September 1, 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, We made more endorsements at our meeting last Wednesday, but we didn't manage to get through all the local ballot props, so we called a special meeting for Wed, Sep 4. See details below. Our endorsements to date are posted on our website: https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-endorsements We'll be promoting our endorsed campaigns and candidates at the SF Mime Troupe's home closing show on Labor Day, and in two weeks at the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair. Details on both events are below. Here's a summary of our local 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 YES on L, the ComMUNIty Transit Act (Greens gave an early endorsement) NO on D, eliminating many City commissions and further empowering the Mayor NO on K, environmentally damaging park next to Ocean Beac We also think many of you listen to KPFA radio. So if you're a KPFA subscriber, we'd like to remind you that it's voting time. An election is currently underway to choose the next members of KPFA's Local Station Board, the "LSB." We strongly recommend voting for the "Rescue Pacifica" ticket. To make maximum use of your "single transferable vote," please vote for all eight candidates (in any order). The Rescue-Pacifica ticket is: Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi -- Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, nationally-known Palestinian scholar / activist. Donna Carter -- retired member of California Nurses Association, former contract negotiator Felipe "Phil" Messina -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) member, clean-air campaigner, Modesto Cop Watch member Stan Woods -- former ILWU Local 6 Executive Board member, member of East Bay Democratic Socialists of America, member of Oscar Grant Committee Pathma Venasithamby -- software engineer, member of Jewish Voice for Peace Phoebe Thomas (fka Phoebe Sorgen) -- Green Party County Council, Berkeley Unitarian-Universalist Social Justice Committee, Move-to-Amend campaigner Virginia Browning -- former radio reporter, host and producer Michai Freeman -- Former Chair of the Berkeley Disability Commission, Systems Change Advocate at the Center for Independent Living, and 2022 Berkeley City Council candidate. Read more about the candidates, platform, and endorsements at https://RescuePacifica.net/ *===========================* What: Voter outreach at the SF Mime Troupe's home closer Where: Dolores Park, meet by entrance at Church and 18th St When: Mon, Sep 2, 1 pm - 4 pm We'll be doing voter outreach at the Mime Troupe's show in Dolores Park on Mon, Sep 2. More info at https://www.sfmt.org/ The play will start at 2 pm, with music at 1:30. Volunteers are needed to help us set up our table and do voter outreach starting at 1 pm. Help us register new Greens and find people willing to help win Medicare for All; email if you can help out: cc@sfgreens.org. *===========================* What: Green Party endorsement meeting / members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, Sep 4, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Finish local ballot measure endorsements Local ballot measures are posted here: https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/qualified-measures 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: Voter Outreach at Haight-Ashbury Street Fair Where: South side of Haight St, near Clayton/Cole When: Sun, Sep 15, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm We'll be doing voter outreach and registering new Greens at this year's Haight St Fair. We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, sign up volunteers, and register new Greens! Our booth location will be the south side of Haight St near Clayton and Cole. The fair runs from 11 am - 5:30 pm, and we also need volunteers to set up at 10:30 am and break down between 5:30 and 6 pm. Please email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help! *===========================* 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.