Agenda 2018-06-25

SVYD Agenda
Monday, June 25, 2018
Dem HQ

Call to order
Approval of minutes
Review of Primary Results
Officer Reports
President Emily Ramos
Political Director Angel Martinez
Membership Director Jesus Salazar
Treasurer Alex Petrosky
Independence Day Fundraiser
Secretary Kathy Tran
New business
SVYD Executive Board elections
Announcements
Adjournment

Minutes – 4/16/2018

Silicon Valley Young Democrats

4/16/2018 Monday

Minutes

 

Members In Attendance: Angelica Ramos, Ryan Globus, Kathy Tran, Michael Vargas, Jose Magana, Antonia Zavala, Natalia Lima, Emily Ramos, Alex Petrosky, Angel Martinez, Bruce Huynh, Cassie Mancini, Frank Ponciano, Lucas Ramirez, Tara Sreekrishnan, Jules Brouillet, Patrick Ahrens

 

Meeting Called into order by President Ramos at 7:11 pm

 

Board of Supervisors Speeches     

Dominic Casaerta (5 mins)

Jason Baker (5 mins)

Susan Ellenberg (5 mins)

 

Consent calendar

John Hirokawa for Sheriff (5 mins)

 

Welcomes and introductions

 

Approval of the minutes: Lucas Ramirez, seconded: Cassie Mancini

 

2018 June Primary Endorsement Consent Calendar – Angel Martinez

  • Recommendations from the endorsement committee:
    • Susan Ellenberg for Supervisor, District 4
    • John Hirokawa for Santa Clara County Sheriff
  • Discussion
  • Motion to approve consent calendar by Patrick Ahrens, seconded by Cassie.
  • 11-1-1
  • Consent calendar passes

 

Motion to endorse Maya Esparza for City Council District 7 by Patrick Ahrens, seconded by Lucas Ramirez.

13-0-4

The motion to endorse Maya Esparza passes.

 

Motion to endorse Bruce Huynh for Alum Rock School Board by Lucas Ramirez, seconded by Frank Ponciano.

Discussion

Bruce speech 5 mins

12-0-2

The Motion Passes.

Announcement: May 19th – Malcolm X Day, Campaign Kickoff

 

Endorsements – Led by Political Director

  • Measure A
    • Yes on Measure A – 5 min speech
    • No on Measure A – 5 min speech
    • Discussion Period for 15 mins
    • Motion on the floor by Emily Ramos for Yes on Measure A, motion seconded by Michael Vargas.  
    • 3-5-5
    • Motion fails.
    • Motion in support of No on Measure A by Tara Sreekrishnan, Frank seconded.  
    • Call in question.
    • Roll Call vote:
      • Angelica Ramos: No
      • Ryan Globus: No
      • Kathy Tran: Yes
      • Michael: No
      • Antonia: No
      • Natalia: Yes
      • Tara: Yes
      • Bruce Huynh:  
      • Emily: No
      • Angel: Yes
      • Cassie: Abstain
      • Frank: Yes
      • Lucas: No
      • Ian: Yes
      • Justin: Yes
    • The motion passes.

 

Officer Reports:

  • President: Emily Ramos
    • Victory Dinner Young Dems after party.
  • Treasurer: Alex Petrosky
  • Vote on Bylaws Amendment.
  • Finance Committee
    • Emily proposes a motion to vote, Angel seconds. Lucas left meeting so down to 15 voting members. 12-0-3. The motion passes to amend the bylaws.  
  • Political Director: Angel Martinez
    • Fundraisers in the future!
    • Nominations for officer elections at the May meeting
    • April 18th, Mixer for Senator Kevin de Leon at Stein’s Beer Garden in Cupertino
    • Joint walk for Kalen Gallagher on April 29, 2018
  • Secretary: Kathy Tran
    • Thank you to everyone that attended the mixer on April 6, 2018
    • Social media updates – Antonia is handling Instagram.
  • Membership director: Jesus Salazar
    • Communicating with SJSU

 

Announcements:

  • Antonia Zavala: Endorsement committee need two more members.
  • Alex Petrosky: Sign up for the financial committee.
  • Jose Magana: Looking for people to also fundraise for Walk a Mile in her Shoes at Santana Row- June 20, 2018.
  • Natalia Lima: Susan Ellenberg is canvassing May 6, 10 am brunch and canvassing. Talk to Angelica and Natalia for more details.
  • Miguel Santero: International Workers Day, Roosevelt Community Center. 4 pm.  
  • Cassie Mancini: June 8, NLC Graduation. Located at SV Capitol Club. Ask her for more details.  
  • Michael Vargas: Planning and Land-Use 101 Workshop – Cindy Chavez

 

Adjournment:

Motion to adjourn by Emily 9:21 pm, second by Angel Martinez  

 

Agenda – 5.21.2018

Call into order
Welcomes and Introductions
Approval of minutes
Endorsement of higher office incumbents
Congressional incumbents:
CD-18 – Anna Eshoo
CD-19 – Zoe Lofgren
State Senate
SD-10 – Bob Wieckowski
State Assembly
AD-24 – Marc Berman (former young dem member)
AD-27 – Ash Kalra
AD-28 – Evan Low (still a young dem!)
AD-29 – Mark Stone
Nominations for eboard members
Honoring Raul
Announcements
Adjournment

Agenda – April 16, 2018

Call into order

Approval of last month’s minutes: here.

