August 26, 2013 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ It's election season again! Come hear about and decide our positions on the propositions on our local ballot at our monthly meeting this Wednesday Aug. 28th, 7-9pm and meet our very own Green Party Candidate for Dist. 4 Supervisor (see below). We will also invite some candidates for local office to our September monthly meeting to discuss issues with Green Party voters. Save the date to hear Jill Stein speak in San Francisco on Monday Sep 16th, 6-9 pm (see below). NEWS: 1. People are dying in the Prisoner Hunger Strike! Pick up the phone and call toll-free 855-468-2796 & demand that Gov. Brown negotiate with the prisoners and prison officials to end solitary confinement and other inhuman treatment. 2. Save Golden Gate Park! The lawyers on both sides presented their cases at the Beach Chalet/CEQA trial last Friday. The judge is deliberating on it and set another court date for September. Questions? Contact sfoceanedge@earthlink.net. 3. Save City College! City College is open and accredited and we need your help to save the school for good. Here are some things you can do: 1) Get involved: To volunteer, please contact info@saveccsf.org 2) Join a Save CCSF Committee 3) Inform yourself: www.saveccsf.org has a lot of great information, as do SF Green Party and City College Facebook pages. 4) Sign up for text updates by texting "follow saveccsfnow" to 404042. 4. Fall election Nov. 5, 2013. Only District 4 (the Sunset) will have an election for Supervisor this year. Also on the ballot are candidates for the offices of City Attorney, Assessor-Recorder and Treasurer - all are incumbents without any opposition. There will also be 4 ballot measures. Come to our next two monthly meetings to get more info and to have input into our endorsements! AUGUST-SEPTEMBER EVENTS: 1. Green Party Monthly Meeting, Wed Aug 28, 7-9 pm, Location: El CafeTazo, 3087 16th St. near Valencia Agenda: 1) Eric Brooks - 5 min updates on CEQA and CleanPowerSF 2) Eric - 10 min proposal to join anti-clearcutting campaign 3) Endorsements - 1 hr - Local Propositions A, SF Employees Retirement Trust Fund, with speakers for and against A 4) Barry Hermanson - 15+ minutes on organizing for this November & January 5) Announcements - 10 min (new events plus report-back from prior events). Green Party member Mike Murphy will announce his write-in candidacy for Dist. 4 Supervisor. 2. Wed. & Th. Aug. 28 & 29, noon-2pm. Here's an opportunity to stand against the company that did the National Security Administration's dirty work, right here in SF at the Moscone Center. Preserve the 4th Amendment. Join in direct action to boycott CSC (Computer Science Corporation), the company the NSA contracted to run its IT system and spy on us. CSC used its planes for the infamous CIA torture rendition flights. Read more at CSCsucks.com. 3. Monday September 2nd, 2 pm Closing day for SF Mime Troupe "Gas & Oil". free. Dolores Park. Live music starts at 1:30 pm. Donations needed. 4. Occupy Labor Day Monday September 2nd, 10 am--all day in Bradley Manning Plaza/Embarcaderro (aka Justin Herman Pl.) Potluck. Bring food to share if you can. www.occupysf.org 5. Mon 9/16, 6-9 pm The SF Green Party & Occupy SF Forum present: 2012 Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Location: UNITE HERE Local 2 Action Room 209 Golden Gate Ave @ Leavenworth near Civic Ctr BART Free! Donations to Occupy SF and SF Green Party are welcome. Seats 150+, so invite anybody interested in building an alternative to the 2-party system. More info: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/56-jill-stein-in-sf 6. Wednesday, September 18th, the "eve" Obamacare insurance exchanges open, 2012 Green Party Presidential Candidate and long-time single payer advocate Dr. Jill Stein will speak at a fundraiser to support her work and Single Payer Now. Don Bechler from Single Payer Now will introduce Dr. Stein and MC the evening. The fundraiser will be held at the home of Barry Hermanson - 2467 28th Avernue from 7 to 8:30. Several volunteers are needed to build this event. Everyone else is expected to make a donation of at least $25. For more information, call Barry at 415-664-7754 *===========================* The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page: http://www.cagreens.org/ *===========================* 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.