The California Democratic Party will hold its midterm convention at Moscone Center in San Francisco this weekend, and while there's not a whole lot of suspense, it's always an opportunity to see which way the party is leaning in a crucial election year. The message so far: Don't talk about economic inequality-and don't mention the billionaire tax. All the candidates for governor, and all the candidates for the other statewide offices, will be there. Mayor Daniel Lurie will address the crowd. The party issues endorsements in contested primaries, and the San Francisco Congressional race was wired from the start for state Sen. Scott Wiener.
The chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party tried to sideline a resolution this weekend putting the state party on record urging California officials not to share license plate data with ICE. Chair Nancy Tung was the only person at the state party's executive committee meeting who asked that the resolution be taken off the consent calendar-a very unusual move. In the end, she only got nine votes out of almost 300 members in attendance, and the resolution passed.