- announce - list.sfgreens.org

Greenzine: campaign events this weekend and next week
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

September 29 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, All of our endorsed candidates and ballot measures are here: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/87-november-2018-endorsements Some of their campaign events are below. We need Greens to show up to help them win! We'll also need funds to mail our slate cards, so please donate to help with this effort: http://sfgreenparty.org/donate *===========================* What: Walk Precincts with Mike Murphy for D4 Supe Where: Sunset and Parkside, West Side of SF When: Every weekend between now and the election Every Saturday and Sunday, join Mike Murphy and Green Party volunteers as we walk precincts throughout District 4 to support his campaign for Supervisor! For a detailed schedule each weekend, email info(a)murphy4supe.org (preferred), or call the candidate himself: Mike Murphy, 415-823-9743. *===========================* What: Mission Bay Meet & Greet for Matt Haney for District 6 Supervisor! Where: Back to the Picture framing shop, 1160 4th St., Mission Bay When: Sat, Sep 29, 5-7 pm Meet our endorsed candidate for D6 Supervisor! Nearest cross street is Channel St., just south of the 4th Street Bridge. Nearest transit stop: The Caltrain station is within a few blocks walk, and can be reached by the 10, 30, 45, 47, N, & T lines. In addition, the 55 provides access for those coming from the Mission. All D6 voters are welcome to attend. This event is especially hoping to reach voters in the easternmost and southernmost neighborhoods of D6, meaning South Beach, Rincon Hill, parts of SOMA, and of course Mission Bay, where a lot of new residents have moved in since the last District Supervisor election in 2014. *===========================* What: Social justice walking tour benefit for Li Lovett Where: Meeting at 865 Market street, Westfield Center When: Sun, Sep 30, 1 - 2:30 pm On Sunday 9/30 at 1 pm, professor David Giesen will be hosting a walking tour fundraiser for Li Lovett's School Board campaign. Tickets are just $20 and all proceeds will go to Li's campaign. *===========================* What: Volunteer for Tony Kelly for D10 Supe and Prop C Where: Various locations (see below) When: Every Wed and Thurs evening between now and the election (and big mobilizations on Sat-Sun, Oct 6-7) Phonebank for Tony Kelly Every Wednesday 5pm-8pm 1512 20th Street DSA Mobilization for Tony Kelly + Prop C Every Thursday 5pm-8pm 350 Alabama Street Volunteer Mobilization + Prop C Saturday October 6th 10a-2p 99 Leland Ave Volunteer Mobilization + Prop C Sunday October 7th 3pm-7pm 1512 20th Street *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: support our endorsed candidates!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

September 19 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We've finished making our endorsements, and we're still writing up our voter guide with detailed explanations. Here's a quick summary of the people and ballot measures we support: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/87-november-2018-endorsements Please donate to help with the effort: http://sfgreenparty.org/donate The most important contest is for District 4 Supervisor, where Mike Murphy, a member of the Green Party county council, is running! Visit Mike's website (http://murphy4supe.org) to find out more, and to help fund his grassroots campaign! For the #2 slot in District 4, we're happy to endorse Adam Kim (http://adamkimsf.com/) an activist with the SF Berniecrats. Join Mike and other volunteers to walk precincts every weekend between now and the election! We'll also be out at the Sunset Community Festival this Saturday. See details below. Join us at our meeting next Wed, where we'll be discussing how to improve our outreach to new members, and also organizing events between now and the election! Location and agenda below. We also have many upcoming events for our endorsed candidates: *===========================* What: Walk Precincts with Mike Murphy for D4 Supe Where: Sunset and Parkside, West Side of SF When: Every weekend between now and the election Every Saturday and Sunday, join Mike Murphy and Green Party volunteers as we walk precincts throughout District 4 to support his campaign for Supervisor! For a detailed schedule each weekend, email info(a)murphy4supe.org (preferred), or call the candidate himself: Mike Murphy, 415-823-9743. *===========================* What: Li Lovett's bday fundraiser for BOE campaign Where: Calle 11 @ 1501 Folsom When: Thurs, Sep 20, 6-9 pm Come celebrate Li Lovett's birthday and School Board campaign kickoff on September 20th, 2018 -- with Supervisor Jane Kim, President Brigitte Davila of CCSF's Board of Trustees, and others supporting her candidacy! Li's dance troupe from Carnaval, United Rhythms SF, will be performing. This event is a fundraiser and all donations are essential to winning in November, but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Bring friends, bring family, but keep in mind that this is a 21+ event. https://www.facebook.com/events/2194786690789539/?active_tab=about *===========================* What: Video Premiere Party for John Rizzo for College Board Where: Flore, 2298 Market St, San Francisco, California 94114 When: Friday, Sep 21, 6-8 pm Join Tom Ammiano, Bevan Dufty, Tom Temprano and more to support John Rizzo for his re-election to the Community College Board! There will be a video premiere, music, light refreshments, and a free beer or wine for the first 20 people in attendance! Suggested contributions start at $50, though no one will be turned away for not donating. *===========================* What: Green outreach at Sunset Community Festival Where: West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue When: Sat, Sep 22, 11 am - 4 pm Come volunteer for Mike Murphy and our other endorsed candidates and ballot measures at the Sunset Community Festival! Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help. In its 24th year, the Sunset Community Festival is a great event for family, friends and neighbors. Hosted by Sunset Youth Services, this annual event brings the Sunset community together for a day of family fun where we showcase all that our neighborhood has to offer. Stop by anytime from 11:00am to 4:00pm to meet neighbors, eat delicious food, and watch spectacular performances. The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 22nd at West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue. *===========================* What: West Side ❤ BART - A fundraiser for Janice for BART Where: The Plough and the Stars at 116 Clement St. When: Tues, Sep 25, 6-7:30 pm Join our endorsed candidate for BART Board, Janice Li, at a fundraiser next Tuesday! *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Sep 26, 7-9 pm Agenda: 1) Introductions 2) Outreach to new members (Barry, 30 min) 3) Update on State-level Energy and Fire-related legislation (Eric Brooks, 20-30 min) 4) Election planning: a) review voter guide draft and other election materials b) planning outreach / campaigning from now until November Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Mission Bay Meet & Greet for Matt Haney for District 6 Supervisor! Where: Back to the Picture framing shop, 1160 4th St., Mission Bay When: Sat, Sep 29, 5-7 pm Meet our endorsed candidate for D6 Supervisor! Nearest cross street is Channel St., just south of the 4th Street Bridge. Nearest transit stop: The Caltrain station is within a few blocks walk, and can be reached by the 10, 30, 45, 47, N, & T lines. In addition, the 55 provides access for those coming from the Mission. All D6 voters are welcome to attend. This event is especially hoping to reach voters in the easternmost and southernmost neighborhoods of D6, meaning South Beach, Rincon Hill, parts of SOMA, and of course Mission Bay, where a lot of new residents have moved in since the last District Supervisor election in 2014. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: district 4 forum/debate tonight, rallies this weekend
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

September 5 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We made endorsements on all ballot measures and most of the local races over the last two weeks; here are the results so far: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/87-november-2018-endorsements We'll be a hosting a District 4 Supe forum/debate at the Ortega Library in the Sunset tonight! Members of the public are invited to come listen to the candidates and ask questions. Also join us this weekend for important rallies: Rise of Climate on Saturday, and a protest at Lennar in Bayview Hunters Point on Sunday. Details below. *===========================* What: SF Green Party District 4 Supervisor Forum/Debate Where: Ortega Library (3223 Ortega St at 39th Ave) When: Wed, Sep 5, 6:30-8:30 pm We will host a special forum / debate between D4 Supe candidates in the Sunset on September 5. It will be held at the Ortega Library (3223 Ortega St at 39th Ave) from 6:30-8:30 pm. Confirmed so far are Mike Murphy, Adam Kim, and Trevor McNeil. Candidates will answer questions from our panel, from each other, and from the public, so please come with any questions you want answered. Greens have already awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, and we will be considering endorsing additional candidates as well, following this forum. See http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for more details on Mike's campaign. *===========================* What: Join Greens at Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Where: March from Embarcadero to the Civic Center, SF When: Sat, Sep 8, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Start of the march 9:30 am Meet us under green flags and sunflowers Embarcadero Plaza• 4 Embarcadero Ctr, San Francisco, CA 94111 End of the march 3:30-4:30 pm, Resource Fair Meet us at our table at the SF Civic Center Plaza Greens have endorsed the demand for Real Climate Leadership, which requires: * Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all * No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production * A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — and ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet * Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on. More info on this march and rally: https://ca.riseforclimate.org/ *===========================* What: League of Women Voters / Coalition for SF Neighborhoods Forum Where: Saint Ignatius High School, 2001 37th Ave, SF (in Bannan Theater) When: Sat, Sep 8, starting at 10 am The League of Women Voters of San Francisco/Sunset-Parkside Education and Action Committee/Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are holding a D4 Supervisorial forum. Come to support our endorsed D4 candidate, Mike Murphy, and listen to what all the candidates have to say about the future of their neighborhood and our City. *===========================* What: Protest at Lennar Shipyard - Speak out against pollution and gentrification! Where: Lennar Shipyard Welcome Center, 11 Innes Ct, SF When: Sun, Sep 9, starting at 12:30 pm The SF Green Party will join with Greenaction, Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee, Literacy for Environmental Justice, SF Bay View, SF Tenants Union, California Environmental Justice Coalition, Causa Justa/Just Cause and other allies this coming SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT 12:30 pm in front of the Lennar Shipyard Welcome Center to protest pollution and gentrification and demand a proper cleanup of the radioactive and toxic waste at the Superfund Site and adjacent areas. We will also take a stand against gentrification of the community by Lennar, BUILD LLC and city hall. Grassroots community leaders from around the country will join us at the protest! *===========================* What: Green outreach at Sunset Community Festival Where: West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue When: Sat, Sep 22, 11 am - 4 pm Come volunteer for Mike Murphy and our other endorsed candidates and ballot measures at the Sunset Community Festival! Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help. In its 24th year, the Sunset Community Festival is a great event for family, friends and neighbors. Hosted by Sunset Youth Services, this annual event brings the Sunset community together for a day of family fun where we showcase all that our neighborhood has to offer. Stop by anytime from 11:00am to 4:00pm to meet neighbors, eat delicious food, and watch spectacular performances. The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 22nd at West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: candidate forum tonight!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

August 29 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our endorsed candidate for D4 Supervisor, Mike Murphy, still needs your help to get public financing! Please visit http://www.Murphy4Supe.org to make online donations. We made endorsements on most of the ballot measures at last week's meeting; here are the results so far: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/87-november-2018-endorsements We'll be a hosting a candidate forum tonight, and a D4 Supe forum/debate in the Sunset next Wednesday evening. Members of the public are invited to come listen to the candidates and ask questions. Details on these events are below. CC member Barry Hermanson's latest column in the Bay View Newspaper: http://sfbayview.com/2018/08/medicare-and-medicaid-a-major-gift-of-the-civi… If you're interested in news about the rally at San Quentin last Saturday in support of the National Prison Strike, the Bay View has news you won't find in the corporate press. You can read and subscribe at http://sfbayview.com/ *===========================* What: Green Party Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) 2nd Floor Theater When: Wed, Aug 29, 6-9 pm The SF Green Party sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. Responses are posted on our website, here: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/86-questionnaires-posted-for-2018-candidate… Please come to ask questions to the candidates who returned questionnaires, as well as invited candidates for Assessor and Public Defender, at this forum! Note that we will schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset the following week, Sep 5, to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. Our active membership will make endorsements for all contests except for D4 Supe following the forum. *===========================* What: Progressive D4 Supe Forum/Debate Where: Ortega Library (3223 Ortega St at 39th Ave) When: Wed, Sep 5, 6:30-8:30 pm We will host a special forum / debate between D4 Supe candidates in the Sunset on September 5 (note date change). It will be held at the Ortega Library (3223 Ortega St at 39th Ave) from 6:30-8:30 pm. We have already awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, and we will be considering endorsing additional candidates as well, following this forum. See http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for more details on Mike's campaign. *===========================* What: League of Women Voters / Coalition for SF Neighborhoods Forum Where: Saint Ignatius High School, 2001 37th Ave, SF (in Bannan Theater) When: Sat, Sep 8, starting at 10 am The League of Women Voters of San Francisco/Sunset-Parkside Education and Action Committee/Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are holding a D4 Supervisorial forum. Come to support our endorsed D4 candidate, Mike Murphy, and listen to what all the candidates have to say about the future of their neighborhood and our City. *===========================* What: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Where: March from Embarcadero to the Civic Center, SF When: Sat, Sep 8 Greens have endorsed the demand for Real Climate Leadership, which requires: * Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all * No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production * A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — and ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet * Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on. More info on this march and rally: https://ca.riseforclimate.org/ *===========================* What: Green outreach at Sunset Community Festival Where: West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue When: Sat, Sep 22, 11 am - 4 pm Come volunteer for Mike Murphy and our other endorsed candidates and ballot measures at the Sunset Community Festival! Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help. In its 24th year, the Sunset Community Festival is a great event for family, friends and neighbors. Hosted by Sunset Youth Services, this annual event brings the Sunset community together for a day of family fun where we showcase all that our neighborhood has to offer. Stop by anytime from 11:00am to 4:00pm to meet neighbors, eat delicious food, and watch spectacular performances. The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 22nd at West Sunset Playground, located at Ortega Street and 39th Avenue. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: endorsement meetings start tonight
