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Action: Email To Stop Oakland Airport BART Connector.
by Eric Brooks 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

*Trans*Form e-news: September 1, 2010 * Your monthly pass to world-class public transportation and more wonderful, walkable communities.* /*URGENT: we need you to take action right now <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/f002230209> to tell the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to stop BART’s insanity! Why?*/ TransForm just released an independent analysis <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/6d57771919> by a renowned engineering firm that shows what a boondoggle the $500,000,000 Oakland Airport Connector is: *taxpayers will spend _$102_ for each person who rides it! *And this doesn’t count the $12 roundtrip fare riders will pay on top of their BART fare. *This is pure insanity – especially when there is an alternative *that would cost $350 million less and attract many more riders by providing faster, cheaper, and more convenient service. *Take action and email MTC now* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/558d0e129f> to vote no to funding the project on September 8 and *watch and share our new video <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/13ad504d77>* about the boondoggle. *Read on for more news, action and events: NEWS & ACTION* * *Rally for funds for public transportation at noon tomorrow in Oakland* <#rally> * *TransForm says a strong no to Props. 23 and 26; neutral on Prop. 22* <#transform%20says> * *Vote yes November 2 on vehicle fees for your county* <#vote%20yes> * *We need YOU to inspire kids to walk and bike to school* <#we%20need> * *A special thanks to Microsoft for their in-kind gift* <#a%20special> *EVENTS* * *Take a ‘transit treasure hunt’ in San Francisco September 2* <#take%20a> * *Explore a new neighborhood on foot or bicycle September 19* <#explore> * *RSVP now for September 21 TransForum and get the inside scoop on the Oakland Airport Connector campaign * <#rsvp> * *GreenTRIP featured at SPUR September 22* <#greentrip> * *Federal transportation reform is the focus at SPUR September 30* <#federal> * *Bike up Mount Diablo on October 3* <#bike> * *October 12 San Mateo event looks at how to use public spaces to promote health* <#october> * *October training gives you the skills to win bike, ped, and transit improvements* <#october%20training> * *October 15 conference looks at what makes housing affordable* <#october%2015> *NEWS & ACTION* *Rally for funds for public transportation at noon tomorrow in Oakland* Join Genesis <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/198d30f99c>, the Amalgamated Transit Union <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/b3cf84fb80>, and the Transportation Equity Network <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/9cd7f168ca> as part of a national day of action asking our local and federal leaders to increase funding for public transportation. *The rally will start at noon at the unemployment office at 1212 Broadway in Oakland.* This location has been chosen to make a statement about the many jobs that would be created by increasing funding! *TransForm says a strong no to Props. 23 and 26; neutral on Prop. 22* TransForm urges you to vote no on Propositions 23 and 26 on November 2. Prop. 23, the Dirty Energy Initiative, would halt California’s initiatives to become a world leader in creating green jobs and fighting climate change. Prop. 26, the Polluter Protection Initiative, would make it much harder to get huge corporations to take responsibility for environmental and health damage they create (and is bankrolled by polluters). TransForm has taken a neutral position on Prop. 22, the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010. * Learn more about our take on these ballot measures <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/28f3e86c75> and spread the word to vote no on Prop 23 and 26!* *Vote yes November 2 on vehicle fees for your county* If you live in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, or Sonoma County, you have a chance to vote for much-needed transportation funding on Election Day. These seven counties are asking voters to approve a $10 vehicle registration fee to help pay for a range of transportation needs, from fixing potholes to public transportation improvements. We urge you to support these fees. *Learn what the fees will fund where you live <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/888346ebb2>. We need YOU to inspire kids to walk and bike to school* Want healthier kids, cleaner air, and less traffic during rush hour? Then give an hour of your time to inspire more kids to walk and bike safely to school as part of International Walk or Roll to School Day <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/d65e216149> during the week of October 6. We need folks to help pass out prizes at nearly 60 schools around Alameda County. And if you’re a parent, urge your child’s school to participate in International Walk to School Day. *Contact Nora* <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/c7f7865f3e>, TransForm's Safe Routes to School program director, *to volunteer in Alameda County during the week of October 6.* *A special thanks to Microsoft for their in-kind gift* Many thanks to Microsoft for donating a ton of software to us. Gifts like this allow us to put more of our funding towards our advocacy work. If you ever have something you’d like to donate to TransForm (office supplies, beer or wine for our events, etc.), don’t hesitate to contact Susanna <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/71aa6c0a36> - we'd be so grateful! *EVENTS* *Take a ‘transit treasure hunt’ in San Francisco September 2* A documentary, Mind the Gap <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/7ef57e714f>, is being made on public transportation systems around the world and will feature the Bay Area. TransForm’s Marta Lindsey will be one of the speakers along the ‘transit treasure hunt’ being organized in support of the film on the evening of September 2. *Register now <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/114d32c5eb> for this fun event (note: a donation of $5 or more is requested to help to bring this film to life).* *Explore a new neighborhood on foot or bicycle September 19* If you haven’t experienced the wonders of one of the Bay Area’s car-free streets events yet, get out there! Enjoy roads all the way from Japantown to the Panhandle completely car-free at the upcoming Sunday Streets Western Addition Edition. *Get a map and details <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/3acb96799f>. RSVP now for September 21 TransForum and get the inside scoop on the Oakland Airport Connector campaign* TransForm’s John Knox White will share the insider’s perspective on the our long battle for BART to come up with a better Oakland Airport Connector project, including a closer look at the groundbreaking study <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/9fe40183e4> comparing the proposed project with both existing AirBART service and a Bus Rapid Transit alternative. The TransForum is from 5:30 – 7:30 on Tuesday, September 21 at our Oakland office; drinks and snacks will be provided. TransForays are free for TransForm members <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/46adb427d5> and $5 for non-members. *Register by September 17 (events often sell out) <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/b47f0da1db>.* *GreenTRIP featured at SPUR September 22* GreenTRIP <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/a7e8692585>, TransForm's cutting-edge new program, certifies residential and mixed-use developments that keep the number of new parking spaces as low as possible and offer incentives for new tenants to drive less and own fewer vehicles. Since these types of developments create less parking and driving, there’s more space for shops, services, and affordable homes – plus less traffic and pollution. Learn about GreenTRIP and hear from developers whose projects we have deemed “GreenTRIP-certified” at the lunchtime forum on September 22 at the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association. *Get all the details to attend. <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/a238247e93>* *Federal transportation reform is the focus at SPUR September 30* The upcoming federal transportation bill needs to break with the past and dramatically shifts funds towards public transportation, smart growth, and repairing our aging roads and bridges rather than building more highways. Can we make this happen? Hear from TransForm’s transportation program director, Carli Paine <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/60b14f943f>, and the California field organizer for the Transportation For America campaign, Shannon Tracey <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/98f99f41f6>, and others at the September 30 lunchtime forum at the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association. *Learn more about this SPUR event. <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/a2f73e8387>* *Bike up Mount Diablo on October 3* The Mount Diablo Challenge is an 11.2-mile timed bike ride to the summit of Mount Diablo that supports our good friends in open space protection, Save Mount Diablo <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/bb033dd5ad>. The ride is open to riders of all ages and levels, so *sign up now <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/cd3c937a29>*! *October 12 San Mateo event looks at how to use public spaces to promote health* Head to San Mateo on October 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 for the free (lunch provided!), half-day Active Public Spaces Convening. The convening willfeature keynote speaker Dan Burden, Executive Director and Founder of Walkable and Livable Communities Institute <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/fc4061a84d>, an internationally recognized authority on livable and sustainable communities, traffic calming, bicycle and pedestrian mobility, and smart growth. *To learn more and ensure a spot please contact Gina Quiney at gquiney(a)co.sanmateo.ca.us or 650-363-4460.* *October training gives you the skills to win bike, ped, and transit improvements* On October 15 - 17 right here in TransForm’s offices, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/da0f878c95/pageid=1> and the Alliance for Biking and Walking <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/13c63e76be> present “Winning Campaigns”: a training for new and seasoned advocates alike to gain skills and knowledge to become more effective champions for biking, walking, and public transportation. The training covers how to choose, plan for, and implement a real campaign in your community. *Learn more or register now. <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/a6920490b6>* *October 15 conference looks at what makes housing affordable* San Mateo County's premier conference on housing policy and issues will be held on October 15, in Redwood City. This year’s conference will look at the role of transportation, jobs, and walkable streets in making housing truly affordable. *Learn more and register <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TransForm/93997d7c01/d9c8a8b088/4e1d9b85b1/id=118>*. Marta Lindsey, Communications and Development Director *Trans*Form (Formerly TALC, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition) 436 14th Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612 510.740.3150x321 www.TransFormCA.org www.facebook.com/TransFormCA www.twitter.com/TransForm_Alert

