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Endorsement meeting June 26, Volunteers needed for Pride June 29-30
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

June 20, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our first endorsement meeting of the year will be on June 26, the same night as our regular members' meeting. We'll interview candidates for Mayor and Supervisor between 6:30-8:30 pm, and then try to reach consensus on endorsements between 8:30-9:30. If you know of any candidates for Mayor or Supervisor who you think we should endorse, please remind them to return their answered quesionnaire to us by this Friday, June 21! Here are the questionnaires - please feel free to forward to any candidate who may have misplaced thier copy: * Supe - https://sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt * Mayor - https://sfgreens.org/mayor_q.txt Volunteers are needed for both SF Pride (June 29-30) and the SF Mime Troupe's home opener on July 4! Details on both events are below. Barry Hermanson recently wrote this article for the SF BayView newspaper: https://sfbayview.com/2024/06/sacramento-democrats-kill-universal-healthcar… At our meeting in May, we endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act, a community-led ballot initiative to tax Uber and Lyft to fund Muni. You can find out more about this initiative at https://www.sftransitact.com/ Greens are helping gather signatures to put this on the November ballot, so it will need only 50% support to pass. Some signature gathering events are listed below and also at https://www.sftransitact.com/events *===========================* What: Green Party endorsement meeting / members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, June 26, 6:30-9:30 pm Agenda: * 6:30-8:30 - Interview candidates for Mayor and Board of Supervisors * 8:30-9:30 - Decide on endorsements Candidates for other offices besides Mayor and Supe will be considered after the filing deadline for those offices. Our process this year will be different than in previous years. We will consider endorsments for all candidates who answer our questionnaires, which we will email to everyone in the race after the filing deadline whose contact information we can find. Candidates' answers will be posted on our website. However, we will only interview candidates who at least 3 active members want to invite. We'll give the candidates until Friday, June 21, to answer our questionnaires, then have our active members decide over the weekend who to invite on Wednesday the 26th. 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at SF Pride! Where: Booth H-VB36, on Hyde between McAllister and Golden Gate Streets When: Sat-Sun, June 29-30, all day We still need volunteers for voter outreach at Pride. Our booth will be on Hyde, between McAllister and Golden Gate Streets. The booth number is H-VB36. Email cc(a)sfgreens.org to let us know if you can volunteer. The event officially starts at 11 am and goes until 6 pm both days, but we could also use volunteers to set up and break down our booth. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at the SF Mime Troupe's "home opening" show Where: Dolores Park, meet by entrance at Church and 18th St When: Mon, July 4, 1 pm - 4 pm We'll be doing voter outreach at the Mime Troupe's opening show in Dolores Park this Monday, July 4. Their play this year is called "American Dreams." https://www.sfmt.org/ 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 1 pm. Help us register new Greens and gather signatures for the ComMUNIty Transit Act; email if you can help out: cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* What: Signature gathering for ComMUNIty Transit Act Where: see below When: over the next week Friday, June 21: 5:30 PM JFK Promenade (No Training) John F Kennedy Dr & Nancy Pelosi Dr San Francisco, CA 94118 Saturday, June 22: 9:00 AM Alemany Farmer's Market (No Training) 100 Alemany Blvd 9:00 AM Fillmore Farmers Market (No Training) 1700 O'Farrell St 1:00 PM Queer Art Fair Stonestown Galleria (No Training) Old UA Cinema Sunday, June 23: 9:00 AM Inner Sunset Farmer's Market (No Training) 1315 8th Ave 10:00 AM Divisadero Farmers' Market (No Training) 1377 Fell St 10:00 AM Clement Farmer's Market (No Training) 244 Clement St 10:00 AM Outer Sunset Farmer's Market (No Training) 1994 37th Ave 12:00 PM Sunday Streets Golden Gate Avenue & Leavenworth Street RSVP for events here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4G7alSuaFmejeSXZuAFPhF8mILrx4_1… *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. 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Greenzine: Questions you want to ask candidates?
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

June 6, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our first endorsement meeting of the year will be on June 26, the same night as our regular members' meeting. We'll interview candidates for Mayor and Supervisor between 6:30-8:30 pm, and then try to reach consensus on endorsements between 8:30-9:30. If you have a question for candidates that you want to ask, please come to the meeting. Or you can get candidates "on the record" by suggesting additions to our questionnaire! Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org with your suggestions for additions or edits to our current drafts: * Supe - https://sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt * Mayor - https://sfgreens.org/mayor_q.txt At our meeting in May, we endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act, a community-led ballot initiative to tax Uber and Lyft to fund Muni. You can find out more about this initiative at https://www.sftransitact.com/ Greens are helping gather signatures to put this on the November ballot, so it will need only 50% support to pass. Some signature gathering events are listed below and also at https://www.sftransitact.com/events *===========================* What: Save the Date - Green Party endorsement meeting / members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, June 26, 6:30-9:30 pm Agenda: * 6:30-8:30 - Interview candidates for Mayor and Board of Supervisors * 8:30-9:30 - Decide on endorsements Candidates for other offices besides Mayor and Supe will be considered after the filing deadline for those offices. Our process this year will be different than in previous years. We will consider endorsments for all candidates who answer our questionnaires, which we will email to everyone in the race after the filing deadline whose contact information we can find. Candidates' answers will be posted on our website. However, we will only interview candidates who at least 3 active members want to invite. We'll give the candidates until Friday, June 21, to answer our questionnaires, then have our active members decide over the weekend who to invite on Wednesday the 26th. 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Signature gathering for ComMUNIty Transit Act Where: see below When: over the next week Sunday, May 19 at 2 PM, Castro Stroll Premiere. Signature gathering. Tuesday, May 21, 6 PM – 7 PM, Duboce Park. Packet exchange and signature gathering! Sunday, May 26 at 1:30 PM, Dolores Park. Meet by the bell at Dolores & 19th for signature gathering in the park. RSVP for events here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4G7alSuaFmejeSXZuAFPhF8mILrx4_1… *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected. _______________________________________________ San Francisco Green Party Announcement List To unsubscribe, go here: http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://sfgreens.org/

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Greenzine: Help make our November endorsements
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 19 May '24

19 May '24

May 19, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We're meeting this Wednesday to plan upcoming events and our endorsement schedule for this Summer, including revising our candidate questionnaires. If you have a question you'd like to ask local candidates, please join us! At our meeting last month, we endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act, a community-led ballot initiative to tax Uber and Lyft to fund Muni. You can find out more about this initiative at https://www.sftransitact.com/ Greens are helping gather signatures to put this on the November ballot, so it will need only 50% support to pass. Some signature gathering events are listed below and also at https://www.sftransitact.com/events *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, May 22, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions * Schedule volunteers for Pride and other events in June * Plan endorsement schedule for June and revise Supervisorial and Mayoral questionnaires Current Mayoral questionnaire: http://sfgreens.org/mayor_q.txt Current Supervisorial questionnaire: http://sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt If you can't make the meeting, please email us additional questions or changes! * Training for signature gathering for Transit Act * Fundraising letter revision and update 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Signature gathering for ComMUNIty Transit Act Where: see below When: over the next week Sunday, May 19 at 2 PM, Castro Stroll Premiere. Signature gathering. Tuesday, May 21, 6 PM – 7 PM, Duboce Park. Packet exchange and signature gathering! Sunday, May 26 at 1:30 PM, Dolores Park. Meet by the bell at Dolores & 19th for signature gathering in the park. RSVP for events here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4G7alSuaFmejeSXZuAFPhF8mILrx4_1… *===========================* 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: Help Tax Uber and Lyft to Fund Muni
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

April 27, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, At our meeting last Wednesday, we had a great discussion with our likely Presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein about how Greens can leverage her campaign to build local parties such as ours. Dr. Stein won the endorsement of the CA Green Party, so we encourage people to help her campaign as well as getting active in your local Green Party group. We also endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act, a community-led ballot initiative to tax Uber and Lyft to fund Muni. You can find out more about this initiative at https://www.sftransitact.com/ Greens are helping gather signatures to put this on the November ballot, so it will need only 50% support to pass. Some signature gathering events are listed below and also at https://www.sftransitact.com/events *===========================* What: Signature gathering for ComMUNIty Transit Act Where: see below When: weekends over the next few weeks Please RSVP to stay in the loop: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4G7alSuaFmejeSXZuAFPhF8mILrx4_1… * Saturday, April 27 at 11:30 AM, Presidio Main Post. Signature gathering at the Presidio Pop Up with Special DJ. * Sunday, April 28 at 11:15 AM, Golden Gate Park. Volunteer Kick-off and signature gathering or flyering! Learn about the ballot measure, meet other volunteers, then get trained and help us gather signatures at the JFK Community Picnic at Peacock Meadow and JFK Promenade. * Saturday, May 4 at 10 AM, Noe Valley. Signature gathering at the Farmer’s Market. * Sunday, May 5 at 1 PM, Golden Gate Park. Signature gathering on JFK Promenade. * Friday, May 10 at 5 PM, Chinatown. Signature gathering at the Chinatown Night Market. * Saturday, May 11 at 2 PM, Golden Gate Park. Signature gathering on JFK Promenade. * Sunday, May 12 at 10 AM, Ferry Plaza. Signature gathering at the Farmer’s Market. * Sunday, May 19 at 10 AM, Clement. Signature gathering at the Farmer’s Market. *===========================* 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: Happy Earth Day!
