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Greenzine: Happy Pride! And no more Prop 8!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

June 26, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events Happy Pride! See our plans to march (on behalf of Bradley Manning) and register Greens at our booth at the Pride celebration, below under Events. NEWS: 1. Supreme Court overturns Prop 8 and part of the "Defense of Marriage" Act! This is great news, especially fitting for Pride week, and there will be a celebration at Market and Castro at 6:30 pm tonight! But after the party's over, there's still a lot of work to be done: the Court declined to take on key civil rights questions in overturning Prop 8, so it will take a lot of organization to bring civil rights to states such as Texas and Alabama. Not to mention the work we need to do to turn back the rest of the Clinton legacy (NAFTA, Welfare Deform, etc). 2. While PFC Bradley Manning stands trial at Ft. Meade, MD, pop -culture celebrities declare support for Army whistleblower in 5-minute advocacy video. 20+ Hollywood actors/musicians/other well-known leaders star in "I am Bradley Manning." Filmmaker Oliver Stone; actors Russell Brand, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wallace Shawn, Peter Sarsgaard; musicians Moby, Tom Morello, and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters; writers Matt Taibbi, Alice Walker, Chris Hedges; and activists Lt. Dan Choi and Angela Davis, and others speak out in the short film, explaining that Manning sought to expose war crimes and inspire debate and reforms. They condemn the "aiding the enemy" charge with which the military wants to imprison him for life, arguing it criminalizes what should be recognized as whistle-blowing. View the video at http://iam.bradleymanning.org 3. The Save City College SF Coalition is continuing to work throughout the summer with HOT campaigns, events and demonstrations. You are welcome to get involved! www.saveCCSF.org Mark your calendar July 9th: March to Dept. of Education. 4. We just returned from the Green Party's statewide meeting in Napa. We heard from a great panel of Green officeholders from Northern California, including Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond, Bruce Delgado, Mayor of Marina, Renee Goddard, Fairfax Town Council, and Jesse Townley, Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner. Mayor McLaughlin's discussion of how she is using Eminent Domain to bail out homeowners instead of banks (keeping people in their homes with lower mortgage payments) was especially interesting! Our fight to overturn Prop 14 (The Top Two election system that threatens to eliminate Greens and other non-corporate parties from the ballot in CA) also continues, but we won't get our day in court until next year. 5. Bill would enable Bay Bridge review panel secrecy: A state bill creating a task force to address seismic concerns about the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge would exempt the panel from state open meeting and public records laws, the California Newspaper Publishers Association is reporting.Author of SB 110 is Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord), a vociferous critic of construction flaws in the span, which is due to open on Labor Day weekend. The CNPA notes that public records laws have enabled access to information baring falsified bridge inspection reports as well as defective bolts and reinforcement rods that could pose serious safety risks. The bill is before the Assembly, having received Senate approval. Its passage requires at least two-thirds approval in each chamber, meaning "ayes" from 27 senators and 54 assemblymembers. The measure's text and procedural status can be tracked at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_110&sess=CUR&hou… June/JULY EVENTS: 1. SF Green Party 4th Wednesday Member Meeting June 26, 7-9pm, El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia/short walk from 16th St. BART.Help plan participation in the Gay Pride Celebration this weekend. Hear the IMPORTANT results of the State GP General Assembly last wk.end in Napa: Prop 14; Green Party office holders. 