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Urgent: Tell Google: Don't Be Evil - Verizon Deal Would Destroy Open Internet
by Eric Brooks 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

SavetheInternet.com <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=roZtsN2wByQjnRb7vXLLCw..> Google: Don't Be Evil <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=6J8I1Oe-ZLkmkfpa2AQw6A..> Tell Google: Don't Be Evil <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=vvT33zFZiyq3DUeL3oRxGA..> Google is about to cut a deal with Verizon that would end the Internet as we know it. According to a front-page /New York Times/ story, the deal allows "Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege." It would create fast Internet lanes for the largest corporations and slow lanes for the rest of us. That's why we're starting a mass protest by Google users to stop these two companies from joining forces to sell out millions of people like us who use the Internet. *If Millions Join Our Call, We Can Stop this Deal: Tell Google, "Don't Be Evil"* <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=htp_bfAtoRWYEGZDdflNfA..> Google's motto is supposed to be "Don't Be Evil." But this deal puts the company in bed with the devil. From the beginning, the Internet has been a level playing field that allows everyone to connect to one another and the world of content available online -- whether it's ABC News or your cousin's wedding video. There's only one Internet, and it shouldn't matter who your provider is or whether you're logging on from home or your cell phone. This deal will change all of that, allowing Google and Verizon to pick what websites you can see over others. The result couldn't be bleaker for the future of the Internet and for free speech and independent voices online. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google to make information freely available to everyone online. But this deal is a complete reversal that abandons their core principles: *Sign this letter and tell Google's founders: "Your Verizon deal IS evil, and it must be stopped."* <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=gQUSEFFV7GeJKc-C5PqJnA..> It's up to the millions of people who use Google every day to tell the company to do the right thing. Google must walk away from this bad deal, and make sure Internet users everywhere can enjoy the entire open Internet wherever, whenever and however they want. Thank you for taking action, Josh Silver President Free Press www.freepress.net www.savetheinternet.com P.S. Google and Verizon don't make Internet policy. The FCC and Congress do. After you sign the letter, *tell our public officials to step in and protect the public interest* <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=Z9xc_BfZ_W-PKPkojAhoJQ..> and not to be bullied by a few large corporations. /Want to learn more? Join us on /Facebook/ <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=3wNzOrzt-DabgfnxnB0LgA..> and follow us on /Twitter/ <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=Mx7qy8gH11pGcIdAwXK4ww..>./ /If you haven't already, you can also /join our E-Activist list/ <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=O_M7gO7aQGpOfbrqVfKvNQ..>./ / /

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Important: Web Site For Comments To Chiu vs Toxic EIR
by Eric Brooks 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi all, I've just put up a web alert page that lays down the basics on the toxic Hunters Point 2 development and directs viewers to call/email Board of Supervisors President David Chiu. See http://our-city.org/campaigns Chiu will be our -key- tipping point on this campaign. We must swamp him with massive public comment in the next three weeks so that he will have the courage to step up and reject the project EIR. The Board may vote as early as mid July. Chiu has said some positive things for our side in committee, but he is still not openly opposing the EIR. We -must- push him hard. Please spread the alert page widely so that we can get this in gear soon enough to turn his vote in our favor. Create a version on your own web sites if you can. (Feel free to copy and paste from Our City's original.) To go directly to the contact action yourself and immediately comment to Present Chiu go to: http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html#WHAT_YOU_CAN_DO peace Eric B

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Dean Preston Article On ParkMerced
by Eric Brooks 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

