Point Loma & OB Dems - April 25 Meeting Update - Strong Mayor & Council President
The progressive voice of Point Loma, OB and Loma Portal since 1954.
April 25 Meeting - Strong Mayor & Council President
Hors d'oeurves- Pre-meeting social 3:30PM
Soup - More Choice San Diego - Amy Tobia, Diane Mosely 4:00PM
Sorbet - Western Service Workers Association appeal for Volunteers 4:15PM
Entrée - Strong Mayor & Council President - Norma Damashek 4:20PM
Salad - Officer reports
Dessert - Electeds, representatives, candidates
Cheese - Announcements
Nuts - After meeting social
More Choice San Diego
Diane Mosely, VP and guest Amy Tobia will explain why bringing Ranked Choice Voting to San Diego will give voters more choices, create more competition, promote more diverse ideas, and encourage civil campaigns.
Western Service Workers Association
Alec from the WSWA (who's standing in for Brandon MacDonald) will talk about the work of the Association during the pandemic, with the aim of recruiting volunteers to help with advocacy for their members who are facing utility cut off‘s and potential evictions.
Strong Mayor & Council President
After a five-year trial period that began on Jan 1, 2006 San Diego moved from a Council-City Manager to a Mayor-Council ("Strong Mayor") form of government 10 years ago, at the start of 2011.
The Mayor was removed from the legislative body, and installed as the de facto executive director of the departments and employees overseeing the City's day-to-day operations.
This change also introduced the concept of a Council President, chosen annually by a majority vote of the Council, to chair and set the agenda of the City Council meetings, and to make committee appointments.
"Throughout the transition to a Strong Mayor Form of Governance, the City Council sought to expand the number of Council Committees and redefine their role and purpose, choosing to funnel more legislative items to Council Committees to allow for increased public input and a fuller vetting process before items were sent to the full Council for consideration."
Norma Damashek @ndamashek will guide us through the history of the charter reform from Weak to Strong Mayor, and answer questions from members.
Norma Damashek is a long-time civic activist who focuses on promoting decision-making that serves the public good.
She has spearheaded community-based coalitions and served on city and regional-government task forces and aspast president of San Diego's League of Women Voters.
Her NumbersRunner commentaries have received multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Chapter.
ANATOMY OF FAILURE is Norma's first-hand account of political decision-making inside City Hall -- where politics, planning, and personality converge to shape the San Diego landscape. Originally published as a master's thesis, ANATOMY OF FAILURE is on the "Reading List for the San Diego Newcomer" compiled by the Voice of San Diego. You can read it HERE
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Racial Justice and the Recall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. — zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Racial Justice and the Recall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Community leaders Darwin Fishman, Yusef Miller, Tasha Williamson, and Clovis Honoré will be co-hosting the event, which will feature an open discussion on racial justice and the recall movement.
Lawsuits prompt questions about civilian oversight of San Diego Sheriff's Department - The San Diego Union-Tribune — www.sandiegouniontribune.com Independent investigations often overlook key information, find no misconduct or violations
Politics Report: Mayor Proposes Library Layoffs — www.voiceofsandiego.org The mayor is proposing major cuts and actual layoffs in the library system with budget increases elsewhere. It's a budget talk time.
Unless There’s a Miracle, the Ocean Beach Pier Is History — obrag.org By Geoff Page After three years of trying to obtain a copy, the city finally coughed up the engineering report on the Ocean Beach Pier. As expected, the pier is in real trouble. The OCEAN BEACH FISHING PIER Draft Evaluation
Ask Rep. Peters to take the Patients Over Profits pledge and cosponsor H.R. 1976 | National Nurses United — act.medicare4all.org While tens of millions of people in our country struggle to get the health care they need, corporations in the for-profit hospital, pharmaceutical, and insurance industries continue to make billions of dollars in profits. At the same time, these same corporations are spending millions of dollars to stop any attempts at reforming our broken healthcare system. Rep. Peters is one of the top recipients of corporate health care donations in Congress. We, constituents of California's 52nd district, call on Rep. Peters to take the Patients Over Profits pledge to stop taking donations from these executives, lobbyists, and PACs. Furthermore, we also call on Rep. Peters to cosponsor H.R. 1976, the Medicare for All Act of 2021, a bill that would address the scale of the crisis in our healthcare system.
Life as a refugee in San Diego was challenging enough. Then the pandemic hit — www.latimes.com Lack of affordable housing and struggles with language barriers made disruptions to education and work more pronounced for San Diego refugee communities during the pandemic, according to a new report.
Opinion | Joe Biden: Old Pol, New Tricks - The New York Times — www.nytimes.com Biden’s got the buzz. Who’s smirking now?
The Point Loma/OB Democratic Club stands in solidarity with our Asian-Asian Pacific Islander friends, neighbors and community members in San Diego and across the country who are experiencing or fear acts of racist aggression and violence.
The club is proud to provide a donation to The Pacific Arts Movement, an organization based in Point Loma, that through cultural and food-based events like the San Diego Asian Film Festival builds cultural understanding and compassion in our community.
Check out @pacartsmovement at Facebook.com/PacArtsMovement
Graphics; John P. Pelissero, “The Political Environment & Cities in the 21st Century,” in Cities, Politics & Public Policy: A Comparitive Analysis, ed. John P. Pelissero (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003), 15.
Point Loma & OB Dems
Patron
Angela Hawkins
Diane Mosely
Shoba Reddy
Sponsors
Judith Collier
Dave Furlano
Gale Hill
Mike Klinkert
Susan Peinado
Gary Werchak
Sustaining
Marsha Alexander
Toni Atkins
Ybarrondo Belen
Leslie Bruce
Barbara Bry
Michen Denny
Marilyn Gibbs
John Geary
Ann Gonzales
Mandy Havlik
Carol Holt
Dianne Lane
Joe LeCava
Yvonne Lu
Katherine Merten
Ulrich Merten
Pam Page
Vera Plain
Gregg Robinson
Wedad Schlotte
Katherine Sheehan
Louise Titlow
Howard Walker
Chris Ward
Brant Will
Les Williamson
Carl Yaeckel
Dev Zaveri
Point Loma Democratic Club
PO Box 7802, San Diego, CA 92167
(619) 800 5098
info@pointlomadem.org
Chartered by the San Diego County Democratic Party
John Loughlin, President
Diane Mosely, Vice President
Kip Eischen, Secretary
Angela Hawkins, Treasurer
Central Committee Liaison, Ruth Rollins
Endorsement Committee Chair, Deval Zaveri-Tabb
Membership Committee Chair, Susan Peinado