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Green Party of California Delegate Apportionment for the May 2012 General Assembly San Francisco Registered County % of Total Delegates Greens (1) Alameda 9,333 10.0% 10 Contra Costa 3,293 3.5% 3 El Dorado 909 1.0% 1 Fresno 1,622 1.7% 2 Humboldt 2,897 3.1% 3 Lake 409 0.4% 1 Los Angeles 22,415 23.9% 24 Marin 2,114 2.3% 2 Mendocino 1,860 2.0% 2 Monterey 1,083 1.2% 1 Napa 790 0.8% 1 Nevada 1,106 1.2% 1 Orange 7,593 8.1% 8 Riverside 2,504 2.7% 3 Sacramento 4,070 4.3% 4 San Diego 7,422 7.9% 8 San Francisco 8,550 9.1% 9 San Luis Obispo 1,345 1.4% 1 San Mateo 2,432 2.6% 3 Santa Clara 4,163 4.4% 4 Shasta 463 0.5% 1 Sonoma 4,592 4.9% 5 Tulare 444 0.5% 1 Ventura 2,206 2.4% 2 TOTAL ACTIVE 93,615 100.0% 100 STATE TOTAL 110,431 Agenda of the May 2012 General Assembly of the Green Party of California Saturday, May 12 8:00am Breakfast, registration 9:00am Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count 9:30am Agenda approval 9:45am Consent calendar (a) Proposal: Add already approved GPCA Endorsement Procedures to GPCA Rules and Procedures (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) (Text on Page 5.) 10:00am Confirmation: Doug Barnett, Nominee for GPCA Treasurer 10:10am Confirmation: Jeanne Rosenmeier, Nominee for GPCA Assistant Treasurer 10:20am Election: On-site voting for GPUS Delegation delegates and alternates (hand out ballots, read candidate applications here) (Text beginning on Page 8.) 10:25am Presentation: Coordinating Committee at-large candidates make statements; election via on- line vote begins after General Assembly (read candidate applications here) (Text beginning on Page 16.) 10:45am Proposal: Budget FY2012-2013 (Budget Committee), Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee) (Text beginning on Page 25.) 12:15pm Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch (also possible press conference during lunch) 2 1:25pm Quorum count 1:30pm Proposal: Budget FY2012-2013 (Budget Committee), Strategic Plan (Coordinating Committee) Proposal: Change the GPCA Fiscal Year from May 1 to April 30 to July 1 to June 30 (Text beginning on Page 26.) 3:00pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Platform, Finance, GROW) 4:30pm Presentation: Update on Legal Cases against Proposition 14/SB6 (Coordinating Committee) (Text on Page 27.) 4:40pm Presentation: Update on State Laws affecting GPCA ballot status (Coordinating Committee) (Text beginning on Page 28.) 4:50pm Proposal: Amend GPCA Elections Code (Coordinating Committee) (Text on Page 29.) 5:50pm Announcements 6:00pm Dinner – at local restaurants, GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner, possible speaker during part of dinner 7:30pm Green Party 2012 presidential candidate forum at the Victoria Theatre; Roseanne Barr, Dr. Kent Mesplay and Dr. Jill Stein. The Victoria Theatre is across the street from the Redstone Building. 3 Sunday May 13 8:00am Breakfast, registration 9:00am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Green Issues, Media) 10:20pm Quorum count, optional bring back time for any consent calendar items pulled during Saturday's session 10:25am Proposal: Bylaws Amendment - Standing Green Assembly, other modifications (Bylaws Committee); Because of the amount of text provided with this proposal, please read it at the link above and only print the pages you need. The proposal is not printed below. Report on At-Large Coordinating Committee elections (Coordinating Committee) (Text beginning on Page 30.) 12:20pm Womens Caucus Mothers Day presentation 12:30pm Lunch, Optional caucus meetings 1:35pm Announcements 1:40pm Completion of County Polling in Propositions 28 and 29 (if necessary); Discussion: Two Platform Planks – Energy (page 34) and Proportional Representation (page 37) 2:45pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Finance, Bylaws, ERWG, Clearinghouse) 4:00pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators (GPCA Bylaws 6- 1.9 Coordinators) 4:15pm Closing session 4 Complete text of items on the agenda 9:45am Consent calendar Proposal: Add already approved GPCA Endorsement Procedures to GPCA Rules and Procedures (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) Add already approved GPCA Endorsement Procedures to GPCA Rules and Procedures SPONSOR: Campaigns and Candidates Working Group PRESENTER: --------- SUBJECT: Add already approved GPCA Endorsement Procedures to GPCA Rules and Procedures BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The June 2006 Ventura General Assembly passed a GPCA Endorsements procedure for General and Primary elections. But it never made it onto the GPCA web page into any of the party's rules documents. Now that the GPCA has a distinct set of Rules and Procedures, this proposal would add to them a General Election section, by taking the 2006 text