http://xrl.us/bhnjjk Parkmerced in Default: What Now for Owners' Plan to Bulldoze Over 1,500 Rent-Controlled Homes? by Dean Preston, Jun. 01, 2010 The owners of San Francisco's Parkmerced cannot pay their mortgage, yet they want permission from the city to demolish more than 1,500 rent controlled homes. While most of the public discussion about the proposed development project has been about environmental, transit and preservation issues, the planned demolition of so many rent-controlled housing units is reason alone to stop this project. Parkmerced was built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) after World War II. Met Life also built similar complexes in New York City (The Riverton Houses, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village) and other large U.S. cities. For decades, these developments have provided stable housing for middle-class renters in increasingly expensive urban real estate markets. In 2005, a partnership of Stellar Management and Rockpoint Group purchased Parkmerced and The Riverton. The complexes were purchased for sums that could not be justified by the existing rental income on the properties. Instead, as noted in a /New York Times/ piece this weekend <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/business/29real.html>: "just like Riverton and Stuyvesant Town, the owners of Parkmerced sought to take advantage of a roaring market to replace rent-regulated residents with tenants able to pay far higher rates." These "predatory equity" schemes have not been working out as investors intended. Tishman Speyer (Stuyvesant Town), Stellar Management (Riverton), Page Mill Properties (East Palo Alto), and others wound up in foreclosure, with banks, pension funds <http://tenantstogether.org/article.php?id=1332> and other institutional investors losing the funds invested in these reckless schemes. Parkmerced is not far behind these other properties on the road to foreclosure. The latest news is that the owners are in default <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bottomline/detail?blogid=56&entry_id=64…> on their loans. Former Willie Brown spokesman P.J. Johnston, now working for Stellar Management, sought to reassure the community that the default would not change life at Parkmerced. According to Johnston, the owners remain committed to moving forward with their development plans. Those plans calls for the demolition of over 1500 "garden apartments," all of which are subject to San Francisco's rent control law. The owners argue that they will replace these units with over 5000 new housing units on the site at a rate of 300 per year. (It is unclear how many of these anticipated units would be /rental/ units. The owners admitted at a recent Planning Commission hearing that the mix of rentals to owned units "has not been finalized.") They claim that they will replace the rent-controlled units with new rent-controlled units. The promise to replace the demolished rent-controlled housing with rent-controlled housing cannot be taken at face value. First, given the owners' current financial situation, there is no assurance that they would be able to perform on such a promise. In a worst-case scenario, one that seems entirely possible, rent controlled homes would be bulldozed and then the project abandoned -- in whole or in part -- when it came time to build the replacement units. Second, the City must remember that this ownership group's business model involves the deregulation of rent-controlled units. At minimum, the city should demand and examine placement memoranda, investment agreements and other documents that the owners provided to potential investors. Similar documents in other predatory equity deals reveal the intent to displace tenants and raise rents despite local tenant protection laws. Third, now that California's Court of Appeal has expanded the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act to bar most rent-restrictions on new housing, proposed rent restrictions on replacement housing would likely be challenged in court by the owners, or subsequent owners, of Parkmerced. While Costa Hawkins recognizes a limited exception for certain types of development agreements, the 2009 /Palmer v. Sixth Street <http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7184>/ court decision shows that cities cannot rely on the Courts to interpret Costa Hawkins to allow rent-restrictions on new housing. Until state law changes so that the city can guarantee its residents that replacement units will be rent-regulated, the City should not even consider allowing such a large-scale demolition of rent-controlled housing units. Finally, let's not forget that San Francisco has a policy against demolishing <http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=1633> sound rent-controlled housing. The City's Planning Code <http://search.municode.com/html/14139/level2/A3_s317.html> makes this clear. The City's Planning Department reiterates the point: "Under requirements of the General Plan, the Department is predisposed to discourage the demolition of sound housing." Given the precarious financial position of the owners, the uncertainties regarding rent-restrictions on replacement housing and the city's policy to discourage the demolition of sound housing, it is hard to imagine that any responsible city official would approve moving forward with a plan to demolish over 1500 rent-controlled homes at Parkmerced. /Dean Preston is the executive director of Tenants Together, California's Statewide Organization for Renters' Rights. For more information about Tenants Together, go to www.tenantstogether.org <http://www.tenantstogether.org>/

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Important: Park Merced Details
by Eric Brooks 27 May '10

27 May '10

Hi all, A major development project in Park Merced which will build huge amounts of one to one parking and have major negative transit and neighborhood impacts is up for hearings and votes next month and the effort to stop it needs our support. Here, and attached, are the details, sent by Aaron Goodman who is leading the effort to stop the project in its current form. amgodman(a)yahoo.com wrote: Please find the attached summary, with images, of Park Merced and the upcoming DEIR. June 2nd is the SF Historic Preservation Commission Hearing June 17th is the SF Planning Commission Hearing June 28th is the deadline for comments on the DEIR 5:00pm (SF Planning Dept.) Thank you for listening and your hopeful involvement in the issues of sustainability, and preservation which cannot be separated in terms of real "green" redevelopment. Sincerely Aaron Goodman

