Greetings!

Joni Eisen, President  

Potrero Hill Democratic Club  

 

OIL: The upper safety limit for atmospheric CO2 is 350 parts per million (ppm). We've just hit 400 ppm. Come hear Citizens Climate Lobby  (Dave Massen, Jeff Whittington) on carbon fee and dividend: a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote transition to a green energy economy by taxing carbon pollution from fossil fuels, while ending subsidies to fossil fuel companies. This is an alternative to cap and trade, which now exists in California. Stay tuned for possible additional speaker.

WATERFRONT: Is the proposed Golden State Warriors Arena development project for Piers 30-32 being rushed through without appropriate scrutiny? Former Mayor Art Agnos and Buffy Martin Tarbox of the San Francisco Waterfront Alliance think so, and they'll tell you why. The Warriors on the Waterfront team has also promised to send a representative - with a somewhat different perspective.

Please check our web site or Facebook page for any program updates.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 4 at 7pm

WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St 

An extremely knowledgeable panel of experts (left to right: Bonnie Preston, US Dept of Health & Human Services; Pat McGinnis, CA Advocates for Nursing Home Reform; Sumi Sousa,  San Francisco Health Plan) spearheaded a detailed and far-ranging discussion, including extensive Q&A.

In the wake of our April meeting on water issues in California and San Francisco, 1st Vice-President Monisha Mustapha represented the Club on an overnight trip with the SFPUC to tour the Hetch Hetchy reservoir (right) and learn about the entire water delivery system. Click on the photo to read more.

In more water-quality news, our friends at Food & Water Watch, and many other org's, are convening a rally to ban fracking outside Gov Brown's SF office (455 Golden Gate) at noon this Thursday, May 30. The delivery of 100,000 petitions to the Governor will mark the launching of Californians Against Fracking.

The CA DISCLOSE Act has passed both State Senate committees along party lines this month,and will go to the Senate floor for a vote at the end of this week. Want to help for an hour between now and Thursday? Sign up for a quick training in the Callfire technology, and make some calls at your computer.

Saving City College. Tom Brown of SF4Democracy has a good overview of recent activities, including a link to his great video of an April 18th forum at the Unitarian Church. Click here for more updates from the Coalition and to join the campaign. Good news: the Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution, co-authored by Supervisor Cohen, urging CCSF's Trustees and administration to utilize Proposition A funds as outlined in the language of Prop A, and for the City to consider additional city funding for CCSF.

As always, you can stay informed on gun safety legislation by going to the web site of the excellent Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, whose executive director spoke to us in January.

In other news, at its meeting last week, the SF Democratic Party finally caught up with PHDC in opposing the 8 Washington waterfront height-limit increase, by endorsing the "No Wall on the Waterfront" referendum on the November ballot. Our Club took a stand months ago. Alas, our Supervisor, a DCCC member, was among those who voted to support the height exemption. A competing initiative by the developer, now gathering (paid) signatures, is exposed in an Op-Ed in today's Examiner.

We love Sunday Streets. PHDC members will be out there again with a table, probably near Esprit Park (our 2012 table on 19th St is shown at left) - registering voters, gathering support for the CA DISCLOSE Act, selling 94107 t-shirts and bragging about our Club. Join us for car-free fun June 9th from 11 to 4. To table anytime between noon and 3pm, reply to this email.