What Democratic Clubs and Groups Oppose Prop 1A?

A few SF (4.00 / 1)

Paul posted this a few days ago, but SF Young Dems, Harvey Milk Dem Club, and the Portrero Dem Club voted against it. I'm not sure of other clubs though.

I'm proud to work for Kamala Harris for AG, but my opinions are entirely my own.

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by: Brian Leubitz @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 17:06:51 PM CDT

Correction ... (4.00 / 1)

Potrero Hill did "no endorsement" on 1A, but opposed 1C, 1D and 1E.

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by: paulhogarth @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 17:26:57 PM CDT

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East Bay Dem groups are opposing too (6.00 / 2)

The Alameda County Democratic Central Committee voted at our March meeting to oppose 1A - we haven't taken a position on the other initiatives.

Last night, the East Bay Young Dems voted to oppose 1A, 1C, 1D, 1E, and 1F. We took no position on 1B.

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by: Becks @ Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:01:16 PM CDT

WeHo: No on 1A (0.00 / 0)

West Hollywood Democratic Club:  No on 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F.  No Position on 1B; Yes on 1E.

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by: DavidT @ Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 01:05:55 AM CDT

Democrats of the Desert haven't voted either way (0.00 / 0)

but now I'm curious about the rest.  We have many clubs in the Coachella Valley, and a few are new.

I'm torn, because school districts labor under the belief that without passage of all, there's no other recourse to recoup the 6 billion toward education that they're supposed to ensure.  

No passage, more layoffs.  However, 1A is idiotic.

Disclosure: Union staff, former staff for Manuel Perez, elected DSCC delegate for 80th AD, board of Democrats of the Desert

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by: soyinkafan @ Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 01:33:41 AM CDT

CTA may say so... (5.00 / 1)

But CFA, which represents the CSU system, CFT--which represents teachers throughout K-12, the community college system and, I believe, the UCs--and SEIU, which also has a lot of school employees, are all against 1A.  CTA is being bribed for short-term gain with 1B.  Even if we were able to repeal 2/3, we would have to raise taxes every single year just to maintain current levels of funding for schools and law enforcement-even when we have a surplus.  Republicans' harping on "No!  Taxes!  Ever!" may have fallen flat with voters so far, but 1A is a recipe for disaster for Democrats.

When state Sen. Mark Leno came to the DCC Marin meeting and spoke on 1A, he said that they had somehow ingeniously tricked the Republicans in to believing that 1A was a spending cap when it really isn't.  Every time I re-read the language of 1A and the more analysis I read on it, the more I think that it's really the Republicans who are pulling the wool over the eyes of legislative Democrats.

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by: mediaptera @ Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 02:47:08 AM CDT

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LA County Dems "neutral" on 1A (0.00 / 0)

LA County Democratic Party:  "Neutral" on 1A; Yes on 1B, 1C, and 1F; No on 1D and 1E.

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by: DavidT @ Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 16:22:16 PM CDT

Torrance Dems No on 1A through 1F (0.00 / 0)

Diaried here

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by: PeteB2 @ Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 23:48:50 PM CDT

Announcement on Torrance Dem Club site (0.00 / 0)

here

fyi, I'm VP of the club.  

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by: PeteB2 @ Sat Apr 18, 2009 at 19:16:03 PM CDT

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Stonewall Dems: No on 1A (0.00 / 0)

Stonewall Democratic Club, Los Angeles

No on 1A
No Consensus on 1B
No Position on 1C
No on 1D
No on 1E
Yes on 1F

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by: DavidT @ Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 01:03:38 AM CDT

Thanks for doing the diary, I'd been wondering myself (0.00 / 0)

I went up on the CA Dem Council site and emailed every Dem Club in LA County that had an email contact to inquire re: decisions they've made on all the props.

If everyone did this for their county, I'm sure we could cover a sizeable number of Dem Clubs..  

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by: PeteB2 @ Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 01:09:34 AM CDT

Another Dem Club OPPOSES 1A -- MGO (0.00 / 0)

The Metropolitan Greater Oakland (MGO) Democratic Club voted on April 16th as follows:

 1A - NO
 1B - YES
 1C - 'no position'
 1D - NO
 1E - NO
 1F - YES

-Dan Kalb
 Vice-president, MGO Democratic Club
 Oakland, CA

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by: DanKalb @ Sat Apr 18, 2009 at 23:25:02 PM CDT

RWJDC board recommends NO on 1A through 1F (0.00 / 0)

The Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club's board of directors is recommending a NO vote on all the May special election propositions.  [Note, that this is a RWJDC board recommendation, not a formal club membership endorsement.]  

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by: DanKalb @ Sun Apr 19, 2009 at 20:56:10 PM CDT