2018 June Primary Endorsement Consent Calendar – Angel Martinez

  • Susan Ellenberg for Supervisor
  • John Hirokawa for Sheriff

Endorsements for consideration:

  • Measure A
  • Early endorsement for Bruce Huynh for Alum Rock School Board
  • Santa Clara County Sheriff’s race
  • Board of Supervisors, District 4 Race

Officer Reports:

  • President: Emily Ramos
  • Treasurer: Alex Petrosky
    • Vote on Bylaws Amendment, which can be found here.
    • Fundraising Committee
  • Political Director: Angel Martinez
    • Joint walk for Kalen Gallagher on April 29, 2018
  • Secretary: Kathy Tran
    • Thank you to everyone that attended the mixer on April 6, 2018
    • Upcoming mixer: April 18, 2018
    • Social media updates – Antonia is handling Instagram.
  • Membership director: Jesus Salazar
    • Communicating with SJSU

New business:

  • Announcement of nominations for officer elections in May

Announcements

Adjournment

 

Minutes – March 19, 2018

Meeting called into order by President Emily Ramos at 7:34 PM.

Welcomes and Introductions

Motion to approve the minutes from last month by Lucas Ramirez, seconded by Matt Savage.

Endorsements

Young Democrats that requested early endorsements from the club:

  • Mason Fong
  • Lucas Ramirez

In order to get the endorsement, you need a 3/4 vote instead of the usual majority. The threshold was 12 votes.

Motion to endorse Mason Fong by Jose Magana, seconded by Matt Savage. The motion passes with 12 votes.

Motion to endorse Lucas Ramirez by Emily Ramos, seconded by Kathy Tran. The motion passes with 14 votes.

Issues:

  • Recall Persky Campaign
  • Measure A campaign (Rank Choice Voting in Santa Clara)
  • No on Measure B campaign (Evergreen Senior Homes)

Motion by Alex Petrosky to have the Recall Persky campaign reach out to Republican groups. Motion fails.

Motion by Cassie Mancini to support and endorse the Recall Persky campaign, seconded by Jesus Salazar. Discussion about previous motion that Alex Petrosky put forth. Matt Savage calls the question. The motion to support the Recall Persky campaign passes.

Motion by Tara Sreekrishnan to table to vote on Measure A until the next meeting, seconded by Cassie Mancini.

The motion is substituted by Emily Ramos to support Measure A, seconded by Ryan Globus. The substitute motion fails.

The motion by Tara to table to vote on Measure A passes.

Angel Martinez the political director discloses that he is personally against the Measure B campaign.

Motion by Jose Magana to vote in support of the No on Measure B campaign, seconded by Matt Savage. The motion passes.

Reimbursements:

Motion to reimburse the e-board funds that paid for housing for convention by Matt Savage, seconded by Cassie Mancini. Motion passes.

Officer Reports:

President Emily Ramos: Thanks for coming.

Treasurer Alex Petrosky: Discussion of new bylaws amendment. Plans to form a financial committee and start fundraising.

Political Director Angel Martinez: Thank you for coming to the meeting and participating! Join the endorsements committee.

Secretary Kathy Tran: Save the Date, April 6 for a Young Dems mixer.

Membership Director: Let us know about tabling opportunities.

Announcements:

  1. Jose Magana: Support for library reducing fines.
  2. Jennie Richardson: Talk to me if you want to get involved in the Recall Persky Campaign.
  3. Michael Melillo: Anyone who is interested in forming a Blue Dog Democratic club, come talk to me.
  4. Ryan Globus: The March For Our Lives San Jose is this Saturday, March 24th. I’ll be attending with some friends, and if anyone is going, we can all meet up.

Adjounment

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 PM by Angel Martinez, seconded by Patrick Ahrens.

Silicon Valley Young Democrats Early Endorsements: SVYD Endorses in two races and two issues

PDF Version can be found here: SVYD Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Angel Martinez
March 22, 2018
Email: Angel@svyd.org

Silicon Valley Young Democrats Early Endorsements

SVYD Endorses in two races and two issues

SAN JOSE, California — The Silicon Valley Young Democrats are proud to endorse two young democrats as well as two issues important to all bay area youth. On March 19th, the Silicon Valley Young Democrats voted to endorse Mason Fong for Sunnyvale City Council and Lucas Ramirez for Mountain View City Council. That night, they also voted to support the NO on Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative as well as the Recall Judge Aaron Persky campaign.

