220303 1139 Re_ One more time, this time with link! Re voting rights for pwdFrom:Michele Magar
To:Frances Marquez
Subject:Re: One more time, this time with link! Re voting rights for pwd
Date:Thursday, March 3, 2022 11:38:34 AM
Sorry Frances I just realized I sent this to your wrong email address. I am going to erase it
from my contacts file right now, and will be sure to use your private one. Meanwhile, rest
assured that all communications between us is attorney-client protected, regardless of who else
hacks into your email to violate your right to privacy.
This is the last time I’ll use this email address.
— Michele
On Mar 3, 2022, at 11:31 AM, Frances Marquez <fmarquez@cypressca.org>
wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michele Magar <tanyaprojectmlp@gmail.com>
Subject: One more time, this time with link! Re voting
rights for pwd
Date: March 3, 2022 at 10:22:48 AM PST
To: Jonathan Kung <jkung@ucsd.edu>
Cc: Frances Marquez <fmarquez@cypressca.org>
https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/8%2028%20HAVA%2
0Formatted%20KJ%20V5%20508.pdf
My thinking is to collect info this year so it’s ready to go once
Frances is in the majority next year, and finally able to do more than
be the sole vote against the Guardians of the Status Quo.
Here are the other topics Frances and I discussed, so Jonathan can
stick helpful press reports he may see into our resource library, along
with the legal stuff I’ll be sending him:
1. SB 1141: how Cypress is/is not implementing the nation’s first
state coercive control law, that broadens the definition of domestic
violence to include nonphysical abuse. FRANCES: there is funding
for pilot programs in 2022 VAWA reauthorization, so one it
passes Congress I’ll figure out if Cypress is eligible for federal $$
to implement our new coercive control law.
2. Affordable, Accessible, and fully integrated housing: We need all
three adjectives for new housing solutions for Cypress! Newsome
just outlawed single family home zoning, which means more and
more localities will enact laws similar to the ones up here that allow
single family homeowners to build “accessory dwelling units” in
their back yards. Small studio/one bedroom apartments would do
wonders for single people, and esp for seniors who would be happy
to downsize, freeing up their homes to young families who need the
extra bedrooms to flourish, and reducing the Bay Area’s prohibitive
rent levels for everyone of all ages. There’s also a program here that
matches seniors with extra unused bedrooms with seniors who can’t
afford to rent more than a bedroom. That could easily be copied in
Cypress via a website that automates the matching process without
requiring more than a few staff members, so it’s cheap to fund.
3. Voting rights: much of this will be out of our hands since Cypress
seems determined to fight Shenkman’s promise to litigate. Cypress
will eventually settle once it’s clear it cannot win, but not before
dragging out the process so there will be no district voting in
November 2022. So in all likelihood this lawsuit may still be raging
in 2023, but Frances and her two allies can vote to immediately settle
the case once they have the majority votes.
4. Disability rights in Cypress: we can cover any part of it Frances
wants to cover, from special education to services that benefit seniors
with disabilities. All of it can be improved using best practices
examples from similar CA cities. It’s also a world that obviously
overlaps with the rights of seniors . . . so provides an opportunity for
coalition building among advocacy organizations inside Cypress, and
between Cypress and LA-based nonprofits.
5. Dealing with hate crimes. Hopefully a strong response will blunt
more anti-semitic hate mail letters appearing in Cypress . . . I’m just
not sure there will be a meaningful response from Cypress unless
Frances forces it by teaming up with the Cypress police chief to help
him solve the current case, either by offering a reward or by any other
means the police chief says will help. Most important is reassuring
affected protected classes that Cypress has zero tolerance for hate
crimes and will prosecute them energetically.
6. Training the next generation of advocates. Frances can do a lot to
inspire secondary, college, and grad students to become activists.
We’ll have to figure out the best way for her to do that, but including
summer internships for students is one great way to start.
Those are the main areas thus far. But remember, none of this will
work unless we help Frances get two more votes in November, via
the at-large voting system that will still exist, hopefully for the last
election in Cypress to vote via a method that dilutes the strength of
protected classes in Cypress. That’s going to take a LOT of energy
and outreach to voters, and will likely be the most time-intensive
work all three of us will be doing this summer.
Otherwise, we’ll face nothing but the same for the last two years of
Frances’ term of office, and I think her head will explode if she’s
forced to tolerate this level of hostility for longer than November!
— Michele
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michele Magar
<tanyaprojectmlp@gmail.com>
Subject: Re voting rights for people with
disabilities
Date: March 3, 2022 at 10:02:17 AM PST
To: Jonathan Kung <jkung@ucsd.edu>
Hi Jonathan,
Please stick this link in the resources you’re collecting
for Frances re voting rights. You can see from the
executive summary at the top the main problems they
found and the solutions they offered. Although it’s
nearly a decade old, my assumption is many of the
problems still exist.
Take care,
Michele