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DESCRIPTION:"A Monumental Primary Election for Northern Alameda County", with Jovanka 
 Beckles for State Senate and Nikki Bas for County Supervisor (Green Sunday 
 program)\n---------------------------\nIn northern Alameda County, no 
 incumbents are running in 3 of the 5 most important local offices on the 
 March 5 ballot, thereby creating an unprecedented electoral situation.  
 Which means that we the voters will almost certainly now be setting the 
 political direction for these key offices for many years to come.  These 3 
 major "open seats" are US House, District 12 (incumbent Barbara Lee is 
 running for a US Senate seat), State Senate, District 7 (incumbent Nancy 
 Skinner is termed out), and County Supervisor, District 5 (incumbent Keith 
 Carson has decided to retire).\n\nFor State Senate, we are supporting AC 
 Transit Director and former Richmond City Council member Jovanka Beckles, 
 and for County Supervisor, we have endorsed Oakland City Council President 
 Nikki Fortunato Bas.  (For US House we encourage you to read our article 
 about the race, on page 3, here:  
 https://acgreens.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/gpac-vg-03-24-web-rev.pdf 
 ).\n\nGiven the importance of this election, tonight's Green Sunday 
 presentation will feature both Nikki Bas (for County Supervisor) and 
 Jovanka Beckles (for State Senate).  (Note: although both Jovanka and Nikki 
 are currently scheduled to discuss their campaigns with us, sometimes 
 election campaigns can be unpredictable, so their respective Campaign 
 Managers will fill in for them if a conflict arises, namely:  Evelyn Torres 
 for Nikki Bas and Otto Pippenger for Jovanka Beckles).  After the 
 presentations, as usual, there will be time for q&a, and also info on how 
 to get involved and make a difference in the election.\n\nPlease also note: 
  Our complete voter guide for the election has already been posted to our 
 website, at:  
 https://acgreens.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/gpac-vg-03-24-web-rev.pdf   
 And if you have questions about your polling place, voter registration, or 
 your ballot, please call the Registrar of Voters at 510-272-6933. \n\nWe 
 strongly encourage you to attend this important Green Sunday event about an 
 unprecedented northern Alameda county election!  
 \n\n---------------------------\nFor more than a decade Jovanka Beckles has 
 served the East Bay, fighting for working families, a clean environment, 
 safety and equity. She did that while working full-time as a Mental Health 
 Specialist and Wraparound facilitator for over 20 years.\n\nAs a Richmond 
 City Council member, she helped usher in a suite of progressive reforms 
 that transformed that city — collecting $100 million in new taxes from 
 Chevron, instituting a $15 minimum wage, creating the first California rent 
 control in thirty years. She's especially proud of the groundbreaking 
 “Ban the Box” legislation, which allows formerly incarcerated people to 
 seek work with dignity. Despite a multimillion-dollar campaign against her 
 re-election, she won a second term and went on to work with her colleagues 
 on the Council and the Richmond Progressive Alliance to bring about real 
 progressive change. She is not afraid to stand up to powerful interests to 
 protect the rights of those whose voices are not being heard.\n\nCurrently 
 she sits on the AC Transit Board, Ward 1, where she has continued bringing 
 in progressive values and equity for transit users. Now she's running for 
 State Senate, to become the only first Black Latina, LGBTQ, immigrant to 
 the California State Senate. and to bring true, progressive representation 
 to all of District 7 (formerly District 9).  Jovanka is and always has been 
 corporate-donation free, and is fighting in this race for a Green New Deal, 
 Universal Healthcare, and Money Out of Politics, 
 \n\n---------------------------\nOakland City Council President Nikki 
 Fortunato Bas is a lifelong community organizer, nonprofit director, 
 Filipina-American, and working Mom guided by her lived experiences as the 
 daughter of immigrants whose struggles inspired her to lead coalitions 
 fighting for a living wage, an end to food insecurity, and access to 
 affordable healthcare and housing.\n\nNikki spent decades successfully 
 organizing Chinatown garment workers, building the student anti-sweatshop 
 movement, and advocating for fair pay and working conditions for the East 
 Bay’s most vulnerable residents. Previously the Executive Director of the 
 Partnership for Working Families and the East Bay Alliance for a 
 Sustainable Economy, she has been honored on multiple occasions for her 
 transformative, visionary leadership.  One example is receiving the Mario 
 Savio Young Activist Award for her work organizing the student 
 anti-sweatshop movement at UC Berkeley and across the country.\n\nCurrently 
 serving as Oakland's City Council President, Nikki leads the fight for an 
 East Bay where every family is healthy, safe, and housed.  She led efforts 
 to help secure $350,000,000 for up to 2,400 housing units for homeless and 
 working families; established a $14,000,000 Fund to assist low-income 
 housing insecure tenants to purchase homes; expanded violence prevention 
 and anti-sex trafficking programs; and launched Fire Department mobile 
 crisis teams to address mental health and 911 calls.\n\nAs our County 
 Supervisor, Nikki’s priorities are the “three H’s”:  Homelessness, 
 Housing, Healthcare. She believes bold leadership to end homelessness, 
 expand job creation, and provide comprehensive mental health/substance 
 abuse programs, and transitional housing are necessary.  Nikki will fight 
 for housing that working families can afford and ensure every family has 
 access to quality healthcare.\n\n---------------------------\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/02/08/18862902.php
SUMMARY:Jovanka Beckles & Nikki Bas on "A monumental primary election for northern Alameda county"
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