2. PRIDE! Join the SF Green Party at our booth 10-6 pm June 29 & 30 for annual Pride Celebration. Booth located on Larkin St. near Grove; between Grove and Market St. We need 20 Greens per day to volunteer at this event. Register voters, educate, grow the Green Party, sell buttons. Please add hours you can help here: cc(a)sfgreens.org Joining us at the booth will be Ocean Edge members to collect signatures to prevent the artificial turf/mega watt lights being installed in Golden Gate Park behind the Beach Chalet Restaurant on the Great Hwy. Single Payer health care will also be there educating on the great need for Medicare for all. www.sfpride.org If you plan to march in the parade on Sunday (in any contingent), stop by our booth on Saturday to pick up a sign to carry in the march. We will have thousands of signs promoting Bradley Manning and other LGBTIQ heroes for people to carry in the march, if you're in a contingent that will let you bring your own sign (such as the one below). We will be marching with the Bradley Manning contingent on Sunday. If you want to march with us, meet at Howard and Beale (near Embarcadero or Montgomery BART stations) at 10 AM. Be proud Greens--wear a green shirt and/or carry a Green Party sign--we will have several dozen to hand out, as well as the Manning signs above. 3. Urgent Save City College Meeting, Thursday June 27,4 pm for action at 6 pm Board meeting,upstairs-Student Union Building. Save City College will be discussing potential action at the Board of Trustees meeting on the same day, Thursday, 6PM in MUB 140. The board will be making important decisions on the extension of the Special Trustee's contract and the adoption of the new school budget, which is still exclusive of the majority of Prop. A funds. We need as many people as possible prepared to potentially disrupt such a vote! Join Us! http://www.saveccsf.org email info(a)saveccsf.org Text "Follow saveccsfnow" to 40404 4. Sunday Streets July 7th 11am-4pm in Golden Gate Park/Great Hgy. SF Green Party tabling w/Ocean Edge at JFK & Great Hwy. Join us for a tour of the now lovely meadow where astro-turf soccer fields may go. Volunteer to help: cc(a)sfgreens.org 5. Wednesday July 10th, Powell & Market Sts. SF Prostest: No more wars - U.S. out of the Middle East! National Days of Action, June 28 - July 17, 2013 Israeli air strikes on May 5 near Damascus The White House's June 13th announcement that it would begin directly supplying arms to the opposition in Syria is a dramatic escalation of the U.S./NATO war against that country. Thousands of U.S. troops and intelligence personnel are training opposition forces and coordinating operations in Turkey and Jordan. Israel, the recipient of more than $3 billion annually in U.S. military aid, has carried out heavy bombing raids against Syria. *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page: http://www.cagreens.org/ *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news at sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: SF Green Party News & Events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 19 Jun '13

19 Jun '13

June 19, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events NEWS: 1. SF Ocean Edge and the Green Party have been fighting the proposed artificial turf soccer fields and 150,000 watts of night lighting proposed for the Beach Chalet fields in the western end of Golden Gate Park, next to Ocean Beach. We have been unable to convince officials to see "green" on this, and so the project has been approved. However, in San Francisco it is never too late to change the course of history! SF Ocean Edge is going to move ahead with various outreach efforts. They ask that you send them your ideas for what to do next! Since there are no more 'official' hearings, we can focus on direct citizen activism. Send serious ideas, fun ideas, creative ideas, even bizarre ideas (after all, this is San Francisco, and it is expected that we be a bit, well, different.) WHAT: Ideas for outreach, events, media, whatever! WHEN: Any time, night or day, but try to get those ideas in soon! Time is running short! WHY: Creativity can win the day -- go for it! SEND TO: sfoceanedge(a)earthlink.net and cc(a)sfgreens.org LEARN MORE AT: www.sfoceanedge.org 2. URGENT: ANTI-SUNSHINE PROPOSALS IN CALIFORNIA DRAFT BUDGET: Call/fax/email/snail:Sen.Mark Leno to oppose anti-sunshine proposals.Sacramento:(916) 651-4011 Fax:(916) 445-4722 senator.leno(a)senate.ca.gov; State Capitol,Rm 5100,95814. SF:(415) 557-1300 Fax:(415) 557-1252;455 Golden Gate Av.Ste. 14800, SF 94102. Gov. Brown proposes to (1) impose fees for access to court records and (2) halt reimbursements to local governments cities, counties, school and community college districts etc.) for expenses incurred in complying