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Greetings!
We are pleased to welcome back to the Neighborhood House our D10 cohorts, Harvey Matthews Bayview Hunters Point Democratic Club, for another combined meeting!
Joni Eisen, President
Potrero Hill Democratic Club
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NEXT MEETING TUESDAY, FEBUARY 7th:SAN FRANCISCO REDISTRICTING
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| Redistricting Task Force comes to the Hill
Redistricting Task Force Chair Eric McDonnell and Vice-Chair Jenny Lam will be on hand to explain the process, answer your questions - and most important, hear your input. You are encouraged to study the latest working draft maps of proposed changes and see if you agree with them. You can even draw your own map to submit; click here for pertinent info. Also on the agenda: last call for nominations of 2012 Club Officers (see current nominations below under January Meeting Followup), at the very beginning of the meeting; election will follow the Redistricting discussion. We will wind up the meeting with the two Clubs brainstorming about future joint-meeting topics. WHEN: Tuesday, February 7, 7pmWHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
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JANUARY MEETING FOLLOWUP
| | Panel about Ranked-Choice Voting makes for another lively night at the Nabe
Panelists were, left to right, Tony Kelly, political activist who ran for Supervisor under the system in 2010 and still supports it; Jason Benlevi, tech industry veteran and author of Too Much Magic, who opposes it; Steven Hill, author and political reformer who led the 2002 campaign to pass instant-runoff voting in San Francisco; Clay Shentrup, Director, Center for Election Science, who wants to replace it. Moderator: John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer.
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We took some nominations for 2012 officers: President - Joni Eisen; First V.P. (Membership) - Monisha Mustapha; Second V.P. (Political Action) - Emily Lowe; Secretary - J.R. Eppler; Treasurer - Hilary Cohen; Web Master - Rebecca Shearin. Additional nominations, and election of 2012 officers, will be held in February.
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California DISCLOSE Act campaign update
| |  AB 1148 has successful campaign kickoff in SF, Assembly hearings in Sacramento
The California DISCLOSE Act would mandate disclosing who is really paying for every political ad in California - on the ad itself. It's something we can work directly on now. On Jan. 8 the CA DISCLOSE Act SF Campaign kicked off at the Main Library with speakers Senator Mark Leno, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Michelle Romero of the Greenlining Institute, CA Clean Money Campaign President Trent Lange, and numerous activists from co-sponsoring organizations, including PHDC. The next day in Sacramento, after nearly 100 supporters from all over California showed up to testify at the hearing, AB 1148 passed the Assembly Elections Committee 5-0. On Jan. 19, the Appropriations Committee passed it along party lines. The Assembly floor vote must be held Jan. 31. This will be a tough one, requiring 2/3 vote to pass. Then comes the Senate. Call Assembly Speaker John Pérez (himself a co-author of the bill - thank him!) at 916-319-2046, to urge him to do everything he can to pass the CA DISCLOSE Act - because voters have a right to know. You can call anytime and leave a message.
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