Local Chapter

Los Banos

Merced County, California • Anti-Federalist Party

The founders intended for power to reside here — in the municipalities of Los Banos, not in distant capitals. This is where the work happens.

Our Mission in Los Banos

We believe that the most effective governance happens closest to the people. The Los Banos chapter works to ensure every resident has direct access to their municipal government, meaningful agency over their future, and the ability to hold all power — public, corporate, and algorithmic — accountable.

Strategic Priorities

Local Action Plan

Civic Auditing Boards

Organize independent oversight of local municipal spending and decision-making to ensure transparency.

Anti-Federalist Candidates

Recruit and support candidates for mayor and city council who uphold our principles.

Data Sovereignty Ordinances

Push for city-level protections ensuring residents own their digital data and algorithmic transparency is enforced.

Community Broadband

Establish public broadband infrastructure as a utility, ensuring universal internet access regardless of income.

From the Anti-Federalist Archive

Essays of Brutus No. 7

Brutus (Robert Yates) • 1787-11-19

The result of our reasoning in the two preceeding numbers is this, that in a confederated government, where the powers are divided between the general and the state government, it is essential to its existence, that the revenues of the country, without which no government can exist, should be divided between them, and so apportioned to each, as to answer their respective exigencies, as far as human wisdom can effect such a division and apportionment. It has been shewn, that no such allotment is made in this constitution, but that every source of revenue is under the controul of the Congress; it therefore follows, that if this system is intended to be a complex and not a simple, a confederate and not an entire consolidated government, it contains in it the sure seeds of its own dissolution…

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Get Involved in Los Banos

We are actively recruiting leaders and candidates in Los Banos. Every role matters.

Chapter Leader

Organize monthly meetings, coordinate with county leadership, and recruit local members.

Policy Drafter

Research and draft city-level policy proposals aligned with Anti-Federalist principles.

Community Organizer

Build coalitions with local organizations, plan public events, and drive voter registration.

Run for Office

We support Anti-Federalist candidates at every municipal level.

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