[SFGP] Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party

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Friday, March 6, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY

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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)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/

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                              *** ALERT ***

Save San Francisco's Clean Energy Project!  Emergency Hearing, Friday, March 6, 2pm
SF City Hall, Room 250 
The SFPUC has been delaying Clean Power SF for five years!  WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Call LAFCo chairperson Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi today at 415-554-7630 with the following message:

"Please stop accepting the SFPUC's delays, and immediately hire, through
LAFCo, the best qualified contractor to rapidly complete a Request For Proposal for Clean Power SF." 

For more information, visit http://our-city.org/events/index.html.

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted)

* San Francisco Ethics Commission Meeting: Monday, March 9, 5:30pm
City Hall, Polk & Grove Streets, Room 408
The Commission will take up reform of the City's lobbying laws.  For more information, see Former Ethics Commissioners Articulate Basis for Lobbyist Reform http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2009/03/02/former-ethics-commissioners-articulate-basis-for-lobbyist-reform/ 

* SFGP Free Movie Night, "Milk": Thursday, March 12, 7pm
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1870

* James Madison Awards Banquet: Wednesday, March 18, 5:30pm; $50/members-students, $70/others
New Delhi Restaurant, 160 Ellis St.
The Society of Professional Journalists, NorCal Chapter, will honor champions of the First Amendment at its 24th Annual James Madison Freedom of Information Awards. A no-host reception at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by the dinner and awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m.  For more information and the list of winners, go to www.spjchapters.org/norcal. 

* SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: March 25, 7-9pm
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org.

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NEWS 

Three New SF Rent Laws in the Works
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/MNRL168EM8.DTL


The Chronicle Death Watch
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=8162&catid=&volume_id=398&issue_id=421&volume_num=43&issue_num=23
http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2009/03/why_retired_chronicle_pressmen.html


A Call To Rewrite The State's Constitution Is Met With Support 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=8164&catid=&volume_id=398&issue_id=421&volume_num=43&issue_num=23


Greens Speak Out on Obama's Plans for Carbon-Emissions Trading, US Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2009/03/02/former-ethics-commissioners-articulate-basis-for-lobbyist-reform/


N.D. House Votes To Outlaw Abortion
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/18/ND_House_votes_to_outlaw_abortion/UPI-23861235018168/


Google’s Big Idea: How Realistic is Google’s $4.4 Trillion Clean-Energy Plan?
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/10/02/googles-big-idea-how-realistic-is-googles-44-trillion-clean-energy-plan/ 




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