March 18 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our monthly meeting is this Wednesday. The agenda is below. Also see below for a fundraiser for the Living Wage Coalition, this Tuesday. What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #201-1, SF When: Wed, March 22, 7-9 pm Note the room change! We're in room 201-1 this month, due to another meeting being scheduled in our usual space. Agenda: * FairVote - plans to achieve RCV in California. Possible speaker from FairVote. * Open Source Elections. * Prop 13 reform. Possible speaker from Evolve. * SB 562 - Proposal that the SFGP endorse SB 562 (universal healthcare for all Californians) and that we ask the GPCA to also endorse. Barry will make a brief presentation on the bill. * Report back from the GPCA meeting in Bakersfield. Eric Brooks and Barry * SFGP voter data update: John-Marc * Ground Water * Parents can opt kids out of SFUSD testing - endorsement? John-Marc 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. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Concert for Juarez Where: 2940 16th Street, San Francisco When: Tuesday, March 21, 7 pm Maquiladora workers are rising in Ciudad Juarez. They are protesting $5 per day wages and abusive working conditions. Their courageous actions are presenting a direct challenge to the "free trade" regime that keeps people in poverty in Mexico and the United States to increase the profits of transnational corporations. Live music: Francisco Herrera - Elizabeth, Nancy and Mario Esteva - Diego Sardaneta - and special guests Tickets - $10 pre-paid or $15 at the door, children under 12 free Sponsored by the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition and Trabajo Cultural Caminante For more information, contact (415) 863-1225, sflivingwage@riseup.net, www.livingwage-sf.org *===========================* California Democratic, Republican Voter Registrations Decline Sharply Post-Election: Californians who have registered to vote since the November election are increasingly turning away from both the Democratic and Republican parties. There's been "a 10-point drop for both Democratic and Republican registrations," says Paul Mitchell, who tracks voter activity for consulting firm Political Data, Inc. Ben Adler Capital Public Radio. More voters are registering Green, Libertarian, or "No Party Preference." More info: http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/03/13/democratic,-republican-voter-reg... *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.