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My 'Go Vegan Radio' Anti Obama/Anti Animal-BioDiesel Interview Now Online
by Eric Brooks 17 May '10

17 May '10

Hi all, The episode of 'Go Vegan With Bob Linden' in which I am interviewed as an SFGP rep about Obama and the anti-environmental animal based bio-diesel plant proposed for the Bayview Hunters Point, is now available online. To listen go to: http://www.goveganradio.com/veg/1003/Listen_to_Past_Shows.htm then page down to the 9 May 2010 episode and click on a stream or flash link, and, fast forward the audio to the 12 minute mark. The sound quality is a little rough, but it is a really good interview and reveals a lot about the proposed bio-diesel debacle. cheers Eric B

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Weird 75 Year Parking Deal For SFPUC
by Eric Brooks 12 May '10

12 May '10

Hi all, I am watching the regular SFPUC hearing right now and the Commissioners just approved permission for the General Manager to negotiate an agreement with the MTA and Rec & Park for a -discounted- 75 year pre-paid contract for 60 parking spaces in the Civic Center Garage. This might be a giveaway on the part of the MTA and should be scrutinized. Potentially we could get a lot more money for the general fund that could be earmarked for transit if we don't give SFPUC such a good deal. This also might unnecessarily promote car use on the part of staff and Commissioners (for 75 years!) by which time most if not all staff should not be traveling by car at all... Eric B

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Sunday! SFGP on GO VEGAN WITH BOB LINDEN
by Eric Brooks 07 May '10

