[SFGP] Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party

Thu Oct 2 21:31:26 PDT 2008

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY 
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 

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Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) 
Meeting Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) 

* Campaign for Mark Sanchez/Ross Mirkarimi & Prop H: Saturday and Sunday, Oct 4-5, 10:30 a.m.
- The Mark Sanchez campaign will be doing door knocking in Bernal and the Flats.  On Saturday, meet at 218 Andover off of Cortland for door knocking throughout Bernal.  On Sunday, we meeting at the campaign office at 988 Valencia St.  Phone banking is also taking place Sunday through Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the campaign office. http://www.marksanchez.org
- The Ross Mirkarimi campaign will be mobilizing to help pass Proposition H, the Clean Energy Act. Meet at his campaign office at 580 Hayes Street near Laguna. http://www.rossmirkarimi.com. 

* Congressional Campaign Rally for Cindy Sheehan: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2-4 p.m.
Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia (@ 16 Street)
Cindy Sheehan is running for California's 8th Congressional District as an Independent against Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Unlike Nancy Pelosi, Cindy Sheehan does not believe one Wall Street banker should be bailed out before hard-working people, documented or undocumented, during this financial crisis.  Join us as we discuss the issues with Cindy and other Labor and Community Activists. For more information contact Mike Evans at mike at cindyforcongress.org. www.cindyforcongress.org

* Green Supe -- A Benefit To Elect Mark Sanchez: Oct. 11, 8 p.m.
House of Love, 1596 Fulton St. @ Lyon
A great party to benefit Mark Sanchez in his bid for the Board of Supervisors! 
Special Guest Speakers: Peace Mom and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, College Board candidate Bruce Wolf, College Board Trustee John Rizzo, Planning Commission President Christina Olague, School Board candidate Barbara Lopez. 
Performers: DJ Daneekah (Coo-Yah! Reggae/Dancehall); DJ Stepwise (Holding Firm Reggae Sundays); The Eggplant Casino (live Tropical/Tango/Bossa Nova/Hardcore Caribbean Ropeburn); dj_spaceinvader (memekast/Glitch-hop/Breaks); Akil w/ Soda (live Rap/R&B/Hip-Hop duo). Come early for a not to-be-missed screening of the hilarious new indie film sensation and SF International Film Festival hit-
Evolution: The Musical (8:30 Showtime) http://www.evolutionthemusical.com/
More info: http://sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1854 

* California First Amendment Coalition's Open Government Assembly: Oct. 17-18
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism 
The annual Free Speech and Open Government Assembly brings together the best and brightest in law, journalism and public policy to discuss leading First Amendment issues of the day. Follow link to register (free) www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-assembly/index

* March and Rally for Social and Economic Justice for All: Sunday, Oct. 19
11:00 a.m.  Assemble at 16th St. and Mission; Noon  March down Mission Street; 1 p.m.  Rally at 24th and Mission streets. For more information, contact 863-1225 or sflivingwage at riseup.net. 

* Green Party General Membership Meetings: Oct. 22, 7-9 p.m.
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) 
Meeting Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem
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NEWS

Landlords Seek Favor That Will Kill SF General Rebuild 
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6137#more

The Big Landlords' Blackmail 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7201&catid=4&volume_id=398&issue_id=399&volume_num=43&issue_num=01

Proposition P: Politics and Posturing Promoting Poor Policy 
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6135#more

Democrats Capitulate Again - Allow Drilling Ban to Lapse
http://www.nrdc.org/naturesvoice/campaign1_pg2.asp

Quiet Changes in Policy Allow For Searches Without Suspicion of Wrongdoing
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/23

What If Obama Had a 'Witch Hunter' Pastor?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081013/witch_video

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VOTER GUIDE

The SF Green Party is putting together a Voter Guide for the fall election! We have put a lot of time and thought into our endorsements and would like to share our political analysis and ballot
recommendations with Greens citywide and other allies. We are currently raising funds to cover printing and mailing costs.

Check our endorsements here (write-ups in the works):
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem

And then go here to make a donation (credit cards accepted):
http://sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html

Or you can simply mail a check to:
San Francisco Green Party
1028A Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

We can also use your help! If you are interested in helping with any aspects of the Voter Guide including ballot write-ups, distribution, or fundraising you can email the County Council at cc at sfgreens.org or call Razzu on his cell at 510-387-5796.