PDLA, sortition + YIMBYism/Georgism + board games + beer in a single meetup! Thursday, May 28th, 7-10 pm RSVP here luma.com/94are1mc #civicassemblies #citizensassemblies #deliberativedemocracy

Read about the recent Culver City Civic Assembly: “All 30 members…gushed how meaningful the process was for them” City Manager has included $250,000 in budget for a civic assembly consultant for more civic assemblies. #sortition #citizensassemblies culvercitycrossroads.com/2026/05/22/c...

“It always seems to happen when you sit down at a table and bring lived experiences and solve a problem together – it’s like magic. This is a table apart from yelling, from politics as usual – it’s its own environment,” #CitizensAssembly

#SortitionUS #Lottocracy

A new report from IPPR – which we we were pleased to help inform – highlights citizens’ assemblies as one of its key recommendations for making lawmaking more representative, responsive and trusted. 🧵 👇

What if democracy's crisis isn't a bug - but a feature? When the architects of the US Constitution met in 1787, they knew the difference between sortition (democratic) and elections (oligarchic) - and deliberately picked the latter. The system wasn't broken. It was built this way #CitizensAssembly

The documentation "Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy." asks a radical question: What if we replaced politicians and elections with ordinary people - chosen by lottery? ​ Learn more about the film in a sneak peek with director Adam Cronkright on May 27. #CitizensAssembly

PDLA’s work on Los Angeles Charter Reform was just featured in The Guardian, alongside stories from the broader democracy movement happening in the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US state leaders travel to Brussels to learn about citizens' assemblies in Europe! The #DeliberativeStateGovernance cohort is composed of state leaders from Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington, coming to learn about the innovative role of deliberation.

Our own Hunter Futo representing Public Democracy Los Angeles for this excellent article!

The Snohomish County Civic Assembly is bringing together 40 randomly selected residents to deliberate on the future of AI use in Snohomish County government. #sortition #citizensassembly #deliberativedemocracy #civicassembly www.snococivicassembly.org

THURSDAY, 5/21, 1 PM: LA City Council's Rules Committee takes up City Council expansion, lowering the voting age, and other elections & ethics reforms. It's been over 100 years since Council last expanded...isn't LA ready for a change? Meeting info at: bit.ly/FRLA26

"The deliberative transformation" is a new post on equalitybylot.com #sortition #deliberativedemocracy #citizensassemblies #civicassemblies

What can European leaders shaping the field of democratic innovation teach America about putting theory into practice? Meet the experts who will be presenting on Citizens' Assemblies to our cross-partisan Deliberative State Governance cohort. More on DSG here: www.fidemocracy.org/deliberative...

Ukraine’s historic first Citizens' Assembly: Report and Implementation Plan presented www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/...

Want to learn how a Citizens’ Assembly could help your city? Reach out at lnkd.in/g-ekgxnz

PDLA, sortition + YIMBYism/Georgism + board games + beer in a single meetup! Thursday, May 28th, 7-10 pm RSVP here luma.com/94are1mc #civicassemblies #citizensassemblies #deliberativedemocracy

Read how deliberative democracy was used to explore the ethical allocation of scarce medical resources in a pandemic jopm.jmir.org/2020/1/e18272

Our own Max Clark posted to our blog about a recent civic assembly in the Los Angeles area #sortition #citizensassemblies #deliberativedemocracy "Civic Assembly Comes to the Pacific Palisades" www.publicdemocracyla.org/post/civic-a...

Ukraine’s historic first Citizens' Assembly: Report and Implementation Plan presented www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/...

PDLA, sortition + YIMBYism/Georgism + board games + beer into a single meetup!!! RSVP here luma.com/94are1mc #civicassemblies #citizensassemblies #deliberativedemocracy

Our own Max Clark posted to our blog about a recent civic assembly in the Los Angeles area #sortition #citizensassemblies #deliberativedemocracy "Civic Assembly Comes to the Pacific Palisades" www.publicdemocracyla.org/post/civic-a...

In Brussels the G1000 citizens' platform launched a petition to transform the soon-to-be-abolished Belgian Senate into a permanent Citizens’ Council advising parliament via the Ostbelgien model — needs 25,000 signatures for a hearing. #SortitionBE #Lottocracy www.belganewsagency.eu/citizens-pla...

Sortition for drawing electoral districts in Michigan, for constitutional amendment vetoing in Mongolia, and this one is interesting as well: for staffing polling stations. | Onderzoek naar nut van loting van leden van stemlokalen: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This was a great conversation about lottocracy!

