[SFGP] Greenzine: Questions you want to ask candidates?

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June 6, 2024
GREENZINE
SF Green Party Weekly News and Events

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Dear Greens,

    Our first endorsement meeting of the year will be on June 26, the
same night as our regular members' meeting.  We'll interview
candidates for Mayor and Supervisor between 6:30-8:30 pm, and then try
to reach consensus on endorsements between 8:30-9:30.  If you have a
question for candidates that you want to ask, please come to the
meeting.  Or you can get candidates "on the record" by suggesting
additions to our questionnaire!  Please email cc at sfgreens.org with
your suggestions for additions or edits to our current drafts:
  * Supe - https://sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt
  * Mayor - https://sfgreens.org/mayor_q.txt

    At our meeting in May, we endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act, a
community-led ballot initiative to tax Uber and Lyft to fund Muni.
You can find out more about this initiative at
https://www.sftransitact.com/

    Greens are helping gather signatures to put this on the November
ballot, so it will need only 50% support to pass.  Some signature
gathering events are listed below and also at
https://www.sftransitact.com/events

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What:  Save the Date - Green Party endorsement meeting / members' meeting
Where:  2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!)
When:  Wed, June 26, 6:30-9:30 pm

Agenda:

  * 6:30-8:30 - Interview candidates for Mayor and Board of Supervisors
  * 8:30-9:30 - Decide on endorsements

    Candidates for other offices besides Mayor and Supe will be
considered after the filing deadline for those offices.

    Our process this year will be different than in previous years.
We will consider endorsments for all candidates who answer our
questionnaires, which we will email to everyone in the race after the
filing deadline whose contact information we can find.  Candidates'
answers will be posted on our website.  However, we will only
interview candidates who at least 3 active members want to invite.
We'll give the candidates until Friday, June 21, to answer our
questionnaires, then have our active members decide over the weekend
who to invite on Wednesday the 26th.

Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of
concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach
and more!  Everyone welcome.  All meetings are wheelchair accessible.
To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and
issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc at sfgreens.org

Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated
and non-vaccinated people.  We provide the option for SF Green Party
members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via
Zoom, so email cc at sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us
virtually.

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What:  Signature gathering for ComMUNIty Transit Act
Where:  see below
When:  over the next week

Sunday, May 19 at 2 PM, Castro Stroll Premiere. Signature gathering.

Tuesday, May 21, 6 PM – 7 PM, Duboce Park. Packet exchange and
signature gathering!

Sunday, May 26 at 1:30 PM, Dolores Park. Meet by the bell at Dolores &
19th for signature gathering in the park.

RSVP for events here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4G7alSuaFmejeSXZuAFPhF8mILrx4_1_8uDudqIe1ORZMA/viewform

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To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to
news at sfgreens.org.  Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.
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John-Marc Chandonia (jmc at sfgreens.org)
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