by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Disclosure: I do some work for the Mark Leno Campaign.

I'll admit that I'm always a bit reluctant about getting up early to do precinct walking, or well, to do precinct walking at all. Mostly it's the hills in my neighborhood. That makes for some exhausting work with a big ol' sack of lit on your back. I mean, I do it, but I kinda prefer phonebanking and that kind of thing. I hope I don't get my grassroots card torn away. ;)

So, the lure of a donut helps to motivate me. And having a great candidate like Mark Leno. And balloons! Last Saturday, the Leno campaign held a little party for the opening of the second campaign office in SF's Castro District.  There was a great attendance from community members and local leaders.  SF Assessor-Recorder (and possible mayoral candidate in 2011) Phil Ting made an appearance, as did SF Democratic Party chair Scott Wiener. Scott and SF Young Dems President Luke Klipp, who was also there, are both running for election to the San Francisco DCCC. And both are endorsed by me!

The conversation was good, and the donuts tasty. Check the flip (or my Flickr set) for a photo slideshow from the event.

by Be_Devine [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I know there's lots going on in the Presidential Primaries, but I wanted to take a second to recognize an historic state-level announcement.

Assemblymember Mark Leno today announced that he will be introducing legislation in the California Assembly to recognize May 22nd as "Harvey Milk Day." If Leno's bill passes, this will be the first time a LGBT Civil Rights Leader will be recognized with an annual state holiday.  While the holiday is "non-fiscal" (meaning that schools and government workers are not given the day off), it still will be a recognized state holiday.  Hopefully this will engender more discussion in schools and in the community about Harvey Milk's life.

More about Harvey Milk on the flip. . .

For those of you not familiar with Harvey Milk's life, is is summarized as follows: