[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 138 - Approval: Minutes, General Assembly, June 10-11, 2017

[Mimi Newton]

Nicole!
Thank you for asking about amendments and for reading through these and
sending comments!  Yay!

I will take your and anyone else’s suggested changes to the State GA
Planning/Agenda Team and make recommendations and, if the Agenda Team
agrees, we’ll post a revision before voting begins.

Thank you again for taking the time to review the draft minutes and sending
in comments - your GA Note-Taker appreciates it greatly!

Mimi Newton
Marin Greens

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:17 PM Nicole Castor <nmcastorsilva at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are we taking amendments for this?
>
> GA was June 17-18, not 10-11.
>
> "Decision: Oppose AB 469 (Feinstein, CCWG)."
>
> **Was ERWG, not CCWG which proposed. This has several incorrect references
> to this in these minutes.
> On Feb 14, 2018 8:45 AM, "GPCA Votes" <gpca.votes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
>> <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>*
>>
>> Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote
>>
>> Ranked Choice Vote ID #138
>> Ranked Choice Vote *Approval: Minutes, General Assembly, June 10-11,
>> 2017*
>> Ranked Choice Vote Administrators: Victoria Ashley, Brian Good, Laura
>> Wells, Eric Brooks, Mike Goldbeck
>> Discussion  02/12/2018 - 03/25/2018
>> Voting  03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018
>> Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time
>>
>> *Background*
>>
>> GPCA Bylaws 7-5.6 Minutes state that "Minutes shall include the date,
>> time, location and list of delegates in attendance, the subject/title,
>> sponsor(s) and presenter(s) of all agenda items heard, the decisions-taken
>> (including whether by consensus or by roll-call vote) and the text of all
>> proposals, including amendments." (
>> http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2016-07-03#Section_7-5_Meetings)
>>
>> The following minutes from the General Assembly, June, 2017 in Sacramento
>> are presented below, with links from this page to the text of each proposal
>> in question: http://cagreens.org/ga/2017-11/minutes.
>>
>> *Proposal*
>>
>> That the following minutes be approved as presented in draft form here on
>> the web here http://cagreens.org/ga/2017-011/minutes, and in draft text
>> form below:
>>
>> GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
>> June 2017 General Assembly - Draft Minutes
>> Sacramento, June 17-18, 2017
>>
>> ATTENDEES:
>>
>> Name County Sacramento Delegate status Present/Absent
>> Brett Dixon Alameda Delegate P
>> Greg Jan Alameda Delegate P
>> James McFadden Alameda Not delegate P
>> Jan Arnold Alameda Delegate P
>> Laura Wells Alameda Delegate P
>> Maxine Daniel Alameda Delegate P
>> Michael Rubin Alameda Delegate P
>> Pam Spevack Alameda Delegate P
>> Paul Rea Alameda Delegate P
>> Phoebe Sorgen Alameda Delegate P
>> Erik Rydberg Butte Delegate P
>> Bert Heuer Contra Costa Not delegate P
>> Brian Deckman Contra Costa Not delegate P
>> Meleiza Figueroa Contra Costa Not delegate P
>> Tim Laidman Contra Costa Delegate P
>> Megan Buckingham Fresno Delegate P
>> David Cobb Humboldt Delegate/Alt P
>> Jim Smith Humboldt Delegate P
>> Kelsey Reedy Humboldt Not delegate P
>> Kyle Dust Humboldt Delegate P
>> Matt Smith-Caggiano Humboldt Delegate/Alt P
>> Cassidy Sheppard Kern Delegate P
>> Penny Sheppard Kern Delegate P
>> Ajay Rai Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Andrea Houtman Los Angeles Not delegate P
>> Angel Orellana Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Angelina Saucedo Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Cesar Gonzalez Los Angeles Not delegate P
>> Christopher Cruz Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Daniel Mata Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Doug Barnett Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Fernando Ramirez Los Angeles Delegate P
>> James Lauderdale Los Angeles Not delegate P