with state public- records laws. These proposals fly in the face of California Constitution Article I, Section 3, which enshrines into the supreme law of the state the people's right to know what their governments are doing and why.That section was added when voters passed Proposition 59 by an 83% to 17% margin in Nov.2004!!! Budget is before an eight-member Senate-Assembly conference committee & Legislature must adopt a budget by June 15, or members'pay docked for every day they go beyond the deadline. Please spread the word on this ASAP. Richard Knee, Green Party member and freelance journalist 3. Stay connected to City College SF: savecitycollegesf.org Accreditation Committee won't announce decisions to close it until July. Careful records were kept of this process and an official complaint about the accreditation agency sent to the Depart. of Ed. At 280 pages long, the allegations are serious. JUNE/JULY EVENTS: 1. Wed. June 19, 7pm Film Showing "Assata: Eyes on the Rainbow" 2969 Mission St. btwn 25th and 26th, SF near 24th St. BART, #14, 49 MUNI Come learn the truth about Assata Shakur's story. "Eyes on the Rainbow" portrays the life of Assata Shakur, the Black liberation leader who escaped from unjust imprisonmentin the US to Cuba 29 yrs. ago. Sponsored by ANSWER 415-821-6545. www.sfgreenparty.org 2. Wednesday June 19, 7:30 pm SF Green Party County Council meets @ El Cafetazo in the back, 3087 16th St. near Valencia. 1+ block walk from 16th St./Mission BART. Discuss Beach Chalet soccer mess; upcoming Calif. State Green Party General Assembly this weekend. Plans for SFGP booth at the Gay Pride event. To get an issue on the agenda: cc(a)sfgreens.org more info: www.sfgreenparty.org 3. Nurses, environmentalists and other community members will be marching across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on June 20. We're sending Wall Street and leaders in Washington, DC a message: Stop the Keystone XL pipeline! Stop austerity. Thursday, June 20th Rally: Noon Location: Battery East off Lincoln Boulevard near the Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion Go to our website to see a map of where to go: http://nationalnursesunited.org/StopKeystoneXL After the rally, we'll march across the Golden Gate Bridge. 4. Monday June 24. Practice Bradley Manning Flash mob Dance/SF Pride. 7:45pm - 9:30pm, Hellman room @ ODC 2nd flr. 302 Shotwell @ 17th St, SF. Perform Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" in SF Pride, and flashmob it at various open spaces until Bradley can come dance with us. All info: http://tinyurl.com/mobbrad Promo video: http://vimeo.com/67875827 For practicing: Full-speed (skip Drill, press 3) http://youtu.be/0B1yMhpfBoQ?t=1m13s Instructional breakdown: http://youtu.be/jeaICotBAUc 5. Saturday/Sunday June 22nd & 23rd Green Party of California General Assembly, Napa Women's Club, 218 Franklin St., Napa. Registration $40 until 6/19; $45 at the door--includes light breakfast and vegan/vegetarian lunch each day. Agenda: www.cagreens.org 6. Wednesday June 26, 7-9pm All Green Party Member monthly meeting at El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia and 16th St. Mission BART. Come review the great success at the Haight St. Fair and plan for even more success at upcoming events like Gay Pride weekend. www.sfgreenparty.org 7. Saturday/Sunday June 29th & 30th -- Gay Pride: "Embrace, Encourage, Empower". Join SFGP at our booth--help needed all day and to set up Sat. am and take down Sun. pm; location TBA. Contact cc(a)sfgreens.org to sign up for your time slot(s). SFGP has endorsed Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal! Sunday Pride Parade begins 10:30 am at Market & Beale;then to Market & 8th St. Pride events include the best of local musical talent & cultural performances in and around Civic Center. 24 stages! www.sfpride.org 8. Sunday Streets July 7th 11am-4pm in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. SF Green Party tabling! Volunteer to help: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page: http://www.cagreens.org/ *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news at sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: SF Green Party News & Events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