07 May '10

Hey all, I'm the featured guest this Sunday at 3pm on the Green 960 AM radio program 'Go Vegan With Bob Linden' talking about the monstrous proposed Darling International animal biofuels project. Both I and the host also get in some good shots against Obama and the two party system. You can listen live on the internet at http://www.green960.com/main.html See the details in Bob Linden's email below. Eric B -------- Original Message -------- Subject: this weekend on GO VEGAN WITH BOB LINDEN Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 02:01:21 -0700 (PDT) From: BOB LINDEN <meatfreeamerica(a)yahoo.com> To: brookse(a)igc.org CC: nicoleforet(a)gmail.com **/ <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.slavetoentertainment.com/…>/** GO VEGAN RADIO - a project of 501c3 International Humanities Center PO Box 475414 San Francisco, CA 94147 Bob(a)GoVeganRadio.com 818-623-6477 Support the only program in the mainstream media that advocates for animals, environmental sustainability, and improved human health, and brings you important shocking news that impacts your life that you won't hear anywhere else. We must purchase broadcast airtime every week. Please make a tax-deductible donation NOW at www.GoVeganRadio.com by clicking DONATE so that we can continue to bring you stories like the ones this coming weekend - Listen in the Bay Area to GREEN 960 AM RADIO AND ONLINE THIS SUNDAY AT 3PM because... Hold Your Breath - SAN FRANCISCO IS ABOUT TO PARTNER WITH A HORRENDOUS FELONIOUS CORPORATE CONGLOMERATE, WITH AN EGREGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD, TO PURCHASE "BIOFUELS" MADE FROM MURDERED ANIMALS, SUPPORTING AND MAKING MORE PROFITABLE CONCENTRATION-CAMP FACTORY-FARM AGRICULTURE!!! Guest Eric Brooks, co-chair of the Sustainability Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party tells us why Darling International is no darling to environmentalists, and how it has racked up fines in the millions destroying rivers, as well as sickening residents in poor neighborhoods, and has even recycled melamine into the food chain. What can you do to stop this partnership? LISTEN!!! (By the way, the Animal Advocacy Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party meets this Monday evening at 7 at Gracias Madre vegan organic Mexican restaurant, 2211 Mission Street. Also on this Sunday's program - Bob makes an appeal to honor all mothers, and Mother Earth, by going vegan. And...Meat is not inspected for pesticides, antibiotics, or toxic metals...Mass killer of animals Proctor and Gamble's publicity stunt using the Gulf oil crisis to appear "animal friendly"...Supreme Court indifferent to GMO alfalfa contamination...Bill Gates' meathead approach to climate change...and a Beverly Hills judge sets a court date for Bob's trial stemming from his Fur Free Friday arrest last November. Listen to the GO VEGAN FRIDAY FEATURE WITH BOB LINDEN in the noon hour every week on GREEN 960 AM RADIO & ONLINE Your tax-deductible donation also supports progressive talk radio. Please make your check payable to GO VEGAN RADIO and mail to PO BOX 475414 San Francisco, CA 94147 Join our new VEGAN ORGANIC WINE CLUB - click the wine glass icon at the homepage at www.GoVeganRadio.com Advertise your vegan and cruelty-free products and services affordably on GO VEGAN WITH BOB LINDEN... Bob(a)GoVeganRadio.com GREAT NEWS - The new LOVING HUT vegan restaurant is now open in Westfield Mall, Market and Powell, in the food emporium - GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION - Thursday May 20, 11:30 AM Broadcast in the Bay Area is made possible by VEGETARIAN HOUSE restaurant, 520 East Santa Clara, downtown San Jose - www.VegetarianHouse.us <http://www.vegetarianhouse.us/> >>>and>>> LOVING HUT 516 Barber Lane, Milpitas & LOVING HUT 165 University Ave, Palo Alto www.LovingHut.us <http://www.lovinghut.us/> LATEST PROGRAM, May 2 broadcast date, NOW ARCHIVED - We blame welfare mothers, we blame immigrants, we blame spinach, watermelon, and green onions - but we never put the blame on what's really responsible - Meat And Dairy (MAD)!!! This week - the role of Meat And Dairy in the immigration equation. Farmer John, Ronald McDonald, Colonel Sanders - show us YOUR papers! <AND> Shocking News for Vegans - Your Wine Probably Is Neither Vegan Nor Organic. Hear about it from Veronique Raskin, of the Organic Wine Company, whose family has been producing wine in France for over 200 years, and is the first to import organic French wines into the USA. Of course your vegan and environmental ideals should be reflected in the wine you drink, so please click on the wine glass on the www.GoVeganRadio.com <http://www.GoVeganRadio.com> homepage and join our new VEGAN ORGANIC WINE CLUB. You receive 3 bottles of fie wine, bi-monthly for just $49.95, satisfaction guaranteed by the Organic Wine Company. Enjoy dining in the Bay Area at vegan restaurants - HERBIVORE, San Francisco, Berkeley GOLDEN ERA, 572 O'Farrell, SF GOLDEN LOTUS, 1301 Franklin, Oakland NOW ARCHIVED: Weekend of April 25: Supreme Court Declares Animal Cruelty