>> Jimmy Rivera Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Kenneth Mejia Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Lisa Salvary Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Liz Solis Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Marla Bernstein Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Martin Conway Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Miguel Zuniga Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Reed Heisley-Shellaby Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Richard Flores Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Rodolfo Cortes Barragan Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Rohan Sabnis Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Rubi Mondragon Avila Los Angeles Not delegate P
>> Ruby Gallegos Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Shane Que Hee Los Angeles Not delegate P
>> Yuliana Miranda Mendoza Los Angeles Delegate P
>> Mimi Newton Marin Delegate P
>> Ike Heinz Mendocino Delegate P
>> Pam Brown Mendocino Delegate P
>> Ron Lippert Mendocino Not delegate P
>> Audra Walton Monterey Not delegate P
>> Dominique Wade Monterey Not delegate P
>> Eleanor Lambert Monterey Not delegate P
>> Frank Lambert Monterey Delegate P
>> Beth Moore Nevada Delegate P
>> Pamela Osgood Nevada Not delegate P
>> Sue Roberts Emery Nevada Delegate P
>> Gloria Bram Orange Delegate P
>> Phil Blumenfeld Orange Delegate P
>> Bobby Halili Riverside Delegate P
>> Lorraine Salas Riverside Delegate P
>> Christopher Carlson Sacramento Delegate P
>> Eric Frame Sacramento Delegate P
>> Farzad Qmehr Sacramento Not delegate P
>> James Clark Sacramento Delegate P
>> Jared Laiti Sacramento Delegate P
>> Lawrence Murray Sacramento Not delegate P
>> Nicole Castor Sacramento Delegate P
>> Randy Hicks Sacramento Not delegate P
>> Carol Bouldin San Bernardino Delegate P
>> Vickie Wilson San Bernardino Delegate P
>> Ann Menasche San Diego Delegate P
>> Nicole Montoya San Diego Delegate P
>> Barry Hermanson San Francisco Delegate P
>> Eric Brooks San Francisco Delegate P
>> Lance Smith San Francisco Delegate P
>> Mike Murphy San Francisco Delegate P
>> Colt Gonzales San Joaquin Delegate P
>> Eric Luna San Joaquin Delegate P
>> Jennifer Hall San Joaquin Not delegate P
>> Mark Miller San Joaquin Not delegate P
>> Gloria Purcell San Mateo Delegate P
>> Lee McKusick San Mateo Not delegate P
>> Sanda Everette San Mateo Delegate P
>> Brian Good Santa Clara Delegate P
>> Cheryl McGovern Santa Clara Delegate P
>> Mike Gonzales Santa Clara Delegate P
>> Nassim Nouri Santa Clara Delegate P
>> Robert Latimore Santa Clara Delegate P
>> Don Yost Shasta Delegate P
>> Lee Macey Shasta Not delegate P
>> Quinton Crawford Solano Not delegate P
>> Ruscal Cayangyang Solano Delegate P
>> David Pittman Sonoma Not delegate P
>> June Brashares Sonoma Delegate P
>> Susan Chunco Sonoma Delegate P
>> Susan Lamont Sonoma Delegate P
>> Tarik Kanaana Sonoma Delegate P
>> John Schmit Stanislaus Delegate P
>> Dalia Gonzalez Tulare Not delegate P
>> Fernando Serrano Tulare Not delegate P
>> Lauren Mauricio Tulare Delegate P
>> Carla Rodriguez Yolo Not delegate P
>> Connor Gorman Yolo Not delegate P
>> Sadie Fulton Yolo Delegate P
>> Walter England Yolo Delegate P
>> AJ Hill Alameda ALT delegate A
>> Bob Marsh Alameda ALT delegate A
>> Patti Marsh Alameda ALT delegate A
>> Vicente Cruz Alameda ALT delegate A
>> Jessica Montiel Contra Costa ALT delegate A
>> Paul Larudee Contra Costa Delegate A
>> Richard Gomez Fresno Delegate A
>> Ruthi Engelke Humboldt ALT delegate A
>> Angelica Dueñas Los Angeles Delegate A
>> Henoc Garcia Los Angeles Delegate A
>> Matthew Wheeler Los Angeles Delegate A
>> Mike Feinstein Los Angeles Delegate A
>> Hebard Olsen Monterey Delegate A
>> Peggy Koteen San Luis Obispo Delegate A
>> Mark Roest San Mateo Delegate A
>> Melanie Liu Santa Clara ALT delegate A
>> Victoria Ashley Solano Delegate A
>> Carolyn Epple Sonoma ALT delegate A
>> Donna Phillips Stanislaus Delegate A
>>
>>
>> Saturday, June 17
>> 8:00 am Breakfast, registration
>>
>> 9:00 am Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of
>> Standing Committee vacancies
>>
>> Quorum Count - 63 delegate cards handed out; all 63 delegates were
>> present.