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

April 19, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Happy Earth Day weekend! Several protests for environmental justice are happening today and tomorrow. Please join Greens and others at these events, detailed below. We're also holding our second meeting at our new office next Wednesday, April 24. Please join us to discuss plans to build the Green Party this summer! *===========================* What: Youth vs Apocalypse environmental justice march Where: Embarcadero Plaza When: Fri, April 19, 10 am - 2 pm This Earth Day, we invite you to join Youth vs Apocalypse in reclaiming the radical roots of this day and march towards liberation and environmental justice on April 19th, 2024 from 10:00am - 2:00pm, beginning at Embarcadero Plaza and ending at Blackrock! Join us for this Earth Day of collective struggle. *===========================* What: Bayview Hunters Point Community Peoples Earth Day Where: Bayview Plaza, 3801 3rd Street When: Sat, April 20, noon - 3 pm Come out and Join The Bayview Community Fight for Earth Justice!! Join us for a Peace Walk and Environmental Justice rally, beginning at Bayview Plaza, 3801 3rd Street. Walking to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard outdoor area near 451 Galvez Ave. More info is on this website: https://allthingsbayview.org/ *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, April 24, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions * Discussion with Stein campaign - how can we work with a presidential campaign to build local Green Parties such as ours in SF? Now that the Stein campaign is receiving federal matching funds of up to $250 per donor, how can they leverage those funds to build grassroots organization that will last past the November election? * Plans for voter outreach this summer - Pride, Sunday Streets, farmers markets, Haight St fair, etc. * Discussion of election calendar for November - can we find more local candidates before filing deadline, plans to update questionnaires and make endorsements soon after filing deadline so we can have the greatest impact on campaigns. * Update on Single Payer healthcare - new nurses' campaign. 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* 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: First Meeting at New Office this Wednesday
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

March 24, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, After 10 years of meeting at the historic Redstone Labor Temple on 16th St, we have moved to a new office across the street! Our new meeting site is 2973 16th St, Suite 300. It is closer to 16th and Mission, next to the Victoria Theatre. Please join us this Wednesday for our first meeting in our new space! Details and agenda below. *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, Mar 27, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions * Office Warming * Election Recap * Planning for 2024 * Update on Stein Campaign * Discussion and action on local and state 'housing' legislation - see links below * Discussion and possible action on SFGP email list use and list membership rules 'Housing' legislation links: Local: Ordinance 231079 amending Planning Code to modify density limits (passed 8-3 vote of Supervisors, vetoed by Mayor) https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6388561&GUID=79563AA4-… California: SB 951 - https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320… AB 2560 - https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320… Email list policy links: List membership - http://sfgreens.org/rules/policy/active_email_list.txt Email conduct - http://sfgreens.org/rules/policy/email_conduct.txt 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* 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: Green Voter Guide and Election Night Party
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

March 4, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, If you haven't voted yet, please vote tomorrow! You can still mail your ballot on election day, so long as it is postmarked tomorrow. Or drop it off at any polling location. See below for our complete Green Voter Guide! After the polls close at 8 pm tomorrow, join us at Rosamunde Sausage Grill in the Mission. Rosamunde is right next to the 24th Street BART, and features great beer and sausages, including vegan ones. Wear your Green Party pins or other campaign items so you can find our table. Two candidates for the Green Party Presidential nomination were part of the "Free and Equal" election debate last week. The SF Green Party has not endorsed any candidate prior to our primary election, so that our voters can decide. Candidates in the debate were: Jill Stein (Green) Jasmine Sherman (Green) Claudia De La Cruz (Socialist) Chase Oliver (Libertarian) Lars Mapstead (Libertarian) Watch online here; the debate starts at around the 35 minute mark: https://rumble.com/v4ghmg3-democratic-presidential-debate-by-free-and-equal… We have also moved to a new office! Please join us on the 4th Wednesday of every month on the 3rd floor of 2973 16th St (at Mission). This is almost right across the street from our old space in the Redstone, and closer to the corner of 16th and Mission, next to the Victoria Theatre. *===========================* What: GET OUT THE VOTE with Retain Judge Begert 2024! When: March 5 Greens have endorsed Judge Michael Begert for Superior Court Judge, Seat 1. GOTV Sign Up Form: https://bit.ly/gotvjudgebegert (translated to English, Spanish and Chinese) Please use the form above or email Vanessa Pimentel <vanessa.pimentel26(a)gmail.com> if you can volunteer for the campaign. Judge Begert needs volunteers on election day at both headquarters: * Eastside HQ: 1155 Mission St Floors 1-4, San Francisco, CA 94103 * Westside HQ: 767 22nd Ave There will be lit drops and visibility all day, starting at 5 am. They will do phone banking starting at 8 am, or you can do a remote phone bank via this link: https://bit.ly/GOTVRemotePhoneBank *===========================* GREEN VOTER GUIDE for March 2024 These are the SF Green Party's final endorsements for the March 2024 election. Our complete Green Voter Guide is now posted at: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/105-march-2024-endorsements A copy of our voter guide text is below: NO on CA Prop 1 (Behavioral Health Facilities Bond) Prop 1 would amend 2004's Prop 63, the Mental Health Services Act. Prop 63, which Greens strongly endorsed, enacted a 1% tax on income above $1 million to pay for mental health services and programs. Prop 1 would change the current law in three ways. First, it would allow the tax to be spent on substance abuse programs in addition to mental health services. Second, 30% of the tax would be required to be spent on supportive housing for people needing services. Finally, the state would issue a $6.4 billion bond to build more facilities for mental health care and substance abuse treatment, as well as supportive housing. Greens oppose Prop 1 for several reasons. First, Governor Newsom has a track record of supporting involuntary forced treatment