New Leadership elected to Board  of S.F. D11 Democratic Club

The meeting on February 14 saw new Board members elected to lead the S.F. D11 Democratic Club with quite a few firsts. 

The officeholders are as follows:

• President: William Juarez
• Vice-President: Rosario Cervantes
• Treasurer: Alex Walker
• Secretary: Lisa Lee
• Parliamentarian: Mary Goodnature
• At-large Member: Jose Torres
• At-large Member: Roger Underwood

The new president, William Juarez, will be a newly minted graduate of San Francisco State University this May. He is, however, no stranger to politics. He has precinct walked for the Club many times and was recording secretary for the Harvey Milk Democratic Club last year. Mr. Juarez, at 22 years, is the youngest President ever for the Club. We welcome his energy and new ideas. 

Rosario Cervantes, the new Vice-President is well known in the community and has lived in the Excelsior for over 40 years. She is also Board President of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth. Ms. Cervantes has already contributed a lot of time and energy to the Club as Membership Chair and champion precinct walker. 

Alex Walker is our new Treasurer and he brings a wealth of experience as well. He has held leadership positions in the Harvey Milk Democratic Club and the San Francisco Young Democrats. 

Lisa Lee was elected Secretary. We welcome her organizing experience with the United Educators of San Francisco.

We welcome back our Parliamentarian, Mary Goodnature, and we know our meetings will always adhere to Robert's Rules of Order for efficient and fair meetings.

Last, we have two new At-Large Member's of the Board, Jose Torres, our current bylaws chair and Roger Underwood, who served in that capacity several years ago.

A HUGE note of gratitude to the outgoing board members. Our immediate past president, Nadia Conrad had to move out of the City due to the housing crisis and was no longer eligible for membership. The Club thanks her for the valiant service she provided over the last four years and we are all sorry to lose her. We trust her newborn baby will be keeping her busy. Mary Harris has been VP at least since 2008 and she will be missed, but we know her dedication to the District 11 community continues on. Thank you to Amy Morán our former Secretary for stepping up when we needed you. And thanks go out to the former At-Large Members, Mel Flores, and, Al Harris. We hope to see you all at the D11 Dems meetings and events.

S.F. D11 Democratic Club 
Endorsements for November 8, 2016

Thank you to all the members who turned out to our candidate endorsement meeting on Wednesday 9-14-16. 

San Francisco Propositions

SAN FRANCISCO PROPOSITIONS        

YES on A            School Bonds for SFUSD*                                                                      

YES on B            City College Parcel Tax*                                   

YES on C            Loans to Finance Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing*                                    

YES on D            Vacancy Appointments                                    

YES on E            Responsibility for Maintaining Street Trees and Surrounding Sidewalks *                                   

YES on F            Youth Voting in Local Elections*                                   

YES on G            Police Oversight*                                    

YES on H            Public Advocate                              

  YES on I            Funding for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities*                                  

 YES on J            Funding for Homelessness and Transportation*                                  

YES on K            General Sales Tax*                                    

YES on L            MTA Appointments and Budget*                                    

YES on M           Housing and Development Commission                                 

YES on N            Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections*                                    

    No on O            Office Development in Candlestick Point and Hunters Point                           

    No on P             Competitive Bidding for Affordable Housing Projects on City-Owned Property                                   

     No on Q            Prohibiting Tents on Public Sidewalks                       

     No on R            Neighborhood Crime Unit

YES on S            Allocation of Hotel Tax Funds*                       

YES on T            Restricting Gifts and Campaign Contributions from Lobbyists *                           

   No on U            Affordable Housing Requirements for Market-Rate Development Projects                                   

YES on V            Tax on Distributing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages*                                    

YES on W           Real Estate Transfer Tax on Properties Over $5 Million*                       

YES on X            Preserving Space for Neighborhood Arts, Small Businesses and Community Services in Certain Neighborhoods *                                 

YES on RR         BART Safety, Reliability and Traffic Relief

CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS        

No Endorsement on 51            School Bonds Funding for K-12 & Community College Facilities                                   

                   YES on 52            Medi-Cal Hospital Fee*                                   

                         No on 53            Statewide Voter Approval for Revenue Bonds                                    

                         No on 54            Special Interest Legislation                                    

                    YES on 55            Tax Extension to Fund Education & Healthcare*      

S.F. D11 Democratic Club Endorsements for November 8, 2016

Thank you to all the members who turned out to our candidate endorsement meeting on Saturday 9-10-16.
There will be a proposition endorsement meeting on 9-14-16 at Henry's Hunan. RSVP here. 
Candidates listed below met or exceeded the 60% threshold for endorsement.