>> 9/11 regions present - Los Angeles & Central Coast Regions missing
>>
>> Agenda approval -
>> Changes proposed during June 16, 2017 CC meeting are noted by Tarik
>> Kanaana.
>> There is a request to switch the IT committee break out session to
>> Saturday - the Bylaws Committee Co Coordinator agrees to switch the Bylaws
>> Committee break-out session to Sunday.
>>
>> No outstanding questions or concerns.
>>
>> The revised agenda is approved by consensus. See:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aq2d92mXc9FTx8EObLUtEq0F3Jv-7zTTwx6VKh46gnc/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>> Announcement of Standing Committee vacancies:
>> - Bylaws Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison) - currently
>> full, no vacancies.
>> - Clearinghouse Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison) -
>> currently 6 Voting Members, 2 vacancies.
>> - Finance Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison plus
>> Treasurer as ex officio non-voting 9th member) - currently 7 Voting
>> Members, 1 vacancy.
>> - IT Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison) - currently full,
>> no vacancies.
>> - Media Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison, plus
>> non-voting GPCA Spokespersons) - currently 1 Voting Member, 7 vacancies.
>> - Platform Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison) -currently
>> 4 Voting Members, 4 vacancies.
>> - Fundraising Committee (8 Voting Members, including CC liaison plus
>> Treasurer as ex officio non-voting 9th member) - currently 3 Voting
>> Members, 5 vacancies.
>> - Campaign Fund Support Committee (6 Members) - all positions are up for
>> appointment per GPCA Bylaw 9-7.2(b).
>>
>> 9;40 am Designation of General Assembly Roles and Responsibilities:
>>
>> - Saturday morning Facilitators - Beth Moore, Jared Laiti
>> - Notes Taker - Mimi Newton
>> - Time Keeper - Eric Brooks
>> - Vibes Watchers - Susan Chunco & Gloria Purcell
>>
>> The facilitators presented a brief overview of the consensus process.
>>
>> 10:00 am Presentation: Coordinating Committee female and male candidates
>> for FY 2017-2019 make statements -
>>
>> - Sanda Everette
>> - Sadie Fulton
>> - Erik Rydberg
>> - Mimi Newton
>> - Deatra Cohen (in her absence, her statement was read)
>> - Mica Daniel
>> - Mark Miller
>> - Eric Brooks
>> - Nicole Castor
>>
>> 10:20 am Explanation of Delegations by Laura Wells - General Assembly,
>> Standing General Assembly, GPUS Delegates and Alternate Delegates.
>>
>> 10:25am Presentation: GPUS Delegation delegate and alternate candidates
>> for FY 2017-2018 make statements:
>>
>> - Sanda Everette
>> - Fernando Serrano
>> - David Cobb
>> - Meleiza Figueroa
>> - Erik Rydberg
>> - Jan Arnold
>> - Matthew David Smith-Caggiano
>> - David Pittman
>> - Doug Barnett
>> - Phoebe Anne Sorgen
>> - Kenneth Mejia
>> - Carolyn Epple (in her absence, her statement was read)
>> - Mimi Newton
>> - Angelica Duenas (in her absence, her statement was read)
>>
>> Sanda announced that the GPUS delegates would have a meeting at dinner on
>> Saturday Night.
>>
>> 10:50 am - Announcements
>> - David Cobb announced that there would be a workshop for the Movement
>> School for Revolutionaries in Richmond on June 24.
>> - The Sacramento Greens announced a raffle of various items to raise
>> funds for their County Council.
>>
>> 10:55 am Proposal: Approval of Budget for FY 2017-2018
>>
>> - Presentation from Assistant Treasurer/Treasurer-elect, Ruscal
>> Cayangyang, who has noted some changes that are not reflected in the budget
>> document that was posted - he presents a revised proposed budget and
>> narrative of expenses. [PDF File available on request to the Note taker at
>> mimi.newton at gmail.com. Text will be inserted before Discussion Period
>> begins.]