Free Speech > Do People Who Speak - Especially On Behalf of Animals - Have Free Speech? > How Did Meat & Dairy Cause the Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud? > What's Wrong with Vivisection? (What's Right with It? nothing) SEE BELOW Guest MARLA STORMWOLF-PATTY of Stop Ctrush discusses the new Supreme Court decision to extend free speech rights to animal cruelty, specifically by overturning a ban on perverted crush videos and movies, where women in high heels crush innocent small animals. Who pressured the Supreme Court (in)Justices for this? <ALSO> Guest GREG KELLY of Band of Mercy, co-founder of Win Animal Rights, talks about direct action victories for animals, the campaign to shut down New Jersey Guantanamo-for-the-animals Huntingdon Life Sciences, a notorious animal experimenting facility that kills 500 animals daily. <AND> As World Week for Animals in Laboratories comes to a close - a further look at the "dumbing down" of science that that cruel animal-experimenting vivisection is, and why it is a threat to public health. Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, and Dennis Kucinich have long been voices in opposition to vivisection. Please ask UCLA, UCSF, and the entire UC system to end these archaic and medieval practices terrorizing innocent animals with no public health benefit or cures. The University of California system can no longer afford to pay for violence, nor use it as a teaching tool. NOW ARCHIVED: April 18 program: Obama's plan to "drill, baby drill" is inevitable environmental devastation and a major disaster for animals according to guest STAN SENNER, Director of Conservation Science for Ocean Conservancy, formerly Executive Director of the National Audubon Society's Alaska State Office, where he was deeply engaged in coastal and marine conservation issues, such as oil and gas development in the Arctic. Stan also worked for more than 7 years as the Chief Restoration Planner and then Science Coordinator for the State of Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In the late 1970s-early 1980s, Stan worked for The Wilderness Society to secure passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and was on the professional staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, where he worked on ocean dumping and other marine conservation issues. <<<ALSO>>>Anthony Marr, geophysicist and environmental technologist, author of "Homo Sapiens: Save Your Planet" and "Omni Science", champion of the bengal tiger, and anti-hunting activist, now on his 7th Compassion for Animals Road Expedition through 40 states. April 11 broadcast, now archived: ALF? ALF? What do you mean ALF? No - not that ALF - it's the Animal Liberation Forum -the conference that happens this Thursday April 15 - Sunday April 18 at Cal State University Long Beach.(BOB LINDEN on media panel Sunday). Guest this week - NICOAL SHEEN, co-founder of Cal State Long Beach student abolitionist group CEASE ANIMAL TORTURE, and organizer of the ALF - Animal Liberation Forum, that is. See BOB LINDEN on the trailer for the forum at http://ceaseanimaltorture.org/ forum.htm <http://ceaseanimaltorture.org/forum.htm> <also> BOB celebrates MONDAY VEG DAY in San Francisco with a tribute to SF Veg Society prez Dixie Mahy, and with the question - if getting rid of meat and dairy is so good for Mondays, what about Tuesdays through Sundays? April 4 broadcast, now archived: Professor GARY FRANCIONE of Rutgers Law School,the first academic to teach animal rights law in a major university, updates us on his abolitionist perspective on animal rights > BRIAN VINCENT of Big Wildlife says every animal rights activist should be outraged by Sarah Palin's new million dollar a week salary from the Discovery Channel <<<and>>> what most people don't know about CESAR CHAVEZ - that he was a vegan, animal rights activist > ) March 28 broadcast, now archived: Whale meat on the menu in Southern California - just as disgusting as cows, pigs, chickens, and the flesh of others. ZOLI TEGLAS, of the music group Pennywise (and a longtime member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society), and KURT LIEBER of the Ocean Defenders Alliance & Sea Shepherd, discuss the undercover investigation that led to the closing of the Hump restaurant in Santa Monica, exposing its exotic menu that included whale flesh and raw horse cadaver Thanks CESAR CHAVEZ DAY organizers for inviting BOB LINDEN to speak at the CESAR CHAVEZ DAY FESTIVAL on 24th Street in San Francisco to honor and show respect and admiration for the great social justice hero by putting center stage the fact that MR CHAVEZ was vegan and encouraged others to be vegan, and that MR CHAVEZ was an animal rights activist who opposed the use of animals for meat, dairy, eggs, clothing, entertainment, and experimentation, and that MR CHAVEZ loved dogs, and that to honor him, many of his family members are vegan. Listener comments? Bob(a)GoVeganRadio.com LOVE ANIMALS? Don't eat them, wear them, buy products tested on them, or patronize "entertainment" that uses them. GO VEGAN!!!

