August 16 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our endorsed candidate for D4 Supervisor, Mike Murphy, needs your help to get public financing! Please visit http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for info on his August 25th fundraiser and to make online donations. Contributions of up to $100 from all San Franciscans will help him become eligible for enough matching funds to run a competitive campaign. Let's get the Green Party back into City Hall! We'll make further endorsements of candidates and ballot measures starting next week; see our full meeting schedule below. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets SOMA Where: Folsom St between 10th St and 2nd St When: Sun, Aug 19, 12 noon - 4 pm Greens will be walking around Sunday Streets as a group, talking to voters and handing out literature. If you'd like to join us, please email cc@sfgreens.org or call Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494. *===========================* What: Senior and Disability Action presents "The Rent is Too Damn High" Where: SF Main Library When: Wed, Aug 22, 2-4 pm Senior and Disability Action presents "The Rent is too Damn High" at the SF Main Library on Wednesday August 22nd 2-4pm. They will show two films: first, "Invasion of the SRO Snatchers" produced by People Power Media, a short film about illegal tourist conversions in SRO Hotels. The second film is "Holding Out", a documentary by Rebecca Gourevich about the city's housing crisis and tenants who fought back. Discussion after the films will follow, including a discussion about Prop C--"Our City, Our Home" by Sam Lew of the Coalition on Homelessness and the Affordable Housing Act--Proposition 10 on the November ballot. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Aug 22, 7-9 pm We'll make endorsements on ballot measures at this meeting, We'll consider endorsing candidates (except for D4 Supe) at a special meeting/forum the following week. We'll schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. See below for details on these. Local Props (A-E): Read the qualified measures here: http://sfgov.org/elections/measures State Props (1-12): Read them here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-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 *===========================* What: Save the Date - Fundraiser for Mike Murphy for D4 Supervisor Where: Sunset District, SF When: Sat, Aug 25 Save the date for Mike Murphy's fundraiser - more details next week, or check his website for updates: http://www.Murphy4Supe.org *===========================* What: Green Party Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) 2nd Floor Theater When: Wed, Aug 29, 6-9 pm The SF Green Party sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. We have already posted responses from all Supe candidates seeking our endorsement on our website, here: http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/86-questionnaires-posted-for-2018-candidate-... Answers to questionnaires from other candidates are due on Aug 24, and will be posted the weekend before the forum. Please come to ask questions to the candidates who returned questionnaires, as well as invited candidates for Assessor and Public Defender, at this forum! Note that we will schedule a special forum and endorsement meeting in the Sunset in early September (see below) to consider additional D4 Supe candidates. Our active membership will make endorsements for all contests except for D4 Supe following the forum. *===========================* What: Save the Date - Progressive D4 Supe Forum Where: Sunset District When: Thurs, Sep 6, evening We will host a special forum / debate between D4 Supe candidates in the Sunset on September 6. Time and location are still being finalized. Other progressive organizations will also be invited to co-sponsor this event. We have already awarded an early endorsement to Mike Murphy for D4 Supe, and we will be considering endorsing additional candidates as well, following this forum. See http://www.Murphy4Supe.org for more details on Mike's campaign. *===========================* What: League of Women Voters / Coalition for SF Neighborhoods Forum Where: Saint Ignatius High School, 2001 37th Ave, SF (in Bannan Theater) When: Sat, Sep 8, starting at 10 am The League of Women Voters of San Francisco/Sunset-Parkside Education and Action Committee/Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are holding a D4 Supervisorial forum. Come to support our endorsed D4 candidate, Mike Murphy, and listen to what all the candidates have to say about the future of their neighborhood and our City. *===========================* What: Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Where: March from Embarcadero to the Civic Center, SF When: Sat, Sep 8 Greens have endorsed the demand for Real Climate Leadership, which requires: * Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all * No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production * A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — and ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet * Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted By acting together, we can end the era of fossil fuels and save the climate we all depend on. More info on this march and rally: https://ca.riseforclimate.org/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.