General Membership Meeting Documents
This month’s meeting has been canceled and instead the DPSC will be hosting their annual Tower Bridge Awards. Meetings will resume in November as normally scheduled.
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Voting business items:
Resolution 2017-37: Proposed Bylaws Amendments
- Background information: Original Proposal as Introduced in September
Resolution 2017-38: In Support of Sacramento City Teachers
Resolution 2017-39: Opposing H.R. 620 and Calling on Democrats to Withdraw their Support
- Background information: H.R. 620 Bill Text
- Background information: ACLU article on H.R. 620; ACLU Fact Sheet; ACLU Opposition Letter
Resolution 2017-40: Amending the DPSC Dues Policy Standing Rule
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This month’s meeting has been canceled and instead the DPSC will be hosting their annual Holiday Party. Meetings will resume in January as normally scheduled.
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Resolution 2017-38: In Support of Sacramento City Teachers
Resolution 2018-01: Supporting The People’s Platform
Resolution 2018-02: Supporting Public Banking
Resolution 2018-03: Greater Transparency in Vacancy Appointments
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Resolution 2017-38: In Support of Sacramento City Teachers
Resolution 2018-04: Opposing Local Bans on Legal Cannabis
Resolution 2018-05: Supporting the Fair Pricing for Dialysis Act
Resolution 2018-06: Calling on Democrats to Stop Endorsing Republicans
Endorsement Consent Calendar for Sacramento City Council Districts 1, 5, and 7
Background Information:
- District 1: Angelique Ashby Bio & Questionnaire
- District 5: Tamika L’Ecluse Questionnaire
- District 5: Jay Schenirer Questionnaire
- District 7: Tristan Brown Bio & Questionnaire
- District 7: Rick Jennings Bio & Questionnaire
Additional information about voting on Endorsements can be found here: DPSC Endorsement Vote Guide
Resolution 2018-07: Adopting a Standing Rule: DPSC Resolutions Policy
Resolution 2018-08: Supporting the Qualification of the Sacramento Renter Protection & Community Stabilization Charter Amendment
Resolution 2018-09: Applauding the Board of Supervisors for Protecting Hotel Workers & Calling on City Councils to Enact Similar Ordinances
Resolution 2018-10: Denouncing the Use of Retaliatory Tactics, Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation by Party Leaders, Elected Officials, and Others in Positions of Power
Resolution 2018-11: Expressing Disappointment with Representative Ami Bera’s Vote to Weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Endorsement Consent Calendar for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 2 and Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) Areas 1, 2, and 3
Background Information:
- Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 2: Harold Fong Questionnaire
- Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 2: Patrick Kennedy Questionnaire
- SCOE District 1: Bina Lefkovitz Questionnaire
- SCOE District 2: Ray Green Questionnaire
- SCOE District 2: Nate Pelczar Questionnaire
- SCOE District 2: Karina Talamantes Questionnaire
- SCOE District 3: Richard Launey Questionnaire
Resolution 2018-12: Demanding Justice for Stephon Clark
Resolution 2018-13: Opposing Wage Discrimination Against Disabled Individuals
Resolution 2018-14: Commending Sacramento City Unified School District for developing a Comprehensive Safe Haven policy to protect Vulnerable Students
Resolution 2018-15: Decrying U.S. Aid in the Saudi Intervention in the Yemeni Civil War
Resolution 2018-16: Supporting the Veterans and Affordable Housing Act
Endorsement Consent Calendar for Sacramento County Sheriff and Sacramento County District Attorney
Background information:
- Sacramento County Sheriff: Donna Cox Questionnaire
- Sacramento County Sheriff: Milo Fitch Questionnaire
- Sacramento County District Attorney: Noah Phillips Questionnaire
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Background information for voting items next month (July):
Proposed Bylaws Amendments
Proposed Standing Rules Amendments
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Voting Items:
Recommendations for endorsement:
*indicates incumbent
Background information:
Voting Items:
Recommendations for endorsement:
This month, we will be holding our biannual organizational meeting, meaning we will be holding officer elections at this time. Only persons resident in Sacramento County from the Central Committee classes detailed on page 8 of our bylaws are eligible to be nominated as officers.
