[SFGP] Greenzine: Join us at the Castro Street Fair this Sunday

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October 5, 2024
GREENZINE
SF Green Party Weekly News and Events

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Dear Greens,

    We've finished making our endorsements for this November!
A complete list is on our website:
  https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-endorsements

    We're currently writing and mailing a Green Voter Guide with
explanations for all our endorsements.  If you can help us pay for the
mailing, please click the "Donate" button on our website!  We have
bookmarks printed already, and postcards will arrive in the mail in
the next week.

    Please join us at the Castro Street Fair this Sunday to support
our endorsed campaigns and candidates!  Details below.

    Here's a summary of our local endorsements:
Mayor: Aaron Peskin (#1 ranked choice), Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 ranked choice)
D1 Supervisor: Connie Chan
D3 Supervisor: Sharon Lai
D5 Supervisor: Dean Preston
D7 Supervisor: no endorsement
D9 Supervisor: no endorsement
D11 Supervisor: Ernest "EJ" Jones (#1 ranked choice), Adlah Chisti (#2 ranked
  choice)

District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh
Board of Education: Matt Alexander, Laurance Lem Lee, Virginia Cheung
College Board: Alan Wong, Aliya Chisti
BART Board: no endorsement

Local Ballot Measures:
 * NO on A - school bonds without accountability on which projects will be funded
 * NO on B - bonds for various City construction projects
 * YES on C - create Inspector General under the Controller's office to investigate corruption
 * NO on D - eliminating many City commissions and further empowering the Mayor
 * no consensus on E - task force to create future ballot measure to eliminate City commissions
 * NO on F - allows retired police to work for 5 more years and get retirement pay plus salary
 * YES on G - rent subsidies for low income seniors, families, and people with disabilities
 * no position on H - lower retirement age for firefighters
 * YES on I - retirement credits for nurses and 911 operators
 * NO on J - more mayoral control over public education funds
 * NO on K - environmentally damaging park next to Ocean Beach
 * YES on L - ComMUNIty Transit Act (Greens gave an early endorsement and are helping gather signatures to put this on the ballot)
 * NO on M - business tax reform that would kill Prop L
 * NO on N - first responder student loan forgiveness fund
 * YES on O - protect abortion rights in SF

State Ballot Measures:
 * NO on 2 - pay for school maintenance through bonds rather than state budget
 * YES on 3 - repeals Prop 8, the CA constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage
 * NO on 4 - water bond with funding for logging, ranching, and biomass-based fuel
 * NO on 5 - makes it easier to spend public bond money on private luxury housing
 * YES on 6 - reduces coercion of forced prison labor
 * YES on 32 - increases minimum wage
 * YES on 33 - allows more rent control
 * NO on 34 - attack on AIDS foundation
 * YES on 35 - tax on private insurance plans to fund Medical
 * NO on 36 - war on drugs, longer jail sentences for nonviolent crimes

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What:  Voter Outreach at the Castro Street Fair
Where:  16th St and Market Street, SF
When:  Sun, Oct 6, 1 pm - 3 pm

We'll be doing voter outreach and passing out our Green Voter
Guide bookmarks at the Castro Street Fair.  We won't have a
booth, but we'll be walking around with signs and handing out
slate cards.  If you can volunteer, please email cc at sfgreens.org
or call 415-255-9494 to meet up with us!

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What:  Upcoming events for Aaron Peskin (#1 endorsed for Mayor)
Where:  SF
When:  next week

Join Greens who are campaigning to make Aaron Peskin our next
Mayor!  We'll be at various campaign events, listed on the Peskin
campaign's events calendar, below:

https://vote.aaron2024.com/eventcalendar

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What:  Upcoming events for Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 endorsed for Mayor)
Where:  SF
When:  next week

Here are upcoming events in support of Dylan Hirsch-Shell's Mayoral
campaign:
https://www.dylanforsfmayor.com/events

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news at sfgreens.org.  Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.