Here's the language the GM reached consensus on. If anybody wants to take a shot at cleaning up the language, we could re-endorse it with trivial changes on the consent calendar at a future meeting: Prop Z (Gridlock for Neighborhoods) - NO The SF Green Party strongly opposes Prop Z. Prop Z is an initiative backed by a parking lot development corporation that would slow MUNI service, violate SF's Transit First policy, increase housing costs, add to traffic gridlock, remove trees, increase global warming, and create dangerous conditions for pedestrians and cyclists. Prop Z would require a minimum number of parking spaces to be built for each new housing unit, making housing more expensive and requiring that limited space be used to store cars instead of creating badly needed housing. Prop Z would even override neighborhood development plans that call for fewer parking spaces in dense and transit-rich neighborhoods. Most San Franciscans have supported these plans in order to preserve their community's livability and character. Prop Z would bring an influx of cars to all neighborhoods, resulting in traffic gridlock, dangerous conditions for cyclists, and even slower MUNI service. In an age of global warming, Prop Z would increase carbon emissions, and is a step in the wrong direction. Worse, Prop Z would allow developers to add private driveways and garage entrances wherever they want, eliminating public on-street parking, MUNI stops, and sidewalk trees. More private driveways would make it harder to find on-street parking, and more cars pulling in and out of garages would be dangerous for pedestrians. Removal of many street trees would be a detriment to the character and beauty of our city, in addition to the necessity of plants and the symbiotic dynamic to filter the airspace and contribute to oxygen. This amounts to the practice of clearcutting forests. Prop Z is greenwashed with some minor concessions to car-sharing. Dont be fooled. The SF Green Party strongly urges you to vote NO on Prop Z. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc@sfgreens.org) http://sfgreens.org/