This event is cancelled and will be rescheduled. You can read more here

Note new date (June 1). We are changing the date to be compliant with the new County Health Order

Details:

• Monday, June 1
• 8:00-8:30 pm
• Burton Park

Note new date (June 1). We are changing the date to be compliant with the County Health Order

Turn off the news and join together in a peaceful vigil against racism. Please bring masks, practice social distancing, and bring a light for Mr. Floyd. We stand in solidarity with all our neighbors of color.

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I’m sure we were all inspired by Dr. Fauci’s bold statement that the best way to combat COVID-19 is to get active in our community, help our neighbors, and hand Trump and the Trumpists* a humiliating defeat in Nov.

So following his brave lead, we have the following Take Action updates below. Read on, be inspired, make a difference! In this time of crisis, be the type of person you want your grandkids to read about in history books!

* ok… he didn’t actually say that, but you know he was thinking it

Mark Kelly for AZ Senate

PPAG is working with Mark Kelly to flip a Senate seat in Arizona. Winning Arizona is a major step to flipping the Senate.

Kelly’s a:

• Combat veteran
• Astronaut
• Gun sense advocate (he’s married to Gabby Giffords)
• Environmentalist

Imagine having an astronaut in DC vs. all the science-illiterates we have now. Donate today and stay tuned for an upcoming fundraiser!

Virtual Comedy Show to support Sister District.

Laugh with us and help flip North Carolina blue!

• What: Virtual comedy show with Lauren Mayer, to benefit Sister District candidate
• When: April 15, 6:30pm via Zoom.

RSVP here

Donations will be matched up to $5000!

PPAG Virtual Meeting

Social distance with a social conscious! PPAG’s first virtual monthly meeting

• When: April 19
• Time: 4:00 pm

RSVP to get the Zoom link

Help During the COVID-19 Crisis

Stop ICE Transfers

ICE is notoriously known for medical neglect. San Mateo County must take action NOW to release people incarcerated in our jails and juvenile hall to protect lives and public health.

Tell San Mateo County Officials – Decarcerate & Stop ICE Transfers!

1) Click Here to Make Calls & Emails to San Mateo County Officials 

2) Haz clic aquí para hacer llamadas y correos electrónicos a los representantes del condado de San Mateo

Shop Local- Support San Carlos Stores

Great retail in and around San Carlos is still open for business. Shop local for all your lockdown needs!

Support Second Harvest Food Bank

Volunteer to distribute food from Second Harvest

Take a Hike..

…as long as you stay away from other hikers! Here’s a list of open spaces that are open

Other Ways to Help and How to Stay Well

Great list of resources from the Community Foundation on how to help others and how to take care of yourself.

Great retail in and around San Carlos is still open for business. Shop local for all your lockdown needs!

Women’s and Men’s Fashion

• Urbanization – https://www.urbanizationonline.com/
• Cushy Togs – https://www.cushytogs.com/
• Poppy – https://poppysancarlos.com/
• Joey Rae – http://www.joeyrae.com/

Music Instruments, Sheet Music

• Clock Tower Music – http://www.clocktowermusic.com/

Restaurants

• List of Open Restaurants

Friends of San Carlos

Health and Beauty

• Source Organics – https://sourceorganics.com/

San Carlos! Yes, COVID-19 is scary, but none of our neighbors or our neighborhood businesses should fear for their security, their homes, their next meal, or their stability.

Not in our community. Not on our watch.

These are tough times for all of us, no doubt. But there is always something you can do. There is always someone you can help.

Provide Gift Cards to Local Families

Our fantastic school district is helping to ensure local families have food, school supplies and other resources. Please help by buying a gift card and sending it to a school principal, who will ensure it gets to a deserving family

• Safeway (through the Amazon portal)

• Amazon Smile

• Target

• Office Depot (for school supplies needed at home)

• GrubHub & Uber Eats (to generate business for to-go orders so we keep restaurant workers & drivers employed as well)

Please buy digital gift cards and email them directly to the Principals. Do not purchase physical gift cards.

• Arroyo / Mindy Shelton / mshelton@scsdk8.org
• Arundel / Jennifer Gaboury /  jgaboury@scsdk8.org
• Brittan Acres / Suzanne Fast / sfast@scsdk8.org
• Central / Tom Domer / tdomer@scsdk8.org
• Heather / Pam Jasso / pjasso@scsdk8.org
• Mariposa / Alex Friel / afriel@scsdk8.org
• San Carlos Charter / Stacy Emory / semory@scclc.net
• Tierra Linda / Kristen Ugrin / kugrin@scsdk8.org
• White Oaks / Leah Scholer /lscholer@scsdk8.org

 

Volunteer with San Mateo’s or San Carlos’s Emergency Operation Center

Emergency Operation Centers at San Mateo County and in San Carlos need people to help with food delivery or check-in phone calls to older adults who are sheltering in place.

Volunteer here for San Mateo County
Volunteer here for San Carlos

Samaritan House

If you are not medically at risk or living with someone who is and are able to volunteer with food preparation and/or transport, email: volunteering@samaritanhousesanmateo.org.

Donate! Any and all donations are greatly appreciated! Go to https://samaritanhousesanmateo.org/donate/ to donate right now.

