October 11, 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, Our endorsed Presidential slate, Drs. Jill Stein and Butch Ware, picked up a huge endorsement this week from the leading anti-genocide coalition, "Abandon Harris"! Press release is here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abandon-harris-campaign-endorses-ji... As expected, this has led to a flury of attacks from Democratic Party pundits and other operatives. We're proud to be the targets of the first ever official paid attack ad on third parties by the DNC! This is a sign that Green poll numbers are growing, particularly in swing states such as Michigan. In SF, we mailed out our endorsement slate card, and we're currently writing a Green Voter Guide with explanations behind all our endorsements. If you can help us pay for the mailing, please click the "Donate" button on our website! See voter outreach events for our endorsed campaigns and candidates, listed after the endorsements. Our endorsements are on our website and listed below: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-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 *===========================* What: Canvassing with Adlah Chisti (#2 endorsed for D11) and No on K Where: 4760 Mission, at Onondaga When: Sat, Oct 12, 11 am Join us to volunteer for Adlah Chisti (our #2 endorsed candidate for D11 Supervisor) and No on K! We'll be mobilizing our of her office at 4760 Mission St this Saturday. Pass out Green Party slate cards along with Chisti and No on K literature. Email cc@sfgreens.org if you need slate cards. *===========================* What: Sunday Streets SOMA Where: Alice St Community Gardens, Lapu Lapu St & Bonifacio St, SF When: Sun, Oct 13, 12-5 pm Join us to volunteer for Prop L (Community Transit Act) and to pass our our slate cards. We will bring additional slate cards to this event. *===========================* 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.