>>
>> - A discussion ensued in which numerous questions were raised to which
>> Ruscal answered.
>> - Affirmation(Brashares) - the funds allocated to the Campaigns and
>> Candidates Working Group (CCWG) is not for candidates but rather seed
>> money. June invites people to join the CCWG to help focus on raising money
>> for candidates.
>> - Affirmation (Quentin??) - agrees with Ruscal’s proposal especially his
>> ideas for fundraising.
>> - Additional questions were raised and numerous individuals encouraged
>> people to join the recently established Fundraising Committee.
>> - It was noted by Tim Laidman (Finance Committee) that GPCA received $11K
>> in donations this year.
>> - Ruscal provided responses to questions and comments. He explains that
>> there are two options for the upcoming fiscal year and recommends adopting
>> option A and when and if the revenues come in, shift to Option B.
>> - A proposal is made by Mica Daniel (Finance Committee) for the Finance
>> Committee to come back with a 6 month update at the next GA, usually the
>> budget undergoes only an annual review.
>> - Ruscal discusses the absence of funds to provide training for County
>> Treasurers but indicates that the Finance Committee can nonetheless send
>> out FPCC manual for County Council Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers. He
>> advises that the filing deadline for Treasurers is at the end of July.
>>
>> Test for Consensus
>>
>> - Eric Brooks - has an outstanding question about when we would switch to
>> Option B. Answer - it would not trigger for 6 months
>>
>> Outstanding concerns - but willing to stand aside:
>>
>> - Tim Laidman - The proposed budget Option A is already an aspirational
>> budget insofar as it is already over $30K and in the last 5 years we
>> haven't come close to that fundraising level on an annual basis. As for
>> proposed budget Option B, nothing short of a miracle would make the numbers
>> reflected on that budget a reality.
>>
>> - Doug Barnett - Donations have come to a standstill because no donation
>> request letters have been sent out for a year.
>>
>> No additional questions or concerns.
>>
>> Budget for FY 17-18 is approved and adopted by consensus.
>>
>> 11:55 am Announcements
>>
>> 12:00 pm Lunch, Women’s Caucus meeting during lunch
>>
>> 1:00 pm Reconvene and Quorum Count
>>
>> Quorum Count on Saturday afternoon -
>> 80 delegate cards - handed out
>>
>> Delegates Present (78): 1 - 5, 7-33, and 35-80.
>>
>> Delegates Absent (2): 6, and 34.
>>
>> 78 delegates present
>> 10/11 Regions present (Central Coast Region missing)
>>
>> 1:05 pm - Proposal Strategic Plan - presentation from Laura Wells.
>>
>> Copies of the plan were posted at:
>> http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2017-06/strategic-plan
>>
>> - A discussion ensued in which a number of questions about the plan were
>> raised and answered.
>>
>> - A friendly amendment is offered (Carlson) to add the deadline for GPUS
>> delegate applications to the Plan (April 23rd is listed as the deadline for
>> candidates for the CC). Friendly amendment accepted (Wells).
>>
>> - Are there any outstanding concerns?
>> - Outstanding concern, but willing to stand aside:
>> - Randy Hicks (Sacramento) - Prefers that this be a fluid document as
>> opposed to a static document.
>>
>> - No other questions or concerns.
>>
>> - Approved and adopted by consensus.
>>
>> 2:05 pm Break
>>
>> 2:10 pm Discussion: Report from counties on “What are the counties doing?”
>>
>> (2:15 pm - Delegate #6 checked in.)
>>
>> 3:10 pm Presentation and discussion: Gayle McLaughlin and Juan Reardon of
>> the Richmond Progressive Alliance: The Story and experiences of the RPA.
>>
>> 4:30 pm Confirmation of the appointment of Jared Laiti as the GPCA
>> Liaison to the Secretary of State.
>>
>> Affirmations - (Rai, Brooks, Lee, Hicks).
>>
>> 4:20 pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG,
>> Platform, ERWG, IT)
>>
>> 5:20 pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators
>> No new appointments, no new confirmations.
>>
>> 5:25 Announcements
>>
>> Reminder for delegates to "deregister" by returning their delegate cards
>> if they are not planning to return tomorrow.
>>
>> 5:30pm Dinner Break.
>>
>> 7:30pm Evening Social Gathering.
