Jun 02

A Chance to get Involved

Openings on the County DCC

With the new term of office for members of the SB Democratic Central Committee starting in July, there will be a number of vacancies for district members on the Committee. The vacancies will be as follows:

3 vacancies in 1st Supervisor District
1 vacancy in 3rd Supervisor District
1 vacancy in 4th Supervisor District

The Committee has agreed to begin filling these vacancies at its July meeting. If you are interested in serving on the DCC, please write a short bio and personal introduction and send them to DCC ChairDaraka Larimore-Hall or Secretary Hillary Blackerby by June 15 in preparation for presentation and a Committee vote at the July meeting.

The DCC is the governing body of the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party. Besides setting policy and managing events and activities for the county party, it is responsible for all candidate and issue endorsements, as well as organizing grassroots support for those candidates and ballot measures at election time.

Jun 02

Get Out The Vote

 

GOTV

It’s Time to Get Out The Vote
Votes are already being cast by mail, so time is of the essence, but we can still reach voters by phoning and knocking on doors. Walks and phone-banks forSalud Carbajal, Monique Limón, and Das Williams continue all this week and culminate in the days just before Election Day with extensive GOTV activities. These are centered at the campaign headquarters at 1226 State. St. (next to the Granada Theater in SB). Click here to sign up to walk or phone bank.
The Joan Hartmann for Supervisor campaign plans a Walk with Joan in Goleta today (Sunday 5/29) at 3 p.m. starting at the Goleta Butterfly Preserve (across the street from Ellwood Elementary School 7687 Hollister Ave.). Also, a phone bank for Joan:
  • Tuesday and Wednesday anytime between 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (phone at home)
  • Thursday and Friday anytime between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (phone at home) or
  • Phone at UFCW office, 4213 State Street, Suite 201.
Please sign up by clicking here or contacting Erin Weber at 440-9021 or by email Joanhartmann2016@gmail.com.

May 30

Final 5 Days’ GOTV Schedule

Friday, June 3
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. GOTV packet labeling and assembly: HQ 1226 State Street
Saturday, June 4
9:30 a.m. Canvass with Salud, Monique, Das, Joan and Lois Capps: HQ 1226 State Street
Phone-banks all day: HQ 1226 State Street
Sunday, June 5
Noon – Canvass kick off with Rep. Eric Swalwell, Joan and Salud – HQ 1226 State Street
1 p.m. – Canvass kick off with Rep. Eric Swalwell, Salud, Das and Joan – Isla Vista, 900 Embarcadero del Mar
2:30 p.m. Canvass kick off with Rep. Eric Swalwell, Salud and Das in Carpinteria – 4941 Nipomo Drive
Monday, June 6
Recruit a friend for Monday night or Tuesday
Final walk packet relabeling and assembly – 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – HQ 1226 State Street
Phone-banking all day – HQ 1226 State Street
9 p.m. – Doorhanging begins – HQ 1226 State Street
Tuesday, June 7
5 a.m. Doorhangers – HQ 1226 State Street
Phone-banks and walks all day – HQ 1226 State Street
8 p.m. – Polls close

May 20

The House Really Wants Salud!

poster for Salud Carbajal

May 10

Voter Registration at SBCC (continues)

three people with registration materials on a desk in front of them and a green lawn behind

some happy voter registrationeers at SBCC                                    Photo by Marian Shapiro

There is still time to help registers voters at SBCC!
 Monday, May 23rd is the last day to register to vote.

 

