September 21, 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've almost finished making our endorsements for this November! A complete list is on our website: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-endorsements We will consider changing our endorsement of Prop 35 at our upcoming meeting this Wednesday - see details below. Some events in support of our endorsed candidates are below, including a joint mobilization for EJ Jones and Laurance Lee this Sunday. We'll be writing and mailing a Green Voter Guide with explanations for all our endorsements. If you can help us pay for the mailing, please click the "Donate" button on our website! Here's a summary of our local endorsements: Mayor: Aaron Peskin (#1 ranked choice), Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 ranked choice) D1 Supervisor: Connie Chan D3 Supervisor: Sharon Lai D5 Supervisor: Dean Preston D7 Supervisor: no endorsement D9 Supervisor: no endorsement D11 Supervisor: Ernest "EJ" Jones (#1 ranked choice), Adlah Chisti (#2 ranked choice) District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh Board of Education: Matt Alexander, Laurance Lem Lee, Virginia Cheung College Board: Alan Wong, Aliya Chisti BART Board: no endorsement Local Ballot Measures: * NO on A - school bonds without accountability on which projects will be funded * NO on B - bonds for various City construction projects * YES on C - create Inspector General under the Controller's office to investigate corruption * NO on D - eliminating many City commissions and further empowering the Mayor * no consensus on E - task force to create future ballot measure to eliminate City commissions * NO on F - allows retired police to work for 5 more years and get retirement pay plus salary * YES on G - rent subsidies for low income seniors, families, and people with disabilities * no position on H - lower retirement age for firefighters * YES on I - retirement credits for nurses and 911 operators * NO on J - more mayoral control over public education funds * NO on K - environmentally damaging park next to Ocean Beach * YES on L - ComMUNIty Transit Act (Greens gave an early endorsement and are helping gather signatures to put this on the ballot) * NO on M - business tax reform that would kill Prop L * NO on N - first responder student loan forgiveness fund * YES on O - protect abortion rights in SF State Ballot Measures: * NO on 2 - pay for school maintenance through bonds rather than state budget * YES on 3 - repeals Prop 8, the CA constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage * NO on 4 - water bond with funding for logging, ranching, and biomass-based fuel * NO on 5 - makes it easier to spend public bond money on private luxury housing * YES on 6 - reduces coercion of forced prison labor * YES on 32 - increases minimum wage * YES on 33 - allows more rent control * NO on 34 - attack on AIDS foundation * YES on 35 - tax on private insurance plans to fund Medical * NO on 36 - war on drugs, longer jail sentences for nonviolent crimes We also think many of you listen to KPFA radio. So if you're a KPFA subscriber, we'd like to remind you that it's voting time. An election is currently underway to choose the next members of KPFA's Local Station Board, the "LSB." We strongly recommend voting for the "Rescue Pacifica" ticket. To make maximum use of your "single transferable vote," please vote for all eight candidates (in any order). The Rescue-Pacifica ticket is: Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi -- Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, nationally-known Palestinian scholar / activist. Donna Carter -- retired member of California Nurses Association, former contract negotiator Felipe "Phil" Messina -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) member, clean-air campaigner, Modesto Cop Watch member Stan Woods -- former ILWU Local 6 Executive Board member, member of East Bay Democratic Socialists of America, member of Oscar Grant Committee Pathma Venasithamby -- software engineer, member of Jewish Voice for Peace Phoebe Thomas (fka Phoebe Sorgen) -- Green Party County Council, Berkeley Unitarian-Universalist Social Justice Committee, Move-to-Amend campaigner Virginia Browning -- former radio reporter, host and producer Michai Freeman -- Former Chair of the Berkeley Disability Commission, Systems Change Advocate at the Center for Independent Living, and 2022 Berkeley City Council candidate. Read more about the candidates, platform, and endorsements at https://RescuePacifica.net/ *===========================* What: Green Party members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, Sep 25, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions - 5 min * Consider changing our endorsement of Prop 35 - 30 min * Decide on printing/mailing strategy for election, review draft postcard / bookmark ~30 min * Review upcoming tabling opportunities and decide who can do them - ~30 min * Brainstorm on potential future Green Party events; e.g., possible holiday party / election review on Nov 20, "new members meeting" in Jan ~ 20 min 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@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@sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Mobilization for Ernest Jones (D11) and Laurance Lee (School Board) Where: Jones campaign office, 4802 Mission St, SF When: 10 am - 2 pm Walk District 11 for our #1 - endorsed candidate for D11 Supervisor, EJ Jones, and Laurance Lem Lee, one of our endorsed candidates for Board of Education. We'll be mobilizing out of the Jones campaign office between 10 am and 2 pm. *===========================* What: Upcoming events for Aaron Peskin (#1 endorsed for Mayor) Where: SF When: next week Join Greens who are campaigning to make Aaron Peskin our next Mayor! We'll be at various campaign events, listed on the Peskin campaign's events calendar, below: https://vote.aaron2024.com/eventcalendar *===========================* What: Upcoming events for Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 endorsed for Mayor) Where: SF When: next week Here are upcoming events in support of Dylan Hirsch-Shell's Mayoral campaign: https://www.dylanforsfmayor.com/events *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.