>>
>> Sunday, June 18
>> 8:00 am Breakfast, registration
>>
>> 9:00 am Convene and Quorum Count
>>
>> 9:05 am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Media, Green
>> Issues, Bylaws)
>>
>> 10:05 am Reconvene
>>
>> Quorum Count
>>
>> 63 delegate cards handed out
>> 62 delegates present: #3 de-registered (absent) and 1, 2, and 4-63
>> present.”
>>
>> 9/11 Regions present with Central Coast and San Diego/Imperial Regions
>> missing
>>
>> 10:05 - 10:35 am
>> Decision Items:
>>
>> 1. Decision: Ratification of the Coordinating Committee vote to oppose SB
>> 775 (Wiekowski - Cap & Trade) (Coordinating Committee).
>>
>> 2. Decision: Ratification of the Coordinating Committee vote to oppose
>> Jordan Cove LNG Export Station(Coordinating Committee)
>>
>> 3. Decision: Oppose AB 469 (Feinstein, CCWG).
>>
>> 4. Decision: Oppose Anti-Community Choice Energy Legislation (Brooks,
>> Platform, ERWG).
>>
>> On the item regarding SB 775 -
>>
>> Currently, there is a statement in the GPCA Platform California Clean Air
>> at http://www.cagreens.org/platform/clean-air.
>>
>> "End the Air Pollution Credit ("Offset") System of the Air Quality
>> Management District (AQMD) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
>> The current air pollution credit system allows large corporations to
>> distribute their air pollution over many emission sites. This causes local
>> high air concentration emissions to offset the planned turnarounds or
>> maintenance of their individual industrial plants. Air pollution thresholds
>> should apply to each individual industrial plant to safeguard local
>> communities who live near the emission source. The current air pollution
>> credit system also allows large corporations to purchase air pollution
>> credits from other corporations that are in compliance. Such
>> inter-corporation purchase of credits must also end as it undercuts
>> prevention of environmental pollution. Hybrid systems of "trading
>> emissions" may be supported as interim measures if there are definite upper
>> thresholds for individual emission sources and a plan to lower overall
>> emissions relative to the previous 5 years for high polluters. " [PROPOSED
>> REVISION NEEDED]
>>
>> We oppose cap and trade unless certain circumstances are met. That
>> platform does not state anything on carbon taxes but the GPCA
>> Transportation platform at
>> http://www.cagreens.org/platform/transportation states:
>>
>> "Substantially increase the taxes on gasoline, but allow some
>> compensation for low-income drivers. [see Creating the Right Incentives
>> plank.]
>>
>> Legislate a "gas guzzler" tax on new vehicles that get a lower mpg than
>> the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards and offer "gas sipper"
>> rebates for vehicles that get a higher mpg."
>>
>> and
>>
>> The GPCA Fair Taxation plank calls for " • A system of carbon taxes on
>> all fossil fuels to begin to reflect the real environmental cost of their
>> extraction and use." http://www.cagreens.org/platform/fair-taxation.
>>
>> — Questions? None.
>>
>> — Affirmations and Concerns -
>> - (Hicks) - supports cap and trade measure because it opened the door for
>> polluters but this bill is more than that - we need to look at the bigger
>> picture - this gives people another door not to do anything - not perfect
>> by its something.
>>
>> - A discussion ensued in which a friendly amendment was made to oppose
>> cap and trade but include recommendations about what should be done
>> instead, I.e., direct imposition of pollution controls on the utilities
>> themselves.
>>
>> Friendly amendment accepted (Brooks).
>>
>> - Outstanding concerns, but willing to stand aside:
>> - (Bram) She had heard the bill would extend cap and trade. She wants to
>> know if the current law is expiring and thinks, if so, this is a good
>> reason not to oppose this bill.
>> - (Hicks) Supports cap and trade measure, because if you rescind cap and
>> trade, you open the door for more pollution - its been around for years and
>> is better than nothing and it would take too long to impose something to
>> replace it.
>>
>> - No other outstanding questions or concerns.
