[SFGP] Endorsement meeting June 26, Volunteers needed for Pride June 29-30

Thu Jun 20 19:59:19 PDT 2024

June 20, 2024
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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 know of
any candidates for Mayor or Supervisor who you think we should
endorse, please remind them to return their answered quesionnaire to
us by this Friday, June 21!

    Here are the questionnaires - please feel free to forward to any
candidate who may have misplaced thier copy:
  * Supe - https://sfgreens.org/supe_q.txt
  * Mayor - https://sfgreens.org/mayor_q.txt

    Volunteers are needed for both SF Pride (June 29-30) and the SF
Mime Troupe's home opener on July 4!  Details on both events are
below.

    Barry Hermanson recently wrote this article for the SF BayView
newspaper:
  https://sfbayview.com/2024/06/sacramento-democrats-kill-universal-healthcare-bill/

    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:  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:  Voter outreach at SF Pride!
Where:  Booth H-VB36, on Hyde between McAllister and Golden Gate Streets
When:  Sat-Sun, June 29-30, all day

We still need volunteers for voter outreach at Pride.  Our booth will
be on Hyde, between McAllister and Golden Gate Streets.  The booth
number is H-VB36.  Email cc at sfgreens.org to let us know if you can
volunteer.  The event officially starts at 11 am and goes until 6 pm
both days, but we could also use volunteers to set up and break down
our booth.

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What:  Voter outreach at the SF Mime Troupe's "home opening" show
Where:  Dolores Park, meet by entrance at Church and 18th St
When:  Mon, July 4, 1 pm - 4 pm

We'll be doing voter outreach at the Mime Troupe's opening show in
Dolores Park this Monday, July 4.  Their play this year is called
"American Dreams."  https://www.sfmt.org/

The play will start at 2 pm, with music at 1:30.  Volunteers are
needed to help us set up our table and do voter outreach starting at 1
pm.  Help us register new Greens and gather signatures for the
ComMUNIty Transit Act; email if you can help out: cc at sfgreens.org.

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

Friday, June 21:

5:30 PM
JFK Promenade (No Training)
John F Kennedy Dr & Nancy Pelosi Dr San Francisco, CA 94118

Saturday, June 22:

9:00 AM
Alemany Farmer's Market (No Training)
100 Alemany Blvd

9:00 AM
Fillmore Farmers Market (No Training)
1700 O'Farrell St

1:00 PM
Queer Art Fair Stonestown Galleria (No Training)
Old UA Cinema

Sunday, June 23:

9:00 AM
Inner Sunset Farmer's Market (No Training)
1315 8th Ave

10:00 AM
Divisadero Farmers' Market (No Training)
1377 Fell St

10:00 AM
Clement Farmer's Market (No Training)
244 Clement St

10:00 AM
Outer Sunset Farmer's Market (No Training)
1994 37th Ave

12:00 PM
Sunday Streets
Golden Gate Avenue & Leavenworth Street

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

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