June 12, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events NEWS: 1. Good news that the California San Onofre nuclear plant is shut down! "Officials from the San Onofre nuclear reactor said the warning siren that went off... was just a malfunction and no one should worry. Hey, I worry, if they can't even get the siren to work right, what the hell are they doing with the reactor??" --Jay Leno 1/20/10 2. ANTI-SUNSHINE PROPOSALS IN CALIFORNIA DRAFT BUDGET: Gov. Brown proposes to (1) impose fees for access to court records and (2) halt reimbursements to local governments cities, counties, school and community college districts etc.) for expenses incurred in complying with state public- records laws. These proposals fly in the face of California Constitution Article I, Section 3, which enshrines into the supreme law of the state the people's right to know what their governments are doing and why. That section was added when voters passed Proposition 59 by an 83% to 17% margin in November, 2004. The budget is before an eight-member Senate-Assembly conference committee. The Legislature must adopt a budget by Friday, June 15, or members' pay will be docked for every day they go beyond the deadline. ACTION: At your earliest convenience, please let the committee's chair, Sen. Mark Leno, know that you oppose these anti-sunshine proposals. Sen.Mark Leno contact information: Capitol Office Ph: (916) 651-4011 Fax: (916) 445-4722 senator.leno(a)senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 5100, Sacramento,CA 95814 San Francisco Office Ph: (415) 557-1300 Fax: (415) 557-1252 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14800 San Francisco, CA 94102 Please spread the word on this. Richard Knee, Green Party member and freelance journalist 3. The Haight Ashbury St. Fair 6/9 was a blast as usual. We gave out over 500 pieces of the new SFGP literature, registered new Greens, sold buttons--all thanks to: Rich Stone, Barry Hermanson, new Green/Kitty Corona and friend Julia, Denise D'Anne, Mike Murphy & Sandra Decker. (Special thanks to Charles Byrne for designing the 2 brochures). 4. The Community College Accreditation Committee met June 5th to decide the fate of City College SF. They kept many people out of the meeting & won't announce their decisions until July. Careful records were kept of this process and an official complaint about the accreditation agency sent to the Department of Education last month. It's 280 pages long, and the allegations are serious. JUNE/JULY EVENTS: 1. Practices on Mondays (June 17,24) for Bradley Manning Flash mob Dance in SF Pride. 7:45pm - 9:30pm, Hellman room @ ODC 2nd flr. 302 Shotwell @ 17th St, SF. Will perform Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" in SF Pride, and flashmob it at various open spaces until Bradley can come dance with us. All info at (Facebook) http://tinyurl.com/mobbrad Promo video: http://vimeo.com/67875827 For practicing: Full-speed (skip Drill, press 3) http://youtu.be/0B1yMhpfBoQ?t=1m13s Instructional breakdown: http://youtu.be/jeaICotBAUc 2. Wednesday June 12, 6-8 pm, SF Bay Guardian is holding a public forum on Plan Bay Area at the LGBT Center in San Francisco. For details contact Eric Brooks or see https://www.facebook.com/events/521507337913282/ 3. Save City College Meeting June 12, 6-8 pm at the Chinatown Campus. www.saveccsf.org info(a)saveccsf.org 4. Wednesday June 19, 7:30 pm SF Green Party County Council meets @ El Cafetazo in the back, 3087 16th St. near Valencia. 1+ block walk from 16th St./Mission BART. Discuss plans for SFGP booth at the Gay Pride event June 29 & 30 plus marching to support Bradley Manning. To get an issue on the agenda: cc(a)sfgreens.org 5. Saturday/Sunday June 22nd & 23rd Green Party of California General Assembly Napa Women's Club, 218 Franklin St., Napa. Registration $40 until 6/19; $45 at the door--includes light breakfast and vegan or vegetarian lunch each day. Agenda: www.cagreens.org 6. Wednesday June 26, 7-9pm All Green Party Member monthly meeting at El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia and 16th St. Mission BART. Come review the great success at the Haight St. Fair and plan for even more success at upcoming events like Gay Pride weekend. 7. Saturday/Sunday June 29th & 30th -- Gay Pride: "Embrace, Encourage, Empower". Join SFGP at our booth--help needed to set up Sat. am and take down Sun. pm; location TBA. Contact cc(a)sfgreens.org to sign up for a time slot. SFGP has endorsed Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal! Sunday Pride Parade begins 10:30 am at Market & Beale and goes to Market & 8th St. Pride events include the best of local musical talent & cultural performances in and around Civic Center. 24 stages! www.sfpride.org 8. Sunday Streets July 7th 11am-4pm in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. SF Green Party tabling! cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page: http://www.cagreens.org/ *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news at sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: SF Green Party News & Events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