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

August 22 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our endorsed candidate for D4 Supervisor, Mike Murphy, needs your help to get public financing! Please visit http://www.Murphy4Supe.org to make online donations, and/or come to his fundraiser this Saturday (info below). Endorsements of ballot measures start at tonight's monthly meeting (see below), and we'll begin endorsing other candidates next week. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Aug 22, 7-9 pm We'll make endorsements on ballot measures at this meeting, We'll consider endorsing candidates (except for D4 Supe) at a special meeting/forum the following week. We'll schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. See below for details on these. Local Props (A-E): Read the qualified measures here: http://sfgov.org/elections/measures State Props (1-12): Read them here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures/ Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Fundraiser for Mike Murphy for D4 Supervisor Where: 1730 Great Highway, near Moraga, SF 94122 When: Sat, Aug 25, noon - 4:30 pm Help Green Party candidate Mike Murphy get matching funds so he can run a competitive race for Supervisor in the Sunset! His fundraiser is at an art studio at 1730 Great Highway, and will feature music, dancing, games and prizes. *===========================* What: Green Party Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) 2nd Floor Theater When: Wed, Aug 29, 6-9 pm The SF Green Party sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. We have already posted responses from all Supe candidates seeking our endorsement on our website, here: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/86-questionnaires-posted-for-2018-candidate… Answers to questionnaires from other candidates are due on Aug 24, and will be posted the weekend before the forum. Please come to ask questions to the candidates who returned questionnaires, as well as invited candidates for Assessor and Public Defender, at this forum! Note that we will schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September (see below) to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. Our active membership will make endorsements for all contests except for D4 Supe following the forum. *===========================* What: Save the Date - Progressive D4 Supe Forum Where: Sunset District When: Thurs, Sep 6, evening We will host a special forum / debate between D4 Supe candidates in the Sunset on September 6. Time and location are still being finalized. Other progressive organizations will also be invited to co-sponsor this event. We have already awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, and we will be considering endorsing additional candidates as well, following this forum. See http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for more details on Mike's campaign. *===========================* What: League of Women Voters / Coalition for SF Neighborhoods Forum Where: Saint Ignatius High School, 2001 37th Ave, SF (in Bannan Theater) When: Sat, Sep 8, starting at 10 am The League of Women Voters of San Francisco/Sunset-Parkside Education and Action Committee/Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are holding a D4 Supervisorial forum. Come to support our endorsed D4 candidate, Mike Murphy, and listen to what all the candidates have to say about the future of their neighborhood and our City. *===========================* What: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Where: March from Embarcadero to the Civic Center, SF When: Sat, Sep 8 Greens have endorsed the demand for Real Climate Leadership, which requires: * Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all * No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production * A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — and ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet * Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on. More info on this march and rally: https://ca.riseforclimate.org/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: help get the Green Party back into City Hall!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

August 16 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our endorsed candidate for D4 Supervisor, Mike Murphy, needs your help to get public financing! Please visit http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for info on his August 25th fundraiser and to make online donations. Contributions of up to $100 from all San Franciscans will help him become eligible for enough matching funds to run a competitive campaign. Let's get the Green Party back into City Hall! We'll make further endorsements of candidates and ballot measures starting next week; see our full meeting schedule below. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets SOMA Where: Folsom St between 10th St and 2nd St When: Sun, Aug 19, 12 noon - 4 pm Greens will be walking around Sunday Streets as a group, talking to voters and handing out literature. If you'd like to join us, please email cc(a)sfgreens.org or call Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494. *===========================* What: Senior and Disability Action presents "The Rent is Too Damn High" Where: SF Main Library When: Wed, Aug 22, 2-4 pm Senior and Disability Action presents "The Rent is too Damn High" at the SF Main Library on Wednesday August 22nd 2-4pm. They will show two films: first, "Invasion of the SRO Snatchers" produced by People Power Media, a short film about illegal tourist conversions in SRO Hotels. The second film is "Holding Out", a documentary by Rebecca Gourevich about the city's housing crisis and tenants who fought back. Discussion after the films will follow, including a discussion about Prop C--"Our City, Our Home" by Sam Lew of the Coalition on Homelessness and the Affordable Housing Act--Proposition 10 on the November ballot. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Aug 22, 7-9 pm We'll make endorsements on ballot measures at this meeting, We'll consider endorsing candidates (except for D4 Supe) at a special meeting/forum the following week. We'll schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. See below for details on these. Local Props (A-E): Read the qualified measures here: http://sfgov.org/elections/measures State Props (1-12): Read them here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures/ Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Save the Date - Fundraiser for Mike Murphy for D4 Supervisor Where: Sunset District, SF When: Sat, Aug 25 Save the date for Mike Murphy's fundraiser - more details next week, or check his website for updates: http://www.Murphy4Supe.org *===========================* What: Green Party Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) 2nd Floor Theater When: Wed, Aug 29, 6-9 pm The SF Green Party sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. We have already posted responses from all Supe candidates seeking our endorsement on our website, here: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/86-questionnaires-posted-for-2018-candidate… Answers to questionnaires from other candidates are due on Aug 24, and will be posted the weekend before the forum. Please come to ask questions to the candidates who returned questionnaires, as well as invited candidates for Assessor and Public Defender, at this forum! Note that we will schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September (see below) to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. Our active membership will make endorsements for all contests except for D4 Supe following the forum. *===========================* What: Save the Date - Progressive D4 Supe Forum Where: Sunset District When: Thurs, Sep 6, evening We will host a special forum / debate between D4 Supe candidates in the Sunset on September 6. Time and location are still being finalized. Other progressive organizations will also be invited to co-sponsor this event. We have already awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, and we will be considering endorsing additional candidates as well, following this forum. See http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for more details on Mike's campaign. *===========================* What: League of Women Voters / Coalition for SF Neighborhoods Forum Where: Saint Ignatius High School, 2001 37th Ave, SF (in Bannan Theater) When: Sat, Sep 8, starting at 10 am The League of Women Voters of San Francisco/Sunset-Parkside Education and Action Committee/Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are holding a D4 Supervisorial forum. Come to support our endorsed D4 candidate, Mike Murphy, and listen to what all the candidates have to say about the future of their neighborhood and our City. *===========================* What: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Where: March from Embarcadero to the Civic Center, SF When: Sat, Sep 8 Greens have endorsed the demand for Real Climate Leadership, which requires: * Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all * No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production * A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — and ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet * Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on. More info on this march and rally: https://ca.riseforclimate.org/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, Save Midtown, Separated Families, and Mime Troupe
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 30 Jun '18

30 Jun '18

June 30 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, At our meeting last week, we awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supervisor! Mike is a long-time activist who has been a key part of many campaigns to take back SF from the political machine that has ruled City Hall for decades. He and other Sunset residents have fought to keep natural grass in Golden Gate Park, and to prevent a wall of luxury condos from being built next to Ocean Beach. Mike has also been a strong supporter of the Social Housing campaign to build real publicly-owned affordable housing for San Franciscans. If you donate to Mike's campaign, he will be competitive thanks to triple matching funds from the City. You can donate from the "donate" link on his website, http://murphy4supe.org/, or at his Crowdpac site: https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/386433/mike-murphy Please see below for a couple of important events happening today: the Save Midtown benefit this afternoon, as well as a rally in solidarity with separated undocumented families at City Hall. Also, thanks to all who showed up to help us or simply to discuss politics at Pride last weekend. We look forward to seeing you at the Mime Troupe this Wednesday. *===========================* What: Rally for separated families Where: City Hall, SF When: Sat, June 30, 11 am - 1 pm Families Belong Together March & Rally San Francisco The event is hosted by Indivisible SF. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/423107761433621/ *===========================* What: Save Midtown - Benefit for Midtown Tenants Where: 1415 Scott St, San Francisco, California 94115 When: Sat, June 30, 12 noon - 4 pm Everybody is invited to the Midtown Tenant Unity Concert. Tenants are losing their fight to stay in their homes. Demolition is scheduled in the next 18 months. So this concert is to build morale, gain hope, get the community involved. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1006440366176191/ *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Mime Troupe SF Opening Show Where: 19th Street and Dolores St When: Wed, July 4, 12 noon - 4 pm Help us register new Greens and campaign for Greens in the November elections! The Mime Troupe has generously invited us to officially table at their opening show in Dolores Park, July 4; email if you can help out cc(a)sfgreens.org. Green volunteers from around the Bay Area are planning to be there! The play will start at 2 pm, with music at 1:30. Volunteers are needed to help us set up our table and do voter outreach starting at noon. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: Happy Pride!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

June 22 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Join us this weekend for Pride in the Civic Center! We'll be doing outreach from our booth, which has been moved to Hyde St behind the Asian Art Museum. At our membership meeting next Wed, we'll discuss the results of the June election and our endorsement schedule for the November election. We'll also consider early endorsements of Green candidates who are running in local elections. Everybody is welcome to join us! Also, see below for a concert to benefit Midtown tenants, next weekend. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Pride Where: Booth NE-011, on Hyde behind the Asian Art Museum, Civic Center When: Sat, June 23 - Sun, June 24, all day We'll be doing voter outreach about the Green Party, and helping to organize for Single Payer Healthcare for All in California. We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, sign up volunteers, and register new Greens! The event runs all day, and we'll also need help setting up and taking down the booth. Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help! Note that our booth location is different this year, as Pride organizers determined that a bunch of police and metal detectors would better suit the corner of Larkin and Grove than a Green Party banner! Instead, we've been moved to Hyde Street, behind the Asian Art museum. Look for booth NE-011. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, June 27, 7-9 pm Join us for a discussion of the election results, and organizing for the next round of elections this November! Agenda: * Introductions * Discussion of June results * Planning for November election: - decision: early endorsement of Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, any other Green candidates running - editing our endorsement questionnaires / new ones? - scheduling forums / endorsement meetings - fundraising * Announcements Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Save Midtown - Benefit for Midtown Tenants Where: 1415 Scott St, San Francisco, California 94115 When: Sat, June 30, 12 noon - 4 pm Everybody is invited to the Midtown Tenant Unity Concert. Tenants are losing their fight to stay in their homes. Demolition is scheduled in the next 18 months. So this concert is to build morale, gain hope, get the community involved. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1006440366176191/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: Community Housing Act and Pride
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

