Silicon Valley DSA working to elect endorsed candidates

Silicon Valley DSA is enthusiastically phonebanking and canvassing on weekends for two endorsed candidates in the November 5 election.

Lissette Espinosa Garnica for City Council 

In Redwood City we are working to re-elect Lissette Espinosa Garnica for City Council District 3. They are Redwood city's first open non-binary City Council member and  a former member of the SVDSA chapter committee [WHAT COMMITTEE?]. They have fought for rent control and a Council Gaza ceasefire resolution, and with community organizations to oppose gentrification. Lissette is also the first City Council member to advocate to establish a community land trust for the Ohlone peoples of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Another thing that makes their campaign unique is their position on criminal justice. Noting the disproportionate number of Latine youth in jails, beside doing the usual town hall on the issue Lissette supports the PACE plan (Purposeful, Action, Creation, Engagement) which promotes a “bike life movement” for young people. You may view the other parts of her plan here.

Donate to Lissette Espinosa Garnica.

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Sally Lieber for Santa Clara County Supervisor

In Santa Clara we have endorsed  Sally Lieber for the District 5 open seat on the County Board of Supervisors. Sally has previously served in the State Assembly, Mountain View City Council, and on the State Board of Equalization. As a badge of honor, she is opposed by the California Apartment Association, which has given her opponent over $170,000. Lieber’s priorities for Supervisor include addressing homelessness and affordable housing, health care and mental health. As housing the unhoused relies on a combined county and city effort, Sally's election would be a great help to us all. Sally is a fierce advocate for renters and tenants and has supported rent control.

One area within District 5, Stanford University, is unique. Here the role of County Supervisor can help shape the university’s use permit. Stanford is the largest landholder in the county, and has an outsized impact on housing, rent and development. One of the community demands addressed to Stanford is that in its $9 billion yearly budget, Stanford provide housing in proportion to the new people that university development will bring in. 

Donate to Sally Lieber

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