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Special Election Edition Vol 79 No. 4 Visit our website at: www.sandiegosierraclub.org October/November/December 2020 SpecialSpecial ElectionElection EditionEdition Chapter & Group Executive Committee Elections are Underway - VOTE! A Democratic Sierra Club Demands Grassroots Participation The annual election for the Chapter’s Executive Committee and the North County and North County Coastal (Coasters) Groups Dear Sierra Club friends, Please, if you do only Executive Committees are now underway. Your participation is crit- one thing this crazy year, please vote in the critical ical for a strong Chapter. All Chapter members are eligible to vote in November election. The very life of the planet depends the Chapter Executive Committee elections. Please check the ballot on it. instructions to see if you are eligible to vote in the Group Executive Sierra Club San Diego is pleased to present to you an Committee elections. Groups are specific geographical areas and not election issue of the High Sierran chock-full of a record all Chapter members belong to a Group. number of political endorsements for candidates we This year members will be able to cast their ballots electronically or by hope and believe will lead us away from environmental using the enclosed paper ballot. DO NOT USE THE PAPER BALLOT destruction and injustice and towards a more sustain- AND THE ELECTRONIC BALLOT! USE ONLY ONE METHOD TO able and just future. Now it’s up to you to make an CAST YOUR VOTE. Instructions on how to cast your ballot can be informed vote. found on page 20. For all of us who care and work to protect nature and To Cast Your Ballot Electronically Online, go to: advance environmental and social justice, it’s no hyper- http://sc.org/SanDiegoElections/ bole that this election may be the most important in our The Sierra Club is a democratically structured organization at all lev- lifetime. President Trump is the worst in United States els. The Club requires the regular flow of views on policy and priori- modern history and his removal from office is essential ties from its grassroots membership in order to function well. Yearly to prevent and reverse so many reckless and destructive participation in elections at all Club levels is a major membership federal environmental policies. Trump and his corporate obligation. cronies have wreaked havoc on decades of environmen- tal and social progress and another term will spell doom In a typical year less than 5% of eligible members vote in the for our beleaguered climate, endangered species, forests, Executive Committee elections. Our grassroots structure is strength- and justice. For these and many other reasons, the Sierra ened when our participation is high. Therefore, your participation is Club has endorsed Joe Biden for President. needed in the voting process. Down ballot elections are also critically important with Each candidate provides a statement about themselves and their local, state, and federal representatives providing an views. You can learn more by asking questions of your group and essential check on the President’s policies. There is no chapter leadership and other experienced members you know. Then race more important for San Diego’s environment than make your choice and cast your vote! that for District 3 of the County Board of Supervisors For the Chapter Executive Committee there are four (2) seats open where the Sierra Club has endorsed a passionate this year. Two (2) candidates will be elected to serve 3-year terms. environmentalist Terra Lawson-Remer over a Trump- The North County Group will elect four (4) candidates for 2-year wannabe incumbent Kristin Gaspar. This is our chance terms and the North County Coastal Group (Coasters) will elect three to flip the County Board of Supervisors to a Democratic (3) candidates for 2-year terms. majority to support a new County climate action plan Please note your ballots must be received by no later than Election and finally start putting the brakes on destructive sprawl Day, Tuesday, November 12. View from the Chair contnued on page 22 Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet Endorsement of Joe porters, and staff before making such a HiSIERRAN consequential decision. After receiving Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet Biden for President feedback, we sent out a questionnaire By Ramón Cruz, Sierra Club President for a final vote on whether we should Sierra Club San Diego Chapter endorse Joe Biden. The results were over- As you know, we are in the final stretch whelmingly in favor, with nearly 95% 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #101 towards what is the most consequential of respondents supporting Sierra Club San Diego, CA 92111 election of our lifetime, and Sierra Club (858) 569-6005 endorsing Joe Biden for President. is stepping up to make a difference. Managing Editor These past four years have been partic- Today is an important day as we move Judy Thomas (619) 462-5168 ularly harsh and frustrating. Our planet, one step closer to defeating Donald [email protected] our collective humanity, and the integ- Trump, the decision to endorse Biden Creative Director rity of our democracy have suffered was not made lightly. The Board closely Scott Thomas (619) 462-5168 under the facist rule of Donald Trump examined Biden’s personal history, his [email protected] public remarks, and his policies -- espe- www.thomascreative.com and his corrupt administration. From coronavirus and a crashing economy cially those that run counter to our Advertising to the climate crisis, Trump’s racist and values in creating a just, equitable and [email protected] hateful Presidency has made just about inclusive society. We struggled with how everything worse. But on November to reconcile our deep concerns, but after Meetings and Activities 3rd, we have the power to make a careful deliberation, we determined that www.sandiegsierraclub.org change. allowing the current administration to continue is not an option. As a result, October/November/December This November, climate change is on we decided to do everything we can do USPS - 896140 the ballot, the future of our democracy to see Trump unseated, which means we is on the ballot, and the health and safe- will do everything we can to see Biden The Hi Sierran is published quaterly by the ty of not just America, but the world, elected, and to hold him to a high stan- San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club, is on the ballot. Over the past 4 years, dard of accountability by leveraging the 8304 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #101, we have seen that in spite of all of the power of Sierra Club and the strength San Diego, CA 92111, power we’ve built and advances made, we can bring to bear with our partners we will not be able to prevent climate for members in San Diego across the environmental and social catastrophe and advance social justice and Imperial counties. justice movement. This was not an easy so long as Donald Trump is in office. Periodicals Postage Paid at San Diego, CA. decision with which to wrestle, but with Postmaster: Send address changes to Hi Throughout this cycle, the Vice the stakes as high as they are -- partic- ularly for marginalized and immigrant Sierran, Sierra Club Member Services P.O. President has demonstrated a willing- ness to listen to climate advocates. We’ve communities -- it is the one we are Box 421041 seen Biden’s plan to tackle the climate compelled to make. I am grateful for all Palm Coast, FL 32142-6417 crisis go from what was once described the thoughtfulness you have provided as “middle of the road” to now center- throughout this process. Whether it has ing climate justice and becoming the been through voting or speaking out in Address Correction? boldest platform we’ve ever seen from town halls, you have not only influenced Send your current mailing label and your correct address to: a presidential nominee. Millions of this decision, but you have reminded Sierra Club determined activists pushed him to do us of what makes this organization so P.O. Box 421041 that. And when we elect Joe Biden pres- strong. Palm Coast, FL 32142-6417 ident, we will not sit back and observe, I look forward to putting an end to or call Membership Services at we must -- and will -- remain vigilant Donald Trump’s chaotic, divisive, 415-977-5653, Monday - Friday and continue to hold him accountable destructive, self-absorbed, anti-science between 9 am and 5 pm, Pacific Time. to the goals that led us to making this Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing. agenda and continuing our work in endorsement. In fact, endorsing him the fight for a healthy, safe, sustainable allows us to do this more effectively. environment. We will continue to come © Copyright 2020 Sierra Club San Diego, CA (Hi Sierran Newsletter). All rights reserved. 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