Hello Fellow Greens, We are pleased to announce that most of our endorsements for the November election are complete. We would like to invite our members to a meeting Wednesday, September 17 to make final endorsement decisions on State Senate, State Assembly and BART Board. This meeting will be at 7 PM at the Green Party office. This is not our regularly scheduled General Meeting, which will be the following Wednesday, September 24. Thanks to all who attended our September 3 candidate forum. Our decisions, and all of our endorsements so far, are below. Responses to our candidate questionnaires are linked from the bottom of this page: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem. District 1 Supervisor: Eric Mar District 3 Supervisor: (ranked endorsement) #1: David Chiu, #2: Tony Gantner District 4 Supervisor: no candidate District 5 Supervisor: Ross Mirkarimi District 7 Supervisor: no candidate District 9 Supervisor: Mark Sanchez District 11 Supervisor: (ranked endorsement) #1: John Avalos, #2: Randy Knox School Board: Barbara Lopez and Sandra Lee Fewer College Board: Bruce Wolfe, Milton Marks, and Chris Jackson Congressional District 8: Cindy Sheehan Congressional District 12: Barry Hermanson Superior Court Judge: Gerardo Sandoval Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are our nominees for President and Vice President. District 7 BART Board: decision deferred District 9 BART Board: decision deferred State Senate: decision deferred State Assembly: decision deferred Local Ballot Initiatives A: SF General Hospital Earthquake Safety Bond - YES B: Establishing Affordable Housing Fund - YES C: Prohibiting City Employees from Serving on Boards and Commissions - no position D: Financing Pier 70 Waterfront District Development Plan - no position E: Changing the Number of Signatures Required to Recall City Officials - NO F: Holding All Scheduled City Elections Only in Even-numbered Years - NO G: Allowing Retirement System Credit for Unpaid Parental Leave - YES H: Clean Energy - YES I: Creating the Office of an Independent Rate Payer Advocate - NO (we get a better advocate with Prop H) J: Creating a Historic Preservation Commission - NO K: Decriminalization of Sex Work - YES L: Funding the Community Justice Center - NO M: Changing the Rent Ordinance to Prohibit Acts of Harassment of Tenants by Landlords - YES N: Real Estate Transfer Tax - YES O: Replacing the Emergency Response Fee with an Access Line Tax and Revising the Telephone Users Tax - YES P: Changing the Composition of the SF County Transportation Authority Board - NO Q: Modifying the Payroll Expense Tax - YES R: Renaming the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant - no position (some of us don't want George W. Bush's name on anything!) S: Policy Regarding Budget Set-Asides - NO T: Free and Low-Cost Substance Abuse Treatment Programs - YES U: No More Funding for Iraq War - YES V: Policy Against Terminating JROTC Programs in Public High Schools - NO State Ballot Initiatives 1A: High Speed Rail Bond - YES 2: Humane Treatment of Farm Animals - YES 3: $2 Billion Children's Hosptial Bond - NO (no public money for private hospitals!) 4: Parental Consent for Abortion - NO 5: Non-Violent Offenders Sentencing and Rehabilitation - YES 6: Anti-Gang Penalties/Runner Initiative - NO 7: Renewable Energy Requirements for Utilities - NO 8: Same-Sex Marriage Ban - NO 9: Victims Rights - Reduction of Parole Hearings - NO 10: Alternative Fuel Vehicles & Renewable Energy Bond - NO 11: Redistricting - YES 12: Veterans' Bond Act of 2008 - NO Thank you to all of our members for your continued support! **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)