise be unable to pass. One of these changes is the meal and rest break law revision that we’re supporting. The article is critical [...]

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This video, giving an inside look at the BYU bell tower and its carillon, was created as a class team project at BYU in Fall 2005. Enjoy!

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This week I hail from another hotel room. We spent the the first couple of days this week in Sacramento, Wednesday was near Oakland, Thursday is San Fransisco, and on Friday I’ll be going to San Jose, then back to L.A.
I’ll admit to being very tired of travel by the time we got to Sacramento. [...]

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The new issue of Marriott Alumni Magazine is now online. My congratulations go to Emily Smurthwaite and the rest of the team for yet another great issue.
This issue also includes the last of my work there. I wrote spotlights on Jennifer Jensen and Dana Tucker as well as several of the “Class Notes”. In lieu [...]

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This week we’re in Fresno. Next week, Oakland. And we “live” in Los Angeles. During the month or so that I’ve been here, we also went to San Jose one week and San Fransisco/Oakland another. While I can’t claim to be an expert on life on the road, I have already discovered a few things [...]

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Have you ever seen “American Idol Gives Back” or any other show, report or commercial about suffering, and thought, “That’s horrible. I wish I could help directly, but I can’t”?
My brother Jacob Garcia is doing his Eagle Scout project this week. His goal? Collect 500 pounds of food for an area food bank. Hopefully he’ll [...]

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