6:45 PM,
MINUTES FOR Thursday, April 1, 2010
Absent: Ron Lind, Eric Larson, James Rowen, Dan
Kenney, Denise Alejandro, Tony Alexander, Alberto Torrico, Joe Coto, Bill
Monning, Anna Caballero, Joe Simitian, Anna Eshoo, Marie Highby, Wanda Bryan,
and Andy Parker.
Alternates For: Marsha Grilli, Ira Ruskin, Jim Beall, Ellen
Corbett, Elaine Alquist, Mike Honda, Zoe Lofgren, Rena Modell, Juan Vergara, Andre
Macapinlac and Elaine Coombs.
Sophia
Quattlebaum, Rudy Rodriguez-San Jose City Council District 7 Candidate,
Carlotta Castillo, Rich Gordan-21st Assembly District Candidate,
Magdalena Carrasco-City of San Jose District 5 Candidate, Owen Jackman-CDP
Region 3, Daniel Nguyen, Donald Rocha-Cambrian School District Board Member and
San Jose City Council District 9 Candidate, Tamela J. Craft, Sheli Moearahima,
Renee Reid, Gabriela Chavez-Lopez, Aaron Williamson, Giselle Schmitz, J. Manuel
Herrera-East Side Union High School District Board Member and City of San Jose
District 5 Candidate, Assemblymember Dave Jones, Marc Wiesner, and Aaron
Quigley.
Speakers:
a. Hope Cahan/Ann Mack:
JJ Dinner is May 7th.
Go to website for registration.
Madge Overhouse Annual Volunteer Award – Deadline for Nominations is
April 23.
b. Dave Jones:
Candidate for State Insurance Commissioner. Legal Aid Attorney. Worked for U. S. Attorney General Janet Reno
for 3 years. Served as Sacramento City
Councilmember and is currently an Assemblymember for the 9th
District in Sacramento. Has a 100%
consumer voting record-only candidate that has that. Would like to go towards single-payer
healthcare reform. Committed to holding
office for 2 terms. Website: Davejones
2010.com.
a. Motion to Approve; Seconded; Motion Approved.
a.
March 4, 2010
Minutes
i.
Motion to Approve;
Seconded; Motion approved.
a. Jon Kessler informed attendees the Interview Committee’s
recommendations for Candidates and Local Ballot Measures and also recognized
Interview Committee members.
b. Primary Races:
County and City of San Jose.
·
Martin Monica –
Candidate for Sheriff. Retired Chief of
Police.
·
District 1 County
Supervisor Candidates:
a. Forrest Williams - 28 years of public service; worked
for IBM for 41 years; previously a City
of San Jose Councilmember supporting the South County and San Jose.
b. Teresa Alvarado - Active in community for several
years. Worked in government relations at
PG&E.
c.
Peter Arrellano -
Active Democrat, physician and 2-term councilmember. Brings progressive and proven experience.
·
District 4 County
Supervisor Candidate:
a. Ken Yeager - Running for re-election and only
candidate. Has done a lot in public
outreach.
·
San Jose City
Council Candidates:
a. District 1: Tom
Johnston –Only Democrat running against incumbent Pete Constant.
b. District 3: No
Endorsement
c.
District 5:
·
Xavier Campos -
Lifelong resident of San Jose. Has
served 7 ½ years on the City of San Jose Planning Commission.
·
Magdelena Torasco
- Has dedicated the past 20 years to work with families in crisis. Worked in Social Services.
·
Manuel Herrera -
Has experience working with City Manager.
Currently serves as a Board Member of the East Side Union High School
District.
d. District 7:
·
Madison Nguyen-Incumbent
·
Rudy Rodriguez – Chair
of small business development of San Jose; Currently on City of San Jose
Commission.
e.
District 9:
·
Donald
Rocha: San Jose City Councilmember Judy
Chirco has endorsed him. Currently a
Board Member of the Cambrian School District.
·
Jim Cogan: Has served 10 years on the board of Crime
Stoppers
·
Sam
Liccardo: Currently representing
District 7. Fighting for affordable
housing. Chair of VTA.
c.
Interview
Committee Recommendations:
·
Santa Clara
County Tax Assessor – Larry Stone
·
Santa Clara
County District Attorney – Jeff Rosen
·
Santa Clara
County Sheriff – No Endorsement
·
Santa Clara
County Supervisor
a. District 1 – Forrest Williams, Teresa Alvarado, and
Peter Arellano
b. District 3 – No Endorsement
c.
District 4 – Ken
Yeager
·
San Jose City
Council
a. District 1 – No Endorsement
b. District 3 – No Endorsement
c.
District 5 –
Xavier Campos
d. District 7 – Madison Nguyen
e.
District 9 – Jim
Cogan and Donald Rocha
·
Races Pulled:
a. Santa Clara County Sheriff, San Jose City Council
Seats – District 3 and 5.
·
Motion to Accept
Consent Recommendations; Seconded; Consent Approved Unanimously
·
Member Discussion
on Pulled Races.
a. Santa Clara County Sheriff
·
Motion to Endorse
Martin Monica; Seconded
·
Call for
Question; Seconded; Call for Question Approved
·
Endorsement for
Martin Monica – 28; Opposed – 17; Endorsement Fails
b. San Jose City Council District 3
·
Motion to refer
to E-Board; Seconded; Motion Failed
·
Motion to Endorse
Sam Liccardo; Seconded: Approve – 34;
Opposed – 13; Endorsement Approved.
c.