June 16 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Although progressives narrowly lost the Mayor's race, we have some successes to celebrate: we won on every ballot proposition, and we took back a narrow majority on the Board of Supervisors. Progressives finally made good use of ranked choice voting, with the vast majority of Jane Kim's votes transferring to Mark Leno. Thanks to RCV, we came closer to winning the Mayor's race than we have at any time since the late 1980s. We'll have more election results to discuss at our meeting on June 27. This weekend, we'll be out gathering signatures to get the Community Housing Act on the November ballot. Look for us at the Juneteenth celebration in the Fillmore today! Email us or contact the campaign (see event below) if you can help. Next weekend, we'll be celebrating Pride at the Civic Center. Come join us at our booth, which will be near the corner of Larkin and Grove, to help gather signatures and do voter outreach. *===========================* What: SF Community Housing Act Office Hours Where: Dolores and 19th St, SF When: Sat, June 16 & Sun, June 17, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Greens have endorsed the SF Community Housing Act, a ballot measure for this November to fund the building and acquisition of 500 units of affordable public housing every year, as well as related infrastructure such as public transit and child care: https://www.sfcommunityhousingact.com/ The campaign will be training new volunteers to gather signatures to get the measure on the November ballot, accepting turn-ins for booklets from existing volunteers, re-upping all volunteers with new petition booklets & palm cards, giving advice on signature gathering, and generally chatting about our historic measure. This will ensure all volunteers have a chance to meet with us at some point during our signature gathering period to get trained, even if they can't make our big mobilizations or other events. We can stay until 2PM upon advance request. Can't find us or make office hours? Feel free to call us at (415) 952-0972, our campaign phone number. See you there!! and PS: activism is always sweeter when you bring a friend. More info: https://www.facebook.com/pg/sfcommunityhousingact/events/?ref=page_internal *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Pride Where: Near Larkin and Grove, Civic Center When: Sat, June 23 - Sun, June 24, all day We'll be gathering signatures to put the SF Community Housing Act (see above) on the ballot, as well as registering new Greens and helping to organize for Single Payer Healthcare for All in California. We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, sign up volunteers, and register new Greens! The event runs all day, and we'll also need help setting up and taking down the booth. Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help! Pride is more disorganized than usual this year, so although we've paid for a spot near the corner of Larkin and Grove, we still don't know our exact booth location. We'll send out a message towards the end of next week with our booth number. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, June 27, 7-9 pm Join us for a discussion of the election results, and organizing for the next round of elections this November! The detailed agenda will be set at our CC meeting on June 20, so look for more details in our next newsletter. Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0

Greenzine: Vote Today, and Haight-Ashbury Street Fair this Sunday
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

June 5 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, It's voting day! Our full recommendations for today's elections are below. Scroll to the end of this message for info on our victory party tonight, and volunteer information for those who can help us get the SF Community Housing Act qualified for the November ballot this weekend. Mayor: Mark Leno and Jane Kim (either order, rank them #1 and #2) This June, SF voters have a historic opportunity to end 23 years of rule by the Willie Brown machine. Although Brown himself was term-limited to 8 years, his successors have re-appointed the same department heads, commissioners, and "special assistants" who have run the City for decades on behalf of the wealthy elite. Our system of ranked choice voting gives us three choices, not just one. We encourage you to make these choices count by ranking Mark Leno and Jane Kim -- the candidates with the best shot at reforming our corrupt system -- in your preferred order. Doing this will ensure that our votes count, no matter which of these reform candidates ends up in the final ranked choice bracket opposite the establishment candidate. There are so many undecided voters that we don't know which will make it, but none of the other candidates has a realistic shot. Both of our endorsed candidates bring positive qualities to the table, and we hope that a coalition between them will be sufficient to overcome the vast amounts of corporate cash being spent to prop up the status quo. Mark Leno has built a broad coalition among both progressives and conservatives. During his years in Sacramento, he was a great advocate for tenant rights, public power, and community choice electricity. On his candidate questionnaire, he indicated support for many SF Green Party priorities, including stricter police accountability, improved funding for Muni, and tenant protection from evictions. Leno has grown politically from his origins as a Willie Brown appointee and he has endorsed Greens running for office (including Mark Sanchez for Supervisor). A slight majority of SF Greens wanted to award a #1 ranked endorsement to Leno. However, because we require a supermajority (75%) to make endorsements, the vast majority of Greens ultimately decided not to rank our Mayoral endorsements, in order to create a slate with the best chance at beating Willie Brown's forces. Jane Kim started her political career with the Green Party and served several successful terms as a Green on the School Board, but she switched her registration to Democrat when she ran for Supervisor in 2010. During her two terms as Supervisor, her voting record has been fairly good. The SF Green Party has been tracking all Supervisors' records on important votes since 2012, and Kim has agreed with the Green Party's position in 52 of 70 (74%) key votes over 6 years. In contrast, Mayor Farrell went a perfect 0 for 69 during the same period, and Board President London Breed has gone 16 for 64 (25%) over her 5-year career. Kim's best votes (where Breed voted in opposition) have been for stronger regulations on Airbnb, supporting "Black Lives Matter" protests, funding public education, limiting Mayoral power to appoint Supervisors, increasing developer fees to pay for Muni, and fighting developers' plans to up-zone the entire City. We think that she'll be especially strong on police reform and funding truly affordable housing. Supervisor, D8: Rafael Mandelman Rafael Mandelman is running for the Supervisor seat in D8 that was vacated by Scott Wiener when he was elected to the State Senate. Wiener's replacement, Jeff Sheehy, was appointed by Mayor Lee. In his one year in office Sheehy's votes have been as conservative as Wiener's: Sheehy voted the Green Party position in just 1 of 16 key votes in 2017. Mandelman's not as progressive as some on the board of Supervisors, but he'd be a huge improvement for D8. D8 (which includes the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park and Diamond Heights) voted for Gonzalez over Newsom in 2003, but has sent conservative legislators to City Hall ever since. We endorsed Mandelman for Supervisor in 2010, and in both his elections for College Board. He's been a progressive voice on the Board with the exception of his refusal to join colleagues John Rizzo and Brigitte Davila in opposing luxury housing development that's planned for the Balboa Reservoir site adjacent to City College. The site is public land owned by SF, and should be used to build badly needed public housing rather than condos that will be unaffordable to students and other area residents. Although Mandelman's support for building more luxury housing is troubling, he'll side with the progressive wing of the Board on many other issues: he supports public power and CleanPowerSF, higher taxes to improve Muni service, and immigrant rights. He's also good on voting issues, such as non-citizen and youth voting in local elections, limiting Mayoral appointments, and ranked choice voting. We enthusiastically support his election. Congress, CD12: Barry Hermanson (Green Party) Barry Hermanson is running as the Green Party candidate against Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi continues to oppose Green priorities in Washington, including impeachment of Donald Trump. She is opposed to a Healthcare for All "Single Payer" system, and she joined the majority of Democrats in Washington in lobbying for even bigger increases to the military budget than Trump had asked for. Her out-of-touch elitism serves as a lightning rod that boosts the campaigns of thousands of Republicans around the country. Due in part to Pelosi's misleadership, Republicans now control every level of government in most of the country, from school boards to the White House. The key question facing voters this June is whether Pelosi will face a Republican or a Green this November. Because of the "Top Two" primary, all voters (regardless of party) will vote in a single election in June, with only the 2 leading candidates going on to the November election. A number of progressive Democrats are also running, but they have no plans to build on any political momentum after the June election. If Barry Hermanson can beat the Republican, San Franciscans will for the first time be able to go into November with a clear choice: re-electing Pelosi, who does not represent San Francisco values, or electing a Green who does. And although Pelosi has never agreed to debate her opponents, Hermanson would challenge her support for a long list of terrible policies including the ones mentioned above. Getting a Green into the November election is our best chance to change the political discourse on a number of issues. Vote Barry Hermanson for Congress this June to make it happen! Judges: no endorsement Several lawyers who currently work for the SF Public Defender's office are challenging incumbent judges. We sent candidates a short questionnaire asking them their opinions on the death penalty, reproductive rights, and corporate personhood. Without exception, all candidates refused to provide any information, citing the judicial code of conduct linked below: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications… (Candidates for judge) shall not: with respect to cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court, make pledges, promises or commitments that are inconsistent with the impartial performance of the adjudicative duties of the office; We believe that the code of conduct allows candidates to express opinions that are not "promises or commitments" without getting into trouble. For example, Victor Hwang, who we endorsed for the same office in 2016, was quite open about his personal opposition to the death penalty, while at the same time promising that he would follow the law with impartiality. Because none of the candidates this time would say as much, we did not endorse any of them. We do agree with the challengers that public defenders are generally preferable as judges over lawyers with a background in prosecution, or as corporate attorneys. We are particularly concerned about a ruling made by one of the incumbents, Curtis Karnow, in a suit challenging California's unfair election laws. Judge Karnow ruled that six regular citizens who filed a lawsuit challenging a law against write-in votes being counted, and a law that said independent candidates could no longer use the word "independent" to describe their party status. Judge Karnow not only upheld the unfair laws, but required the citizens to pay attorney fees of the firm representing Charles Munger, one of the richest men in California. But we have no idea what Karnow's opponent thinks about the issue, since none of the candidates would discuss their opinions. Statewide candidates Governor: We have endorsed multiple Greens running for Governor: Josh Jones, Chris Carlson, and Veronika Fimbres (write-in). The SF Green Party is focused on local elections, and California's "Top Two" primary system does not give candidates from non-corporate parties a fair chance. Ballot access requirements have been rigged in favor of wealthy candidates: instead of simply gathering signatures from members of one's political party, and competing in a party primary, candidates must now gather thousands of signatures or raise thousands of dollars to appear on the June ballot. Non-corporate candidates must compete in the same primary as well-funded corporate puppets, giving them almost no chance for ballot access in November. Rather than focus on a single candidate who will be blocked by "Top Two" from appearing on the ballot in November, we have endorsed three Greens who are each working to build the Green Party around the state. Vote for any one of them! Josh Jones is a former campaign organizer with the Berniecrats who joined the Green Party after the 2016 election. He has been endorsed by the California Green Party and he helped start a county Green Party in his home county of Yolo county. He is particularly involved in anti-pipeline activism and empowering people from tribal nations. Chris Carlson is a student and musician who is focused on anti-fracking activism and the fight to restore the Delta. He is especially concerned about Governor Brown's plan to build giant tunnels to ship water south from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, which would destroy the local ecosystem and promote suburban sprawl in Southern California. Veronika Fimbres is a local activist from San Francisco, who is running as a write-in candidate. She is the first Black woman ever to run for CA Governor. Fimbres is a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights, an honorably discharged Navy veteran, and she served as a SF Commissioner of Veterans Affairs for over 14 years. She has been a Green Party member for over 15 years. If you write her in, don't forget to also connect the arrow next to "write-in" or your vote will not be counted! Lt. Governor: Gayle McLaughlin Gayle McLaughlin is a former Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA, who was a key part of the Richmond Progressive Alliance that took City Hall back from Chevron. During her two terms as a Green Party Mayor, McLaughlin was a champion for environmental justice, forcing Chevron to pay an additional $114 million in taxes and preventing expansion of the refinery. McLaughlin also promoted community policing, and she was joined by the police chief she appointed at Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police violence. Her efforts at police reform led to a sharp decrease in violent crime. McLaughlin also launched an ambitious plan for the City of Richmond to acquire "underwater mortgages" through eminent domain, thereby reducing homeowners' debts and preventing evictions. McLaughlin changed her registration to independent (aka "Decline to State") in order to be able to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primary in 2016, and she is running for Lt. Governor as an independent. We believe she still strongly holds Green Party values, and we think that she should have run as a Green in order to continue to build a movement for political change after the primaries are over. We enthusiastically recommend a vote for McLaughlin this June! Secretary of State: For the same reasons we described in our endorsements for Governor, we have dual-endorsed two Greens, Mike Feinstein and Erik Rydberg. Mike Feinstein is a long-time Green Party activist and the former Mayor of Santa Monica, CA. He strongly supports expanding Ranked Choice Voting to elections throughout the state. He has also campaigned on implementing proportional representation in the CA legislature. That will ensure that smaller, non-corporate parties like the Greens will have a few representatives, and a voice in our legislative process. Erik Rydberg is a former Berniecrat who pointed out the conflict of interest in our current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, campaigning for Hillary Clinton instead of remaining impartial in the party's primary. He has spent most of his time campaigning in California's northernmost counties, and he has been very active in tribal nations' fight against proposed oil pipelines in the area. US Senate: John Thompson Parker Controller: Mary Lou Finley Treasurer: Kevin Akin Insurance Commissioner: Nathalie Hrizi The SF Green Party