Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy. | | The Voter
The official newsletter of the
League of Women Voters of Piedmont.
Vol. 35, Issue 7 | September 15, 2022
| | | Election Updates | General Election - November 8, 2022
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Election day is 53 days from today!
Bookmark our Election Resources page to find everything you need to know about HOW, WHERE, and WHEN to vote as well as WHAT's on your ballot.
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City of Piedmont, Alameda County, Special Districts
Sign up to attend! We have a number of candidate forums scheduled for the upcoming election. Forums will be presented live on Zoom and you can submit questions for the candidates in advance. Learn more below!
| | | Sept. 19th @ 6pm - Alameda County District Attorney
Sept. 21st @ 6:30pm - East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD) Director, Ward 3
Sept. 22nd @ 7:30pm - Piedmont City Council
Sept. 28th @ 6pm - Peralta Community College District Trustee, Area 5
Sept. 29th @ 7pm - PUSD Board of Education
Oct. 1st @ 10am - AC Transit District At-Large | | National Voter Registration Day Turns 10!
September 20, 2022
We’re excited to be part of a national effort to strengthen our democracy by registering voters on this year’s National Voter Registration Day, which will take place on September 20, 2022 and marks the 10th anniversary of this nationwide celebration of democracy.
| | | We will be at Piedmont High School during their lunch period starting at 1pm. You can also join LWV of Oakland in registering voters at the Fruitvale and MacArthur BART stations from 5pm to 7pm. We hope you'll join us in registering voters in Piedmont and Oakland for this Year's National Voter Registration Day! | How Textiles Affect Climate Change
Wednesday, October 19th at 4pm PT | | Join Piedmont Connect and LWVP for Rebecca Burgess’s presentation on the enormous impacts of the global fashion and textiles industry and learn how to shop, dress, sleep, eat and decorate your homes and businesses sustainably.
When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 4pm PT
Where: online via Zoom and YouTube (register for free to receive the Zoom link)
| | | A Climate-Resilient and Equitable Water Future for California
Thursday, September 22th at 6pm PT | | The League of Women Voters of San Francisco would like to invite you to join them for the next of a “Spotlight On” series of educational events: A Climate-Resilient and Equitable Water Future for California. This is the first of two events that LWVSF will be hosting on water in California, a pressing issue as California and the Bay Area struggle with climate change, drought, and water crisis. This first event will cover the history of water systems and infrastructure in California, demand and what needs to change, and visions for responding to future water use and needs.
When: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 6pm PT
Where: online via Zoom | | | Featured speaker Dr. Newsha Ajami is the Chief Strategy and Development Officer for Research in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and a mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. A member of the League of Women Voters of California’s Water Committee will discuss the League’s positions on water resources, what we are doing to support these positions, and what issues we are monitoring and actions we are recommending.
| Upcoming Community Events
| City of Piedmont New Families Night!
Friday, August 16, 2022 at 6:30pm | | Whether you've recently joined Piedmont schools or moved into the neighborhood in the last couple of years, please join us for an evening of socializing, light bites, and free ice cream. You'll have a chance to meet fellow community members as well as city and school district leaders in our community. Learn more about this event and RSVP here.
The League of Women Voters of Piedmont is cosponsoring this event and we'd love our members to help us with set up, clean up, greeting new families, and more. Make a difference in your community and volunteer below!
Volunteer | | | LWVP at the Piedmont Harvest Festival
Sunday, August 18, 2022 at 11am-3pm | | This year's Harvest Festival will feature all the fun events and activities you've come to expect: the Piedmont Education Foundation Carnival, the Jazz Festival, the Piedmont Edibles Contest, and Food Trucks alongside the Village Market Farmer's market. Come find the LWVP table where you can register to vote or update your voter registration, and learn about what our League has in store for the coming year. We hope you'll stop by to say hello! | | | For League members, please sign up for an hour to join us at the LWVP table! Help us register new voters, check the voter registration of new community members, and share information about the upcoming election.
| Sara Paul of Watch Duty kicks off our 2022-23 Climate Speaker Series
Wildfire Mitigation in the Bay Area: What Can Be Done? | Piedmont Connect and the League of Women Voters of Piedmont kicked off their 2022-23 Climate Speaker Series on Wednesday, September 7, with a dynamic and information-dense presentation by Sara Paul, Watch Duty app founder and fire mitigation expert. Sara’s pithy talk was loaded with practical, actionable preparation tips and prioritized recommendations for receiving accurate, reliable, real-time information when a disaster occurs.
To benefit from Sara’s expertise, watch the event recording on LWVP’s YouTube channel. | | | City of Piedmont Housing Element
| | Are you concerned about housing in Piedmont or wish you knew more about where the City of Piedmont is in the state-mandated Housing Element process?
If so, please take the time to watch the recording of the city's Housing Element 102 Information Session. This session focused on four main topics: 1) Housing Element and the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Basics, 2) Overview of the Draft Housing Element Sites Inventory, 3) Recap of the Direction the City Council Provided to Staff at its August 1, 2022 Meeting, and 4) Update on the Status of Piedmont’s Housing Element Process, Next Steps and Timeline to Certification. | | | |
Interested in learning more about housing and the housing crisis in general? Watch our LWVP panel on housing from October, 2021, watch our speaker event on Housing the Homeless from March, 2021, or join our book club discussion in November. | |
"League Thursdays" @ 10am or 5pm
| | Interested in learning more about the League? Join us for virtual coffee or cocktails. Find out about what we've been doing and what we have planned for the future. Discover opportunities to become more involved. Share ideas for events, activities or projects.
Coffee hours: 10am on the first and third Thursdays
Cocktail hours: 5pm on the second and fourth Thursdays
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First Wednesdays @ 7:30pm
| | Our next Board meeting is Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 7:30pm.
Our board meetings are open to all League members. If you would like to learn more about the League or are interested in becoming more involved, we'd love for you to join us. Register on our website for the Zoom link.
| | | LWVP Book Club | Golden Gates
November 15, 2022 @ 5pm
| | Join us for our November, 2022 virtual book club meeting where we will discuss Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America by Conor Dougherty.
With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America's housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist uprisings that have risen in tandem with housing costs.
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