Spreading awareness about Citizens’ Assemblies and their impact can feel like a daunting task when so many have never heard of them before. Unify America’s new video makes it easy. A valuable resource for anyone working in the field!

We are honored to announce the members of FIDE - North America's 2026 Deliberative State Governance cohort! As the most senior state-level delegation to convene on Citizens' Assemblies in the US, our bipartisan cohort reflects a growing nationwide commitment to new models of public engagement.

Our video of the first LA Charter reform meeting of City Council's Rules Committee is now up at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo09...

Sortition USA (sortitionusa.org) promotes the use of democratic lotteries to bring power back to the people. Check out their Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@sortitionusa or IG www.instagram.com/sortitionusa/

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As this first Charter reform meeting of the Rules Committee gets under way, the room is packed to capacity.

This meeting has just started! Unfortunately, public comment is being taken in person only. You can follow along with the audio-only livestream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYv... 🧵/ We'll have full video up soon after this meeting, and will share meeting details in this thread.

THURSDAY (4/30), 1 PM, LA City Hall, Room 350: as the Charter Reform Commission's recommendations come before City Council for the first time, make sure your voice is heard! NOTE: this meeting will take public comment *in-person only*. More meeting info: bit.ly/FRLA26

'Deliberative Democracy in Africa: Learning from Past Citizens' Assemblies & Guidance for Future Action' explores how citizens’ assemblies can bridge Africa’s democratic delivery gap, while building on longstanding traditions. Read it here www.demnext.org/projects/del...

🙋 50 strangers. Five months. One of the UK's most beloved institutions. 🤝 The NG Citizens Assembly has wrapped its final session. 🤔 Assembly Members, individuals chosen through a civic lottery process across all four nations of the UK, deliberated, debated, and decided. 👇 🧵

"53% of French citizens support replacing the Senate with a randomly selected assembly. An absolute majority." Wow! #SortitionFR #Lottocracy

When Residents Write the Rules: A Civic Assembly Rewriting the Los Angeles Charter by our own Melina Perez blog.democracyjanm.org/2026/04/10/w...

Over 50% of American adults can't read above a 6th grade reading level, and this is an absolutely catastrophic civil rights crisis with implications for every facet of individual and collective life, including processing political statements by politicians, doctors, and so on

The free online version of Terry Bouricius's book, "Democracy Without Politicians," is now available! This book explains how electoral “democracy” is undemocratic, enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule, and argues that sortition is a superior. Get it here shorturl.at/dQ1fJ

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - From ideals to practice: a mixed-methods study into populist citizens’ acceptance of the outcomes of participatory budgeting - cup.org/4mH7jLO - Rosa Kindt, Lisa van Dijk & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social #FirstView

Dutch House of Representatives supports €100,000 budget for research on how to meaningfully embed citizens' assemblies into the representative system. #SortitionNL #Lottocracy | Initiatief van Kröger en Dassen krijgt ruime Kamermeerderheid. www.tegenverkiezingen.nl/house-suppor...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz: "The democratic system no longer works. It's time for a different system: a lottery." #SortitionIL #Lottocracy | Israëlische kwaliteitskrant publiceert artikel over loting. @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social @haaretzcom.bsky.social www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/202...

First Citizens' Assembly at the state level in the United States: "Jury duty for politics" on the property tax crisis. | Aankondiging van eerste gelote burgerberaad in een Amerikaanse staat: over OZB in Connecticut. @ctinsider.bsky.social #SortitionUS #Lottocracy www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

No time to read the LA Charter Reform Commission’s 301-page report before City Council reviews it THIS Thursday? THIS SUNDAY (4/26) @ 6 PM: join our teach-in & learn what’s in it, what’s missing, and how to take action. Zoom link: bit.ly/FRLA426

Learn what is happening with the LA Charter Reform process and how you can help www.publicdemocracyla.org/post/from-as...

The free online version of Terry Bouricius's book, "Democracy Without Politicians," is now available! This book explains how electoral “democracy” is undemocratic, enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule, and argues that sortition is a superior. Get it here shorturl.at/dQ1fJ

Sortition USA (sortitionusa.org) promotes the use of democratic lotteries to bring power back to the people. Check out their Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@sortitionusa or IG www.instagram.com/sortitionusa/

Hear from the participants of the LA Charter Civic Assembly that took place in February - March 2026. The delegates of this citizens' assembly deliberated on LA City Council expansion and governance www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Zo...

Belgium takes first step towards abolition of Senate - and might replace with a citizens assembly! www.linkedin.com/posts/hlande...