for mental health and substance abuse problems. We have concerns that the programs funded by Prop 1 will mainly be used for this purpose, rather than for people who want to get treatment. We believe that the community-based programs that Prop 63 currently pays for are more effective than institutionalization. Second, Prop 63 revenues are currently distributed to each county to fund local programs. One of our 10 Key Values is "Decentralization" - meaning that we support local elected officials prioritizing the needs of their local community. Prop 1 would mandate top-down changes to local funding priorities. Although the quality of services and programs currently varies by county, we don't believe that state mandates on how to spend funds will help. Third, Prop 1 would authorize $6.3 billion in bond spending without any requirement that the funds go to publicly owned projects like public hospitals and public housing. Instead, the money will be sucked up by Democratic Party patronage networks and not help the intended recipients. Greens believe that bonds should be used almost exclusively for public projects (see our Statement on Bond Funding, below). Finally, Prop 1 is too long and complex. Instead of making hard choices about funding priorities, Democrats in the state legislature threw a huge bond together with changes to spending rules that will benefit Democratic Party patronage networks. Prop 1 was designed to buy support from various special interest groups, but overall it's bad public policy. Please join SF Greens in voting NO. NO on A ("Affordable" housing bond) Prop A is a $300 million bond to pay for the construction, acquisition, and repair of "affordable housing." The vast majority of the funding would subsidize private developers to build private housing. Only a fraction would actually be affordable to people who currently live in SF. Prop A is a re-run of 2019's Prop A, a $600 million bond to do the same thing. In 2019, we opposed Prop A and wrote in our Voter Guide: Prop A pays private developers to build "affordable housing" at nearly the same price as it would cost to build new public or social housing ($600,000 - $700,000 per unit). Housing bond money has traditionally been used by the Democratic Party Machine to award contracts to politically connected developers and nonprofits, including some of the worst developers in the City such as the John Stewart Co (https://sfbayview.com/2017/02/my-constitutional-and-tenants-rights-were-vio…) Mayor Breed has also withheld funding to punish her political opponents, e.g., by refusing to move forward on development of affordable housing in Supervisor Dean Preston's neighborhood (https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-Supervisor-accuses-Mayor-Breed-o…) We also have concerns that the Mayor is not funding enough housing development and acquisition using "Our City Our Home" funds. Voters passed Prop C in 2018, providing a $300 million per year revenue stream, half of which is required to be spent on permanent housing. Given the major problems with bond funding (see our Statement on Bonds, below), we prefer funds for social housing come from corporate taxes such as Our City Our Home. Greens recommend a NO vote on Prop A. We hope others will join us to insist City resources be directed towards real public investments such as social housing. NO on B (more police) Prop B would increase the minimum police staffing requirement in the City Charter. It would not directly increase the number of police officers, but it would increase political pressure to spend even more City funds on an ineffective police department. As we wrote in opposition to a similar measure, Prop E in 2020: Greens support making large budget reductions (i.e., "defunding") to the SFPD. Although some trained officers are required to respond to serious or violent crimes, most of the duties currently performed by the SFPD can and should be taken over by civilians. That would both save the City enormous amounts of money, and also make our residents safer, as they would be at less risk of being harassed or shot by armed police. In recent years, police have effectively been on strike, refusing to investigate even serious and violent crimes unless the victims are wealthy or influential. SF needs major police reform instead of continuing to throw money at a failed system. NO on C (tax break for developers) Prop C would waive the City real estate transfer tax for developers who convert large office buildings to residential use. Greens are opposed to giving away public money to increase developers' profits, so we strongly oppose Prop C. Currently the real estate transfer tax ranges from 0.5% to 6%, depending on the value of the property. Since the pandemic, office space has become cheap, so in some cases, it can be profitable for developers to buy office buildings and convert them to condos. The construction work itself is very expensive, as most offices do not have the plumbing or access to light needed for residential living space. Proponents of Prop C claim that the tax break will make more of these conversions profitable. Greens believe that there may be opportunities for the City to take over failing office buildings (including hotels and shopping malls) cheaply using eminent domain, then convert them to social housing. This would be a more appropriate use of public funds than subsidizing for-profit developers to build more market rate housing. And the resulting residential units would be available to current SF residents at affordable rents, rather than turning into more empty investment condos that SF already has too many of. Prop C would give tax breaks to billionaires and not help our affordable housing crisis. Vote NO. YES on D (ethics reform) Prop D would make minor reforms to SF's ethics rules. It would standardize rules about accepting gifts and other favors across City departments. It would also allow additional changes to ethics rules if supermajorities on both the Board of Supervisors and the Ethics Commission agree to the changes. Greens' major concern with SF's current ethics rules is that they are usually only enforced against grassroots campaigns and candidates. Serious cases of corruption are ignored until the FBI steps in, and ethics rules are routinely broken by right-wing billionaire-backed candidates without consequence. Strengthening our ethics rules will not address this fundamental problem. Nevertheless, Prop D is an improvement over the rules we have now, so the Green Party supports it. NO on E (let police do anything) Prop E would reduce civilian oversight of the SF Police Department, allow police to engage in more high speed car chases, cover up cases of police violence, and allow warrantless spying on all San Franciscans. In 2003, Greens led the campaign to establish a civilian Police Commission to oversee the Police Department. We defeated the police union at the polls (https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/voters-support-major-police-reform-san-…) Although the Mayor appoints the majority of the members of the Police Commission, members cannot be removed arbitrarily, which gives them a small