[Sustain] Email Supes To Stop Starbucks Displacing Neighborhood Cafes!

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

In 2004, and 2006 we passed strong protections that allow San Francisco 
residents and small local businesses to say 'NO' to chain stores when 
they don't want them in their neighborhoods.

But recently the Planning Commission ignored the pleas of such residents 
and small businesses (many of them locally owned coffee shops), and 
outrageously approved the construction of a Starbucks in the 
neighborhood near 4th Ave. and Geary Blvd. San Francisco residents and 
small business owners are mobilizing in opposition to this new 
Starbucks, which is unwanted, will ruin the neighborhood's character, 
and will harm those local businesses. Take action today to support 
residents' efforts to preserve neighborhood character and protect local 
cafes! (See *Email Action *below.)

This Tuesday, September 11, at 4:30 p.m. in San Francisco City Hall (Rm 
250), the Board of Supervisors will decide whether or not to allow the 
Starbucks to be built. Let the Supervisors know that you are opposed to 
the corporatization of San Francisco's local retail neighborhoods by 
sending an email opposing the Starbucks.
*
Email Action: Copy the sample letter below, then add a few words of your 
own with your name and address, and email the message to the Board of 
Supervisors today at:*

board.of.supervisors at sfgov.org

SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Supervisor,

Please help stop the corporatization of San Francisco by rejecting the 
Starbucks project at 4th Ave. and Geary Blvd. Far too many residents of 
that neighborhood are opposed, and would be harmed by a new chain store 
in their area.

Thank You,

[your name and address here]

END OF SAMPLE LETTER

For more information see the e-action organization Local Impact's info 
page at http://www.local-impact.org/learn53.html

-- 
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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