By Tab Buckner, HANC Board
When Haight-Ashbury residents voted in the November 8th General Election, they participated in a 19th Assembly District race for the first time. California’s legislative district lines were redrawn for the next decade and AD19’s new boundaries were moved eastward to include most of the Haight.
As of December 5th, AD 19 Assemblyman Phil Ting will begin his final two-year term. Ting was first elected in 2012 and his district has encompassed the western side of San Francisco as well as Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City and South San Francisco. He lives in the Sunset District and serves as Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee after having been Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Prior to joining the State Legislature, Ting served as San Francisco’s Assessor-Recorder since 2005.
Assemblyman Ting is scheduled to speak and answer questions at HANC’s General Meeting on Thursday, December 8th.
We have two separate speakers for our November meeting.
Adrian Leung, SFMTA’s bike share and bike parking manager will discuss these programs and take questions. Some initial questions include: are additional bikeshare stations planned for the Haight-Ashbury, and if so, where? What options are available for those with limited mobility? What data is available to the public and what is considered proprietary? How long are the current contracts, and who are they with? Bring your questions to add to this list.
David Hartsough, a Haight-Ashbury resident will discuss his life work, Non-Violent Peace Making and Non-Violent Peace Movements. He is co-author of his autobiography, Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist. He cofounded the Nonviolent Peaceforce and World Beyond War. He has been involved in nonviolent peacemaking in the United States, Kosovo, the former Soviet Union, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Iran, Palestine, and Israel. He is the executive director of Peaceworkers.
Bring your questions and bring a friend to the November 10th HANC meeting, beginning at 7:00 pm. Instructions for joining are in the adjacent article.