degree of independence. The Police Commission currently requires police to file a report when they use violence, and only allows them to engage in high speed car chases if there is a public safety risk or if the person being chased is suspected of committing a violent felony. Prop E would allow police to engage in high speed car chases in almost any circumstance, and would not require police to file reports on use of violence unless the suspect is injured. Worse, Prop E would open the door to warrantless spying on all San Franciscans, including the use of AI-based facial recognition technology and drones. Civil liberties organizations such as the ACLU and EFF strongly oppose Prop E for this reason. If Prop E passes, instead of investigating serious and violent crimes, police could spend their working hours spying on San Franciscans using drones and other cameras, and joyriding around SF like they're re-enacting Bullitt. Prop E is not even a serious policy proposal, but rather a way for tech billionaires to pour money into SF politics promoting authoritarian policies and right-wing candidates. Greens strongly oppose it. NO on F (mandatory drug tests for poor people) Prop F would require that people who receive welfare benefits from SF be screened for illegal drug use, and that drug users would be required to participate in a free treatment program in order to continue receiving benefits. SF does not currently have enough free substance abuse treatment programs for people who want to participate. Greens support public spending on "Improved Medicare for All" (a.k.a. single payer health care), which would be free to everyone in the US and include mental health and substance abuse treatment. However, we do not support forcing health care on people without their informed consent, and Prop F would coerce people to participate in drug treatment programs they would otherwise be unwilling to participate in. Prop F would also increase the number of homeless people forced to live on the street, as the additional requirement for drug testing would make it more difficult for poor people to access housing assistance programs. Currently, poor people with housing are entitled to $712 in cash assistance, while homeless people are only given $109 due to Newsom's "Care not Cash" program. If these funds are cut off due to the additional red tape of having to prove they are not using illegal drugs, many more people will be forced onto the streets or turn to crime in order to obtain money to survive. If anybody should be tested for substance abuse, it should be the people who wrote and support Prop F. What are these people on? Greens strongly oppose it. YES on G (algebra) Prop G is a non-binding measure that would encourage teaching algebra to public school students in the 8th grade. Greens recommend a YES vote. In 2014, algebra was moved from the 8th grade curriculum to 9th grade due to concerns that many students were failing the class, and because making kids take a class they weren't prepared for exacerbated racial disparities in education. This change was part of a transition to Common Core Math, in which algebraic concepts such as variables are now introduced as part of the math curriculum in lower grades. 10 years later, it is now clear that delaying algebra had no effect on alleviating racial disparities, and many students now have to take multiple math classes simultaneously in high school in order to get an education that is comparable to their private school peers. As a result, SFUSD is already in the process of moving algebra back to 8th grade. The politics of Prop G are tricky, because it was put on the ballot by the proponents of the 2022 school board recall. Major funders of the recall election had financial ties to the "EdTech" industry, and wanted the Mayor to appoint school board members who would spend scarce public resources on lucrative contracts with EdTech companies. These same groups are now championing Prop G as a wedge issue to tar future school board candidates who oppose Prop G as "anti-algebra." Candidates who oppose Prop G will be smeared as elitist and anti-parent, making it easier for right wing tech billionaires to take over the school board this November and steal as much public money as they can get their hands on. Fortunately, Prop G doesn't contain any hidden provisions that will directly privatize education: it's totally advisory and non-binding. Greens recommend that voters take the proposal at face value and vote YES, while being wary of the plans of Prop G funders in the school board election this November. SF Superior Court Judge, seat 1: Michael Begert Two judges are currently being challenged by right-wing tech billionaires through a PAC called "Stop Crime SF." Michael Begert is one of the judges being challenged because he presided over several diversion programs that allow people convicted of minor crimes to seek treatment instead of going to jail. We interviewed Judge Begert, and are convinced that retaining him will improve public safety, so we strongly endorse retaining him. Judge Begert is not as progressive on criminal justice issues as most members of the Green Party. He was originally appointed to office by Governor Schwarzenegger. However, Judge Begert has volunteered for years for groups such as the Asian Law Caucus and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, groups that share our values of social justice. Right wing tech billionaires already have too much influence in the other branches of SF government; don't let them buy the courts as well. Please join us in voting to retain Judge Begert. 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). *===========================* 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: Eviction Party Feb 28, Green Voter Guide to March 2024
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 24 Feb '24

24 Feb '24

February 24, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, After 10 years of meeting at the historic Redstone Labor Temple on 16th St, the investment group that bought the building two years ago is kicking us (and other tenants who support social and economic justice) out. Fortunately, we have some leads on a new affordable meeting space nearby, and expect to make an announcemnt soon. Please join us this Wednesday, Feb 28, for our last meeting at the Redstone! We'll be having an eviction party and going through all of the items that we store there to determine what to move and what to recycle. See our meeting announcement below. We have also published our complete Green Voter Guide to the March 5, 2024 election in SF! The complete text is below, along with some volunteer opportunities for our endorsed campaigns and candidates. The election is already underway, with early voting and vote by mail happening all the way through Tues, March 5. Please forward to any SF voters who might be interested! *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting, Redstone Eviction Party! Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Feb 28, 7-9 pm Please join us this Wednesday, Feb 28, for our LAST meeting at the Redstone! We'll be having an eviction party and going through all of the items that we store there to determine what to move and what to recycle. Agenda: * Introductions * Report-backs on campaigns, and campaign updates * Eviction Party - sort through our stuff and move some of it out 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Look in the Sky for NO on Prop E When: Sat, Feb 24, 5-6 pm If you’re near Chinatown, the Mission, or Golden Gate Park this Saturday, the No on E campaign, led by the civil liberties organization EFF, needs your help. It’s easy: Just look up! Between 5 and 6pm, you might see an airplane flying an important message from EFF. Snap a picture of the plane and post it to social media. Tag @EFF and @sfgreenparty, add your own message about why you’re voting #NOPE See the Green Voter Guide below as well as: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/what-proposition-e-and-why-should-san… *===========================* What: GET OUT THE VOTE with Retain Judge Begert 2024! When: Now through March 5 Greens have endorsed Judge Michael Begert for Superior Court Judge, Seat 1. GOTV Sign Up Form: https://bit.ly/gotvjudgebegert (translated to English, Spanish and Chinese) Please use the form above or email Vanessa Pimentel <vanessa.pimentel26(a)gmail.com> if you can volunteer for the campaign. *The Election Day Schedule for March 5th is as follows:* 5-8am: Early Morning Lit Drop 8am-12pm: Phone bank, Visibility 12-4pm: Phone Bank, Visibility 4-8pm: Phone Bank, Visibility If your members are not available on the 5th but want to get involved and help Get Out the Vote, the campaign also needs help at these events: *Saturday (3/02) at 10am* Big Mega Mobilization at Rossi Playground *Sunday (3/03) at 10am* Big Mega Mobilization at Garfield Square Park *Monday (3/04) from 5pm to 8 pm* 1155 Mission St *===========================* GREEN VOTER GUIDE for March 2024 These are the SF Green Party's final endorsements for the March 2024 election. Our complete Green Voter Guide is now posted at: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/105-march-2024-endorsements A copy of our voter guide text is below: NO on CA Prop 1 (Behavioral Health Facilities Bond) Prop 1 would amend 2004's Prop 63, the Mental Health Services Act. Prop 63, which Greens strongly endorsed, enacted a 1% tax on income above $1 million to pay for mental health services and programs. Prop 1 would change the current law in three ways. First, it would allow the tax to be spent on substance abuse programs in addition to mental health services. Second, 30% of the tax would be required to be spent on supportive housing for people needing services. Finally, the state would issue a $6.4 billion bond to build more facilities for mental health care and substance abuse treatment, as well as supportive housing. Greens oppose Prop 1 for several reasons. First, Governor Newsom has a track record of supporting involuntary forced treatment for mental health and substance abuse problems. We have concerns that the programs funded by Prop 1 will mainly be used for this purpose, rather than for people who want to get treatment. We believe that the community-based programs that Prop 63 currently pays for are more effective than institutionalization. Second, Prop 63 revenues are currently distributed to each county to fund local programs. One of our 10 Key Values is "Decentralization" - meaning that we support local elected officials prioritizing the needs of their local community. Prop 1 would mandate top-down changes to local funding priorities. Although the quality of services and programs currently varies by county, we don't believe that state mandates on how to spend funds will help. Third, Prop 1 would authorize $6.3 billion in bond spending without any requirement that the funds go to publicly owned projects like public hospitals and public housing. Instead, the money will be sucked up by Democratic Party patronage networks and not help the intended recipients. Greens believe that bonds should be used almost exclusively for public projects (see our Statement on Bond Funding, below). Finally, Prop 1 is too long and complex. Instead of making hard choices about funding priorities, Democrats in the state legislature threw a huge bond together with changes to spending rules that will benefit Democratic Party patronage networks. Prop 1 was designed to buy support from various special interest groups, but overall it's bad public policy. Please join SF Greens in voting NO. NO on A ("Affordable" housing bond) Prop A is a $300 million bond to pay for the construction, acquisition, and repair of "affordable housing." The vast majority of the funding would subsidize private developers to build private housing. Only a fraction would actually be affordable to people who currently live in SF. Prop A is a re-run of 2019's Prop A, a $600 million bond to do the same thing. In 2019, we opposed Prop A and wrote in our Voter Guide: Prop A pays private developers to build "affordable housing" at nearly the same price as it would cost to build new public or social housing ($600,000 - $700,000 per unit). Housing bond money has traditionally been used by the Democratic Party Machine to award contracts to politically connected developers and nonprofits, including some of the worst developers in the City such as the John Stewart Co (https://sfbayview.com/2017/02/my-constitutional-and-tenants-rights-were-vio…) Mayor Breed has also withheld funding to punish her political opponents, e.g., by refusing to move forward on development of affordable housing in Supervisor Dean Preston's neighborhood (https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-Supervisor-accuses-Mayor-Breed-o…) We also have concerns that the Mayor is not funding enough housing development and acquisition using "Our City Our Home" funds. Voters passed Prop C in 2018, providing a $300 million per year revenue stream, half of which is required to be spent on permanent housing. Given the major problems with bond funding (see our Statement on Bonds, below), we prefer funds for social housing come from corporate taxes such as Our City Our Home. Greens recommend a NO vote on Prop A. We hope others will join us to insist City resources be directed towards real public investments such as social housing. NO on B (more police) Prop B would increase the minimum police staffing requirement in the City Charter. It would not directly increase the number of police officers, but it would increase political pressure to spend even more City funds on an ineffective police department. As we wrote in opposition to a similar measure, Prop E in 2020: Greens support making large budget reductions (i.e., "defunding") to the SFPD. Although some trained officers are required to respond to serious or violent crimes, most of the duties currently performed by the SFPD can and should be taken over by civilians. That would both save the City enormous amounts of money, and also make our residents safer, as they would be at less risk of being harassed or shot by armed police. In recent years, police have effectively been on strike, refusing to investigate even serious and violent crimes unless the victims are wealthy or influential. SF