Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California

Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California The Lutheran Office of Public Policy in California (LOPP-CA) exists to represent 390,000 Lutherans in over 400 faith communities throughout California.

A ministry of the ELCA, LOPP-CA advocates for policies that promote justice and peace.

09/22/2026

LOPP-CA 2026 Ballot Proposition Recommendations are now available on our website.

08/12/2026

Motivation meets nonpartisan action suggestions with this ELCA Election Engagement Toolkit! Tag us with the exciting ways our faith communities are supporting our neighbors and neighborhoods in this opportune time. Find a direct link in comments.

Thank you to California Environmental Voters for hosting a wonderful Lobby Day and to the offices of Senator Angelique A...
08/12/2026

Thank you to California Environmental Voters for hosting a wonderful Lobby Day and to the offices of Senator Angelique Ashby, Assemblymember Alex Lee, , Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, and Senator Aisha Wahab for meeting with us to hear about GreenCA’s legislative priorities.

"As a church, we arrive at our positions through gathering in faith, engaging in moral deliberation, recognizing the dig...
07/01/2026

"As a church, we arrive at our positions through gathering in faith, engaging in moral deliberation, recognizing the dignity of every human, and striving for justice. In that spirit, we urge Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the death sentences for all 589 individuals on California’s death row and to work towards abolishing the death penalty in California."

Bishops from the Sierra Pacific Synod - ELCA, Pacifica Synod ELCA, and Southwest California Synod ELCA along with our Director Regina Banks and ELCA Advocacy Senior Director of Witness in Society Rev. Amy Reumann have all signed onto the joint letter.

We are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to grant universal clemency. Our ask is grounded in the ELCA's 1991 Social State...
06/30/2026

We are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to grant universal clemency. Our ask is grounded in the ELCA's 1991 Social Statement on the Death Penalty: "Executions do not restore broken society and can actually work counter to restoration. As a church heeding the call to do justice (Jeremiah 22:3), we minister to a broken society. As a church united for mission, we organize for ministries of restoration."

We urge Governor Gavin Newsom to use his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save more than 550 lives by granting universal clemency.

Click through the photos to learn more about how universal clemency is the last step in a process the Governor started in 2019 to end the death penalty.

To read more about the ELCA's Social Statement on the Death Penalty:https://cdn.elca.org/cdn/wp-content/uploads/Death_PenaltySS.pdf

06/25/2026

Here's a picture of our faith advocates. Thank you to St. John's Lutheran Church for hosting our morning briefing. 🌻

06/19/2026

On this Juneteenth, we offer prayers for an end to all forms of persecution, all manners of injustice, and all places where the children of God are denied their freedom; and we offer our prayers of gratitude to those who worked for pursuit of the liberation that God has promised.

06/17/2026

Today, we honor the memory of the Emanuel Nine and continue to commit ourselves to the work of justice, reconciliation and faith.

"Creator God,

You lovingly created every person in Your beautiful image. We confess that we have not loved and protected Your beloved creation well. Racism and hate continue to blossom, disfiguring Your beautiful and divine plan for human life.

Help our unbelief, O God, in the realities of racism and oppression; remove the scales from our eyes and our hearts. Forgive us for our participation, both knowingly and unknowingly, in its flourishing. Give us the courage to remember and share these true stories of cruelty and injustice, and those who, because of it, lost their lives and freedom. Grant us determination and an accountable community to interrupt these unjust systems. Help us to use our voices, our agency, and our faith to advocate for justice.

Amen."

We invite you to reflect on their story at LivingLutheran.org.

This week, I joined California advocates at the Bread for the World Summit & Advocacy Day held in Washington, DC. Thank ...
06/12/2026

This week, I joined California advocates at the Bread for the World Summit & Advocacy Day held in Washington, DC. Thank you to Bread for the World staff for arranging the event and gathering Christians across the country to advocate for nutrition and anti-hunger programs.

Thank you to the office of Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui, Senator Alex Padilla, and Senator Adam Schiff for meeting with us.

I also got a chance to stop by the ELCA Advocacy office in DC. Thank you for giving me the office tour and welcoming me to the nation’s capitol!

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