Category: Elections

PHDC’s endorsement meetings for the November 8, 2022 election

On By potrerohilldemocratsIn Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

First up: August 30th, 6:30pm

We will begin our series of educational/endorsement meetings for the November election on Tuesday, August 30th with the District 10 Supervisor race (debate, moderated by J.R. Eppler), plus candidates for Public Defender and District Attorney. Club members in good standing will vote that evening. This meeting, cosponsored by the Potrero Boosters, will be on Zoom.

Update – endorsement vote results: District 10 Supervisor – Shamann Walton; District Attorney – no position; Public Defender – no position. (In order to secure the club’s endorsement, a candidate would have to receive 60% of votes cast. If no candidate does that, the club takes no position in the race.)

Tues Sept 6th (right after Labor Day), 6:30pm on Zoom: Local & state ballot measures

  • Fourteen local ballot measures, arguments pro & con
  • Seven California measures too
  • Endorsement vote

Update – endorsement vote results on propositions are here.

Tues Sept 13th, 6:30pm: School Night! Board of Education candidate panel moderated by Sara O’Neill; pitches from candidates for CCSF Board of Trustees; endorsement vote.

Update: Endorsements from School Night. Board of Education: Alida Fisher, Lainie Motamedi, Lisa Weissman-Ward. Community College Board (4-yr term): Vick Chung, Anita Martinez, Susan Solomon. Community College Board (2-yr term): Adolfo Velasquez.

☞ If you are a voting member in good standing, you will receive an appropriate ballot before each meeting. Please note: For statewide offices, our Primary Election endorsements carry over.

Tues Jan 4, 2022: AssemblyDistrict 17 Candidate Forum – back on zoom

On By Joni EisenIn Elected official, Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

Meet, compare & contrast the four candidates running for California State Assembly in the Feb. 15th Special Election: David Campos, Matt Haney, Bilal Mahmood, Thea Selby. Check out their websites by clicking on their names. Moderator will be acclaimed journalist Joe Eskenazi, currently with Mission Local.

Cosponsored by Potrero Boosters, Potrero Dogpatch Merchants Association and Dogpatch Neighborhood Association. In the interest of health and science, we have decided to revert to zoom – but the show will go on!

Endorsement vote update: No single candidate garnered the requisite 60% of votes cast, so right now our position is No position. However, we may extend the voting deadline so more members can participate and increase the chance of the club reaching an endorsement.

In case you missed the forum, here’s a link to the recording.

Tues, Dec 7, 6:30pm: Back in person!

On By Joni EisenIn Education, Elected official, Elections, Uncategorized

We are pleased to announce that PHDC has been officially rechartered by the San Francisco Democratic Party – and we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that our beautiful, historic Neighborhood House at 953 De Haro St has reopened for in-person events. Proof of vaccination is required to enter the facility, and masks are required when not eating or drinking.

On the agenda are the Feb. 15th special election: School Board recalls and electing the Assessor-Recorder. Also some club business and a social hour to reconnect! At our January 4th meeting, we will address the rest of the Feb 15th election: the race to represent District 17 in the State Assembly.

Tues Jan 19: AD 17 Dem Party Delegate Candidate Forum

On By Joni EisenIn Elections, Uncategorized

Potrero Hill Democratic Club invites you to meet people running for CA Democratic Party delegate in Assembly District 17. What do delegates do?
• Elect party officers & regional directors
• Vote on the party’s endorsements of candidates & ballot measures
• Establish the party’s platform & focus
For Zoom info, email contact_us@phdemclub.org

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 6 – 8pm

For zoom link, email contact_us@phdemclub.org – or view the live-streamed event on our Facebook page at 6pm Jan. 19th. 

Tues. Aug. 4th at 7pm: Endorsement meeting for City College Trustees, State Measures

On By NhojIn Elected official, Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

One key role of the Club is making informed endorsements. Primary endorsements for federal and state offices remain in effect for the General Election. We are sending questionnaires to local candidates and researching local and state measures to ensure our endorsement process is inclusive and informative.