needs major police reform instead of continuing to throw money at a failed system. NO on C (tax break for developers) Prop C would waive the City real estate transfer tax for developers who convert large office buildings to residential use. Greens are opposed to giving away public money to increase developers' profits, so we strongly oppose Prop C. Currently the real estate transfer tax ranges from 0.5% to 6%, depending on the value of the property. Since the pandemic, office space has become cheap, so in some cases, it can be profitable for developers to buy office buildings and convert them to condos. The construction work itself is very expensive, as most offices do not have the plumbing or access to light needed for residential living space. Proponents of Prop C claim that the tax break will make more of these conversions profitable. Greens believe that there may be opportunities for the City to take over failing office buildings (including hotels and shopping malls) cheaply using eminent domain, then convert them to social housing. This would be a more appropriate use of public funds than subsidizing for-profit developers to build more market rate housing. And the resulting residential units would be available to current SF residents at affordable rents, rather than turning into more empty investment condos that SF already has too many of. Prop C would give tax breaks to billionaires and not help our affordable housing crisis. Vote NO. YES on D (ethics reform) Prop D would make minor reforms to SF's ethics rules. It would standardize rules about accepting gifts and other favors across City departments. It would also allow additional changes to ethics rules if supermajorities on both the Board of Supervisors and the Ethics Commission agree to the changes. Greens' major concern with SF's current ethics rules is that they are usually only enforced against grassroots campaigns and candidates. Serious cases of corruption are ignored until the FBI steps in, and ethics rules are routinely broken by right-wing billionaire-backed candidates without consequence. Strengthening our ethics rules will not address this fundamental problem. Nevertheless, Prop D is an improvement over the rules we have now, so the Green Party supports it. NO on E (let police do anything) Prop E would reduce civilian oversight of the SF Police Department, allow police to engage in more high speed car chases, cover up cases of police violence, and allow warrantless spying on all San Franciscans. In 2003, Greens led the campaign to establish a civilian Police Commission to oversee the Police Department. We defeated the police union at the polls (https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/voters-support-major-police-reform-san-…) Although the Mayor appoints the majority of the members of the Police Commission, members cannot be removed arbitrarily, which gives them a small degree of independence. The Police Commission currently requires police to file a report when they use violence, and only allows them to engage in high speed car chases if there is a public safety risk or if the person being chased is suspected of committing a violent felony. Prop E would allow police to engage in high speed car chases in almost any circumstance, and would not require police to file reports on use of violence unless the suspect is injured. Worse, Prop E would open the door to warrantless spying on all San Franciscans, including the use of AI-based facial recognition technology and drones. Civil liberties organizations such as the ACLU and EFF strongly oppose Prop E for this reason. If Prop E passes, instead of investigating serious and violent crimes, police could spend their working hours spying on San Franciscans using drones and other cameras, and joyriding around SF like they're re-enacting Bullitt. Prop E is not even a serious policy proposal, but rather a way for tech billionaires to pour money into SF politics promoting authoritarian policies and right-wing candidates. Greens strongly oppose it. NO on F (mandatory drug tests for poor people) Prop F would require that people who receive welfare benefits from SF be screened for illegal drug use, and that drug users would be required to participate in a free treatment program in order to continue receiving benefits. SF does not currently have enough free substance abuse treatment programs for people who want to participate. Greens support public spending on "Improved Medicare for All" (a.k.a. single payer health care), which would be free to everyone in the US and include mental health and substance abuse treatment. However, we do not support forcing health care on people without their informed consent, and Prop F would coerce people to participate in drug treatment programs they would otherwise be unwilling to participate in. Prop F would also increase the number of homeless people forced to live on the street, as the additional requirement for drug testing would make it more difficult for poor people to access housing assistance programs. Currently, poor people with housing are entitled to $712 in cash assistance, while homeless people are only given $109 due to Newsom's "Care not Cash" program. If these funds are cut off due to the additional red tape of having to prove they are not using illegal drugs, many more people will be forced onto the streets or turn to crime in order to obtain money to survive. If anybody should be tested for substance abuse, it should be the people who wrote and support Prop F. What are these people on? Greens strongly oppose it. YES on G (algebra) Prop G is a non-binding measure that would encourage teaching algebra to public school students in the 8th grade. Greens recommend a YES vote. In 2014, algebra was moved from the 8th grade curriculum to 9th grade due to concerns that many students were failing the class, and because making kids take a class they weren't prepared for exacerbated racial disparities in education. This change was part of a transition to Common Core Math, in which algebraic concepts such as variables are now introduced as part of the math curriculum in lower grades. 