First ever work day to clean site is March 10th from 9:30 am to 2 pm at Clovis Ave south of Butler Ave. Bring rakes, shovels, tools.
The City of Fresno has approved the program in two steps for the next year: 1) volunteers must prepare the site, and 2) raise $100K.
Note: The Southeast complex will have soccer, volleyball, basketball, an indoor soccer place for little kids to learn, a playground and community garden! Also, the FCDCC is honoring leader Jose Leon-Barraza at our dinner in April.
Pat Brown
FCDCC Elected Member District#3
From: “Jose LeonBarraza” <joseleonbarraza50@gmail.com> To: Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 10:16:57 AM Subject: Update on Regional Park and Soccer Complex Project
Members of JPA:
This is to inform you that under the City of Fresno’s Adopt the Park Program work of volunteers is being scheduled for the 49-acre park site the following six Saturdays. The first day of work will be on Saturday, 10, 2018 starting at 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 pm. (We cancelled the work scheduled for this coming Saturday due to the rain forecast). The Roosevelt Youth Soccer League will provide volunteers for the first Saturday, along with other community groups that have expressed an interest in participating.
Last week I met and toured the site with Mr. Parvin Neloms, Director of PARCS of the City of Fresno along with top managers of his department. He appeared to be supportive of our work and fundraising efforts.
I also would like to inform you that a grant applications in the amount of $34.000 was filed with the 2018 Social Equity Tree Planting Grant Program. The Nonprofit status of SEFCEDA was used for this application and has been approved by the City of Fresno. Additionally, on behalf of the JPA we have prepared a proposal for a $1 million grant also for tree planting is being developed with the California Forestry and Fire Department. A grant application will be presented for your approval consideration once we are given the green light by California Forestry and Fire Department to proceed with the grant application phase. We also filed a $5,000 grant application for tools with Home Depot. An our fundraising work will continue.
Tomorrow I will be travelling to Visalia to attend another grant funding opportunity for the development of parks.
I would like to have a press conference on the first day of clean up on March 10. I will send you confirming information later, hoping that you can join us if your schedules would allow it.
Our Fundraising efforts and seeking the donation of professional services will continue for the continued development of this site for a long-term lease and ownership of this site by the JPA.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Jose Leon-Barraza, CEO
Southeast Fresno Regional Park and Soccer Complex Authority
Contact: Jonathan Abboud
Vice President, Santa Barbara CCD Board of Trustees
Tel: (310) 734 9791
California Democratic Party Includes Tuition-Free College In Platform
“$48 Fix” Can Make Higher Ed Accessible to All – And Alleviate Student Debt Crisis
SAN DIEGO, CA – Just as fierce battles waged for endorsements in the races for Governor and US Senator, the California Democratic Party passed its 2018 platform on Sunday that would make California first-in-the-nation to support fully tuition-free public colleges for all. The platform states that the California Democratic Party supports a return to the Master Plan of 1960 by eliminating all tuition and fees at the University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges for all students. The platform would address the national student debt crisis by providing cost-of-living financial aid while students are in college.
The platforms refers to progressive taxation as a way to finance this return to the Master Plan’s definition of free public college for all residents of California. The $48 Fix is a progressive income tax costing just $48 or less a year for half of the taxpaying population; this would eliminate all tuition and fees at public colleges in California. The $48 Fix policy paper can be viewed at 48fix.org/policy-paper. Advocates can endorse the plan at 48fix.org/take-action/join-the-movement/.
“We have been waiting for the Democratic party to articulate young people’s views on this topic for a long time,” said Amy Hines-Shaikh, Director of Reclaim CA Higher Education Coalition, delegate to the California Democratic Party, and a co-author of the resolution.
“The platform would also invest greatly in schools so that students can earn top-quality education in a timely manner,” said Jonathan Abboud, also a delegate and platform committee member and elected Community College Trustee. “Inclusion in the California Democratic Party’s is a clear sign that now is the time to act to bring back tuition-free higher education California,” said Abboud. “Candidates running under the CDP banner must make it a point to support tuition free public college for all and we, the voters, must hold them accountable to it.”
Daraka Larimore-Hall, Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party said: “100 years ago progressives fought for and won universal K-12 education and the middle class prospered as a result. It is clear 12th grade no longer cuts it. We must expand free education to include public colleges so that everyone can have an opportunity at a successful middle class life.”
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We are the Reclaim CA Higher Education Coalition. Our mission is to reclaim the Donahoe Act of 1960, otherwise known as California’s Master Plan for Higher Education. We advocate for a return to its vision of affordable, accessible, quality public higher education for all Californians. In our advocacy, we include all stakeholders, such as students, parents, workers, unions, community groups, faith leaders, educational organizations, elected representatives, and the faculty, staff, and administrators from the higher education systems: the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.
I am so proud to have California Democrats’ endorsement to be your next Insurance Commissioner.
If I didn’t tell you personally this weekend in San Diego, your support means the world to me.
This is BIG. But our work is just starting. In the months ahead I will be working hard to win California’s votes — and I want you with me, knocking on doors and talking to voters.
The results at our convention provide us with great momentum for a victory in June and November. Thanks for all you are doing to make California a Big Blue Beacon of Hope!
I am honored to be the top vote getter in the hotly contested statewide races at the California Democratic Party Convention. Not only did the California Democratic Party grassroots deny the appointed Attorney General the Democratic Party endorsement, but the grassroots did so by a wide margin.
I am very honored to have received the support of 56% of the voting delegates. My opponent received only 42% of the vote. A tremendous 14 point lead.
Thanks to all the delegates who voted for me and who campaigned for me. Thanks for taking the time to speak with me or our volunteers during the months preceding the convention. I am also very grateful to our tremendous volunteers who have worked so hard with such enthusiasm here in San Diego and throughout the campaign. They showed the power of grassroots campaigning; their and your energy and engagement represents our Democratic Party at its best.
The support of such a large majority of Democrats across the state is confirmation that California Democrats want an Attorney General who will fight Trump’s regressive and racist policies while at the same time advancing a progressive agenda here in California.
I am very excited about the weeks and months ahead, as we build on this success to victory in the primary and general elections. We could not have accomplished this without you.
Thank you!
Dave Jones
Insurance Commissioner and Candidate for Attorney General
February 25, 2018
Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348
Maclen Zilber, (510) 508-9142
Jacobson & Zilber Strategies
CA DEM PARTY CHOOSES RICARDO LARA FOR STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Senator Lara Secures Official Seal of Approval from California Democratic Party
LONG BEACH, CA — Today, State Senator Ricardo Lara won the highly coveted endorsement of the California Democratic Party in the race for California State Insurance Commissioner.
Dominating the race for delegate support, Senator Lara notched nearly 70% of the total vote, earning a whopping 1,883 votes. Responding to news of the endorsement, Senator Lara was effusive, remarking:
“I am deeply grateful to have the official endorsement of the California Democratic Party. This resounding victory is a testament to the groundswell of support we’ve built throughout this campaign from working people, neighborhood activists, progressives, young people, seniors and immigrants. It’s also a reflection of our increasing momentum and the fact that Democrats from all corners of California want a champion with a real track record of advancing progressive causes, from healthcare for all to consumer protections and more, as our next State Insurance Commissioner.”
Senator Lara added, “Most importantly, I’d like to thank all of our supporters and volunteers for their hard work. I look forward to carrying the California Democratic Party banner with me all the way to June and then to November.”
Just days ago Senator Lara secured a high-powered endorsement from SEIU California State Council. He also released a new gripping digital video highlighting his vision of a California with healthcare for everyone.
Recently, State Senator Ricardo Lara’s campaign for California State Insurance Commissioner released a new digital video ad, titled “United Dreamers.” To view Senator Lara’s ad, “United Dreamers” click here.
Previously Senator Ricardo Lara’s released a digital ad, titled “Embolden.” Click to watch:
Since the inception of his campaign for California State Insurance Commissioner, State Senator Ricardo Lara has amassed wide-ranging support from leaders and organizations, including the following partial list:
Elected & Community Leaders
United States Senator Kamala Harris
U.S. Congresswoman and State Assembly Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass
U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu
U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal
U.S. Congressman Jimmy Gomez
U.S. Congressman Lou Correa
U.S. Congresswoman Julia Brownley
U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
U.S. Congresswoman Norma Torres
U.S. Congressman Mark Takano
U.S. Congresswoman (Ret.) and current L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn
U.S. Secretary of Labor (Ret.) and current L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis
State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León
State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer (Ret.)
California Board of Equalization Member Fiona Ma
State Assembly Speaker Emeritus and State Senator Toni Atkins
State Assembly Speaker Emeritus and State Senator Robert Hertzberg
State Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez
State Assembly Speaker Emeritus John A. Pérez
State Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez
State Senator Holly Mitchell
State Senator Ben Hueso
State Senator Scott Wiener
State Senator Steven Bradford
State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
State Senator Nancy Skinner
State Senator Ben Allen
State Senator Bill Monning
State Senator Henry Stern
State Senator Josh Newman
State Senator Cathleen Galgiani
State Senator Bill Dodd
State Senator Richard Roth
State Senator Jerry Hill
State Senator Bob Wieckowski
State Senator Mike McGuire
State Senator Anthony Portantino
State Senator Mark Leno (Ret.)
State Assembly Member Miguel Santiago
State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
State Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher
State Assembly Member Todd Gloria
State Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
State Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin
State Assembly Member Evan Low
State Assembly Member Tony Thurmond
State Assembly Member Shirley Weber
State Assembly Member Kevin McCarty
State Assembly Member Reggie Jones-Sawyer
State Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez
State Assembly Member David Chiu
State Assembly Member Ash Kalra
State Assembly Member Monique Limon
State Assembly Member Jim Frazier
State Assembly Member Kansen Chu
State Assembly Member Ed Chau
State Assembly Member Chris Holden
State Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula
State Assembly Member Jim Cooper
State Assembly Member Jose Medina
State Assembly Member Eloise Reyes
State Assembly Member Susan Talamantes Eggman
State Assembly Member Phil Ting
State Assembly Member Kevin Mullin
State Assembly Member Rudy Salas
State Assembly Member Autumn Burke
State Assembly Member Bill Quirk
State Assembly Member Susan Bonilla (Ret.)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Sacramento Mayor and former State Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia
El Cerrito Mayor Gabriel Quinto
San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco
San Jose City Council Member Sylvia Arenas
San Jose City Council Member Sergio Jimenez
Newhall School Board Member Christy Smith
California Democratic Party Chair Eric C. Bauman
California Democratic Party Chair John Burton (Ret.)
California Democratic Party First Vice Chair Alex Rooker
California Democratic Party Vice Chair Daraka Larimore-Hall
California Democratic Party Controller Dan Weitzman
California Democratic Party Secretary Jenny Bach
California Young Democrats’ President Eddie Kirby
Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair Mark Gonzalez
San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Jessica Hayes
San Diego County Democratic Party Chair (Ret.) and current Democratic National Committee Member, Jesse Durfee
Democratic Party of Sacramento County Chair Terry Schanz
California Democratic Party Region 4 Director Amy Champ
California Democratic Party Region 8 Director Humberto Gomez Jr.
California Democratic Party Region 10 Director David Atkins
California Democratic Party Region 12 Director Larry Gross
California Democratic Party Region 13 Director Carol Robb
California Democratic Party Region 14 Director Miguel Martinez
California Democratic Party Region 16 Director Sergio Carrillo
California Democratic Party Region 18 Director Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik
California Democratic Party Region 19 Director Norberto Gonzalez
Labor Leader and United Farm Workers Co-Founder, Dolores Huerta
Organizations Representing Working People
California Teachers Association
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California State Council
State Council of Building and Construction Trades Council of California
California State Association of Electrical Workers
Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
California Federation of Teachers
California School Employees Association (CSEA)
UNITE HERE, AFL-CIO
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
California State Council of Laborers
California Conference of Machinists
California State Council of Pipe Trades
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16
National Union of Healthcare Workers
California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9
Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)
United Steelworkers Legislative Education Committee for Los Angeles and Orange Counties
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 36
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 16
United Industrial Workers of the Seafarers International Union, SIUNA, AFL-CIO
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 94
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 40
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1277
American Federation of Musicians Local 47
United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 36
California Faculty Association
L.A. Community College Faculty Guild, American Federation of Teachers Local 1521
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