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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	61
Proposal	Approval of Minutes, General Assembly, January 24-25, 2015
Presenter	Coordinating Committee
Floor Manager	Mike Feinstein
Phase	Closed
Discussion	04/09/2015 - 05/17/2015
Voting	05/18/2015 - 05/24/2015
Result	Adopted
Presens Quorum	12 0.5001
Consens Quorum	21 0.6 of Yes and No Votes

Background

GPCA Bylaws 7-5.6 Minutes state that "Minutes shall include the date, time, location and list of delegates in attendance, the subject/title, sponsor(s) and presenter(s) of all agenda items heard, the decisions-taken (including whether by consensus or by roll-call vote) and the text of all proposals, including amendments." (http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_7-5_Meetings)

The following minutes from the General Assembly, January 24-25 in Monterey are presented below, with links from this page to the text of each proposal in question: http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/minutes

Proposal

That the following minutes be approved as presented in draft form here on the web here http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/minutes, and in draft text form below:

Saturday, January 24

8:00am Breakfast, registration

9:00am Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of Standing Committee vacancies

Facilitators: Alex Shantz, April Clary

Quorum: Seven of eleven regions represented: North Bay, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay, Central Coast, Los Angeles, San Diego

Delegate present: 31

9:25am Welcome from Monterey County Green elected officials: Bruce Delgado, Mayor, Marina

9:30am Agenda approval

Approved by Consensus

9:45am Decision: Bylaws interpretation Regarding 2014-2016 County Council roster (Coordinating Committee)
Approved by Consensus
http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/bylaws-interpretation-county-council-rosters

10:00am Presentation: Update on Rubin v. Bowen and the GPCA's amicus brief, other legal challenges to Top Two, the passage of AB2351 and potential other efforts to amend the state elections code to address negative effects of Proposition 14 on the state's smaller, ballot qualified parties (Coordinating Committee)

10:30am Discussion: Brainstorming session on 2015-2016 electoral strategy for preparation of 2015-2017 The Two-Year Strategic Plan (CCWG, Green Officeholders Network), including
(1) Identifying uncontested races (Alex Shantz, Board of Education, St. Helena School District, Napa County)
(2) How/where to run for office, identifying races in which to run
(3) Lessons from June 2014 primary (Luis Rodriguez, GPCA endorsed candidate for governor, 2014)
(4) Reactivation of Green Officeholders Network
(5) Report from GPCA Campaign Fund Support Committee on support of Green candidates

11:55am Announcements

12:00pm Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch

Facilitators: Victoria Ashley, Greg Jan

1:05pm Quorum count: Seven of eleven regions represented: North Bay, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay, Central Coast, Los Angeles, San Diego

Delegate present: 30

1:10pm Decision: Resolution: Close the Commercial Property Loophole (Coordinating Committee)
Proposal (Feinstein): That the General Assembly approve the following resolution:

Resolution: Close the Commercial Property Loophole

WHEREAS, Proposition 13, passed in 1978, is unfair in that it allows commercial property owners to avoid paying their fair share and has shifted the tax burden to residential property and away from business, including everyday homeowners and working families; and

WHEREAS, the state of California continues to face chronic budget crises in in large part because Proposition 13 has forced the state to rely on more volatile revenue sources than the property tax, like income taxes and sales taxes paid by working families that move in tandem with economic cycles, causing deficits and requiring cuts to vital services that grow our economy and thereby worsening economic downturns;

WHEREAS regularly reassessing non-residential property would, according to an analysis of data provided by the California Board of Equalization, generate at least $6 billion in additional revenue for California, and shift the tax burden from homeowners, renters, and working families to corporations and commercial landholders;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of California supports commercial property tax reform that will require commercial properties to be reassessed regularly while maintaining residential property owners’ protections under Prop 13; to enact a split roll that would allow more fair taxes on commerical property; and to repeal of the parts of Proposition 13 that require a two-thirds vote for any tax increase at the state level, and replace them with majority vote

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Green Party of California will communicate this position to Green elected officials

Amendment (Feinstein): In response to concerns from delegates, that be amended as follows:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of California supports commercial property tax reform that will require commercial properties to be reassessed regularly while maintaining residential property owners’ protections under existing state property tax law (California Constitution Article 13-A); to enact a split roll, and to repeal of the parts of existing state property tax law (California Constitution Article 13-A) that require a two-thirds vote for any tax increase at the state level, and replace them with majority vote.

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Green Party of California will communicate this position to Green elected officials and to the general public.

Yes (24): 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66
No (5): 39, 42, 43, 52, 59
Abstain (5): 37, 38, 40, 44, 65

Proposal approved 24-5-5 82.8% (3/5 approval threshold required)

www.cagreens.org/resolution/property-tax-reform-prop-13

1:40pm Discussion: Brainstorming session on party organizing for preparation of 2015-2017 The Two-Year Strategic Plan. Presentation: Demonstration of Nationbuilder and its application for GPCA County Parties and organizing GPCA volunteers (GROW, Clearinghouse Committee, IT Committee, Finance Committee)

2:55pm Announcement of Standing Committee vacancies

3:00pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Media, Platform, Finance, GROW)

Quorum count: Seven of eleven regions represented: North Bay, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay, Central Coast, Los Angeles, San Diego

Delegates present: 28

4:30pm Decision: Move Tax Platform Plank from Social Justice to Community-Based Sustainable Economics (Coordinating Committee)

Approved by Consensus

4:45pm Decision: Brainstorming session on GPCA platform updates for preparation of 2015-2017 The Two-Year Strategic Plan (Platform Committee, Coordinating Committee)

5:15pm Discussion: Possibility of the GPCA hosting the 2017 Annual National Meeting of the Green Party of the United States (Coordinating Committee)
5:55pm Announcements

6:00pm Dinner on your own (host committee providing recommendations), GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner

7:30pm Evening Program with statewide candidates and local Green officeholders

Sunday, January 25

8:00am Breakfast, registration

9:00am Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (CCWG, Green Issues, Bylaws)

Facilitation: Sanda Everette, Alex Shantz

10:35pm Quorum count

Quorum: Seven of eleven regions represented: North Bay, East Bay, Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay, Central Coast, Los Angeles, San Diego

Delegate present: 30

10:40am Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators

10:45am Proposal: Approval Next General Assembly Meeting Date and Place (Coordinating Committee)

Approved (as amended at this link http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/setting-next-general-assembly
) by Consensus with one stand aside (Kathy Rallings - too many state meetings help in a row in northern California and the cost of lodging in San Jose)

10:55am Proposal: Platform planks: International Trade,

Approved (as amended at this link http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/platform-amendment-international-trade ) by Consensus

Native Americans (Platform Committee)

Approved (as amended at this link http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01/platform-amendment-native-americans ) by Consensus

12:30pm Lunch, Optional caucus meetings

Faciliation: Peggy Koteen, Alex Shantz

1:35pm Announcements, including announcement of Standing Committee vacancies, Quorum Count

Delegate present: 19 out of 20 remaining

1:40pm Decision/Discussion: The GPCA and the 2016 Green presidential process (GPUS Delegation)

2:45pm Breakout sessions for committees and working groups (Finance, ERWG, Clearinghouse)

4:15pm Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session)

4:20pm Closing session

Resources

None

References

GPCA General Assembly archive http://www.cagreens.org/ga/archive

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