[SFGP] San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter -- 8-22-08

Wed Aug 22 13:58:01 PDT 2007

Newsletter for August 22, 2007

Events:
1.  Wednesday, August 22
Special General Membership Meeting.  We will be considering the SF Green Party position on all local ballot measures.  7:30 to about 10 p.m., 1028a Howard Street, between 6th and 7th streets, closer to the 6th Street.

2. Thursday, August 23:
Tenant Outreach in CitiApartments.
August 23rd , 5:30, starting near the Civic Center

Tenant Outreach to stop CitiApartments (the largest landlord in the city) from kicking out section 8 and rent-control tenants by using coercive tactics and intimidation!

Visit: Citistop.org

3. Friday, August 24
Stop the raids and deportations! Rapid Response Network
Rally  Friday Aug. 24 at 12 noon
Immigration Building 630 Sansome St. @ Washington St. (Montgomery BART)
For more info: noalamigra at gmail.com  510-866-4170"

4. Saturday, August 25
12:00PM
BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT MARCH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE!
Meet at the PG&E Power Plant at Evans and Middlepoint roads.

5. The SFGP Sustainability Working Group has canceled its August meeting to accommodate the SFGP August endorsement meeting 
schedule.

6. Thursday, August 30
6:30PM-9:00PM, Army of None Book Launch: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End the War, and Build a Better World by Aimee Allison and David Solnit

BOOK RELEASE & PROJECT KICK-OFF CELEBRATION Join Army vet Aimee Allison and global justice organizer and puppeteer David Solnit in celebrating their book release and launching a 40-city tour to support local counter recruitment and antiwar efforts.

Club Oasis
135 12th St., @ Madison, Oakland
(6 blocks E. of Broadway/12th St. BART)
6. Sunday, September 8
Power to the Peaceful
Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park.  Please join us under the big SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY banner.

7. Saturday, September 15
Beach Impeach Flashmob at Crissy Field, before 2 p.m., time yet to be determined.  For more info, go to:

http://volunteerforchange.org/go/signup/7886+c5f2d829fa1caa414f703f6228d3423e58bc6536+7901

8. Saturday, September 22
SOMAFEST 2007 in South of Market.  More details to come.

In the News:

S.F. public housing cameras no help in homicide arrests
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/14/MNIPRHRPE.DTL

PAC raises money for the benefit of fundraisers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201371.html?hpid= topnews

Newsom lacks serious challengers, but lineup is full of characters
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/11/MNVVRFQM6.DTL

Feds will check on Bayview asbestos
Neighbors' complaints prompt examination of airborne dust
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/03/BA01RC80O2.DTL
Camelot came, now Lost?  Newsom fundraising is down http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070804.shtml; 

They're Back: Ethics Resumes Meltdowns
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070807.shtml

Part II: An Insider’s Evaluation of the Players
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070808.shtml

Harm Reduction in the Park
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4227&catid=4&volume_id=254&issue_id=309&volume_num=41&issue_num=45

We are seeking:
1) A treasurer – contact cc at sfgreens.org
2) A newsletter editor – contact cc at sfgreens.org
3) Volunteers for other activities, you name it – contact cc at sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan at yahoo.com

City Hall is seeking members for:
Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788

And LAFCo:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743

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