September 2018 Special Meeting - Agenda and Information
Vice Chair Election and Electoral Endorsements
On September 9, we'll gather as a chapter to hold a special election for the vice chair seat on our steering committee, and decide on chapter endorsements of multiple candidates and ballot resolutions.
The meeting's agenda is available online here.
Vice Chair Candidates
The following members are running for vice chair of East Bay DSA.
- Rosa O.-A.: candidate statement
- Sergio G.: candidate statement
- Frances R.: candidate statement
Chapter Endorsements
Candidates were asked by the subcommittee to fill out a questionnaire about their records, positions and platforms. Those questionnaires—which you can read in their entirety here—were combined with independent research by the subcommittee to help make determinations on whether or not to recommend endorsement.
The following candidates and measures will be discussed and debated at the meeting.
Measure P (Berkeley Transfer Tax)
Subcommittee recommendations: Yes
Member statements:
- None submitted
Measure Y (Oakland Just Cause Expansion)
Subcommittee recommendations: Yes
Member statements:
- None submitted
Team Richmond Slate
Subcommittee recommendations: Yes
Member statements:
- None submitted
Cat Brooks
Subcommittee recommendations: No recommendation
Member statements:
- Cat Brooks's Position and Record on Charter Schools is a Deal-breaker—Vote NO, by Emma E.
- Vote against school privatization. Vote against a Cat Brooks endorsement., by Meagan D.
- "No" on Cat Brooks: OEA's Contract Struggle vs. Brooks' Education Platform, by Matt S.
- Against Disinformation on Cat Brooks' Education Policy, by K.Khan
- Against an East Bay DSA Endorsement of Cat Brooks, by Sebastián C.
Community Power Slate, Berkeley Rent Board
Subcommittee recommendations: No recommentation
- Candidate questionnaire: John Selawsky
- Candidate questionnaire: Paolo Laverde
- Candidate questionnaire: James Chang
- Candidate questionnaire: Soli Alpert
- Candidate questionnaire: Maria Poblet
Member statements:
- None submitted
Not recommended
8 additional candidates were given a "no" vote by the subcommittee. You can read the details of those recommendations in the subcommittee's full report. Their questionnaires are also presented below: