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Greenzine: Declare Independence from the Two Party system
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

July 4 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, This is the final weekend to gather signatures to get an initiative on the ballot to protect Golden Gate Park from toxic artificial turf. Let's keep the athletic fields in Golden Gate Park natural grass! Contrary to recently published news coverage, Greens support well-maintained parks. To read more about why the Mayor's fake turf plan is such a bad idea, see Mike Murphy's article here: http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/63-fake-turf-wars-by-mike-murphy Please join us at the events below to help us gather signatures. We'll also be starting our endorsements for November this month; see details of our monthly membership meeting below. New members welcome! This July 4 is a great time to declare your Independence from the two corporate-sponsored political parties! Here's how: http://sfgreenparty.org/join-us *===========================* Voter outreach at Mime Troupe opening weekend: July 4 from 1-4 pm 19th Street and Dolores St Help us register new Greens and get our initiative to protect Golden Gate Park from toxic astroturf on the ballot! We'll be at the Mime Troupe's opening show in Dolores Park, July 4. Email if you can help out: cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* Voter outreach at North Mission Street Fair: July 5 from 11 am to 5 pm Capp St and 16th St Help us register new Greens and collect signatures for our ballot initiative to protect Golden Gate Park. Email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help out. North Mission Labor/Community Street Fair Fight for $15 Minimum Wage *===========================* July 7-8 Call your Supervisor to ask them to support the CARES program! SF Supervisors will vote this Tuesday on whether to study joining Richmond, CA (where Green Party member Gayle McLaughlin is the Mayor) in trying to prevent foreclosures through the use of their eminent domain power. Richmond is poised to save 625 underwater homes from foreclosure, and they need just one more California city to join them in order to move forward! Supervisors Avalos, Campos, and Mar are sponsoring this proposal, so please call the other Supervisors to ask them to support it as well. Call 554-5184 and ask to be transferred to your District supervisor, or email Board.of.Supervisors(a)sfgov.org If you don't know who your supervisor is, the clerk can transfer you to the right one if you give them your address. *===========================* SF Green Party Monthly Members Meeting Wed, July 23 - 7-9 pm Redstone Building, Room 302 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness) We hold monthly meetings on the 4th Wednesday of every month. This month marks the start of our November endorsement season--we'll make our endorsements on ballot initiatives in July, and on candidates in August. If you want to ask questions or find out more about ballot initiatives and the Green arguments in favor or against, come to our meeting this month! All our meetings are open to the public, so come if you're a new member or thinking of joining us. *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: We need volunteers for Pride Weekend, other events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

June 23 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, There are several important events coming up in the next few weeks: 1) There is an important vote on AB 2145, the fossil fuel monopoly power grab, in the Senate energy committee today! Please read the action below and help us out. 2) Our monthly meeting is this Wednesday. The agenda is posted below. At this meeting we will be signing up volunteers to help us gather signatures for our initiative to protect Golden Gate Park at upcoming events such as Pride. More info on this campaign: http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/63-fake-turf-wars-by-mike-murphy 3) We still need volunteers to help with voter outreach at Pride this coming weekend (where we'll have a booth as well as march in the parade), the Mime Troupe's opening weekend July 4 in Dolores Park, and the North Mission Street Fair on July 5. See detailed descriptions of these events below. If you can't attend the meeting this Wed, but would like to help, please email us at cc(a)sfgreens.org. All events are also on the Events calendar on our website: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events2 *===========================* Help save Clean Energy: Today's vote on AB 2145 could break the clean energy movement in California. So take this action and then cut and paste the text just below to share and tweet it with -every- Californian you can contact! URGENT Use This Tool To Call Sen. Padilla To Save Clean Energy From Fossil Fuel Bill AB 2145 & SHARE/TWEET THIS MESSAGE! http://http://act.credoaction.com/call/save_community_choice_padilla *===========================* Monthly Meeting, June 25 from 7-9 pm Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! 2940 16th Street #302 (between South Van Ness and 16th St BART) Agenda for Wednesday Organizing for voter outreach - Pride, Mime Troupe and other events in the next few weeks. (30 minutes) Please bring information about events you are planning to attend. Post election analysis (20 minutes) Wild Equity - Resolution to oppose any final Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan Environmental Impact Report that contains the Sharp Park Golf Course Redevelopment Project (A18). (30 minutes) GPCA Plenary report back (15 minutes) Pier 70 November ballot measure - Union Iron Works Historic District Housing, Waterfront Parks, Jobs and Preservation Initiative (20 minutes) - Tim Hester will make a brief presentation and ask for an early endorsement by the SFGP. *===========================* Pride Weekend June 28-29: Join the SF Green Party at our booth 10-6 pm June 28 & 29 for the annual Pride Celebration. Booth located on Larkin St. near Grove; between Grove and Market St. We need volunteers for the event! Register voters, educate, grow the Green Party, and raise money, and get our initiative to save Golden Gate Park on the ballot. Please RSVP to let us know when you can help: cc(a)sfgreens.org On Sunday, we'll march with the Chelsea Manning contingent, in support of the heroic whistleblower. Greens are also invited to march with the David Campos contingent, since we've endorsed him for the AD17 election this November. *===========================* Take a break from the Pride celebration to attend a forum on "MTA Muni Workers, Union Busting and the Right To Strike," at the Main Library on June 28 at 1:30 pm. *===========================* Voter outreach at Mime Troupe opening weekend: July 4 from 1-4 pm 19th Street and Dolores St Help us register new Greens and get our initiative to protect Golden Gate Park from toxic astroturf on the ballot! We'll be at the Mime Troupe's opening weekend in Dolores Park, July 4-6; email if you can help out cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* Voter outreach at North Mission Street Fair: July 5 from 11 am to 5 pm Capp St and 16th St Help us register new Greens and collect signatures for our ballot initiative to protect Golden Gate Park. Email cc(a)sfgreens.org if you can help out. North Mission Labor/Community Street Fair Fight for $15 Minimum Wage *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: Party to help protect Golden Gate Park, Volunteer for Pride
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

June 16 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Good news on both ballot initiative campaigns that we've been supporting! The $15/hr minimum wage initiative will be on this November's ballot, even though a compromise pushed by Mayor Lee will delay full implementation until 2018. And our campaign to preserve natural grass athletic fields in Golden Gate Park is making news and picking up momentum! Our former Supervisorial candidate, Mike Murphy, also wrote a great article about the need to save Golden Gate Park from privatization and commercial development: http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/63-fake-turf-wars-by-mike-murphy Come to a house party at Green County Council member Denise D'Anne's house this Wednesday evening to help support the campaign: 351 Guerrero Street, between 15th/16th St 6:30-8:30 pm, Wed 6/18 Details here: http://sfgreenparty.org/events2/event/OGNqaGZpYWxwa2t0ZjgwZDMwZXZlbjRkM28gO… *===========================* Pride Weekend June 28-29: Save the dates! Join the SF Green Party at our booth 10-6 pm June 28 & 29 for the annual Pride Celebration. Booth located on Larkin St. near Grove; between Grove and Market St. We need volunteers for the event! Register voters, educate, grow the Green Party, and raise money. Please RSVP to let us know when you can help: cc(a)sfgreens.org On Sunday, we'll march with the Chelsea Manning contingent, in support of the heroic whistleblower. Greens are also invited to march with the David Campos contingent, since we've endorsed him for the AD17 election this November. *===========================* Take a break from the Pride celebration to attend a forum on "MTA Muni Workers, Union Busting and the Right To Strike," at the Main Library on June 28 at 1:30 pm. More info is on our events calendar: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events2 *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: Haight St, help save Golden Gate Park and raise Min Wage
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

June 7 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, After the election, we're working on raising the minimum wage in SF to $15/hour, and preventing toxic tire-based astroturf soccer fields from being built in Golden Gate Park. We'll be gathering signatures to put both initiatives on the November ballot, at SF events this June. We need more volunteers! Thanks to those who have helped us out so far. If you can help, email cc(a)sfgreens.org. This Sunday (June 8), we'll be doing voter outreach at two events: * We'll set up a table at Sunday Streets near the intersection of Lincoln and the Great Highway (very close to the proposed astroturf), from 11-4. More info on Sunday Streets is here: http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/great-highway-6814/ * We'll also have a booth at the Haight Street Fair, from 11-5, to build the Green Party, raise money, and collect signatures for both initiatives. Our booth will be on the south side of Haight St near Cole. More info on the event is here: http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org/ *===========================* Save our Post Offices/Jobs--protest Staples/Van Ness in SF June 8, from 5-7 pm Stop the Privatization of our Post Office! Get post cards signed to mail in to boycott Staples until they remove their Post Office counters paying min. wage. Sponsor: First They Came For the Homeless *===========================* June Election Analysis: The bad news is that (as anticipated), the "Top Two" primary means our statewide Green candidates will not be allowed in the November election. As discussed in this Chronicle article, "Top Two" adds more barriers to political expression, and could mean the end of all political parties in California other than the corporate Democrats and Republicans: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Top-two-primary-elections-spell-end-… But there were some bright spots in this Tuesday's results: * In SF, Prop B won in a landslide, and local Green-endorsed candidates David Campos and Daniel Flores are in good position for November's election (Flores came in 1st, Campos a close 2nd). * Props 41 and 42, which SF Greens endorsed, both won statewide. * In Mendocino, Green Party Supervisor Dan Hamburg was re-elected: http://www.cagreens.org/news/hamburg-re-elected-mendocino-county-supervisor * Ellen Brown, our candidate for Treasurer, broke a state Green Party election record, with over 6% of the vote in a statewide partisan race. In SF, she received nearly 11% of the vote, and in Mendocino, she received 15%. * Luis Rodriguez, our candidate for Governor, did very well in SF, beating Republican Neel Kashkari! Unfortunately, Neel, rather than Luis, will go on to challenge Jerry Brown this November. * Jena Goodman, our candidate for Lt Gov, came in 2nd place in SF, beating several Democrats and Republicans, but losing to Newsom. This November, we'll be focused on local elections, with several important ballot initatives and several Greens potentially running for local office! If you want to run as a Green, contact us at cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* Pride Weekend June 28-29: Save the dates! Join the SF Green Party at our booth 10-6 pm June 28 & 29 for the annual Pride Celebration. Booth located on Larkin St. near Grove; between Grove and Market St. We need volunteers for the event! Register voters, educate, grow the Green Party, and raise money. Please add hours you can help here: cc(a)sfgreens.org On Sunday, we'll march with the Chelsea Manning contingent. *===========================* Take a break from the Pride celebration to attend a forum on "MTA Muni Workers, Union Busting and the Right To Strike," at the Main Library on June 28 at 1:30 pm. More info is on our events calendar: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events2 *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: Election Special - Vote this Tuesday
