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Anna Eshoo’s Third Annual Mark Your Activist Summit Calendar! by Mary McVey Gill Friday, May 17, 2019 The Santa Clara County Democratic Party presents its 28th Annual Democratic Victory Dinner Celebrate the Year of At Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s (CD-18) Activist Summit on April 17 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Anna thanked all the activists Victorious Women! for their dedication and effectiveness and gave a brief history of some successful resist events since Trump’s 2016 election: the largest Women’s March in US history in January, 2017; Conor Hayes Mansion Lamb’s race (He knew about Anna because of all the work her constituents did to elect him!); the election of the most diverse 200 Edenvale Avenue, San Jose House with the most women in the 2018 Midterms. She said California is playing a prominent role in House oversight and General No-Host Reception 5:30-7:00 PM investigation committees, including three House committees with chairs from California: Adam Schiff, CD-28, Intelligence; Mark Dinner and Program 7:00-9:00 PM Takano, CD-48, Veterans Affairs, and Zoe Lofgren, CD-19, House Administration. Also, 21 CA Dems are chairs of subcommittees, including Anna who chairs the House Sub-committee on Health). Keynote Speaker: Anna informed us of the chaos in Washington, D.C. Because of unfilled positions, if you call an agency, chances are no one California Lieutenant will answer the phone. Recently, on a return flight to CA, Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss told Anna that it will Governor take 8-10 years for our country to repair the damage caused by Eleni Kounalakis the Trump Administration. Looking forward to 2020, activists (Continued on page 6) The evening is expected to be a smashing hit! Get your tickets now because space is limited! Welcome New Democrats! Welcome the cutest babies and rising stars of the Democratic TICKETS: Party! Turn the page and find out https://secure.actblue.com/donate/demdinner2019 who they are! The New Democrat 2 May 2019
Join Us for a Night of President’s Comedy & Politics! Column Leora Tanjuatco Join us Thursday, May 30, 6:30-9 p.m. in Woodside for a dinner comedy show and make a difference in our government at the same time! Over pizza and beer, we’ll spend the evening laughing about our government (for a change...) with PDC President Leora Tanjuatco, comedian Dan St. Paul, who has opened for such is offically excused from writing this superstars as Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie Cole, and, Smokey month’s President’s Column due to Robinson. And while you’re laughing, you’ll be helping the fact that she is now the mother ensure Democrats regain control in 2020 of the 12th of a brand new addition to both largest state in our country, Virginia. her family and the Democratic The event is a fundraiser for Shelly Simonds, who is family as well! Precious baby running to flip the Virginia House District 94 seat blue Avery Ross, the handsome son born on November 5. Democrats need to flip just three seats to Leora and her husband, Zachery in the Virginia House and Senate to take control of the Ross, the PDC Board Member and legislature and make Virginia the 15th Democratic former PDDC President, was born Trifecta state in the country with Governor and both April 10, 2019. He came in to the chambers Democratic and the first truly progressive world weighing 9lb-3oz and 21 Southern state in history. Peninsula Democratic 1/2” long. He attended his very Coalition (PDC) and Peninsula Young Democrats (PYD) first PDC Board Meeting on May 8! are cohosting the event with Sister District CA Peninsula. RSVP HERE https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgoeSpvT XIZ9PzuMOPfuvUrAj- fcM26fqTQkOb9vAiuwhfig/viewform to make your donation of $60 per person payable with RSVP via ActBlue or by check at the event. Donation to be split $40 to Shelly Simonds’ campaign, $20 for the performer and to cover event food and drink. Address provided upon RSVP. We look forward to seeing you on May 30! (Event address provided upon RSVP.) Another Precious Bundle SEE PAGE 5 for more information. A super Progressive Democrat was born February 15, 2019, in Vancouver, B.C. to Debra Rolfe and Ross Allan. The proud grandparents are longtime PDC Board members, Joe and Diane Rolfe. Eve weighed 7 lbs. 9 ounces and was 21” long. Baby, Mom, and Dad are very doing well. Joe and Diane are over the moon proud!! The New Democrat 3 May 2019
