ADOS VOTING GUIDE 2020

CALIFORNIA STATE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

ADOS Community Impact:

Makes a Black Agenda legal again in California. Levels the playing field in public contracts, education and employment. Reverses Prop 209. Creates opportunity for targeted investments in Black ADOS communities across California. Gives California a chance to correct decades of economic exclusion targeted against Black ADOS California residents. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

PROP 17 : Voting Rights Restoration for Persons on Parole Amendment VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this constitutional amendment to allow people on parole for felony convictions to vote. A “no” vote opposes this constitutional amendment, thereby continuing to prohibit people who are on parole for felony convictions from voting.

ADOS Community Impact:

Expands voting rights to the Black ADOS community in California which has been intentionally targeted for incarceration. Increases Black ADOS political power by increasing the number of eligible Black ADOS voters. Restores dignity and citizenship rights to many well deserving Black Americans. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

PROP 18: Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this constitutional amendment to allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primary elections and special elections. A “no” vote opposes this constitutional amendment, thereby continuing to prohibit 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primary elections and special elections..

ADOS Community Impact:

Increases Black ADOS political power by increasing the number of eligible Black ADOS voters. Opens opportunity for new political education initiatives targeting Black youth. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

PROP 19 : Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this constitutional amendment to: • allow eligible homeowners to transfer their tax assessments anywhere within the state and allow tax assessments to be transferred to a more expensive home with an upward adjustment; • increase the number of times that persons over 55 years old or with severe disabilities can transfer their tax assessments from one to three; * require that inherited homes that are not used as principal residences, such as second homes or rentals, be reassessed at market value when transferred; and • allocate additional revenue or net savings resulting from the ballot measure to wildfire agencies and counties. A “no” vote opposes this constitutional amendment, therefore continuing to: • allow eligible homeowners to transfer their tax assessments within counties and to homes ofequal or lesser market value; • keep the number of times that persons over 55 years old or with severe disabilities can transfer their tax assessments at one; • allow the tax assessments on inherited homes, including those not used as principal residences, to be transferred from parent to child or grandparent to grandchild.

ADOS Community Impact:

Generally, the ability to transfer property tax values and assessments potentially contributes to the transfer of exclusionary generational wealth, the provision within this measure that requires secondary homes to be assessed at market value upon transfer is desirable. Particularly because this provision could help transfer exclusionary wealth to Black ADOS communities in need. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

PROP 20: Criminal Sentencing, Parole, and DNA Collection Initiative VOTE NO What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this initiative to add crimes to the list of violent felonies for which early parole is restricted; recategorize certain types of theft and fraud crimes as wobblers (chargeable as misdemeanors or felonies); and require DNA collection for certain misdemeanors. A “no” vote opposes this initiative to add crimes to the list of violent felonies for which early parole is restricted; recategorize certain types of theft and fraud crimes as wobblers (chargeable as misdemeanors or felonies); and require DNA collection for certain misdemeanors.

ADOS Community Impact:

Increases mass incarceration of Black ADOS communities. Plain and simple. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of NO .

PROP 21: Local Rent Control Initiative VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this ballot initiative to allow local governments to enact rent control on housing that was first occupied over 15 years ago, with an exception for landlords who own no more than two homes with distinct titles or subdivided interests.

ADOS Voting guide 2020

CALIFORNIA STATE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS

A “no” vote opposes this ballot initiative, thereby continuing to prohibit rent control on housing that was first occupied after February 1, 1995, and housing units with distinct titles, such as single-family homes.

ADOS Community Impact:

Increases the opportunity for rent control. Much needed among Black ADOS communities in California. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

PROP 22: App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative VOTE NO What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this ballot initiative to define app-based transportation (rideshare) and delivery drivers as independent contractors and adopt labor and wage policies specific to app-based drivers and companies. A “no” vote opposes this ballot initiative, meaning California Assembly Bill 5 (2019) could be used to decide whether app-based drivers are employees or independent contractors.

ADOS Community Impact:

App based rideshare companies Uber and Lyft monopolize the rideshare industry in California.Monopolies generally negatively impact Black ADOS businesses. These same companies pay their top executive multi-million dollar salaries but cannot guarantee their Black ADOS workers living wages, full health insurance, nor other worker protections. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of NO .

PROP 23 : California Proposition 23, Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this ballot initiative to require chronic dialysis clinics to: have an on-site physician while patients are being treated; report data on dialysis-related infections; obtain consent from the state health department before closing a clinic; and not discriminate against patients based on the source of payment for care. A “no” vote opposes this ballot initiative to require chronic dialysis clinics to: have an on-site physician while patients are being treated; report data on dialysis-related infections; obtain consent from the state health department before closing a clinic; and not discriminate against patients based on the source of payment for care.

ADOS Community Impact:

Disproportionately supports low-income ADOS communities by increasing access and reliability of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also prevents discrimination based on the source of payment for care. For these reasons, we recommend a vote of YES .

VOTE SMART PROP 24 : Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote supports this ballot initiative to expand the state’s consumer data privacy laws, including provisions to allow consumers to direct businesses to not share their personal information; remove the time period in which businesses can fix violations before being penalized; and create the Privacy Protection Agency to enforce the state’s consumer data privacy laws. A “no” vote opposes this ballot initiative to expand the state’s consumer data privacy laws or create the Privacy Protection Agency to enforce the state’s consumer data privacy laws.