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

June 1 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Save the date! Next Sunday (June 8) is the Haight Street Fair, as well as Sunday Streets on the Great Highway. We will set up a booth or table at both, to gather signatures to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr, and to protect Golden Gate Park from toxic tire-based astroturf. If you can volunteer at either, email us at cc(a)sfgreens.org. SF Greens have made the following endorsements for the June 3 election. Don't forget to vote this Tuesday if you haven't already! SF: * No on A, a $400 million local bond measure that claims to fund fire and police stations, but is not actually required to * Yes on B, the right to vote on Waterfront development that exceeds the current height limits. * Congress, D12 - Barry Hermanson * State Assembly, D17 - David Campos * Superior Court Judge, Office 20 - Daniel Flores Statewide: * Governor - Luis Rodriguez * Lt Governor - Jena Goodman * Controller - Laura Wells * Treasurer - Ellen Brown * Secretary of State - David Curtis * Yes on 41, a bond measure to fund supportive housing for veterans * Yes on 42, a requirement for local govenments to follow open meetings and public records laws Full explanations for all these endorsements can be found on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements Or read them below, and pass them on to anybody who's interested! On election night, this Tuesday, let's join the Campos campaign and League of Pissed Off Voters at Virgil's Sea Room after the polls close at 8 pm: 3152 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 GREEN VOTER GUIDE - full SF Green Party endorsements for June 3: No on Prop A Prop A is a $400 million bond that is supposedly for the purpose of improving public safety, including police and fire department facilities. The cost of the bonds would be paid back by a property tax increase, although 50% of the costs could be passed through by landlords to tenants. The Green Party opposes Prop A for several reasons. First, we are generally hesitant to support measures that are funded by bonds, because bonds are an unfair form of taxation that transfers wealth from lower and middle class residents to the 1%-ers (see our full Statement on Bond Funding, below). Second, this bond has even less oversight than usual, and the money could be used as a slush fund for the Mayor's pet projects. While Mayor Lee has discussed his supposed spending plans with the Chronicle, the language of Prop A allows Lee and the Board of Supervisors to spend the money on whatever they want, without going back to the voters. Given our Board of Supervisors' reluctance to challenge the Mayor, is it likely that the money will be well spent, or squandered on boondoggles such as America's Cup and tax breaks for allies of the Mayor? Prop A claims that it will result in improved public safety in the next earthquake. However, this claim is misleading at best. Voters already passed a $412 million bond, Prop B in June 2010, which was supposed to fund some of the same projects that the Chronicle has reported will be funded by Prop A (neighborhood fire houses and the emergency water supply upgrade). Most SF residents still support these important projects. Mayor Lee is trotting out the same projects again, assuming voters won't remember that we have already paid for them once! According to Chronicle, almost half the bond money will go to the SF Police Department for upgrades to their motorcycle unit and crime lab. These costs could easily be paid for with the regular police budget, since the department wastes millions every year on expensive toys such as Segways, over-patrolling the airport, and inefficiency (e.g., many tasks could be done by civilians or Sheriff's deputies rather than more expensive police officers). If we really want to improve public safety, we should support proven, effective techniques such as community policing. We should hire more emergency services workers who live in SF, since many now live in distant suburbs and would be unable to drive into the City after a major earthquake. And emergency response money would be much better spent on training more NERT volunteers, rather than buying more toys for the police. Please join us in opposing Prop A. Yes on B Prop B requires developers who want to exceed the current height limits for new development along the waterfront to obtain voter approval for their project. One of the Green Party's 10 Key Values is "Future Focus," which in this case means considering the long-term effects of development. Housing prices in SF are currently at an all-time high, which gives developers a great incentive to build the largest buildings they can get away with. The developers get rich quick, and SF residents are left holding the bag for hidden costs of the new development: higher expenses for City services, increased traffic, slower Muni. If tall buildings are built along the waterfront, one of these social costs will be a blocking of public access and views of the Bay, effectively privatizing what is now a public benefit of living in our beautiful City. We are supposed to have checks and balances to prevent this. We have zoning laws and height limits for good reason: to allow development of new projects that fit the culture of our neighborhoods and benefit SF residents. However, Mayor Lee has continued the tradition of corruption of the Brown and Newsom years by allowing his campaign donors to get away with anything they want, and the current Board of Supervisors is less a check on the Mayor's power than a rubber stamp. The last working check we have on uncontrolled, shortsighted development is direct democracy. Although we would prefer our elected representatives do their job and represent all SF residents rather than their campaign donors, holding elections to approve new development is really the only effective way at this point to ensure that new projects are really in the public interest. Join us in voting YES on Prop B. Congress, D12 - Barry Hermanson Barry Hermanson is running as the Green Party candidate against Nancy Pelosi. As the Bay Guardian noted in endorsing Pelosi, she "has presided over economic policies that have consolidated wealth in ever fewer hands and dismantled the social safety net, environmental policies that have ignored global warming and fed our over-reliance on the private automobile, and military policies that expanded the war machine and overreaching surveillance state." They didn't mention her opposition to Single Payer health care, or her repeated endorsement of the most conservative Democrats running for local office in SF. More importantly, San Francisco does not have a representative who represents San Franciscans; instead, Pelosi is a national spokesperson for defending Democratic Party policies and anything President Obama currently supports. Although the majority of San Franciscans are registered with the Democratic Party, most local Democrats (and Greens and members of other smaller parties) disagree with Pelosi's positions on the issues above, yet she places the needs of her political party above her job of representing all of us. 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 June 3rd, with only the 2 leading candidates going on to the November 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. In a two-way race, the "spoiler" issue would be moot. 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! State Assembly, D17 - David Campos Without a Green in the race, the Assembly contest comes down to choosing between two Democratic Party Supervisors, who will go into a rematch in November. Despite both candidates being Democrats, their political choices and attitudes towards the Green Party have been very different. David Campos has been most in agreement with Green Party values, scoring 88% for two straight years on our Supervisors Report Cards (http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/60-sf-supervisors-report-card-2013) His opponent, David Chiu, fell from 50% in 2012 to 38% in 2013. The main issues on which Campos differs from Chiu have been related to supporting corruption by the Lee Machine. Four of the key votes on which the two Supervisors differed related to Mayoral appointees: Chiu was a rubber stamp for Mayor Lee, while Campos opposed the worst Lee appointees. Campos is also much stronger on civil rights: Chiu was the swing vote in two new laws to impose curfews in public parks and a ban on public nudity. And of course Chiu was also the swing vote in favor of appointing Mayor Lee as mayor in the first place, rather than somebody (such as former Sheriff Hennessey) not beholden to the Willie Brown/Gavin Newsom Machine. As President of the Board of Supervisors, Chiu has limited public comment and rarely bothers to listen to differing opinions, a sharp contrast to the days when Matt Gonzalez served as President and built bipartisan consensus. Although both Campos and Chiu originally supported the construction of toxic artificial-turf soccer fields in Golden Gate Park near Ocean Beach, Campos has recently supported Green Party legislation to require the project to use natural grass. And Campos is supporting legislation to allow voters to choose a replacement for whichever Supervisor is ultimately elected to the Assembly, whereas Chiu supports the status quo in which Mayor Lee would appoint a replacement after the election. Even though the winner of this contest won't be decided until November, it's important to give Campos a head start on Chiu, who has raised a record amount of money from developers and Mayor Lee's other backers. We strongly endorse David Campos for Assembly. Superior Court Judge, Office 20 - Daniel Flores Daniel Flores is in a three way race for Superior Court Judge. Based on his answers to the Milk Club questionnaire (http://www.milkclub.org/candidate_questionnaires_june_election) he seems to share many Green Party values. In response to the questionnaire, he responded that he supports issues including abortion rights, same-sex marriage equality, anti-discrimination laws to protect LGBT rights, rent control, and rights for non-citizens, including drivers licences for all CA residents, voting rights in local elections, and the DREAM act. Flores' main opponent, Carol Kinglsey, is endorsed by some prominent local conservatives, including Gavin Newsom. Flores is also opposed by Kimberley Williams, who has some progressive support. However, in response to the Milk Club questionnaire (in which she did not answer any of the issue-based questions), she said "I fully support the causes of the Democratic Party at the local, state and national level." Since those causes include illegal and immoral drone strikes overseas, and massive unconstitutional spying at home and abroad, we cannot support her. Governor - Luis Rodriguez Green Party candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez, has a new vision for California, which, as a skilled poet and author, his own words can best explain: "...our state is rich in resources, human capacity, technological advances, and social innovation, yet has some of the worst poverty and imprisonment rates. There have always been two states - one ripe for developers, corporations, financial institutions, and robber barons. The other state consists of the working class and poor... One state is beholden to the wealthier, and more powerful part of the population, far smaller in number. The other state consists of the vast majority and growing - hardworking people of all races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and genders, many of whom have lost their livelihoods, their homes, their health, or are close to the edge." "Here is the California story we can't cover up or push aside: Increased job eliminations, evictions, home foreclosures as well as cuts in welfare and needed services in the face of a deepening poverty-creating economic crisis. Which way for California? Which way for the country? We have to envision, strategize and organize for a singular integrated California that aligns its wealth, capacities and governance for the health and benefit of everyone. I'm convinced we need more voices to address our growing impoverishment, our deepening injustice system, and the continual poisoning of our environment... The solutions are in our hands. Let's realize our dreams of a better world; let's organize to make sure our needs are met with an economy and politics that are... accessible and adequate for all." Luis J. Rodriguez is the author of 15 books of poetry, children's literature, fiction and nonfiction, including the controversial and best-selling 1993 memoir of gang life, "Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A." He is also the co-founder of the nonprofit cultural space "Tia Chu-cha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore," as well as Chicago's "Youth Struggling for Survival," a gang and non-gang youth empowerment project. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, and more. Lt Governor - Jena Goodman In a state where chronic underfunding of higher education and the inequities it produces has become a rallying cry for students statewide, Jena Goodman, the Green Party candidate, plans on focusing her campaign on college and university campuses. "It's time for a greater student voice in our state's politics," says Goodman. Jena Goodman lives in Vallejo and served as president of the Associated Students of Napa Valley College from 2012-2013, representing approximately 8,000 students. Today she attends UC Davis, studying biodiversity and ecology. At 28 years old, she will be the youngest candidate and the only woman on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor. She will also be the best candidate to represent the interests of students and youth, and to inspire lots of them to become involved with the Green Party. Goodman was formerly Chair of the Solano County Green Party. Goodman's vision for a Green California includes free higher education, living wage green jobs, and protecting California from climate change. "I believe higher education is the key to solving a multitude of crises facing California," Goodman explained. "I will use my position as Lt. Governor (on the University of California Board of Regents, California State University Board of Trustees, and Chair of the Commission for Economic Development) to promote a green vision for investing in free higher education to prepare workers for the green economy, coupled with a Green New Deal program to create tens of thousands of living wage green jobs. By investing in education, we can expand opportunity, pull people out of poverty and shift California from fossil fuel dependency to a new green economy... My campaign is about grassroots democracy. It's about giving voters a real choice to vote for a green vision for California." Controller - Laura Wells Green Party candidate Laura Wells is a founder of the "No Corporate Money" Campaign, in which candidates pledge to take no corporate money and a critical mass of voters declare their intention to vote for no-corporate-money candidates. Wells's focus is on solutions, such as implementing a State Bank to save money on interest and to invest in California, not Wall Street bankers. She would tax the super-rich the way California did decades ago, when the rich could still get richer, and it was a state filled with great opportunities. Laura Wells believes we can change our spending priorities from prisons to schools. Laura Wells is running in her second race for State Controller in 2014. She was also the Green Party candidate for Controller in 2002, an election in which she received a record-breaking half million votes, and for Governor of California in 2010, where she advocated establishing a State Bank for California and implementing fair taxation policies. At a 2010 gubernatorial debate that excluded all third party candidates, Wells was arrested upon attempting to enter the building to watch the debate, and charged with "trespassing at a private party." In 2006, she was on the executive committee of the campaign that gained voter approval for Instant Runoff Voting in her hometown city of Oakland. Wells graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wayne State University in Detroit, and earned a Masters degree from Antioch University. She worked in information technology in the financial industry for 20 years. She then served in a range of volunteer and professional capacities for community and labor organizations, including Pesticide Action Network, Women's Economic Agenda Project, and SEIU United Healthcare Workers. Treasurer - Ellen Brown Ellen Brown, the Green Party candidate for Treasurer, is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and the author of 12 books and over 200 articles. She is running for Treasurer on an innovative platform that she believes can take California from austerity to abundance. In her book "Web of Debt," she showed how a private banking cartel has usurped the power to create money from the people themselves, and how we the people can get it back. In "The Public Bank Solution," her 2013 sequel, she traces the evolution of two banking models (public and private) that have competed historically, and explores contemporary public banking systems around the world. Brown announced in January: "I am running for California State Treasurer on a state bank platform, along with Laura Wells, who is running for Controller. Our vision is to transform California, the world's eighth largest economy, into a financially sovereign state. We are running on the ticket of the Green Party because it takes no corporate money. Candidates who take corporate money - and that means nearly all conventional candidates - are beholden to large corporate interests and cannot adequately represent the interests of the disenfranchised 99 percent." "There is another way to balance a state budget, one that leads to prosperity rather than austerity. California can stimulate its economy and the job market, restore low-cost higher education, build 21st-century infrastructure, preserve the environment, and relieve the state's debt burden, by establishing a bank that is owned by the people and returns its profits to the people." Secretary of State - David Curtis We are fortunate to have David Curtis as the Green Party choice in the California Secretary of State race. David Curtis is easy to talk to. His cell number is on his website, so anybody can call him and ask him questions. To date, David Curtis has received 60 donations from actual humans, so he has zero obligation to get on his knees for corporate America. He has made a career of not being a yes man. If elected, can he certify the results of an election? Yes! But... elections? The whole thing has been priced out of our range by the SCOTUS ruling. So a vote for David Curtis is basically for "No, money is not speech." David's goal for the office is to make elections as open and fair as possible, and remove obstacles to participation so that we can get representatives who are our peers. If elected, David will oversee an office of 500 people. He was an associate of The Stubbins Associates, a firm that grew from 100 to 700 people. He would also be a trustee of the state archives and the CA Museum. David was a design leader on two Guggenheim Museums and the Nevada State Museum, and is a licensed residential designer who has worked in architecture since 1989. Human activity is stressing nearly every species on Earth and Greens in office acknowledge this reality. David Curtis is a father who lives with his partner and three children in the Lucas Valley of Marin County. He first registered with the Green Party in 2000 when Ralph Nader ran for president. David has been working actively with the Green Party since 2006 as we try to become the cleanup crew for a failing two party system. David can deliver actual political reform; his campaign is already doing it. His financials are reported in real time on his website. Don't give your vote to a "more of the same" duopoly candidate... same rape of the planet, same pre-loading of the race with cash-on-hand displays, same monopoly interests, same corruption, same inadequate representation of actual people. Yes on 41 Prop 41 is basically an ammendment to a ballot measure passed by CA voters in 2008, both of which are supposed to help military veterans find housing. The 2008 measure, which we opposed, authorized nearly a billion dollars in bonds to be issued to help veterans buy private housing. Prop 41 would revoke the authority to issue $600 million in bonds that were authorized in 2008, and replace it with the authority to issue $600 million in bonds that would be used to build supportive housing and multifamily housing (i.e., apartment complexes) for low- income veterans. We were opposed to the 2008 proposition (Prop 12) for several reasons. First, we're often hesitant to support bond funding, a regressive means of funding that primarily benefits the rich (see our Statement on Bond Funding, below). Second, the 2008 measure was to be spent exclusively on private housing, not public housing. As we said in our 2008 Voter Guide, we generally support bonds only for "urgent investment in the public sector." We are supporting Prop 41 for two reasons. First, the $600 million in new bonds is balanced by revoking $600 million in bonds that were authorized in 2008. Second, a much larger percentage (but not all) the money would be used for investment in public housing, rather than private development. The Prop 41 money is proposed to be spent much more intelligently than the 2008 plan: helping veterans who are currently homeless will actually save the state money, by reducing the amount of money needed for other services. We would prefer that all the Prop 41 money be used for public low-income housing projects and supportive housing for homeless people (not just veterans), and we would prefer the $600 million come from taxing the rich rather than bonds. However, Prop 41 is an improvement over the status quo, and therefore we endorse it. Yes on 42 Prop 42 requires local govenments to follow state laws that mandate open legislative meetings and public access to records. It is somewhat controversial, because it does not require the state to reimburse local governments for the costs of following such laws. Open meetings and Sunshine (public access) laws are both essential elements of a working democracy. In recent years, local reporters have used SF Sunshine laws to expose money being diverted from Muni to other City departments (or simply disappearing from budgets), Mayor Lee's hostility towards regulating tech companies (such as Airbnb and Lyft) that are funded by his campaign backers, and diversion of City bond funds away from their stated purpose. Although City officials make plenty of backroom deals today (including the original appointment of Ed Lee as Mayor), and Board President David Chiu has flouted the Brown Act by not giving adequate public notice for new legislation, the amount of corruption would certainly be even higher without open meetings and Sunshine laws. Why else would Supervisors allied with the Mayor put so much effort into trying to stack the Sunshine Task Force with their cronies? We also resent Jerry Brown's administration balancing the California budget by shifting costs to local governments. The costs of many important public needs, from teacher pensions to public housing, have been shifted to cities, while Brown spends more and more state money on prisons and highways. We'd prefer that CA continue to reimburse cities for the costs of complying with open meetings and Sunshine laws. However, having the state pick up the tab is not always a good thing: many local governments inflated the costs of complying with these laws, or stonewalled information requests and then passed on their resulting higher costs to the state. Because "Decentralization" and "Grassroots Democracy" are two of our 10 Key Values, we support the requirement for local governments to be more democratic, even if the state isn't paying for it. We therefore strongly support Prop 42. SF Green Party Statement on Bond Funding The SF Green Party has often been hesitant to embrace bond financing. In addition to being environmentally and socially responsible, we are also fiscally responsible. Bond funding requires payments totaling about twice the actual cost of whatever improvements are made, and passes costs on to future generations. Because people who buy bonds are almost exclusively the wealthy, as investors are paid back over the 20-30 year life of the bond, wealth is transferred from middle and low income taxpayers to rich bondholders. Bond funding also helps rich people avoid paying their fair share of taxes, since interest on municipal bonds is exempt from both state and federal tax. As noted in the California Voter Guide in 1992, over 35,000 U.S. millionaires supplemented their income with tax exempt state and local bond checks averaging over $2,500 per week (that's over $130,000 per year tax free). They avoided paying federal and state taxes on over $5 billion, which must be made up by the rest of us. The SF Green Party calls on the public to join us in working to phase out this regressive and unfair subsidy of the rich and their investment bankers (who take millions of dollars off the top when the bonds are issued). There are a few cases in which Greens have supported bond measures. In general, we are willing to support bonds that are issued to in order to build urgently needed, publicly-owned infrastructure, such as a public hospital or high speed rail. We generally oppose bonds that fund ongoing maintenance projects; these should be paid for using City revenues (which should be increased by raising taxes on the wealthy). Acknowledgements Thanks to the Alameda County Greens for original drafts of statements in support of our statewide candidates.

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Greenzine: Hear 5 Green candidates speak, help us distribute Voter Guides
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 26 May '14

26 May '14

May 25 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ This Monday, May 26, from 6-9 pm: Hear Five Green Candidates speak at the SF Occupy Forum! "There Are Solutions" - presenting Luis Rodriguez for Governor, Jena Goodman for Lt. Governor, Laura Wells for Controller, Ellen Brown for Treasurer, and Barry Hermanson, SF/District 12 candidate for US Congress. LOCATION: 215 Golden Gate between Hyde & Leavenworth, San Francisco. SF Greens have made the following endorsements for the June election: SF: * No on A, a $400 million local bond measure that claims to fund fire and police stations, but is not actually required to * Yes on B, the right to vote on Waterfront development that exceeds the current height limits. * Congress, D12 - Barry Hermanson * State Assembly, D17 - David Campos * Superior Court Judge, Office 20 - Daniel Flores Statewide: * Governor - Luis Rodriguez * Lt Governor - Jena Goodman * Controller - Laura Wells * Treasurer - Ellen Brown * Secretary of State - David Curtis * Yes on 41, a bond measure to fund supportive housing for veterans * Yes on 42, a requirement for local govenments to follow open meetings and public records laws For more information on these campaigns and candidates, see: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements Our Voter Guide postcard is now posted on our website, and should arrive in your mailbox (if registered Green in SF) this week. Come to our meeting this Wednesday if you can help us distribute additional guides to voters. Also, look for longer explanations of all the issues on our website in a few days. If you can donate to help us cover mailing costs, click the "Donate" link on our website, or mail us a check to: San Francisco Green Party, c/o David Fairley, 25 Fair Oaks St, San Francisco, CA 94110 *===========================* Wednesday, 5/28 - Monthly Meeting Time: 7-9 pm Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301, SF Agenda for this month: * Pass out Voter Guides for distribution between now and the June 3 election. * Simon Timony is gathering signatures to run for Supervisor in District Eight. He will be at the general membership meeting to introduce himself and talk about his new campaign. * Brent Plater from the Wild Equity Institute will make a presentation about Natural Areas. * We will also hear updates on tabling at the Haight Street Fair and Pride Celebration, & the Chelsea Manning contingent in the parade (we have endorsed and will join this contingent). * Update on efforts to gather signatures to increase the minimum wage in SF. * Mike Murphy will also give us an update on the signature drive to block the installation of artificial turf at the Beach Chalet Soccer Fields. Our Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! *===========================* The San Francisco Green Film Festival is from May 29th - June 4th. http://sfgreenfilmfest.org/ An interesting note about the festival: More than half the feature films at this month's San Francisco Green Film Festival are directed by women! *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: Earth Day, monthly Green Party meeting next week
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

April 18 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ SF Greens have made the following endorsements for the June election: SF: * No on A, a $400 million local bond measure that claims to fund fire and police stations, but is not actually required to * Yes on B, the right to vote on Waterfront development that exceeds the current height limits. * Congress, D12 - Barry Hermanson * State Assembly, D17 - David Campos * Superior Court Judge, Office 20 - Daniel Flores Statewide: * Governor - Luis Rodriguez * Lt Governor - Jena Goodman * Controller - Laura Wells * Treasurer - Ellen Brown * Secretary of State - David Curtis * Yes on 41, a bond measure to fund supportive housing for veterans * Yes on 42, a requirement for local govenments to follow open meetings and public records laws Watch for our complete Green Voter Guide to be posted on this website as we get closer to the election! The Voter Guide will include longer explanations for each position we took. We will also print a postcard, so if you can donate to help with our printing and mailing expenses or volunteer to help distribute our cards, please contact us, at cc(a)sfgreens.org. For more information on these campaigns and candidates, see: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements *===========================* Saturday, 4/19 - Earth Day Walk and Rally Time: 10 am - 6 pm Where: Embarcadero and Civic Center, SF Greens will participate in the Earth Day Walk and Rally -- help volunteer to promote our candidates and register Greens! We will meet at the Embarcadero between 10 and 11 am, with the white cloth banner and Green Party flags. Anybody who wants to walk with us should look for the flags (green, triangular, on sticks). If you can't find us, call Barry Hermanson at 255-9494. When the walk gets to the Civic Center (probably around 1 pm), we'll set up a table and chairs by our banner, and do voter reg and other outreach there. Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Civic Center at around 1:30. People can walk with us from the Embarcadero, or just take BART to the Civic Center and meet us there. More info on the event is here: http://www.earthdaysf.org/ *===========================* Wednesday, 4/23 - Monthly Meeting Time: 7-9 pm Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301, SF Agenda for this month: * Discussion of the new jail proposal with Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi (and potentially others) * Homeless Bill of Rights presentation and possible endorsement * Discussion of new Safeway policies: free speech issues, anti-homeless spikes, and closing recycling centers * Announcements, including rally to save the US Post Office from privatization on April 24th Our Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! *===========================* Thursday, 4/24 - Phone banking for David Campos Time: 6 pm - 8:30 pm Where: David Campos for Assembly Campaign Office, 3143 Mission St, SF We have endorsed David Campos for State Assembly! More info on our endorsements is here: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements Please join our phone bank to help elect David on Thursday, April 24! Call Devin Silvernail, 341-5001, for more info, or visit the website: http://www.davidcampossf.com/sfgreenphone *===========================* Saturday, 4/26 - People's Earth Day 2014 Time: 11 am Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Park 5700 block of 3rd Street at Carroll Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco Environmental Justice Walk Against Cancer and Pollution Let's march together in memory of our loved ones who have passed or are suffering from cancer, and dedicate ourselves to work for healthy communities and environmental and climate justice. Stop pollution of our communities! Toxic waste & neighborhoods don't mix! Protect communities from climate change & rising sea levels that threaten to flood toxic sites near our homes! *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Endorsements and Events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 12 Apr '14

12 Apr '14

April 12 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ SF Greens have made the following endorsements for the June election: SF: * No on A, a $400 million local bond measure that claims to fund fire and police stations, but is not actually required to * Yes on B, the right to vote on Waterfront development that exceeds the current height limits. * Congress, D12 - Barry Hermanson * State Assembly, D17 - David Campos * Superior Court Judge, Office 20 - Daniel Flores Statewide: * Governor - Luis Rodriguez * Lt Governor - Jena Goodman * Controller - Laura Wells * Treasurer - Ellen Brown * Secretary of State - David Curtis * Yes on 41, a bond measure to fund supportive housing for veterans * Yes on 42, a requirement for local govenments to follow open meetings and public records laws Watch for our complete Green Voter Guide to be posted on this website as we get closer to the election! The Voter Guide will include longer explanations for each position we took. We will also print a postcard, so if you can donate to help with our printing and mailing expenses or volunteer to help distribute our cards, please contact us, at cc(a)sfgreens.org. For more information on these campaigns and candidates, see: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements *===========================* Sunday, 4/13 - Sunday Streets Time: 11 am - 2 pm (although the event runs longer) Where: Tenderloin, SF Greens will have a table at Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin! Come help register voters, or say hi to our volunteers. More info on the event is here: http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/tenderloin-41314/ We will locate our table near other progressive organizations, and will be there from 11 am until 2 pm. To find us, call Barry Hermanson at 255-9494. *===========================* Sunday, 4/13 - Hear Laura Wells speak on Prop 13 Time: 1:30 pm - 4 pm Where: SF Public Library, Richmond Branch 351 9th Ave between Geary and Clement, enter on 10th Ave. Tax Day Symposium: Pros and Cons of Prop 13. Panelists will lead off the discussion, including Laura Wells, the Green Party candidate for State Controller Trish Cypher, part of the anti-Plan Bay Area coalition Brian Holtz, Libertarian on a water board in San Mateo County Open to all. Bring your ideas and literature. *===========================* Saturday, 4/19 - Earth Day Time: 10 am - 6 pm Where: Civic Center, SF Greens will have a booth at Earth Day-- help volunteer to promote our candidates and register Greens! We will have our large booth and banner at the Civic Center. If you can volunteer, contact cc(a)sfgreens.org or call Barry Hermanson at 255-9494. More info on the event is here: http://www.earthdaysf.org/ *===========================* Wednesday, 4/23 - Monthly Meeting Time: 7-9 pm Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301, SF Save the date! This month, we will discuss the proposal to build a new jail with Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and other guests. A full agenda will be posted closer to the date. Our Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! *===========================* Thursday, 4/24 - Phone banking for David Campos Time: 6 pm - 8:30 pm Where: David Campos for Assembly Campaign Office, 3143 Mission St, SF We have endorsed David Campos for State Assembly! More info on our endorsements is here: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/62-june-2014-endorsements Please join our phone bank to help elect David on Thursday, April 24! Call Devin Silvernail, 341-5001, for more info, or visit the website: http://www.davidcampossf.com/sfgreenphone *===========================* Saturday, 4/26 - People's Earth Day 2014 Time: 11 am Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Park 5700 block of 3rd Street at Carroll Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco Environmental Justice Walk Against Cancer and Pollution Let's march together in memory of our loved ones who have passed or are suffering from cancer, and dedicate ourselves to work for healthy communities and environmental and climate justice. Stop pollution of our communities! Toxic waste & neighborhoods don't mix! Protect communities from climate change & rising sea levels that threaten to flood toxic sites near our homes! *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: office warming / endorsement meeting this Wed
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

March 25 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ SF Greens are moving to a new office space in the Redstone Building! When: Wed, 3/26, 6:45-9 pm (note new start time) Where: Redstone Building #302, 2940 16th Street, near Mission and South Van Ness (1 block from 16th St BART station). Take elevator or stairs to the 3rd floor. Our first meeting in the new space will be a combination endorsement meeting and office warming. New members and guests are most welcome! We will interview David Campos for possible endorsement for the State Assembly seat, and also consider endorsements on Props A, 41 and 42. Come on time at 6:45 if you have any questions for David Campos. We may also consider endorsing judges and statewide candidates in races where there is no Green running. We have already endorsed Yes on B (right to vote on waterfront height limit increases). You can also meet several Green candidates for state and local office: Lt Gov candidate Jena Goodman and Congressional candidate Barry Hermanson are confirmed. After the endorsements are finished, we will celebrate the opening of our new office! If you can, bring a small dish or beverage to share. Our endorsments so far are listed in the announcement: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/61-new-office *===========================* How Green is Your Supervisor? We scored the most important votes at the SF Board of Supervisors in 2013, from a Green Party perspective. Which Supervisors are the Greenest, and which are just rubber stamps for Mayor Ed Lee? http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/60-sf-supervisors-report-card-2013 *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: moving to new office!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

March 18 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ SF Greens are moving to a new office space in the Redstone Building! We now have a shared office, and will hold monthly meetings and events there. The Redstone Building is at 2940 16th Street, near the 16th and Mission BART station. We will hold most monthly meetings in room #302. The building is accessible, with an elevator. Our mailing address, however, will not change. Our first meeting in the new space will be a combination endorsement meeting and office warming. On Wednesday, March 26, from 7-9 pm, we will make additional endorsements on state and local propostions for the June election, as well as candidates. After the endorsements are finished, we will celebrate the opening of our new office! If you can, bring a small dish or beverage to share. New members and guests are most welcome! Our endorsments so far are listed in the announcement: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/61-new-office *===========================* How Green is Your Supervisor? We scored the most important votes at the SF Board of Supervisors in 2013, from a Green Party perspective. Which Supervisors are the Greenest, and which are just rubber stamps for Mayor Ed Lee? http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/60-sf-supervisors-report-card-2013 *===========================* 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(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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