Point Loma & OB Dems - Nov 21 Meeting Minutes and Recap - Redistricting & Alternative Housing

Nov 22, 2021

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Meeting Recap and Minutes for November 2021

Redistricting

Many thanks to Dr. Cody Petterson for updating the club on redistricting in both the City and County of San Diego. Please see links below to documents, updates and meeting notices.

Redistricting Commission | City of San Diego Official Website — www.sandiego.gov

California redistricting: Incumbents in tough spots- CalMatters — calmatters.org The preliminary maps from the California redistricting commission mean trouble for some incumbent members of Congress and the Legislature.

Winter Season Happenings!

December 4th Ocean Beach Town Council Holiday Parade — obtowncouncil.org

For over 40 years Ocean Beach has hosted one of the best Holiday Parades in SoCal. On Saturday, December 4th, Newport Avenue is lined with colorful OBceans and visitors all eagerly awaiting the commencement of the 42nd Annual OB Holiday Parade at 5:05pm. Our 2021 Theme is ‘Rockin’ Around The Crooked Tree’!

WSWA is organizing their annual Toy Distribution to Parents for Their Children! WSWA urgently needs donations of 1,000 toys for this year’s distribution.

Target Toy Registry: WSWA Toy Drive

Toys can be dropped off at WSWA’s office 7 days a week between 9am-9pm at the WSWA Office: 3014 Imperial Ave., San Diego, CA 92102.

Point Loma Toy Drop-Off: Alternatively, toys can be dropped off in Sunset Cliffs at Club Treasurer Angela Hawkins' House on Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5 from 12:00 - 4:00 pm at 1036 Devonshire Dr, San Diego, CA 92107.

WSWA needs VOLUNTEERS every day of the year in their work to end poverty! A little time driving, doing office work or medical advocacy makes a huge difference. No experience necessary.

Call WSWA today! (619) 238-9763

December 11th Holiday Auction - Ocean Beach Town Council Proceeds help the OB Town Council brighten the holidays for over 150 underprivileged families and seniors across our community!

Holiday Food & Toy Drive - Ocean Beach Town Council

The holidays will be here in no time, and the Ocean Beach Town Council is gearing up for our Annual Food & Toy Drive! We have an even bigger goal this year to feed and provide presents for over 150 local families and seniors. We need your help to get the job done!

To Volunteer with any OB Town Council Winter Season events please reach out to Gary Gartner at gary@obtowncouncil.org

Alternative Community Housing Models

Timothy Holmberg talked to the club about alternative housing models that exist outside of the profit-making imperative and support living artists. Some links to developments and groups that are working towards this goal in the region and abroad are included below!

Laguna Beach moves forward on plan to fill artist housing need - Los Angeles Times — www.latimes.com The Laguna Beach City Council directed the city manager to start on the action plan of a study showing that half of the respondents cited a need for affordable artist housing.

Vision — Living Artists Collective The main goal of the Living Artists Collective has always been to provide discounted rent and intentional community for emerging practicing artists. We are developing a grant program with which artists can pay their rent.

Architecture of Collective Living. A New Neighborhood for Kibbutz Hatzor, Israel. | urbanNext — urbannext.net This essay discusses a new neighborhood currently being designed for kibbutz Hatzor in the south…

Habitat 67 - Wikipedia — en.m.wikipedia.org

HABITAT 67, or simply Habitat, is a model community and housing complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

FUCVAM – Uruguay's Cooperative Movement of Housing for Mutual Help — www.fucvam.org.uy

The Cooperative Movement of Housing for Mutual Help arises from the very entrails of the working class to solve the problem of housing, and from that concrete need it was creating neighborhoods that claim a dignified and decent life for their inhabitants.

Meeting Minutes and Recording

November Meeting Minutes

Please follow the link for minutes to yesterday's meeting minutes before approval at our January meeting. Please reach out to Secretary Kip Eischen at kip.eischen@gmail.com with any questions or proposed changes.

Point Loma & OB Dems - Monthly Meeting

November 2021 meeting video recording.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hoping the holiday is an enjoyable one of thanks, gratitude and togetherness!

Learn more about indigenous land and history via the link below:

Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

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