With so many candidates and measures this November, we’ll have two meetings. On August 4th, we’ll consider state propositions and City College Board. On September 1st, we’ll discuss the Board of Education, BART Board and local ballot measures. We will have a robust program to ensure all residents of our community vote on or before November 3rd.
Please mark your calendars for the August 4th and September 1st meetings, beginning at 7:00 PM online. Complete details for each meeting, including call-in information and, for voting members, a ballot to complete and return, will be sent shortly before the meetings.

2020 City College Questionnaire Responses

January Monthly Meeting: Ballot Review and Endorsements!

On By colleen60821b8d81In Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

The Presidential Primary Election is March 3, and we’ll be voting on our club endorsements in our January meeting. Join us to hear from candidates, review all the ballot measures, and vote on endorsements!

Date: Tuesday, January 7 at 7 pm

Location: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St

Endorsements:

  • Democratic Presidential Nominee [See information below from the December meeting]
  • US Congress, District 12 Primary
  • California State Senate District 11 Primary
  • California State Assembly District 17 Primary
  • DCCC, AD-17 (14 seats) [See information below from the December meeting]
  • SF Superior Court Judges, Seats 1, 18, and 21
  • Propositions

All can attend to get informed about what’s on the ballot. Regular members who have attended at least 2 meetings/events in 2019 and are current on their membership dues can vote on endorsements.

If you are a member who fulfills the requirements above and cannot attend the meeting, you are eligible to vote by absentee. If you would like to vote by absentee ballot, please send us an email at contact_us@phdemclub.org by December 30, 2019.

Absentee ballots will be provided by end of day Friday, January 3, and must be emailed back by 5 pm on Monday, January 6.

Tues Jan 8th: Cleaning it up with Tom Ammiano; reform with the CADem 17 slate

On By Joni EisenIn Elected official, Elections, Money in politics, Resistance, Uncategorized

On the second Tuesday of the month (instead of our normal first Tuesday because of the holiday), our headliner is former State Assemblyman, Board of Supervisors president, and School Board president Tom Ammiano, role-model legislator for decades of SF political history.  Tom chairs the campaign committee for the Sunlight on Dark Money Initiative, seeking signatures to get on the November 2019 ballot.  It would force disclosures of corporate PAC money in campaigns and limit pay-to-play campaign contributions, and close corporate and lobbyist campaign contribution loopholes.  With the elections coming up, we need these reforms more than ever.

The new year also brings elections for local delegates to the California Democratic Party, sorely in need of reform after the scandal-triggered resignation of the party’s chair in late November.  At Tuesday’s meeting, we’ll meet some of the candidates on the Reform Democrats for Labor & Equity slate.  The election for this set of delegates is coming up fast: Saturday, January 12, at 10 am at the Women’s Building, 3271 18th Street.  All registered Democrats in Assembly DIstrict 17 are eligible to vote! For information about the Party and the delegate election (including all candidate statements) click here. 

We’ll also hear from PHDC member Kelly Dennehy-Schumann, board member of the Women’s March Bay Area, with information about the Saturday, January 19th rally & march, 11:30am at Civic Center Plaza.

Also: nominations are open for 2019 PHDC officers.

WHEN: Tuesday, January 8th, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St

Tues Oct 2: Behind the scenes with Real Candidates of Potrero Hill!

On By Joni EisenIn Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

It’s Election Confidential time! Get the skinny on what it’s really like to campaign in a town where politics are deemed to be a blood sport. A conversation with Hill residents in the thick of it: Supervisor candidates Tony Kelly and Uzuri Pease-Greene, School Board candidate Monica Chinchilla, and Assessor-Recorder candidate Paul Bellar.

Hot gossip and surprises, reality-TV style? Um, maybe. Insights and illumination? Certainly.

Check it out on Tuesday. We will also preview our soon-to-be-printed endorsement door-hanger – and check back with some of our endorsed candidates and campaigns.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 2nd, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St

Tues Sept 18th: The Potrero Hill SF School Board Debate

On By potrerohilldemocratsIn Education, Elections, Endorsements, Uncategorized

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