[SFGP] SFGP Weekly Newsletter and Special Announcements

Fri Feb 22 13:23:47 PST 2008

San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter and Special Announcements
Friday, February 22, 2008
send items for the newsletter to: news at sfgreens.org

Special Announcements This Week include:
**Run for the San Francisco Green Party County Council
**Report Voting Problems
**Register for Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention
Plus News and Events

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: RUN FOR THE SF GREEN PARTY COUNTY COUNCIL
The SFGP County Council is up for election in June 2008.  Yes, members of our 
County Council, like all political parties, are elected.  If more than 9 
people run, the election will be contested and candidates will have their 
names on 
the ballot!  The deadline is March 7.  Those interested must pick up 
nomination papers at the Department of Elections office.  Please see the 
guide for 
further details. The Department of Elections is located at City Hall and is 
open 
from 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday.

http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/CentralCommitteeG
uide2008final.pdf

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: REPORT VOTING PROBLEMS
Various informal reports have been made about problems Green Party members 
encountered on Election Day (February 5, 2008).  Those reports include being 
told that there were no Green Party ballots and that the Green Party did not 
exist.
At this time anyone who had such difficulties casting a Green Party Primary 
Election ballot is requested to send a report to Warner Bloomberg at 867  
North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA 95112-5021 or by email to WB4D23 at aol.com so 
the 
GPCA can send appropriate letters to local Registrars of Voters and to the 
Secretary of  State.
The following information is requested:  Name of Complaining Voter; Name and 
Address of polling location; Precinct number (can be found on your voter's 
pamphlet -- send a report even if you do not have this information); and as 
detailed as possible a description of what happened (including name and 
position 
of offending person, if possible).
These reports will be collected during the next 30 days and then a summary 
will be made.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact Warner 
Bloomberg, Campaigns and Candidates Working Group Coordinator at 408-295-9353 
or wsb3attyca at aol.com.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: REGISTER FOR GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING 
CONVENTION
The convention is scheduled for July 10-13, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
Please visit the following link to register for the convention and to get the 
information about how to reserve your room at the 2008 headquarter hotel, the 
Palmer House Hilton.  
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=143448449&url_num=3&url=http
%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org%2F2008-elections%2Findex.shtml

Email: office at gp.org
Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 
866-41GREEN 
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NEWS:
Mark Sanchez Spurred by Recent Gains 
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5379#more

Green Party Fundraiser and Candidates Featured in The Crackberry Chronicles; 
Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Honors Fillmore Documentary Photographer
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/es_crackberry_chronicles_080219.sh
tml

SF Green Party Approves Policy on Medical Marijuana; Condemns Actions by the 
DEA
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1645
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EVENTS:
Save Rent Control
When: Saturday, February 23, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where: 558 Capp Street at 21st Street
The Save Rent Control campaign will be registering tenants to vote once again 
this Saturday. People will be going out to large apartment buildings, where 
our contacts will meet them, and go door to door to talk to tenants and 
register those who are not registered. It may rain, so this will be a nice dry way to 
go door to door. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/21/18480792.php
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Transit Camp Conference
When: Saturday, February 23, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where: 655 High Street, Palo Alto
TransitCampBayArea will highlight the public transit system in the Bay Area 
Region and will bring together transit officials and citizens to discuss stuff 
like: getting schedules on the go, the future of the Bay Area transit system, 
experiences and observations (with a focus on solutions, not complaints), the 
websites, cool ideas for attracting more riders, etc.
http://barcamp.org/TransitCampBayArea
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Gather signatures to put the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act on the 
California State Ballot.  This is the last weekend to gather signatures.

Events for signature gathering can be found here. Please contact the 
coordinators. If you're in San Francisco, contact Laura Beck and tell her Rosalind 
Lord referred you.
http://www.preventcruelty.org/events.html
Signatures must be in California Humane Farms offices by the morning of 
February 25. The San Francisco California Humane Farms office is at Crocodiles Not 
Waterlilies (CNW) Entertainment, 58 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, two blocks 
from Union Square, which is several blocks from Powell BART station. It used to 
be at 268 Bush Street, but it has now moved to CNW Entertainment.
If you're not in San Francisco, see the bottom of the home page of 
humanecalifornia.org for other California Humane Farms offices.
Information about Farm Animal Cruelty Act can be found at:
www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1814
humanecalifornia.org
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Retired Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis Speaks Out about Torture 
When: Monday February 25, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 
Where: UCSF Campus
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/17/18473201.php
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Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee 
When: Monday, February 25, 1 PM
Where: Room 263 at City Hall
Legislation requiring buyers and sellers to inform tenants of their rights 
when an apartment building is sold will be heard by the Board of Supervisors 
Land Use Committee.
http://www.bapd.org/n9881.html
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Joint Meeting Transportation & Sustainability Working Groups
When:  Thursday, February 28, 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Where:  SFGP Office, 1028A Howard Street
Discussion Items
- New Version Of McGoldrick Elected MTA Board Charter Amendment
- Peak Oil Taskforce Update
- Maxwell/Peskin SFPUC Charter Amendment
- Mayoral Shake Up Of Building Inspection Commission
- Update On SFPUC
- CCA Update
- Combustion Turbine Update
- Forming an active working group members alert list for the Sustainability WG

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