加州选民，请立即注册WheresMyballot，以保护您的11月的投票！ 作者：EIP-Ca （加州选举完整项目) 立法监督总监Ruth Weiss， ruthweiss@eip-ca.com 加利福尼亚圣克拉丽塔。由于加州AB 860法案的生效，今年11月普选所有加利福尼亚州的选民将收到邮寄选票。这引起了许多担心，其中一个担心是邮寄选票的丢失。今年3月份初选时丢失的选票数量达到数十万！ 为确保在11月的选举中不会发生这种选票丢失的情况，请立即前往 WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov进行注册以接收有关您的选票的电子邮件，SMS（短信）和/或语音呼叫通知。我刚刚做了，大约只需要20秒。 注册后，当选举时间到来时，您会收到如下通知： 您的选票由您的选举办公室（或供应商）放到邮件中您的选票在10月5日至10月9日之间邮寄出来邮政的预计递送日期如果它未能如期到达，您可以致电取消并更换，以防止有人用你的名字进行选票欺诈什么时候选举办公室收到您的选票您的选票被计算或拒绝如果被拒绝：为什么以及可以采取的步骤如果在特定日期之前未收到您的选票会提醒您。 目前加州58县中的52个县正在提供这项服务。（请看文章最后有关列表）。如果您的县尚未提供此服务，请点击此处，了解如何检查你的选票。 在忘记之前，请立即执行此操作。然后告诉每个人您都知道。 WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov  下面的县提供WheresMyBallot选票跟踪服务 AmadorButteCalaverasColusaContra CostaDel NorteEl DoradoFresnoGlennHumboldtInyoKernKingsLakeLassenLos AngelesMaderaMarinMariposaMendocinoMercedMonoMontereyNapaNevadaOrangePlacerPlumasRiversideSacramentoSan BenitoSan BernardinoSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan JoaquinSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSanta BarbaraSanta ClaraSanta CruzShastaSiskiyouSonomaStanislausSutterTehamaTrinityTulareTuolumneVenturaYoloYuba 点击此处，可以直接转向选票跟踪网站

编者按：Mr. Haibo Huang is one of the recipients of SVCAF's Voice of Chinese Americans Award. He published an op ed  about ACA-5 in San Diego Union Tribune on June 9th. Here is his unabridged article in both English and Chinese. ACA-5 is a Wolf-in-Sheep’s-ClothingACA-5, 一只披着羊皮的狼...

SVCAF announces a new program to recognize Chinese Americans who publish influential articles which help advance the mission of SVCAF.  A recipient of this award will get a certificate and a small honorarium.  Criteria  The articles are related to at least one of the items...

Since late March this year, SVCAF has collected ~$50,000 donations from the Chinese American communities to purchase and deliver masks for local charities, hospitals, police stations, small businesses, senior homes, and so on.  We just got a thank-you letter today!  For hospitals or essential businesses...

For Immediate Release June 14, 2020 Fremont, San Diego & Irving, California: Representing a diverse and broad-based coalition of concerned organizations to oppose Assembly Constitutional Amendment ACA 5, the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF), San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE), TOC Foundation and...

For Immediate Release June 8, 2020 FREMONT, Calif. — On behalf of a growing civil rights campaign against state government-sponsored racial discrimination, the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF) denounces the insidious attempts of American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) to incite racial tension. Under the...

编者按：圣拉蒙山谷联合学区（San Ramon Valley Unified School District）最近赔偿亚裔学生65万美元的案子在本地引起巨大反响。Nextdoor上邻居们七嘴八舌争论不休。很多不明真相的群众认为受害者家庭滥用诉讼让学区就范，舆论一时对亚裔受害者家庭非常不利。SVCAF三年里一直跟受害者一家保持联系，了解其中艰辛。幸好有真正花时间阅读法庭公开文件的居民写了案件的总结。现摘录如下，让华人社区也清楚本案的来龙去脉。 Case summary     案件摘要 I read the original complaint filed when this all started back in 2017, and the one in these documents looks pretty much the same, with apparently some amendments along the way. In broad strokes...

[IMPORTANT update on Free Masks for Seniors ] Up till 4/10 17:08, all of our existing available masks are all donated out, including the masks for seniors. Thus we are pausing the online request and delivery service for seniors until future notice. If you have...