Democratic County Central Committee

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:30pm Mission Neighborhood Centers 362 Capp Street San Francisco, CA

72 Hour Meeting Agenda ------1. Call to Order and Roll Call Call to Order by Chair, David Campos. Roll Call of Members: Alysabeth Alexander, Angela Alioto, Keith Baraka, Tami Bryant, David Campos, Jen Chan, Petra DeJesus, Bevan Dufty, Sandra Lee Fewer, Peter Gallotta, Kelly Groth, Frances Hsieh, Tom Hsieh, Mary Jung, , Leah LaCroix, Jen Low, Honey Mahogany, Rafael Mandelman, Sophie Maxwell, Rachel Norton, Sarah Souza, Shamann Walton. Ex-Officio Members: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein; Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; U.S. House Representative Jackie Speier; Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, State Treasurer Fiona Ma; Board of Equalization Member Malia Cohen, State Senator ; Assemblymember Phil Ting and Assemblymember .

2. Approval of Meeting Agenda (Discussion and possible action) ​ ​ Discussion and possible action regarding the approval of this agenda.

3. Approval of December Meeting Minutes (Discussion and possible action) ​ Approval of the minutes of the DCCC’s meeting of December 11, 2019 (minutes attached). ​

4. General Public Comment (2 minutes per speaker) ​ The DCCC will take public comment on all items on the agenda and, in addition, other matters germane to party business but not on the agenda.

5. Reports (Discussion and possible action) (20 minutes) ​ DCCC member reports, including discussion and possible actions, to offer updates on work assignments and discuss ongoing objectives. a) Chair (Campos) ​ b) Finance (DeJesus) ​ c) Voter Registration (Baraka) ​ d) Club Chartering e) Outreach (LaCroix) ​ f) Treasurer (Alexander) ​ ​ g) Partnerships (Maxwell) ​ Update from Partner Groups h) Executive Director i) CDP Region 6 Update (Kelly) ​

6. Update on the Request for Proposals (RFP) and Issuance of Slate Mail Program Contract for ​ the March 3, 2020 Election (Campos) (Discussion and possible action) ​ 1

7. Resolution in Support of the Right to Rescue Non-Human Animals and for the Dismissal of Charges Against Animal Rights Advocates (Bryant, Groth) (Discussion and possible action) (5 ​ minutes)

8. Resolution to Urge the U.S. Congress to Defend the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) ​ (Souza, Gallotta) (Discussion and possible action) (5 minutes) ​

9. Resolution Opposing War with Iran (Souza, Gallotta, Campos) (Discussion and possible ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ action) (5 minutes)

10. Resolution in Support of Opening a Democratic Hub Space in San Francisco Before the ​ ​ November 2020 Election (Maxwell, Gallotta) (Discussion and possible action) (5 minutes) ​ ​

11. New Business (Discussion and possible action) ​ ​ ​ The DCCC is unable to discuss or take action on items not on this agenda when those discussions pertain to matters within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The limited exception is to discuss and take action in deciding whether to calendar such items for a future meeting.

12. Adjournment

------Agenda Item Information For more information concerning agendas, minutes, and meeting information, and materials relating to agenda items: visit the DCCC website at http://www.sfdemocrats.org; or email DCCC Corresponding Secretary Peter Gallotta at [email protected]; or write to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee at 100 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94111. Other related materials received by the DCCC after the posting of the agenda are available for public inspection at the meeting time and location listed at the beginning of this agenda.

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Cell Phones, Pagers and Similar SoundProducing Electronic Devices The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic devices. ------Note: Several members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (who may comprise a majority of one or more Board committees) currently also serve as members of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC). The law is not clear as to whether the open meeting requirements of state and local law apply to DCCC meetings attended by these Board members. Out of an abundance of caution, Board members and the DCCC have agreed to comply with these open meeting laws.

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San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:30pm City College of San Francisco - Mission Campus, Room 109 1125 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA

Draft Meeting Minutes A recording of the meeting can be found online at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SFDemocrats/videos/?ref=page_internal ------1. Call to Order and Roll Call Meeting called to order at 6:55pm by Chair, David Campos ​ ​ Roll Call by Recording Secretary F. Hsieh

Members present: Alysabeth Alexander, Angela Alioto, Keith Baraka, Tami Bryant (proxy: ​ Alysabeth Alexander), David Campos, Jen Chan, Petra DeJesus (proxy: Peter Gallotta), Bevan Dufty, Sandra Lee Fewer (proxy: Nicholas Persky), Peter Gallotta, Kelly Groth, Frances Hsieh, Tom Hsieh, Mary Jung, Jane Kim, Leah LaCroix, Jen Low, Honey Mahogany, Rafael Mandelman, Sophie Maxwell, Rachel Norton (proxy: Mary Jung), Sarah Souza, Shamann Walton.

Ex-Officio Members present: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (proxy: Megan Levitan), Speaker of ​ the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (proxy: Gary McCoy), Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis (proxy: Kate Maeder), State Treasurer Fiona Ma (proxy: Izzy Malouf), Board of Equalization Member Malia Cohen (proxy: Tyra Fennell), State Senator Scott Wiener (proxy: Matthew Rothschild), Assemblymember Phil Ting (proxy: Alex Walker), Assemblymember David Chiu (proxy: Katie MacKenzie)

Members absent/excused: U.S. House Representative Jackie Speier ​

31 members present, 1 member absent.

2. Approval of Meeting Agenda ​

Motion to approve: Member Dufty; Second: Member Jung ​ ​ ​ Vote Count: Approved by Acclamation ​

3. Approval of October Meeting Minutes

Motion to approve: Member Dufty; Second: Member Alioto ​ ​ ​ Vote Count: Approved by Acclamation ​

