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@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@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@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@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.