August 2015 - announce

Greenzine: candidate forum / endorsement meeting tonight, 6-9 pm
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Aug 26 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our candidate forum / endorsement meeting is tonight, and we're starting at 6 pm! See our announcement below. Also, for KPFA members, we've endorsed the United for Community Radio slate of candidates for the upcoming station board elections (http://www.unitedforcommunityradio.org/) If you want to vote online and save the station money, you can sign up to vote online here: http://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/vote-online/ *===========================* What: Candidate forum and endorsement meeting When: Wed, Aug 26, 6-9 pm Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, at S Van Ness Ave, Room #302 We emailed questionnaires to all candidates for Supervisor, Mayor, and College Board who gave their contact info to the Department of Elections. We have invited all candidates who return completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our candidate forum and endorsement meeting, on Wednesday, August 26 from 6-9 pm (note new start time). This forum is open to the public, and everybody is invited! Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place in room 302 of Redstone Building, located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). We've already made early endorsements of Francisco Herrera for Mayor and Ross Mirkarimi for Sheriff. We will consider endorsing other candidates and ballot propositions at this meeting. Ballot propositions and their text are on the Department of Elections website, and linked from our website (see below). We'll have outside presenters for some of the more difficult ones, and have shorter discussions on others. We received the questionnaires from the following candidates seeking our endorsement. Please read them before the meeting so you can follow up on anything of particular interest. Mayoral candidates: Amy Farah Weiss, Reed Martin (write-in) College Board candiates: Wendy Aragon, Alex Randolph, Tom Temprano, Jason Zeng Supervisor: No candidates from District 3 are seeking our endorsement. All questionnaires and initiatives are linked from our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/2-uncategorised/71-candidate-forum-on-august-26 *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: party for Francisco Herrera, candidate forum scheduled
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Aug 17 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, You are invited to a party this Saturday evening for Francisco Herrera, our candidate for Mayor! The party is in the space that used to be a Hyundai dealership, at the corner of 16th St and South Van Ness (near the 16th St BART). The address is 475 South Van Ness Ave. What: Party for Francisco Herrera When: Sat, Aug 22, 6-9 pm Where: 475 S Van Ness Ave, at the corner of 16th St Francisco is a longtime activist from the Mission. His platform is for truly affordable housing, liveable wages, Sanctuary City protections, extending Healthy San Francisco to all, environmental justice, and more. Please give your vote to Francisco this November. Please also consider donating to his campaign. If they can raise $50K by 8/24, the mayor's office will contribute double the amount raised. (E.g.: If 2,000 people donate $25 each, totalling $50,000 - the minimum required by the matching program - the City will give an additional $100,000 to the campaign. This means that your $25 will become $75!) Make checks out to "Francisco Herrera for Mayor" and mail to 2467 28th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94116. Pay with credit cards at http://peoplescampaign.net. Or come to our party and donate. There's no cost to attend, but donations will be gratefully accepted! *===========================* Our candidate forum is scheduled for next Wed, Aug 26! What: Candidate forum and endorsement meeting When: Wed, Aug 26, 7-9 pm Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, at S Van Ness Ave, Room #302 We have emailed questionnaires to all candidates for Supervisor, Mayor, and College Board who gave their contact info to the Department of Elections. Other candidates for these offices (e.g., write-in candidates) who are seeking our endorsement should contact us at cc(a)sfgreens.org to obtain a questionnaire. We will consider making ranked choice endorsements for Supervisor and Mayor, but voters will only be able to make one choice for College Board. Questionnaires are due this Wed, August 19. If you know of a local candidate you think Greens should support, please have them get in touch with us. We will invite all candidates who return completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our candidate forum and endorsement meeting, on August 26 from 7-9 pm. This forum is open to the public, and everybody is invited! Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place in room 302 of Redstone Building, located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website a week before the forum: http://sfgreenparty.org/2-uncategorised/71-candidate-forum-on-august-26 We will make all our remaining endorsements, including propositions, at this meeting. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: candidate forum scheduled for August 26
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Aug 2 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We have emailed questionnaires to all candidates for Supervisor, Mayor, and College Board who gave their contact info to the Department of Elections. Other candidates for these offices (e.g., write-in candidates) who are seeking our endorsement should contact us at cc(a)sfgreens.org to obtain a questionnaire. We will consider making ranked choice endorsements for Supervisor and Mayor, but voters will only be able to make one choice for College Board. Questionnaires are due on August 19. If you know of a local candidate you think Greens should support, please have them get in touch with us. We will invite all candidates who return completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our candidate forum and endorsement meeting, on August 26 from 7-9 pm. This forum is open to the public, and everybody is invited! Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place in room 302 of Redstone Building, located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website a week before the forum: http://sfgreenparty.org/2-uncategorised/71-candidate-forum-on-august-26 *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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