Endorsement results and future meetings

Hello ,Thank you all who attended our Endorsement meeting on Sunday, January 10th. With so many races coming in 2022 we have some more endorsements to consider and hope you will join us.  

JANUARY 17, 2022 ENDORSEMENT VOTE PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE DWC-SD PLANNED ENDORSEMENT VOTE FOR THE JANUARY 17 MONTHLY MEETING. As per the notice you received on December 26, 2021, the DWC-SD had two endorsement meetings scheduled for January. The first was Sunday, January 9, 2022. We also plan to attempt to endorse in the San Diego City Council District 2 race at our regular membership meeting next Monday, January 17, 2022. As a reminder, per the Club by-laws as amended on 11/16/2021: “A General Member in good standing who has attended at least two (2) prior meetings, as a member, in the previous twelve (12) months shall be eligible to vote for Club Officer elections and Club endorsements.”   Only those members who meet the above voting eligibility requirements will receive an email from the Democratic Woman’s Club Endorsement Committee with your secure ballot to vote on the endorsement at the meeting. If you are eligible to vote you should receive an email on Thursday, January 13, titled Your January 17 DWCSD Endorsement Ballot is HEREPlease be sure to open and read this email in its entirety, as it contains all the information you need to participate in the January 17, endorsement process If you meet the eligibility to vote criteria and do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam/junk mail folder. The email will also contain the Zoom link for the monthly meeting, a link to view the candidate questionnaires, and a personalized secure link to your voting ballot.For those of you eligible to vote who have multiple DWC-SD members in your family, but use only one email address, we will send separate emails for each eligible club member in your family. These are not duplicate emails. Each one should be addressed to only one of you. Since each ballot is personalized and secure, each member needs to receive their own email to be able to vote. So if your family falls in this category, please be sure to look for separate emails for each of the DWC-SD members in your family and ensure each of you vote using the links in the email addressed to you. On Monday, January 17 at our regular monthly meeting we will attempt to endorse in the following race:San Diego City Council District 2: 

Because this race has more than two candidates running, we will use our Ranked Choice voting process to determine if any candidate meets the 60% vote threshold required to receive the Club’s endorsement. “No Endorsement” will always be an option and the number of votes for No Endorsement will be included when determining the Club’s position on this race. If you are a member in good standing, but not eligible to vote, and would like to review the candidate questionnaires, please contact me and I will provide a link for you to access. Please do not share outside the club.   We will briefly review the Ranked Choice Process at the meeting. 

Results from the DWC-SD Endorsement Meeting on January 17, 2022 On behalf of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego and especially the Endorsement Committee members, we want to thank our members and all the candidates for participating in our endorsement process. The 2022 election cycle has been unique and maybe a little confusing as the result of the late announcement of redistricting lines. The campaign cycle is always a very long journey, and we wish all  the candidates the best in the Primary Election in June. There were three races where no candidate received the requisite 60% of the votes. The club then went on to vote whether to rate candidates in those races. Here are the final results of our meeting, yesterday, January 9, 2022. San Diego City Council District 6: Tommy Hough, Kent Lee and Aleena Nawabi are all rated as AcceptableSan Diego County Board of Supervisors District 5: Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson is our endorsed candidateSan Diego Unified School District Board District B: Shana Hazan is our endorsed candidateSan Diego Unified School District Board District C: Cody Petterson is our endorsed candidateCongressional District CA 49: Mike Levin received the Club’s Friendly Incumbent EndorsementCongressional District CA 52: Juan Vargas received the Club’s Friendly Incumbent EndorsementCongressional District CA 48: This race’s vote resulted in a ‘No Position’ for the Club (i.e. neither candidate, nor the option of ‘No Endorsement’, received the requisite 60% of votes and the club members did not vote to rate these candidates)Congressional District CA 50: Scott Peters and Kylie Taitano are rated as AcceptableCongressional District CA 51:Sara Jacobs is our endorsed candidate

Congratulations to all of our rated and endorsed candidates and thank you to all who participated. Here is a link to our full results: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yZGtncr33qqzpSVdc0Y-q8BEX7dFQ70Kjl47sZRAZ_s/edit?usp=sharing

ENDORSEMENT MEETINGSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022: 12:00 – 3:30 PM Please join your fellow Democratic Woman's Club of San Diego (DWC-SD) members for our second meeting of the 2022 Election cycle that will be dedicated to endorsing candidates for the June 2022 Primary Election.The DWCSD will attempt to endorse in the following races on Sunday, February 6, starting at 12:00 PM (noon)CA Assembly District 77

 CA Assembly District 78

 CA Assembly District 79

 CA Assembly District 76

CA Assembly District 80

CA Senate District 38

CA Senate District 40

CA Senate District 18

San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4

San Diego County Sheriff

San Diego County Assessor

Chula Vista Mayor

Gov. Newsom has announced the Special Election to fill Asm. Lorena Gonzalez’s vacant Assembly District 80 seat. The Primary will be on April 5 and the final Special Election will be the same day as the Primary on June 7. We do not have confirmation as to who will run to fill that seat for the rest of the term however, we will also attempt to endorse in the Assembly District 80 Special Election on Sunday, February 6.  Only DWC-SD members who are eligible to vote on endorsements as of February 6, 2022, will receive an invitation with a coded link to your ballot, so please do not share your invitation with others. As a reminder, per the Club by-laws as amended on 11/16/2021: “A General Member in good standing who has attended at least two (2) prior meetings, as a member, in the previous twelve (12) months shall be eligible to vote for Club Officer elections and Club endorsements.”   You do not need to take any action today to receive the Zoom meeting link and the meeting materials. However, it will be extremely important for you to watch for the reminder email we will send you on February 1. For voting members, that email will provide a secure link to view the candidates’ completed questionnaires, the coded link to your ballot and a private members’ only link to the Zoom meeting. General members in good standing who are not eligible to vote will be sent the members only Zoom link and access to review the completed questionnaires. . Access to the candidate questionnaires and the endorsement ballot will be open until the end of the voting period on Sunday, February 6. Members eligible to vote will be able to vote anytime between receipt of your email on February 1, and close of voting on February 6, 2022. While you will be able to vote early, you will only be able to vote once. Please mark your ballot carefully because if you make a mistake, you will not be able to correct it once the ballot has been submitted. Again, please watch for your final confirmation email on February 1, 2022. That email will provide more detail and instructions, as well as access to your personal ballot, the Zoom meeting link and the candidate questionnaires. Please remember, this endorsement meeting is a members’ only meeting, so please do not share your email invitations and Zoom link with anyone else.  Yvonne Elkin DWCSD Endorsement Committee[email protected]858-752-4368   

As always, if any member has questions or concerns, please feel free to call me. I look forward to 'seeing you' on Monday.LaWana Richmond, President(619) 796-3479[email protected]

The purpose of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County is to amplify women's issues through education and advocacy and to foster active interest in the Democratic Party, supporting the party platforms, contributing to party leadership and responsibility, providing a constructive role for the volunteer in Democratic politics, and developing an activist base.

We demand equality of opportunity, a level playing field, and fair and equal treatment for all.We are dismantling the patriarchy.We meet the third Monday of every month; please see the Events section of our website for more details. Our meetings are now held on Zoom, and you can register here.Questions? Email [email protected].

Officers of the ClubDr. LaWana Richmond, PresidentLori Saldaña, External Vice PresidentSarah Davis, Internal Vice President Cathie Hyatt, SecretaryRosamond Blevins, Treasurer, Director of MembershipNadia Kean-Ayub, Director of Communications