and editing it for brevity and to fit the formatting of the Rules and Procedures. Text governing Primary Election endorsements would be deferred for later consideration, given the uncertainty around the duration and effects of Proposition 14, and the fact that its too late to deal with it this year and there are no statewide Green candidates anyways. PROPOSAL: That the GPCA Rules and Procedures be amended to add the following text Article III Candidate Endorsement Procedures Section 3-1 General Elections 3-1.1 The GPCA may endorse Green Party members who are General Election candidates for the following offices: 3-1.1(a) Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Controller, Insurance Commissioner) 3-1.1(b) Non-Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Superintendent of Education) 3-1.1(c) State Board of Equalization 3-1.1(d) U.S. Senate 3-1.2 The GPCA shall not make any endorsements of General Election candidates who are not Green Party members. 3-1.3 Whenever possible, the GPCA shall make its endorsements by bringing the matter before the General Assembly. Where it is not possible, the decision may be brought before the GPCA through County Polling. The Coordinating Committee is not empowered to make candidate endorsements on behalf of the GPCA. 5 3-1.4 The GPCA shall not consider endorsements for General Election candidates for other offices, leaving such endorsements to the county level. County organizations are encouraged to develop their own standards and procedures for endorsing such candidates. The endorsement of a County Organization shall not imply GPCA endorsement. COMMITTEE DECISION: Agreed by consensus on CCWG February 22nd Conference call. TIMELINE: Effective upon adoption. RESOURCES: Web page updated to reflect amended text REFERENCE: Attached copy of endorsement policy approved in 2006 GPCA CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT POLICY FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS (approved by the GPCA General Assembly, June 25, 2006, 43-6-2) 1. The GPCA may endorse Green Party members who are General Election candidates for the following offices: A. Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Controller, Insurance Commissioner) B. Non-Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Superintendent of Education) C. State Board of Equalization D. U.S. Senate 2. The GPCA shall not make any endorsements of General Election candidates who are not Green Party members. 3. Whenever possible, the GPCA shall make its endorsements by bringing the matter before the General Assembly, taking into account agenda distribution deadlines and other relevant procedural issues. 4. Where it is not possible to bring the decision before the General Assembly, the decision may be brought before the GPCA through a polling of the Counties. 5. The GPCA CC is not empowered to make these decisions on behalf of the GPCA. 6. Other than for the offices mentioned above, the GPCA will not consider endorsements for Green Party members who are General Election candidates for other offices, leaving the question of endorsement to the local/regional level. 6 7. These are policies of the GPCA. County organizations and locals are encouraged to develop their own procedures and standards for endorsing or otherwise evaluating local candidates. The endorsement(s) of a county organization or local shall clearly indicate that it is an endorsement of that local or county organization. GPCA CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT POLICY FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS (approved by the GPCA General Assembly, June 25, 2006, by consensus) 1. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the GPCA will not endorse candidates in contested Green Party primaries. To establish if such extraordinary circumstances exist, the following process shall apply: A. The GPCA CC must approve a statement of findings, that would clarify what are the extraordinary circumstances and their significance for the GPCA. B. If such a statement of findings is approved by the GPCA CC, an endorsement proposal would be brought before the GPCA. 2. Whenever possible, these endorsements shall be made by bringing the matter before the General Assembly, taking into account agenda distribution deadlines and other relevant procedural issues. 3. Where it is not possible to bring these endorsements before the General Assembly, the decision may be brought before the GPCA through a polling of the Counties. 4. The GPCA CC is not empowered to make these decisions on behalf of the GPCA. 5. This procedure applies to Primary Elections for the following offices: A. Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Controller, Insurance Commissioner) B. Non-Partisan statewide constitutional offices (Superintendent of Education) C. State Board of Equalization