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Discuss ID 144: GPCA endorsement for US Senate
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

*Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>* Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote: Ranked Choice Vote ID #144 Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA endorsement for US Senate* Number of Seats: 1 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 The content of statewide races will depend on which candidates officially qualify to be on the California June 2018 Primary Ballot. See the webpage for updates. Full details will be available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_statewide_races *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 143: GPCA position on Proposition 72 - Property tax: new construction exclusion: rain water capture system.
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Ranked Choice Vote ID #143 Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA position on Proposition 72: * *SCA 9 (Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2018), Glazer.* *Property tax: new construction exclusion: rain water capture system. * 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* This is the ranked choice vote for the GPCA to take a position on Proposition 72: SCA 9 (Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2018), Glazer. Property tax: new construction exclusion: rain water capture system. The choices are to rank 'endorse', 'oppose', 'no position' and/or 'abstain.' Delegates can rank as many or few of these options in their order of preference. An 'endorse' vote would mean the GPCA would endorse Proposition 72. An 'oppose' vote means the GPCA would oppose Proposition 72. A 'no position' vote means the GPCA would not take a position on Proposition 72. An 'abstain' vote means the voter is not expressing a preference, but is voting to help achieve quorum. Any of these position that receives 2/3 after all preferences are transferred is the position of the party. If neither 'endorse' nor 'opposes' receive 2/3, the GPCA's position will be 'no position'. The proposition is listed below with a link to the full text. *Proposition 72* SCA 9 (Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2018), Glazer. Property tax: new construction exclusion: rain water capture system. Link to full text: http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ballot-measures/pdf/sca-9.pdf *Candidates* Endorse Oppose No Position Abstain Full details are available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/143_gpcapositionprop72 *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 142: GPCA position on Proposition 71 - Ballot measures: effective date
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Ranked Choice Vote ID #142 Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA position on Proposition 71: ACA 17 (Resolution Chapter 190, Statutes of 2017), Mullin. Ballot measures: effective date* 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* This is the ranked choice vote for the GPCA to take a position on Proposition 71: ACA 17 (Resolution Chapter 190, Statutes of 2017), Mullin. Ballot measures: effective date The choices are to rank 'endorse', 'oppose', 'no position' and/or 'abstain.' Delegates can rank as many or few of these options in their order of preference. An 'endorse' vote would mean the GPCA would endorse Proposition 71. An 'oppose' vote means the GPCA would oppose Proposition 71. A 'no position' vote means the GPCA would not take a position on Proposition 71. An 'abstain' vote means the voter is not expressing a preference, but is voting to help achieve quorum. Any of these position that receives 2/3 after all preferences are transferred is the position of the party. If neither 'endorse' nor 'opposes' receive 2/3, the GPCA's position will be 'no position'. The proposition is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s digest and a link to the full text. *Proposition 71* ACA 17 (Resolution Chapter 190, Statutes of 2017), Mullin. Ballot measures: effective date The California Constitution provides that an initiative statute, referendum, or constitutional amendment or revision approved by a majority of votes thereon takes effect the day after the election unless the measure provides otherwise. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to compile the results of all statewide measures, and to prepare, certify, and file a statement of the vote from the compiled results no later than the 38th day after the election. This measure would instead provide that an initiative statute, a referendum, or a constitutional amendment or revision approved by a majority of votes thereon takes effect 5 days after the Secretary of State files the statement of the vote for the election at which the measure is voted on, and the measure clarifies that an initiative statute, referendum, or constitutional amendment or revision may provide that it becomes operative after its effective date. The measure would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Link to full text: http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ballot-measures/pdf/aca-17.pdf *Candidates* Endorse Oppose No Position Abstain Full details are available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/142_gpcapositionprop71 *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 141: GPCA position on Proposition 70 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund.
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Ranked Choice Vote ID #141 Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA position on Proposition 70: ACA 1 (Resolution Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund.* 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* This is the ranked choice vote for the GPCA to take a position on Proposition 70: ACA 1 (Resolution Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund. The choices are to rank 'endorse', 'oppose', 'no position' and/or 'abstain.' Delegates can rank as many or few of these options in their order of preference. An 'endorse' vote would mean the GPCA would endorse Proposition 70. An 'oppose' vote means the GPCA would oppose Proposition 70. A 'no position' vote means the GPCA would not take a position on Proposition 70. An 'abstain' vote means the voter is not expressing a preference, but is voting to help achieve quorum. Any of these position that receives 2/3 after all preferences are transferred is the position of the party. If neither 'endorse' nor 'opposes' receive 2/3, the GPCA's position will be 'no position'. The proposition is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s digest and a link to the full text. *Proposition 70* ACA 1 (Resolution Chapter 105, statutes of 2017), Mayes. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. The California Constitution requires appropriations from the General Fund of the state to be passed by a 2/3 vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature and requires a majority vote to pass appropriations for the public schools and appropriations in the Budget Bill and in other bills providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill. This measure would create the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund, in which all moneys collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism beginning January 1, 2024, and until the effective date of specified legislation would be deposited. The measure would require all moneys in the fund to be available upon appropriation for specified purposes and would require a bill making those appropriations to be passed by a 2/3 vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. The measure would require all new moneys collected as part of a market-based compliance mechanism after the effective date of that specified legislation to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The measure would prohibit a specified sales tax exemption from being applied until the effective date of that specified legislation. Link to full text: http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ballot-measures/pdf/aca-1.pdf *Candidates* Endorse Oppose No Position Abstain Full details are available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/141_gpcapositionprop70 *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 140: GPCA position on Proposition 69 - Motor vehicle fees and taxes: restriction on expenditures: appropriations limit.
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Ranked Choice Vote ID #140 Ranked Choice Vote: *GPCA position on Proposition 69: ACA 5 (Resolution Chapter 30, statutes of 2017), Frazier. **Motor vehicle fees and taxes: restriction on expenditures: appropriations limit. * 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* This is the ranked choice vote for the GPCA to take a position on Proposition 69: ACA 5 (Resolution Chapter 30, statutes of 2017), Frazier. Motor vehicle fees and taxes: restriction on expenditures: appropriations limit. The choices are to rank 'endorse', 'oppose', 'no position' and/or 'abstain.' Delegates can rank as many or few of these options in their order of preference. An 'endorse' vote would mean the GPCA would endorse Proposition 69. An 'oppose' vote means the GPCA would oppose Proposition 69. A 'no position' vote means the GPCA would not take a position on Proposition 69. An 'abstain' vote means the voter is not expressing a preference, but is voting to help achieve quorum. Any of these position that receives 2/3 after all preferences are transferred is the position of the party. If neither 'endorse' nor 'opposes' receive 2/3, the GPCA's position will be 'no position'. The proposition is listed below, along with the Legislative Counsel’s digest and a link to the full text. *Proposition 69 * ACA 5 (Resolution Chapter 30, statutes of 2017), Frazier. Motor vehicle fees and taxes: restriction on expenditures: appropriations limit. (1) Article XIX of the California Constitution restricts the expenditure of revenues from taxes imposed by the state on fuels used in motor vehicles upon public streets and highways to street and highway and certain mass transit purposes, and restricts the expenditure of revenues from fees and taxes imposed by the state upon vehicles or their use or operation to state administration and enforcement of laws regulating the use, operation, or registration of vehicles used upon the public streets and highways, as well as to street and highway and certain mass transit purposes. These restrictions do not apply to revenues from taxes or fees imposed under the Sales and Use Tax Law or the Vehicle License Fee Law. This measure would add Article XIX D to the California Constitution to require revenues derived from vehicle fees imposed under a specified chapter of the Vehicle License Fee Law to be used solely for transportation purposes, as defined. The measure would prohibit these revenues from being used for the payment of principal and interest on state transportation general obligation bonds that were authorized by the voters on or before November 8, 2016. The measure would prohibit the revenues from being used for the payment of principal and interest on state transportation general obligation bonds issued after that date unless the bond act submitted to the voters expressly authorizes that use. The measure would also prohibit the Legislature from borrowing these revenues, except as specified, or using them for purposes other than transportation purposes. (2) Article XIII B of the California Constitution prohibits the total annual appropriations subject to limitation of the state and each local government from exceeding the appropriations limit of the entity of the government for the prior year, as adjusted. This measure would exclude appropriations of certain revenues associated with the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 from the appropriations subject to constitutional limitation. (3) Article XIX A of the California Constitution requires the deposit of a specified portion of the sales and use tax on diesel fuel in the Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund, and restricts the expenditure of those revenues to certain transportation planning and mass transportation purposes. Article XIX A prohibits the Legislature from borrowing these revenues and from using these revenues other than as specifically permitted by Article XIX A. This measure would restrict additional portions of the sales and use tax on diesel fuel to expenditure on certain transportation planning and mass transportation purposes and require those revenues to be deposited in the Public Transportation Account. The measure would prohibit the Legislature from temporarily or permanently diverting or appropriating these additional revenues for other than certain transportation planning and mass transportation purposes, or from borrowing, except as specified, these additional revenues *Candidates* Endorse Oppose No Position Abstain Full details are available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/140_gpcapositionprop69 *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 153: Bylaws Interpretation: Election of GPUS Delegation Alternate seats
by GPCA Votes 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

*Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>* Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote Ranked Choice Vote ID #153 Ranked Choice Vote *Bylaws Interpretation: Election of GPUS Delegation Alternate seats* 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* The GPCA state Coordinating Committee approved the bylaws interpretation below on July 10, 2017, as amended by the Coordinating Committee during its August 7, 2017 and February 5, 2018 Meetings. GPCA Bylaws 13-3 governing bylaws interpretations state that such interpretations may be made by the Coordinating Committee, subject to confirmation by the Standing General Assembly (http://www.cagreens.org/ bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13-3_Bylaws_Interpretation.) This interpretation is being put forward simultaneously with the election it authorized. *Proposal* That the Standing General Assembly approve the following bylaws interpretation: — WHEREAS, the GPCA's timeline for Standing General Assembly applications, discussion and voting is based upon the practice of predictable communications via the GPCA's email lists, web pages, voting pages and the GPCA Inform list; and — WHEREAS, in the spring of 2017, the GPCA’s information infrastructure faced unanticipated problems; and — WHEREAS, in the past GPCA members used this information to decide whether or when to run for GPUS Delegate or Alternate; and — WHEREAS, in April 2017, fewer applications were received than seats for GPUS Delegation Alternate (nine for 12 seats), while there were far more applications for GPUS Delegate than seats (22 for 13 seats); and — THEREFORE, the GPCA shall hold a special election to fill the remaining three Alternate seats for the remainder of the July 2017 to June 2019 term, and that any GPCA member who correctly follows the application process may qualify for the ballot. Resources: References: Delegate Apportionment Formula in Section 8-6 of GPUS Rules and Procedures Article VIII National Committee Size and Delegate Allocation: http://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#08 GPCA Bylaws Article 8, Section 8-2 Membership: http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-2_Membership GPCA Bylaws Article 13, Section 13-3 SGA Confirmation of Coordinating Committee Bylaws Interpretations: http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_13- 3_Bylaws_Interpretation Full details will be available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Discuss ID 157: Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership
by GPCA Votes 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

*Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>* Discussion has begun for the following GPCA SGA ranked choice vote: Ranked Choice Vote ID #157 Ranked Choice Vote *Bylaws Amendment: Clarify Notice Requirements and Reset Quorum at a Minimum of 50% For Standing Committees’ Voting Membership* 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* This proposal has been brought forth because in recent years a number of standing committees of the Green Party of California (GPCA) have been unable to conduct any business for lengthy periods of time due to failure to reach quorum. This state of affairs has often impeded the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) from fulfilling its own responsibilities per GPCA Bylaw 8-1.7 (“Request and receive reports from Committees and Working Groups, refer matters to them, and monitor and assist their work”). GPCA standing committees are capped, for gender balance, at an even number of members, and currently establish quorum at a majority of voting members. This proposed amendment would establish the minimum quorum at least 50% of standing committees’ voting membership. This proposal would also clarify an ambiguity in notice requirements for calling meetings. The language of GPCA Bylaw 9-3.1 is silent regarding notice requirements for standing committees that establish regular meeting schedules. In practice, most if not all standing committees establish regular meeting schedules for their work year. The proposed language would make explicit that two weeks’ notice is required for meetings that fall outside a standing committee’s regular meeting schedule, should one be set. *Proposal* That GPCA Bylaw Article 9-3 be amended as follows: That Article 9-3 be amended from its current text: Section 9-3 Meetings 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives outlined in its work plan. Meetings must be called with a minimum of two weeks notice to committee members. 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum is a majority of the committee's voting membership. To read as follows: Section 9-3 Meetings 9-3.1 Committees shall meet during GPCA state meetings, on teleconferences and otherwise as necessary to achieve the objectives outlined in their work plans. Meetings outside any regular meeting schedule shall be called with a minimum of two weeks notice to committee members. 9-3.2 The decision-making process for committees shall follow that described for the General Assembly in 7-5.5. Quorum shall be at least 50% of the committee's voting membership. Sponsors: The proposed amendment has been endorsed and sponsored by the Green Party of Butte County and the Green Party of Yolo County. Full details will be available at: http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_bylaw_interpretations *Please send your discussion comments to gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org>*

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Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates
by shane que hee 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

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Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates
by shane que hee 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

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Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates
by shane que hee 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

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