hasn't always been on best terms with the local Peace & Freedom Party. In the interest of extending an olive branch, we're endorsing the same four P&F candidates as the Green Party of California did, in four races where there is no Green running. As we said in a statewide press release (http://www.cagreens.org/california-green-party-widens-endorsements-other-pa…) By reaching across party lines, Greens intend to improve the chances for progressives and independents to make it to the November ballot to be heard and elected. Local propositions: YES on A: Public utility bonds Prop A would give the SFPUC the authority to issue revenue bonds to pay for new "clean power" facilities with a 2/3 vote at the Board of Supervisors and the support of the Mayor. Currently, the SFPUC can do this for water-related projects, but cannot build new power projects without going to the voters. Prop A has safeguards that prevent the SFPUC from using this authority to pay for any new fossil fuel or nuclear projects. And these bonds are backed by revenues from the clean energy projects themselves, not by the SF General Fund, so we are not as concerned with this as we are with most bond spending. Prop A will help build infrastructure to power CleanPowerSF, which may eventually replace PG&E in SF. Vote Yes! YES on B: Prohibit appointed commissioners from running for office without resigning first Prop B is a basic "good government" measure that would require appointed members of SF's Boards and Commissions to resign from those positions in order to run for office. Currently, candidates are allowed to retain their seats, which enables them to perform political favors for potential donors. Prop B would shut down that potential source of corruption, so we enthusiastically endorse it. YES on C: Tax on Commercial Rents to fund Childhood Education Prop C is a 3.5% tax on commercial rents to pay for child care and early education. It would raise approximately $146 million every year that would go to free child care and preschool for kids under 6 years old (for poor families; for middle class families, the subsidy would only apply to kids under age 4). The money would also subsidize wages for child care workers (who are notoriously underpaid). Prop C exempts arts, industrial, and retail spaces; e.g., it would mostly apply to office buildings. And because it was put on the ballot by signatures, it only needs a simple majority of the vote to pass. SF is a notoriously expensive city for families, and Prop C is a great investment in our future. Vote Yes! NO on D: Tax on Commercial Rents to fund Homelessness Services Prop D is a 1.7% tax to pay for homeless shelters, middle class housing and rental subsidies. It would raise $64 million annually. We'd normally support this, except for a key point: Prop D has a "poison pill" that kills off Prop C if D gets more votes. Conservatives on the Board of Supervisors, led by Ahsha Safai, put Prop D on the ballot to kill Prop C, seemingly out of spite for the fact that Prop C was spearheaded by Jane Kim. Conservatives often use the strategy of filling up the ballot with contradictory propositions in order to confuse voters and cause both measures to fail. Prop D requires a 2/3 vote to pass, and presumably will only kill Prop C if both get 2/3 of the votes. But vote NO on D (and YES on C) just to make sure this doesn't happen. YES on E: Ban on sales of flavored tobacco products In 2017, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban sales of flavored tobacco products (such as cigarettes and vaping supplies) in SF. The giant tobacco company RJ Reynolds immediately paid signature gatherers to force the issue onto the ballot, and is currently pouring millions of dollars into the No on E campaign. Flavored tobacco products are marketed to kids, just as the "Joe Camel" cartoon character was used before that was banned. For example, the JUUL vaping device is made to plug into laptops and is very popular with teenagers, and many companies market vaping liquids that are sold in packages that resemble candy or juice boxes. (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/health/fda-crackdown-vaping-children.html) Although tobacco companies argue that adults also use flavored tobacco products to quit smoking, these adults have other options that do not appeal to children. We also note that Prop E does not ban possession of flavored tobacco products by adults, and therefore is not "prohibition" as some of its more ideological opponents claim. Decreasing the number of kids hooked on nicotine is important for public health, so we strongly support it. YES on F: Right to an attorney for tenants facing evictions. Prop F would give all SF tenants facing eviction the right to a City-funded attorney to represent them. This would be a great help in reducing the number of evictions in SF, because landlords commonly use illegal tricks to get tenants to vacate their unit. Tenants are currently often unable to afford legal representation, and landlords take advantage of this. Prop F would help to level the playing field and give more people a chance to stay in their units. Prop F would be a huge step forward for tenants' rights, so we strongly support it. YES on G: Parcel tax to give SF teachers a pay raise. Prop G is a $298 annual parcel tax to give SF teachers a pay raise. Teachers around the country are striking due to low wages, and teachers in SF are being paid less than their colleagues in surrounding counties. Prop G is a chance to give our teachers a well-deserved pay increase without them having to resort to a strike! Parcel taxes are a more progressive form of taxation than bonds or sales taxes, and thus are sometimes a good option for increasing local taxes. However, they are still not fair: large downtown corporations pay the same amount as small property owners. But just as we supported a $99 parcel tax to pay for City College back in 2016, we also strongly support Prop G this time. Senior citizens are exempt from the tax, and it can't be passed through to tenants, so Prop G will mostly affect those who can afford to pay. Vote Yes! NO on H: Tasers for SFPD. Prop H would require that SF police be armed with tasers, and would give them the right to use these weapons almost whenever they want to. Proponents of tasers claim police will use them instead of guns. However, a UCSF study (https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/01/4188/first-study-test-real-world-effects-…) found that police killings of civilians increased 6-fold after tasers were deployed. The number of civilians that cops killed with guns increased two-fold. The police officers themselves were not any safer: the study showed they had as many officer injuries as before. In hindsight, these results should have been predicted. Police armed with tasers are more aggressive towards civilians, and often escalate confrontations, which often ends up with the cop shooting the civilian. Prop H was written by SF's notoriously right-wing Police Union. We support strong civilian oversight of the police, and no tasers. We urge voters to vote NO. NO on I: Prop I is a local citizen's group's reaction to SF stealing the Warriors away from Oakland. Although we also strongly oppose the Warriors' move here (especially the lack of infrastructure at the site), Prop I is a completely advisory measure and will do nothing to actually stop what looks like a done deal. Prop I adds a "placebo" measure to the ballot that makes voters think they're getting something, but which will actually have no effect. This kind of abuse of the important right to place initiatives on the ballot makes voters more cynical, and ultimately will decrease public support for the whole ballot initiative system. Vote No! Regional proposition: YES on RM-3: Raises bridge tolls to pay for more public transit RM-3 would raise tolls on all Bay Area toll bridges except for the Golden Gate Bridge by $3, $1 at a time in 2019, 2022, and 2025. This will raise $4.5 billion over 25 years. RM-3 is a regional measure that will need to be approved by a majority of voters around the Bay Area. Most of the money will be spent on public transit. Some important investments include