President and Vice President of the U.S.: 

Hilary  Clinton & Tim Kaine 

U.S. Senator: 

Kamala Harris

U.S. House of Representatives, D12: 

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. House of Representatives, D14: 

Jackie Speier

CA State Senator: 

Jane Kim

CA Assemblymember, D17:

David Chiu

CA Assemblymember, D19:

Phil Ting

S.F. District 11 Supervisor: 

Kim Alvarenga

S.F. Board of Education (4): 

Stevon Cook, Matt Haney, Rachel Norton, Mark Sanchez

S.F. City College Board (4): 

Rafael Mandelman, Tom Temprano, Shanell Williams 

BART Board, D9: 

Bevan Dufty

Eboard Recommendations for Nov. 8, 2016

San Francisco Propositions:

Candidates:

President: Hilary Rodham Clinton

U.S. Senator: Kamala Harris

House of Representatives, D12: Nancy Pelosi

House of Representatives, D14: Jackie Speier

State Senator: Jane Kim

District 11 Supervisor: Kim Alvarenga

Board of Education: Stevon Cook, Matt Haney, Rachel Norton, Mark Sanchez

City College Board: Rafael Mandelman, Alex Randolph, Shanell Williams, Tom Temprano

BART Board: Bevan Dufty

Candidate Questionnaires listed by Office in alpha order:

California State Senate:

Jane Kim      Scott Wiener

California Superior Court Judge:

Paul Henderson   Victor Hwang

Supervisorial, District 11

Kimberly Alvarenga    Magdalena De Guzman    Ahsha Safai      

School Board:

Stevon Cook   Matt Haney   Rob Gellar  Ian Kalin  Phil Kim   Trevor McNeil  Rachel Norton   Mark Sanchez  Jill Wynns   

City College Board:

Amy Bacharach   Rafael Mandelman   Alex Randolph   Tom Temprano   Shannell Williams

BART Board:

District 9:  Gwyneth Borden   Bevan Dufty  Michael Petrelis

	Membership Endorsement Meetings Saturday, September 10, 2016, 11:30 - 2:30 Candidate Forum co-sponsored with the D11 Council Saturday, September 10, 2016, 2:30 - 4:30pm for all Candidate Endorsements  Wednesday, September  14, 2016, 6:30 - 9:30pm for all Proposition Endorsements

With plenty of candidates and over 40 propositions on the ballot, we had to expand to TWO big endorsement meetings in September. Everyone is welcome to attend as there are a lot of important propositions on the ballot

The SF D11 Democratic Club is co-sponsoring a candidate forum with the D11 Council from 11:30 to 2:30. Local candidates for the State Senate, Judge and D11 Supervisor Race have been invited. The location is the Crocker Amazon Clubhouse on Moscow at Italy. Check the calendar for more info

Our candidate endorsement meeting will commence immediately after the forum. The S.F. District 11 Democratic Club will also invite the candidates for School board and City College board. While it might seem like a long day, this process is very important to the future of our District. Of course, there will be plenty of food to keep our energy up for these very  important decisions.  Please RSVP here. The candidate endorsement meeting is also at the Crocker Amazon Clubhouse. 

The propositions will be presented, discussed and voted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the venerable Henry Hunan's Restaurant at 4753 Mission Street. We will provide summary sheets describing the propositions and speakers on some of the major ones. Please RSVP here. Again, it sounds like a long night but with a little political fellowship and a lot of noodles, you will emerge an educated voter!

Regular dues-paying members are eligible to vote on endorsements. Regular members can pay their dues on the spot to be eligible to vote on endorsements. New members who joined and paid dues 30 days ago or more are eligible to vote. All members of the community are invited to attend.

WEDNESDAY

Click here for more info and to RSVP

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Dues: All members, Regular and Associate, shall pay the following dues per year:

1. $20.00 for an individual;
2. $25.00 for a couple;
3. $10.00 for an individual who is 65 years or older or youth under 21 years of age.
4. $15.00 for a couple, at least one of whom is 65 years or older.

Membership Term: The membership year is the same as the calendar year.

Regular membership Regular membership is open to residents of San Francisco Supervisorial District 11 who are registered Democrats according to the official registration in the published precinct files issued by the Registrar of Voters of San Francisco City & County. 

Additional categories of Regular Membership:

Membership is open to any District 11 residents of at least 17 years of age who declare their intention to register as Democrats when eligible and do so within one month of attaining their 18th birthday. 

District 11 residents in the process of naturalization who declare their intentions to register as Democrats and do so within one month after attaining legal status, shall be eligible for membership in the Club.

Continuing Members are those Regular members in good standing in the prior calendar year.

Associate Membership is open to Registered Democrats who are not residents of District 11

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