10 years later, it is now clear that delaying algebra had no effect on alleviating racial disparities, and many students now have to take multiple math classes simultaneously in high school in order to get an education that is comparable to their private school peers. As a result, SFUSD is already in the process of moving algebra back to 8th grade. The politics of Prop G are tricky, because it was put on the ballot by the proponents of the 2022 school board recall. Major funders of the recall election had financial ties to the "EdTech" industry, and wanted the Mayor to appoint school board members who would spend scarce public resources on lucrative contracts with EdTech companies. These same groups are now championing Prop G as a wedge issue to tar future school board candidates who oppose Prop G as "anti-algebra." Candidates who oppose Prop G will be smeared as elitist and anti-parent, making it easier for right wing tech billionaires to take over the school board this November and steal as much public money as they can get their hands on. Fortunately, Prop G doesn't contain any hidden provisions that will directly privatize education: it's totally advisory and non-binding. Greens recommend that voters take the proposal at face value and vote YES, while being wary of the plans of Prop G funders in the school board election this November. SF Superior Court Judge, seat 1: Michael Begert Two judges are currently being challenged by right-wing tech billionaires through a PAC called "Stop Crime SF." Michael Begert is one of the judges being challenged because he presided over several diversion programs that allow people convicted of minor crimes to seek treatment instead of going to jail. We interviewed Judge Begert, and are convinced that retaining him will improve public safety, so we strongly endorse retaining him. Judge Begert is not as progressive on criminal justice issues as most members of the Green Party. He was originally appointed to office by Governor Schwarzenegger. However, Judge Begert has volunteered for years for groups such as the Asian Law Caucus and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, groups that share our values of social justice. Right wing tech billionaires already have too much influence in the other branches of SF government; don't let them buy the courts as well. Please join us in voting to retain Judge Begert. 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). *===========================* 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: SF Green Party Endorsements for March 2024 election
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 03 Feb '24

03 Feb '24

February 3, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We made endorsements for the March election at our meeting in January! We plan to write a Green Voter Guide with all the reasons behind our endorsements, but we're sending a summary out now as ballots have already arrived. Please forward to anybody who's interested. Some events in support of our endorsed candidates and propositions are also listed below. CA Prop 1: No SF Superior Court Judge, seat 1: Michael Begert SF Prop A (Housing Bond): No SF Prop B (More Police): No SF Prop C (Developer Tax Break): No SF Prop D (Ethics Reform): Yes SF Prop E (Let Cops Do Anything): No SF Prop F (Drug Test Poor People): No SF Prop G (Algebra): Yes Green Presidential candidate Jill Stein recently had a public dialog with Max Blumenthal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdRw2isXH0 We need help maintaining the Green Party's ballot access in CA! See the message below you can send to your friends to help us keep our voter registration numbers up. We are also still seeking donations to cover our costs for the Matt Gonzalez reunion back in December; if you can donate, please do so on our website: https://sfgreenparty.org/donate *===========================* What: Volunteer with No on Prop E When: Sun, February 4, 11 am Two civil liberties organizations, ACLU and EFF, are leading the fight against Prop E. Please join them this Sunday: San Francisco voters will confront a looming threat to their privacy and civil liberties on the March 5, 2024 ballot. If Proposition E passes, we can expect the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) will use untested and potentially dangerous technology on the public, any time they want, for a full year without oversight. Join the ACLU, EFF, and allies for an in-person Volunteer Day of Action on Sunday, February 4. Lunch will be provided and attendees will have the opportunity to pick up signs, make art, contact voters, and head out into the community to talk about Prop E. RSVP TODAY: https://eff.org/SundayPropE *===========================* What: Maintain Green Party ballot access Here's a way to help us build and publicize the Green Party (which also helps us increase our voter registration numbers, so we can continue to stay on the ballot). Which is to email the message below (or something like it) to many, or even to all, of your friends who currently aren't, or might not be, registered Green. And because people can start voting on February 5, please do email it out soon. (Please be sure to "sign" the message at the very end). Thank you so much! [[ Subject line:Outraged about Gaza? Register and Vote Green Party!]] Hi Friends, If you too are outraged that Biden hasn't called for a ceasefire in Gaza then I urge you take a strong action and register and vote Green Party in the upcoming Presidential Primary election. Because California has a "Top Two" primary, registering Green won't affect your ability to vote for any other public office. Unlike Biden, as well as the majority of Congressional Democrats, Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein has issued a clear demand for a ceasefire, as has the Green Party. Most libraries and post offices have postage-paid voter registration cards, or you can register Green online via the Secretary of State's website, at: https://registertovote.ca.gov/ Solidarity,[[ Your name goes here ]] *===========================* What: Save the Date - Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Feb 28, 7-9 pm The detailed agenda will be set at the CC meeting the week before. 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* 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: Endorsement Meeting this Wednesday
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

January 20, 2024 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We are still seeking donations to cover our costs for the Matt Gonzalez reunion back in December; if you can donate, please do so on our website: https://sfgreenparty.org/donate We'll be making endorsements for the March election at our first monthly members' meeting of the year on Jan 24. A detailed agenda is below. We hope you'll join us! *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Jan 24, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions * Endorsements, ballot props and judges (see below) * Announcements Please read the ballot propositions before the meeting. There are 7 local measures, which are posted online here: https://www.sf.gov/reports/march-2024/qualified-measures We'll also be considering an endorsement on CA Prop 1, which is described here: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Behavioral_Health_Service… Finally, we'll be considering endorsing the 4 candidates for Superior Court Judge. Only one of the candidates provided any contact info the the public, and we sent him our candidate questionnaire. If he answers, we'll send the answers around to our members and possibly invite him to the meeting to answer additional questions. We do not plan to endorse partisan candidates in the March primary unless any active member wants to add that to the agenda, since there do not appear to be any independent candidates running in SF who are not members of the Democratic or Republican Parties. 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 Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc(a)sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* 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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