On August 8th the PAC committee sent all candidates seeking office and approved ballot measures our endorsement questionnaire. The questionnaires were due on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 11:55pm. We stated in our communications that in order to be considered for an endorsement and participate in our PAC process – including participate in interviews, be considered for a PAC recommendation, and be able to be invited to present at the Sept 7th candidate forum – one must submit a questionnaire. We made all reasonable efforts to connect with every candidate and measures listed on the November 2024 ballot, and accommodated all requests to submit a questionnaire past the original deadline up until August 30th. Additionally, only candidates that are registered Democrats were considered for endorsement.

The PAC committee conducted interviews on Saturday, Aug 24, Sunday, Aug 25, and Tuesday, August 27, 2024. The District 11 Democratic Club general membership will cast their endorsement vote on the November 2024 election on September 7, 2024 following the Candidate Forum.  

Per the bylaws of the District 11 Democratic Club, all ballot measures must receive a simple majority (50%+1) in order to receive an endorsement or recommendation. If the ballot measure did not reach this threshold, the recommendation will be listed as “No Position”. 

Section 6 of our bylaws states that candidates must receive 60% of votes cast to receive an endorsement or recommendation. Per the authority granted in Article 8 Section 2 of our bylaws, the Executive Board voted to suspend the 60% threshold for candidates races for the November 2024 PAC recommendations only. This motion passed with 7 ayes, 0 nays, and 3 absent. Please note, this decision was made with careful consideration and after robust deliberation. 

The 60% threshold remains for the SF D11 Dems endorsement vote taking place on September 7th.

Candidate questionnaires 

Ballot Measure questionnaires and info sheets 

Candidates that did not submit a questionnaire: 

• Mark Farrell (Mayor), Brooke Jenkins (DA), Michael Lai (D11), Oscar Flores (D11), Paul Miyamoto (Sheriff), Michael Juan (Sheriff), Lefteris Eleftheriou (BOE), Ann Hsu (BOE), Madeline Krantz (BOE), Deldelp Medina (BOE), Min Chang (BOE), Paige Bailey (CCSF), Murrell Green (CCSF), Ben Kaplan (CCSF), Leanna Louie (CCSF), William Nocera (CCSF), John Schneider (CCSF)

Candidates who are not registered democrats, therefore cannot be considered for endorsement recommendation:

• Roger Marenco (D11), Jose Morales (D11), and Min Chang (BOE)

With all this in mind, we present to you our recommendations for the November 2024 ballot.

Democratically yours, 

San Francisco District 11 Democratic Club PAC Committee

The Primary Election for California is on March 5, 2024. Be sure and get your ballot in by that date. Ballots can be returned by mail (no postage necessary) by March 2 or returned in person by March 5, 2024. To get the scoop on voting, go to the SF Department of Elections Toolkit for the Primary Election

Our endorsement The following Endorsements were voted on by members at the last meeting.

SDCCC AD-17		SFDCCC AD-19
	John Avalos		Connie Chan
	Gloria Berry		Queena Chen
	Peter Gallotta		Natalie Gee
	Emma Heiken		Greg Hardeman
	Jeremy Lee		Frances Hsieh
	Jane Kim		Hene Kelly
	Michael Nguyen		Leah Lacroix
	Joshua Rudy Ochoa		Sandra Lee Fewer
	Sal Rosselli		Gordon Mar
	Sydney Simpson		Mano Raju
	Adolfo Velazquez
	Patrick Bell

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