June 4, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events NEWS: MANNING TRIAL: Bradley Manning's show trial begins this week--Democracy Now! has some good coverage: http://www.democracynow.org/ TWO CURRENT STATE BILLS: State legislators are weighing a pair of political-transparency bills that the San Francisco Green Party and individual Greens might consider supporting: -- Assembly Bill 400 (Paul Fong, D-Cupertino) would require that circulators of initiative, referendum and recall petitions have publicly viewable lists of their top five funding sources with them when they collect signatures. The bill has received the Assembly's approval and is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee on June 4. -- Senate Bill 52 (Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo) would require that campaign organizations list their top funding sources on their web sites and in their advertisements. The bill has received the Senate's nod and awaits a committee assignment in the Assembly. These and other bills can be tracked at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov. JUNE EVENTS: 1. Wednesday June 5th, 8-10 am: Urgent! Please help SAVE CITY COLLEGE SF! Keep CCSF open and Accredited. Marriott Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, California. Join students, teachers and workers from around the Bay Area to defend CCSF and all community colleges in California. Decisions being made today. Demand that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges show cause for the "Show Cause" sanction placed on City College of San Francisco; use Prop A funds appropriately; restore CCSF to full accreditation; ACCJC be held accountable for conflicts of interest and wrongful sanctions placed on community colleges. For carpool: Email info(a)saveccsf.org and meet at MUB parking lot, 50 Phelan Avenue at 7am.For public transportation: Take BART to SFO and take Marriott Shuttle to the hotel. Please be discreet with banners if taking shuttle. More info: (415) 692-4897 2. Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9 FREE 37th Annual Folk Dance and Music Festival noon-10 pm. 100 workshops. 60 live concerts. Held in the Richmond Dist. of SF at Presidio Middle School, 450 30th Av. @ Geary Blvd. www.sffolkfest.org for schedules. $8 parking or street. Buses: #1 Calif; #2 Clement; #38 Geary & 38 L. 3. Sunday June 9, 11am-5:30 pm Haight Ashbury St. Fair. Join the SF Green Party at our booth on Haight St. between Cole and Broderick--closer to Cole St. Come see our 2nd new SFGP brochure. Help register voters, educate, sell buttons. Contact Rich to sign-up zentropical(a)gmail.com 4. Tuesday June 11, 7 pm: Hear a great Cuban Poet, Nancy Morejon---Cuba's National Literature Prize winner....the poet of the Havanna people. In English and Spanish. $5-$10 at the door. Sponsored by Nat'l Com. to Free the Cuban Five and ANSWER.2969 Mission St. 1/2 blk. from 24th St. BART. www.ANSWERsf.org 5. Saturday/Sunday June 22nd & 23rd Green Party of California General Assembly Napa Women's Club, 218 Franklin St., Napa. Registration $40 until 6/19; then $45 at the door--includes light breakfast and vegan or vegetarian lunch each day. Agenda: www.cagreens.org 6. Saturday/Sunday June 29th & 30th -- Gay Pride: "Embrace, Encourage,Empower". Join SFGP at our booth--help needed to set up Sat. am and take down Sun. pm; location TBA. Contact cc(a)sfgreens.org to sign up for a time slot. SFGP has endorsed Bradley Manning as Grand Marshall! Sunday Pride Parade begins 10:30 am at Market & Beale and goes to Market & 8th St. Pride events include the best of local musical talent & cultural performances in and around Civic Center. 24 stages! www.sfpride.org *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page: http://www.cagreens.org/ *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted =========================== To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news at sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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