[SFGP] Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party

[Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly]

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 

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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)

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EVENTS

* Joint Meeting: Transportation & Sustainability Working Groups: Monday, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
SFGP Office, 1028A Howard St.
Agenda Items:
  Transportation
- New York City proposal for free mass transit, how to apply it to SF
- Leveraging Obama stimulus dollars for mass transit
- Stopping likely fare increase and Muni's disrespect for riders (especially disabled riders)
- MTA increasing fare inspectors instead of revenues - need to act to get big revenue boost to Muni
- BART police shooting of passengers and morphing of local transit into Homeland Security police state
  Sustainability
- Mayor's corporate privatization of San Francisco biofuels
- Board of Supervisors Clean Energy Act for 100% clean electricity in SF!
- SFPUC's hiring of former PG&E employee to run Community Choice clean energy project 
- Keeping Community Choice on track
- SFPUC staff's move to defund nonprofit/low-income 
- Mirkarimi solar program to increase Mayor's private subsidies 

* SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Jan. 28, 7-9 p.m.
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) 

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NEWS

* San Francisco Judges Nullify Tenants Rights 
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6477#more

* Is This The City We All Want To Live In? 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7855&catid=4

* City Insider, Experienced Prosecutor Wanted (Last Article On The Page)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/14/BALM159GA1.DTL 

* The Ethical Inquisition of Tony Hall
http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2009/01/ethical-inquisition-of-tony-hall.html 

* Board Of Supervisors' New Progressive Majority Won Its First Big Vote 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7853&catid=4

* Democrats Blocked Legislation Holding Police Accountable For Misconduct
http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr090109.shtml

* Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction 
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hp_currently

* Barack Obama & Rick Warren -- KPFA Evening News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEgElC6OEpw&feature=channel_page