Huge January 1/17 TVDC Meeting!
AD-20 Candidate Endorsements, Bylaws Update, and
Pre-Endorsement Caucus Delegates
Zoom Link
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Happy New Year
We are hitting the ground running with a HUGE meeting January 17th from 7-9pm (with a social half hour before the meeting starting at 6:30) It is very important that you pay your dues as soon as possible to help ensure you are eligible to vote in all our upcoming endorsement meetings. Please visit the website to activate or renew your membership to the Tri Valley Democratic Club for 2022.
This months meeting:
- Meet the 4 democrats running for AD20 CA Assembly
- Vote on candidates to endorse in the AD20 race
- Select our representatives to the Pre-Endorsement Caucus
- Update the Bylaws
Read below for all the detailed information and we look forward to seeing you Monday January 17th at 7PM. Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qce2vrTMqH9TUWUBDWSe6YJGofTWHwkQZ
(Also I strongly recommend you sign up ahead of time to make sure there are no issues.)
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Pre-Endorsement and Bylaw information
Two important actions will be taking place at the next meeting, amending the bylaws and nominations for the pre-endorsement caucus. Please read through the information as it is important members are prepared before the next meeting.
Pre-Endorsement Caucus:
We have not received the final numbers on delegates we will receive for the pre-endorsement caucuses but I estimate we will have between 3-6 representatives for AD16 and 0-1 for AD20. To be eligible you must have been a member of the club in 2021, live in the appropriate Assembly district and be a registered democrat eligible to vote in the 2022 primary.
At Monday's meeting we will take nominations from the floor (make sure you know your new AD) and we will vote on our representatives. If you are interested make sure to attend and volunteer when asked.
Bylaws Updates:
We are proposing some sweeping Bylaws updates so please review the documents below to prepare for the meeting. The purpose is to clarify some ambiguities and codify some of the elected officials powers.
Old Bylaws
Google Doc with commenting open if you want to add comments dirrectly
Amended Bylaws
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AD20 Candidate introduction
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Councilmember Shawn Kumagai was elected to the Dublin City Council in November 2018. The son of a first-generation immigrant, Councilmember Kumagai is also a third-generation veteran. He has been serving for the past 20 years in the United States Navy, and is currently serving as a Master Chief Petty Officer in the Navy Reserve, assigned to an intelligence unit at Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin. He currently works as the District Director for Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD-16). Councilmember Kumagai was elected two terms to represent Democrats in AD-16 as a delegate to the California Democratic Party (CDP). He currently serves as the State Treasurer for the CDP Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, as the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Co-Chair for AD-16 and as the Lead Co-Chair for the CDP Credentials Committee.
https://www.shawnkumagai.com
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Jennifer Esteen is a registered nurse, mother, and community leader serving on the Eden Municipal Advisory Council and the Alameda Health System Board of Trustees. She has spent her career delivering for the most vulnerable, first as a psychiatric nurse in the San Francisco General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room, where she saw firsthand the vicious cycle that patients experience from diminished funding for mental health care and now as Vice President of Organizing for SEIU 1021. Jennifer is ready to fight for her community as an assemblymember in Sacramento. She will be a champion for working families – advocating for policies that will keep our communities safe and healthy. Jennifer will fight to ensure corporations and special interests pay their fair share, so our community has access to housing they can afford, healthcare they deserve, and a quality education.
jenniferesteen.com
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An award-winning state labor leader and Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Alameda County Central
Labor Council, for over two decades Liz has led the fight to ensure every Californian has the opportunity
for meaningful employment, quality schools, and affordable health care and housing.
At age three, Liz’s undocumented mother traveled hundreds of miles to California with Liz’s infant
brother to seek the American dream. Liz believes every family should achieve their own American dream
through hard work, community support and hope for a better life.
www.ortegaforassembly.com
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I am currently serving my 5th year on the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, and 2017 elected as Chair, working to empower women and provide equal spaces for Queer Women of Color, around wage inequity and injustices we continue to face in Santa Clara County. Having the opportunity to help organize and lead the first Women's March San José, in 2017, honored with being the Keynote Speaker, gave me a space to uplift, encourage, and sustain more than 35,000 people in our beloved city, in a time of political contention.
https://www.shayfrancoclausen.com/about
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Webpage Highlight
One last thing, I wanted to highlight a feature of our webpage that you should all find very useful, our events page. Here we update links and events from our partners throughout the region. Check back frequently to see upcoming events including a Sheriff's forum today and two forums with the Muslim Democrats and Friends.
https://trivalleydems.com/events
And as a last little fyi, Starting in February I will be switching our mailchimp to the tvdem's account so please make sure that your spam filters wont filter out emails from tvdem...@gmail.com
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