San Jose City
Council District 5
·
Motion for sole
Endorsement of Xavier Campos; Seconded:
Approve – 33; Opposed – 7; Sole Endorsement of Xavier Campos Approved.
·
Local Measures
a. Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District;
Oak Grove School District; Los Gatos Union School District, Campbell Union
Elementary School District, Mount Pleasant Elementary School District, Alum Rock
Elementary School District, City of San Jose (Cardroom Measure), and North
County Library Authority.
b. Move to Endorse all local measures; Seconded; Motion
Approved
a. Executive
Board: Margie Mitchell
a.
Held a virtual
meeting – discussed endorsements.
Senator Barbara Boxer and Speaker of the House John Perez have been
invited to be JJ Dinner’s Keynote Speakers.
b.
Wal-mart
Expansion to be placed on E-board Agenda.
b. Chair: Steve Preminger
a.
A link to Judicial
Democratic candidates will be on the SCCDC website. Call-to-Action was fabulous.
c.
Vice Chair:
Clark Williams
a.
No Report
d. Treasurer:
a.
Account balance
is the same as March.
e.
Secretary:
Margie Mitchell
a.
No Report
f.
Issues: James
Kim
a.
No Report
g. Community
Services and Voter Registration: Judy Pipkin
a.
No Report
h. Finance: Hope Cahan
a.
Reminded
attendees of upcoming JJ Dinner.
i.
Candidate Recruitment and Endorsement: Jon Kessler
a.
No additional
report.
j.
Communications:
David Cohen
a.
Reminded
attendees to keep putting items on SCCDC calendar.
k. Campaign
Services: Tom Cochran
a.
No Report
l.
Political Outreach (Clubs): Diane Rolfe
a.
March 13 was the
first Council of Clubs meeting. 19 of the
21 clubs were present. Call-To-Action
was held on March 27. The event was attended
by approximately 175 people. Thanked
presenters of the training sessions, guest speakers Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Assemblymember
Joe Coto and John Laird (Candidate for 27th AD) and all volunteers.
b.
The Next meeting
of Council of Clubs will be held on May 15 from 1:00-3:00pm at the residence of
Darcie Green.
m. Regional
Director: Emy Thurber
a.
Asked attendees if
anyone has a proxy or anyone who wants to go to Democratic Convention, let her
know.
n. Democratic
National Committee: Chris Stampolis
a.
Evan Low was
appointed to DNC-At-Large. Asked members
to write letters to editors informing them the passage of the healthcare bill
is important. Recognized Galen Swain of
Organizing in America, who was in attendance.
o. Pro-Choice
Coalition: Claudia Shope
a.
The Planned
Parenthood Capitol Day is May 5. E-mail
or call (795-3768) Fran Linkin for additional information.
p. DTV
Report: Steve Chessin
a.
March guest was
Clark Williams; April Guest – TBA.
q. CDC
Report: Jay Jackman
a.
No Report
a. Ann Mack – 21st Century Club’s Annual Luncheon
is next Friday. The speaker will be Jeff
Rosen, Candidate for District Attorney.
b. Jim Brady – Asked members to support his 2 upcoming
bike rides for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. June 5 will be a 100 mile ride and July 17
and 18 will be a 200 mile ride. RSVP - d21stscc.com.
Club Reports:
SVYD: Annual Spring Fling will be held on May 30 at
the residence of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren.
DemClub of Sunnyvale: Next meeting will be discussing the state
budget.
PDC: Candidate forum for 21st AD to be
held on March 15. Upcoming annual
retreat will be held to discuss events for next year.
Santa Clara Co. DemClub: Next meeting will be April 19 at
Carrows. Guest speaker will be Jeff
Rosen, Candidate for District Attorney.
SJSU: Currently on Spring Break; held a Census
Rally. April 21 will be the 3rd
Annual Young and In Politics event.
DAWN: Dues are due.
Carol Garvey has remit envelopes.
Brunch on April 18 will be held at the SEIU office to elect board
members and discuss late endorsements.
Invited members to Wine and Chocolate Pairing Fundraiser, which will be
at the residence of Teresa O’Neil. Cost: $35.
SVDC: Club will purchase 1 table for the JJ Dinner. A Meet and Greet Mixer will be held on April
28 from 6:00-8:30 at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell.
South County DemClub: Will be doing endorsements for County
Supervisor at the upcoming meeting.
East San Jose DemClub: Had good turnout to protest against Steve
Poisner.
Obama DemClub: Participated in Call-to-Action; Assembly Jim
Beall will be having a town hall meeting at Willow Glen Community Center on April
8 from 6:30 to 8:30.
DemClub at the Villages: Participated in the Call-to-Action and
Council of Clubs; Rally of Prop15. Nora
Campos and Dave Cortese will be speaking at the next meeting on April 16. Louis Alejo invited to attend the next
Executive Board meeting.
BAID: March 20 is Persion New Year. April 14 will be the next meeting at the
Campbell Community Center. San Jose City
Councilman, Ash Kalra will be the guest speaker.
West Valley for Change: At the March meeting, Megan Fluke from the Sierra
Club was the guest speaker. The Club ratified
its by-laws and officers. March 26
Event: Bags for Vets.