Blog

Posted on

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

Posted on

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

Posted on

Minutes – February 19, 2018

Minutes – 2/19/18

President Emily Ramos calls the meeting to order at 7:21 pm.

Welcomes and Introductions

Political Director Elections:

Angel Martinez

Antonia Zavala

 

Motion to elect Angel Martinez by Kathy Tran, seconded by Ryan Globus.

Discussion

Call to question: Andrae Wara-Macapinlac

Motion passes with 11 votes  

Congratulations to Angel Martinez! You are our new political director!

 

Officer Reports:

  • President Emily Ramos
    • Sign up for endorsement committee
  • Membership Director Jesus Salazar
  • Treasurer Alex Petrosky
  • Secretary Kathy Tran
    • SCCDP Central Committee Update
  • Political Director
    • Welcome!

Old business

  • Convention
    • CYD passes – buy them if you haven’t already!
    • Sign up for hotel room: https://goo.gl/forms/2YtnuP0iRlVWi2pC3
    • Transportation

New business

  • Candidate and Issues Meet and Greet
    • Fair Vote Project
    • Susan Ellenberg for District 4 Supervisor
    • Recall Persky Campaign
    • Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative
    • Representative from the Dominic Caserta for District 4 Supervisor Campaign
    • Representative from the Don Rocha for District 4 Supervisor Campaign
    • John Cordus from Sunnyvale advocating for SB100, the Protect Coyote Valley campaign, and also announced he is running for Sunnyvale City Council  
    • Anti-recall Persky Campaign
    • Against the Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative Campaign (Committee for Green Hills)

Announcements

  • Emy Thurber: 2 slots for proxies for AD27
  • Antonia Zavala: Listening to Trump’s America Event – Saturday, February 24, 2018 12-1 pm at Convention
  • Andrae Wara-Macapinlac: update on SB16 and SB298
  • Emily Ramos: proxies to convention, next meeting  
  • Kathy Tran: Assemblymember Evan Low – Hospitality suite with Kaskade on February 24, 2018  
  • Angelica Ramos: National Women’s Political Caucus – come up with app We Said Enough.Com  
  • Jesus Salazar: SEIU National Day of Action – Right to Work Day February 26, 2018. For more information, please contact

Adjournment

Motion by Emily Ramos to adjourn at 8:11 pm. Seconded by Andrae Wara-Macapinlac.

 

Posted on

Meet our New Political Director, Angel Martinez

The Silicon Valley Young Democrats voted to elect Angel Martinez as their new Political Director on February 19, 2018. He joins the executive board after outgoing political director, Matt Savage, announced his resignation at our annual holiday party in December.

 Born and raised in San José, Angel Martinez has always been an individual who puts community first. After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School, Angel left San José to attend the University of California Davis where he earning a bachelors in Community and Regional Development with an emphasis in Public Policy. His previous experiences include working for the Public Interest Research Group as a Community Outreach Director in Sacramento, Senior Campaign Coordinator on the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument campaign, a Community Organizer for Innovate Public Schools and most recent, as a Community Relations Aide in the office of San José Councilmember Raul Peralez. Angel is fluent in both English and Spanish, and brings more than 7 years of experience working with local communities. Let’s welcome Angel as he steps into his new role as Political Director for the SVYD!

Posted on

Minutes – January 29, 2018

Meeting called into order 7:33 pm.

Our guest speaker for this month was  County Supevisor Joe Simitian who spoke to us about his insights and his experience traveling to 3 countries that historically turned out for Obama but voted for Trump in 2016.

No old business

New Business

  • Convention Sign ups

Announcements

  • Alan Wong: Redwood City Accountable and Affordable health care initiative
  • Antonia Zavala: State of the County, 2/8
  • Ellen Kamei: At the next SCCDP Central Committee meeting, the SVAPADC Club wanted to change the name of the dinner of the Four Freedoms club. SVYD and PYD is in support.
  • Patrick Ahrens: On 3/18, Asm. Evan Low is hosting a Lunar New Year fundraiser. Anyone that wants to attend and sit at the young dems table, let him know.

Motion to end the meeting by Kathy Tran, seconded by Angel Martinez. Adjourned at 8:57 PM.

Posted on

February 19, 2018 – Agenda

Call into order

Adoption of minutes from last meeting

Welcomes and Introductions

Political Director Election

Officer Reports

  • President Emily Ramos
    • Sign up for endorsement committee
  • Membership Director Jesus Salazar
  • Treasurer Alex Petrosky
  • Secretary Kathy Tran
    • SCCDP Central Committee Update
  • Political Director
    • Welcome!

Old business

  • Convention
    • CYD passes – buy them if you haven’t already!
    • Sign up for hotel room: https://goo.gl/forms/2YtnuP0iRlVWi2pC3
    • Transportation

New business

  • Candidate and Issues Meet and Greet

Announcements

Adjournment

Posted on

1/29 Agenda

1/29 Agenda

1. Call meeting into order

2. Guest speaker: Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian

3. Welcomes and Introductions

No old business

4. Quick Officer Reports
i. President Emily Ramos
ii. Membership Director Jesus Salazar
iii. Secretary Kathy Tran
iv. Treasurer Alex Petrosky

5. New Business
– Convention (Sign up for a room here: https://goo.gl/forms/2YtnuP0iRlVWi2pC3)

6. Announcements

7. Adjournment

Posted on

Agenda – November 20, 2017

Call the meeting into order

Welcomes and introductions

Guest speaker: South Bay Swing Left

Officer reports:

  • President Emily Ramos
    • CYD Tahoe
    • CDP E-board
  • Treasurer Alex Petrosky
  • Secretary Kathy Tran
    • SCC Central Committee
  • Political Director Matt Savage

Old Business

  • CDP Convention Feb 23-25 2017

New business

Announcements

Adjournment