April 22, San Carlos City Council: Moratorium on Commercial Development; San Carlos Needs Housing

We are asking the San Carlos City Council for a moratorium on commercial development so the community can have a discussion on building more housing.

• Over 2M sq ft of new commercial/office space development is planned for San Carlos
• This may result in over 6,000 new jobs created in San Carlos
• There is no plan to accommodate all these new workers; where will they live? how will they commute?
• We ask for a moratorium on new commercial development; we want to have a community dialog on how to build more housing for essential workers and new workers in San Carlos.

When: April 22, 7:00pm
Where: San Carlos City Hall, 600 Elm St, San Carlos, CA 94070

SWING LEFT EVENT
Join us for our first in a series of speaker events!
Kelly Ward, President, National Democratic Redistricting Committee
When: Sunday, April 28, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Space is limited so RSVP early.

Swing Left’s 2020 mission is to win all the Houses in 2020 – the White House, the Senate, the House, and the State Houses key to rolling back Republican gerrymandering! We’ve identified eleven “Super States” where the most important of these battles are concentrated: AZ, CO, TX, FL, PA, ME, WI, MI, OH, GA, NC, OH.

Kelly will explain why the Super States are so important to this fight and will report on the steps that NDRC took during the 2018 election cycle to advance legal action, build political infrastructure, and win targeted elections to achieve a fairer redistricting process.

Stand for Public School
#StandUpForPublicSchools Rally
When May 8th 4–5pm on El Camino in San Carlos! #rally #CApublicschools
Where: Rally Locations for SCSD Schools:

Along El Camino
White Oaks – Eaton to White Oak Way
Arroyo/CMS – White Oak Way to Brittan (New York Pizza side)
Brittan Acres – Brittan Ave to Olive
TL/Mariposa – Olive to San Carlos Ave (both sides of El Camino/CalTrain parking)

Along San Carlos Ave
Heather – El Camino to Walnut (South side ie Starbucks/Blue Line)
Arundel – El Camino to Walnut (North side i.e. Tutti Frutti, San Mateo Transit)
Charter – Walnut to Elm (Both sides of street i.e. CVS
Preschool/Seniors – Invited to rally at City Hall Park

We are asking the San Carlos City Council for a moratorium on commercial development so the community can have a discussion on building more housing.

• Over 2M sq ft of new commercial/office space development is planned for San Carlos
• This may result in over 6,000 new jobs created in San Carlos
• There is no plan to accommodate all these new workers; where will they live? how will they commute?
• New workers will exacerbate the existing housing crisis in San Carlos; the city is unaffordable for our essential workers like teachers, first responders, nurses etc.
• We welcome new commercial development, but it must be accompanied with a plan to support family housing across all the income levels in our community
• We ask for a moratorium on new commercial development; we want to have a community dialog on how to build more housing for essential workers and new workers in San Carlos.

When: April 22

Time: 7:00

Where: San Carlos City Hall, 600 Elm St, San Carlos, CA 94070

 

 

Two millions sq ft of new office space coming to San Carlos. Where will these workers live? How will the community deal with the increase in traffic?

Teachers, first responders, and service workers are being priced out of San Carlos, as are renters.

A cross-community group of residents, business, teachers, and non-profits will voice their support for MORE housing in San Carlos at the upcoming council meeting.

There is a housing crisis in the Bay Area and the San Carlos community wants to lead the charge to solve it.

The San Carlos community will be asking the council for a more aggressive plan to address the housing crisis, make room for all members of our community, and ensure that new commercial developments are accompanied by new housing developments

When: Monday April 8
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: 600 Elm St (San Carlos City Hall)

Take action this week on housing, public schools, and gun safety

Housing
We need more housing in San Carlos for essential workers like teachers, first responders, and service workers. People who are core to the success of our community can no longer afford to work here. If we lose them, we lose much of what makes San Carlos special.

Action: Show up at next Monday’s San Carlos City Council meeting and demand more action on essential housing

When: Monday April 8
Time: 7:00 pm (San Carlos City Council meeting)
Location: 600 Elm St (San Carlos City Hall)

Send an email! Template and addresses are here

Public Schools
End the chronic public school underfunding
Read the petition… sign it!

Gun Safety
A Conversation about America: Stop the Killing
See Jackie Speier – Burlingame HS
Sat. April 13th 11-12:30
Parkland students & physicians and the front lines of gun violence prevention will be with her.

Please join us for a cocktail reception to benefit Brady.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
DocuSign Headquarters
221 Main Street. San Francisco, 15th Floor
With special guests:
Survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida

Subject: Need for more essential housing in San Carlos

Dear San Carlos City Council

New commercial developments in San Carlos will bring in thousands of new workers and exacerbate the ongoing housing crisis. This will drive up costs for our neighbors who rent, as well as make home affordability harder for our teachers, nurses, police officers, children returning from college; all those who play an essential role in making San Carlos the great community that it is.

We therefore request the San Carlos City Council work with commercial developers, non-profit developers and the community to come up with a plan to address the city’s current and looming housing crisis.

We want San Carlos to be the City of Good Living for all.

Email addresses: