Sierra Club vote, holiday plans & more

PHDC NEWSLETTER

ISSUE #83 NOVEMBER, 2015

Dear ,

As you may have heard at PHDC's October meeting, the Sierra Club, one of our most important local progressive organizations, is under attack from SF BARF and its real-estate-lobby backers. Sierra Club members, it's time to vote - for real environmental leaders. Read more below.

Many thanks to those who helped us get the good word out before the recent election by hand-delivering our door-hangers . Win or lose, we gotta keep trying. I am personally thrilled by Aaron Peskin's victory in District 3.

Now let's do the holidays.

Joni Eisen, President

Potrero Hill Democratic Club

Thanksgiving: be grateful you can give back

The Community Awareness Resource Entity (C.A.R.E) and the Potrero Hill community invite you to be a part of their 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Feast. They fed 200 people last year, and they expect even more this year. Any donation, of a side dish or funds, would be greatly appreciated. For more information, click here. Please call Uzuri at 415-368-4436 if you have any questions. Thank you!

WHEN: Wednesday, November 25th from 11am to 5pm

WHERE: 1002 Connecticut St at 25th St

Prevent hostile takeover of SF Sierra Club; vote now!

Sierra Club members: It's time to cast your vote to protect strong environmental leadership on the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Group of the Sierra Club, and help stop the takeover attempt by luxury real estate lobbyists.

Read more about the very aggressive, shady Anti-Sierra Club Takeover Campaign in: Why Are Redditors and a Cyber Bully Trying to Take Over San Francisco's Sierra Club? and Pro-development group seeks to take over local Sierra Club.

Please vote now! Cast your ballot by clicking here. You can easily tell which are the hand-picked corporate candidates attempting the takeover: they joined the Sierra Club in 2014 or 2015 (see candidate statements). The 5 other ones make up the Clean and Green slate. Thanks.

No December meeting: Party instead

There will be no regular PHDC meeting in December. Instead, come celebrate with us and our friends in the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association. Local beer, local snacks, local friends. Age 21 and older only please.

WHEN: Saturday, December 5th, 3pm to 5pm
WHERE: Triple Voodoo Brewery, 2245 3rd St (19th/20th St)
ADMISSION: a non-perishable item for the SF-Marin Food Bank food donations

Oct 6th Drought Forum video is up

On Oct 6, we presented a Drought & Climate Change forum at the Nabe, co-sponsored by SF Tomorrow and SF4Democracy. If you missed this excellent program - or if you want to revisit it - Jeff Whittington of San Francisco Tomorrow shot a video, the first part of which is linked at left, and also on PHDC's web site. Moderated by former CPUC president Loretta Lynch, the panel included Jennifer Clary, Water Program Manager, Clean Water Action; Barry Nelson, BCDC Commissioner; Adam Scow, California Director of Food and Water Watch.