4. General Public Comment

Public Comment opened at 7:00 pm 4 Angela Ho spoke in support of Michelle Tong as a neighbor and immigrant background, would ​ do greatness as a judge for society; Ron Stueckle (Sunset Youth Services) spoke in support of ​ ​ Rani Singh, has worked with her for over 15 years on justice reform work at Juvenile Hall among youth that have been traumatized; Sochi Carion works in independent investigations bureau in ​ ​ DA’s office, let people decide, don’t vote as a political machine, spoke in support of Rani Singh, who has done tenant’s work and progressive justice reform, 20 years as a progressive woman of color; Ramon Ross (Brown Bombers) 32 years in District Attorney’s office, progressive values ​ ​ benefit marginalized, people of color and women, positive impact with high integrity and compassion, someone who impacts the state of with considerable respect, like Rani Singh; Brendan Schucart speaking in support of Michelle Tong, read statement from Manohar ​ ​ Raju in support for hard work and earned respect of colleagues and Rudy Corpuz as hard worker and committed work; Michelle Tong spoke about background, 16 years as public ​ ​ defender, last 20 years serving San Francisco, wants to continue that, has empowered clients to be self advocates, only SF resident running; Pang Ly spoke about her history and the people ​ ​ who supported along the way, work as Commissioner was for a diverse group of people reflecting San Francisco, wants to represent the voice of all immigrants who deserve equal treatment of the law; Peter Bush current judge in Judicial Seat 1, spoke in support of Pang Ly, ​ ​ with her ability to bring people together, hard work and diligence will support people of San Francisco, and compelling personal story; Harold Kahn, 18 year judge in Superior Court, spoke ​ ​ in support of Pang Ly for work on thousands of backlogged asbestos cases, she is the qualified, ethical choice for judge; Jeff Ross asked to evaluate judges on experience, give voters a chance ​ ​ to decide best candidate and don’t make this race political; Shahid Buttar spoke in support of ​ ​ Michelle Tong, Maria Evangelista, and Cary Gold, invited people to office opening party on December 16; Henry Morales (HOMEY) supporting to get young people out of incarceration; ​ ​ Cary Gold spoke about her experience and background as tenants rights lawyer and would be ​ only one on bench should she win; Linda Colfax spoke in support of Rani Singh and Michelle ​ ​ Tong based on their work in court, spoke to their integrity, compassion and dignity; Jordan ​ Davis spoke about supporting racially and experientially diversity, Maria as a bad-ass Latina, ​ Michelle Tong who hasn’t locked up kids in Marin, Cary Gold as a bad-ass eviction defense attorney, spoke in support of Jackie Fielder and Shahid Buttar; Dorothy Chou Proudfoot spoke ​ ​ for self, child of immigrants, public education background and double bear, administrative law judge at SF Rent Board endorsed by a diversity of judges; Rani Singh spoke about self, it being ​ ​ her birthday, she has walked the walk, has done the right thing for the last 20 years, will do the hard work to win, has public service in her DNA, loves SF, she will work hard to win; spoke about Michelle Tong’s passion for justice and work ethic and values, also supports Maria Evangelista and Rani Singh; Michael Wilson attorney in SF in support of Pang Ly, regularly ​ ​ represents low income workers, spoke about a court case with bad prior mediation situation, but Pang Ly helped settle; Susan Pfeiffer update on voter registration 300+registrations, 270 ​ ​ democrats, 126 registrations, 96 democrats, spoke about CDP bounty program, wants to work out a better voter registration system with new Executive Director; Elisabeth Madden lifelong ​ ​ Democrat, Fulton Institute board member, defense attorney, spoke in support of Pang Ly for her work as a civil litigator for sense of fairness, compassion, judicial temperament, and work ethic; Nick Pasquariello requested resolution from SFDCCC to oppose new library policies, ​ ​ spoke on behalf of CARA; Eunice Chang spoke in support of Pang Ly and experience with ​ ​ Chinese residents and in support of Cary Gold as an amazing tenant law expert and can work collaboratively and mentor, kind and firm, understands tenants and the law and can work collaboratively; John Jacobo spoke in support of Prop E, SF Balanced Development Act which ​ ​ 5 will tie office development with affordable housing production for a diverse San Francisco; Rebecca Young spoke in support of Michelle Tong, Rani Singh, and Maria Evangelista does a lot ​ of racial justice and police bias work with public defender’s office, spoke about Michelle’s ethical work ethic and as her mentor, Rani has been ethical and compassion as a prosecutor and opponent, was on the committee to hire Maria; Christin Evans, President, Haight Ashbury ​ ​ Merchants Association spoke in support of Prop D, Vacancy Tax, more vacancies now than there were during recession, legislation targets bad actors, speculators or absentee landlords, vacancies for 3-5 years is too long, this is targeted measure; Dan Macchiarini of North Beach ​ ​ Merchants Association spoke in support of Vacancy Tax; Quynh Chen spoke in support of ​ ​ Dorothy Proudfoot as a litigation attorney, seeing someone who represents her; Lee Hepner in ​ ​ support of Vacancy Tax, thanked merchants for coming, small businesses are stewards of our neighborhoods and to make them vibrant, we need to support them; Carla Gomez spoke for ​ ​ Michelle Tong as 10 year colleague and friend, great trial attorney, over 50 trials, fearless and tenacious, deep understanding of our community, tough but fair, and in support of Rani Singh as compassionate and fair; Niki Solis in support of Michelle Tong, work ethic, compassionate, ​ ​ intuitive, need judges who understand people in our communities and Maria Evangelista who knows the people of our City because they have lived their lives; Gloria Berry spoke in support ​ ​ of herself and her work with DCCC on Black Agenda Committee and her endorsements, need to have black people of color in their agenda for candidates; Hae Min Cho spoke in support of ​ ​ Carolyn Gold, 40 years in SF, raised kids, lived experience in SF, knows the community; Jack ​ Gallagher spoke about Proposition B Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response bond; Sliman ​ ​ Nawabi, SF public defender, best quality for a judge is compassion, spoke in support of Michelle ​ Tong and her work on a case related to gang activity, worked for Asian Law Caucus, also supports Cary Gold and Maria Evangelista.

