August 22 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We've made our first endorsements for this November's election, These are listed below, and on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/64-november-2014-endorsements Over the next two Wednesday nights, we'll finish our endorsements at two meetings: a candidate forum on August 27 and a special meeting to finish the propositions on September 3. Details are below. Any member who has volunteered with the Green Party this year is fully eligible to participate in our decision-making process! If you want to volunteer, there's still one opportunity this Sunday to help us do voter outreach at Sunday Streets. Even if you're not active in the Green Party, but want to ask a question of the candidates or learn more about the propositions, you're welcome to join us at any of the upcoming meetings! All our meetings are open to the public. *===========================* Voter outreach at Sunday Streets: Sunday, Aug 24, 11 am-4 pm Near Valencia St and 22nd St, San Francisco Sunday Streets in the Mission is coming up this Sunday. Barry Hermanson plans to set up a table for the Green Party and the Yes on H/No on I campaign. If you can help, and want to know exactly where we'll be along the route, call him 255-9494. Or email us in advance at cc@sfgreens.org. *===========================* SF Green Party Monthly Members Meeting and Candidate Forum Wed, August 27 - 6-10 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. We will interview candidates who return our candidate questionnaires at our August meeting from 6-9 pm, and make endorsements from 9-10 pm afterwards. Returned candidate questionnaires are posted here: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/65-questionnaires-posted-for-827-candidate-f... If you're a candidate, and we missed your questionnaire, please re-send it to us ASAP or call 337-1499. If anybody thinks we should endorse candidates for Supervisor, BART, School Board or College Board who have NOT returned questionnaires, please encourage them to send theirs in. All candidates received questionnaires over two weeks ago. If you want to ask questions of the candidates 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. Please read the candidates' answers to our questionnaires in advance, because we'll only have about 10 minutes per candidate and we don't want to ask them the same thing twice. *===========================* SF Green Party Special Endorsement Meeting Wed, September 3 - 7-9 pm Redstone Building, Room 302 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness) Although we have started making endorsements on propositions, there are still many more to consider, and we finish looking at these on a special endorsement meeting on 9/3. We'll consider the following propositions: Prop A - transportation bond Prop B - Muni funding tied to population growth Prop C - Children's fund Prop D - Retiree Health Care Prop E - Soda Tax Prop F - Pier 70 Prop J - Minimum Wage Increase Prop K - Affordable Housing Policy Prop 48 - Casino Referendum Full text for all local props is posted here: http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=2969 State props are here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.ht... If you want to find out more about any of these, come ask a question! All our meetings are open to the public, so come if you're a new member or thinking of joining us. *===========================* Our endorsements so far: Local Props: * YES on G - anti-speculation real estate transfer tax * YES on H - keeping Golden Gate Park natural grass * NO on I - would allow nighttime lighting and fake turf on all parks * NO on L - the "transportation balance" proposal Local Candidates: * David Campos for Assembly * Daniel Flores for Judge State Props: * NO on 43 - anti-environmental water bond * NO on 44 - rainy day fund, when we should be stimulating the local economy * YES on 45 - limits on health insurance rate increases * NO on 46 - we support raising the malpractice award cap, but strongly oppose random drug testing * YES on 47 - changing some nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors * YES on 49 - statement opposing unlimited corporate bribes *===========================* 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.