coordinating with Russian interference in the election; he did Martin’s make it clear that the Russians did their best to interfere – and he seems to make it clear that the Trump campaign, including Trump himself, was well aware of those attempts. Why, then, is there no EDITORIAL formal statement that Trump and his campaign should have by PDC Member Martin Gorfinkel reported the interference at the time; and why is it not illegal for them to have benefitted from the illegal activities while they failed to report them? Fewer than 20 months remain before the 2020 presidential The situation seems analogous to that of watching one’s election, so this must be the time to comment on all things neighbor being burglarized, then not only failing to report the related to presidential politics. crime in progress but being willing to accept a few pieces of Starting impeachment proceedings now would be a mistake. jewelry – while, of course, not actually helping with the robbery. Trump has demonstrated disdain for the law and disdain for telling the truth; that along with other acts could be a legitimate RRR With more than 20 declared Democratic candidates for the basis for impeachment. But impeachment proceedings would Democratic Nomination for President, what we need in a focus attention on Trump, would rally his base, and would not candidate is someone who can work to get things done and succeed in conviction by the Senate at this time. The Democrats someone capable of mounting a campaign that will carry the day have a far stronger strategy: open and pursue investigative in November. We can hope that whoever wins in the summer hearings on the material in the Mueller Report. If those hearings will have demonstrated the ability to win in the fall. Denying uncover strong proof of impeachable offenses, this evidence will Trump a second term is of paramount importance to our country, be a chance to reconsider an effort to impeach. our democratic system of government and our sanity. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress should concentrate on producing results and on paving the way to a sound defeat of Trump in 2020 while holding their majority in the House and retaking the Senate. RRR The Electoral College distorts the popular vote for President in two ways: first, the smaller states are over-represented in the totals since every state gets two electoral votes plus a number dependent on population; and second, all of the votes in a state go to the winner of that state rather than having the vote split in proportion to the popular vote. The first condition is written into the Constitution; the second condition is not written into the Constitution. Do you know who this The second condition skews the results far more significantly presidential candidate than does the first, and it can be cured without a Constitutional Amendment. is? Find the answer So, rather than working for a Constitutional Amendment to on page 12. eliminate the Electoral College, it would be far better to work for a federal law mandating that all states allocate their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote in that state. The recent elections won in the Electoral College with a minority in the popular vote would have gone the other way had the state-by- state Electoral Votes been split in proportion to the popular vote in the state. RRR The Mueller Report seems to hold nothing startling, nothing that, by itself, is going to change anyone’s mind about what went on. It does provide leads for further investigation by Congress and by State Attorney’s General. We can expect months, if not years, of watching the legal process turn out further detail. It seems clear that material in that report will send more people to jail. There is one point that seems strange. Citizens have an obligation to report criminal activity. If you stand by and watch while thieves ransack your neighbor’s house, if you don’t bother Contact Kristen Lohnes Johnson, design & layout of to phone the police, then your neighbor is likely to be greatly The New Democrat , at [email protected] annoyed – and with good cause. Mueller concluded that he for advertising rates. could find no evidence of the Trump campaign actively The New Democrat 4 May 2019
And the Enthusiasm Goes How the World Really On! Works! by Stephanie Grossman by Trudy Myrrh Reagan, PDC member After our successful campaigns of “Don’t stand there with the refrigerator door open!” 2018, I was somewhat “But Mom, I’m trying to cool off!” concerned but—I also “That’s ridiculous!” must admit—a little The explanation is even more ridiculous than your mother relieved that now that knew. When you study a little physics, you learn that the fridge the DVC was on hiatus, doesn’t create cold air; it is a heat extractor, sending the warmth there might be a little away from the box and into the room. This is counterintuitive. In downtime before the almost every field I studied in higher education, I encountered next election cycle the “counterintuitive,” and it made learning fun. Unfortunately, began. But the beat many voters