Public Comment closed at 8:11 pm

5. Reports - this item tabled until next meeting ​ a) Chair (Campos) ​ b) Finance (DeJesus) ​ c) Voter Registration (Baraka) ​ d) Club Chartering e) Outreach (LaCroix) ​ f) Treasurer (Alexander) ​ ​ g) Partnerships (Maxwell) ​ h) Committees Committee to Develop a Black Agenda (Baraka) i) Executive Director j) CDP Region 6 Update (Kelly) ​

6. Endorsements of Candidates for Local Elected Office for the March 3, 2020 Election ​ See attached document “Official Results - March 2020” for details on vote count.

Member Alioto asked procedural question about supporting more than one candidate; Member ​ ​ Low spoke about difficulty of endorsements in the case of two amazing candidates who have ​ overcome adversity, unfortunate we can only pick one, but does not mean both aren’t qualified, diversity reflects our community and running for public office is a public service; Chair ​ 6 Campos stated that the body takes votes seriously and elections are an inherently political ​ process; Member Dufty spoke about opportunity before us and the challenge of endorsements ​ ​ when there are multiple good candidates

a) San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 1 - Maria Evangelista b) San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 18 - Michelle Tong c) San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 21 - Cary Gold

7. Endorsements of Ballot Measures for the March 3, 2020 Election See attached document “Official Results - March 2020” for details on vote count. Member Low clarified that these items were calendared prior to the assignment of proposition ​ letters, so no correlation between letters and current ballot designations, also item “d” was removed by the sponsor and item “g” did not qualify for ballot.

a) General Obligation Bond: Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Motion to approve by acclamation: Member Wiener; Second: Member Baraka ​ ​ ​ Vote Count: Approved by Acclamation ​ b) City College Job Training, Repair, and Earthquake Safety Bond Measure Motion to approve by acclamation: Member Wiener; Second: Member Alioto ​ ​ ​ Vote Count: Approved by Acclamation ​ c) Affordable Housing & Jobs Balanced Development Act - see attached sheet for vote ​ count d) Affordable Housing and Small Business Priority Reserve - removed ​ e) Charter Amendment: Retiree Health Benefits Motion to approve by acclamation: Member LaCroix; Second: Member Souza ​ ​ ​ Vote Count: Approved by Acclamation ​ f) Excise Tax on Keeping Commercial Property Vacant - see attached sheet for vote count ​ g) Declaration of Policy: Alcatraz Conversion Project

8. New Business ​ ​ ​ Chair Campos spoke about successful holiday party and thanked Kathleen Dowling-McDonough ​ for organizational support, has been an amazing year with a busy year ahead, wished all happy holidays; Member LaCroix sent well wishes and positive thoughts; Member Ting noted ​ ​ ​ ​ suggested edits for minutes which would be forwarded to secretary; Member Alioto asked ​ ​ about schedule for January meeting; Member Alexander thanked our federal delegations and ​ ​ Speaker Pelosi for saving our country - don’t mess with Nancy Pelosi!

9. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 8:41 pm

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Resolution in Support of the Right to Rescue Non-Human Animals and For the Dismissal of Charges Against Animal Rights Advocates

Sponsors: Bryant, Groth ​

WHEREAS, California Penal Code Section 597e makes it a crime to hold a domestic animal in confinement without providing the animal with sufficient food and water, and also provides a legal defense against the claim of trespass to anyone who enters the area where the domestic animal is confined for the purpose of providing food and water, and contains no animal husbandry exemption; nevertheless, the code is rarely enforced, forcing nonhuman animals to live their whole lives in dirty, overcrowded sheds, and allowing them to die of thirst or hunger when they are too sick or injured to reach food or water; and

WHEREAS, six members of animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere, Almira Tanner, Cassie King, Wayne Hsiung, Priya Sawnhey, Jon Frohnmayer, and Rachel Ziegler, face felony charges, carrying potential significant prison terms, for investigating animal abuse at farms and slaughterhouses in Sonoma County and rescuing nonhuman animals from starvation, thirst, and disease; furthermore, they had reported the abuse to numerous state, county, and local agencies, with no response; and

WHEREAS, slaughterhouses exist within the City and County of San Francisco and throughout the state of California, and pose a significant human health and environmental safety risk to those who live near these facilities, and that these companies that supply animal products routinely portray their treatment of nonhuman animals in a substantially more favorable light than the reality; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee urges the Sonoma County District Attorney to drop charges against the six activists, and to affirm that the City and County of San Francisco supports the right to rescue, in accordance to and in furtherance of, Section 597e of the California Penal Code.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be transmitted to the California Attorney General, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the California Department of Public Health, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch.