>> - Approved by consensus
>>
>> Re: Ratification of the Coordinating Committee vote to oppose Jordan Cove
>> LNG Export Station (Coordinating Committee):
>>
>> The resolution of GPCA is:
>>
>> Green Party of California Resolution to Oppose Jordan Cove LNG Export
>> Terminal and Pipeline
>>
>> WHEREAS, there is currently a proposed build of a Liquefied Natural Gas
>> (LNG) terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon and a 230 mile pacific connector
>> pipeline by Jordan Cove LNG and their parent company Veresen out of Canada;
>>
>> WHEREAS, use of LNG results in methane emissions. Methane traps heat in
>> the atmosphere at a rate 86 times greater than Carbon Dioxide;
>>
>> WHEREAS, these projects will increase the amount of exported fossil fuel
>> to the Asian markets from the United States and Canada, thus increasing our
>> commitment to fossil fuel energy for decades and perpetuating the
>> production of non-renewable energy at the expense of developing & investing
>> in local renewable energy sources;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the proposed project would conflict with efforts to promote
>> increased use of renewable energy;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Green Party is recognized as an international leader among
>> governments in supporting the reduction of greenhouse gases, combating
>> global warming and investing in renewable energy;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Green Party of California's reputation as environmental
>> leaders in sustainability would be adversely impacted by the approval of
>> the proposed LNG and pipeline projects;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the proposed pipelines would cross hundreds streams, rivers and
>> wetlands. This represents a major threat to riparian habitats critical for
>> threatened fish, songbirds, amphibians and many other species in Northern
>> California and Southern Oregon;
>>
>> WHERE AS, a pipeline placed underneath Native American watersheds such as
>> the Klamath River, Rogue River and Coos Bay would conflict with the efforts
>> of the indigenous Tribes of Northern California and Southern Oregon who
>> have been working to recover and protect these resources. These Tribes
>> include the Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk, Modoc and Klamath;
>>
>> WHERE AS, less than 1/3 of the 3,500 temporary jobs associated with the
>> construction of the pipeline will be given to citizens of California or
>> Oregon and none of the projected 200 permanent jobs are required to be
>> given to citizens of California or Oregon;
>>
>> WHERE AS, Veresen the Canadian parent company of Jordan Cove LNG stands
>> to make the majority of profit from the export station and pipeline.
>> Secondary profit holders come from Companies based out of Texas that
>> produce fracked gas in Utah, Wisconsin, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and
>> California;
>>
>> WHERE AS, rejection of the Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal would halt the
>> export of fracked gas out of Canada, Wisconsin, Utah, Colorado, Washington,
>> Oregon and California, protecting the vital water ways of California and
>> Oregon and decreasing the production of fracked gas throughout the country;
>>
>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Green Party of California
>> expresses its opposition to the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal and
>> associated pipeline; and
>>
>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of California encourages the
>> Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC), California Governor Jerry
>> Brown, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and the agencies of their State
>> Governments to do everything in their power not to allow the proposed
>> Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline in Northern California and Southern
>> Oregon.
>>
>> - Questions and affirmations:
>> - (Nouri, Nassim) - affirmation.
>>
>> - (Gonzales) - proposes a friendly amendment to strike the words “the
>> Green Party of” from one of the Whereas clauses and otherwise correct the
>> grammar due to the stricken language so that it reads:
>> “WHEREAS, California's reputation as an environmental leader in
>> sustainability would be adversely impacted by the approval of the proposed
>> LNG and pipeline projects;”
>>
>> - Friendly amendment accepted (Brooks).
>>
>> - Outstanding concern, but willing to stand aside:
>> - (Barnett) - This issue is a HUGE concern and this proposal doesn't
>> address the problem. The US currently has 2 export ports for LNG
>> nationally, 1 in Alaska and one in Oregon. The Trump administration has
>> just approved 13 more new export ports, and approved 5 in Brownsville,
>> Texas alone. America is moving to a new approach in which we frack and sell
>> to other countries. This has not happened until now.
>>
>> - No other outstanding questions or concerns.
>>
>> - Approved by consensus.
