Tues April 2 – Green Dreams: Turning Them into Reality

PHDC’s April membership meeting, co-hosted by San Francisco Tomorrow, is packed with ideas for reversing climate change.

Panelists include:

We’ll also hear an update from Thea Selby, SF Transit Riders chair and CCSF Trustee, on what is or could be happening with High Speed Rail

Finally, we’ll end with a quick presentation on how you can sign up for 100% renewable energy through CleanPowerSF.

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

Looking for Volunteers

The Potrero Hill Democratic Club is looking for volunteers to support our activities.

We rely on volunteers to ensure we can bring you the monthly meetings.

We currently need additional help due to changes in our Executive Committee, or we may have to cut back on the meetings.Our needs:

  • Secretary: You can make this role what you’d like. You would help us keep track of decisions made and communicate out to our members. This role would be part of our Executive Committee.

  • VP of Membership: Our membership VP is responsible for keeping our member information up to date and producing membership sign-in sheets each month. As the VP of membership, you would also work to engage members in all of our activities.

  • VP of Politics: Our politics VP is responsible for helping identify and invite speakers each month and create the agenda for the meeting. The politics VP also makes connections with local elected officials.

  • Communications: We need help with our social media and emails about our monthly meetings. You would need to be available every month but would not need to attend Executive Committee meetings. You could do this work on your own time.

  • Annual Fundraising Auction: We need help putting on our annual auction in the summer. This would be a several month project you could do mostly on your own time.

  • Other: If you are interested but not sure how you’d like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.

If you are interested or have questions about what the volunteer roles would entail, please reach out to us at contact_us@phdemclub.org. We are happy to discuss your interests.

Tues March 5: The SF Labor Landscape

Labor unions have a long history in San Francisco, and continue to be a significant force in the San Francisco business community and government. This Tuesday March 5, we’ll have several speakers that will discuss current issues in labor that affect San Francisco and Potrero Hill. 

Among our guests:

  • Rudy Gonzalez, Executive Director from the San Francisco Labor Council.
  • A representative from the United Educators of San Francisco.
  • And more!

WHEN: Tuesday, March 5th at 7pm

WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St

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

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!

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

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 28: The Potrero District 10 Supervisor Debate & Endorsement Vote

 

This November, we choose a new District 10 Supervisor.

So, on August 28, please come and learn about four leading candidates’ visions for Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, the rest of District 10 and the City. Club members will vote on an endorsement the same evening.

You’ll meet: Theo Ellington, Tony Kelly, Uzuri Pease-Greene, and Shamann Walton. Click on their names to read their responses to our questionnaire.

This debate is brought to you with our co-sponsors, Potrero Boosters and PREFund.

Please RSVP here, and tell us you’re coming!

WHEN:Tuesday, August 28, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St @ Southern Hts

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

Thank you 2018 Auction donors!

Support these generous businesses!

83 Proof
Former Mayor Art Agnos
‘āina 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