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By Christin Evans, HANC Board

One of the state measures getting the most attention is Proposition 22, an initiative placed on the November ballot through paid signature gatherers and a campaign funded by ridesharing companies Lyft and Uber and other app-based companies including Postmates, Door Dash and Instacart. At the October 8th meeting of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council, Claire Lau, from the No on 22 campaign presented the "No" position and took questions.  We invited the "Yes" side, but they did not send a representative.

Proposition 22 seeks to roll back protections independent contractors received in 2019 from California Assembly bill 5.  The companies who funded the measure seek to reduce the benefits and worker protections their delivery drivers and others critical to their service offering recently received statewide.

Some of the arguments we can expect to hear from the Yes side is that a majority of their workforce prefer independent contractor status because it allows for greater schedule flexibility and control over their schedule.  From the No on 22 perspective, the measure would eliminate the possibility of workers receiving the right to unionize, paid sick leave, workers compensation and unemployment benefits.

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Nominations for the HANC Board are open through the election at our November Meeting.  All current HANC members are eligible to serve and to nominate other members.  If you would like to serve, or would like to nominate someone, you can do so before the vote at the November meeting.  The term is from December, 2020 through November, 2021.  The current HANC Board has made the following recommendations for officers and Board members for the upcoming term:

President:                                         Lisa Awbrey

Vice President:                                 David Woo

Recording Secretary:                      Bruce Wolfe

Corresponding Secretary:              Jim Rhoads

Treasurer:                                         Christin Evans

Nominating Chair:                          Tes Welborn

Membership Chair:                         Richard Ivanhoe

Housing & Land Use Chair:           Calvin Welch

Recycling Chair:                               Karen Fishkin

Members At Large:  Alex Aquino, Jaime Michaels, Shira Noel,  James Sword,  Christian Vaisse

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California Proposition 18 will allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the general election to vote in the primary.  Assemblymember Evan Low (Assembly District 28--Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, most of Cupertino, and some of San Jose) played a significant role in advancing ACA4/Prop 18, and is a key partner in the Prop 18 campaign.  He discussed the Proposition at our October meeting.

18 States, and the District of Columbia already allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the time of the general election to vote in their primaries.  Although there is a "No" on 18 argument by Ruth Weiss, Co-Founder, Election Integrity Project California, John Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and Larry Sand, Retired Teacher, there is apparently no active "No on 18" campaign, as there had been no donations or expenditures as of September 19.

HANC supports this proposition and agrees with Assemblymember Low that voting is a good habit to encourage in young people.  Voting and civic engagement are habits that can be developed before their lives are disrupted by college, jobs, or travel.  People who learn to vote early tend to be lifelong voters.  Please vote yes on Proposition 18.

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By Christin Evans, HANC Board

As we develop a better understanding of how the virus is spread, health officials are offering guidance to more and more businesses on the ways they can re-open.  On September 14th, hairdressers, nail salons, piercing & tattoo parlors, massage businesses, gymnasiums and fitness studios were all authorized to re-open so long as they followed certain safety guidelines such as the completion of a safety protocol plan, providing masks & hand sanitizer and taking other industry-specific measures to lower the risk of the virus spread. 

However, just because some businesses can re-open, that doesn’t mean they will open.  Small business owners who don’t want to assume the risk for their own health, their employees or their customers may still elect to do business online or outdoors through the city’s Shared Spaces program.

Most businesses have limited the number of customers inside at a time, and placed hand sanitizer throughout their businesses encouraging customers and staff to liberally apply the virus-killing alcohol-based liquid, foam & gel.  Stores have also shortened hours and limited the number of staff working and many customers still elect for curbside pickup even though in store browsing is now an option.

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By Christin Evans, HANC Board

During September’s HANC general member meeting, Calvin Welch presented his perspective on Prop H and urged the organization to take a “No on H” position.  The Mayor’s Office of Economic & Workforce Development (OEWD)  had made a series of recommendations for loosening land use restrictions and making changes in permitting processes & fees in 2018/19 which then Supervisor Vallie Brown had introduced at the Board of Supervisors.  But failing to gain her colleague’s support, Brown’s legislation was severely trimmed back and was restricted primarily to land zoning and permitted use changes primarily in District 5 alone.  

However, with Prop H, a measure placed on the ballot by the Mayor, we saw many of OEWD’s recommendations re-appear in a sprawling piece of legislation over 90 pages long which allows new uses such as movie theaters, shared office space (WeWork type model) by-right in neighborhood commercial corridors where they previously required a conditional use permit. 

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