October 18, 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, The Green Party's Presidential slate, Drs. Jill Stein and Butch Ware, will be in the Bay Area on Oct 25 for a fundraiser hosted by the USAMPAC and co-hosted by a number of different organizations endorsing the Stein-Ware campaign, including the Green Parties of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. See details and reserve your seat HERE: https://www.jillstein2024.com/sanjose October 25, 2024 at 5:30pm - 9pm Signia by Hilton, 170 S Market St. San Jose In SF, we mailed out our endorsement slate card, and we're currently finishing edits to our 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, and join us at our last monthly members' meeting of 2024 next week! 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: Voter Outreach at Potrero Festival Where: 20th and Arkansas Sts, Potrero Hill When: Sat, Oct 19, 11 am - 4 pm Join us to talk to voters and hand out slate cards at the Potrero Hill R&B Festival! Email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help. More info: https://potrerofestival.com/ *===========================* What: Voter Outreach on Haight St Where: Haight and Fillmore Sts When: Sun, Oct 20, 12 - 5 pm Join us to walk up and down Haight St to do visibility for our endorsed candidates and pass out our slate cards. Email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help. *===========================* What: Green Party members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, Oct 23, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions - 5 min * Upcoming voter outreach through the election - 30 min * Planning election night celebration - 30 min * Planning upcoming Green Party events: holiday party / election review on Nov 20, "new members meeting" in Jan ~ 45 min 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. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc@sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* 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.