[SFGP] SF Green Party Weekly Newsletter (formerly known as Announcement List)

Tue May 5 19:17:32 PDT 2009

Tuesday, May 5

SF Green Party Endorsements for the May 19 Special Election!:
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem

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EVENTS

* Muni First!  Wednesday, May 6, at 1:30 pm, Room 263 in City Hall
Please come out to the Budget and Finance Committee meeting and support
Supervisor and Board President David Chiu's proposal to reject the MTA
budget.

If you cannot make it, please send emails to the supervisors urging them the
reject the budget:

Eric.L.Mar at sfgov.org
Michela.Alioto-Pier at sfgov.org
David.Chiu at sfgov.org
Carmen.Chu at sfgov.org
Ross.Mirkarimi at sfgov.org
Chris.Daly at sfgov.org
Sean.Elsbernd at sfgov.org
Bevan.Dufty at sfgov.org
David.Campos at sfgov.org
Sophie.Maxwell at sfgov.org
John.Avalos at sfgov.org

Background: On Thursday, April 30, SFMTA Directors bowed to pressure from
some members of the SF Board of Supervisors and the Mayor and, despite the
fact that the SFMTA declared a fiscal emergency earlier in April allowing it
to waive CEQA reviews, it amended the final budget and ELIMINATED staff
proposals to start charging for parking at meters on Sundays and until 10 pm
on week nights. By doing this, the MTA lost a $9 million opportunity to
restore some Muni service and reduce some fares. Muni service cuts and fare
increases will go into effect starting in July or September, unless seven
members of the Board of Supervisors reject the budget and send it back to
the MTA to amend it.

* Green Screen Free Thursday Theater: "The Reader," May 7, 7-11:30pm
Kate Winslet, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role as a young teenager
in this poignant drama set in post-World War II Germany. A passionate affair
ended when Hanna disappeared. But years later, Michael learns she's on trial
for horrific Nazi war crimes...
1028A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1898

* Teach-In & Mass Mobilization Planning Meeting: Saturday, May 9, 1-5pm
(registration begins at 12:30pm)
Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market St. @ Franklin St.
Help organize a mass mobilization and ongoing action campaign around the
following demands:
- No layoffs. Massive job-creation program.
- Tax the rich - don't bail out the banks.
- Pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
- Single-payer healthcare for all.
- Affordable housing for all. Tenants' rights. Moratorium on foreclosures &
evictions.
- Funding for jobs, social services & infrastructure, not for war.
- Stop the ICE raids and deportations. Legalization for all!
Wearing a green Tshirt, buttons, etc, will show Green support and
contribution to the Teach-In.  If you could help handing out the SF Green
Party brochure the Day of the Teach-In, contact Mato Ska at
m_zehr at hotmail.com or 415-337-5773.

* SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, May 26, 5-9pm - Join us for a celebration of
Supervisor Mirkarimi's appointment to the CA Coastal Commission, a valuable
body charged with protecting our beautiful coast! At Madrone Lounge with
live music from Garrin Benfield and more! Details to come...

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NEWS

Muni Plans To Raise Fares 50 Cents In July
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/01/MN7O17C8CC.DTL

Gavin Newsom takes credit for the work of his rivals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJeWLvYWiM

Mazzola v. Daly: Who Has Fought for SF’s Working-Class?
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6871#more

Arnold's Big Hoax
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=8469&catid=4

Testing YouTube's Audio Content ID System
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/testing-youtubes-aud

Gavin rides the big wave
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8257-SF-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m4d30-San-Francisco-Mayor-Gavin-Newsom-who-would-be-Governor-rides-the-big-wave<http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-8257-SF-Energy-Policy-Examiner%7Ey2009m4d30-San-Francisco-Mayor-Gavin-Newsom-who-would-be-Governor-rides-the-big-wave>

Did Obama Throw Appalachia’s Mountaintops Under The Bulldozers?
http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/25/did-obama-throw-appalachias-mountaintops-under-the-busand-bulldozers/

Reverse piracy; electronic waste dumping in Africa
http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/reverse-piracy-toxic-euro-and-american-electronic-waste-dumping-in-africa/email/
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