We’ll catch up with our new District 10 Supervisor, Shamann Walton, in an open-ended conversation about district concerns.
And, we’ll have a panel discussion about our bankrupt local utility monopoly, PG&E, featuring Loretta Lynch, PHDC member and former chair of the California Public Utilities Commission, and Cynthia Pollock, citizen member of the City’s Local Agency Formation Commission (the folks who brought us CleanPowerSF).
We will also elect new officers for 2019.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 5th at 7pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
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
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
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.
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):
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
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.
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):
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
Food, drink, live jazz, friends and great deals! Potrero Hill Democratic Club’s Party & “Shop Local†Silent Auction is always a celebration of and for the community – and a fundraiser for the club’s many educational and democracy-enhancing activities. We never solicit or accept money from candidates or campaigns we endorse – so this event and membership dues are it for us.
Check out the ever-growing list of generous donors here.
5pm – 8pm. Dogpatch Saloon, 2496 Third St at 22nd.
• 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
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