Apr 28

Voter Registration at SBCC

Voter Registration 
DSC Mobilizes Voter Reg. at SBCC
Our core mission of voter registration continues this spring at SBCC. We have scheduled a wide array of dates for tabling on campus. Please look over the open choices below and let Jim MacMillanknow which slots you would like to fill. Something new this year–in recognition of the challenges of parking on campus, we can, if you’d like, arrange rides to SBCC for volunteers.
    shift                    volunteer #1 volunteer #2 volunteer #3
Thursday, April 28
11:00 to 12:30            J. MacMillan
E.J Borah
12:30 to 2:00
2:00 to 3:30
Monday, May 02
11:00 to 12:30
J. MacMillan
C. MacMillan
Jane Herner
12:30 to 2:00
Chris Pursell
Barbara Tennison
2:00 to 3:30
 Chris Pursell
Jim LeVasseur
 Meredith McMinn
Tuesday, May 03
11:00 to 12:30
J. MacMillan
C. MacMillan
 Nancy Miller
12:30 to 2:00
J. MacMillan
C. MacMillan
Barbara Tennison
2:00 to 3:30
Wednesday, May 04
11:00 to 12:30
J. MacMillan
Nancy Miller
12:30 to 2:00
 Barbara Tennison
2:00 to 3:30
 Meredith McMinn
Thursday, May 05
11:00 to 12:30
J. MacMillan
 E.J. Borah
 Jane Herner
12:30 to 2:00
Barbara Tennison
2:00 to 3:30
Mickey Flacks
Monday, May 23  (final day to reg.)
11:00 to 12:30
J. MacMillan
C. MacMillan
12:30 to 2:00
Leslie Edgerton
Chris Nelson
 Kate Mead
2:00 to 3:30
Leslie Edgerton
 Chris Nelson

Apr 22

Volunteers Always Appreciated

Dems at Earth Day Festival 
Dru Sturdivan, Javier Ortega, Temmy Bowman, Jan Clouse, and Jody Byron-Cooper worked the Saturdaycrowd at Earth Day registering voters.

The Democratic Service Club has teamed up this weekend with Democratic Women, the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party Central Committee, and the candidates themselves to do voter registration and outreach at the annualEarth Day Festival at Alameda Park in downtown Santa Barbara. Tabling at the event, which carries on through Sunday, April 17, was organized by theDSC‘s voter reg. coordinator Jim MacMillan and carried out by these volunteers: Lexi Beausoleil, Temmy Bowman, Chas. Clouse, Jan Clouse, Jody Byron-Cooper, Sandra Grasso-Boyd, Sally Hearon, Charlotte MacMillan, Nancy Miller, Javier Ortega, Linda Reimel, Dru Sturdivan and Gail Teton-Landis. Thanks to all!

Mar 26

Voter Registration Revised Schedule

Contact Jim if you are interested in registering voters in any of the unfilled times. (jimlmacmillan@hotmail.com)

4/18/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, ??, ??
12:30 to 2:00–??, ??, ??
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

4/19/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Nancy Miller
12:30 to 2:00–Charlotte MacMillan, Jim LeVasseur, Gail Eisen
2:00 to 3:30–Leslie Edgerton, Chris Nelson, Jim LeVasseur

4/20/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Marian Shapiro, Sheila Federman
12:30 to 2:00-Kathy McGuire, Sally Hearon, Mickey Flacks
2:00 to 3:30-Leslie Edgerton, Chris Nelson, ??

4/21/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, E.J. Borah, Jane Herner
12:30 to 2:00–Kathy McGuire, Sally Hearon, Leona Marie
2:00 to 3:30–Leslie Edgerton, Chris Nelson, Vijaya Jammalamadaka

4/25/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Mary Stoddard
12:30 to 2:00-Jane Herner, E.J. Borah, Sally Hearon
2:00 to 3:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Sheila Federman

4/27/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, ??, ??
12:30 to 2:00–??, ??, ??
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

4/28/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, ??, ??
12:30 to 2:00–??, ??, ??
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

5/2/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Jane Herner
12:30 to 2:00-Barbara Tennison, Chris Pursell , ??
2:00 to 3:30-Chris Pursell , Jim LeVasseur, ??

5/3/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Nancy Miller
12:30 to 2:00–Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, Barbara Tennison
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

5/4/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Nancy Miller, ??
12:30 to 2:00–??, ??, ??
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

5/5/2016
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, E.J. Borah, Jane Herner
12:30 to 2:00–??, ??, ??
2:00 to 3:30–??, ??, ??

5/23/2016    Last day to register and in the summer session
11:00 to 12:30-Jim MacMillan, Charlotte MacMillan, ??
12:30 to 2:00–Leslie Edgerton, Chris Nelson, ??
2:00 to 3:30–Leslie Edgerton, Chris Nelson, ??

Mar 19

2016 Roosevelt-Hamer Dinner – Saturday, April 16

The timing is perfect to confirm your seats at the Democratic Party’s annual grassroots fundraising dinner.

 Join local Dems for a night of supporting Democratic political activity while enjoying food and music at the beautiful Carrillo Ballroom. Now is the time to come together as Democrats, celebrate our accomplishments over the past year and renew our commitment to supporting Democratic principles and candidates for office.


The 8th Annual Roosevelt-Hamer Dinner is Saturday, April 16, 6 p.m. at Santa Barbara’s Carrillo Ballroom Carrillo Recreation Center 100 E. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Purchase tickets now at  https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/rh16
Congratulations to 2016 Awardees:
 Democratic Future Award – Krishna Hammond;
Selma Rubin Democratic Leadership Award – Joan Marmolejo;
 Democratic Values Award – Supervisor Doreen Farr;
Chris Lanier Solidarity Award – Santa Barbara County Action Network
For more information about the dinner, or regarding sponsoring or buying a program ad, please call

Mar 14

Volunteers (Always) Appreciated

Thanks to Our Awesome Mailing Brigade

 

With the help of 30 volunteers working over two days, the DSC accomplished the first large mailing project of the election cycle earlier this month in the recently opened Salud Carbajal for Congress campaign headquarters on State St. DSC leadership and the campaign staff would like to thank the experienced Mailing Brigade and several newcomers for their efficiency and dedication: September Bowman, Jodi Byron-Cooper, Manny Casas, Chas. Clouse, Jan Clouse, Paulina Conn, Peter Conn, John Devereaux, Leslie Edgerton, Jane Fehrenbacher, Gerry Gabowitz, Larry Gleeson, Bob Handy, Martha Hassenplug, Sally Hearon, Stephanie Johnstone, Kathy McGuire, Charlotte MacMillan, Jim MacMillan, Lesley Masuda, Nancy Miller, Nancy Murdock, Chris Nelson, Dave Novis, Antonia Robertson, Cheryl Rogers, Sharon Siegel, Tim Steele, Gail Teton-Landis, and Hap Ziegler.
  Just part of the work crew that put out a mass mailing for Salud Carbajal for Congress.

Opportunities for Action

Staffing the DSC “Welcome Desk”

 

As we have done in the past two congressional campaigns for Rep. Lois Capps, the Democratic Service Club is looking for a number of dependable volunteers willing to cover a regular weekly time slot at our Welcome Desk at the front of the Carbajal for Congress campaign HQ at 1226 State St. We would like to provide a reliable presence for volunteer and visitor reception, various clerical duties, campaign date entry, and whatever else is needed on a daily basis, Monday thru Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Time slots can be shared or alternated by friends, and we always accommodate special needs as they arise.
Please look over the schedule below, and if you can help, email us atdemocraticserviceclub@gmail.com with questions or a request. We can remake the schedule as needed throughout the campaign, so no one is obligated for longer than they’d wish.
Mondays
10 a.m. – 12 noon: Temmy Bowman
12 noon – 2 p.m. :  ____________________________________
2 p.m.  – 4 p.m. :   ____________________________________
Tuesdays
10 a.m – 12 noon:  ____________________________________
12 noon – 2 p.m. :  ____________________________________
2 p.m.  – 4 p.m. :   Jan Clouse/Chas. Clouse
Wednesdays
10 a.m – 12 noon:  _____________________________________
12 noon – 2 p.m. :  Sally Hearon
2 p.m.  – 4 p.m. :   Gail Teton-Landis
Thursdays
10 a.m – 12 noon:  ____________________________________
12 noon – 2 p.m. :  _____________________________________
2 p.m.  – 4 p.m. :   _____________________________________
Fridays
10 a.m. – 12 noon:  _____________________________________
12 noon – 2 p.m. :  _____________________________________
2 p.m.  – 4 p.m. :   __________________________________