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President Chiu Leg. Rejects Muni Budget
by Eric Brooks 04 May '10

04 May '10

President Chiu just introduced legislation to 1) reject the MTA budget and 2) adopt Controller's recommendations on Muni "Work Orders"

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Controller's Audit Shows MTA Work Orders Out Of Control
by Eric Brooks 01 May '10

01 May '10

http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/Audit-points-out-lac… Audit points out lack of documentation for MTA work orders By: Will Reisman <http://www.sfexaminer.com/bios/41456417.html> Examiner Staff Writer 04/30/10 1:00 PM PDT The Municipal Transportation Agency lacked supporting documents for its work-order billings, based allocations on budgeted, rather than actual costs, and in some cases, did not have written contracts with fellow city agencies, according to a new report from The City's Controller Office. The MTA's work-order payments --- reimbursements to fellow city departments for various tasks --- amounted to nearly $66 million this fiscal year, a total that accounts for eight percent of the agency's budget. That high cost has come under fire from many members of The City's Board of Supervisors, who suggested the agency should cut down on work-order spending before moving forward with proposed service reductions. On Friday, the Controller's Office released a months-long report on MTA work orders, with the audit issuing 43 separate recommendations to help the agency improve its reimbursement process. The recommendations suggest the MTA provide consistent reports that confirm tasks are performed efficiently, make sure that all work-order agreements are backed by written contracts, and make payments only after sufficient supporting documents have been provided. Since 2001, the MTA's work order payments have more than doubled, from $30 million to $66 million. The agency plans on reducing its work order payments by $6.5 million (roughly 10 percent of its current total) for the upcoming fiscal year, although it still has not specified how it will do so. Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/Audit-points-out-lac…

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