new BART and Muni cars, extending Caltrain, and fixing up Muni repair yards. It will also expand ferry service and extend BART, which are investments in transit that are not as cost-effective as funding Muni but will still get cars off the road. There's a little ($150 million) thrown in for biking and pedestrian projects as well. Along with public transit improvements, RM-3 unfortunately includes a lot of road upgrades, mostly located in the East Bay in order to buy support there. Greens think that all the money (or at least a much larger share) should be spent on public transit instead. Bridge tolls are a somewhat regressive means of funding, but on average, drivers are wealthier than riders of public transit. It currently costs about half as much to drive to/from the East Bay from most places in SF as it does to take transit, except at peak hours. Therefore, it's fair to ask drivers to pay for better BART service. Although we have concerns about not enough of the RM-3 funds being spent on transit, on balance we endorse it. In practice, if RM-3 loses, its proponents will come back with another version with more "pork" for suburban drivers and less money for BART and Muni, in order to buy support in the suburbs. We think the current version of RM-3 is a pretty good deal for SF transit riders, so we're supporting it. State propositions: YES on 68: Parks and Wildlife bond. Prop 68 is a $4.1 billion bond, with the money being spent on "Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All" programs. Surprisingly, most of this money would actually go to improve state and local parks, and to conserve wildlife. The measure would require 15 - 20 percent of the funds (depending on the type of project) to be dedicated to projects in communities with median household incomes less than 60 percent of the statewide average. $725 million would go to neighborhood parks in park-poor neighborhoods. No money would go towards environmentally destructive projects such as new dams or Jerry Brown's Delta water tunnels. Although we have reservations on bond spending, we often make exceptions for public projects. This is one such good use, so we strongly support Prop 68. YES on 69: Restrict vehicle fees to be used for transportation California has a long history of diverting revenues meant to improve basic essential transportation and transit infrastructure, and spending those funds elsewhere in the state budget. Prop 69 prevents funds raised for transportation and transit projects from being diverted to other uses, and removes automatic state spending caps that currently prevent transportation and transit revenues from being fully spent. At a time when the very survival of the planetary ecosystem depends on rapid action to shift to low emission mass transit, it is vital that the state maximize its spending on transit. The US and California are also burdened by decades of dangerous neglect of basic repairs of roads, bridges, railways, and other transportation infrastructure. Because of these realities we support Prop 69 as an important first step to improving transit and transportation safety. However we also strongly believe that the state traditionally spends far too much on new and expanded roadways for automobiles (which only serves to increase driving and greenhouse emissions) and spends far too little on expanding mass transit, bikeability, and walkability. This measure would have been far better if it had very specifically earmarked far more funds for transit, bikeways and walkability, and had barred these funds from being used to build new and expanded freeways and roadways. NO on 70: Raid on "Cap & Trade" fund Prop 70 will require a one-time two-thirds vote in each chamber of the state legislature in 2024 or thereafter to pass a spending plan for revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases. Greens oppose "cap-and-trade" schemes, as they result in little actual reduction in the use of fossil fuels, and simply allow polluters to pay into a fund when they want to destroy the environment. However, this "Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund" does go to good causes, like local clean energy production, that are a small step towards mitigating the problems caused by the large corporate polluters that pay into it. Prop 70 was put on the ballot by Republicans to allow them to block spending the money in the fund on these worthy projects. Although the Republican Party is shrinking, they might manage to put together 1/3 of the votes in either chamber of the CA legislature to block these expenditures. This could lead to them demanding more concessions for the big fossil fuel companies, that many Democrats will be all to happy to collude in. We strongly urge a NO vote on Prop 70. YES on 71: Allows statewide ballot measures to have time delays. Prop 71 would amend the State Constitution so that state ballot initiatives take effect by default on the fifth day after the Secretary of State certifies the result of the election. It will also allow the authors of a measure to put "time delays" into initiatives so that they can take effect later. At present, most state ballot measures take effect the day after Election Day. However, in close elections, it is sometimes not clear which side won. There are often still millions of mail-in and provisional ballots to be counted. Prop 71 avoids situations where a law would take effect, then later be repealed because the it was later found to have lost. Prop 71 fixes this situation by delaying the law until all ballots are counted, so we support a YES vote. YES on 72: Tax breaks for rainwater capture systems. Prop 72 adds rainwater capture systems to a list of other home improvements that are exempt from triggering a property tax reassessment. Prop 72 therefore effectively subsidizes the installation of these systems. Rainwater capture systems help conserve water, and also have other environmental benefits such as reducing erosion and groundwater contamination. Prop 72 shouldn't have to be on the ballot, but we support it. *===========================* What: Green Victory Party Where: Rosamunde, 2832 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 When: Tue, June 5, 8-11 pm Our victory party tonight will be at Rosamunde, on Mission St right next to the 24th St BART station. They have vegan and non-vegan sausages. Please join us there tonight after the polls close at 8 to watch the returns come in, and hopefully celebrate some victories! *===========================* What: SF Community Housing Act Kickoff Where: Stage Werx Theater, 446 Valencia St at 15th St, SF When: Sat, June 9, 11 am - 1:30 pm Greens have endorsed the SF Community Housing Act, a ballot measure for this November to fund the building and acquisition of 500 units of affordable public housing every year, as well as related infrastructure such as public transit and child care: https://www.sfcommunityhousingact.com/ Supporters are invited to the post-election kickoff of the SF Community Housing Act campaign on Saturday June 9, 11 AM, at Stage Werx Theater (near Valencia & 15th). We'll have food, and it'll be a fun opportunity to meet other supporters (some of whom will be getting trained for signature gathering for the first time). This initiative is being led by the Berniecrats, and Greens are early endorsers: https://www.facebook.com/events/199583890855282/ *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Haight St Fair Where: South Side of Haight St between Belvedere & Cole, SF When: Sunday, June 10, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm We'll be gathering signatures to put the SF Community Housing Act (see above) on the ballot, as well as registering new Greens and helping to organize for Single Payer Healthcare for All in California. We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, sign up volunteers, and register new Greens! Our booth location is D19S, on the south side of Haight between Belvedere & Cole. The fair runs from 11 am - 5:30 pm, and we also need volunteers to set up at 10:30 am and break down between 5:30 and 6 pm. Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help! *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

1 0