Tuesday, May 5 SF Green Party Endorsements for the May 19 Special Election!: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem ______________________________________________________ EVENTS * Muni First! Wednesday, May 6, at 1:30 pm, Room 263 in City Hall Please come out to the Budget and Finance Committee meeting and support Supervisor and Board President David Chiu's proposal to reject the MTA budget. If you cannot make it, please send emails to the supervisors urging them the reject the budget: Eric.L.Mar@sfgov.org Michela.Alioto-Pier@sfgov.org David.Chiu@sfgov.org Carmen.Chu@sfgov.org Ross.Mirkarimi@sfgov.org Chris.Daly@sfgov.org Sean.Elsbernd@sfgov.org Bevan.Dufty@sfgov.org David.Campos@sfgov.org Sophie.Maxwell@sfgov.org John.Avalos@sfgov.org Background: On Thursday, April 30, SFMTA Directors bowed to pressure from some members of the SF Board of Supervisors and the Mayor and, despite the fact that the SFMTA declared a fiscal emergency earlier in April allowing it to waive CEQA reviews, it amended the final budget and ELIMINATED staff proposals to start charging for parking at meters on Sundays and until 10 pm on week nights. By doing this, the MTA lost a $9 million opportunity to restore some Muni service and reduce some fares. Muni service cuts and fare increases will go into effect starting in July or September, unless seven members of the Board of Supervisors reject the budget and send it back to the MTA to amend it. * Green Screen Free Thursday Theater: "The Reader," May 7, 7-11:30pm Kate Winslet, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role as a young teenager in this poignant drama set in post-World War II Germany. A passionate affair ended when Hanna disappeared. But years later, Michael learns she's on trial for horrific Nazi war crimes... 1028A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1898 * Teach-In & Mass Mobilization Planning Meeting: Saturday, May 9, 1-5pm (registration begins at 12:30pm) Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market St. @ Franklin St. Help organize a mass mobilization and ongoing action campaign around the following demands: - No layoffs. Massive job-creation program. - Tax the rich - don't bail out the banks. - Pass the Employee Free Choice Act. - Single-payer healthcare for all. - Affordable housing for all. Tenants' rights. Moratorium on foreclosures & evictions. - Funding for jobs, social services & infrastructure, not for war. - Stop the ICE raids and deportations. Legalization for all! Wearing a green Tshirt, buttons, etc, will show Green support and contribution to the Teach-In. If you could help handing out the SF Green Party brochure the Day of the Teach-In, contact Mato Ska at m_zehr@hotmail.com or 415-337-5773. * SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, May 26, 5-9pm - Join us for a celebration of Supervisor Mirkarimi's appointment to the CA Coastal Commission, a valuable body charged with protecting our beautiful coast! At Madrone Lounge with live music from Garrin Benfield and more! Details to come... ______________________________________________________ NEWS Muni Plans To Raise Fares 50 Cents In July http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/01/MN7O17C8CC.DTL Gavin Newsom takes credit for the work of his rivals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJeWLvYWiM Mazzola v. Daly: Who Has Fought for SF’s Working-Class? http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6871#more Arnold's Big Hoax http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=8469&catid=4 Testing YouTube's Audio Content ID System http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/testing-youtubes-aud Gavin rides the big wave http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8257-SF-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m4d30-San-Francisco-Mayor-Gavin-Newsom-who-would-be-Governor-rides-the-big-wave<http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8257-SF-Energy-Policy-Examiner%7Ey2009m4d30-San-Francisco-Mayor-Gavin-Newsom-who-would-be-Governor-rides-the-big-wave> Did Obama Throw Appalachia’s Mountaintops Under The Bulldozers? http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/25/did-obama-throw-appalachias-mountaintops-u... Reverse piracy; electronic waste dumping in Africa http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/reverse-piracy-toxic-euro-and-american-electro... ____________________________________________________ Join the new SF Green Party Facebook Group!: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62534706497 Send Announcements to news@sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9pm every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/