2020 SF DCCC Election Voter Guide and Endorsements

Please note: This voter guide is for the DCCC election that took place in 2020. We do not have a DCCC voter guide for 2024.

What is the DCCC election?

This is the election for the SF Democratic Party County Central Committee (DCCC, also called "D triple C", also called "D trip"). This committee can sway the party by activities such as passing resolutions that influence local elected officials, making official SF Democratic Party endorsements, and using those endorsements as a chance to push candidates in particular direction (e.g., communicating that they will endorse candidates who commit to a particular platform).

The DCCC election is not a primary. It is the election for members of the DCCC. Whoever wins in March will have been elected to the DCCC; they won’t be appearing a second time in October–November.

There are 14 seats open for Assembly District 17 and voters can vote for 14 candidates as part of the March 2020 election.The race will be on the same ballot as the Presidential Primary.

Your county’s election for the party’s central committee can help shape the direction of the Party for at least the next four years (the duration of a DCCC term). Without endorsing any particular candidates or slate, we would encourage you to research the candidates for your county’s Party committee and vote your conscience. Don’t skip the committee race if you can help it—the results of this race can ripple far into the future!

BUT: You must be registered as a Democratic voter to vote in this race. No Party Preference voters can’t vote in a Party committee race. If you’re a NPP voter who wants to vote in the DCCC race, you’ll have to re-register as Democratic.

How to vote in the DCCC Election

In order to vote in the DCCC election, you must be registered with a party preference of Democratic. You cannot vote in this election at all as a No Party Preference voter—not even with a “crossover” ballot for the Democratic presidential primary.

You can re-register (or register, if you’re not already) on the California Secretary of State’s website by February 18. This is also a good time to become a permanent vote-by-mail voter, if you haven’t already; doing this means you get your real ballot (in addition to your sample ballot) in the mail well before “Election Day”, which enables you to vote at home, in your own time, and cast your ballot by dropping it in any mailbox (as long as it arrives by March 3rd).

If you don’t register as Democratic by February 18th, you can still vote in the DCCC election by going to City Hall on March 3rd and requesting Conditional Voter Registration. Register then with a Democratic party preference, and cast a Democratic ballot with the DCCC election on it. But this takes a lot more time on an always-busy Election Day than it’ll take you if you’ve already registered as Democratic before the deadline.

Our Endorsements

ISF endorses Gloria Berry and Austin Hunter for the DCCC. If elected, both these candidates pledge to endorse only candidates who support:

  • Ending homeless sweeps

  • The abolishment of ICE

  • Anti-jail criminal justice reform

  • Medicare for All

Gloria Berry

ISF is proud to endorse Gloria Berry for the DCCC. Ms. Berry has already been working with the DCCC on establishing a Black Agenda to address the inequity faced by Black San Franciscans. Political candidates would commit to such an agenda for a better shot at earning a DCCC endorsement.

She is a member of Beds for Bayview, a member of Brothers for Change, a board member of the New Community Leadership Foundation, and a Delegate for the California Assembly District 17 2019-2020 term.

She is already endorsed by The League of Pissed Off Voters, SF Berniecrats, SF Tenants Union, Shahid Buttar, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, Supervisor Matt Haney, Supervisor Hillary Ronen, and Supervisor Dean Preston, among others.

Check out her election pledges from the Pissed Off Voters Guide questionnaire here.

Austin Hunter

ISF is proud to endorse Austin Hunter. Mr. Hunter plans to bring strong progressive leadership to the Democratic Party and hopes to push the party to hold our elected officials to a higher standard. He is dedicated to supporting grassroots in building electoral movements and a progressive agenda. He has worked with Rock the Congress and Sister District during 2018, ran the largest phonebank in the nation and helped flip the Virginia legislature blue.

Mr. Hunter is an elected representative to the California State Democratic Party, where he succeeded in making the Green New Deal a part of the state party platform. He is a member of Rock the Congress, is a District Captain for Sister District San Francisco, and serves as the District Director for the Eastern Neighborhood Democratic Club. 

He is already endorsed by the ISF Potrero Hill Democratic Club, Rock the Congress, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

Check out his election pledges from the Pissed Off Voters Guide questionnaire here.