Silicon Valley Rising

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is voting on hazard pay today. Join the meeting and urge the Board to stand with essential workers and vote YES! Sign up here to get a text when it's time to join or text hazardpay to (408) 647-3006: https://act.siliconvalleyrising.org/speak_county_hazardpay

Yesterday, the San José City Council voted 7-3 in favor of hazard pay! Under this ordinance, people working at large grocery stores (with more than 300 employees nationally) will be paid $3/hour on top of regular wages. Unfortunately, the proposal didn’t receive the 8 votes needed to pass as an urgency ordinance (meaning it would go into effect right away). By voting against hazard pay, Mayor Sam Liccardo and Councilmember Dev Davis and Matt Mahan delayed the process by 44 d...ays costing full-time grocery workers $750. Rather than stand with essential workers, Councilmember Mahan introduced his own proposal with provisions that would exclude more essential workers from receiving hazard pay and open the city up to potential lawsuits. It is disappointing to see the Mayor and his allies continue to protect corporate profit over working people. Nonetheless, this victory is a step towards an equitable COVID-19 recovery and will be crucial for people working at grocery stores who have put their lives on the line throughout this pandemic in order to keep our communities fed. Next, the hazard pay ordinance will return to Council on 2/23 for a 2nd reading and after its approval will go into effect 30 days later.

On Tuesday, February 23rd, the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors is voting on $5/hour hazard pay for people working at large grocery stores, pharmacies, and fast food chains. People working in food retail have put their lives at risk every day to keep us all fed. Hazard pay would provide working people with much needed assistance to pay for food, gas, rent, and emergency savings in case of COVID-19 exposure. Can you join the meeting and ask the Board to stand with essential workers? Sign up and we’ll send you a text reminder when it’s time to log onto the Zoom meeting. https://act.siliconvalleyrising.org/speak_county_hazardpay

Durante los últimos cuatro años hemos alzado nuestras voces, marchado y asistiendo a las protestas para exigir la justicia social en el proyecto de Google. Ahora, tenemos que hacerle saber al gobierno de la ciudad que la comunidad debe tener un poder de gobernar real sobre el Fondo Comunitario de San José. ¿Está de acuerdo? Agrega su nombre. https://act.siliconvalleyrising.org/google-community-fund-e

Tonight, the San José City Council will take a second vote on hazard pay for people working at large grocery stores during the pandemic. For hazard pay to take effect right away, we need 8 yes votes. If Mayor Sam Liccardo and Councilmembers Matt Mahan and Councilmember Dev Davis vote no again, it will delay the law for 44 days. These delay tactics mean the Mayor and his allies would take $750 out of a full-time grocery worker’s pockets. Can you call into the meeting and urge the Council to stand with our essential workers by adopting hazard pay right away? https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/91325378626

Hazard pay would help Tyler pay off medical bills and get married at the end of the year. But San José Mayor Sam Liccardo and Councilmembers Matt Mahan and Councilmember Dev Davis are trying to delay by 44 days, which would take $750 away from a full-time grocery worker. Tell the Mayor and his allies to stop delaying and support the essential workers who are putting their lives at risk to keep us fed! We've got a tool that makes it easy to call their offices: https://act.newmode.net/action/svrising/hazard-pay-san-jose

Our communities have pulled together to build the world that we know is possible a world where everyone’s voice and vote counts, and where our families, our communities and the people we love are safe. In the past days and weeks we’ve seen this commitment in action from volunteers making phone calls to get out the vote, to voters showing up to cast their ballots, to communities showing support for each other at the polls and making the voting-in-person process more acces...sible. Now, we must demand that every single vote is counted and that a government elected by and for us is sworn in. We are gathering today with the Protect Our Community coalition to rally in demand that all votes be counted.

Even in the midst of a pandemic, voters have done our job and turned out in record numbers! Now we insist on a full and fair count and a peaceful transition of power. Today, we’re joining leaders from Protect Our Community a coalition of community organizations at San José City Hall to demand ALL votes are counted and a government elected by and for us is sworn in. For democracy to work for all of us, every voter must have our voice counted. ... Watch the press conference now (and join us at 5pm for a vigil and rally).

Hey everyone who's gathered signatures, called voters, texted friends, and poured your heart into reclaiming $12 billion for our schools & communities! This is our moment to to celebrate & recognize our historic work on #YesOn15. Join us at 9pm tonight. Register here: yes15.vote/ELECTIONNIGHT

Today is the day to pass Prop 15 and finally make giant corporations pay their fair share for the things we all need schools and community colleges, homes people can afford, hospitals and health clinics, and so much more. This has been years in the making. Together with community organizations, civil rights groups, teachers, housing advocates, and thousands of dedicated people from across California, we gathered a record-breaking 1.7 million signatures to put Prop 15 on th...e ballot. Still haven’t voted? Fill out your ballot and vote YES on Prop 15. Let your friends and family know. Have some spare time today? Join us today for our phone-a-thon so we can get out the vote and ensure everyone gets to the polls today! https://fb.me/e/1Y0K1awmA

Still haven’t voted? Know someone who has yet to cast their ballot? Let them know that Mountain View Vice Mayor Ellen Kamaei and Councilmbember Lucas Ramirez are urging every California voter to vote YES on Prop 15. If we are to continue our legacy as a diverse and inclusive city, we have to invest in the well-being of our families, neighborhoods, and schools so that more of our community members can stay here for the long term. Vote yes on 15 for a healthy California and ...an inclusive Mountain View. Read the article in the Mountain View Voice:

This is it. Today is the day. We’ve been organizing, phone-banking, and building towards this moment for months, and we know how much is at stake. This election is quite possibly the most important opportunity of our lifetimes to fight back against racial capitalism and protect the rights of Black and Brown workers, renters, students, and families against corporate greed & state violence. Let’s make sure we show up together. Here are 3 things you can do today:... 1. VOTE VOTE VOTE. If you haven’t joined the millions of Californians who have voted, find your nearest 24 hour ballot drop box location or in-person center. https://www.sos.ca.gov/e/voting-resources/voting-california 2. SEND 3 TEXTS. If you already voted, take 5 minutes today to check in with your close family & friends to make sure they voted and help them make a plan to get it done TODAY! 3. PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. Make sure every vote is counted by calling 800-345-8683 for any ballot or voting related issues in CA & sign on to Bay Resistance's pledge to defend our democracy. https://bayresistance.org/take-action/

Join us and the Protect Our Community coalition for a Peaceful Transition of Power event on November 4th at San Jose City Hall from 11am-8pm. See flyer for a detailed schedule & visit the Protect Our Community Facebook group for more information. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1876824599212733/

Tomorrow is the day! We’re giving it our all to WIN Prop 15. That’s why we’ve been on the phones every day calling active voters so they know that Prop 15 will close a corporate tax loophole and reclaim billions for our schools and communities. We’ve been preparing for this moment for years. Now we have to push Prop 15 over the finish line. Will you join us tomorrow for our Get Out The Vote phone-a-thon?

Morgan Hill Mayor, Rich Constantine, is supporting #Prop15 this election. Prop 15 would bring in $5 million a year for Morgan Hill Unified Schools District and millions more for the services Morgan Hill residents need. At our schools, that funding would let us upgrade technology in our classrooms, reduce class sizes so students get more individual support, and support music and arts education. For our city, Prop 15 will help us restore services we’ve been forced to cut due... to Covid-19 budget shortfalls, fix our streets and help all our residents access fast broadband internet. Check out the full article in the @MorganHillTimes

"By voting yes on Proposition 16, we can end the ban on affirmative action and start dismantling obstacles to equal opportunity. Together, we can give everyone in California a chance to succeed regardless of what they look like or where they come from."

You know what’s spookier than a ghost on halloween? Giant corporations exploiting a tax loophole and hurting our communities in the process. That’s why we need to pass Prop 15 it would close this loophole and reclaim BILLIONS every year for our schools & local communities. Join us this morning at 10AM & make phone calls to key voters.