>>
>> Decision: Oppose AB 469 (CCWG, presentation by Cobb, in Feinstein’s
>> absence)
>>
>> C.T. Weber of Peace and Freedom Party’s June 16, 2017 message:
>>
>> Friends,
>> The Assembly passed AB 469 (Cooper) and sent it to the Senate Elections
>> and Constitutional Amendments Committee. The bill will be heard on Tuesday,
>> June 20, 2017. I will be speaking in opposition to the bill. AB 469 will
>> make it even more difficult for candidates with little or no money to
>> qualify for the primary ballot. I understand that the Green Party will be
>> meeting in Sacramento this coning weekend. I would like to stop by and make
>> a short presentation on why the Green Party should join with Peace and
>> Freedom Party in opposing AB 469. I will bring a letter of opposition from
>> the Green Party. Of course, you can rewrite it but I hope to deliver it to
>> the author and members of the Senate Election Committee on Monday. Attached
>> please find the letter of opposition. That way you can put it on
>> letterhead, make any changes you want and sign a copy for me to pick up and
>> deliver to the Capitol, if the Green Party votes to oppose. Thank you.
>>
>> C. T. Weber
>> Peace and Freedom Party of California
>> Legislative Committee Chairperson
>>
>> Text of proposed letter:
>>
>> The Honorable Jim Cooper
>> California State Assembly
>> State Capitol, Room 6025
>> Sacramento, CA 95814
>>
>> RE: AB 469 (Cooper) Oppose
>>
>> Dear Assembly Member Cooper:
>>
>> The Green Party of California is a ballot qualified party in California.
>> Before the passage of Proposition 14, candidates seeking the nomination of
>> the Green Party had to collect a maximum of 150 signatures in lieu of
>> filing fees. Since the passage of Proposition 14 when partisan primaries
>> were eliminated, and its implementing legislation which made it more
>> difficult for Green Party candidates to qualify for the primary, the number
>> of candidates we have been able to qualify for the primary ballot dropped
>> by 85%.
>>
>> Instead of 150 signatures in lieu of filing fees, current law requires
>> our candidates to collect 10,000 signatures in lieu of filing fees to run
>> for a statewide office, 3,000 signatures to run for U.S. House of
>> Representatives and State Senate, and 1,500 signatures for State Assembly.
>> Now AB 469 (Cooper)would reduce the number of days that candidates have to
>> get their signatures in lieu of filing fees and supplemental signatures in
>> lieu of filing fees by 42.8% (70 days to 40 days).
>>
>> It was pointed out that to the Assembly Elections and Redistricting
>> Committee that this reduction in the number of day to collect the
>> signatures in lieu of filing fees made a bad system worse. As a result, the
>> Assembly Elections Committee reduced the number of signatures in lieu to
>> 7,000 for a statewide candidate (a 30% reduction), 2,000 for a U.S. House
>> or State Senate candidate (a 33.3% reduction), 1,000 for State Assembly (a
>> 33.3% reduction) and Board of Equalization by 25%. However, even with these
>> reductions, if AB 469 is signed into law, our candidates would still need
>> to gather more signatures in lieu per day than the current law.
>>
>> Signatures in lieu of filing fees were supposed to be a reasonable
>> alternative to filing fees. They are nota reasonable alternative and
>> instead of making it more difficult, they should be drastically reduced.
>> Therefore, the Green Party of California stands opposed to AB 469 and ask
>> for you to vote in the negative on this bill.
>>
>> cc: Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
>>
>> - No outstanding questions or concerns.
>>
>> - Approved by consensus.
>>
>> Decision: Oppose Anti-Community Choice Energy Legislation (Brooks,
>> Platform ERWG)
>>
>> - The proposal as presented by Platform and ERWG:
>>
>> - The Green Party of California will take a "support" position on
>> legislation that supports Community Choice aggregation (also known as
>> community choice energy programs) with the goals to increase local clean
>> renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gases, and provide local environmental
>> and economic community benefits and resiliency. The GPCA will take an
>> "oppose" position to legislation that undercuts Community Choice energy
>> programs with impacts such as: unfairly increasing costs on Community
>> Choice customers, overly burdening Community Choice programs and putting
>> them at a disadvantage in relation to the monopoly investor owned utilities
>> or otherwise impacting the ability of Community Choice programs to meet the
>> Community Choice goals described above. Some indicators that a bill may
>> create problems for Community Choice programs include bill sponsorship by:
>> the monopoly IOUs, electrical trade associations or their agents, or
>> Senator Bradford. Any position taken will be copied to the GPCA Legislative
>> Committee which is a legislative watch committee that has the authority to
>> rescind the position. This proposal is only in effect during the current
>> legislative session.
