Notes from the March 1st meeting

We reviewed the election landscape in California, especially CA–22 and the governor’s race. As Bruce pointed out, the state Democratic Convention failed to reach the 60% endorsement threshold for either of these races. There’s even some fear that with eight Democrats splitting the pro-D vote, the two Republicans will end up advancing to the general election. Notwithstanding sentiment at the convention, we expect Democrats who can’t self-fund and are polling in single digits will drop out before June.

I went over the National Indivisible’s first three Democratic primary endorsements. I promised a video [coming soon] to go with the printed version, which is appended below. Two are trailing their opponent in fundraising and the third is an essential upgrade. Sally caught Leah’s and Ezra’s weekly What’s The Plan call. The official summary:

Ann Overton brought an origami butterfly from the No Kings Art Build. The next event is Saturday, March 7, 1:00–5:00, in the Mills College area. You can sign up for that session and/or March 8, 14, and 15 with Mobilize.

We finished with 100 postcards for the Virginia Redistricting referendum, which was approved by the Virginia Supreme Court today.

Our Friday protests have grown (82 last week), but we still have enough chocolate for everyone. Indivisible Berkeley is starting a similar weekly protest, Wednesdays at 4:30–5:30 at MLK & Russell.

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