Proposed Bylaws Amendments:
- Bylaws Amendment 2019-1: Creating a Club Chartering Timeline.
- Bylaws Amendment 2019-2: Rescheduling the Club Re-chartering Meeting.
- Bylaws Amendment 2019-3: Removing the State Fair Staffing Requirement for Clubs.
Proposed Resolutions:
Voting Items:
- Resolution 2019-06: Commending the Elk Grove Unified School District for Supporting LGBTQ Students & Staff
- Resolution 2019-07: Denouncing the District Attorney’s Refusal to Seek Justice for Stephon Clark, and Calling for Reform of Officer Use of Force.
- Text of AB 392 (Weber & McCarty)
Informational Item:
Voting Items:
- Resolution 2019-08: Supporting Medicare for All and Calling on our Local Democratic Members of Congress to Co-Sponsor H.R. 1384: the Medicare for All Act of 2019.
- E-Board recommendation: Adopt (Ayes: 7, Noes: 0, Abstentions: 0)
- California Democratic Party (CDP) Endorsements:
- Chair
- E-Board recommendation: Endorse Kimberly Ellis (Ayes: 5, Noes: 0, Abstentions: 2)
- Candidate Questionnaires:
- Regional Director, Region 3
- E-Board recommendation: Endorse Eric Sunderland (Ayes: 7, Noes: 0, Abstentions: 0)
- Chair
- DPSC Budget 2019-2020
- E-Board recommendation: Adopt (Ayes: 7, Noes: 0, Abstentions: 0)
Voting Items:
- Resolutions. The Executive Board recommends adoption of the following resolutions on consent:
- Resolution 2019-9: Supporting the Green New Deal and a Just Transition to to Carbon Zero
- Resolution 2019-10: Demanding that PG&E Improve Infrastructure Safety
- Resolution 2019-11: Condemning Islamaphobia and Affirming Solidarity with our Muslim Neighbors
- Resolution 2019-12: Opposing Military Intervention in, and Economic Sanctions on, Venezuela
- Resolution 2019-13: Commending the House for Resolving to Fight All Racism and Bigotry, and for Resisting the False Conflation of Support for Palestinian Rights with Antisemitism
- Resolution 2019-14: Affirming CDP’s Commitment to Supporting Human Rights, Equality, and Justice in Israel-Palestine
- Resolution 2019-15: Affirming CDP’s Commitment to Human Dignity and Basic Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories, and to Ending the Gaza Blockade
- Resolution 2019-16: Stopping Trump from Destroying All Possibility for Peace in the Middle East
- Resolution 2019-17: Directing Officials to Learn about All Sides when they Travel to Israel-Palestine
- California Democratic Party (CDP) Endorsements. The Executive Board recommends the following endorsements on consent:
- African American Caucus
- Chair – Taisha Brown
- Northern Vice Chair – Kendra Lewis
- Chicano Latino Caucus
- Chair – Carlos Alcala
- Vice Chair Region 2 – Norma Alcala
- Resolutions – Tristan Brown
- LGBT Caucus
- Co-Chair (Northern CA) – Tiffany Woods
- Co-Chair (Southern CA) – Lester Aponte
- Vice Co-Chair (Northern CA) – Mario Guerrero
- Vice Co-Chair (Southern CA) – Denise Penn
- Treasurer – Brendalynn Goodall
- Secretary – John Yi
- At-Large Officer – Evan Minton
- At-Large Officer – Craig Roberts
- ProgressiveCaucus
- Chair – Amar Shergill
- Northern Vice Chair – David Hildebrand
- At-Large Officer – Zach Denney
- Veterans Caucus
- Chair – Jillynn Molina
- First Vice Chair – Robert Leahy
- Second Vice Chair – Crystal Jackson
- Treasurer – Kelsey Pressnall
- Secretary – Shelisa Williams
- Parliamentarian – Arturo Reyes
- Sergeant-at-Arms – Nicholas Edge
- Northern Vice Chair – Eric Gudz
- Central Vice Chair – Cullen Tiernan
- Southern Vice Chair – Michelle Gomez
- African American Caucus