>>
>> - Outstanding concerns, but willing to stand aside:
>> - (Rubin) - Labor councils are concerned about community choice
>> aggregation because of the loss of jobs that may accrue and while this is
>> not a basis for opposing the position being recommended, our party needs to
>> take these issues into consideration.
>>
>> - (Sorgen) - Proposes a friendly amendment to remove the word
>> “aggregation,” so people will be compensated instead of just giving back
>> the power to the utilities.
>>
>> - (Hicks) - The PUC is nowhere in this document and, if you think you can
>> regulate energy without the PUC, as the regulators need to be involved, you
>> are mistaken. The PUC needs to come into play and needs to be addressed in
>> these documents. Because you can't do any of this without them.
>>
>> - (Bram) - concern about process because we are giving time for concerns
>> to be expressed when affirmations are not being expressed. (Facilitator’s
>> reply: we are out of time).
>>
>> - A brief discussion was had about the friendly amendment being
>> proffered. Because of the time constraints, the proposers are not accepting
>> the friendly amendment or entertaining additional amendments at this time.
>>
>> - No outstanding questions or concerns.
>>
>> - The proposal is approved by consensus.
>>
>> 10:45 am - Workshops focused on Skills Building and/or Training (CCWG)
>>
>> - Workshop I: Running a Campaign that Grows the Party facilitated by
>> Barry Hermanson
>>
>> - Workshop II: Using Social Media facilitated by Mel Figueroa and Sadie
>> Fulton
>>
>> - Workshop III: Movement School for Revolutionaries facilitated by David
>> Cobb
>>
>> 12:00 pm - Lunch
>>
>> 1:00 pm - Reconvene and Quorum Count
>> Quorum Count on Sunday afternoon - 54 delegates present -
>>
>> - All delegates between 1 and 64 (last card handed out) were here except
>> the following:
>>
>> 3 - deregistered
>> 21 - absent
>> 35 - deregistered
>> 39 - deregistered
>> 45 - deregistered
>> 46 - deregistered
>> 47 - deregistered
>> 48 - deregistered
>> 49 - deregistered
>> 57 - deregistered
>>
>> - Regions: 9/11 Regions Present. (Central Coast and San Diego/Imperial
>> Regions missing)
>>
>> - We have quorum.
>>
>> 1:05 Announcements, including announcement of Standing Committee vacancies
>>
>> 1:10 pm Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place
>> (Coordinating Committee)
>>
>> - Ventura County proposes to host the next General Assembly during either
>> the weekend before or after the November elections.
>>
>> - Outstanding Concerns, but willing to stand aside:
>> - (Brooks) - has a concern regarding scheduling a GA for one of the
>> November weekends before or after elections. San Francisco has a Green
>> fest, and they will be busy both ramping up for elections, and ramping down
>> afterwards.
>>
>> - (Rydberg) There are plans for a Green New Deal Conference in Eureka the
>> weekend after the election.
>>
>> - A show of hands/poll is taken about whether attendees prefer to
>> schedule the GA for the weekend of Nov. 4-5th or 11-12th - per the
>> Facilitators, it seems like more hands were raised for the weekend of Nov.
>> 11-12th.
>>
>> - Outstanding Concerns, but willing to stand aside:
>> - (Salas) - both of the dates offered by Ventura County appear to have
>> conflicts with a number of different events.
>>
>> - No other outstanding questions or concerns.
>>
>> - Approved by consensus.
>>
>> 1:40 pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Finance,
>> GROW, Clearinghouse)
>>
>> Announcement by Eric Brooks after Finance Committee Breakout session: 7
>> people may apply to Fundraising Committee (to be appointed by the CC) but
>> most are women and many are named "Eric" or "Erik"! We need more women to
>> volunteer for this committee (are there any Erica's out there?)
>>
>> 2:55 Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators
>> (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session)
>>
>> [None]
>>
>> 3:00 pm Presentation: Single Payer Healthcare and SB562 (Green Party of
>> Sacramento). Keith McCallum -
>>
>> 4:15pm Closing session
>> Adjourned!
>> Resources
>> None
>> References
>> None
>>
>>
>> Full details will be available shortly at:
>>
>> http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_approval_minutes_GA_June2017
>>
>> *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes at sfgreens.org
>> <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>*
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