Join us virtually as we consider candidates for Board of Education and BART Board, plus local measures pro& con. Email us at contact_us@phdemclub.org for Zoom login info.
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Tues Sept 18th: The Potrero Hill SF School Board Debate
Potrero Hill Democratic Club’s endorsement season concludes with an evening of lively debate with 10 of the candidates running for the San Francisco Board of Education in November. PHDC endorsement ballots will be counted immediately after the debate.
Free on-site childcare will be provided. Spots are limited; reserve your spot here. (Thank you to PREFund for their help sponsoring this season’s debates.)
Get a preview of what values and beliefs these candidates stand for, and what qualifications and accomplishments they can claim, to help them achieve their goals for public education in San Francisco.
Candidates scheduled to join us:
Monica Chinchilla
Alison Collins
Alida Fisher
Phil Kim
Lex Leifheit
Li Miao Lovett
Faauuga Moliga
Michelle Parker
John Trasvina
Moderator: Sara O’Neill, SFUSD parent and PHDC member.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 18th, 6:30pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
Tues Sept 4th: Endorsing local offices, local ballot measures
At Tuesday’s meeting, we’ll hear from candidates and representatives for local office campaigns and ballot measures, and vote on more endorsements. A little after 8 pm, we will have all the candidates for City College Board for a joint Q&A session.
On Tuesday’s endorsement ballot (click the links for more info):
SF Assessor: Carmen Chu* or Paul Bellar
SF Public Defender: Jeff Adachi*
City College of SF Board: Brigitte Davila,* John Rizzo,* Thea Selby,* Victor Olivieri
Proposition A (Seawall Improvement Bonds)
Proposition B (Personal Information Protection Policy)
Proposition C (Gross Receipts Tax for Homeless Services)
Proposition D (Marijuana Business Tax Increase)
Proposition E (Hotel Tax Allocation for Arts and Culture)
We also list “No Endorsement” as a choice on the ballot for candidate races, and “Why is This on the Ballot?” as a choice on the ballot for propositions.
*Incumbent
WHEN: Tuesday, September 4th, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
Tues Aug 7th: Endorsements of state offices & ballot measures
We’ll hear from representatives for state office campaigns and some ballot measures. PHDC board members will provide brief overviews of the rest of the measures. On the endorsement ballot (click the links for more info):
US Senate: Kevin de León or Dianne Feinstein
Governor: Gavin Newsom
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
State Assembly, Dist. 17: David Chiu
Board of Equalization, Dist. 2: Malia Cohen
Proposition 1 (Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond)
Proposition 2 (Homeless Housing Funding)
Proposition 3 (Water and Watershed Infrastructure Bond)
Proposition 4 (Children’s Hospital Construction Bond)
Proposition 5 (Expanding Prop 13)
Proposition 6 (Repealing the Gas Tax)
Proposition 7 (Permanent Daylight Savings Time)
Proposition 8 (Regulating Kidney Dialysis Clinics)
Proposition 10 (Repealing Costa-Hawkins)
Proposition 11 (Ambulance Employees On Call During Breaks)
Proposition 12 (Cage Free Farm Animals)
In partisan races, we only consider Democrats for endorsements since we are a Democratic club. But we also list “No endorsement” as a choice on the ballot for candidate races, and “Why is this on the ballot?” as a choice on the ballot for propositions.
Our endorsements for November so far, continuing from the primary election in June:
U.S. Congress: Nancy Pelosi
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
State Controller: Betty Yee
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
State Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Speak up! Vote on Tuesday!
All endorsements so far are here.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 7th, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
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Support these generous businesses!
83 Proof
Former Mayor Art Agnos
‘Äina Hawaiian restaurant
ARCH Art & Drafting Supplies
Sharon Beals photographer
Bell and Trunk Flowers
Paul Bellar property appraiser
Burke Wine Brokerage
Centered Body Pilates
Christopher’s Books
James Colgan Hair Salon
Collage Gallery
Connecticut Yankee
Cracked & Battered
Dogpatch Boulders
Dogpatch Saloon
Joni Eisen Cake Portraits
Farley’s Coffee
Ganim’s Deli
Gilberth’s Latin Fusion
Goat Hill Pizza
Golden State Warriors
The Good Life Grocery
Hazel’s Kitchen
Industrious Life
Jolt ‘n Bolt bakery & café
Just For You Café
Henrik Kam photographer
La Fleur Hair & Nail Salon
Long Bridge Pizza
Former Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
Mani-Pedi Plus
McRoskey Mattress Company
Mr and Mrs Miscellaneous
Parker
Pawtrero Bath House & Feed Co.
Pera
Plant Café Organic
Plow
Post & Parcel
Potrero Chiropractors & Acupuncture
Provender
Quince Spa
The Ramp
Rickshaw Bagworks
San Francisco PaintSource
Spicer on 3rd
Umpqua Bank
Velocipede
Wooly Pig Café
Tues July 10: June election wrap-up, and our neighborhood phone-bank hero
• Discussion of the June election with Democratic County Central Committee member & former D10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell.
• Preview of the plan for November elections nationwide, from local hero David Bloom, who has been hosting phonebanking sessions with DemocracyAction every Sunday afternoon at his home on 3rd Street – a stunningly selfless effort, with thousands of calls made for Democratic candidates across the country.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 10th, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
Tuesday, Feb 20th: Mayoral Debate at the Nabe
There have been lots of candidate appearances and forums around the city, but this one is a real live mayoral debate – with the candidates asking questions of and responding to each other. Candidates: Angela Alioto, London Breed, Jane Kim, Mark Leno, and Amy Farah Weiss. Moderator: Marisa Lagos, political reporter for KQED. Video by Tom Brown, Part 1 is here. Video by Tom Brown, Part 2 is here.
Co-hosted by PHDC, South Beach D6 Democratic Club, Black Young Democrats of SF, SF Black Community Matters, and SF for Democracy.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 20, 6:30pm sharp!
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St @ Southern Hts
Tues March 7: Sanctuary City, Sanctuary Neighborhood
We focused our resistance efforts on joining the renewed Sanctuary City movement, here in the neighborhood that possibly started that movement in the early 1980s.* We were honored to have Father Michael Kwiecien, Sister Kathleen and Sister Lucia join us from St. Teresa Church. They shared what the parishes in SF are doing right now in defense of vulnerable immigrants and their families, and how we can help. Former neighbor April Ellis invited everyone to monthly Sunday afternoon drop-in “Act-tea-vism” at her house, where various participants write postcards, call legislators, make signs etc. Some PHDC board members gave updates on resistance they have been involved in.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 7th, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
*St. Teresa of Avila Church, at 19th St and Connecticut, provided some of the earliest efforts to support Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees, and helped to form a coalition of Christian and Jewish congregations. City resolutions and ordinances followed in 1984 and 1989, declaring San Francisco a city of refuge – from other governments, and from our own immigration police.
Vote this Sunday, Jan 8: Reform Democrats for Assembly District 17
If you too think that the fight against Donald Trump requires turning the Democratic Party into a genuine party of the people, please come! PHDC is proud that two of our members, Angeles Roy and Ben Becker, are on the slate.
Registration time has been changed to 10:30am-12:30pm. Doors open at 9:30. Arrive early and expect to wait in line. Everyone who is in line by 12:30 will get to vote (registered Democrats only – but you can register as a Democrat on the spot). $5 donation requested.
Tuesday, Jan 3rd: Fighting back
Like many of you, the Potrero Hill Democratic Club wants to give 2016 a swift kick out the door. More than 77% of our endorsed candidates and campaigns won on November 8, but the losses were especially hard. But now it’s on: building from the wreckage of 11/8.
It’s already been written repeatedly that California will lead the resistance to the Trump administration, and it’s well known that San Francisco leads the state. But what does that mean, at the very local level of a neighborhood Democratic Club? Guest speakers and PHDemClub board members will discuss practical actions to build the Trump resistance, including
• The Women’s March SF on January 21
• Potential opportunities for daily advocacy
• Particular issues you want to address this year
• Working with allies
If you thought for a moment that 2017 would be a quiet year at the Democratic Club because there are no elections scheduled, think again! And join us!
WHEN: Tuesday, January 3rd, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
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