“As a democratic club for young dems, we look to endorse candidates and issues important to our demographic” says SVYD Political Director Angel Martinez. “Our goal is to encourage young people to take part in government affairs, increase the efficiency of popular government, and contribute to the growth and influence of youth in the political arena.”

Mason Fong is running to be the City’s youngest elected City Councilmember at the age of 27 and currently serves as an appointed Library Board Trustee for the City of Sunnyvale. He has an extensive career in public service as a current Housing & Transportation specialist to San Jose Councilman Chappie Jones, is a former Senior Congressional Aide to Congressman Ro Khanna, and a former Congressional Aide to Congressman Mike Honda.

Lucas Ramirez currently serves as a commissioner on the Environmental Planning Commission is a former two-term Chair of the Human Relations Commission, and a former appointee to the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) 2000 Measure A Citizens Watchdog Committee/Citizens Advisory Committee.

Other SVYD endorsement include Raul Peralez for District 3 Councilmember, Kalen Gallagher for District 9 Councilmember, Patrick Ahrens for Foothill-De Anza Community College Board, Tara Sreekrishnan for Cupertino City Council, and Richard Nguyen for Campbell Union School District.

For more information on the Silicon Valley Young Democrats endorsement process, or information on how to get involved with the SVYD, please contact SVYD Political Director via email at Angel@svyd.org

About SVYD: As a group of students and young professionals dedicated to spreading Democratic ideals, the Silicon Valley Young Democrats seek to embody the spirit of forward thinking that has made the region renowned. Their motto, “Innovation in Politics”, reflects their deeply held convictions that an idea holds immense power. They also believe in the Silicon Valley spirit of possibility and the democratic ideals of civil and just society.

2018 Endorsements

Endorsed Candidates & Measures

Last Updated: October 1, 2018

Young Democrats

  • Patrick Ahrens for Foothill-De Anza Community College District
  • Kristiina Arrasmith for Campbell Union High School District
  • Mason Fong for Sunnyvale City Council
  • Kallen Gallagher for San José City Council (District 9)
  • Bruce Huynh for Alum Rock School Board
  • Ellen Kamei for Mountain View City Council
  • Jose Magaña for San Jose Unified School District (Area 2)
  • Chris Miler for Campbell Union School District
  • Jorge Pacheco, Jr. for Oak Grove School District
  • Lucas Ramirez for Mountain View City Council
  • Basil Saleh for Campbell Union High School District
  • Tara Sreekrishnan for Cupertino City Council

 

Democrats Young at Heart

  • Peter Allen for San Jose Unified School District (Area 2)
  • Lorena Angelica Chavez for East Side Union School District
  • Shounak Dharap for Palo Alto Unified School District
  • Karina Dominguez for Milpitas City Council
  • Susan Ellenberg for Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 4)
  • Maya Esparza for San Jose City Council (District 7)
  • John Hirokawa for Santa Clara County Sheriff
  • Anjali Kausar for Saratoga City Council
  • Courtney Monk for Los Gatos Unified School District
  • Raymond Muller for Alum Rock School District
  • Raul Peralez for San Jose City Council (District 3)
  • Pat Showalter for Mountain View City Council
  • Brian Wheatley for San Jose Unified School District (Area 4)
  • Cory Wolback for Palo Alto City Council
  • Brenda Zendejas for Alum Rock School District

 

Issues (June 2018 Primary)

  • No on Measure A
  • No on Measure B
  • Yes on Recall Aaron Persky

Agenda – March 19, 2018

Agenda:

Call into order by President Emily Ramos

Approval of the minutes from last month’s meeting

Welcomes, introductions

Endorsements:

Young Dem Candidates:
Mason Fong for Sunnyvale City Council
Lucas Ramirez for Mountain View City Council

Issues:
Evergreen Senior Homes
Santa Clara alternative voting measure
Recall Persky Campaign

Reimbursement of funds from convention for Andrew Crockett, Jesus Salazar, Emily Ramos.

Officer reports
President Emily Ramos
Membership Director Jesus Salazar
Secretary Kathy Tran
Political Director Angel Martinez
Treasurer Alex Petrosky
– Bylaws discussion
– Future fundraising events

Announcements

Adjournment

Endorsements 2017

2017 endorsements:

SB 16, SB 298 State Senator Bob Wieckowski

ACA 10, State Assemblymember Evan Low

CDP Regional Director Region 5: Rocky Fernandez

CYD National Committeewoman: Carrie McFadden

Santa Clara Democratic Party Central Committee: Michael Vargas (AD-25), Andrae Wara-Macapinlac (AD-28)

Early endorsement May 2017:

San Jose City Council, District 9, Early Endorsement Kalen Gallagher

Early endorsements in October 2017: 

San Jose City Council, District 3: Raul Peralez

Foothill-De Anza Community College Board: Patrick Ahrens

Cupertino City Council: Tara Sreekrishnan

Campbell Union School District: Richard Nguyen