ADOS Community Impact:

Protects vulnerable ADOS from violations of their privacy. Creates a dedicated state watchdog to prevent violations and enforce protections. For these reasons, we recommend a vote ofYES .

PROP 25 : Replace Cash Bail with Risk Assessments Referendum VOTE YES What it does:

A “yes” vote is to uphold the contested legislation, Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), which would replace cash bail with risk assessments for detained suspects awaiting trials. A “no” vote is to repeal the contested legislation, Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), thus keeping in place the use of cash bail for detained suspects awaiting trials.

ADOS Community Impact:

End the current practice of incarceration without trial or conviction and based on ability to pay. Replaces it with risk assessment. Reducing the profit motive to keep Black ADOS communities incarcerated. For these reasons, we recommend a vote

of YES .

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MAKING POSITIVE PROGRESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGH ART by Contributing Writer, Cheryl D. Howard

Twenty-six years ago, Founder & Owner, Shonna McDaniels had a vision to gather ethnic artists, the for her was that her mother recognized her gift for painting. fashioning of clay, and stories untold about our people, Her mother would frequently take her to black art galleries in one place. The Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, or anything that had to do with the Arts in order to cultivate Sacramento’s first ever African American museum, offers a those gifts in her. She strongly urges the parents of her art plethora of visuals, sounds, and yes, sometimes even a touch students to cultivate their skills and talents that they may have. for museum visitors. In this particular museum, the messages “I automatically know it when I see it if a child has that skill and conveyed encapsulates the beauty of the African American that talent, If a child is interested in the visual arts, I tell them culture. (parents), bring them to me!” she exclaimed. At the entrance of the museum you will be met with the image It is McDaniels’ personal mission to teach children and elders of the Sankofa bird, pronounced (SAHN-ko-fa). According to more about their history than just about slavery. She wants Sankofa.com, the “Sankofa” is a metaphorical symbol used them to know that they came from greatness and all through by the Akan people of Ghana generally depicted as a bird her museum is reflective of that. Sadly, too many African with its head turned backward taking an egg from its back. American children and adults alike, do not know enough It expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge about black history. It is imperative for people of color to tell gained in the past and bringing it into the present in order to their own stories and pass them down from generation to make positive progress. The relevance of this symbol is so generation. As a little girl she used to do many sketches of appropriate for what McDaniels set out to accomplish when Sojourner Truth, not knowing then just how powerful an image she opened Sojourner. she was. She was attracted to her strong facial features, her McDaniels just recently announced that she has received substantial funding to expand the museum with over 2500 square feet of new space. In November 2020, McDaniels is approved for an additional 1500 square feet. In the new spaces she will be featuring new exhibits and telling the stories of a clothing, and her head bonnet and she knew Sojourner was a courageous woman. McDaniels felt that somehow, someday Sojourner would further impact her life. Fast forward to when she first received her 501c3 for the museum, it was inevitable to name the museum after her. variety of historical Black Leaders from Sacramento, living Sacramento is hosting what is called “Wide Open Walls” and posthumously. One of the new exhibits, in which she is Festival in September. Selected artists paint murals as high as especially fond of, is in honor of the historical figure, “Sara 30 feet on the sides of the city’s buildings. Historically, black Baartman”. In 19th Century France, Sara Baartman was a black muralist has been overlooked to be invited to participate, until woman with a protuberant buttock and was exploited and recent. Shonna McDaniels has been invited for the second racially ridiculed in freak shows. The then narrative only added time to paint a beautiful image. In 2019, she painted a mural of to the suffering of black women. This new exhibit will open a a Ndebele Woman of South Africa. The mural is at 3217 MLK conversation and bring awareness to black girls and women Blvd. next to Flowers Fish Market. This month McDaniels will about reclaiming their bodies and having positive body images. be painting an image of a young black southern belle girl. The For black women, Sara Baartman symbolizes the necessity to location is TBA. She stated that the compensation is not much, re-define beauty for themselves and not allow a society of a and it is more important to her that images of beautiful black Caucasian persuasion, to define beauty for them. women are being painted in public spaces. The Arts have endless possibilities. No matter what genre or One of McDaniels’ greatest works of art is her family. Her processes, it says different things for different people. Art, in its husband Kelly of 23 years, her son Kelson and her daughter purest form, transmits timeless messages intended by the artist Nasara. or artists. As an artist, muralist, and an art teacher, McDaniels Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum is to bring people of understands first-hand the significance and allure of the Arts. color together in unity by way of knowing their history through She has a self-awareness of her essential purpose in life. “I the Arts. As a culture we cannot forge ahead successfully refer to myself as a divine spirit that’s here in the universal for against racial injustices, prejudices, or any and all areas of the moment to impact and create change on every level that inequities, until we come together, love together, and learn our I possibly can,” said McDaniels. She recalls as a young girl history together. n growing up being raised by a single mother, that she began to show promise as an artist. “I came into this world with a Visit www.sojoartsmuseum.org brush in my hand,” said McDaniels. What was most relevant | 53 | THE HUB MAGAZINE FALL 2020 FALL 2020 THE HUB MAGAZINE | 53 |