vote based on faulty reasoning, and it is so very hard goes on, the enthusiasm to convince them to back public policies that seem goes on, and the counterintuitive to them. necessity to do Related to this are actions that are counterproductive, like something to preserve spanking children for being mean. We see this in public policy: both our sanity and our Since birds ate grain growing in the fields, Chairman Mao country has never been decreed that peasants should kill all the birds. The next year, greater. While Trump insects devastated the crops. Our vindictive instinct toward is still in office, we criminals to “just lock’m up” with no rehabilitation puts them activists still have an back on the street with no new skills or resources, and they absolute burning desire reoffend. It is dismal how many incarcerated are functionally to do everything illiterate to begin with. In contrast, some European countries offer humanly possible to do plenty of courses to prisoners, including practical skills they will damage control. We need when they are released. My nephew is in prison in realize that doing Washington State. The diet was so stingy, mostly junk calories, nothing until 2020 is that the legislature recently realized that it was paying enormous not an option. sums for medical care. Diabetes! Heart trouble! The food That said, I am improved almost overnight last year with more funding. happy to report that Trump wants to withdraw aid from Central American countries when I volunteered to for sending “those people up here.” Cuts include programs host a letter-writing funding education and food aid to help Central American citizens party for Swing Left, a stay where they are. Counterproductive! party to send letters to unregistered voters in swing states, we And then, there are vicious cycles. Punishing a country by hoped to send out a few hundred letters. Optimist that I am, imposing tariffs starts a trade war. Our soybean farmers are and also thinking about our anti-Trump postcard-writing party for suffering because the Chinese retaliated to Trump’s tariffs on the DVC in 2017, I ordered 1500 names and addresses, thinking Chinese goods with tariffs on US soybeans. Or, take the arms that other groups would use them at a later party. race. An arms buildup on our side may provoke our opponents The enthusiasm does go on because starting at 10 a.m. at my to match and exceed ours, inciting us to accelerate our weapons Open House, we sent out all 1500 letters plus another 200 that stockpile, on and on. We saw this during the Cold War, draining were left over from a previous party. By 3 p.m. we were turning money from programs like low-income housing. Now, we away volunteers who showed up to write because we had run wonder why we can’t get a handle on homelessness. It was just out of letters. And this was not a heavily publicized happening. dumb luck that the nukes were never used. Swing Left and DVC had sent out the announcement to their I am reading The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg. We members only four days before the event. have never had enough safeguards on nukes. It’s chilling. Trump Yes, we are fired up and ready to go! We cannot, we must is revving up weapons production up again, “We have to not, let all this enthusiasm lie dormant. We need to keep the upgrade our nuclear arsenal.” Viscous cycle! Over and over enthusiasm alive by offering the volunteers who want to do again, Trump leads with his gut, indulging in childish, self- “something” the support——the places, the candidates, the defeating and ignorant policies that are “counterintuitive,” materials, the leadership—and the opportunity to do “counter- productive,” and a “vicious cycle”—to our peril. “something.” The New Democrat 5 May 2019
Join us Thursday, May 30, 6:30 -9pm in Woodside for a dinner comedy show and make a difference in our government at the same time!
Over pizza and beer we'll spend the evening laughing about our government (for a change...) with comedian Dan St. Paul, who has opened for such superstars as Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie Cole, and, Smokey Robinson. And while you're laughing, you'll be helping ensure Democrats regain control of the 12th largest state in our country, Virginia, in November.
The event is a fundraiser for Shelly Simonds, who is running to flip the Virginia House district 94 seat blue on November 5. Democrats need to flip just 3 seats in the Virginia House and Senate in order to take control of the legislature and make Virginia the 15th Democratic Trifecta state in the country (with governor and both chambers Democratic) and the first truly progressive Southern state, in history. Peninsula Democratic Coalition and Peninsula Young Democrats are cohosting the event with Sister District CA Peninsula.
RSVP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgoeSpvTXIZ9PzuMOPfuvUrAj- fcM26fqTQkOb9vAiuwhfig/viewform We’re asking $60 per person when you RSVP and pay online or by check at the door. Proceeds split as follows: • $40 pp donation to Shelly Simonds’ campaign via ActBlue • $20 pp donation for the performer and to cover cost of food and drink.
Event address will be provides with RSVP. We look forward to seeing you on May 30! We look forward to seeing you on May 30th! (Event address will be provided to rsvp’s.) The New Democrat 6 May 2019
Action (Andrea Miller’s group) and the importance of supporting Eshoo them. The group is contacting people in MS, GA, AL to get them (Continued from page 1) to register to vote. Rita Bosworth said Sister District will be working in MS and LA this year. To win, Dems need to do more than run against Trump; we need to focus on issues voters care about (the economy, health care, minimum wage, education, homelessness, student debt, the environment). Anna described HR1, which would outlaw gerrymandering, and listed some of its many endorsers. She moderated Panel Two comprised of Donnie Fowler, EdTech for America, a political consultant who has played a national role in eight presidential campaigns; Chris Masami Myers, Executive Director of California Democratic Party; Amanda Rentería, President of Emerge and former Congressional candidate in CA-21 Anna noted that this year CA will have more influence over the presidential election because of moving up our primary to March 3. Our area has lots of money—an ATM for many candidates—but also many volunteers. Amanda Rentería pointed out that CA is making headlines because we have so much diversity and such a large youth population. Fowler noted that need to focus not only on defeating Trump, but also on we had had early primaries in 2000, 2004, 2008 also, held from defending recently won House seats and electing Democrats to late February to early March. He said that polls right now do not state legislatures. matter. In his experience, the poll taken near Christmas time is Anna’s remarks were followed by two panels comprised of usually the most significant. By California’s March 3, 2020, Panel One: leaders from newer Resist groups and Panel Two: primary, the United States will have elected 40% of delegates leaders from older Democratic Establishment groups. nationwide, and by end of March, 70%. The process will move Titus Lin, the Bay Area Organizing Director for the California rapidly between Christmas and April. Fowler predicted that by Democratic Party, moderated the first panel comprised of Rita April, 2020, the field of Democratic candidates with be no more Bosworth, Sister District; Jennifer Eis, Deputy National Director of than four candidates. Fowler said that Obama’s two presidential Swing Left; Celeste Walker of Orchard City Indivisible. campaigns were bottom up in contrast to Hillary’s 2016 Rita Bosworth reported that Sister District now has 45,000 campaign which was top down. He encouraged people to start members with 76 teams across the country. Gerrymandering is a working for their candidates and not wait for the national party’s huge problem. Bosworth said that Dems would have had 18 permission. Money matters now. more members in Congress if districts reflected voter’s political Myers explained a detailed handout on CA delegate selection party registration. For example, in NC, PA, VA, Trump won less and answered questions. than 50% of the vote, but more Congressional seats went to Concerns came from the audience about how to preserve Republicans. Sister District is working hard to flip seats in state party unity. Anna talked about the DVC and said how proud she legislatures before the 2020 census because state legislatures was that everyone worked together under the same roof as control redistricting. The focus for 2019 is on VA, MS, LA. In equals, without contention. “We have a big tent.” She talked 2020, the focus will be on FL, TX, MI, WI, PA, OH, NC, MN. about the respect that Nancy Pelosi gets both in DC and abroad. Jennifer Eis said that Swing Left is sharply focused on voter When she travels, people know her and respect her leadership. registration. People turn out for presidential elections so we can Anna stressed the need to unite around ideas and say what we count on a higher turnout in 2020, but we need to expand the are for, not what we are against. electorate. She said a recent loss in WI by only 6,000 votes for a Myers said to learn more, go to cadem.org to get tickets for state supreme court seat would adversely affect WI the convention. The majority of the presidential candidates will gerrymandering. Republicans will be racking up donations now; be attending. During Q&A, a member of the audience said that for example, they spent $1.3 million in WI recently; Devin the Dems need to coalesce around a set of similar ideas and Nunes brought in $1.1 million last quarter. The Republicans will show a united front. Anna responded that candidates usually spend $$$ on ads, calls, paid precinct walkers. Republicans are want to distinguish themselves from others. We should not be portraying Democratic candidates as socialists. Eis urged us to afraid of tough debates. She thinks it is good we have many donate time and money now, mentioning several websites. candidates at this point in the campaign. Celeste Walker reviewed the history of how Indivisible began In answer to a question about what to do about Fox news. and the 23-page document “Handbook for Saving Democracy,” Anna said she thinks the FCC should make broadcasters release which in part used the Tea Party tactics as a model. In the first financial records, follow the money. Rentería said she hopes year, 5000 local groups were formed, of which hers (OCI) is just more candidates will be interviewed on Fox because in districts one. Actions include protests, showing up at town halls or like CA-21, many voters watch Fox. If Democratic candidates are meetings that Republicans hold; making phone calls to their interviewed on Fox programs as Bernie Sanders has been, some offices, setting up interviews in their local offices. of their viewers may open their minds. During Q&A, Alice Smith mentioned People Demanding (See photos next page) The New Democrat 7 May 2019 Save Our Democracy! Do Voter Registration & Issue Outreach! June through October 2019 Sponsored by the PDC and special friends: PYD & the Dean Club Learn what voters are thinking, enjoy spirited conversation, talk to folks about issues, collect petition signatures, build up the Democratic network, and have FUN while strengthening our democracy! We are looking for Volunteers and Leads to staff local Fairs and Festivals this summer. We need folks all summer long, so check your calendars and contact Voter Registration Coordinator Karl Kramer with the dates and times you are available. All training and supplies will be provided. • Los Altos Art and Wine - July 13 & 14 (10am-6pm) • Palo Alto Clay & Glass - July 13 & 14 (10am-5pm) • Menlo Park Summerfest - July 20 & 21 (10am-6pm) • Palo Alto Festival of the Arts - Aug 24 & 25 (10am-6pm) • Mountain View Art & Wine - Sept. 7 & 8 (11am-7pm, 10 am-6pm)
Other events may be added to the calendar so stay tuned! For more information, contact Volunteer Coordinators: Karl Kramer: [email protected] Laura Martinez: [email protected] Alexander Melendrez: [email protected]
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He’ll be great, representing us against President Xi of China.” Uh, considering Pete knows eight languages and can probably • So if GOP really wants to stop unwanted pregnancies and learn Mandarin, he might be great. potential abortions, maybe the solution is to promote more gay And he’d probably p*ss off fewer other countries. sex? • So much division in this country, but can we get bipartisan • Trump quoting Carly Fiorina on trade today. Right, the agreement on one thing? It should be a felony to get in Express woman who did such a good job at HP, they paid her $14 Line at a crowded supermarket with a really complicated refund million to go away. or exchange item. • The World According to Trump - Okay for his personal • "…year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more lawyer to go talk to [a] foreign government to dig up dirt on HIS money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.” NY election opponent. But not okay for former FBI director to speak Times publicly about his investigation into a foreign government • "You know, if you let me write $200 billion worth of hot interfering in OUR election. checks every year, I could give you the illusion of prosperity too.” • Some parents are protesting achievements of LGBT Lloyd Bentsen Americans being taught in schools. Well, hope at home they are • If Jerry Falwell Jr’s “racy” pictures were sent to his wife, it explaining to their kids why they are not allowed to watch Disney would be a non-story, and perhaps him quoting Corinthians “Do movies. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid - lyrics for not deprive one another.” Just saying. all written by Howard Ashman who died of AIDS. Lion King - • Julian Castro is the latest candidate to qualify for 2020 music written by Sir Elton John, who has son w/ his husband. Presidential debates. At this point the real limiting factor on • Giuliani heading to Ukraine in hopes of getting their number of participants is likely to be the decision of the fire government to give him information that can be used against marshal. Democrats in 2020 election. • Trump gave Tiger Woods medal of honor “because of his The equivalent of "I could obstruct justice in the middle of 5th incredible success [and] comeback in sports, and more Avenue and get away with it." importantly, life.” • Kansas Senator Grassley joins Senator Burr in backing the Translation, how long until there’s a Tiger Woods-branded subpoena for Jr. to testify; have to wonder, how long until Donald course at one of Trump’s golf resorts? Trump throws his own son under the bus? • Florida Senator Rick Scott ranting on Twitter about what he • Alabama Senate trying to pass one of most restrictive considers a “terrible idea” – ‘If you want to buy a gun, Cory abortion laws in country, making it illegal as soon as fetus is “in Booker wants you to register with the federal government.” utero.” Gosh, next the government might want you to register your car. But to be fair, at the moment of conception, a fetus is only 14 • Why we all love Prince Harry. After the birth of his and years away from being a suitable date for Roy Moore. Meghan’s son – “How any woman does what they do is beyond • Since anyone who is an accessory can also be tried for comprehension.” murder, and it DOES take two to conceive, shouldn’t all these • Ken Starr, complaining about Mueller letter about Barr restrictive new abortion laws also mean states should charge being leaked “That is, to me, the unforgivable sin.” father of fetus for abortions too? “Unforgivable sin?” Right, as opposed to ignoring rape and • Trump says John Kerry “should be prosecuted” for violating sexual assaults by athletes at Baylor? the Logan Act for talking to Iran. Did Putin tell him to say that? • Betsy Devos doesn’t think teachers should go on strike, • First it was Kim Jong Un, now Trump says Chinese President because “it hurts students.” Well, maybe if we arm teachers those Xi Jinping wrote him a “beautiful letter.” contract negotiations might go faster? Does anyone think Donald has ever even written “beautiful • Trump insisted Democrats have ” stolen two years of my letters to his wives? (our) Presidency.” Whatever does he mean? That they have iced • Trump laughed about a rally supporter’s suggestion to shoot it? Hard to imagine they could have added more nuts? migrants. Like he laughs about extending his term. And that • Trump fundraising email this month references his oldie-but-goodie ‘Russia, if you’re listening…..” upcoming dinner in New Orleans. • Trump has formally asserted executive privilege over the Wonder if anyone has told him that city of New Orleans voted Mueller report. This worked out so well for Nixon. 80% for Hillary Clinton. • An anti-vaxx Kentucky teen who sued the school over • So if you can overturn a Kentucky Derby finish based on vaccines has come down with chicken pox. Is it wrong to hope seeing a foul after the fact, how about a Presidential election? when he’s an adult that he gets shingles? Asking for a country. • Jim Jordan wants the public to know as much about the • All this hype over betting odds in 2020. Another reminder, Mueller Report as he wanted them to know about the sexual one reason Bill Clinton, who announced his candidacy in abuse of wrestlers at Ohio State. Period. OCTOBER 1991, got the 1992 nomination is that many powerful • Trump tweeting today about visiting “one of my favorite Democrats figured George H.W. Bush was a cinch for re-election places, the Florida Panhandle.” and didn’t run. The New Democrat 11 May 2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS MONTHLY MEETINGS Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s Annual Birthday Bash Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee Fundraiser - Celebrate with Sparkles & Chocolate! meets at 7:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at Friday, May 31 70 West Hedding, San Jose. Call 408/445-9500 for information. All are welcome to attend. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Light Bites & Sparkling Libations San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee LOCATION: A Private Hillsborough Garden, address provided meets for their General Meeting on the third Thursday of every month at upon RSVP. Please wear flats and bring a wrap as we will be 7:30 pm at the Transport Workers Union, Local 505 building located at outside. Sparkly attire optional! 1521 Rollins Road in Burlingame. PLEASE RSVP: https://act.myngp.com/jackiespeier/birthdaybash2019?midqs The PDC Board of Directors meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second =mIk_855ejUebD-AAt-MB0g WEDNESDAY of each month at the Palo Alto Unitarian Church, 505 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, Fireside Room; all are welcome. JUNE MAY Considering Charter Schools: Movie Screening of “Backpack Full of Cash” Friday, May 17 Sunday, June 2 5:30-7 p.m. No-Host Reception; 7-9 p.m. Dinner & Program 2 p.m. 28th Annual Fundraiser & Victory Dinner: Celebrate the Mountain View Community Center, Year of Victorious Women! Redwood Hall 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View Join Santa Clara County Democratic Party of Silicon Valley for FREE and OPEN TO ALL! our Annual Gala Questions: Danielle James, [email protected] Hayes Mansion, 200 Edenvale Ave., San Jose, CA 95136 PENINSULA | Sharing Our Oceans: How Virtual Reality Can Congresswoman Jackie Speier, State Senator Jerry Hill, Save Our Blue Planet Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, and San Mateo County Wednesday, June 05, 2019 Supervisor Dave Pine for the discussion: (Doors open: 7 p.m., Program: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.) A Conversation About America: Where: Los Altos Youth Center, 1 North San Antonio Rd., Los A Robust Economy and a Housing Crisis- What are Solutions? ALtos Saturday, May 18, 2019 Hosted by Peninsula Chapter Guest Speaker: Erika Woolsey, Marine Biologist, Stanford 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Center for Ocean Solutions Skyline College Theater More Information: Building 1, Room 1250 http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/chapters/peninsula- 3300 College Drive, San Bruno chaptern Free and Open to the Public Come Fight Big Money in Politics ~ with 2 NEW bills just announced ~ SB 47, AB 1784, AB 1217, and SB 636 Peninsula Young Democrats Flag Day Party! + signatures at CA Dem Convention Friday, June 14th Peninsula Action Group Meeting in Palo Alto 6:30 With Clean Money Regional Volunteer Coordinator Nancy p.m. Burlingame, CA Neff Tuesday, May 21 Food, drink, and patriotic fun! Immature Democrats (age 35 & under):$25 7 - 8:30 p.m. Mature Democrats (36 & up): $45 Unitarian Universalist Church Young at Heart Sponsorship: $100 505 E Charleston Rd, Palo Alto To RSVP or more info: [email protected] DETAILS & RSVP: https://yesfairelections.ngpvanhost.com/ngpvanforms/19054 (Continued on page 12) DEM LA O The Peninsula Democratic Coalition U C S R P.O. Box 97 N A I T T T T Los Altos, CA 94023-0097 N I I I I C C E E E E P P C O N A LITI O May 2019 Printed on 100% recycled paper. C Calendar (Continued from page 11) Urban Planning, Housing & Transportation in Silicon Valley June 16, 2019 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Mitchell Park Community Center 3700 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Come hear from Don Weden, the retired Principal Planner from Santa Clara County, and Adrian Fine, Palo Alto councilmember about their visions for the area. Traffic has gotten untenable, while rents have skyrocketed. How can we tackle these interrelated problems? $20 for non-members The New Democrat $15 for members Published monthly by JULY The Peninsula Democratic Coalition An Afternoon Reception with Congressman Jerry McNerney DEM Sunday, July 7 - Time to be announced. LA O U C SEE PAGE 9 FOR MORE INFORMATION. S R N A I T T T T N I I I I C C E E E AUGUST E P P The Annual PDC Family Potluck Picnic and Auction C Sunday, August 18, 2019 O N A LITI O 4-7 p.m. Cuesta Park in Mountain View P.O. Box 97, Los Altos, CA 94023-0097 Be sure to mark your calendars!! Cuesta Park is located President: Leora Tanjuatco directly beside the El Camino YMCA and El Camino Hospital, in Vice President, Programs, Lorri Holzberg Mountain View. Vice President, Political Action & Issues Guest speaker: TO BE ANNOUNCED. 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