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Resolution to Urge the U.S. Congress to Defend the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

Sponsors: Souza, Gallotta ​

WHEREAS, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted on October 12, 1977 to end the practice of “redlining” by financial institutions where they would draw a red line on a map around the neighborhoods they did not want to offer financial services; before the enactment of the CRA, redlining made it near impossible for low-and moderate-income Americans, racial and ethnic minorities, and their neighborhoods to access credit services, such as mortgages and business loans, regardless of their qualifications or creditworthiness; and

WHEREAS, geographic assessment areas must remain the focus of CRA exams for all banks; banks should continue to be graded based on every geography where they lend or receive a significant percentage of their deposits; banks cannot be allowed to cherry-pick where they lend – and where they don’t lend at all or to ignore the credit needs of distressed and vulnerable communities; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) intended to weaken the implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic Party will oppose regulators efforts to weaken the core purpose of the Community Reinvestment Act, which is to increase credit access to low-to-moderate income communities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee urges U.S. Congressmembers to oppose the Office of the Comptroller’s proposal to dismantle the Civil Rights law, Community Reinvestment Act.

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Resolution Opposing War with Iran

Sponsors: Souza, Gallotta, Campos ​

WHEREAS, the sovereign states of Iraq and Iran are already suffering from past and present United States sanctions, widespread poverty, military conflict and battles with Da’esh/ISIS, and both countries should be engaged with a full spectrum of multilateral, internationally recognized diplomacy and dialogue that achieves lasting peace and prosperity, not attacked; and

WHEREAS, the United States has spent over 16 years in a war in Iraq that was justified by falsehoods, resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 American service members and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians, displaced millions, directly led to the rise of Da’esh/ISIS, and destabilized an entire region, while attacking Iran could lead to an even more catastrophic moral, humanitarian and military disaster, resulting in thousands or even millions of innocent casualties; and

WHEREAS, assassinating General Soleimani – a citizen of a sovereign state – was an act of war and an unconstitutional assertion of unilateral authority that lacked Congressional approval, was executed despite no significant provocation in violation of Article 51 of the UN Charter and exceeded the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) that have been abused to justify military strikes at least 41 times in 19 countries but cannot reasonably justify an attack on Iran; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic Party urges Congress to pass legislation to strengthen the 1973 War Powers Act to ensure that no President can take unilateral action that has the potential to start a war without Congressional approval; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic Party opposes any attack on or proxy war with Iran and supports Congressional action to order President Trump to cease escalating conflict with Iran.

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Resolution in Support of Opening a Democratic Hub Space in San Francisco Before the November 2020 Election

Sponsors: Maxwell, Gallotta ​

WHEREAS, in 2018, the San Francisco Democratic Party partnered with then Leader Pelosi to open the “Red to Blue SF” headquarters as a working space and political hub for San Franciscans to come together to help get out the vote in key swing Congressional districts in California and other parts of the country; and

WHEREAS, nearly 3,000 volunteers showed up to the Red to Blue SF headquarters to call and text for 20 Democratic Congressional candidates across the country, helping to elect 16 new Democrats to Congress, including 7 in California, and the most diverse House Democratic Majority in history, which resulted in our very own Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, being elected, once again, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS, the November 2020 election is one of the most critical elections of our lifetimes, and the need to engage voters in swing districts in California and in swing states across the country is even more important to maintaining a Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, winning a Democratic Majority in the Senate, and electing a Democrat as President; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Democratic Party will again work in close partnership with Speaker Pelosi, elected officials, organized labor, and grassroots resistance groups to bring together the resources necessary to open, as soon as possible, a “Democratic Hub” for hosting Democratic events, meetings, and activities, such as Red to Blue SF, and ensure the “Hub” is adequately staffed and programmed through the November election.

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