[SFGP] San Francisco Green Party Endorsements

[Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly]

Hello Fellow Greens,
We are pleased to announce that most of our endorsements for the November 
election are complete.  

We would like to invite our members to a meeting Wednesday, September 17 to 
make final endorsement decisions on State Senate, State Assembly and BART 
Board.  This meeting will be at 7 PM at the Green Party office.  This is not our 
regularly scheduled General Meeting, which will be the following Wednesday, 
September 24.  

Thanks to all who attended our September 3 candidate forum.  Our decisions, 
and all of our endorsements so far, are below.

Responses to our candidate questionnaires are linked from the bottom of this 
page: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem.

District 1 Supervisor: Eric Mar
District 3 Supervisor: (ranked endorsement) #1: David Chiu, #2: Tony Gantner
District 4 Supervisor: no candidate
District 5 Supervisor: Ross Mirkarimi
District 7 Supervisor: no candidate
District 9 Supervisor: Mark Sanchez
District 11 Supervisor: (ranked endorsement) #1: John Avalos, #2: Randy Knox 

School Board: Barbara Lopez and Sandra Lee Fewer
College Board: Bruce Wolfe, Milton Marks, and Chris Jackson 

Congressional District 8: Cindy Sheehan
Congressional District 12: Barry Hermanson
Superior Court Judge: Gerardo Sandoval

Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are our nominees for President and Vice 
President. 

District 7 BART Board: decision deferred
District 9 BART Board: decision deferred
State Senate: decision deferred
State Assembly: decision deferred

Local Ballot Initiatives 

A: SF General Hospital Earthquake Safety Bond - YES
B: Establishing Affordable Housing Fund - YES
C: Prohibiting City Employees from Serving on Boards and Commissions - no 
position
D: Financing Pier 70 Waterfront District Development Plan - no position
E: Changing the Number of Signatures Required to Recall City Officials - NO
F: Holding All Scheduled City Elections Only in Even-numbered Years - NO
G: Allowing Retirement System Credit for Unpaid Parental Leave - YES
H: Clean Energy - YES
I: Creating the Office of an Independent Rate Payer Advocate - NO (we get a 
better advocate with Prop H)
J: Creating a Historic Preservation Commission - NO
K: Decriminalization of Sex Work - YES
L: Funding the Community Justice Center - NO
M: Changing the Rent Ordinance to Prohibit Acts of Harassment of Tenants by 
Landlords - YES
N: Real Estate Transfer Tax - YES
O: Replacing the Emergency Response Fee with an Access Line Tax and Revising 
the Telephone Users Tax - YES
P: Changing the Composition of the SF County Transportation Authority Board - 
NO
Q: Modifying the Payroll Expense Tax - YES
R: Renaming the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant - no position (some of us 
don't want George W. Bush's name on anything!)
S: Policy Regarding Budget Set-Asides - NO
T: Free and Low-Cost Substance Abuse Treatment Programs - YES
U: No More Funding for Iraq War - YES
V: Policy Against Terminating JROTC Programs in Public High Schools - NO

State Ballot Initiatives 

1A: High Speed Rail Bond - YES
2: Humane Treatment of Farm Animals - YES
3: $2 Billion Children's Hosptial Bond - NO (no public money for private 
hospitals!)
4: Parental Consent for Abortion - NO
5: Non-Violent Offenders Sentencing and Rehabilitation - YES
6: Anti-Gang Penalties/Runner Initiative - NO
7: Renewable Energy Requirements for Utilities - NO
8: Same-Sex Marriage Ban - NO
9: Victims Rights - Reduction of Parole Hearings - NO
10: Alternative Fuel Vehicles & Renewable Energy Bond - NO
11: Redistricting - YES
12: Veterans' Bond Act of 2008 - NO
 
Thank you to all of our members for your continued support!
 



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