Hi all, This is an urgent moment in San Francisco and world history. Though nearly every major environmental and social justice group has voiced strong opposition to the building of new fossil fuel power plants in San Francisco, next Monday, May 5th, our Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will outrageously seek permission to build a polluting natural gas power plant in San Francisco within the next year. Worse still, if approved, this plant will be built in our most environmentally damaged and vulnerable neighborhood, the Bayview Hunters Point. Meanwhile, new reports surface nearly every week that the Global Warming crisis is becoming much more serious, much more rapidly than previously believed, and our entire planet is in danger. Unfortunately, Mayor Gavin Newsom and our Board of Supervisors are wavering, and have still not come out in majority opposition to this disastrous power plant! This means that the plant construction could be approved as early as next week. It is absolutely critical that we turn out in huge numbers on the City Hall Polk Street steps next Monday May 5, from 9-10am, to show the Mayor and Board of Supervisors that San Franciscans will not tolerate further inaction, and that we demand that this unacceptable power plant project be stopped immediately. We must send a message to the world that San Francisco has decided to lead the planet to a clean energy future by permanently halting all plans to build fossil fuel power plants. COME TO THE RALLY! WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street steps, (from Civic Center BART/MUNI at 8th and Market, cross United Nations Plaza to the City Hall steps) WHEN: Monday, May 5, 9-10am WHO: Join Our City, Sierra Club, The Ella Baker Center For Human Rights, Greenaction, The San Francisco Green Party, Brightline Defense, EDF, SPUR, The San Francisco Bayview, and many other groups, to demand an end to fossil fuel plants in San Francisco. BRING SIGNS!: If you can take a moment, also make your own sign that expresses how you feel about this alarming power plant project and its potentially terrible impact on our community and the world. BRING FRIENDS!: Bring everyone you know who cares about the future of San Francisco and the planet! ATTEND THE HEARING: Directly following the rally, a City Hall committee will likely vote on the power plant contract. Join other ralliers to attend this hearing and voice your opinion to the Board of Supervisors. (The hearing location and agenda will be announced at the end of the rally.) For more information, see http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html Thanks for your action and support! Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator Our City ////This alert sent by://// //Our City 1028-A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-756-8844 For more information about Our City campaigns go to: http://www.our-city.org info@our-city.org <mailto:info@our-city.org>// -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." -- Che Guevara