November 13 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, With just a few hundred ballots left to be counted, the results of this November's election are in: http://www.sfelections.org/results/20151103/ Our Mayoral candidate, Francisco Herrera, finished second with 15% of the vote. Amy Weiss, who received our #2 endorsement for Mayor, finished 3rd. Taking ranked choice votes into account, Francisco was favored over Mayor Lee by 1 of every 3 voters, and his campaign spent less money per vote than all other candidates on the ballot. This is our strongest Mayoral showing since 2003, when Matt Gonzalez won 47% of the vote against Gavin Newsom. We'll be analyzing the results of this election in detail at our meeting next Wednesday evening. We'll also be planning for how we might build a SF Progressive Alliance modeled on Richmond's. See below for meeting details. *===========================* For those of you who are KPFA members, this is a reminder that the SF Green Party has endorsed the United for Community Radio slate of candidates for the station board. Voting in the board election runs through early December. http://www.unitedforcommunityradio.org/ *===========================* What: Green Festival When: November 13-15 Where: Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City The Green Festival is a commercial event that was originally organized by Green Party members working at the nonprofit Global Exchange. In prior years when the Green Festival took place in South of Market, we always did voter outreach from our booth on the street in front of the entrance. Many Greens will be attending this year's event at the Cow Palace, and evaluating whether this location would be a good place to do voter outreach next year. http://greenfestivals.org/sf/san-francisco-2015 *===========================* What: Discussion about Single Payer Healthcare in Colorado When: Sat, November 14, 10 am-noon Where: Alameda County Public Health Department, 1000 Broadway, Oakland The San Francisco & East Bay branches of the California Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program are proud to present journalist and health reform advocate T.R. Reid, well-known author of "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." Reid will be speaking about ColoradoCare - a citizen's initiative to provide affordable, high quality health care for all Colorado residents going before voters of Colorado in November 2016. Alameda County Public Health Department, 1000 Broadway, Oakland Fifth Floor - Room 5000 A&B, 2 blocks from the 12th Street/Oakland City Center BART station. Parking available on the street or in nearby structures, but not in the building. $10 requested donation at the door to offset costs (or $20 if you'd like to support the work of PNHP-CA). Refreshments will be served. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting and Election Analysis When: Wed, November 18, 7-9 pm Where: The Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #302, SF This month's meeting will be a week early, on the 3rd Wednesday instead of the 4th. We'll be analyzing the results of the election in detail, and planning for how we might build a SF Progressive Alliance modeled on Richmond's, starting next year. In the last several elections, SF progressive groups have squandered electoral opportunities by foolishly opposing each other in cases like this year's College Board race, when discussions prior to making endorsements might have cleared up misunderstandings. Greens think we need to follow the model of Richmond CA, in which Greens, progressive Democrats, and other like-minded voters organized together in a solid, long-term alliance well in advance of individual elections. The Richmond Progressive Alliance swept Chevron-backed candidates in 2014 elections, despite being vastly outspent. *===========================* 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@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.